Anupama Chopra
Founder and Editor
India
Voted for
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Pyaasa | 1957 | Guru Dutt |
| MUGHAL-E-AZAM | 1960 | K. Asif |
| Citizen Kane | 1941 | Orson Welles |
| La Règle du jeu | 1939 | Jean Renoir |
| The Godfather | 1972 | Francis Ford Coppola |
| Rashomon | 1950 | Akira Kurosawa |
| Taxi Driver | 1976 | Martin Scorsese |
| Bicycle Thieves | 1948 | Vittorio De Sica |
| The 400 Blows | 1959 | François Truffaut |
| Pather Panchali | 1955 | Satyajit Ray |
Comments
Pyaasa
1957 India
A brilliant, searing comment on the artist, creativity and consumerism in a newly independent India
MUGHAL-E-AZAM
1960 India
This historical fiction was so persuasive that in the viewers' heads, it became fact.
La Règle du jeu
1939 France
luminous, masterful filmmaking with a piercing melancholy
Further remarks
This was my first time participating in your prestigious poll - thank you for inviting me. It was much harder than I had imagined. I'm still grappling with at least 20 other titles that would fit just as well as the names I've submitted. It's an impossible but very enjoyable task.