10 films Anwer Mooraj wants you to watch

I feel a distinction has to be made between what I consider to be a classic and just an old movie. Film classic is a vague phrase that means different things to different people and tends to polarise those who are loyal to their definitions. Some believe a classic is a film that impacts the community. Others feel the term refers to films made between 1920 and 1960. For me, a classic is one that has quality, which describes description and makes one say, “My Golly, what an incredible, truly outstanding film. I am so glad I got to see it.”

Compiling a list hasn’t been at all easy. After selecting 10, it struck me that there must be another 40 which I didn’t choose. However, I had to draw the line, so here are the ones that first came to mind:

1.  Seven Samurai (1954)



Director: Akira Kurosawa

2. La Grande Illusion (1937)



Director: Jean Renoir

3. The Bicycle Thief (1948)



Director: Vittorio De Sica

4. October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1928)



Directors: Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov

5. Triumph of the Will (1935)



Director: Leni Riefenstahl

6. The Music Room (1958)




Director: Satyajit Ray

7. Man of Iron (1981)



Director: Andrzej Wajda

8. The Seventh Seal (1957)



Director: Ingmar Bergman

9. Juliet of the Spirits (1965)



Director: Federico Fellini

10. Separate Tables (1958)



Director: Delbert Mann

The writer is a columnist at The Express Tribune

 

Published in The Express Tribune, August 8^th, 2016.