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Cine Qua Non

Shashank Tripathi's Big Stash of Films

The "sine qua non" compilation of high quality global cinema.

Ratings reflect my flavor, seeming inordinate on occasion. Rating / 10
# Movie Title (Listing 1099 Films) Year Shanx IMDB
1.  Henry Poole Is Here 2008 7 6.9
2.  Pineapple Express 2008 7 8.1
3.  Closing the Ring 2007 7 7
4.  Married Life 2007 7 7.3
5.  Reign Over Me 2007 7 7.8
6.  Clean 2004 7 7
7.  People I Know 2002 7 5.5
8.  Chinese Coffee 2000 7 7.5
9.  Snow Falling on Cedars 1999 7 6.6
10.  Falling Down 1993 7 7.4
11.  Local Stigmatic, The 1990 7 7.2
12.  Slap Shot 1977 7 7.2
13.  Blazing Saddles 1974 8 7.8
14.  No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The 2008 9 7.8
15.  Quid Pro Quo 2008 7 6.3
16.  Hallam Foe 2007 7 7.4
17.  Life Before Her Eyes, The 2007 7 6.8
18.  Noise 2007 7 6.5
19.  Son of Rambow 2007 7 7.5
20.  A Prairie Home Companion 2006 7 7
21.  Big Dreams Little Tokyo 2006 7 6.7
22.  Fountain, The 2006 7 7.5
23.  Zwartboek 2006 7 8
24.  Dead Man's Shoes 2004 7 8
25.  Mother, The 2003 7 6.8
26.  Historias mínimas 2002 7 7.6
27.  Path to War 2002 7 7.4
28.  You Can Count on Me 2000 7 7.7
29.  End of the Affair, The 1999 7 6.9
30.  Gods and Monsters 1998 7 7.5
31.  Ulee's Gold 1997 7 7.1
32.  This Boy's Life 1993 7 7.2
33.  Absence of Malice 1981 7 6.8
34.  Sunset Blvd. 1950 7 8.7
35.  Fountainhead, The 1949 7 7
36.  Across the Universe 2007 7 7.6
37.  Air I Breathe, The 2007 7 7.4
38.  Boy A 2007 8 8.4
39.  He Was a Quiet Man 2007 6 7.2
40.  Hot Fuzz 2007 7 8
41.  In Search of a Midnight Kiss 2007 8 7.4
42.  Paranoid Park 2007 7 7.1
43.  Take 2007 7 6.7
44.  Zeitgeist: Movie, The 2007 4 8.8
45.  Morphin(e) 2005 7 8.8
46.  Maria Full of Grace 2004 7 7.7
47.  Dogma 1999 7 7.3
48.  Happiness 1998 8 7.7
49.  Savior 1998 7 7.2
50.  In the Company of Men 1997 7 7.1
51.  Breaking the Waves 1996 7 7.7
52.  Name der Rose, Der 1986 7 7.7
53.  Johnny Got His Gun 1971 8 7.9
54.  Anatomy of a Murder 1959 7 8.1
55.  Man on Wire 2008 8 8.4
56.  Taken 2008 8 7.7
57.  Anamorph 2007 7 6
58.  Cetvrti covek 2007 8 7.5
59.  Control 2007 7 7.9
60.  Dedication 2007 7 6.8
61.  Eastern Promises 2007 7 7.8
62.  Enchanted 2007 7 7.7
63.  Freedom Writers 2007 8 7.6
64.  Mad Men 2007 7 8.7
65.  Martian Child 2007 7 6.9
66.  Mr. Brooks 2007 8 7.6
67.  Persepolis 2007 8 8.1
68.  Retour en Normandie 2007 7 7.1
69.  Stuck 2007 7 8.2
70.  Sukkar banat 2007 7 7.3
71.  Things We Lost in the Fire 2007 7 7.3
72.  Waitress 2007 8 7.4
73.  A Man Named Pearl 2006 8 7.7
74.  Biyeolhan geori 2006 7 7.7
75.  Longford 2006 8 7.8
76.  Penelope 2006 7 7.3
77.  SherryBaby 2006 7 6.7
78.  Who Killed the Electric Car? 2006 7 7.7
79.  Fetten Jahre sind vorbei, Die 2004 7 7.7
80.  House M.D. 2004 9 9.2
81.  Following 1998 7 7.6
82.  Butcher Boy, The 1997 7 7
83.  Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 9 7.9
84.  Commitments, The 1991 7 7.3
85.  My Own Private Idaho 1991 7 7
86.  Prime Suspect 1991 9 8.6
87.  Q & A 1990 7 6.4
88.  Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The 1988 7 7
89.  Things Change 1988 8 6.9
90.  Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 1974 7 7.5
91.  Death Wish 1974 7 6.9
92.  Badlands 1973 8 7.9
93.  Waterloo 1970 7 7.6
94.  A Man for All Seasons 1966 7 8.1
95.  Adam's Rib 1949 8 7.6
96.  Captains Courageous 1937 7 7.9
97.  Redbelt 2008 9 7.5
98.  Good Night, The 2007 7 6.1
99.  Startup.com 2001 7 7.1
100.  Rogue Trader 1999 7 5.9
101.  Dealers 1989 7 5.2
102.  Suburbia 1984 7 7
103.  Who Will Love My Children? 1983 7 6.9
104.  A Raisin in the Sun 1961 7 8
105.  Be Kind Rewind 2008 7 6.8
106.  Dark Knight, The 2008 6 9.2
107.  Definitely, Maybe 2008 8 7.5
108.  Felon 2008 9 7.9
109.  Stop-Loss 2008 8 6.5
110.  An American Crime 2007 7 7.5
111.  Auf der anderen Seite 2007 8 8.1
112.  Awake 2007 7 6.5
113.  Charlie Bartlett 2007 9 7.3
114.  Go-Getter, The 2007 7 7.9
115.  Out of the Blue 2006 7 7.6
116.  Betty Fisher et autres histoires 2001 7 7
117.  Is It Fall Yet? 2000 7 8
118.  A Simple Plan 1998 9 7.6
119.  Beautiful Girls 1996 7 7.1
120.  Little Buddha 1993 7 5.6
121.  Naked Lunch 1991 7 6.8
122.  Dead Ringers 1988 8 7.2
123.  Dollmaker, The 1984 7 7.5
124.  Daniel 1983 7 6.8
125.  Anne of the Thousand Days 1969 7 7.4
126.  Deuxième souffle, Le 1966 7 8.1
127.  Wyrd Sisters 1997 7 6.9
128.  Jolene 2008 8 7.5
129.  Mamma Mia! 2008 6 7.5
130.  In the Valley of Elah 2007 8 7.6
131.  King of California 2007 8 6.8
132.  Nothing Is Private 2007 8 8.2
133.  Tourneuse de pages, La 2006 7 7.2
134.  Spartan 2004 8 6.8
135.  State and Main 2000 7 6.8
136.  True Crime 1999 7 6.3
137.  A Perfect World 1993 7 7.2
138.  Homicide 1991 8 6.8
139.  Under Fire 1983 8 7
140.  Snoopy Come Home 1972 7 7.4
141.  Fälscher, Die 2007 8 7.7
142.  30 Rock 2006 8 8.4
143.  Five Fingers 2006 7 6.4
144.  Caché 2005 7 7.3
145.  Disappearance of Garcia Lorca, The 1996 7 6.3
146.  Wanted 2008 7 7.4
147.  Other Boleyn Girl, The 2008 7 6.8
148.  Restraint 2008 7 6.4
149.  WALL·E 2008 8 8.9
150.  Nines, The 2007 7 6.8
151.  Trumbo 2007 9 8.8
152.  Turn the River 2007 7 6.7
153.  One Last Thing... 2005 7 7
154.  Saints and Soldiers 2003 8 7.1
155.  Saekjeuk shigong 2002 8 6.7
156.  Natural, The 1984 8 7.4
157.  Soylent Green 1973 7 7
158.  Incredible Hulk, The 2008 2 7.6
159.  Love Guru, The 2008 7 3.3
160.  Becoming Jane 2007 7 7
161.  Death at a Funeral 2007 8 7.3
162.  Interview 2007 7 7
163.  Mist, The 2007 8 7.5
164.  Griffin & Phoenix 2006 7 7
165.  Lulu on the Bridge 1998 7 6.1
166.  Cop Land 1997 7 6.8
167.  Call Northside 777 1948 7 7.5
168.  Get Smart 2008 7 7.5
169.  Pathology 2008 7 6.1
170.  Music and Lyrics 2007 8 6.7
171.  Something New 2006 7 6.6
172.  Thirteen Conversations About One Thing 2001 8 7.1
173.  War at Home, The 1996 8 7
174.  Expired 2007 7 7.7
175.  Promotion, The 2008 7 7.4
176.  Run Fatboy Run 2007 7 6.9
177.  A Slight Case of Murder 1999 7 6.8
178.  Stars Fell on Henrietta, The 1995 7 6.2
179.  Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser 1988 7 7.7
180.  Changeling 2008 8 8.4
181.  In Bruges 2008 8 8.1
182.  Iron Man 2008 8 8.2
183.  Kung Fu Panda 2008 8 8.1
184.  Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 2008 7 7.6
185.  And When Did You Last See Your Father? 2007 7 7
186.  Intermission 2003 7 6.8
187.  Last Orders 2001 7 7
188.  Scrubs 2001 8 9.3
189.  Affliction 1997 7 6.9
190.  Paradise Road 1997 7 6.5
191.  Beyond Rangoon 1995 7 6.4
192.  Jennifer Eight 1992 7 6.1
193.  Heartburn 1986 9 5.7
194.  Strangers, The 2008 8 7.1
195.  Mongol 2007 7 7.5
196.  One True Thing 1998 8 6.9
197.  Amadeus 1984 8 8.4
198.  Ruling Class, The 1972 8 7.6
199.  Fail-Safe 1964 8 8
200.  Best Years of Our Lives, The 1946 8 8.2
201.  All the Real Girls 2003 8 7
202.  Yella 2007 7 6.5
203.  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008 8 7.3
204.  Untraceable 2008 7 6
205.  Visitor, The 2007 8 7.9
206.  Bella 2006 7 7.5
207.  Suspect Zero 2004 7 5.8
208.  8 femmes 2002 8 7
209.  Age of Innocence, The 1993 7 7.1
210.  In weiter Ferne, so nah! 1993 7 6.9
211.  After Hours 1985 7 7.4
212.  Tenebre 1982 8 7.2
213.  Thin Man, The 1934 7 8
214.  Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The 2007 8 7.8
215.  Jane Austen Book Club, The 2007 7 7.1
216.  Margot at the Wedding 2007 7 6.3
217.  Music Within 2007 8 7.4
218.  Sixty Six 2006 7 6.7
219.  Moguls, The 2005 7 6.4
220.  10 Items or Less 2006 8 6.7
221.  Goodbye to the Normals 2006 9 8.7
222.  Idiocracy 2006 7 6.4
223.  Before the Rain 1994 7 8.1
224.  Betrayed 1988 7 6.1
225.  Sleepwalking 2008 7 6.4
226.  Flawless 2007 7 6.9
227.  Misma luna, La 2007 8 7.5
228.  Annie Hall 1977 8 8.2
229.  Leatherheads 2008 7 6.2
230.  Shine a Light 2008 7 7.7
231.  Bill 2007 9 6.7
232.  Chaos Theory 2007 7 8.7
233.  Then She Found Me 2007 7 6.4
234.  Smart People 2008 7 6.7
235.  Street Kings 2008 8 7.3
236.  Deception 2008 6 6.1
237.  Forbidden Kingdom, The 2008 7 7.6
238.  Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008 7 8.1
239.  Du levande 2007 8 7.6
240.  Roman de gare 2007 8 7.1
241.  Shock and Awe 2004 8 9.4
242.  Open Range 2003 8 7.5
243.  Pink Panther, The 1963 8 7.2
244.  Cloverfield 2008 7 7.7
245.  A Mighty Heart 2007 7 6.8
246.  Pentagon Papers, The 2003 7 6.6
247.  Song jia huang chao 1997 8 6.9
248.  A Murder of Crows 1999 6 6.2
249.  Murder at 1600 1997 8 5.9
250.  Where Angels Fear to Tread 1991 7 6.8
251.  A Passage to India 1984 7 7.3
252.  Woman in Red, The 1984 6 5.4
253.  Thief 1981 8 7.2
254.  Man Who Would Be King, The 1975 7 8
255.  Columbo: How to Dial a Murder 1978 7 7.5
256.  There Will Be Blood 2007 9 8.5
257.  House of Sand and Fog 2003 8 7.8
258.  Eve's Bayou 1997 8 7.1
259.  From Here to Eternity 1953 7 7.8
260.  Elegy 2008 8 7.1
261.  Bucket List, The 2007 8 7.7
262.  Dr. Hugo 1998 7 7.2
263.  Badkonake sefid 1995 6 7.5
264.  Cigarettes & Coffee 1993 7 7.1
265.  Breathless 1983 7 5.2
266.  Darjeeling Limited, The 2007 8 8
267.  Ma vie en rose 1997 8 7.4
268.  Platoon 1986 7 8.2
269.  Apocalypse Now 1979 8 8.6
270.  Murder by Death 1976 8 7.2
271.  In the Year of the Pig 1968 7 8.1
272.  3:10 to Yuma 2007 8 8.1
273.  Great Debaters, The 2007 8 7.8
274.  I'm Not There. 2007 7 7.7
275.  Man in the Chair 2007 8 8
276.  Sunshine 2007 8 7.3
277.  Youth Without Youth 2007 7 6.4
278.  Eureka 2006 7 7.4
279.  Harsh Times 2005 7 7.1
280.  Revolver 2005 6 6.2
281.  Equilibrium 2002 7 7.8
282.  All the Little Animals 1998 7 6.8
283.  Metroland 1997 7 6.4
284.  Portrait of a Lady, The 1996 7 5.7
285.  Blue Sky 1994 7 6.3
286.  Henry V 1989 7 7.9
287.  Terminator, The 1984 8 8
288.  Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The 2007 8 8.4
289.  Atonement 2007 8 8.2
290.  Juno 2007 7 8.1
291.  Orfanato, El 2007 7 7.5
292.  Bobby 2006 8 7.2
293.  Outsourced 2006 8 7.4
294.  Red Road 2006 7 6.9
295.  Rosenstrasse 2003 8 6.9
296.  Heart of Me, The 2002 7 6.4
297.  Requiem for a Dream 2000 8 8.5
298.  A Month by the Lake 1995 7 6.3
299.  Just Cause 1995 7 6.1
300.  Object of Beauty, The 1991 6 5.5
301.  2 Days in Paris 2007 7 7.1
302.  Hunting Party, The 2007 8 7.3
303.  Talk to Me 2007 8 7.5
304.  Once 2006 8 8
305.  Starter for 10 2006 7 6.8
306.  December Boys 2007 7 7
307.  Savages, The 2007 8 8.1
308.  Grounding - Die letzten Tage der Swissair 2006 7 6.9
309.  Rescue Dawn 2006 8 7.8
310.  Vers le sud 2005 7 6.5
311.  Mediterraneo 1991 7 7.1
312.  Running on Empty 1988 8 7.4
313.  Innerspace 1987 7 6.4
314.  Dead Zone, The 1983 8 7.3
315.  Straw Dogs 1971 8 7.7
316.  Kingdom, The 2007 7 7.3
317.  Lars and the Real Girl 2007 8 8.3
318.  Môme, La 2007 8 7.6
319.  Broken Flowers 2005 7 7.3
320.  From Hell 2001 7 6.8
321.  Cento passi, I 2000 8 7.7
322.  Whole Nine Yards, The 2000 7 6.6
323.  Braveheart 1995 8 8.3
324.  War Room, The 1993 8 7.5
325.  Dead Again 1991 7 7
326.  Ariel 1988 7 7.6
327.  8 Million Ways to Die 1986 7 5.1
328.  Missing 1982 8 7.6
329.  Fox and the Hound, The 1981 7 6.9
330.  Rough Cut 1980 7 5.3
331.  Marathon Man 1976 8 7.6
332.  Little Big Man 1970 7 7.7
333.  August Rush 2007 7 7.3
334.  Grace Is Gone 2007 7 6.9
335.  Hairspray 2007 7 7.7
336.  War, Inc. 2007 7 6.7
337.  Ten Canoes 2006 8 7.2
338.  Monsters, Inc. 2001 8 7.9
339.  Andaz Apna Apna 1994 9 8.6
340.  What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1993 7 7.7
341.  Criminal Law 1988 7 5.6
342.  Kuraingu furîman 1988 7 6.9
343.  Unendliche Geschichte, Die 1984 8 7.3
344.  Being There 1979 10 7.9
345.  Cross of Iron 1977 7 7.5
346.  Duck Soup 1933 8 8.1
347.  Lookout, The 2007 8 7.4
348.  Crime and Punishment 2002 7 6.3
349.  Plots with a View 2002 7 6.6
350.  Bawandar 2000 7 7.2
351.  Notes from Underground 1995 7 7
352.  Someone to Watch Over Me 1987 7 6.1
353.  At Close Range 1986 7 6.8
354.  Thieves Like Us 1974 8 7.1
355.  Apartment, The 1960 8 8.3
356.  Magnificent Seven, The 1960 8 7.8
357.  Slipstream 2007 8 8.6
358.  Reversal of Fortune 1990 7 7.2
359.  Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar 2000 9 9.1
360.  American Gangster 2007 7 8.2
361.  Dan in Real Life 2007 8 7.5
362.  Gone Baby Gone 2007 8 8
363.  Into the Wild 2007 9 8.1
364.  Michael Clayton 2007 8 7.7
365.  Rendition 2007 9 6.6
366.  We Own the Night 2007 8 7.4
367.  Other Sister, The 1999 8 6
368.  Small Soldiers 1998 7 5.8
369.  Femme du boulanger, La 1938 8 7.9
370.  Mystery, Alaska 1999 9 6.3
371.  Terminal Velocity 1994 7 5.2
372.  1492: Conquest of Paradise 1992 7 6.1
373.  Love Field 1992 7 6.5
374.  Nadine 1987 7