A Top 10 list for a change

This was a list from me on all time favorites (compiled it some time Jan 2006):

1) Rashomon (Japanese) - Akiro Kurosowa.
The magic of the Japanese master about multi perspectives on truth.

2) Pather Panchali (Bengali) - Satyajit Ray.
The celluloid saga on the stark reality of Bengali rural life.

3) Schinlder's List (English) - Steven Spielberg.
The accurate documentation of some tragic moments in human history.

4) The Cyclist (Iranian) - Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
Simple yet articulate – life of a cyclist who keeps going on and on… exemplifying the aesthetics of Iranian cinema.

5) Gandhi (English) - Richard Attenborough.
The backbone of Indian freedom struggle through the life of "'the man of the century' minus the Noble Prize".

6) Modern Times (Silent) - Charlie Chaplin.
Silent cinema at its best – when men become hands and nuts and bolts.

7) Life is Beautiful (Italian) - Loui Bertlouicci.
Black Humour again about the German Tragedy in history – ‘*** and dogs not allowed!!!’.

8) Piravi (Malayalam) - Shaji N Karun.
The intervention of State in to the human rights – political, poetic and deeply human.

9) Forrest Gump (English) - Robert Zemeckis.
How art ridicules at history, - ‘keeps running…’.

10) Nayagan (Tamil) - Mani Ratnam.
I know my list hasn’t got Godfather, but this film – a similar detailed Indian version of the ‘just’ underworld.