Films I Watched in 2015

My 2015 in Cinema

 

 

The Force Truly did Awaken this year!

 

So 2015 was the year I joined a film school; Whistling Woods International and made my first and surprising step towards becoming  a film maker in the Hindi film industry or as you know it Bollywood. 

So I decided to do something, I decided to list down all the films I have seen this year in certain categories; 

Those I watched in the theater including at the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Even those I watched more than twice. 

 

Wong Kar Wai's genius In the Mood for Love was a masterpiece delight to see

Those films that I saw for the first time in my life

And finally those that I saw once more in my life. 

So without further rambling, here is the list; 

[Films seen more than twice in the theaters are highlighted in Blue]

Cinematic Delight/MAMI	First Time	A Revisit
Baby	Ugly	Miss Lovely
Birdman	PK	OMG!: Oh My God!
Foxcatcher	The Drop	Haider
Roy	Kill The Messenger	Finding Fanny
Badlapur	Singing in The Rain	Dedh Ishqiya
Kingsman	Whiplash	Deewar
NH10	My Fair Lady	Highway
Furious 7	The Imitation Game	Mary Kom
Detective Byomkesh Bakshi	American Sniper	Ankhon Dekhi
Margarita With A Straw	Jules and Jim	Queen
O Kadhal Kanmani	Teesri Manzil	Finding Fanny
Avengers: Age of Ultron	Still Alice	Casablanca
Court	The Guest	Hugo
Court	Tevar	Haider
Avengers: Age of Ultron	Laggies	Godfather
Avengers: Age of Ultron	Qissa	Andaz Apna Apna
Piku	Top Five	Zoolander
Bombay Velvet	Big Hero 6	Psycho
Mad Max: Fury Road	Theory of Everything	The Graduate
Tanu Weds Manu Returns	Pride	Namak Haram
Dil Dhadakne Do	Clouds of Sils Maria	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Jurassic World	Jodorowsky's Dune	Sixth Sense
ABCD 2	Loins of Punjab	Phone Booth
Spy	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligary	Dhamaal
Terminator: Genysis	Nosferatu	The Avengers
Inside Out	Mockingjay Part 1	Tropic Thunder
Killa	Unbroken	The Wolf of Wall Street
Ant-Man	Predestination	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Masaan	Throne of Blood	Tanu Weds Manu
Drishyam (2015)	The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them	Pitch Perfect
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation	The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him	American Pie
Brothers	The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her	Warrior
Gour Hari Dastaan	Paris, Texas	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
The Gift	Internets Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz	22 Jump St.
Manjhi: The Mountain Man	After Hours	Drive
The Man from UNCLE	Dear White People	Back To The Future
Phantom	'71	This is The End
Welcome Back	Inherent Vice	Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu
RangiTaranga	Mr. Turner	Padosan
Everest	Clue	Aurangzeb
Katti Batti	3 Iron	Accepted
Black Mass	Man of Tai Chi	Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Pawn Sacrifice	Mommy	Badlapur
Meeruthiya Gangsters	Office Space	Wedding Crashers
Talvar	Beyond The Lights	The Break-Up
The Martian	We Are The Best	Shuddh Desi Romance
Sicario	A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night	Dil Dhadakne Do
Sicario	The Odd Couple	Hot Tub Time Machine
Crimson Peak	Bruno	I Love You Man
Shaandaar	Dolly Ki Doli	Man of Steel
Parabellum	Bey Yaar	Badlapur
Room	Le Havre	She's Out of My League
The Assassin	The Marine 3: Homefront	Ram-Leela
Dheepan	Election	Luck By Chance
Song of the Horned Owl	Ungli	No One Killed Jessica
Thithi	X-Men: Days of Future Past (Rogue Cut)	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Pather Panchali	The Death of Superman Lives	Django Unchained
Aparajito	Weird Science	Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
Apur Sansar	Dead Man's Shoes	Delhi Belly
Risk of Acid Rain	Dum Laga Ke Haisha	Death at A Funeral (2007)
Sleeping Giant	Jewel Thief	Pulp Fiction
Umrika	Scream	Groundhog Day
Cartel Land	Goodbye Children	Batman: Under The Red Hood
Anamolisa	The Social Network/w Directors Commentary	Drishyam (2013)
The Lobster	In The Mood for Love	Gone Girl
Aferim!	The Shaukeens	Reservoir Dogs
For Here or To Go	Witness	Hungama
In The Shadow of Women	True Romance	Dil Dhadakne Do
Pyaasa	Karthik Calling Karthik	Don Jon
Haraamkhor	Andrei Rublev	Inglorious Basterds
Visaranai	Pitch Perfect 2	Bruce Almighty
Chauthi Koot	Shamitabh	Namastey London
Mistress America	Guddu Rangeela	One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Microbe and Gasoline	Hunterrr	One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Un Plus Une	La Haine	One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Tangerine	Tomboy	Raajneeti
Main aur Charles	Monsoon Wedding	Black Friday
Titli	Iruvar	Jolly LLB
Spectre	Peddlers	Zack and Miri Make A Porno
Tamasha	Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told	Horrible Bosses
Creed	Rahasya	Fargo
Legend	Underground	E.T.
In the Heart of the Sea	Ankur	Satya
Tamasha	Jigarthanda	Incendies
Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Layer Cake	Skyfall
Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Blood Simple [Director's Cut]	Blade Runner [Final Cut]
	Bajraangi Bhaijaan	The Royal Tenenbaums
	Turtles Can Fly	Court
	No Man's Land	Piku
	Bangistan	Triangle
	Marty	The Avengers
	Nine Lives	Dil Dhadakne Do
	Paradise Now	Mad Max: Fury Road
	Youth	Bawarchi
	Wet Hot American Summer	Andaz Apna Apna
	Forbidden Planet	Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
	Orange Mittai	Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
	Fantastic Four [2015]	Chashme Buddoor
	Kaun Kitne Panee Mein	Ant-Man
	The People vs. George Lucas	Serpico
	Star Wars: A Phantom Edit [Episodes I-III]	Bajrangi Bhaijaan
	Meghe Dhaka Tara	Drishyam [2015]
	Vacation
	Bottle Rocket
	Minions
	Papanasam

 

Court is one of India's finest films while Pyaasa was such an involving experience with everyone singing and mouthing dialogues along in the cinema hall

Total films seen in 2015: 294

Favorite New Movie seen this year: Room/Mad Max: Fury Road

Best New Movie seen this year: In the Mood for Love

Favorite Movie Revisted: The Godfather/Pyaasa [both on the big screen, one at my college audi and the other in cinemas]

Best Cinematic Experience: Court/Pyaasa/Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

Brie Larson deserves the Oscar this year!

Few interesting notes, though I watched it thrice and adored it; Age of Ultron doesn't live up to its predecessor [My favorite film]

I was introduced to some wonderful cinema and film makers this year; In the Mood for Love and Paris, Texas being some highlights of the year  

Also I ended the year with two films [outside of Star Wars in the theaters] Papanasam [Tamil] and Drishyam [Hindi]; both funnily enough remakes of Malyalam thriller Drishyam. 

Seeing this scene on the big screen with these two legends gave me the chills

Anywho, that's it. As I continue on my path to becoming a filmmaker and writing my first ever feature film script, I hope to see much more dazzling works and increase my knowledge of world cinema. 

'Nuff Said

Aneesh Raikundalia