“Tell me which movies you like and I will tell you what you are.”
This is a series of posts for a meme in which you have to list one favorite film per alphabet. Thanks to Dev, I took this up as a challenge that allowed me to express my appreciation of some of my favorite films. I have structured each post with one winner (a pre-requisite of the meme is that you select one, and only one), a runner-up, and other noteworthy films. Feel free to take up the meme if you like. ![]()
This page serves as an index to the series. The entire collection, including reader recommendations, is available here. Do leave a comment if you like the series or if you want an Excel spreadsheet.
0–9: Winner 2001: A Space Odyssey, Runner-Up 12 Angry Men
A: Winner Amadeus, Runner-Up Apocalypse Now
B: Winner A Beautiful Mind, Runner-Up Babel
C: Winner Charulata, Runner-Up The Color Purple
D: Winner Dr. Strangelove, Runner-Up Dead Man Walking
E: Winner Eight and Half, Runner-Up Ek Doctor Ki Maut
F: Winner Fantasia, Runner-Up Forrest Gump
G: Winner Groundhog Day, Runner-Up The Great Dictator
H: Winner Hell In The Pacific, Runner-Up Hotel Rwanda
I: Winner Ikiru, Runner-Up None
J: Winner The Jungle Book, Runner-Up Judgment at Nuremberg
K: Winner Kinsey, Runner-Up Kanoon
L: Winner Lawrence of Arabia, Runner-Up La Dolce Vita
M: Winner Mirch Masala, Runner-Up None
N: Winner Notorious, Runner-Up Nayakan
O: Winner One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Runner-Up Out of Africa
P: Winner Psycho, Runner-Up Pather Panchali
Q: Winner The Queue, an imaginary film
R: Winner Red Beard, Runner-Up Rashomon
S: Preface
S: Winner The Shawshank Redemption
T: Winner Taxi Driver, Runner-Up Titanic
U: Winner Unforgiven, Runner-Up The Untouchables
V: Winner Vertigo, Runner-Up Von Ryan’s Express
W: Winner When Harry Met Sally, Runner-Up Wall-E
XYZ: Winner Yojimbo


