Roll that spectacular reel

Lights, camera, action !!! And the magic begins. Fascination, illusion, drama, romance, tragedy, comedy - everything begin, impossible becomes possible, the future becomes the present, giants roared, soldiers martyr, nature destroys, emotions bursts. Cinema has always been captivating me, pulling me into a whole new astonishing world. I am not a film critic, but simply someone who enjoys watching the magic being cast in screen. There are a number of movies that have inspired and deeply affected me. Every time I watch one such movie, my head nods for those extraordinary filmmakers and their extraordinary vision towards the world and human race. In this and a few of the future posts, I would like to mention some of these movies - the list is long and there has been quite some time since I watched many of them. I shall only touch upon some of those that I can think of little more vividly at this moment compared to the rest. But first, in this post, let me recollect the names of some of these stupendous cinematic wonders; those that come to my mind right now are:

• The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
• Life is beautiful (Italian: La vita è bella) (1997)
• Dark Knight (2008)
• A beautiful mind (2001)
• Hotel Rwanda (2004)
• Schindler's List (1993)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• The Pianist (2002)
• Dinabondhu (Assamese) (2005)
  
• Casablanca (1942)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italian: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) (1966)
• Memento (2000)
• Sholay (Hindi) (1975)
• The Matrix (1999)
• Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
• American History X (1998)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Fight Club (1999)
• Psycho (1960)
• Léon (1994)
• The Departed (2006)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• The Green Mile (1999)
• Rebecca (1940)
• Braveheart (1995)
• The Sixth Sense (1999)
• Gladiator (2000)
• Ben-Hur (1959)
• Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
• 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
• American Gangster (2007)
• Blood Diamond (2006)
• Mystic River (2003)
• Finding Neverland (2004)
• Taare Zameen Par (Hindi) (2007)
• Dil Chahta Hain (Hindi) (2001)
• Gone with the Wind (1939)
• Jurassic Park (1993)

May be I have missed some of the movies in the above list and shall keep adding them as and when I watch or remember. But all of these films have influenced me deeply in some way or other and they gave me much more than a mode for just time pass !!