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বিশ্বের সেরা ১০০ সিনেমা। তালিকাটা টাইম ম্যাগাজিনের করা। এখানে সব ভাষার সিনেমা স্থান পেয়েছে। বাংলা আছে পথের পাচালী সহ অপু সিরিজের তিনটি। গুরু দত্তের পিয়াসা আছে, আছে কামাল হাসানের নয়াকান। সিনেমা ভক্তদের ভাল লাগবে তালিকাটা। ২০০৫ সালের তালিকা কিন্তু এটা। Aguirre: the Wrath of God Year: 1972 Country: West Germany Director: Werner Herzog Starring: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo The Apu Trilogy Year: 1955, 1956, 1959 Country: India Director: Satyajit Ray The Awful Truth Year: 1937 Country: USA Director: Leo McCarey Starring: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy Baby Face Year: 1933 Country: USA Director: Alfred E. Green Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent Bande à part Year: 1964 Country: France Director: Jean-Luc Godard Starring: Anna Karina, Danièle Girard Barry Lyndon Year: 1975 Country: UK Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson Berlin Alexanderplatz Year: 1980 Country: West Germany Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Starring: Günter Lamprecht, Elisabeth Trissenaar Blade Runner Year: 1982 Country: USA Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer Bonnie and Clyde Year: 1967 Country: USA Director: Arthur Penn Starring: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman Brazil Year: 1985 Country: UK Director: Terry Gilliam Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro Bride of Frankenstein Year: 1935 Country: USA Director: James Whale Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Elsa Lanchester Camille Year: 1936 Country: USA Director: George Cukor Starring: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore Casablanca Year: 1942 Country: USA Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid Charade Year: 1963 Country: USA Director: Stanley Donen Starring: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn Children of Paradise Year: 1945 Country: France Director: Marcel Carné Starring: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault Chinatown Year: 1974 Country: USA Director: Roman Polanski Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston Chungking Express Year: 1994 Country: Hong Kong Director: Wong Kar Wai Starring: Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu Wai Citizen Kane Year: 1941 Country: USA Director: Orson Welles Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead City Lights Year: 1931 Country: USA Director: Charles Chaplin Starring: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill City of God Year: 2002 Country: Brazil Director: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino Closely Watched Trains Year: 1966 Country: Czechoslovakia Director: Jirí Menzel Starring: Václav Neckár, Josef Somr The Crime of Monsieur Lange Year: 1936 Country: France Director: Jean Renoir Starring: René Lefèvre, Florelle The Crowd Year: 1928 Country: USA Director: King Vidor Starring: Eleanor Boardman, James Murray Day for Night Year: 1973 Country: France Director: François Truffaut Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Valentina Cortèse The Decalogue Year: 1989 Country: Poland Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski Detour Year: 1945 Country: USA Director: Edgar G. Ulmer Starring: Tom Neal, Ann Savage The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Year: 1972 Country: France, Italy, Spain Director: Luis Buñuel Starring: Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Stephane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel Dodsworth Year: 1936 Country: USA Director: William Wyler Starring: Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Mary Astor Double Indemnity Year: 1944 Country: USA Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Year: 1964 Country: UK Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn Drunken Master II Year: 1994 Country: Hong Kong Director: Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie Chan Starring: Jackie Chan, Felix Wong E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Year: 1982 Country: USA Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore 8 1/2 Year: 1963 Country: Italy Director: Federico Fellini Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée The 400 Blows Year: 1959 Country: France Director: François Truffaut Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy Farewell My Concubine Year: 1993 Country: China Director: Kaige Chen Starring: Leslie Cheung, Gong Li Finding Nemo Year: 2003 Country: USA Director: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich Starring: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe The Fly Year: 1986 Country: USA Director: David Cronenberg Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis The Godfather, Parts I and II Year: 1972, 1974 Country: USA Director: Francis Ford Coppola Starring: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, John Cazale, Robert De Niro The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Year: 1966 Country: Italy/USA Director: Sergio Leone Starring: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach Goodfellas Year: 1990 Country: USA Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino A Hard Day's Night Year: 1964 Country: UK Director: Richard Lester Starring: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr His Girl Friday Year: 1940 Country: USA Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy Ikiru Year: 1952 Country: Japan Director: Akira Kurosawa Starring: Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Himori In A Lonely Place Year: 1950 Country: USA Director: Nicholas Ray Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame Invasion of the Body Snatchers Year: 1956 Country: USA Director: Don Siegel Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter It's A Gift Year: 1934 Country: USA Director: Norman Z. McLeod Starring: W.C. Fields, Kathleen Howard It's A Wonderful Life Year: 1946 Country: USA Director: Frank Capra Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore Kandahar Year: 2001 Country: Iran, France Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf Starring: Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai Kind Hearts and Coronets Year: 1949 Country: UK Director: Robert Hamer Starring: Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness King Kong Year: 1933 Country: USA Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack Starring: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot The Lady Eve Year: 1941 Country: USA Director: Preston Sturges Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda The Last Command Year: 1928 Country: USA Director: Josef von Sternberg Starring: Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell Lawrence of Arabia Year: 1962 Country: UK Director: David Lean Starring: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Omar Sharif Léolo Year: 1992 Country: France, Canada Director: Jean-Claude Lauzon Starring: Gilbert Sicotte, Maxime Collin The Lord of the Rings Year: 2001-03 Country: New Zealand Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen The Man With a Camera Year: 1929 Country: Soviet Union Director: Dziga Vertov The Manchurian Candidate Year: 1962 Country: USA Director: John Frankenheimer Starring: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury Meet Me in St. Louis Year: 1944 Country: USA Director: Vincente Minnelli Starring: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien Metropolis Year: 1927 Country: Germany Director: Fritz Lang Starring: Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm Miller's Crossing Year: 1990 Country: USA Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, Albert Finney, John Turturro Mon oncle d'Amérique Year: 1980 Country: France Director: Alain Resnais Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia Mouchette Year: 1967 Country: France Director: Robert Bresson Starring: Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert Nayakan Year: 1987 Country: India Director: Mani Ratnam Starring: Kamal Hassan, Saranya, Janagaraj Ninotchka Year: 1939 Country: USA Director: Ernst Lubitsch Starring: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas Notorious Year: 1946 Country: USA Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains Olympia, Parts 1 and 2 Year: 1938 Country: Germany Director: Leni Riefenstahl On the Waterfront Year: 1954 Country: USA Director: Elia Kazan Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Eva Marie Saint Once Upon a Time in the West Year: 1968 Country: Italy/USA Director: Sergio Leone Starring: Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson Out of the Past Year: 1947 Country: USA Director: Jacques Tourneur Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas Persona Year: 1966 Country: Sweden Director: Ingmar Bergman Starring: Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand Pinocchio Year: 1940 Country: USA Director: Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen Starring: Mel Blanc, Christian Rub, Dickie Jones Psycho Year: 1960 Country: USA Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh Pulp Fiction Year: 1994 Country: USA Director: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Tim Roth, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman The Purple Rose of Cairo Year: 1985 Country: USA Director: Woody Allen Starring: Jeff Daniels, Mia Farrow, Danny Aiello Pyaasa Year: 1957 Country: India Director: Guru Dutt Starring: Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman Raging Bull Year: 1980 Country: USA Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci Schindler's List Year: 1993 Country: USA Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes The Searchers Year: 1956 Country: USA Director: John Ford Starring: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood Sherlock, Jr. Year: 1924 Country: USA Director: Buster Keaton Starring: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Ward Crane The Shop Around the Corner Year: 1940 Country: USA Director: Ernst Lubitsch Starring: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart Singin' in the Rain Year: 1952 Country: USA Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly Starring: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds The Singing Detective Year: 1986 Country: UK Director: Jon Amiel Starring: Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley Smiles of a Summer Night Year: 1955 Country: Sweden Director: Ingmar Bergman Starring: Eva Dahlbeck, Ulla Jacobsson, Harrient Andersson, Margit Carlqvist Some Like It Hot Year: 1959 Country: USA Director: Billy Wilder Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon Star Wars Year: 1977 Country: USA Director: George Lucas Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness A Streetcar Named Desire Year: 1951 Country: USA Director: Elia Kazan Starring: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden Sunrise Year: 1927 Country: USA Director: F.W. Murnau Starring: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston Sweet Smell of Success Year: 1957 Country: USA Director: Alexander Mackendrick Starring: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison Swing Time Year: 1936 Country: USA Director: George Stevens Starring: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers Talk to Her Year: 2002 Country: Spain Director: Pedro Almodóvar Starring: Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Rosario Flores Taxi Driver Year: 1976 Country: USA Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster Tokyo Story Year: 1953 Country: Japan Director: Yasujiro Ozu Starring: Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama A Touch of Zen Year: 1971 Country: Taiwan Director: King Hu Starring: Billy Chan, Ping-Yu Chang Ugetsu Year: 1953 Country: Japan Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Starring: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eitarô Ozawa Ulysses' Gaze Year: 1995 Country: Greece Director: Theo Angelopoulos Starring: Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson Umberto D Year: 1952 Country: Italy Director: Vittorio De Sica Starring: Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari Unforgiven Year: 1992 Country: USA Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman White Heat Year: 1949 Country: USA Director: Raoul Walsh Starring: James Cagney, Margaret Wycherly, Virginia Mayo Wings of Desire Year: 1987 Country: West Germany Director: Wim Wenders Starring: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin Yojimbo Year: 1961 Country: Japan Director: Akira Kurosawa Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai