nilly deen

Some of the best films I have seen over the past two-three years, a time where I have made up much for a previous time of hurried life and movie drought. 


1) Home of the Brave (dir. Mark Robson, 1949)

2) Dog Day Afternoon (dir. Sidney Lumet, 1975)

3) Secret Sunshine (dir. Lee Chang-dong, 2007)

4) Ace in the Hole (dir. Billy Wilder, 1951)

5) Battle of Algiers (dir. Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966)

6) The Last Black Man in San Francisco (dir. Joe Talbot, 2019)

7) Gaza Ghetto (dir. Per-Ake Holmquist, 1985)

8) Stalker (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979)

9) Memories of Underdevelopment (dir. Tomas Gutierrez Alea, 1968)

10) Wild at Heart (dir. David Lynch, 1990)

11) Life is Sweet (dir. Mike Leigh, 1990)

12) A Raisin in the Sun (dir. Daniel Petrie, 1961)


I hope you enjoy 🙂


London, UK // updated January 2026