Pixels

Pixels 2015

5.70

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

2015

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire 2008

7.73

A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".

2008

The Bucket List

The Bucket List 2007

7.19

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.

2007

The Namesake

The Namesake 2006

6.70

After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their native India and blending into American culture. Although parents Ashoke and Ashima are proud of the sacrifices they make to give their children opportunities, their son Gogol strives to forge his own identity without forgetting his heritage.

2006

Shiraz: A Romance of India

Shiraz: A Romance of India 1928

5.80

A historical romance set in the Mughal Empire. Selima is a princess-foundling raised by a potter and loved by her brother, Shiraz. She is abducted and sold as a slave to Prince Khurram, later Emperor Shah Jehan, who falls for her, to the chagrin of the wily Dalia. When Selima is caught is Shiraz, the young man is condemned to be trampled to death by an elephant. A pendant reveals Selima's royal status and she saves her brother, marries the prince and becomes Empress Mumtaz Mahal while Dalia is banned for her machinations against Selima. When Selima dies (1629), the emperor builds her a monument to the design of the now old and blind Shiraz, the Taj Mahal.

1928

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal 1963

6.30

Based on the historical legend, this commercially successful film delves into the context of why Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in fond remembrance of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

1963

Montreal and India

Montreal and India 1922

1

The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa.

1922

Temples of India

Temples of India 1938

2.00

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.

1938

The Real Thing

The Real Thing 2018

7.60

A smaller scale Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysées can be found just outside Shanghai; a copy of St. Peter’s in Rome can be found in Yamoussoukro, in the Ivory Coast: a journey over three continents to see the architecture of imitation, the uncanny world of the fake.

2018

Khyber Pass; Kashmir; Agra

Khyber Pass; Kashmir; Agra 1928

1

Romantic, atmospheric travelogue capturing some of northern India’s most iconic places – not least the Taj Mahal.

1928

Taj Mahal 1989

Taj Mahal 1989 2020

6.40

In and around Lucknow University in 1989, couples of varying ages explore the politics of love through marriage, budding romances and friendships.

2020

A Taste Of India

A Taste Of India 2016

10.00

Watch my first trip to India in this travel documentary, as I spent 6 weeks backpacking around the country. I spent 3 weeks backpacking through the cities of the north and then another 3 weeks in the beaches and backwaters of the south.

2016