I am a great fan of true, inspirational movies. I also like to watch crime, detective, war, western, investigation, historically relevant movies/programmes. Here is a list of my favorites:

[Updated Sunday, June 2 2019 1600 IST]

Movies

• 36 Quai des Orfèvres (Department 36) (2004).

• 633 Squadron (1964).

• A Fistful of Dollars (1964).

• Apollo 13 (1995).

• Battle of Britain (1969).

• Behind Enemy Lines (2001).

• Boston Strangler (2023).

• Braveheart (1995).

• Breach (2007).

• Chariots of Fire (1981).

• Cleopatra (1963).

• Closing Gamit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (2018).

• Courage Under Fire (1996).

• Crimson Tide (1995).

• Das Boot (1981).

• Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) (2006).

• Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters) (2007).

• Donnie Brasco (1997).

• Dunkirk (2017).

• El violín (The Violin) (2005).

• Enemy at the Gates (2001).

• Escape from Sobibor (1987).

• Flyboys (2006).

• Force 10 from Navarone (1978).

• Gandhi (1982).

• Gladiator (2000).

• Goodfellas (1990).

• JFK (1991).

• King Arthur (2004).

• Mackenna's Gold (1969).

• Midway (1976).

• Munich (2005).

• One Life (2023).

• Phone Booth (2003).

• Platoon (1986).

• Raid on Entebbe (1977).

• Remember the Titans (2000).

• Reversal of Fortune (1990).

• Saving Private Ryan (1998).

• Seabiscuit (2003).

• Senna (2010).

• Schindler's List (1993).

• Siberian Sniper (2021).

• The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978).

• The Accountant (2016).

• The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).

• The Falcon and the Snowman (1985).

• The Dirty Dozen (1967).

• The Godfather (1972).

• The Godfather Part II (1974).

• The Godfather Part III (1990).

• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966).

• The Great Escape (1963).

• The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005).

• The Guns of Navarone (1961).

• The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014).

• The King's Speech (2010).

• The Last Emperor (1987).

• The Magnificent Seven (1960).

• The Patriot (2000).

• The Pursuit of Happyness (2006).

• The Untouchables (1987).

• The Wildest Dream (2010).

• The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006).

• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970).

• To Sir, With Love (1967).

• True Blue (1996).

• Triumph of the Spirit (1989).

• Troy (2004).

• U-571 (2000).

• Von Ryan's Express (1965).

• Where Eagles Dare (1969).

• Zodiac (2007).

Television

• Air Crash Investigation. National Geographic Channel.

• Band of Brothers. HBO.

• Cold Case Files. A&E Network.

• The FBI files. Discovery Channel.

• The New Detectives. Discovery Channel.

• Seconds From Disaster. National Geographic Channel.