Below listed films are asked in the UGC NET exam and are very important for the mass communication entrance exam or M.Phil. Ph.D. entrance exam.
| MOVIE | Director | Year |
| Coolie | Manmohan Desai | 1983 |
| Swayamvaram | K Vijay bhaskar | 1999 |
| Slumdog Millionaire | Danny Boyle | 2008 |
| Pather Panchali | Satyajeet Ray | 1995 |
| Kashmir Ki kali | Shakti Samanta | 1964 |
| Welcome to Sajjanpur | Shyam Benegal | 2008 |
| Singham | Rohit Shetthi | 2011 |
| Aarakshan | Amitabh | 2011 |
| Namesake | Mira Nair | 2007 |
| The Japanese Wife | Arpana Sen | |
| Hum Tum aur Ghost | Kabeer Kaushik | 2010 |
| Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Rakesh Omprakash Mehra | 2013 |
| Jhansi Ki rani | Sohrab Modi | 1951 |
| Awara | Raj Kapoor | 1953 |
| Bobby | Raj Kapoor | 1973 |
| Ram Teri ganga Maili | Raj Kapoor | 1985 |
| Bombay | Mani Ratnam | 1995 |
| Manthan | Shyam Benegal | 1976 |
| Apur Sansar | Satyajit Ray | 1959 |
| 36 Chowringhee Lane | Aparna Sen | 1981 |
| Sooraj Ka Satwaan Ghoda | Shyam Benegal | 1992 |
| Drifters | John Grierson | 1929 |
| Solaris | Steven Soderbergh | 1972 |
| Garam Hawa | MS Sathyu | 1973 |
| Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero | Shyam Benegal | 2004 |
| Agantuk | Satyajit Ray | 1991 |
| Anantaram | Adoor Gopalahrishnan | 1987 |
| Swami | Basu Chatterjee, Girish Karnad (star) | 1977 |
| Battleship Potemkin | Sergei Eisenstein | 1925 |
| Mera Naam Joker | Raj Kapoor | 1970 |
| Sahib Bibi Aur Gulam | Abrar Alvi | 1962 |
| Waqt | Yash Chopra | 1965 |
| Coolie | Manmohan Desai | 1983 |
| The Bicycle Theives | Vittorio De Sica | 1948 |
| Nanook of the North | Robert J. Flaherty | 1922 |
| Birth of a Nation | D. W. Griffith | 1915 |
| Do Bigha Zameen | Bimal Roy | 1953 |
| Abhimaan | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | 1973 |
| Pyaasa | Guru Dutt | 1957 |
| Mughul-e-Azam | K. Asif and Mahboob Khan | 1960 |
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| Films | Directors |
| Mother | Vsevold Pudovkin |
| Metropolis | Fritz Lang |
| Citizen Kane | Orson Welles |
| Dial M for Murder | Alfred Hitchcok |
| Ikuru | Akira Kurosawa |
| Jurassic Park | Steven Spielberg |
| The Seventh Seal | Ingmar Bergman |
| Uski Roti | Mani Kaul |
| Tarang | Kumar Shahni |
| Akrosh | Govind Nihalani |
| Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro | Saeed Mirza |
| Mughal-e-Azam | K Asif |
| Pyaasa | Gurudutt |
| Do Bigha Zamin | Bimal Roy |
| Umrao Jaan | Muzaffar Ali |
| Mirch Masala | Ketan Mehta |
| Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron | Kundan Shah |
| Aarth | Mahesh Bhatt |
| Parinda | Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| Aradhana | Shakti Samanta |
| Firaaq | Nandita Das |
| Fire | Deepa Mehta |
| Wild Straberries | Ingmar Bergman |
| Nanook of the North | Robert Flaharty |
| The Days and Nights in Forest | Satyajit Ray |
| The Birds | Alfred Hitchcock |
| October | SM Eisenstein |
| Bhumika (1977) | Shyam Benegal |
| Birds | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Raja Harish Chandra | Dada Saheb Phalke |
| Guddi (1971) | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
| Kaagaj Ke phoole (1959) | Guru Dutt |
| Rajniganda (1974) | Basu Chatterjee |
| Teen Kanya (1961) | Satyajeet Ray |
| Seven Samurai (1954) | Akira Kurusawa |
