Film fans from various social media platforms responded with strong reactions after Letterboxd released its Top 500 Films list which included only nine Indian movies.

The platform's user rating system established the rankings which led to discussions about how movies are viewed online and the representation of different films as well as the international appeal of those movies.

The Indian film selection includes RRR, 3 Idiots and 12th Fail together with Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy.

The people who accepted the new content found it difficult to understand which content they should have included. The major discussion points for the event stood between the missing Guru Dutt films and the absence of Nayakan and other classic movies.

User reactions

The user wrote that "No Guru Dutt film and no Nayakan exists which creates an unusual situation that most people believe because it excludes essential Indian cinema masterpieces."

Even the presence of certain newer films sparked discussion. One commenter remarked, “All are deserved but we are definitely not represented enough,” suggesting the issue wasn’t individual titles but the overall number.

Another debate cantered around RRR, with a user stating, “RRR definitely deserves to be there but definitely not over Oppenheimer and other better movies tbh.”