These are the personal top ten for each of this website's founders. These are by no means authoritative lists of the "best" films; however, they are our favorites.

J.J. Shankar

  1. Sansho the Bailiff (1954, Mizoguchi)

  2. Mulholland Dr. (2001, Lynch)

  3. Playtime (1967, Tati)

  4. To Live (1994, Zhang)

  5. Viridiana (1960, Bunuel)

  6. Eraserhead (1977, Lynch)

  7. Dogville (2003, von Trier)

  8. The Shining (1980, Kubrick)

  9. Tokyo Story (1953, Ozu)

  10. Daisies (1966, Chytilova)

Nick Shankar

  1. Solaris (1972, Tarkovsky)

  2. Sansho the Bailiff (1954, Mizoguchi)

  3. Tokyo Story (1953, Ozu)

  4. Viridiana (1960, Bunuel)

  5. The 400 Blows (1959, Truffaut)

  6. A Man Escaped (1956, Bresson)

  7. Ikiru (1952, Kurosawa)

  8. Les Diaboliques (1955, Clouzot)

  9. Jalsaghar (1958, Ray)

  10. Chungking Express (1994, Wong)