There is then a list of films I love unconditionally, fourteen titles in all, and as is evident, I like titles which have 'night' either in their title or in their spirit. This list is followed by an inventory-list of a number of top-of-the-head titles which could also decide to sub any day, any time of the week. Here goes, in no particular priority,
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) / Sergio Leone
- Taxi Driver (1976) / Martin Scorsese
- Jaws (1975) / Steven Spielberg
- First Loves (1974) / Kryzstof Kieslowski
- Kanchenjungha (1962) / Satyajit Ray
- Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) / Kenji Misumi
- Night of the Demon (1957) / Jacques Tourneur
- Night and the City (1950) / Jules Dassin
- Le Trou (1960) / Jacques Becker
- Mystery Train (1989) / Jim Jarmusch
- Jalsaghar (1958) / Satyajit Ray
- Modern Times (1936) / Charlie Chaplin
- Night and Fog (1955) / Alain Resnais
- Gate of Flesh (1964) / Seijun Suzuki
Titles to recall and smile about on a cold winter night
The Burmese Harp, Le Samourai, Raging Bull, Ajantrik, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Psycho, A Clockwork Orange, Modern Times, Les Vampires, The General, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kagemusha, Sunrise, Ivan's Childhood, PlayTime, At Land, A Trip to the Moon, Dersu Uzala, BlowUp, Young Frankenstein, Le Mepris, La Dolce Vita, The Story of Adele H., Real Life, Vengeance is Mine, The Third Man, Kuroneko, Anand, A Grand Day Out With Wallace and Gromit, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Peeping Tom, Sherlock Jr., The Killers (Tarkovsky), Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Shock Corridor, Woman in the Moon, The Lady from Shanghai, Oldboy, The Red Balloon, Close-Up, M., Witness for the Prosecution, Three Colours: Blue, Repulsion, Kaagaz Ke Phool
