How does one truly define a great movie?
Different individuals tend to like different aspects of a movie in a different way, however, one thing is always constant with pretty much everyone when encountering greatness -that endless linger of what was experienced and never-ending, lasting images in your head, that light-headed feeling when leaving the theater being totally speechless, that feeling of must see again, and finally watching it again and again…and again…

I believe Cinema viewing is both a passive & an active process. Paraphrasing Bertolucci, when people watch a film, they come together in a darkened room & have a collective dream. Even though the stimulus is the same, we all bring our own perceptions, beliefs & history to the images that are shown on the screen - every one of us experiences the same film in a different way

I have always shunned 'lists'. I believe these lists represent certain simplification of values and closed-ness on the part of the selector.
So, here given is not my list, but a bunch of movies- International, Indian and regional, which have moved me as a Cinematic experience, and has inspired me in many ways to create most of my works in the TV and movies.