Just before the turn of the millennium, Metromix.com asked of a number of filmmakers, among them Jim Jarmusch, "What would you keep [...] if you truly had to make a last and irrevocable choice? Of movies, that is?"
Any movie: "Tokyo Story" (Yasujiro Ozu; 1953) - "A transforming experience"
His own: "Down by Law" (1986) - "Lots of fun"