A few of my favorite movies
(in no particular order)

 
The Battle of Algiers 1966
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo		   Apocalypse Now, 1979
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
      Five Easy Pieces, 1970
Director: Bob Rafelson		  
Fearless Vampire Killers, 1967
Director: Roman Polanski
 
Fellini Satyricon, 1969
Director: Federico Fellini		  
Yojimbo, 1961
Director: Akira Kurasawa
 
Pulp Fiction, 1994
Director: Quentin Tarrantino		  
The Elephant Man, 1980
Director: David Lynch
 
Empire of the Sun, 1987
Director: Steven Spielberg		  
Seven Beauties, 1975
Director: Lina Wertmuller

Amarcord, 1973
Director: Federico Fellini		  
The Remains of the Day, 1993
Director: James Ivory
 
Sorcerer, 1977
Director: William Friedkin		  
Fargo, 1996
Director: Joel Coen
   
   
   

More favorites (again, in no particular order):

Dersu Uzala (1975) director: Akira Kurosawa

The New World (2005) director: Terrence Malick

Into the Wild (2007) director: Sean Penn

Lawrence of Arabia (1962) director: David Lean

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) director: David Lean

Fanny and Alexander (1982) director: Igmar Bergman

1900 [Novecento] (1976) director: Bernardo Bertolucci

Zulu (1964) director: Cy Endfield

The Godfather Part II (1974) director: Francis Ford Coppola

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) director: Robert Mulligan

Das Boot (1981) director Wolfgang Peterson

Links

The Greatest Films

The Best 1000 Films Ever Made (NY Times)

Rotten Tomatoes

Movie Review Query Engine

Deviant TV (lowbrow entertainment)