Being from the newer generation I've naturally preferred movies that came out during my time. Somehow I've never really gotten into the 'older' movies (prior to 1980) compared to the newer ones out. Perhaps I sense movies these days seem to have more depth and really grab your attention (to me at least), putting aside the evolution of special effects, visual and audio of course. Here's my current list (that changes periodically from time to time). Like dean previously stated, depends on my mood.


1. Schindler's List (I doubt any movie in the next few years will surpass this on my
list)
2. Donnie Darko
3. Silence of the Lambs (and it's successor Hannibal)
4. K-PAX
5 The Last Samurai
6 The Matrix series (Animatrix included)
7. Lord of the Rings trilogy
8 Lost in Translation
9 Good Will Hunting
10. Willow (one of my still few favorites since I was little)
11 Amadeus
12. Shawshank Redemption
13. Fight Club
14. Donnie Brasco
15. Terminator 2 (one of the FEW movies that far surpasses it's predecessor, my favorite
as a kid)
16. The Negotiator
17. Heat (Pacino vs. Deniro... I mean, you know)
18. Conan the Barbarian
19. Jacob's Ladder
20. Requiem for a Dream


There are probably tons of movies that came out the last few years that I want to watch that I hear are really good (the Secretary, Big Fish, Road to Perdition, etc.). There are many I would have liked to include in this list, perhaps some I can't remember off the top of my head at the moment (I would like add some other excellent titles, The Cube, Leaving Las Vegas, AI, Office Space, Amistad).

I'd like to see a thread dedicated to favorite comedians...