Movies that strike me as exemplary are put on this list. That doesn't mean that you'll like them.

Overall Best Films:

• Amelie
• Spirited Away
• Miller's Crossing

Cinematography or Concept:

• Sin City
• Memento
• Rabbit Proof Fence
• Hero

Action:

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• The Bourne Identity
• Kill Bill I
• The Matrix

Atmosphere, Lazy Afternoon & Misc:

• Repo Man –an extremely quotable movie
• Ghost Dog
• Six String Samurai –an quite quotable movie
• Black Cat White Cat
• Tampopo
• City of the Lost Children
• Hudsucker Proxy
• Ferris Bueller's Grand Day Out
• Big Shot's Funeral
• Fargo
• Fight Club
• Forrest Gump
• Run Lola Run
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Paper Moon
• Full Monty
• Saving Private Ryan
• My Neighbor Totoro
• Porco Rosso

Silver-Screen Oldies:

• Marx Bros.' Movies.
• The Maltese Falcon
• Pink Panther Movies.

Psychological stuff...:

• Perfect Blue
• Lain -(TV)
• Twin Peaks -(TV)
• Reservoir Dogs
• American Beauty
• Apocalypse Now
• The Godfather

Computer Animated:

• Shrek I & II
• The skits before & after Pixar movies.
• The Incredibles

Animation:

• The Iron Giant
• Alice in Wonderland
• The Lion King
• Grave of the Fireflies -The saddest movie I have ever watched. Set in WWII Japan, Studio Ghibli
• Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade -John le Carre style, cold blooded spy movie rendered in anime realism. Link
• Ghost in the Shell I & II

Animation, TV:

• South Park
• Futurama
• Family Guy
• Invader Zim
• Cowboy Bebop -It isn't really held together very well, but it's fun to watch. Link
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
• Samurai Champloo