I used the AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE list to joggle memory.
http://filmmakerstore.com/afi100.htm; for alternatives, see http://www.filmsite.org/villvoice.html
and retain their numbers for reference.
This is NOT in order of preference, just ones I watch again and again.
Many left out!
1. Citizen Kane – 1941
2. Casablanca – 1942
3. The Godfather – 1972
5. Lawrence of Arabia – 1962
9. Schindler’s List – 1993
12. Sunset Boulevard – 1950
14. Some Like it Hot – 1959
19. Chinatown – 1974
22. 2001: A Space Odyssey – 1968
23. The Maltese Falcon – 1941
26. Dr. Strangelove – 1964
27. Bonnie and Clyde – 1967
28. Apocalypse Now – 1979
30. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre – 1948
33. High Noon – 1952
38. Double Indemnity – 1944
40. North by Northwest – 1959
41. West Side Story – 1961
42. Rear Window – 1954
43. King Kong – 1933
46. A Clockwork Orange – 1971
47. Taxi Driver – 1976
50. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – 1969
53. Amadeus – 1984
54. All Quiet on the Western Front – 1930
60. Raiders of the Lost Ark – 1981
61. Vertigo – 1958
67. The Manchurian Candidate – 1962
71. Forrest Gump – 1994
84. Fargo – 1996
93. The Apartment – 1960
96. The Searchers – 1956
They don’t list, but I do:
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Blade Runner (1982)
The Apu Trilogy (1955, 1956, 1959)
The Big Sleep (1941)
Out of the Past (1947)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Seven Samari