What do you think are the best movies ever made?

[UltraBudgie]

Don't forget:

Dune
Alien
The Lives Of Others
Avengers: Infinity War
Cinema Paradiso
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
L.A. Confidential
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Citizen Kane
To Kill a Mockingbird
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
On the Waterfront
Network

[Maxmars]

Don't forget:

Hell... I forgot some of those as well...  see what I mean about the list "never being complete?"

Also, damn I wish I had those all on DVD... soon you won't be able to watch any of them anymore without "logging into" something.

[argentus]

Hell... I forgot some of those as well...  see what I mean about the list "never being complete?"

Also, damn I wish I had those all on DVD... soon you won't be able to watch any of them anymore without "logging into" something.

When any of those come on any of the three inputs we enjoy, I record them and store them on a hard drive.   We have a BUNCH of DVRs also, and even some perfectly preserved VCR tapes, which I hope will someday be displayed in a museum.  

I wonder if apocalyptic times come, will the people of the future be able to operate our storage devices to view our entertaiment preferences?   What if 20,000 years pass?

[Kurokage]

Rashomon
Sanjuro
Yojimbo
Seven Samurai

I'd missed posting Japanese films as I was already upto about 100 western movies in my head before picking the few films I did post. Kurosawa was a massive influence on western cinema and made some classic movies.

[xpert11]

The Cruel Sea (1953) is no longer a mainstream film, but moviegoers might be interested in how that film kicked off Denholm Elliot's acting career. Elliot went on to star in the Indiana Jones films.

[putnam6]

This is difficult I have movies I like in different genres and for a multitude of reasons.

Mostly though for me if it's a movie I'll watch it almost any time it's on, but even that eliminates some great movies that are difficult to watch over and over because its genius was in its twist ending.

As a dude its hard to beat

Fight Club
Cool Hand Luke
The Godfather I and II
The Shawshank Redemption 
The Matrix
No Country for Old Men
Saving Private Ryan
Dances with Wolves
Pulp Fiction
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
2001 A Space Odyssey 
Reservoir Dogs
Papillon, the original version obviously
The Wild Bunch
GoodFellas
Taxi Driver
The Deer Hunter
Full Metal Jacket
Fargo
Chinatown 
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Alien and Aliens

but there are so many more and I appreciate more than just guy movies, somebody mentioned The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mine. This is such an underrated movie Carrey and Winslett were great and it had an excellent story and ensemble cast. 

Otherwise, It would be easier for me to separate it into decades, because the true test of a film is its longevity Psycho, for example, even some of the classics from earlier times Citizen Kane The Maltese Falcon The African Queen. My parents loved watching movies and we watched the classics on TV we went to the drive-in and movies a lot in the 70s, so most of the best of the decade I've seen and appreciate

It's like Deliverance, it is so visceral so Appalachian it's a phenomenally made film, but I have to be in the right mood to watch it,  It's a dark disturbing movie like A Clockwork Orange, Midnight Express, or Straw Dogs and I dig those too.

Missing so many others lately since most new movies both suck and blow, I have been trying to watch different director's portfolios Tarantino, Nolan, and the first Coen Brothers movie Blood Simple is fantastic.