There are many sites with top 50/100/250 type lists of films out there, so, rather than emulate that format, here is a list, by genre, of some of the best films I have watched over the years.

Horror Sci-Fi Drama

The Shining
The Silence of the Lambs
The Sixth Sense
The Wicker Man
Bad Taste
The Thing
The Exorcist
Let the Right One In
Ghostbusters
Scream
American Physco
The Ring
Audition
Se7en
Final Destination
Saw
The Others
Angel Heart
Halloween
Rec
Insidious

Blade Runner
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
The Matrix
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Alien
2001: A Space Odyssey
Twelve Monkeys
E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
Inception
Total Recall
Contact
The Fifth Element
I, Robot

The Shawshank Redemption
Schindler's List
City of God
Stand By Me
The Green Mile
Slumdog Millionaire
Fargo
Forest Gump
American Beauty
La Haine
American History X
Amelie
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Cool Hand Luke
The Graduate
Network
Apollo 13
Walk the Line
Rain Man
Eyes Wide Shut
The Orphanage
Lars and the Real Girl


Comedy Western Fantasy
Monty Python's Life of Brian
In Bruges
A Fish Called Wanda
Trainspotting
American Pie
Borat
Dumb and Dumber
Superbad
Stir Crazy
Shaun of the Dead
This is Spinal Tap
Ferris Bueller's Day Off		 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Once Upon a Time in the West
Unforgiven
For a Few Dollars More
The Magnificent Seven
High Noon
The Shootist		 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Pan's Labyrinth
Batman Begins
Kick-Ass
Sleepy Hollow
The Golden Compass

Thriller War "Unusual"!

Pulp Fiction
Casino
Memento
Blue Velvet
V for Vendetta
Who Am I - Kein System ist sicher
The Godfather
Inception
Goodfellas
Fight Club
The Usual Suspects
Leon
Children of Men
Taxi Driver
Sin City
Oldboy
Die Hard
Heat
No Country for Old Men
Mission: Impossible
The Departed
The Italian Job
Gone in Sixty Seconds
The General
Gangs of New York

Apocalypse Now
Saving Private Ryan
Inglorious Basterds
Downfall
The Deer Hunter
Platoon
Good Morning, Vietnam
Salvador
Black Hawk Down
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Full Metal Jacket
The Killing Fields
Das Boot
Where Eagles Dare

Mulholland Drive
Requiem for a Dream
House of Sand and Fog
A Clockwork Orange
Donnie Darko
Vanilla Sky
Brazil
Lost Highway
Gozu


Adventure/Epic '80s Films  
Gladiator
Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark
King Kong
Titanic
Independance Day
The Day After Tomorrow
Armageddon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Chariots of Fire		 Top Gun
The Karate Kid
The Lost Boys
Crocodile Dundee
Rambo
Rocky
Lethal Weapon
Beverly Hills Cop
Back to the Future
The Breakfast Club
War Games
Fatal Attraction		  
Worst Films Ever! TV Series Directors
The Core
Wild Wild West
Lost in Translation		 Twin Peaks
Lost
Heroes
West Wing

David Lynch
Peter Jackson
David Cronenberg
Francis Ford Coppola
Coen Brothers
Stanley Kubrick
Quentin Tarrantino
John Carpenter