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My recommendations have already been posted but here are they again:

A Clockwork Orange
Reservoir Dogs
American Psycho I (don't watch II, it sucks badly)
Office Space
Fight Club
Good Fellas
Blow

(There are more I really like but I can't think of 'em right now)

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Memento
The Usual Suspects
Once upon a time in America
Millers Crossing
The Killer (John Woo)
Rat Race
A fish called Wanda

I guess many would include Lord of the Rings and Star Wars as well

Ghost
Dirty dancing
Dogma
Sleepy Hollow
Mathrix

http://us.imdb.com/top_250_films

1 Godfather, The (1972) 9.0/10 (70052 votes)
2 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 8.9/10 (89075 votes)
3 Godfather: Part II, The (1974) 8.8/10 (39167 votes)
4 Schindler's List (1993) 8.7/10 (62554 votes)
5 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The (2001) 8.7/10 (89951 votes)
6 Citizen Kane (1941) 8.7/10 (39432 votes)
7 Casablanca (1942) 8.7/10 (41939 votes)
8 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.7/10 (16495 votes)
9 Star Wars (1977) 8.7/10 (91973 votes)
10 Memento (2000) 8.6/10 (49289 votes)
11 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.6/10 (39552 votes)
12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.6/10 (43416 votes)
13 Rear Window (1954) 8.6/10 (25316 votes)
14 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 8.6/10 (70824 votes)
15 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 8.6/10 (60346 votes)
16 Usual Suspects, The (1995) 8.6/10 (66723 votes)
17 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002) 8.6/10 (40238 votes)
18 Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 8.5/10 (29980 votes)
19 North by Northwest (1959) 8.5/10 (22706 votes)
20 Pulp Fiction (1994) 8.5/10 (80237 votes)
21 Psycho (1960) 8.5/10 (34739 votes)
22 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 8.5/10 (59858 votes)
23 12 Angry Men (1957) 8.5/10 (16898 votes)
24 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 8.5/10 (19407 votes)
25 It's a Wonderful Life (1946) 8.4/10 (26893 votes)
26 American Beauty (1999) 8.4/10 (71326 votes)
27 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.4/10 (14353 votes)
28 Goodfellas (1990) 8.4/10 (40541 votes)
29 Vertigo (1958) 8.4/10 (21803 votes)
30 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 8.4/10 (8967 votes)
31 Apocalypse Now (1979) 8.4/10 (39692 votes)
32 Some Like It Hot (1959) 8.3/10 (15126 votes)
33 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 8.3/10 (18261 votes)
34 Matrix, The (1999) 8.3/10 (85844 votes)
35 Taxi Driver (1976) 8.3/10 (28831 votes)
36 Third Man, The (1949) 8.3/10 (11428 votes)
37 Paths of Glory (1957) 8.3/10 (8225 votes)
38 Boot, Das (1981) 8.3/10 (17885 votes)
39 Fight Club (1999) 8.3/10 (62083 votes)
40 L.A. Confidential (1997) 8.3/10 (45990 votes)
41 Chinatown (1974) 8.3/10 (15863 votes)
42 Double Indemnity (1944) 8.3/10 (7031 votes)
43 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.3/10 (21810 votes)
44 Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 8.3/10 (12955 votes)
45 Singin' in the Rain (1952) 8.3/10 (12910 votes)
46 Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957) 8.3/10 (14295 votes)
47 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 8.3/10 (64849 votes)
48 M (1931) 8.2/10 (6931 votes)
49 All About Eve (1950) 8.2/10 (8015 votes)
50 Raging Bull (1980) 8.2/10 (15969 votes)
51 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.2/10 (37649 votes)
52 Pianist, The (2002) 8.2/10 (5096 votes)
53 Wo hu cang long (2000) 8.2/10 (35287 votes)
54 Se7en (1995) 8.2/10 (52660 votes)
55 C'era una volta il West (1968) 8.2/10 (7106 votes)
56 Wizard of Oz, The (1939) 8.2/10 (24827 votes)
57 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.2/10 (43937 votes)
58 Vita è bella, La (1997) 8.2/10 (25107 votes)
59 American History X (1998) 8.2/10 (32150 votes)
60 Touch of Evil (1958) 8.2/10 (7506 votes)
61 Sting, The (1973) 8.2/10 (15139 votes)
62 Alien (1979) 8.2/10 (39441 votes)
63 Manchurian Candidate, The (1962) 8.2/10 (8422 votes)
64 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 8.2/10 (7277 votes)
65 Rashomon (1950) 8.2/10 (6720 votes)
66 Léon (1994) 8.2/10 (29938 votes)
67 Annie Hall (1977) 8.2/10 (13180 votes)
68 Clockwork Orange, A (1971) 8.2/10 (40796 votes)
69 Great Escape, The (1963) 8.2/10 (11824 votes)
70 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 8.2/10 (6598 votes)
71 Sixth Sense, The (1999) 8.1/10 (60177 votes)
72 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.1/10 (39803 votes)
73 Jaws (1975) 8.1/10 (29705 votes)
74 Amadeus (1984) 8.1/10 (24247 votes)
75 Braveheart (1995) 8.1/10 (59671 votes)
76 On the Waterfront (1954) 8.1/10 (7425 votes)
77 Ran (1985) 8.1/10 (7057 votes)
78 Fargo (1996) 8.1/10 (43558 votes)
79 Blade Runner (1982) 8.1/10 (51285 votes)
80 Apartment, The (1960) 8.1/10 (6715 votes)
81 Toy Story 2 (1999) 8.1/10 (24355 votes)
82 High Noon (1952) 8.1/10 (7637 votes)
83 Modern Times (1936) 8.1/10 (5877 votes)
84 Aliens (1986) 8.1/10 (42163 votes)
85 Strangers on a Train (1951) 8.1/10 (6179 votes)
86 Shining, The (1980) 8.1/10 (30388 votes)
87 Duck Soup (1933) 8.1/10 (6279 votes)
88 Princess Bride, The (1987) 8.1/10 (36235 votes)
89 Donnie Darko (2001) 8.1/10 (13893 votes)
90 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 8.1/10 (4579 votes)
91 Lola rennt (1998) 8.1/10 (19697 votes)
92 City Lights (1931) 8.0/10 (4691 votes)
93 General, The (1927) 8.0/10 (4178 votes)
94 Searchers, The (1956) 8.0/10 (6235 votes)
95 Metropolis (1927) 8.0/10 (6746 votes)
96 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.0/10 (28818 votes)
97 Notorious (1946) 8.0/10 (6169 votes)
98 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 8.0/10 (12730 votes)
99 Manhattan (1979) 8.0/10 (7884 votes)
100 Graduate, The (1967) 8.0/10 (17474 votes)

and more

Here are some:

Gangster Number 1
Romper Stomper
LA Story
Menace II Society
One Flew over the Coockoo's Nest
The Deer Hunter
Blood In Blood Out
Killing Zoe
Naked Lunch
Lost Highway
Taxi Driver
Pulp Fiction
Full Metal Jacket

Summer of Sam
Bladerunner
Angel Heart
Frankenstein (1931)

Snatch
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
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Tommy Boy
Ghostbusters
Caddyshack
Goldeneye
Jaws
Indiana Jones (all)
Blues Brothers

very good film! Anyone who writes should like it and don't forget Toby Mcquire. He is in it a lot more than Katie Holmes ;)

Clerks
Mallrats (the best of brainless)
Dogma
Adaptation
Being John Malkovich
Leaving Las Vegas
Pleasantville
Freeway (weird as heck but good)
The Dish (gentle but good)
LA Confidental
Pricilla Queen Of ...
Stand By Me
Ferris Buhler
Breakfast Club

Best kids movie from my era: Goonies

I'm currently watching American Graffit as I write this.