Here are mine..you can kind of ignore the numbers because I wouldn't say any are in order really besides my top two spots being Big Lebowski and Pulp Fiction.
1.) The Big Lebowski - Funniest movie I have ever seen, hands down and in my opinion, the Coen brothers finest hour. This movie tells the story of the laziest person in LA which as the movie explains means he is the laziest person in the world. Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski is a loser who has three joys in his life: getting stoned, bowling, and listening to CCR. Suddenly through weird circumstances, the Dude, and his friends Walter (played by John Goodman), and Donny (Steve Buschemi) find themselves involved in a kidnapping case. The characters in this movie are in a class of their own, almost like a modern day three stooges. John Goodman definitely takes the cake here though.
2.) Pulp Fiction The follow up to Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, this was another huge hit for him. With an amazing cast, great dialogue, and an amazingly interwoven stories told out of order, this really did change the way crime movies were made.
3.) Blow. Amazing performance by Johny Depp in this movie as he plays George Jung, who goes from dealing marijuana to creating an empire with cocaine. The end seems to drag on a bit, but still one of my all time favorites.
4.) Almost Famous Cameron Crowe's story of growing up, told through the eyes of a young inspiring rock reporter. Ends up being a great ode to the 70s and the music as he follows around fictional band Stilwater (supposedly based of Zeppelin/Allman Brothers) from it's humble beginnings until they make it big. All in all, a great film.
5.) The Life Aquatic - Recent effort from Wes Anderson, one of my favorite directors. One of Bill Murray's best performances I'd say, and an intelligent, often times very random, but most of all, very funny movie. And who can't love the acoustic Bowie soundtrack?
6.) Clerks Another one of my favorite directors, this is Kevin Smith's first and in my opinion, his best film yet. Follows the exploits of Quick Stop worker Dante and his friend Randal, who works at the video store next door. The funny thing of the movie is seeing what weird people they run into at otherwise borings jobs and what they do have some fun.
7.) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - This unconventional love story shows what a great actor Jim Carrey truely is. Not exactly a laugh out loud kind of funny, though very amusing in it's own absurd way. A brilliant, funny, often times very trippy and abstract movie.
8.) Princess Mononoke - Hard for me to choose just one Miyazaki film, but I didn't want too many on my list so I decided with this one. An amazing work of animation and one of the best movies I have ever seen. An epic tale of nature vs. civilization told through the eyes of a warrior, Ashitaka, and his struggles to end a war between the humans and the forest dwellers. A beautiful, magical, and moving movie.
9.) Boogie Nights - A movie about porn that isn't trashy! The movie tells the story of Dirk Diggler, who gets into the porn industry at a young age when he meets a director while working as a dishwasher at a nightclub. Suddenly, he is thrown head first into the porn world, and as he climbs to the top, he finds himself struggling to deal with the stardom, pressure, and drug problems.
10.) The Departed - Scorsese's return to true greatness. Along with Goodfellas, his best movie. Based off of a Hong Kong film, Internal Affairs, the Departed tells the story of two very different cops from Boston, one who is infiltrating the police forces who is working for the mob, and one with a bad background who is working undercover and trying to get into the mob to find the mole. A great gangster film with incredible performances by Leo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, and Jack Nicholson.
Honorable Mentions:
Hero
Fight Club
Last Samurai
Reservoir Dogs
Kill Bill
Dazed and Confused
Requiem for a Dream
Royal Tenenbaums
Sin City
I Heart Huckabees
Dumb and Dumber
Anchorman
Old School
Half Baked
Donnie Darko
Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Rushmore
Pan's Labyrinth
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Trainspotting
Zatoichi
Layer Cake
Goodfellas
Gladiator
Braveheart
Scarface
Garden State
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