Below is a list of films and television shows that I like and feel have significance. Those in bold type I find especially compelling.
Just my humble opinion . . .
Balance
12 Angry Men
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Best Years of Our Lives
Bicycle Thieves
Broken Blossoms
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Citizen Kane
City Lights
Double Indemnity
The General
It Happened One Night
Judgment at Nuremberg
The Lady Vanishes
The Last Laugh
M
On The Waterfront
Rashomon
Rear Window
Rebecca
Singin' In The Rain
Sunrise
21 Grams
Aliens
All That Jazz
Amelie
Best In Show
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Chicago
Chinatown
Cinema Paradiso
Elling
Far From Heaven
The Full Monty
Cyrano de Bergerac
Good Night, and Good Luck
Gosford Park
Joyeux Noel
L.A. Confidential
Kolya
Michael Clayton
Nobody's Fool
Pirate Radio
Poltergeist
The Queen
Raging Bull
Remains of the Day
Tokyo Story
Truly Madly Deeply
Unforgiven
Young Frankenstein
A Bug's Life
Chicken Run
Cinderella
Finding Nemo
Ice Age
The Incredibles
Lady and The Tramp
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
Charade
The ChubbChubbs
Dear, Sweet Emma
For The Birds
From The 104th Floor
Genre
How To Kiss
Knickknack
Luxo, Jr.
The Periwig-Maker
Primiti Too Taa
Screenplay
Snookles
The Thing That Lurked in the Tub
Western
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
Born Into Brothels
The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns
Daughter From Danang
for my wife . . .
Grey Gardens
Hoop Dreams
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
Love, Lust and Lies
Man With a Movie Camera
Martha and Ethel
Nanook of the North
Night Mail
Olympia
Regen (Rain)
Shut Up and Sing
Spellbound
The Times of Harvey Milk
Titicut Follies
Touching The Void
Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography
The Up Series
A Trip To The Moon
Bird In the Wire
Bubble Pac
The Chinese Wall
Comfortable Distance
Enchanted
Helmer & Son
The Last Farm
Gridlock
I'll Wait for the Next One. . .
The Music Box
Our Time Is Up
And the Redman Went Green
The Robber
Tanghi Argentini
As Time Goes By
Bones
Boston Legal
Frasier
Kingdom
Law and Order
M*A*S*H
Murphy Brown
NCIS
Sports Night
The Vicar of Dibley