This is the cream of the crop.  These movies get my highest grade, an A+.  One rule though, if there is a series of movies, such as the Lord of the Rings or the Godfather movies, only one of the series could make the list.

American Beauty (1999)  

American History X (1998)      

Apocalypse Now (1979)    

Beauty and the Beast (1991)    

Braveheart (1995)        

Fight Club (1999)        

Forrest Gump (1994)      

Godfather: Part II, The (1974)       

Goodfellas (1990)        

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)        

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)        

Matrix, The (1999)       

Memento (2000)     

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)     

Office Space (1999)      

Pulp Fiction (1994)      

Reservoir Dogs (1992)    

Saving Private Ryan (1998)     

Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)     

Snatch. (2000)     

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)        

Tommy Boy (1995)