I found this list on another site I'm a regular on - I thought it might bring about some interesting debate from the cinemaphiles around here.
Film4's 50 Films to See Before You Die, as voted for by a panel of film experts including producer Lord David Puttnam, film critics Jason Solomons and Karen Krizanovich, film publicist Jonathan Rutter, Channel 4 Head of Film and Drama Tessa Ross, and film director Menhaj Huda.
2001 - A Space Odyssey
A Bout De Souffle
Aguirre, The Wrath of God
*****
All About Eve
The Apartment
Apocalypse Now
Badlands
Black Narcissus
Boyz N the Hood
Brazil
The Breakfast Club
Cabaret
Chinatown
City of God
Come and See
Dawn of the Dead
Donnie Darko
Erin Brockovich
Fanny and Alexander
Fight Club
Heavenly Creatures
Hero
The Ipcress File
The King of Comedy
The Ladykillers
Lagaan: Once Upon A Time in India
Lost in Translation
Manhattan
Manhunter
Mulholland Drive
A Night at the Opera
North by Northwest
Pink Flamingos
The Player
Princess Mononoke
Pulp Fiction
Raising Arizona
The Royal Tenenbaums
Scarface
The Searchers
Secrets and Lies
Sexy *****
The Shawshank Redemption
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
This Sporting Life
Three Colours Blue
Touch of Evil
Trainspotting
Walkabout
Film4's 50 Films to See Before You Die, as voted for by a panel of film experts including producer Lord David Puttnam, film critics Jason Solomons and Karen Krizanovich, film publicist Jonathan Rutter, Channel 4 Head of Film and Drama Tessa Ross, and film director Menhaj Huda.
2001 - A Space Odyssey
A Bout De Souffle
Aguirre, The Wrath of God
*****
All About Eve
The Apartment
Apocalypse Now
Badlands
Black Narcissus
Boyz N the Hood
Brazil
The Breakfast Club
Cabaret
Chinatown
City of God
Come and See
Dawn of the Dead
Donnie Darko
Erin Brockovich
Fanny and Alexander
Fight Club
Heavenly Creatures
Hero
The Ipcress File
The King of Comedy
The Ladykillers
Lagaan: Once Upon A Time in India
Lost in Translation
Manhattan
Manhunter
Mulholland Drive
A Night at the Opera
North by Northwest
Pink Flamingos
The Player
Princess Mononoke
Pulp Fiction
Raising Arizona
The Royal Tenenbaums
Scarface
The Searchers
Secrets and Lies
Sexy *****
The Shawshank Redemption
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
This Sporting Life
Three Colours Blue
Touch of Evil
Trainspotting
Walkabout