2001: a Space Odyssey. I saw it in the theater in 70mm when it was released in 1968. It totally blew me away. A majestic vision of the future. Thirty three years from now (1968) there was going to be all this marvelous stuff: Pan Am space craft going to a huge rotating space station to a round globe ship to a moon with several lunar bases. And a talking intelligent computer! Cool space suits! Video telephones!

Remember, this was before the first moon landing in 1969. There were Apollo flights happening, like Apollo 8 that orbited the moon in December 1968. There was a strong commitment to advancing space flight.

In 1968, the movie presented things that could actually happen, by the year 2001. Much more like a bunch of product announcements rather than science fiction (long ago in a galaxy far, far away).

The Wind Rises. I love everything about it. Beautiful soundtrack, fun sound design, and a fascinating treatment of various topics from the ethics of engineering to the miracle of flight. The end scene completely wrecks me every time.

The Downfall is one of the best movies about being on the losing side of a war. It’s impressively accurate, and the acting is outstanding.

When I don’t know who I’m watching the movie with, I recommend Snatch or Amélie.

Children of Men (2006)

The mysterious story draws you in, and the epic takes make you forget that nothing makes sense.

Casablanca

Breaking Away was pretty infuential. "Best", as I am sure is hard to define.

Top 5 Classics

V for Vendetta, Fight Club,Phonebooth, Idiocracy, Holy Motors

Newer Stuff I liked recently

Fresh, Blink Twice

Both have real Psycho vibes, with a bit of a twist.

Some movies in various genres that I like:

* Everything Everywhere All At Once

* The Matrix

* Fight Club

* Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

* Pulp Fiction

* Shutter Island

* Inception

It's hard to pick one "best" movie.

Tokyo Story (1953)

Nemā-ye nazdīk [Close-up] (1990)

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Kimi no Na wa. (2016)

Can't pin it down to one, so here are some of them:

* Solaris

* Tokyo Story

* Rashomon

* Apocalypse Now

* Doctor Strangelove

* Band of Outsiders

* Grand Illusion

* Metropolis

* Repo Man

The Silence, Bergman.

Brazil

The Princess Bride

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