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I actually can't remember the last time I watched an entire movie, and it's been over a year since I went to the show, but I still thought this would be a fun thread, so in no particular order here's twenty of mine to start.
Michael Collins
The Patriot
The Passion Of The Christ
The Song Of Bernadette
April Morning
Shane
High Noon
The Vikings
Mr Smith Goes To Washington
It's A Wonderful Life
The Quiet Man
The Bounty (1984)
Gentleman Jim
Captain Blood
Francis Of Assisi (1961)
Zulu
The Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima
Nicholas And Alexandra
Dumbo
The Song Remains The Same (had to sneak that in)
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,
The Graduate,
Crash,
I Heart Huckabees,
The Royal Tenenbaums,
American Beauty,
Best In Show,
Pumpkin,
The Godfather Parts 1 & 2,
To Kill A Mockingbird,
21 Grams,
The Painted Veil,
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,
Cowboys,
Garden State,
Mystic River,
A River Runs Through It,
Million Dollar Baby,
The Constant Gardener,
Eastern Promises
Decidedly less religious than yours, but I don't particularly like religious movies. I'm a sucker for a good secular flick!
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I find it difficult to watch movies and usually catch myself thinking well before the movie is over, "I should be doing something useful." More often, I am thinking, "why am I wasting time on this when I have so many things to do?" The exceptions have been the "Lord of the Rings" and movies in a similar vein. I guess you can tell I am not a movie buff. 
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Off the top of my head . . . just a few . . .
Lord of War
The Third Man
A Scanner Darkly
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
Memento
The Unforgiven
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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"In the Shoes of the Fisherman", based on the life of Patriarch Joseph Slypij.
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I just saw "The Sting" that was good. I also like... The Lord of the Rings movies Jesus of Nazareth Passion of the Christ (I'm not sure how one can enjoy the movie, but I do watch it a lot.) It's a Wonderful Life Braveheart Footloose and Goonies (an 80s kid thing) Back to the Future ("You're my density - I mean my destiny.") Anything by the Marx Brothers Honeymoon in Vegas Harrison Ford movies from the 80s and early 90s etc... I almost forgot... STAR WARS!!! My parents tell stories about how as a kid I was obsessed with the characters and the movies!
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The Fire and Sword Trilogy from Jerzy Hoffman is quite good
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This is a tough one and off the top of my head in no rank:
Chariots of Fire
Dune
Fiddler on the Roof
High Noon
It Happened One Night (1934?), Frank Capra
Kagemusha, (1980) Kurosawa
Notorious, Hitchcock
Ran, (1985) Kurosawa
Rashomon, Kurosawa
The Prisoner (1955)
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Oh, someone else who likes Japanese Samurai movies!
Obviously you are a person of good breeding and superior intellect. Probably handsome as well! LOL!!
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=English-Language=
I Confess
Shoes of the Fisherman
The Mission
A Man for all Seasons
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Prospero's Books
The Cardinal
Gattaca
Restoration
The Madness of King George
The Scarlet and the Black
Becket
Dangerous Liaisons
The 39 Steps
The Song of Bernadette
Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
Blithe Spirit
Empire of the Sun
Going my Way
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Scaramouche
The Duelists (1977)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life Of Brian
The Libertine
=European=
Ridicule
Андрей Рублёв (Andrei Rublev)
Farinelli
Tous Les Matins Du Monde
Le Roi Danse
Le Papillon
Fanfan La Tulipe (2003)
Les Choristes
Joyeux No�l
Πολιτικη Κουζινα (A Touch Of Spice)
=Chinese=
花样年华 （In The Mood For Love）
我的父亲母亲 （The Road Home）
海上花 (Flowers of Shanghai)
英雄 (Hero)
和你在一起 (Together)
小裁缝 (Balzac & The Little Chinese Seamstress)
=Japanese=
阴阳师 1， 2 （Onmyoji 1 & 2）
怪谈 (Kwaidan)
=Korean=
스캔들 - 조선남녀상열지사 (Untold Scandal)
=Indian=
Monsoon Wedding
There's certainly more - this is just off the top of my head...
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The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Revenge of the Sith
Legends of the Fall
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Akira Kurusawa has such an eye for lighting. I like his other films too than the one I mentioned (The Seven Samurai and Yojimbo come to mind). I thought of Kagemusha because it touches on a moment of change and highlights the last throes of the Samurai way of life quite heroically. I like Ran because it is a fascinating adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, which is my favorite of his tragedies...and Rashomon has such a subtly emotional play with light/dark contrasts that I have to wonder why contemporary American directors would want to fill those spaces with dialogue.
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Can't forget the Godfather series or the Wrath of Khan--there's just something chilly about how he repeats Ahab's last speech.
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The Godfather movies were all excellent. I especially liked how the periods of each movie were captured so perfectly in every detail.
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