1. End of Evangelion - My holy grail. Admittedly it wouldn't be here without the show giving so much weight and context to the story and characters. The animation is still beautiful however, with what is one of the best animated fight scenes in anime imo. It's the perfect movie, to me.
2. The Dark Knight - My favorite superhero movie. Even without Batman and other D.C characters this would be a fantastic action movie. I really need to watch The Batman (2022) at some point to see how it compares to The Dark Knight.
3. Spirited Away - My favorite of the Ghibli movies and the first one I watched a long time ago on Cartoon Network. I'll always remember just how magical it was seeing this for the time as a kid. And I still get that magical feeling when rewatching it time and time again.
4. Apocalypse Now - My favorite war movie, probably. Coincidence that the main character is from Toledo? Yeah, because I had already fallen in love with this movie before that was revealed towards the end.
5. No Country For Old Men - What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss? Anton Chigurh is an amazing villain and obviously a terrible person but he's so fascinating you just want to keep watching to see what he'll do. Movie is carried a little bit by him but the rest of the characters and rest of the movie isn't bad by any means.
6. Dr. Strangelove - Whenever I watch this movie I'm always shocked at just how well its aged, it was ahead of its time and absolutely doesn't feel like it was written in 1964. The humor still hits hard and sadly is still very relevant to the current world situation.
7. Inglorious Basterds - Is it the most historically accurate WW2 movie? Nope, but it sure as hell is the most enjoyable one to watch in my mind. Characters are fantastic, humor is great, movie is full of memorable scenes, just a really fun movie to watch.
8. Ghost in the Shell (1995) - A T M O S P H E R E. A beautifully animated and atmospheric movie. It is sort of carried by said animation and atmosphere, though the story and characters aren't bad. I do really like Motoko Kusanagi and Batou.
9. Shrek 2 - That's right baby, Shrek 2. The best Shrek. This was my favorite movie growing up and it's still one of my favorites. Despite all the memes about Shrek that have spawned over the years, Shrek 2 is a genuinely great movie and has aged really well.
10. Angel's Egg - This is the most out there movie on this list and so it will get the longest essay defending it. It's also the second movie on this list made by Mamoru Oshii, the second one being Ghost in the Shell. Angel's Egg features what genuinely might be the best art out of any of the animated movies here. But it has almost no dialogue and very little story while featuring only two characters. It's a true one of a kind type movie, there's nothing else like it and it absolutely isn't for everyone. The art of this movie, to me, is so damn good it makes up for its shortcomings in story. Also, big surprise, guess who was the main mind behind the art of this movie? That's right, Yoshitaka Amano, I love that man.