
Please note these are my ranking only of films I've seen. Any films you think should be on this list may be due to the fact I've yet to watch them. I welcome any recommendations of films which should be included.
Boyz N the Hood
The Silence of the Lambs
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Raise the Red Lantern
JFK
Thelma & Louise
Barton Fink
Rush
Beauty and the Beast
Hangin’ with the Homeboys
Honorable Mention - The Addams Family, Bugsy, The Commitments, Dead Again, Defending Your Life, Delicatessen, The Fisher King, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, He Said She Said, Jungle Fever, Little Man Tate, Operation Condor, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Zentropa
Noteworthy films I haven't seen yet - La Belle Noiseuse, A Brighter Summer Day, Close to Eden, Dogfight, The Double Life of Veronique, Flirting, Fried Green Tomatoes, A Little Stiff, The Lovers on the Bridge, The Man in the Moon, Mediterraneo, Mississippi Masala, Night on Earth, Only Yesterday, A Woman's Tale
Films I think are overrated: Cape Fear, Grand Canyon, Once Around, Once Upon a Time in China, The Rapture