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These are mostly recommendations, hence the high ratings. My taste isn't particularly avant garde.

Animation

★★★★★ | Encanto
So pretty, I love all the characters. Also, curly hair goals.
★★★★★ | Frozen 2
Not perfect, but I don't care, I love it. Great music, of course. Very well animated.
★★★★★ | Kiki's Delivery Service
So cute. Her original house with the garden and ivy is goals.
★★★★★ | Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse
Astounding animation, lots of fun. Most superhero movies are kind of boring or politically ridiculous, but not this one.
★★★★★ | Spirited Away
Beautiful, canonical. The water train is such strange, calm vibes.
★★★★★ | Wolfwalkers
Gorgeous art style, good story, about Ireland and wolves.

★★★★★ | Frances Ha
Greta Gerwig as an aimless 20-something directed by Noah Baumbach. Adam Driver is a side character! A comfort movie for me.
★★★★☆ | Lady Bird
Well-directed by Greta Gerwig.

★★★★★ | Before Sunset/Sunrise/Midnight
Linklater's trilogy centers on conversations between its two romantic leads. Filmed with nine-year gaps between installments. Beautiful and charming.
★★★★★ | Last Christmas
I really liked this even though it's kinda schmaltzy. Good cast.

★★★★★ | War Games
An accurate pop take on mutually assured destruction. A strange game.

★★★★☆ | Adaptation
Nicholas Cage does a great job here. Like the rest of Kaufman's work, best if you're in a mood to despair.
★★★★★ | Being John Malkovich
Malkovich Malkovich, Malkovich?
★★★★☆ | I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Got me into Kaufman. Very weird. Well-acted.
★★★★★ | Synecdoche, New York
The postmodern film. If you like recursion, you'll like this. Same with despair.
★★★★☆ | The Lobster
An on-point commentary about the surreal nature of modern romantic relationships. Vaguely horrifying throughout.

★★★★★ | 13 Going On 30
Iconic, fun outfits.
★★★★★ | Bridget Jones' Diary
★★★★★ | Broken English (2007)
★★★★☆ | Emma (2020)
Not as good as Pride and Prejudice but still, so good.
★★★★★ | Palm Springs
The time loop thing is done, but this version of it is easily my favorite.
★★★★★ | Pride and Prejudice
Magical—I've read the book and watched the movie so many times and I still get into the will-they-won't-they. So many good lines.
★★★★★ | Sleepless in Seattle
I love the houseboat. I love everything.
★★★★★ | When Harry Met Sally
Canonical. Flawless.
★★★★☆ | You've Got Mail
Even though the tech is dated it still totally works.

★★★★☆ | I'm Your Man
German film about a woman evaluating an android romantic partner, subtextually about the inhumanity of defining oneself in reference to others, etc. Good sense of humor.

★★★★★ | Blade Runner
Tears in rain.
★★★★★ | Blade Runner 2049
Great aesthetic, music, cinematography. Would be cooler gender swapped.
★★★★☆ | Dune (2021)
You have to have read the book.
★★★★☆ | Dune: Part Two (2024)
Stupendous soundtrack and sound design.
★★★★☆ | Her
A richly textured imagined future. The line where Samantha says goodbye is beautiful. Not too far off of how it seems to be going.
★★★★★ | Jurassic Park
Basically perfect. 90s Jeff Goldblum is magnificent.
★★★★★ | Mad Max: Fury Road
Intense mood. The b&w (Black and Chrome) version is my favorite.
★★★★★ | The Matrix
Perhaps its only flaw is how easily its central metaphor has been misinterpreted. Or recuperated?

Opinions expressed above are both correct and subject to change.