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I'd be excluding way too many films if I tried to list up to 50, but I've managed to come up with 25 that I can say I really cherish.

1. The Godfather (1972) .. Francis Ford Coppola
2. Jaws (1975) .. Steven Spielberg
3. Stalag 17 (1953) .. Billy Wilder
4. Platoon (1986) .. Oliver Stone
5. The Conversation (1974) .. Francis Ford Coppola
6. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) .. Robert Wise
7. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) .. Lewis Milestone
8. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) .. Sidney Lumet
9. Schindler's List (1993) .. Steven Spielberg
10. Patton (1970) .. Franklin J. Schaffner
11. The Hill (1965) .. Sidney Lumet
12. 12 Angry Men (1957) .. Sidney Lumet
13. The Haunting (1963) .. Robert Wise
14. Vertigo (1958) .. Alfred Hitchcock
15. Yojimbo (1961) .. Akira Kurosawa
16. Hud (1963) .. Martin Ritt
17. Psycho (1960) .. Alfred Hitchcock
18. Citizen Kane (1941) .. Orson Welles
19. Whistle Down the Wind (1961) .. Bryan Forbes
20. Born on the Fourth of July (1989) .. Oliver Stone
21. A Clockwork Orange (1971) .. Stanley Kubrick
22. Seven Samurai (1954) .. Akira Kurosawa
23. The Godfather: Part II (1974) .. Francis Ford Coppola
24. Network (1976) .. Sidney Lumet
25. Rear Window (1954) .. Alfred Hitchcock