1. 2001 A Space Odyssey
2. Watchmen The Ultimate Cut
3. No Country For Old Men
4. Django Unchained
5. High Tension
6. Stalingrad
7. Black Book
8. Blood In Blood Out
9. Cannibal Holocaust
10. In The Realm Of The Senses
Good list, nice variety of styles, etc. In a similar way (or not necessarily the best ten movies, but ten of good variety) I would go for (probably more mainstream)...
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
The Godfather
Gone With The Wind
The Wizard of Oz
Apocalypse Now
Dr Strangelove
M*A*S*H*
Rocky
A Clockwork Orange
Saving Private Ryan
A Night at the Opera
Pulp Fiction
Of course I realize that would make it more than 10. :-)
one flew over the cookoos nest
the deerhunter
goodwill hunting
forrest gump
goodfellas
groundhog day
gladiator
hellraiser
midnight express
requim for a dream
scarface
rounders
scent of a woman
schindlers list
stand by me
the fly
the big lebowski
the green mile
the godfather
trainspotting
once were warriors
american history x
candyman
carlito's way
dazed and confused
casino
boogie nights
braveheart
dragon the bruce lee story
fargo
leaving las vegas
man on the moon
legends of the fall
natural born killers
Shawshank Redemption (Best film ever)
Bladerunner (Never tire of watching it & soundtrack)
The Fall (Such a beautiful but sad story and for it's imagery - a work of art)
Alien (Best claustrophobic horror)
The Dark Knight (Heath Ledger - say no more)
Titanic (For the second half of the film after it hit the iceberg, seen in 3d at cinema)
Star Wars IV: A New Hope (Changed the movie world forever)
The Matrix (For the red pill)
Galaxy Quest (Because it's really funny)
Pulp Fiction (Best Tarantino)
I agree i am also a big star trek fan so i also appreciate it better then someone who is not a star trek fan.
Also Alan Rickman! Yes i loved it ''by grabthar's hammer'' ;-)