Al Davis's Favorite Movies (listed by genre)

Note: All links open new IMDb pages. The 15 best of the best: 

• Away From Her (2006 drama), winner of 1 Golden Globe, 1 SAG
• Boys Don't Cry (1999 drama), winner of 1 Oscar, 1 Golden Globe
• Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014 drama; Israel; in Hebrew)
• In a Better World (2010 drama; Denmark; in Danish & Arabic), winner of 1 Oscar, 1 Golden Globe
• The Guilty (2018 crime drama/thriller; Denmark; in Danish), winner of 1 Sundance
• Jacob's Ladder (1990 drama)
• Keeping the Faith (2000 comedy/drama/romance)
• Memento (2000 mystery), winner of 1 Sundance
• Pillow Book (1997 drama)
• A Separation (2011 drama; Iran; in Persian), winner of 1 Oscar, 1 Golden Globe
• The Sea Inside (2004 biography/drama; Spain; in Spanish), winner of 1 Oscar, 1 Golden Globe
• Still Alice (2014 drama), winner of 1 Oscar, 1 Golden Globe, 1 BAFTA, 1 SAG
• Testament (1983 futuristic)
  
• Water (2006 drama; India; in Hindi)
• Whale Rider (2003 drama; New Zealand), winner of 1 BAFTA

The rest of the best organized by genre (also available alphabetically and by date):   

Dramas/Mysteries:  

• Of Mice and Men (1939 drama) 
• Casablanca  (1942 romance/drama), winner of 3 Oscars 
• The Lost Weekend (1945 drama), winner of 4 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes 
• Gentleman's Agreement (1947 drama), winner of 3 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes 
• A Face in the Crowd (1957 drama) 
• Twelve Angry Men (1957 drama), winner of 1 BAFTA 
• Witness for the Prosecution  (1957 mystery), winner of 1 Golden Globe 
• Old Man and the Sea (1958 drama), winner of 1 Oscar 
• The Apartment (1960 comedy/drama/romance), winner of 5 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes, 3 BAFTAs
• Birdman of Alcatraz (1962 drama), winner of 1 BAFTA 
• Lilies of the Field  (1963 drama; West Germany), winner of 1 Oscar, 2 Golden Globes, 1 BAFTA 
• They Shoot Horses, Don't They (1969 drama), winner of 1 Oscar, 3 Golden Globes, 1 BAFTA 
• A Clockwork Orange (1972 drama) 
• Sleuth (1972 mystery) 
• The Deer Hunter  (1978 drama), winner of 5 Oscars, 1 Golden Globe, 2 BAFTAs 
• Deathtrap (1982 mystery) 
• Missing (1982 drama), winner of 1 Oscar, 2 BAFTAs 
• Blood Simple (1985 mystery) 
• Witness (1985 mystery), winner of 2 Oscars, 1 BAFTA 
• Black Rain (1989 drama by director Imamura; Japan; in Japanese) 
• Driving Miss Daisy (1989 drama), winner of 4 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes, 1 BAFTA 
• Green Card (1990 drama), winner of 2 Golden Globes 
• Boyz N the Hood (1991 drama) 
• The Crying Game (1992 drama), winner of 1 Oscar, 1 BAFTA 
• Glengarry Glen Ross (1992 drama) 
• The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992 drama) 
• Philadelphia (1993 drama), winner of 2 Oscars, 2 Golden Globes, 1 BAFTA 
• Schindler's List (1993 drama), winner of 7 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes, 7 BAFTAs 
• The Shawshank Redemption (1994 drama) 
• Se7en (1995 mystery) 
• Bound (1996 mystery) 
• The English Patient (1996 romance/drama), winner of 9 Oscars, 2 Golden Globes, 6 BAFTAs, 4 SAGs 
• If These Walls Could Talk (1996 drama) 
  
• Good Will Hunting (1997 drama), winner of 2 Oscars, 1 Golden Globe, 1 SAG
  
• Life is Beautiful (1998 drama/comedy; Italy; in Italian), winner of 3 Oscars, 1 BAFTA, 1 SAG 
• A Perfect Murder (1998 mystery) 
• The Red Violin (1998 drama/mystery; in French, German, Italian, and Mandarin), winner of 1 Oscar 
• American Beauty (1999 drama), winner of 5 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes, 6 BAFTAs, 3 SAGs 
• Men of Honor (2000 drama)
  
• Pay it Forward (2000 drama)
  
• The Majestic (2001 drama)
• Gladiator (2001 drama), winner of 5 Oscars, 2 Golden Globes, 5 BAFTAs, 3 SAGs
• I Am Sam (2001 drama)
• Insomnia (2002 mystery)
• Jibeuro ("The Way Home;" 2002 drama; South Korea; in Korean)
• The Pianist (2002 drama), winner of 3 Oscars, 2 BAFTAs
• Rabbit Proof Fence (2002 drama)
• Vera Drake (2004 drama), winner of 3 BAFTAs
• Yesterday (2004 drama; South Africa; in Zulu) 
• Casa de Areia ("House of Sand;" 2005 drama; Brazil; in Portuguese), winner of 1 Sundance
• North Country (2005 drama)
• Tsotsi (2005 drama; South Africa; in Zulu and Xhosa), winner of 1 Oscar
• Blood Diamond (2006 drama)
• The Namesake (2006 drama)
• In the Valley of Elah (2007 drama/mystery)
• The Kite Runner (2007 drama; in Dari)
• Under the Same Moon (2007 adventure/drama; Mexico; in Spanish)
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008 drama)
• Winter in Wartime (2008 drama; Netherlands; in Dutch)
  
• Cairo 678  (2010 drama; Egypt; in Arabic) 
• Incendies (2010 drama; France; in French and Arabic) 
• Life, Above All (2010 drama; South Africa; in Sesotho) 
• Sarah's Key (2010 drama; France) 
• Trust (2010 drama; Israel) 
• Inception (2011 drama), winner of 4 Oscars, 4 Golden Globes, 3 BAFTAs, 1 SAG 
• Fill the Void (2012 drama; Israel) 
• Raju (2012 short drama; Germany/India; in German) 
• The Vow (2012 drama/romance) 
• Wadjda (2012 drama; Saudi Arabia; in Arabic) 
• War Witch (2012 drama; Canada; in French and Lingala) 
• Fruitvale Station (2013 drama), winner of 2 Sundances 
• Side Effects (2013 drama) 
• The Hundred Foot Journey (2014 drama/comedy) 
• Timbuktu (2014 drama; Mauritania; in French & Arabic) 
• Eye in the Sky (2015 drama) 
• A Man Called Ove (2015 comedy/drama; Sweden; in Swedish) 
• Lion (2016 drama), winner of 3 BAFTAs 
• The Night of (2016 8-episode TV Series; mystery), winner of 5 primetime Emmys 
• This is Us (2016-2022 6-season TV Series; drama), winner of 1 Golden Globe, 4 primetime Emmys, 2 SAGs
• The Post (2017 drama/history) 
• Monster (2018 crime drama)
• The Nightingale  (2018 drama; Australia)
• The Queen's Gambit (2020 7-episode TV-series; drama) 
  
• Unorthodox (2020 4-episode TV Series; drama; in Yiddish), 1 primetime Emmy 
• Passport to Freedom (2021 8-episode TV mini-series; drama)

Musicals

• The Wizard of Oz (1939 musical), winner of 2 Oscars
• Fiddler on the Roof (1971 musical), winner of 3 Oscars, 2 Golden Globes 
• Cabaret (1972 musical), winner of 8 Oscars, 2 Goldens Globes, and 3 BAFTAs
  
• Little Shop of Horrors (1986 musical) 
• Chicago (2002 musical), winner of 6 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes, 2 BAFTAs, 2 SAGs
  

Science Fiction 

• The Blob (1958 sci-fi, not 1972, not 1988) 
• Soylent Green (1973 futuristic) 
•  Avatar (2009 action/scifi), winner of 5 Oscars, 2 Golden Globes, 2 BAFTAs
  

Biographies/Documentaries 

• Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake (2022 documentary)
• The Miracle Worker (1962 biography), winner of 2 Oscars, 1 Golden Globe, 1 BAFTA 
• Mondo Cane (1962 documentary) 
• Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997 documentary) 
• A Beautiful Mind (2001 biography), winner of 4 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes, 2 BAFTAs, 1 SAG
• Startup.com (2001 documentary)
• Bowling for Columbine (2002 documentary), winner of 1 Oscar
• Sometimes in April (2005 docudrama)
• Munich (2006 docudrama)
• Angels in the Dust (2007 documentary)
• A Walk to Beautiful (2007 documentary)
• War Dance (2007 documentary)
• The Last Lions (2011 documentary) 
• Defiant Requiem (2012 documentary) 
• The Salt of the Earth (2014 documentary/biography; Brazil; in English, French, and Portuguese) 
• The Theory of Everything (2014 biography), winner of 1 Oscar, 2 Golden Globes, 3 BAFTAs, 1 SAG 
• Woman in Gold (2015 biography)
• Daughters of Destiny (2017 4-episode TV Series; documentary) 
• Pad Man (2018 biography/comedy/drama; India; in Hindi) 
• For Sama (2019 documentary), winner of 1 BAFTA
• Unbelievable (2019 8-episode TV Series; documentary) 
• Dr. Death (2021 8-episode TV mini-series; documentary)
• The Mauritanian (2021 documentary/drama), winner of 2 BAFTAs, 2 Golden Globes
• Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory (2023 6-episode TV Series; documentary)
  

Comedies

• Harold and Maude (1971 comedy) 
• The Groove Tube (1974 comedy) 
• The Kominsky Method (2018-2021 22-episode TV series; comedy), winner of 2 Golden Globes
• A Taxing Woman  (1988 comedy; Japan; in Japanese) 
• See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989 comedy) 
• Meet the Parents (2000 comedy)
• Bend it Like Beckham (2002 comedy/drama/romance)
• Everything is Illuminated (2005 comedy/drama)
  
  

Children's

• The Little Prince (1974 children's), winner of 1 Golden Globe