This list is unordered, kinda. The first ten entries, while I wouldn't put them in any specific ranking, are the most essential films to me as an artist and person.
Top 10
| Josie and the Pussycats | 2001 |
| Sorry To Bother You | 2018 |
| 12 Angry Men | 1957 |
| Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003) | 2003 |
| Bound | 1996 |
| Flirt | 1995 |
| City of God | 2002 |
| Alien | 1979 |
| Phantom of the Paradise | 1974 |
| Ganja and Hess | 1973 |
The Other 90
| Battleship Potemkin | 1925 |
| Rashomon | 1950 |
| Howlings in Favour of De Sade | 1952 |
| The Graduate | 1967 |
| Godzilla vs. Megalon | 1973 |
| The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | 1974 |
| Je Tu Il Elle | 1974 |
| Carrie | 1976 |
| House | 1977 |
| The Wiz | 1978 |
| I Wanna Hold Your Hand | 1978 |
| Up in Smoke | 1978 |
| Double Strength | 1978 |
| Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 1979 |
| Altered States | 1980 |
| The Shining | 1980 |
| The Empire Strikes back | 1980 |
| Used Cars | 1980 |
| Mad Max 2 | 1981 |
| The Thing | 1982 |
| Koyaanisqatsi | 1982 |
| Angel's Egg | 1985 |
| Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | 1985 |
| Little Shop of Horrors | 1986 |
| Evil Dead II | 1987 |
| Tongues Untied | 1989 |
| Back to the Future Part II | 1989 |
| Darkman | 1990 |
| Paris is Burning | 1990 |
| My Own Private Idaho | 1991 |
| Army of Darkness | 1992 |
| Blue | 1993 |
| Jurassic Park | 1993 |
| Gender Troublemakers | 1993 |
| Party Girl | 1995 |
| Empire Records | 1995 |
| The Doom Generation | 1995 |
| The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love | 1995 |
| Scream | 1996 |
| The Watermelon Woman | 1996 |
| Trainspotting | 1996 |
| Boogie Nights | 1997 |
| Nowhere | 1997 |
| The Truman Show | 1998 |
| But I'm a Cheerleader | 1999 |
| The Matrix | 1999 |
| The Iron Giant | 1999 |
| Toy Story 2 | 1999 |
| Dancer in the Dark | 2000 |
| Mission: Impossible II | 2000 |
| Ginger Snaps | 2000 |
| Unbreakable | 2000 |
| Mulholland Drive | 2001 |
| Daria in "Is It College Yet?" | 2002 |
| 28 Days Later | 2002 |
| Catch Me If You Can | 2002 |
| Punch-Drunk Love | 2002 |
| Oldboy | 2003 |
| Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | 2003 |
| Mysterious Skin | 2004 |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | 2004 |
| The Incredibles | 2004 |
| Before Sunset | 2004 |
| Collateral | 2004 |
| Linda Linda Linda | 2005 |
| Lady Vengeance | 2005 |
| Children of Men | 2006 |
| A Scanner Darkly | 2006 |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | 2007 |
| Hot Fuzz | 2007 |
| Repo! The Genetic Opera | 2008 |
| Be Kind Rewind | 2008 |
| A Town Called Panic | 2009 |
| Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | 2010 |
| This Is Not a Film | 2011 |
| Short Term 12 | 2013 |
| The Dirties | 2013 |
| Shin Godzilla | 2016 |
| Moonlight | 2016 |
| Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | 2018 |
| Parasite | 2019 |
| Nope | 2022 |
| The Fabelmans | 2022 |
| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | 2023 |
| I Saw the TV Glow | 2024 |
| The Pop Out: Ken & Friends | 2024 |
| Mickey 17 | 2025 |
| Sinners | 2025 |
| One Battle After Another | 2025 |
| Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie | 2025 |