I've still been unable to find Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day, and am just being patient until it plays in a theater here, or gets a proper DVD release (god willing).

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Cameron)
2. Europa, Europa (Holland)
3. JFK (Stone)
4. Raise the Red Lantern (Yimou)
5. Barton Fink (Coen)
6. Silence of the Lambs (Demme)
7. The Fisher King (Gilliam)
8. My Own Private Idaho (Van Sant)
9. Jungle Fever (Lee)
10. Boyz n tha Hood (Singelton)

T2 has for years been my favorite action film, and remembering the film from my childhood I pretty much thought it was the greatest thing of all time when it came out. I saw it 4 times in the theater (shortly before my 8th birthday no less). My esteem for James Cameron has only grown over the years, and I eagerly await his newest filim whenever he decides to get off his ass and finish it. My inclusion of Jungle Fever is almost exclusively based on Samuel L. Jackson's performance, but I love Spike Lee's operatic qualities to his work, and the scene when Wesley Snipes goes looking for his brother in the "Taj Mahal" is one of Lee's most audacious moments. I'm more than willing to defend any of my other choices.