Just name the movies you think everyone should have seen at least once in their lifetime. Go!
12 Angry Men
My Neighbour Totoro
Memento
Wall-E
The Truman Show
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
My Neighbour Totoro over Princess Mononoke and Howl’s Moving Castle though?
My Neighbour Totoro is unique. In this film kids actually act and talk like kids. It is extremely imaginative and magical while not trying to be epic. It treats the audience as intelligent, curious people, giving a lot of quiet thinking space in between scenes.
It is a masterpiece of film making. The other Studio Ghibili films are good, but Totoro remains to be my favourite.