On my short list:
Tightrope (Clint Eastwood and Bujold)
The Iceman Cometh (American Theatre’s presentation)
Insomnia (Pacino and Williams)
Jesus of Montreal (satire on religion and modern culture)
The Godfather series
Bleak House (BBC series)
Week-end (Godard)
War and Peace (Russian)
selections from the BBC Shakespeare and Henrik Ibsen Collections
plus just arrived:
All Is Lost (Redford–a thoroughly engaging, suspenseful movie with one actor; the ultimate man vs. Nature movie)