Everyone who loves movies must surely have a pantheon. I don’t just mean movies that you like, or movies that are good. I mean that rarefied circle of films that have found a long-term home in your heart, the ones you can watch a dozen times and still love.
I took a stab at writing down mine. I may be missing some – it’s hard to think of all of them. Conversely, some of these I’ve seen only once (so far), so they might not hold up if I watched them again. But I think this is the list, approximately.
(I did not include documentaries.)
- Aladdin
- Aviator, The
- Beauty and the Beast
- Bicentennial Man
- Catch Me If You Can
- Closer (2004)
- Contact
- Dark Knight, The
- Dead Poets Society
- Donnie Darko
- Ex Machina
- Galaxy Quest
- Gran Torino
- Groundhog Day
- Inception
- Incredibles, The
- Independence Day
- Inside Out
- Iron Giant, The
- It’s a Wonderful Life
- Jurassic Park
- Last Night (1998)
- Lion King, The
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Love Actually
- Man Who Knew Too Little, The
- Matrix, The
- Moneyball
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Mr. Holland’s Opus
- Napoleon Dynamite
- Nightmare Before Christmas, The
- Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
- Office Space
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Princess Bride, The
- Safety Not Guaranteed
- Shrek 2
- Social Network, The
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- Star Trek: First Contact
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
- Stepford Wives, The (1975)
- Superbad
- Tropic Thunder
- Truman Show, The
- What About Bob?
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
- Wizard of Oz, The
- Wreck-It Ralph
How about you?
Brian D. Buckley 
I would have to include The Mask and Dune.
Surprised you listed Shrek 2 but not the original Shrek.
To be honest, it’s been too long since I saw the original Shrek, and I’ve forgotten a lot of it. If I saw it again today, it might go on the list.
Dune would go in my book pantheon. š