The Social Network
Her

Ghost in the Shell
The Thin Red Line
Blade Runner
Princess Mononoke
In The Mood for Love

Cop 223 wrote:Jurassic Park.

I stand by this because it was the start of a whole new world for me but I think I misunderstood the thread.

Anyway, Paul Thomas Anderson 2002 - 2012 is the real deal for me.

Honourable mentions: I just realised there are a whole bunch but that's too much to get into, the above three will suffice (but do know Pixar is a big deal for me).

Defendor

A.I. is the one that immediately comes to mind at first. But truth be told no film I can put my fingers on that I find to have a more powerful emotional core than the LotR films. And others mentioned Hugo and The Road, yeah those two as well.

I have to add that Infinite being a video game, can challenge almost all of the best film experiences I ever had in terms of emotional quality.

Edit: And yeah Miyazaki films, almost all of them.£

American Psycho

Hard to recall all of them, but LOTR: Fellowship of the ring, Prestige, Gladiator, Assassination of Jesse James, Terminator 2, Butch & Sundance

Smoke (1995)
Amelie (2001)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Inception
Glory
Shawshank Redemption
12 Years A Slave

Favorite scene of all time right here. Pure connection.