I will not attempt to rank them; they all have great moments.
I like great scripts, photography, casting ( almost always excellent in Brit movies), actors, period movies with historically accurate scenes, the results of dialogue coaches, etc.
Here goes:
Brassed off= Pete Postlewaite's "If we were whales" speech
Good Will Hunting
Bridge over the River Kwai= the look on Alec Guinness' face as he says "What have I done"
What's eating Gilbert Grape= Leonardo DiCaprio greatest performance; he had to audition for the role; he actually spent ime in an institution before the audition studying for the role. Mary Steenbergen, Darlene Cates and Juliette Lewis.
Tea with Mussolini= photography of Joan Plowright's eyes, Cher
Mask= Cher
Alfie= Michael Caine
Cider House Rules = Micheal Caine's refusal to have the dialogue changed to fit his British accent; he worked to do the accent correctly . I always though he just showed up and was himself
Renaissance Man=Mark Wahlberg's southern soldier, the Henry V speech
Hamlet 1996 version= Jack Lemmon as a grave digger and his comment in an interview "Let the magic begin".
Dances with Wolves= the lanky wolf and the scenery
Lawrence of Arabia= amazing long shot with a special camera lens just developed, Peter O'Toole
Lion in Winter= Katherine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole
Man for all seasons= Paul Scofield and Leo McKern (Rumpole of the Bailey TV show) great low bass voice
Henry V, Branagh 1989 version= Scofield as a Frenchie
Forrest Gump= Tom Hanks, his accent and when his run finally stopped
Big Fish= Albert Finney; he is his own man=Albert Finney turned down the offer of a CBE in 1980 and a knighthood in 2000
The Final Days= Lane Smith delivering Nixon's speech
October Sky= those West Virginia accents and the real coal mining town
Scent of Woman= the tango and Pacino's "It was too damn hard" speech
Breaker Morant= Edward "The Equalizer" Woodward , perfect casting
My Cousin Vinny= Marisa Tomei, dialogue for Joe Pesci and Marisa
Name of the Rose= Ron Perlman, great mystery
The Music Teacher= 4 horse carriage, long pause in final concert, Jose van Dam
War Games
To be and to have
Amadeus= Tom Hulce and the actor playing the King with his "too many notes" comment
Dominick and Eugene= Tom Hulce and Ray Liotta
Born Yesterday= Broderick Crawford with a better script than Highway Patrol, Judy Holiday
