the closest i'll get to a top 10 (or so); films i love and have seen so much that it feels somewhat redundant putting them on my 4 current favs. i like to cycle through films to judge whether or not they'll be on the personal canon; these are the ones which have stuck around the longest, to the point where i don't need to show off how much i love them, they're just the background radiation of my taste. i'm always on the lookout for new favs, but this list is the veterans that mean a lot to me and that i feel like i'll enjoy forever.