Ahhhh...This is easy. My number one rated flick:
'Lawrence of Arabia' (
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0056172)
It must be seen on a really big screen to be appreciated. The scene, some thirty minutes into the movie, where Sherif Ali Ibn El Kharish (Omar Sharif) rides out of the sweltering desert to arrive at his well is pretty stunning.
Okay, my favorite flicks released semi-recently include 'Almost Famous' (
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0181875), 'American Beauty' (
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0169547), and, of course, who doesn't dig 'The Matrix' (
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0133093).
Kevin