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Here's a list of must-see films off the top of my head. Since you're only 19, I will warn you that some of these movies were released before 1980 and some are in black and white:
THE WIZARD OF OZ
ALL ABOUT EVE
GONE WITH THE WIND
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
SINGIN IN THE RAIN
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
DARK VICTORY (1939)
WOMAN OF THE YEAR
ADAM'S RIB
BORN YESTERDAY (1950)
SUNSET BOULEVARD
ON THE WATERFRONT
PILLOW TALK
AUNTIE MAME
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
BUS STOP
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH
SOME LIKE IT HOT
THE APARTMENT
WEST SIDE STORY
DR. STRANGELOVE (OR HOW I STOPPED WORRYING AND LOVED THE BOMB)
MARY POPPINS
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
BONNIE AND CLYDE
THE GRADUATE
TO SIR WITH LOVE
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
THE LION IN WINTER
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
THE HOSPITAL
THE GODFATHER
CABARET
DELIVERANCE
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
THE EXORCIST
THE CONVERSATION
TAXI DRIVER
NETWORK
STAR WARS
KRAMER VS KRAMER
APOCALYPSE NOW
THE DEER HUNTER
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
FIVE EASY PIECES
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
RAGING BULL
ORDINARY PEOPLE
ON GOLDEN POND
ATLANTIC CITY
REDS
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978)
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961)
TOOTSIE
THE VERDICT
COOL HAND LUKE
THE STING
THE WAY WE WERE
GOODFELLAS
PHILADELPHIA
BIG
SCARFACE (1983)
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO
MANHATTAN
SERPICO
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
A STAR IS BORN (1954)
FATAL ATTRACTION
THELMA AND LOUISE
PRETTY WOMAN
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
TRAFFIC
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CRASH (2005)
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
I think this is a decent cross section out of which I'm sure you'll find something that will appeal to you.
THE WIZARD OF OZ
ALL ABOUT EVE
GONE WITH THE WIND
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
SINGIN IN THE RAIN
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
DARK VICTORY (1939)
WOMAN OF THE YEAR
ADAM'S RIB
BORN YESTERDAY (1950)
SUNSET BOULEVARD
ON THE WATERFRONT
PILLOW TALK
AUNTIE MAME
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
BUS STOP
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH
SOME LIKE IT HOT
THE APARTMENT
WEST SIDE STORY
DR. STRANGELOVE (OR HOW I STOPPED WORRYING AND LOVED THE BOMB)
MARY POPPINS
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
BONNIE AND CLYDE
THE GRADUATE
TO SIR WITH LOVE
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
THE LION IN WINTER
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
THE HOSPITAL
THE GODFATHER
CABARET
DELIVERANCE
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
THE EXORCIST
THE CONVERSATION
TAXI DRIVER
NETWORK
STAR WARS
KRAMER VS KRAMER
APOCALYPSE NOW
THE DEER HUNTER
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
FIVE EASY PIECES
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
RAGING BULL
ORDINARY PEOPLE
ON GOLDEN POND
ATLANTIC CITY
REDS
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978)
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961)
TOOTSIE
THE VERDICT
COOL HAND LUKE
THE STING
THE WAY WE WERE
GOODFELLAS
PHILADELPHIA
BIG
SCARFACE (1983)
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO
MANHATTAN
SERPICO
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
A STAR IS BORN (1954)
FATAL ATTRACTION
THELMA AND LOUISE
PRETTY WOMAN
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
TRAFFIC
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CRASH (2005)
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
I think this is a decent cross section out of which I'm sure you'll find something that will appeal to you.
