Off the top of my head, Important Cultural References™ from the days before subtitles that I've made barakta watch over the years...
The Right Stuff
Airplane!
Spaceballs The Movie
The Great Escape
The Italian Job
Tremors
Die Hard
Towering Inferno
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Works in progress:
Blazing Saddles
Full Metal Jacket[1]
Gremlins
Rififi
Every Which Way But Loose
The Poseidon Adventure
[1] It wouldn't be on the list, except that thanks to her ex her only knowledge of the film is the woman-offering-a-blowjob scene, which gives completely the wrong impression and therefore needs correcting.