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Patlabor movies 1&2: extremely realistic mecha and pretty deep story, though they are really slow and don't have the explosive pace most action animes bring. I love them still. There's also a very good abridged version of Patlabor 1 on YouTube, it's hard to remember the actual movie after watching it.
Ghost in the Shell movie, GITS Stand Alone Complex and Second Gig are also extremely good. In a way they are one of the definite sources of modern cyberpunk - though hardly the first, the inspiration they brought can be only compared to Star Trek imo. There have been GitS stuff since, but they never managed to recapture the same heights.
And if you like more modern stuff, 86 is one of my favorite shows of late. The base story isn't bad - it clearly has a lot of thought put into it, but it feels somewhat bland in parts - but the way they brought it to anime was just sheff's kiss. It's ridiculously well directed. That said, you need to have a certain appreciation to bleaknees and some (melo)drama to really enjoy it.