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1. Ocarina of Time - Impossibly amazing game. I've played through it 3 times. Just so perfect!
2. A Link to the Past - Groundbreaking when it came out, even playing through it today (I played through it again 2 years ago), it still hasn't lost any of its charm.
3. Majora's Mask - This game is so dark! While at first, the "going back in time because the moon is going to fall!" gimmick kinda of annoyed me, it ended up being really brilliant, and though there aren't many dungeons, the dungeons here are amongst the longest and most difficult of any Zelda game.
4. Twilight Princess - People will scoff and say this one was too easy, but man... I dunno. It was so fun! Just FUN. Yeah, the puzzles weren't that great, and I was never stuck at any point in the game, but... just so fun. Those magnetic boots? Man...
5. Wind Waker - This one is pretty easy too. I loved the sailing, that was my favorite part. In fact, the game is completely perfect until the end when you HAVE to get the giant fairy wallet (after finding the "bigger" fairy wallet, so you can upgrade to the giant one), then get THOUSANDS of rupees so after you find the triforce maps you can pay tingle to transcribe them so you can sail around and get all the triforce pieces. Jesus, that part took hours, and though I love sailing, it felt tedious, tacked on, etc. The rest of the game's absolutely brilliant.
6. Minnish Cap - Brilliant and often overlooked game with the hardest Zelda endboss ever. I never beat him actually. I want to make a note here that, since we're discussing handheld Zelda games, I played through part of Phantom Hourglass and that one was by far the easiest Zelda game. Way too simple. No heart pieces!
7. Zelda II: Adventures of Link - NR pretty much nailed it above, but this one isn't without flaws. It's EXTREMELY difficult, frustratingly so (and I'm a good gamer; I've beaten every Mega Man game, for example!). But it's not without its charms.
8. Oracle of Seasons/Oracle of Ages (counting 'em as one game) - Impossibly beautiful and epic game(s). Gotta give credit to Capcom (!) for not ruining the spirit of Nintendo's development (for example, I was thinking at one time, I'd run across Ryu or something just sitting at a bench).
9. Link's Awakening - I don't remember much of this one, I played it on the SUPER GAME BOY back in the day, I remember being frustrated with it at first since but it ended up being the first Zelda game I really got into. Just brilliant.
10. Zelda - This one hasn't aged all that well, but it's still an extremely clever and brain-bending game.
That's probably my top 10.
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