This list is a response to repeated student requests for quality films to watch. Be forewarned: Unless you are multilingual, prepare for subtitles and not all these films are for everyone (just move on down the list!). I list films in the order that I imagine the non-film buff will find most accessible.
Cache
Wings of Desire
Amour
The Third Man
Spring. Summer, Fall, and Spring
To Live
Touch of Evil
The Lives of Others
Talk to Her
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
La Strata
Bad Education
Stroszek
White Ribbon
Umberto D.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Raise the Red Lantern
Dead Man
Citizen Kane
Jules and Jim
Breathless
Fitzcarraldo
Ikiru
The Three Colors Trilogy
400 Blows
Seventh Seal
Farewell My Concubine
The Turin Horse (not for those with ADD)
The Bicycle Thief
Last Year at Marienbad
Falstaff (Chimes at Midnight)
Wild Strawberries
Belle de Jour
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Rashomon