(these films are not coming to a theatre near you)
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, Haneke
Wings of Desire, Wenders
The Third Man, Reed (Welles)
Spring. Summer, Fall, and Spring Ki-duk
Shadows, Cassavettes
Citizen Kane, Welles
To Live, Zhang Yimou
Ripley’s Game, Scott
Touch of Evil, Welles
The Lives of Others, von Donnersmarck
Talk to Her, Almodóvar
Repulsion, Polanski
Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Herzog
La Strada, Fellini
Amour, Haneke
The Bicycle Thief, De Sica
The Rules of the Game, Renoir
The Turin Horse, Tarr (not for those with ADD)
Touch of Evil, Welles
Wild Strawberries, Bergman
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Fassbinder
M, Lang
White Ribbon, Handeke
Raise the Red Lantern, Yimou Zhang
Dead Man, Jim Jarmusch
The Killing of Chinese Bookie, Cassavettes
Solaris, Tarvosky
Stroszek, Herzog
Farewell My Concubine, Kaige Chen
Jules and Jim, Trufffaut
Umberto D. De Sica
Belle de Jour, Buñuel
The Complete Metropolis, Lang
Breathless, Godard
Bad Education, Almodóvar
Ikiru, Kurosowa
Grand Illusion, Renoir
Werckmeister Harmonies, Tarr
The Three Colors Trilogy, Kieslowski
400 Blows, Truffaut
Mirror, Tarvosky
Seventh Seal, Bergman
The Stalker, Tarvosky
Last Year at Marienbad, Godard
Falstaff (Chimes at Midnight), Welles
The Marriage of Maria Braun, Fassbinder
Rashomon, Kurosawa