I occasionally add to this list as people recommend films. These are the ones I’ve watched in the past few years (I really need to update it):
- Run Lola, Run – 1998
- Hero – 2002
- M – 1931
- Spirited Away – 2001
- Diaboliques, Les – 1955
- The Seventh Seal – 1957
- Wild Strawberries – 1957
- The Virgin Spring – 1960
- The Bicycle Thief – 1948
- Through a Glass Darkly – 1963
- Fanny and Alexander – 1982
- Wings of Desire – 1987
- 8 1/2 – 1963
- In the Mood for Love – 2000***
- Cyrano De Bergerac – 1990
- Life Is Beautiful – 1997
- Cinema Paradiso – 1988
- The Orphanage – 2007
- Diary of a Country Priest – 1951
- Les Enfants du Paradis – 1945
- Amélie – - 2001
- Pan’s Labyrinth – 2006
- Crouching Tiger – 2000
*** In the Mood for Love is one of my favorites. I love the cinematography in this movie.
REMAINING ON THE LIST:
Seven Samurai – 1954
City of God – 2002
The Battle of Algiers – 1966
Breathless France – 1960
Jean de Florette/ Manon des Sources – 1986
Tokyo Story – 1953
Jules and Jim – 1962
La Haine – 1995
Il Postino – 1994
Oldboy – - 2003
Delicatessen – 1991
La Dolce Vita – 1960
The 400 Blows – 1959
Aguirre – Wrath of God – 1972
Andrei Rublev – 1969
Battleship Potemkin – 1925
Pather Panchali – 1955
Ran – 1985
Three Colours: Blue – 1993
Central Station – 1998
Come and See – 1985
Three Colours: Red – 1994
All About My Mother – 1999
Hidden – 2005
Downfall – 2004
La Règle du Jeu – 1939
