Well these are my friend Dale Marquez’s suggestions at the very least. I’ve seen some of them already – back when I was young, for film classes back in college, during film festivals, and some with friends or on my own. Here is his list but I might add a title or two. Titles in italics mean I’ve seen them.

• 2001 A Space Odyssey
• Let The Right One In
• The 39 Steps
• Pierrot Le Fou
• 2046
• Take Shelter
• Memento
• The 400 Blows
• An Education
• Volver
• Donnie Darko
• 13 Samurais
• Blue Velvet
• Billy Liar
• THX 1138
• Solaris
• Punch Drunk Love – and I hated it
• Malena
• Heavenly Creatures
• Stranger Than Fiction
• Claire’s Knee
• The Party
• Man On Wire
• The Red Balloon
• Lost In Translation
• Playtime
• Le Samourai
• Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
• Le Bonheur
• Blow-Up
• All About Lily Chou-chou
• Rec
• The Passenger
• Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
• Gummo
• Vertigo
• Mary And Max
• Peeping Tom
• Some Kind Of Wonderful
• Funky Forest
• Brazil
• The Fight Club
• Chungking Express – my favorite
• Last Year At Marienbad
• Monty Python And The Holy Grail
• Being John Malkovich
• Shaun Of The Dead
• The Phantom Of Liberty
• The Royal Tenenbaums
• Elevator To The Gallows
• Ratcatcher
• Trois Couleurs: Rouge
• Songs From The Second Floor
• The Beaches Of Agnes
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Virgin Suicides
• Ghost World
• Beginners
• Trainspotting
• High Fidelity
• Shallow Grave
• Cinema Paradiso – my favorite
• The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie
• Oh Brother Where Art Thou
• Spoorloos
• Pump Up The Volume
• Audition – didn’t finish. got bored
• Repulsion
• In The Mood For Love
• Il Postino
• Swingers
• Trois Couleurs: Blanc
• Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams
• Secrets And Lies
• Stranger Than Paradise
• Breakfast Club
• The Graduate
• The Man With The Moving Camera
• The Way Home
• 8 1/2
• This Is Spinal Tap
• To Catch A Thief
• The Big Lebowski
• Eyes Without A Face
• The Obscure Object Of Desire
• The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
• A Clockwork Orange
• The Bakery Girl Of Monceau
• Love Affair, or The Case Of The Missing Switchboard Operator
• L’Avventura
• Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
• Pi
• Amelie – another favorite
• Flirt
• Au Revoir Les Enfants
• Bande a Part
• Billy Elliot
• Belle De Jour
• The Spirit Of The Beehive
• Following
• Usual Suspects
• The Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Runner
• Stroszek
• Rear Window
• Taste Of Honey
• Save The Green Planet
• Hausu
• Dogville
• Living In Oblivion
• Kill The Day
• Late Spring
• The Double Life Of Veronique
• Irma Vep
• Magnolia
• Paperhouse
• A bout de Souffle
• Late August, Early September
• Mulholland Drive
• Seven Samurai
• Old Boy
• Y Tu Mama Tambien
• The Princess And The Warrior
• City Of God
• Cleo From 5 to 7
• Sex, Lies And Videotape
• Nobody Knows
• Le Derriere
• The Dreamers
• Festen
• 24 Hour Party People
• Children Of Men
• Pretty In Pink
• A Woman Under The Influence
• Weekend
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Before Sunset
• Infernal Affairs
• La Jetee
• Pan’s Labyrinth
• Grizzly Man
• Control
• The City Of Lost Children
• El Topo
• Talk To Her
• Amateur
• Mon Oncle
• Happiness
• Fanny And Alexander
• Wild Strawberries
• Dr. Strangelove
• Not One Less
• The Devil And Daniel Johnston
• Night On Earth
• American Psycho
• Run Lola Run
• Moon
• Closely Watched Trains
• Orfeu Negro
• Akira
• The Shining
• Through A Glass Darkly
• Almost Famous
• Meshes Of The Afternoon
• Career Opportunities
• Masculin Feminin
• Bob Le Flambeur
• The Devil’s Backbone
• The Last Great Wilderness
• The Cranes Are Flying
• 500 Days Of Summer
• Rashomon
• Full Metal Jacket
• Rififi
• The Skin I Live In
• Persona
• Ladri di Biciclette
• Un Chien Andalou
• The Gleaners And I
• The Wicker Man
• Annie Hall
• The Third Man
• Career Girls
• Clerks
• Groundhog Day
• The Seventh Seal
• Harold And Maude
• Notorious
• My Architect
• Jeux Interdits
• Eraserhead
• Loves Of A Blonde
• Pulp Fiction
• The Lady Vanishes
• The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
• The Last Days Of Disco
• Insomnia
• Knife In The Water
• M
• Tokyo Story

I’ll make a different list with my recommendations some day.