If you've never gotten into Kurosawa films, they be good.

Some are a bit slow though. Here are my favorites. I've seen at least 20, maybe more:

Red Beard
Rashomon
Seven Samurai
Stray Dog
Drunken Angel
Ikiru
Hidden Fortress (the first 3 Star Wars -- episodes 4,5,6 -- borrowed heavily from this one.)
Yojimbo
Dersu Uzala

Not as compelling but not w/o value (also Kurosawa):

Kagemusha
Ran
Dreams
Dodes-kaden

Also, repeta me por favor -- must see films:

Jean de Florette
Manon of the Spring
These be parts one and two of a longish but unforgettable story. By far the best French film ever IMHO.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K