| Metropolis | Fritz Lang |
| Nosferatu | F. W. Murnau |
| Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler | Fritz Lang |
| Napoleon | Abel Gance |
| Grand Illusion | Jean Renoir |
| The Rules of the Game | Jean Renoir |
| Children of Paradise | Marcel Carné |
| Rome, Open City | Roberto Rossellini |
| Paisan | Roberto Rossellini |
| La Terra Trema | Luchino Visconti |
| The Bicycle Thief | Vittorio De Sica |
| Umberto D | Vittorio De Sica |
| Beauty and the Beast | Jean Cocteau |
| Tokyo Story | Yasujirō Ozu |
| Ikiru | Akira Kurosawa |
| Seven Samurai | Akira Kurosawa |
| Ugetsu | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| Sansho the Bailiff | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| High and Low | Akira Kurosawa |
| Big Deal on Madonna Street | Mario Monicelli |
| Rocco and His Brothers | Luchino Visconti |
| The 400 Blows | François Truffaut |
| Shoot the Piano Player | François Truffaut |
| Breathless | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Band of Outsiders | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Il Sorpasso | Dino Risi |
| L'Avventura | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Blow-Up | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| Before the Revolution | Bernardo Bertolucci |
| Le Boucher | Claude Chabrol |
| Weekend | Jean-Luc Godard |
| Death by Hanging | Nagisa Ōshima |
| The Merchant of Four Seasons | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Ali: Fear Eats the Soul | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| The Marriage of Maria Braun | Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
| Kings of the Road | Wim Wenders |
| The American Friend | Wim Wenders |
| The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser | Werner Herzog |
| Aguirre, The Wrath of God | Werner Herzog |
