Les quatre cents coups (AKA: The 400 Blows)

IMDB: 8.0/10

A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.

Wo hu cang long (AKA: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)

IMDB: 7.9/10

A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.

Vertigo

IMDB: 8.3/10

A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.

Ladri di biciclette (AKA: Bicycle Thieves)

IMDB: 8.3/10

In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.

Sunset Blvd. (AKA: Sunset Boulevard)

IMDB: 8.4/10

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

Chinatown

IMDB: 8.1/10

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

Yôjinbô (AKA: Yojimbo)

IMDB: 8.2/10

A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.

The African Queen

IMDB: 7.7/10

In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.