This is partially inspired by @UsedJavelin's thread about Seven Samurai.
I watched a lot of the Western "film canon" when I was younger, and lately I've just been craving some good "artistic" movie content. But I don't trust the :reddit-logo: crowd nor the letterboxd nerds for serious recommendations, so I turn the question to my comrades
Lawrence Of Arabia is very good.
Truffaut: All
Tarkovsky: Stalker, Andrei Rublev, Solaris
Klimov: Come and See
Bergman: Persona, Seventh Seal
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Herzog: Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Fellini: La Dolce Vita, Amarcord
Fritz Lang: Dr. Mabuse, Metropolis, M
The Battle of Algiers
Jodorowsky: The Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre