Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge in Metropolis (1927)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Nosferatu (1922) Metropolis (1927)
notable directors: Fritz Lang, F.W. Murnau, G.W. Pabst
Given are rough dates and works/directors most prominently associated with the waves.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Nosferatu (1922) Metropolis (1927)
notable directors: Fritz Lang, F.W. Murnau, G.W. Pabst
L'Atalante (1934) La Grande Illusion (1938) The Rules of the Game (1939)
notable directors: Jean Renoir, Jean Vigo, Marcel Carné
Rome, Open City (1945) Bicycle Thieves (1947) Umberto D. (1952)
notable directors: Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio de Sica, Federico Fellini
Neecha Nagar (1946) Pather Panchali (1955) Ankur (1974)
notable directors: Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, Bimal Roy
Night and Fog in Japan (1960) The Pitfall (1962) Tokyo Drifter (1966)
notable directors: Shohei Imamura, Nagisa Oshima, Hiroshi Teshigahara
The 400 Blows (1959) Breathless (1960) The Collector (1967)
notable directors: François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (1962) A Hard Day's Night (1964) Kes (1969)
notable directors: Lindsay Anderson, John Boorman, Ken Loach
Barren Lives (1963) The Brave Warrior (1968) Macuaima (1969)
notable directors: Ruy Guerra, Glauber Rocha, Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
The Fifth Horseman is Fear (1964) Closely Watched Trains (1966) The Firemen's Ball (1967)
notable directors: Miloš Forman, Jiři Menzel, Jan Němec
Os Verdes Anos (1963) O Cerco (1969) The Vows (1973)
notable directors: António de Macedo, Paulo Rocha, Fernando Lopes
Serpent's Skin (1964) The Cow (1969) Gheisar (1969)
notable directors: Dariush Mehrjui, Hajir Darioush, Masoud Kimiai
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) Ali: Fear Eat Soul (1974) The Tin Drum (1979)
notable directors: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Easy Rider (1969) Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
notable directors: Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Francis Ford Coppola
Picnip at Hanging Rock (1975) Mad Max (1979) Dead Calm (1989)
notable directors: Peter Weir, George Miller, Fred Schepisi
The Butterfly Murders (1979) Hard Boiled (1992) Chungking Express (1994)
notable directors: John Woo, Wong Kar-Wai, Johnnie To
Sawak al-utubis (1982) The Wife of an Important Man (1987) Supermarket (1990)
notable directors: Mohamed Khan, Khairy Beshara, Daoud Abdel Sayed
(suggested by moatazaboalghuit)
The Feast (1998) Idiots (1998) Italian for Beginners (2001)
notable directors: Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Susanne Bier
Trafic (2004) 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days (2007) Child's Pose (2013)
notable directors: Cristian Mungiu, Cristi Puiu, Radu Muntean
sex, lies, and videotape (1989) Kids (1995) Magnolia (1999)
notable directors: Richard Linklater, Jim Jarmusch, Kevin Smith
(suggested by Teriek Williams)