Greetings, 
My name is Dan and I just began to study film in school.  I have already viewed quite the number of American films and became interested in foreign films such as "Run Lola Run", "Irreversible", "Europa,Europa", "Its a beautiful life", "Cinema Paradiso", and a number of Kurosawa flicks.  I really enjoy foreign films and would like to gain more knowledge in the field.  I would like to request a list( of the top 20) of what you guys think are the best foreign films that I could start out with.  Also I'd like to say that I would prefer more modern films; mainly 1990's up to now.  French, German, Czech, Brazilian, drama, comedy, or war, I'm open to all.( I love French and German the most so far)  I appreciate it very much and send out advanced thank yous.