Yeah I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on the favourite Vs greatest distinction.
The way you talk suggests that you have blinders on to international cinema. Scorsese, Spielberg, and Coppola are some of the most respected American directors, but there's a whole world out there and a lot of countries making great movies. The first three films you listed as being films "nobody" has seen (read you haven't seen them) were directed by François Truffaut, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Ingmar Bergman, respectively. All three men are widely respected directors. You might even call them legendary.
(Also how TF did I of all people end up being the one defending Foreign/Arthouse Cinema?)
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