Hm something like: Stanley Kubrick (Dr. Strangelove, 2001: ASO, A Clockwork Orange) Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai, RashÃÆÃâÃâômon, Sanjuro, Ran) Fedrico Fellini (Otto e Mezzo, La Strada, I Vitteloni) Andrej Tarkovsky (Stalker, Andrei Rublev, Solyaris, Nostalgia) Jean-Luc Godard (Le MÃÆÃâÃâépris, Pierrot le fou, Alphaville, Bande ÃÆÃâÃâàPart (Got it, QT with his Band a Part movies ;), ÃÆÃââââ¬Å¡Ã¬ bout de souffle, David Lynch (Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, Lost Highway, Mulholland Dr.) Yasujiro Ozu (Banshun, Tokyo Monogatari, Story of Floating Weeds, Bakushu, Ohayo) Fritz Lang (M, Metropolis, Testament of Dr. Mabuse) Orson Welles (Citizen Kane, Le Proces, Touch of Evil, F for Fake) Something like that. They're all great directors and they're all great movies. So you won't waste any time if you'd want to try one of the above.