Killed a whole morning using Allmovie.com. It's very comprehensive and extensive cross-referencing database means you can find a film like another film in any given way you like. You can see top however many films by country, keyword, date, genre, each film has a list of films it is like, good descriptions, an easy to use rating system. In addition it has educational area with essays, glossaries, and quick guides - again all sorted and cross-referenced. :)
I was able to find some things of interest to watch, read about their genres, critiques, see their body of work in a glance and note similar films.
Decided that French New-wave was not for me, no matter how pretty the girls. Jean-Luc Goddard can keep his "cool". Nabbed Alphaville though, as it's supposed to be Tech-Noir psychological sci-fi, will give it a go. Got Wim Wenders - Wings of Desire, for it's high-concept fantasy exploration of the ideas involving supernatural protective forces (eg- guardian angels); Got Breaking the Waves as it's a Lars Von Trier I've not seen, and he's always great.
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