Reddit mentions of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

As far as lists of movies to get to know, this is my favourite book. It's great because each movie is described in the context of cinema history and its innovations pointed out. It also includes foreign films.

http://www.amazon.com/1001-Movies-You-Must-Before/dp/0764167901/ref=sr_1_1

If the course awakened you to looking at films as real art, this is a good book that draws parallels between film and all the other arts.

http://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Film-Movies-Beyond/dp/0195321057/ref=sr_1_1

Three websites that are worth reading regularly...

http://www.cinephiliabeyond.org/

http://theyshootpictures.com/index.htm

http://www.filmsite.org/

there's a book on the subject.

Here's a pretty good one:

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

For each album the book includes a generally positive review from a critic.

There's also 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

Both are the same format. I own both and I really enjoy them.