If someone wants "film school" you can do a lot worse than ticking off the film from the "1001 Movies to See Before You Die" [1].

It may take you the next decade to complete. There are some real oddballs in there that lean toward "art film" (but what do you expect from Andy Warhol). A lot of "foreign" films (foreign for this U.S. viewer). In short a lot of surprises.

Definitely feel like a student of film now (for whatever that's worth).

[1] https://1001films.fandom.com/wiki/The_List

Placidly uncaring since long ago as I stopped consuming media full stop.