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Despite that fact that the style of German Expressionist films appeals to my senses, I admit I've not seen a great deal of them. I'm considering going on a GE bender. I've seen a few of the bigs, like Metropolis and Nosferatu, but that's about it. I've certainly got The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari on my list as I have have regrettably never seen it, but I'd like some suggestions for some other must-sees.

The GOLEM (1920) with Paul Weagner.The sets are very Caligari inspired.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjba5lz8L0s

Fact is-Caligari's unreal sets inspired film makers for decades. Watch SON OF FRANKENSTEIN(1939) the director Rowland V. Lee was inspired by Caligari.
Look at at the MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (1932). Caligari!

I'm not familiar with any films beyond the standards that you all have already mentioned, but my first viewing of Nosferatu was on a black and white TV when it was shown on the educational channel here probably around 1980.

I missed the opportunity to see Nosferatu at the local arthouse theater in Lexington; and they brought in an organ player with a full set up to present it in an original old style viewing...damn I missed that.

I don't know if they've done that again, though probably have, but just seeing it on a big screen like that would be awesome!

If you have an arthouse theater in your area, pick up a schedule and keep up with it; they could do something like that and it certainly be worth going out of one's way to see a showing like that.

I have only seen The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari on 8mm. Back in my junior and high school days I had a reel-to-reel 8mm editor; the type with a small screen in the middle and a reel to each side. I borrowed the full movie on 8mm from the library and hand cranked, as mine was not motorized, my way through the full movie.

It would be cool if libraries still had 8mm and 16mm movies to loan. I watched Taming of the Shrew that way by borrowing a 16mm projector and screen, and borrowing the movie, in full color and sound, from the library. I don't care what big screen TVs they come out with, it won't compare to watching a full 16mm print in your living room.

Well I guess I wanted to add a little to the topic. So I am gonna add this request.

Recommend some German expressionism that isn't....
Nosferatu
Metropolis
Calagari
The Golem

In general I don't like silent film. It's mostly because it was a period when people were still trying to figure out what could be done with film. Unfortunately, not very good.

However, I think you need to watch The Passion of Joan of Arc. It's probably the greatest silent film ever made. It's two hours of ugly people ripping Joan of Arc to shreds. Powerful stuff.

Thing is-THE CABINET OF DR.CALIGARI is quite unjque. It was hard to duplicate its succes because-well-it was just so weird.
FAUST (1926) is weird-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TCfNFckx6Q

The cool thing about silent films-the image was the thing.. Dialouge is almost an after thought.
Films like The LAST LAUGH (1924) by FW Murnau had no dialouge at all. And it's a GREAT movie-about going insane alone. Just -wow-amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FULPDnOUg3U

I disagree.
Not about JOAN OF  ARC-which is a GREAT film-but about silent films in general.
Iv'e seen lotsa crap in the sound era-good films of the silent era are CLASSICS.
Watch the BATTLESHIP POTEMPKIN (1925) again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps-v-kZzfec

The good silent films relied on wonderful imagry.Dialouge was almost an afterthought.
I think its beautiful.
Perhaps I'm prejudice in tis respect.  I LOVE silent films.
Harold Lylod comidies played every Sunday on channel 13 when I was a kid.
I thought-and still do-think it's amazing.i
He used no stuntman.
f**king amazing.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEcTjhUN_7U&feature=related

Yer missing out on some great films,Mofo.
Yeah-I know-My spelling skills suck.My thoughts are true.

Fritz Lang made DESTINY (1921) which is very Caligari.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q16c6-sdSlk

Calligari is great  and  one of the  first  I saw before  Metropolis, but, after Nosferatu. I find them claustrphobic, but,  interesting and really  akin in classic  to American  films  like  Long Chaney's  Phantom of the Opera.  I read somewhere  once , Hitchcock, was influenced  by the 20's-30's German Expessionists, in scenes  he used in  his  horror  classic  PSYCHO. I also find them depressing cause they invoke  a  decaying  society, as Germany was before  WW2.

FRITZ LANG's M (1931) is great. 

CARL DREYER's VAMPYR (1932) is great. 

I would like to see THE MAN WHO LAUGHS (1928) which is an American film directed by German PAUL LENI. 

I saw this a couple of years ago, and thought it was great!
The DVD was remastered and time corrected, which made it infinitely more enjoyable.