Film rankings of 1895-1929

Submitted by Zacharyyy on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 20:17
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  1. 10/10.
  2. 9.7/10.
  3. 9.5/10.
  4. The Passion of Joan Of Arc. Carl Dreyer. 1928.
  5. 9.2/10.
  6. The General. Buster Keaton. 1927.
  7. 9/10.
  8. Metropolis (restored cut). Fritz Lang. 1927.
  9. 8.7/10.
  10. The Circus. Charlie Chaplin. 1928.
  11. The Gold Rush. Charlie Chaplin. 1925.
  12. 8.5/10.
  13. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. F W Murnau. 1927.
  14. 8.2/10.
  15. The Adventures of Prince Achmed. Lotte Reiniger. 1926.
  16. Grand Café Films/Ten Actualities. Louis Lumière. 1895.
  17. 8/10.
  18. A Man With A Movie Camera. Dziga Vertov. 1929.
  19. October. Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov. 1928.
  20. 7.5/10.
  21. Nanook Of The North. Robert J Flaherty. 1922.
  22. The Kid. Charlie Chaplin. 1921.
  23. Paleface. Buster Keaton. 1922.
  24. Battleship Potemkin. Sergei Eisenstein. 1925.
  25. Steamboat Bill Jr. Buster Keaton. 1928.
  26. 7/10.
  27. Our Hospitality. Buster Keaton. 1923.
  28. One Week. Buster Keaton, Edward F Cline. 1920.
  29. Michael. Carl Dreyer. 1924.
  30. Cabinet of Dr Caligari. Robert Wiene. 1920.
  31. The Boat. Buster Keaton. 1921.
  32. The Enchanted Drawing. J. Stuart Blackton. 1900.
  33. Snowball Fight. Louis Lumière. 1896.
  34. 6.5/10.
  35. Nosferatu. F W Murnau. 1922.
  36. The Birth of a Nation. D W Griffith. 1915.
  37. A Trip To The Moon. Georges Méliès. 1902.
  38. The Idle Class. Charlie Chaplin. 1921.
  39. Un Chien Andalou. Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali. 1929.
  40. Vue Lumière No 76 - Serpentine Dance. Louis Lumiere (Loie Fuller). 1896.
  41. 6/10.
  42. Pay Day. Charlie Chaplin. 1922.
  43. How A Mosquito Operates. Winsor McCay. 1912.
  44. Tusalava. Len Lye. 1929.
  45. Little Nemo. Winsor McCay. 1911.
  46. The Great Train Robbery. Edwin S Porter. 1903.
  47. 5.5/10.
  48. Gertie The Dinosaur. Winsor McCay. 1914.
  49. 5/10.
  50. Execution of Mary Queen of Scots. Edison Productions. 1895.
  51. Anemic Cinema. Marcel Duchamp. 1926.
  52. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces. J. Stuart Blackton. 1906.
  53. Fantasmagorie. Emile Cohl. 1916.
  54. 4/10.
  55. Feline Follies. Pat Sullivan. 1919.
  56. Ballet Mecanique. Fernand Leger. 1924.
  57. 3/10.
  58. 2/10.
  59. Return To Reason. Man Ray. 1923.
  60. 1/10.
  61. 0/10.
Author Comments: 

I realised I haven't seen enough movies from the first half of the 20th century for it to matter greatly to split it by singular decades. This works better, I think. Basically/sort of/almost splits the century into pre- and post-WWII
Once I hit 40 films for 1930s, 1920s, and 1895-1919 I'll split this list.

EDIT: Cut out a decade. More streamlining on the way!
EDIT EDIT: one more decade. Time to watch 19 more films from 1920s, and 20 more films from 1895-1919.

maxshrek11/09/2010

7,2 Citizen Kane. Man I admire r courage.

Zacharyyy11/10/2010

It was 7.7 a while back.
I like Chimes At Midnight better. Still gotta see Magnificent Ambersons, F For Fake, and Touch Of Evil though.

maxshrek11/09/2010

Neorealism: I suggest you Paisà and La Terra Trema, in my opinion better than Ladri di Biciclette. And watch Umberto D, by De Sica.

Zacharyyy11/10/2010

I just downloaded La Terra Trema and I need to watch it soon! Thanks for the reminder.

maxshrek11/10/2010

No problem. Duty. Another gem of neorealism, not much remembered ad it deserve, is Roma, ore 11 by Giuseppe de Santis.

maxshrek11/16/2010

Try with Letter from unknown Woman, one of my ten favourite movies.

Zacharyyy11/16/2010

Sooner or later, it will be watched.