1

The Man With a Movie Camera (1929) ❧

Dir. Dziga Vertov

68· Soviet Union· Documentary,· NR

A+ 98/100

Director Dziga Vertov

Writer Dziga Vertov

D.O.P. Mikhail Kaufman, Gleb Troyanski

Composer Null

Editor Elizaveta Svilova

Language No Language

Country Soviet Union

Runtime 68′

Percentile 99th

2

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) ❧

Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer

82· France· Drama, History,· NR

A+ 97/100

Director Carl Theodor Dreyer

Writer Carl Theodor Dreyer, Joseph Delteil

D.O.P. Rudolph Maté

Composer Jesper Kyd, Ole Schmidt, Victor Alix, Léo Pouget

Editor Marguerite Beaugé, Carl Theodor Dreyer

Language No Language

Country France

Runtime 82′

Percentile 99th

3

The Phantom Carriage (1921) ❧

Dir. Victor Sjöström

106· Sweden· Drama, Fantasy, Horror,· NR

A+ 95/100

Director Victor Sjöström

Writer Victor Sjöström

D.O.P. Julius Jaenzon

Composer Null

Editor Null

Language No Language

Country Sweden

Runtime 106′

Percentile 97th

4

The General (1926) ❧

Dir. Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton

79· USA· Action, Adventure, Comedy, War, Romance,· NR

A+ 95/100

Director Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton

Writer Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton

D.O.P. Bert Haines, Devereaux Jennings

Composer Null

Editor Buster Keaton, Sherman Kell

Language No Language

Country USA

Runtime 79′

Percentile 97th

5

Battleship Potemkin (1925) ❧

Dir. Sergei Eisenstein

75· Soviet Union· Drama, History, War,· NR

A 94/100

Director Sergei Eisenstein

Writer Sergei Tretyakov, Nina Agadzhanova, Sergei Eisenstein, Nikolay Aseev

D.O.P. Eduard Tisse

Composer Edmund Meisel

Editor Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov

Language No Language

Country Soviet Union

Runtime 75′

Percentile 96th

6

Strike (1925) ❧

Dir. Sergei Eisenstein

95· Soviet Union· Drama,· NR

A- 92/100

Director Sergei Eisenstein

Writer Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein, Ilya Kravchunovsky, Valerian Pletnev

D.O.P. Vasili Khvatov, Eduard Tisse, Vladimir Popov

Composer Null

Editor Sergei Eisenstein

Language No Language

Country Soviet Union

Runtime 95′

Percentile 93rd

7

The Last Laugh (1924) ❧

Dir. F. W. Murnau

90· Germany· Drama,· NR

A- 91/100

Director F. W. Murnau

Writer Carl Mayer

D.O.P. Karl Freund

Composer Giuseppe Becce

Editor Elfi Böttrich

Language No Language

Country Germany

Runtime 90′

Percentile 92nd

8

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) ❧

Dir. Robert Wiene

77· Germany· Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime,· NR

B+ 89/100

Director Robert Wiene

Writer Hans Janowitz, Carl Mayer

D.O.P. Willy Hameister

Composer Alfredo Antonini, Giuseppe Becce

Editor Null

Language No Language

Country Germany

Runtime 77′

Percentile 89th

9

Nosferatu (1922) ❧

Dir. F. W. Murnau

95· Germany· Horror, Fantasy,· NR

B+ 87/100

Director F. W. Murnau

Writer Henrik Galeen

D.O.P. Fritz Arno Wagner, Günther Krampf

Composer Hans Erdmann

Editor Null

Language No Language

Country Germany

Runtime 95′

Percentile 85th

10

The Phantom of the Opera (1925) ❧

Dir. Rupert Julian

107· USA· Horror, Music,· NR

B+ 87/100

Director Rupert Julian

Writer Null

D.O.P. Milton Bridenbecker, Virgil Miller, Charles Van Enger

Composer Sam Perry

Editor Edward Curtiss, Maurice Pivar, Gilmore Walker

Language No Language

Country USA

Runtime 107′

Percentile 85th

11

The Iron Horse (1924) ❧

Dir. John Ford

149· USA· Western, Drama, History, Romance,· NR

B 81/100

Director John Ford

Writer Charles Kenyon, Charles Darnton, John Russell

D.O.P. George Schneiderman

Composer Erno Rapee

Editor Null

Language No Language

Country USA

Runtime 149′

Percentile 72nd

12

Metropolis (1927) ❧

Dir. Fritz Lang

153· Germany· Drama, Science Fiction,· NR

B- 79/100

Director Fritz Lang

Writer Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou

D.O.P. Günther Rittau, Walter Ruttmann, Karl Freund

Composer Gottfried Huppertz, Otto Harzner

Editor Fritz Lang

Language No Language

Country Germany

Runtime 153′

Percentile 67th

13

The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) ❧

Dir. Henry King

89· USA· Drama, Romance, Western,· NR

B- 76/100

Director Henry King

Writer Frances Marion, Rupert Hughes

D.O.P. Gregg Toland, George Barnes

Composer Ted Henkel

Editor Viola Lawrence

Language No Language

Country USA

Runtime 89′

Percentile 60th

14

The Covered Wagon (1923) ❧

Dir. James Cruze

98· USA· Adventure, Western, Romance,· NR

B- 75/100

Director James Cruze

Writer Jack Cunningham

D.O.P. Karl Brown

Composer Null

Editor Dorothy Arzner

Language No Language

Country USA

Runtime 98′

Percentile 58th

15

3 Bad Men (1926) ❧

Dir. John Ford

92· USA· Romance, Western,· NR

B- 75/100

Director John Ford

Writer John Stone

D.O.P. George Schneiderman

Composer Null

Editor Null

Language No Language

Country USA

Runtime 92′

Percentile 58th

16

Nanook of the North (1922) ❧

Dir. Robert Flaherty

79· USA· Documentary, Drama,· NR

C+ 74/100

Director Robert Flaherty

Writer Robert Flaherty

D.O.P. Robert Flaherty

Composer Null

Editor Robert Flaherty, Charles Gelb

Language No Language

Country USA, France

Runtime 79′

Percentile 56th

17

Hell's Heroes (1929) ❧

Dir. William Wyler

68· USA· Western,· NR

C+ 71/100

Director William Wyler

Writer Peter B. Kyne

D.O.P. George Robinson

Composer Heinz Roemheld

Editor Harry Marker

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 68′

Percentile 50th

18

La Roue (1923) ❧

Dir. Abel Gance

418· France· Drama, Romance,· NR

C- 60/100

Director Abel Gance

Writer Abel Gance

D.O.P. Léonce-Henri Burel, Gaston Brun, Marc Bujard, Maurice Duverger

Composer Arthur Honegger

Editor Abel Gance, Marguerite Beaugé

Language No Language

Country France

Runtime 418′

Percentile 28th

19

Tumbleweeds (1925) ❧

Dir. King Baggot, William S. Hart

78· USA· Western, Drama, Romance, Crime,· NR

C- 60/100

Director King Baggot, William S. Hart

Writer Hal G. Evarts

D.O.P. Null

Composer Null

Editor Null

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 78′

Percentile 28th

20

In Old Arizona (1928) ❧

Dir. Irving Cummings, Raoul Walsh

95· USA· Western,· NR

D+ 56/100

Director Irving Cummings, Raoul Walsh

Writer O. Henry, Tom Barry

D.O.P. Arthur Edeson

Composer Null

Editor Louis R. Loeffler

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 95′

Percentile 23rd

21

The Jazz Singer (1927) ❧

Dir. Alan Crosland

89· USA· Drama, Music,· NR

D 50/100

Director Alan Crosland

Writer Alfred A. Cohn

D.O.P. Hal Mohr

Composer Louis Silvers

Editor Harold McCord

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 89′

Percentile 16th

22

The Virginian (1929) ❧

Dir. Victor Fleming

91· USA· Western,· NR

D 50/100

Director Victor Fleming

Writer Owen Wister, Kirk La Shelle, Howard Estabrook

D.O.P. J. Roy Hunt, Edward Cronjager

Composer Karl Hajos

Editor William Shea

Language English

Country USA

Runtime 91′

Percentile 16th

23

The Pleasure Garden (1925) ❧

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

75· UK· Drama, Romance,· NR

D- 41/100

Director Alfred Hitchcock

Writer Eliot Stannard

D.O.P. Baron Ventimiglia

Composer Null

Editor Null

Language No Language

Country UK, Germany

Runtime 75′

Percentile 10th