1The Man With a Movie Camera (1929) ❧Dir. Dziga Vertov68· Soviet Union· Documentary,· NRA+ 98/100Director Dziga VertovWriter Dziga VertovD.O.P. Mikhail Kaufman, Gleb TroyanskiComposer NullEditor Elizaveta SvilovaLanguage No LanguageCountry Soviet UnionRuntime 68′Percentile 99th
2The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) ❧Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer82· France· Drama, History,· NRA+ 97/100Director Carl Theodor DreyerWriter Carl Theodor Dreyer, Joseph DelteilD.O.P. Rudolph MatéComposer Jesper Kyd, Ole Schmidt, Victor Alix, Léo PougetEditor Marguerite Beaugé, Carl Theodor DreyerLanguage No LanguageCountry FranceRuntime 82′Percentile 99th
3Casablanca (1943) ❧Dir. Michael Curtiz103· USA· Drama, Romance,· PGA+ 97/100Director Michael CurtizWriter Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard KochD.O.P. Arthur EdesonComposer Max SteinerEditor Owen MarksLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 103′Percentile 99th
4The Third Man (1949) ❧Dir. Carol Reed105· UK· Thriller, Mystery,· NRA+ 97/100Director Carol ReedWriter Graham GreeneD.O.P. Robert KraskerComposer Anton KarasEditor Oswald HafenrichterLanguage EnglishCountry UKRuntime 105′Percentile 99th
5Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) ❧Dir. Leo McCarey92· USA· Drama, Romance,· NRA+ 96/100Director Leo McCareyWriter Viña DelmarD.O.P. William C. MellorComposer George Antheil, Victor YoungEditor LeRoy StoneLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 92′Percentile 98th
6The Phantom Carriage (1921) ❧Dir. Victor Sjöström106· Sweden· Drama, Fantasy, Horror,· NRA+ 95/100Director Victor SjöströmWriter Victor SjöströmD.O.P. Julius JaenzonComposer NullEditor NullLanguage No LanguageCountry SwedenRuntime 106′Percentile 97th
7The General (1926) ❧Dir. Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton79· USA· Action, Adventure, Comedy, War, Romance,· NRA+ 95/100Director Clyde Bruckman, Buster KeatonWriter Clyde Bruckman, Buster KeatonD.O.P. Bert Haines, Devereaux JenningsComposer NullEditor Buster Keaton, Sherman KellLanguage No LanguageCountry USARuntime 79′Percentile 97th
8M (1931) ❧Dir. Fritz Lang111· Germany· Drama, Thriller, Crime,· PG-13A+ 95/100Director Fritz LangWriter Fritz Lang, Thea von HarbouD.O.P. Fritz Arno WagnerComposer NullEditor Paul FalkenbergLanguage GermanCountry GermanyRuntime 111′Percentile 97th
9The Grapes of Wrath (1940) ❧Dir. John Ford129· USA· Drama,· NRA+ 95/100Director John FordWriter Nunnally JohnsonD.O.P. Gregg TolandComposer Alfred NewmanEditor Robert L. SimpsonLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 129′Percentile 97th
10Ikiru (1952) ❧Dir. Akira Kurosawa143· Japan· Drama,· NRA+ 95/100Director Akira KurosawaWriter Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa, Hideo OguniD.O.P. Asakazu NakaiComposer Fumio HayasakaEditor Akira KurosawaLanguage JapaneseCountry JapanRuntime 143′Percentile 97thWatched 5/4/2025
11Battleship Potemkin (1925) ❧Dir. Sergei Eisenstein75· Soviet Union· Drama, History, War,· NRA 94/100Director Sergei EisensteinWriter Sergei Tretyakov, Nina Agadzhanova, Sergei Eisenstein, Nikolay AseevD.O.P. Eduard TisseComposer Edmund MeiselEditor Sergei Eisenstein, Grigori AleksandrovLanguage No LanguageCountry Soviet UnionRuntime 75′Percentile 96th
12L'Inferno (1911) ❧Dir. Giuseppe de Liguoro, Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan72· Italy· Fantasy, Horror,· NRA 93/100Director Giuseppe de Liguoro, Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo PadovanWriter NullD.O.P. Emilio RoncaroloComposer Raffaele CaravagliosEditor NullLanguage No LanguageCountry ItalyRuntime 72′Percentile 95th
13A Man There Was (1917) ❧Dir. Victor Sjöström56· Sweden· Drama, History,· NRA 93/100Director Victor SjöströmWriter Victor Sjöström, Gustaf Molander, Henrik IbsenD.O.P. Julius JaenzonComposer NullEditor NullLanguage No LanguageCountry SwedenRuntime 56′Percentile 95th
14Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker (1938) ❧Dir. Leni Riefenstahl127· Germany· Documentary,· NRA- 92/100Director Leni RiefenstahlWriter Leni RiefenstahlD.O.P. Hans Scheib, Guzzi Lantschner, Kurt Neubert, Hans Ertl, Walter Frentz, Paul Holzki, Willy Hameister, Albert Kling, Hasso Hartnagel, Georg Lemke, Willy Zielke, Werner Hundhausen, C.A. Linke, Albert Schattmann, Hugo O. Schulze, Heinz von Jaworsky, Lagorio, Alexander von Lagorio, Otto Lantschner, Fritz von Friedl, Josef Dietze, Herbert Kebelmann, E. Epkins, Waldemar Lembke, Erich Nitzschmann, Albert Höcht, Leo Schwedler, W. Siehm, Ernst Sorge, Walter Hege, Leo de Laforgue, E. Lambertini, Andor von Bàrsy, Hans Karl Gottschalk, Wilfried Basse, Wolf Hart, Ernst Kunstmann, H. von Stwolinski, Leo De Lafrue, Carl Junghans, Richard Groschopp, Károly Vass, Sepp Ketterer, Wilhelm Schmidt, Alfred Siegert, Eberhard von der Heyden, Hugo von KaweczynskiComposer Herbert Windt, Walter GronostayEditor Leni RiefenstahlLanguage GermanCountry GermanyRuntime 127′Percentile 93rd
15A Matter of Life and Death (1946) ❧Dir. Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell104· UK· Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy,· PGA- 92/100Director Emeric Pressburger, Michael PowellWriter Michael Powell, Emeric PressburgerD.O.P. Jack CardiffComposer Allan GrayEditor Reginald MillsLanguage EnglishCountry UKRuntime 104′Percentile 93rdViewings 2Watched ########
16The Last Laugh (1924) ❧Dir. F. W. Murnau90· Germany· Drama,· NRA- 91/100Director F. W. MurnauWriter Carl MayerD.O.P. Karl FreundComposer Giuseppe BecceEditor Elfi BöttrichLanguage No LanguageCountry GermanyRuntime 90′Percentile 92nd
17The Birth of a Nation (1915) ❧Dir. D.W. Griffith195· USA· Drama, History, War,· PGB+ 89/100Director D.W. GriffithWriter Frank E. Woods, D.W. GriffithD.O.P. Joseph Carl Breil, Billy BitzerComposer Jon Mirsalis, D.W. Griffith, Joseph Carl Breil, Joseph NurnbergerEditor Joseph Henabery, James Smith, Rose Smith, Raoul Walsh, D.W. GriffithLanguage No LanguageCountry USARuntime 195′Percentile 89th
18The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) ❧Dir. Robert Wiene77· Germany· Drama, Horror, Thriller, Crime,· NRB+ 89/100Director Robert WieneWriter Hans Janowitz, Carl MayerD.O.P. Willy HameisterComposer Alfredo Antonini, Giuseppe BecceEditor NullLanguage No LanguageCountry GermanyRuntime 77′Percentile 89th
19King Kong (1933) ❧Dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper104· USA· Adventure, Fantasy, Horror,· NRB+ 88/100Director Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. CooperWriter Ruth Rose, James Ashmore Creelman, Leon Gordon, Edgar Wallace, Merian C. CooperD.O.P. Kenneth Peach, Vernon L. Walker, J.O. Taylor, Edward LindenComposer Max SteinerEditor Ted CheesmanLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 104′Percentile 87th
20Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) ❧Dir. Max Ophüls87· USA· Drama, Romance,· NRB+ 88/100Director Max OphülsWriter Howard KochD.O.P. Franz PlanerComposer Daniele AmfitheatrofEditor Ted J. KentLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 87′Percentile 87th
21The Outlaw and His Wife (1918) ❧Dir. Victor Sjöström111· Sweden· Drama,· NRB+ 86/100Director Victor SjöströmWriter Victor Sjöström, Sam AskD.O.P. Julius JaenzonComposer NullEditor NullLanguage No LanguageCountry SwedenRuntime 111′Percentile 83rd
22Cabiria (1914) ❧Dir. Giovanni Pastrone148· Italy· Drama, History,· NRB+ 85/100Director Giovanni PastroneWriter Giovanni Pastrone, Gabriele D'AnnunzioD.O.P. Giovanni Tomatis, Segundo de Chomón, Natale Chiusano, Carlo Franzeri, Augusto BattagliottiComposer Manlio Mazza, Ildebrando PizzettiEditor NullLanguage No LanguageCountry ItalyRuntime 148′Percentile 80th
23Children of Paradise (1945) ❧Dir. Marcel Carné190· France· Drama, Romance,· NRB+ 85/100Director Marcel CarnéWriter Jacques PrévertD.O.P. Roger Hubert, Marc FossardComposer Maurice ThirietEditor Henri Rust, Madeleine BoninLanguage FrenchCountry FranceRuntime 190′Percentile 80th
24The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) ❧Dir. William Dieterle107· USA· Drama, Fantasy,· NRB 84/100Director William DieterleWriter Stephen Vincent Benet, Dan TotherohD.O.P. Joseph H. AugustComposer Bernard HerrmannEditor Robert WiseLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 107′Percentile 78th
25I Was Born, But... (1932) ❧Dir. Yasujirō Ozu91· Japan· Comedy, Drama,· NRB 83/100Director Yasujirō OzuWriter Akira Fushimi, Geibei IbushiyaD.O.P. Hideo ShigeharaComposer NullEditor Hideo ShigeharaLanguage No LanguageCountry JapanRuntime 91′Percentile 75th
26Intolerance (1916) ❧Dir. D.W. Griffith197· USA· Drama, History,· NRB 82/100Director D.W. GriffithWriter Anita Loos, Frank E. Woods, Tod BrowningD.O.P. Billy BitzerComposer NullEditor D.W. Griffith, James Smith, Rose SmithLanguage No LanguageCountry USARuntime 197′Percentile 73rd
27Modern Times (1936) ❧Dir. Charlie Chaplin87· USA· Comedy, Drama, Romance,· GB 82/100Director Charlie ChaplinWriter Charlie ChaplinD.O.P. Roland Totheroh, Ira H. Morgan, Bud ThackeryComposer Charlie ChaplinEditor Willard Nico, Charlie ChaplinLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 87′Percentile 73rd
28Twilight of a Woman's Soul (1913) ❧Dir. Yevgeni Bauer48· Russia· Drama,· NRB 81/100Director Yevgeni BauerWriter Valerian DemertD.O.P. Nikolay KozlovskyComposer NullEditor NullLanguage No LanguageCountry RussiaRuntime 48′Percentile 72nd
29The Blue Angel (1930) ❧Dir. Josef von Sternberg108· Germany· Drama,· NRB 81/100Director Josef von SternbergWriter Carl Winston, Carl Zuckmayer, Karl Vollmöller, Josef von Sternberg, Robert LiebmannD.O.P. Günther Rittau, Hans SchneebergerComposer Friedrich HollaenderEditor Sam Winston, Walter KleeLanguage GermanCountry GermanyRuntime 108′Percentile 72nd
30Double Indemnity (1944) ❧Dir. Billy Wilder107· USA· Crime, Thriller,· NRB 80/100Director Billy WilderWriter Billy Wilder, Raymond ChandlerD.O.P. John F. SeitzComposer Miklós RózsaEditor Doane HarrisonLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 107′Percentile 69th
31Metropolis (1927) ❧Dir. Fritz Lang153· Germany· Drama, Science Fiction,· NRB- 79/100Director Fritz LangWriter Fritz Lang, Thea von HarbouD.O.P. Günther Rittau, Walter Ruttmann, Karl FreundComposer Gottfried Huppertz, Otto HarznerEditor Fritz LangLanguage No LanguageCountry GermanyRuntime 153′Percentile 67th
32Day of Wrath (1943) ❧Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer97· Denmark· Drama, History,· NRB- 78/100Director Carl Theodor DreyerWriter Mogens Skot-Hansen, Paul La Cour, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Hans Wiers-Jenssen, Poul KnudsenD.O.P. Karl AnderssonComposer Poul SchierbeckEditor Edith Schlüssel, Anne Marie PetersenLanguage DanishCountry DenmarkRuntime 97′Percentile 64th
33Out of the Past (1947) ❧Dir. Jacques Tourneur97· USA· Crime, Thriller,· NRB- 77/100Director Jacques TourneurWriter Daniel MainwaringD.O.P. Nicholas MusuracaComposer Roy WebbEditor Samuel E. BeetleyLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 97′Percentile 62nd
34The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939) ❧Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi144· Japan· Romance, Drama,· NRB- 75/100Director Kenji MizoguchiWriter Yoshikata Yoda, Matsutarō KawaguchiD.O.P. Shigeto Miki, Yozô FujiComposer Senji Itô, Shiro FukaiEditor Koshi KawahigashiLanguage JapaneseCountry JapanRuntime 144′Percentile 58th
35Nanook of the North (1922) ❧Dir. Robert Flaherty79· USA· Documentary, Drama,· NRC+ 74/100Director Robert FlahertyWriter Robert FlahertyD.O.P. Robert FlahertyComposer NullEditor Robert Flaherty, Charles GelbLanguage No LanguageCountry USA, FranceRuntime 79′Percentile 56th
36Diary of a Country Priest (1951) ❧Dir. Robert Bresson115· France· Drama,· NRC+ 73/100Director Robert BressonWriter Robert BressonD.O.P. Léonce-Henri BurelComposer Jean-Jacques GrünenwaldEditor Paulette RobertLanguage FrenchCountry FranceRuntime 115′Percentile 54th
37The 39 Steps (1935) ❧Dir. Alfred Hitchcock86· UK· Mystery, Thriller,· NRC 68/100Director Alfred HitchcockWriter NullD.O.P. Bernard KnowlesComposer Louis Levy, Jack BeaverEditor Derek N. TwistLanguage EnglishCountry UKRuntime 86′Percentile 42nd
38J'accuse! (1919) ❧Dir. Abel Gance165· France· War, Drama,· NRC 66/100Director Abel GanceWriter Abel GanceD.O.P. Maurice Forster, Marc Bujard, Léonce-Henri BurelComposer Henri VerdunEditor Abel Gance, Andrée DanisLanguage No LanguageCountry FranceRuntime 165′Percentile 38th
39Sunset Blvd. (1950) ❧Dir. Billy Wilder110· USA· Drama,· NRC- 64/100Director Billy WilderWriter Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman Jr., Billy WilderD.O.P. John F. SeitzComposer Franz WaxmanEditor Arthur P. SchmidtLanguage EnglishCountry USARuntime 110′Percentile 35th
40La Roue (1923) ❧Dir. Abel Gance418· France· Drama, Romance,· NRC- 60/100Director Abel GanceWriter Abel GanceD.O.P. Léonce-Henri Burel, Gaston Brun, Marc Bujard, Maurice DuvergerComposer Arthur HoneggerEditor Abel Gance, Marguerite BeaugéLanguage No LanguageCountry FranceRuntime 418′Percentile 28th
41Quo Vadis? (1913) ❧Dir. Enrico Guazzoni120· Italy· Drama, History,· NRD+ 55/100Director Enrico GuazzoniWriter Enrico GuazzoniD.O.P. Alessandro Bona, Eugenio BavaComposer NullEditor Enrico GuazzoniLanguage No LanguageCountry ItalyRuntime 120′Percentile 21st
42L'Atalante (1934) ❧Dir. Jean Vigo88· France· Comedy, Drama, Romance,· NRD 54/100Director Jean VigoWriter Jean Guinée, Albert Riéra, Jean VigoD.O.P. Boris KaufmanComposer Maurice JaubertEditor Louis ChavanceLanguage FrenchCountry FranceRuntime 88′Percentile 20th