Bordwell & Thompson's Top Films of 90 Years Ago

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Each year film scholars Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell release a list of the greatest surviving films from 90 years prior. The project started in 2007 to celebrate "the birth of classical cinema" in 1917, when Hollywood filmmakers developed the shooting and editing techniques that have been the basis of narrative film ever since.

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  1. 117 -

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 152 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 107 -

    Anémic cinéma

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 163 -

    Arrowsmith

    1931, in 1 top list Check
  5. 136 -

    Arsenal

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 150 -

    Au bonheur des dames

    1930, in 1 top list Check
  7. 47 -

    Barrabas

    1919, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 14 -

    Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru

    1918 — a.k.a. The Outlaw and His Wife, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 120 -

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 99 -

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 140 -

    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 146 -

    Der blaue Engel

    1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 33 -

    Blind Husbands

    1919, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 53 -

    The Blot

    1921, in 1 top list Check
  15. 54 -

    The Boat

    1921, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 159 -

    Borderline

    1930, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 176 -

    Boudu sauvé des eaux

    1932 — a.k.a. Boudu Saved from Drowning, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 76 -

    Le brasier ardent

    1923, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 155 -

    The Bridge

    1929, in 0 top lists Check
  20. 28 -

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 101 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  22. 135 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  23. 142 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  24. 166 -

    La chienne

    1931 — a.k.a. La Chienne, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 132 -

    La chute de la maison Usher

    1928 — a.k.a. The Fall of the House of Usher, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 128 -

    The Circus

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 148 -

    City Girl

    1930, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 168 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  29. 75 -

    Coeur fidèle

    1923 — a.k.a. The Faithful Heart, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 43 -

    Conrad in Quest of His Youth

    1920, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 68 -

    Cops

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  32. 64 -

    Crainquebille

    1922 — a.k.a. Coster Bill of Paris, in 0 top lists Check
  33. 177 -

    Les croix de bois

    1932 — a.k.a. Wooden Crosses, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 44 -

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  35. 59 -

    Das indische Grabmal erster Teil - Die Sendung...

    1921 — a.k.a. Mysteries of India, Part I: Truth, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 60 -

    Das indische Grabmal zweiter Teil - Der Tiger...

    1921 — a.k.a. Mysteries of India, Part II: Above All Law, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 183 new

    Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse

    1933 — a.k.a. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 181 new

    Dekigokoro

    1933 — a.k.a. Passing Fancy, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 182 new

    Design for Living

    1933, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 111 -

    Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed

    1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check
  41. 141 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  42. 147 -

    Die Drei von der Tankstelle

    1930 — a.k.a. Three from the Filling Station, in 1 top list Check
  43. 94 -

    Die freudlose Gasse

    1925 — a.k.a. The Joyless Street, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 119 -

    Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney

    1927 — a.k.a. The Love of Jeanne Ney, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 84 -

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache

    1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check
  46. 83 -

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    1924, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 31 -

    Die Puppe

    1919 — a.k.a. The Doll, in 7 top lists Check
  48. 129 -

    The Docks of New York

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 20 -

    A Dog's Life

    1918, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 131 -

    Dom na Trubnoy

    1928, in 5 top lists Check
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