David Bordwell's On the History of Film Style

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"The study of cinematic style has profoundly shaped our attitude toward movies. Style assigns films to a tradition, distinguishes a classic, and signals the arrival of a pathbreaking innovation. David Bordwell now shows how film scholars have attempted to explain stylistic continuity and change across the history of cinema."

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    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
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    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 47 new

    Letyat zhuravli

    1957 — a.k.a. The Cranes Are Flying, in 17 top lists Check
  4. 63 new

    Enemigos

    1934, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 65 new

    L'espoir

    1940 — a.k.a. Days of Hope, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
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    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
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    The Long Voyage Home

    1940, in 4 top lists Check
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    Le silence de la mer

    1949 — a.k.a. Le Silence de la Mer, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Train

    1964, in 4 top lists Check
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    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
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Last updated on May 31, 2016; source