Royal Film Archive of Belgium's Most Important and Misappreciated American Films

Royal Film Archive of Belgium's Most Important and Misappreciated American Films's icon

Created by mjf314.

Favorited 37 times, disliked 1 time, added to 28 watchlists.

In 1977, the Royal Film Archive of Belgium sent out questionnaires to film experts from 22 countries in order to compile an extensive list of important American films. 203 people participated (116 Americans and 87 non-Americans). Each participant compiled two lists, a list of the most important films (limited to 30 titles) and a list of misappreciated films (not limited in number). The final list is sorted by number of votes (including both important and misappreciated votes).

The book lists all 2327 films that received at least 1 vote. This list includes the films that received at least 5 votes.

One of the list entries is "Songs" which includes 25 films, so I included only the first one.

Remove ads
  1. 157 new

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  2. 199 new

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  3. 335 new

    The Old Dark House

    1932, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 379 new

    One More River

    1934 — a.k.a. Over the River, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 438 new

    Show Boat

    1936, in 8 top lists Check
Remove ads
Show all 496 movies

Last updated on Aug 8, 2012; source