The First Century of Film

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The best movies of the 20th century as shown by the cinema Filmpodium in Zurich, Switzerland. The project lasted from 2011 to 2020. In each of the 10 years during this retrospective the best movies of the years with the corresponding end number were shown: in 2011 those were the films of the years 1911, 1921, 1931 up to 1991. At the end of the project in 2020 the list contains 522 of the very best movies of the first century of cinema.
You'll find the program of the actual month at their website www.filmpodium.ch. Original title of this series is: Das erste Jahrhundert des Films.

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  1. 295 -

    Novecento

    1976 — a.k.a. 1900, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 440 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  3. 241 -

    O thiasos

    1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 452 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  5. 236 -

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  6. 206 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 224 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 412 -

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 242 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 160 -

    Gösta Berlings saga

    1924 — a.k.a. The Saga of Gösta Berling, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 92 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  12. 237 -

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 148 -

    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check
  14. 278 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  15. 256 -

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  16. 91 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  17. 352 -

    Czlowiek z marmuru

    1977 — a.k.a. Man of Marble, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 54 -

    Les misérables

    1912, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 307 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  20. 512 -

    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 341 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  22. 190 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  23. 245 -

    Nashville

    1975, in 21 top lists Check
  24. 390 -

    La terra trema

    1948 — a.k.a. The Earth Trembles, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 310 -

    Breaking the Waves

    1996, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 517 new

    An Angel at My Table

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 47 -

    Czlowiek z zelaza

    1981 — a.k.a. Man of Iron, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 186 -

    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  29. 361 -

    Jackie Brown

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 200 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  31. 175 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 34 -

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  33. 489 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 101 -

    El viaje

    1992 — a.k.a. The Journey, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 262 -

    Nana

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 6 -

    Orphans of the Storm

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 154 -

    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
  38. 182 -

    Suna no onna

    1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 top lists Check
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    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  40. 194 -

    Paris, Texas

    1984, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 44 -

    Mephisto

    1981, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 317 -

    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 131 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  44. 444 -

    Zangiku monogatari

    1939 — a.k.a. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, in 13 top lists Check
  45. 462 -

    Die Blechtrommel

    1979 — a.k.a. The Tin Drum, in 14 top lists Check
  46. 251 -

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  47. 143 -

    El Norte

    1983, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 185 -

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  49. 120 -

    Ossessione

    1943, in 12 top lists Check
  50. 464 -

    Les petites fugues

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
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