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. 206 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 427 -

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 480 -

    Fante-Anne

    1920 — a.k.a. Gipsy Anne, in 1 top list Check
  4. 478 -

    Kohlhiesels Töchter

    1920 — a.k.a. Kohlhiesel's Daughters, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 106 -

    Cirano di Bergerac

    1923 — a.k.a. Cyrano de Bergerac, in 0 top lists Check
  6. 107 -

    A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

    1923, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 160 -

    Gösta Berlings saga

    1924 — a.k.a. The Saga of Gösta Berling, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 263 -

    3 Bad Men

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 264 -

    La bohème

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 262 -

    Nana

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 266 -

    Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

    1926, in 1 top list Check
  12. 314 -

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 323 -

    Devushka s korobkoy

    1927 — a.k.a. The Girl with the Hat Box, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 317 -

    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 313 -

    The Circus

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 372 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  17. 369 -

    The Last Command

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 376 -

    Lonesome

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 374 -

    The Mysterious Lady

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  20. 434 -

    Prapancha Pash

    1929 — a.k.a. A Throw of Dice, in 1 top list Check
  21. 485 -

    Au bonheur des dames

    1930, in 1 top list Check
  22. 491 -

    Morocco

    1930, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 492 -

    Sous les toits de Paris

    1930 — a.k.a. Under the Roofs of Paris, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 13 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 117 -

    Design for Living

    1933, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 111 -

    Liebelei

    1933, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 165 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  28. 166 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 169 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 270 -

    Les bas-fonds

    1936 — a.k.a. The Lower Depths, in 1 top list Check
  31. 268 -

    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    1936, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 326 -

    Make Way for Tomorrow

    1937, in 16 top lists Check
  33. 384 -

    Hôtel du Nord

    1938 — a.k.a. Hotel du Nord, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 388 -

    You Can't Take It with You

    1938, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 440 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  36. 443 -

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 442 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  38. 19 -

    The Little Foxes

    1941, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 70 -

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  40. 69 -

    Mrs. Miniver

    1942, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 71 -

    Les visiteurs du soir

    1942 — a.k.a. The Devil's Envoys, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 123 -

    The More the Merrier

    1943, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 120 -

    Ossessione

    1943, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 225 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  45. 224 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  46. 277 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  47. 278 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  48. 274 -

    Die Mörder sind unter uns

    1946 — a.k.a. Murderers Among Us, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 276 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  50. 392 -

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
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