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 lasts from 2011 to 2020. In each of the 10 years during this retrospective the best movies of the years with the corresponding end number are shown: in 2011 those were the films of the years 1911, 1921, 1931 up to 1991. At the end of the project in 2020 there will be a list of about 500 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. 13 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  2. 19 -

    The Little Foxes

    1941, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 24 -

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 27 -

    Fröken Julie

    1951 — a.k.a. Miss Julie, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 29 -

    A Place in the Sun

    1951, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 46 -

    The French Lieutenant's Woman

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 51 -

    Les amants du Pont-Neuf

    1991 — a.k.a. The Lovers on the Bridge, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 69 -

    Mrs. Miniver

    1942, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 70 -

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 71 -

    Les visiteurs du soir

    1942 — a.k.a. The Devil's Envoys, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 75 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 87 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 97 -

    One from the Heart

    1981, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 100 -

    Como agua para chocolate

    1992 — a.k.a. Like Water for Chocolate, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 102 -

    Strictly Ballroom

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 103 -

    The Crying Game

    1992, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 106 -

    Cirano di Bergerac

    1923 — a.k.a. Cyrano de Bergerac, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 107 -

    A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

    1923, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 111 -

    Liebelei

    1933, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 117 -

    Design for Living

    1933, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 120 -

    Ossessione

    1943, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 123 -

    The More the Merrier

    1943, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 126 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  24. 128 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  25. 139 -

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 148 -

    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 149 -

    Fresa y chocolate

    1993 — a.k.a. Strawberry and Chocolate, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 150 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 160 -

    Gösta Berlings saga

    1924 — a.k.a. The Saga of Gösta Berling, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 165 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  31. 166 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 169 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 175 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 178 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  35. 180 -

    Uli, der Knecht

    1954, in 1 top list Check
  36. 184 -

    Les parapluies de Cherbourg

    1964 — a.k.a. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 187 -

    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 197 -

    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 202 -

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  40. 206 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  41. 224 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 225 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  43. 234 -

    Sommarnattens leende

    1955 — a.k.a. Smiles of a Summer Night, in 14 top lists Check
  44. 235 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  45. 236 -

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 262 -

    Nana

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 263 -

    3 Bad Men

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  48. 264 -

    La bohème

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 266 -

    Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

    1926, in 1 top list Check
  50. 268 -

    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    1936, in 11 top lists Check
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