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. 395 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  2. 75 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 440 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  4. 13 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  5. 345 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 150 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  7. 178 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  8. 165 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  9. 342 -

    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 442 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  11. 393 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  12. 466 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  13. 278 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  14. 202 -

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  15. 224 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 197 -

    Chung Hing sam lam

    1994 — a.k.a. Chungking Express, in 19 top lists Check
  17. 225 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 408 -

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 277 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  20. 166 -

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 184 -

    Les parapluies de Cherbourg

    1964 — a.k.a. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, in 18 top lists Check
  22. 235 -

    Pierrot le fou

    1965 — a.k.a. Pierrot le Fou, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 310 -

    Breaking the Waves

    1996, in 14 top lists Check
  24. 276 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  25. 236 -

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 187 -

    Angst essen Seele auf

    1974 — a.k.a. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, in 13 top lists Check
  27. 139 -

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  28. 392 -

    Red River

    1948, in 16 top lists Check
  29. 206 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  30. 70 -

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  31. 24 -

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 87 -

    Ultimo tango a Parigi

    1972 — a.k.a. Last Tango in Paris, in 19 top lists Check
  33. 307 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 128 -

    Madame de...

    1953 — a.k.a. The Earrings of Madame De..., in 13 top lists Check
  35. 499 -

    Orphée

    1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 148 -

    Ba wang bie ji

    1992 — a.k.a. Farewell My Concubine, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 372 -

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  38. 175 -

    A Star Is Born

    1954, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 126 -

    The Band Wagon

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 29 -

    A Place in the Sun

    1951, in 13 top lists Check
  41. 296 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  42. 326 -

    Make Way for Tomorrow

    1937, in 16 top lists Check
  43. 234 -

    Sommarnattens leende

    1955 — a.k.a. Smiles of a Summer Night, in 14 top lists Check
  44. 103 -

    The Crying Game

    1992, in 11 top lists Check
  45. 360 -

    Hana-bi

    1997 — a.k.a. Fireworks, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 453 -

    Imitation of Life

    1959, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 443 -

    Le jour se lève

    1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check
  48. 427 -

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 302 -

    A Room with a View

    1985, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 268 -

    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    1936, in 11 top lists Check
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