The IMDb's most favorite movies by year of release: 120 years of crowd-pleasers
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This year marks the 120th anniversary of the public projection of cinema. In honor of that, I've compiled the films for each year that have accumulated the most 9 and 10 ratings on IMDb. The result makes for a nice primer on film history: the movies throughout time that modern viewers most love.
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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
1894, in 1 top list Check -
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La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon
1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 9 top lists Check -
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L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat
1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check -
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Départ de Jérusalem en chemin de fer
1897 — a.k.a. Leaving Jerusalem by Railway, in 2 top lists Check -
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Un homme de têtes
1898 — a.k.a. Four Heads Are Better Than One, in 1 top list Check -
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The Kiss in the Tunnel
1899, in 1 top list Check -
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L'homme orchestre
1900 — a.k.a. The One-Man Band, in 1 top list Check -
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L'homme à la tête en caoutchouc
1901, in 2 top lists Check -
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Le voyage dans la lune
1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check -
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The Great Train Robbery
1903, in 13 top lists Check -
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Le voyage à travers l'impossible
1904 — a.k.a. The Voyage Across the Impossible, in 5 top lists Check -
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Le diable noir
1905 — a.k.a. The Black Imp, in 1 top list Check -
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Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
1906, in 5 top lists Check -
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Ben Hur
1907, in 0 top lists Check -
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Fantasmagorie
1908 — a.k.a. A Fantasy, in 2 top lists Check -
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Le locataire diabolique
1909 — a.k.a. The Devilish Tenant, in 2 top lists Check -
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Frankenstein
1910, in 3 top lists Check -
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Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y....
1911, in 2 top lists Check -
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Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora
1912 — a.k.a. The Cameraman's Revenge, in 4 top lists Check -
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Fantômas - À l'ombre de la guillotine
1913 — a.k.a. Fantômas: In the Shadow of the Guillotine, in 9 top lists Check -
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Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
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The Immigrant
1917, in 7 top lists Check -
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A Dog's Life
1918, in 4 top lists Check -
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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check -
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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check -
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The Kid
1921, in 17 top lists Check -
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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
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Safety Last!
1923, in 16 top lists Check -
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Sherlock Jr.
1924, in 24 top lists Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
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The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 35 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. Un Chien Andalou, in 25 top lists Check -
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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Freaks
1932, in 18 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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It Happened One Night
1934, in 29 top lists Check -
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Bride of Frankenstein
1935, in 19 top lists Check -
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Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937, in 25 top lists Check -
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Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 36 top lists Check -
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The Great Dictator
1940, in 25 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 38 top lists Check -
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Casablanca
1942, in 38 top lists Check -
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Shadow of a Doubt
1943, in 15 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 31, 2014; source