sawkmikehawk's "The Essentials: 88 Must-See Films ... and Counting!"

1. 1. The Arrival of a Train (1895) by Auguste Lumière & Louis Lumière Drag me to re-order

2. 2. A Trip to the Moon (1902) by Georges Méliès Drag me to re-order

3. 3. The Great Train Robbery (1903) by Edwin S. Porter Drag me to re-order

4. 4. The Birth of a Nation (1915) by D.W. Griffith Drag me to re-order

5. 5. Les Vampires (1915) by Louis Feuillade Drag me to re-order

6. 6. Intolerance (1916) by D.W. Griffith Drag me to re-order

7. 7. Broken Blossoms (1919) by D.W. Griffith Drag me to re-order

8. 8. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) by Robert Wiene Drag me to re-order

9. 9. The Phantom Carriage (1920) by Victor Sjöström Drag me to re-order

10. 10. The Kid (1921) by Charles Chaplin Drag me to re-order

11. 11. Orphans of the Storm (1922) by D.W. Griffith Drag me to re-order

12. 12. Foolish Wives (1922) by Erich von Stroheim Drag me to re-order

13. 13. Nosferatu (1922) by F.W. Murnau Drag me to re-order

14. 14. Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) by Fritz Lang Drag me to re-order

15. 15. Nanook of the North (1922) by Robert J. Flaherty Drag me to re-order

16. 16. Häxan (1922) by Benjamin Christensen Drag me to re-order

17. 17. La Roue (1923) by Abel Gance Drag me to re-order

18. 18. Safety Last! by Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor Drag me to re-order

19. 19. Our Hospitality by John G. Blystone & Buster Keaton Drag me to re-order

20. 20. The Thief of Bagdad (1924) by Raoul Walsh Drag me to re-order

21. 21. Sherlock, Jr. by Buster Keaton Drag me to re-order

22. 22. Die Nibelungen (1924) by Fritz Lang Drag me to re-order

23. 23. The Navigator (1924) by Donald Crisp & Buster Keaton Drag me to re-order

24. 24. Greed (1924) by Erich von Stroheim Drag me to re-order

25. 25. The Last Laugh (1924) by F.W. Murnau Drag me to re-order

26. 26. Strike (1924) by Sergei M. Eisenstein Drag me to re-order

27. 27. Seven Chances (1925) by Buster Keaton Drag me to re-order

28. 28. The Gold Rush (1925) by Charles Chaplin Drag me to re-order

29. 29. The Phantom of the Opera by Rupert Julian Drag me to re-order

30. 30. The Freshman (1925) by Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor Drag me to re-order

31. 31. ? The Big Parade (1925) by King Vidor Drag me to re-order

32. 32. Battleship Potemkin (1925) by Sergei M. Eisenstein Drag me to re-order

33. 33. Faust (1926) by F.W. Murnau Drag me to re-order

34. 34. Metropolis (1927) by Fritz Lang Drag me to re-order

35. 35. The Kid Brother (1927) by Ted Wilde Drag me to re-order

36. 36. The General (1927) by Clyde Bruckman Drag me to re-order

37. 37. Napoleon (1927) by Abel Gance Drag me to re-order

38. 38. Sunrise (1927) by F.W. Murnau Drag me to re-order

39. 39. The Jazz Singer (1927) by Alan Crosland Drag me to re-order

40. 40. October (1927) by Grigori Aleksandrov & Sergei M. Eisenstein Drag me to re-order

41. 41. The Crowd (1928) by King Vidor Drag me to re-order

42. 42. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) by Carl Theodor Dreyer Drag me to re-order

43. 43. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) by Charles Reisner Drag me to re-order

44. 44. ? The Docks of New York (1928) by Josef von Sternberg Drag me to re-order

45. 45. The Cameraman (1928) by Edward Sedgwick Drag me to re-order

46. 46. The Wedding March (1928) by Erich von Stroheim Drag me to re-order

47. 47. ? The Wind (1928) by Victor Sjöström Drag me to re-order

48. 48. Storm over Asia (1928) by Vsevolod Pudovkin Drag me to re-order

49. 49. Un chien andalou (1928) by Luis Buñuel Drag me to re-order

50. 50. The Man with a Movie Camera (1929) by Dziga Vertov Drag me to re-order

51. 51. Pandora's Box (1929) by Georg Wilhelm Pabst Drag me to re-order

52. 52. Under the Roofs of Paris (1930) by René Clair Drag me to re-order

53. 53. The Blue Angel (1930) by Josef von Sternberg Drag me to re-order

54. 54. Earth (1930) by Aleksandr Dovzhenko Drag me to re-order

55. 55. L'Âge d'or (1930) by Luis Buñuel Drag me to re-order

56. 56. City Lights (1931) by Charles Chaplin Drag me to re-order

57. 57. Le Million (1931) by René Clair Drag me to re-order

58. 58. M (1931) by Fritz Lang Drag me to re-order

59. 59. Tabu (1931) by F.W. Murnau Drag me to re-order

60. 60. ? La Chienne (1931) by Jean Renoir Drag me to re-order

61. 61. À nous la liberté (1931) by René Clair Drag me to re-order

62. 62. Vampyr (1931) by Carl Theodor Dreyer Drag me to re-order

63. 63. Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932) by Jean Renoir Drag me to re-order

64. 64. ? Land Without Bread (1932) by Luis Buñuel Drag me to re-order

65. 65. King Kong (1933) by Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack Drag me to re-order

66. 66. ? Zéro de conduite (1933) by Jean Vigo Drag me to re-order

67. 67. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) by Fritz Lang Drag me to re-order

68. 68. Duck Soup (1933) by Leo McCarey Drag me to re-order

69. 69. L'Atalante (1934) by Jean Vigo Drag me to re-order

70. 70. Triumph of the Will (1934) by Leni Riefenstahl Drag me to re-order

71. 71. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) by James Whale Drag me to re-order

72. 72. The 39 Steps (1935) by Alfred Hitchcock Drag me to re-order

73. 73. Modern Times (1936) by Charles Chaplin Drag me to re-order

74. 74. ? A Day in the Country (1936) by Jean Renoir Drag me to re-order

75. 75. Pépé le Moko (1937) by Julien Duvivier Drag me to re-order

76. 76. Grand Illusion by Jean Renoir Drag me to re-order

77. 77. Bringing Up Baby by Howard Hawks Drag me to re-order

78. 78. Olympia (1938) by Leni Riefenstahl Drag me to re-order

79. 79. Port of Shadows (1938) by Marcel Carné Drag me to re-order

80. 80. The Lady Vanishes (1938) by Alfred Hitchcock Drag me to re-order

81. 81. Alexander Nevsky (1938) by Sergei M. Eisenstein & Dmitri Vasilyev Drag me to re-order

82. 82. La Bête humaine (1938) by Jean Renoir Drag me to re-order

83. 83. Stagecoach (1939) by John Ford Drag me to re-order

84. 84. Le Jour se lève (1939) by Marcel Carné Drag me to re-order

85. 85. The Rules of the Game by Jean Renoir Drag me to re-order

86. 86. The Wizard of Oz (1939) by Victor Fleming Drag me to re-order

87. 87. The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums (1939) by Kenji Mizoguchi Drag me to re-order

88. 88. Gone with the Wind (1939) by Victor Fleming Drag me to re-order