Lists of Bests: 1001 Movies to See Before You Die (1900 to 1929) http://www.listsofbests.com/list/41589 This list is drawn from Steven Jay Schneider's 1001 Movies to See Before You Die. There is a complete list available, but I got tired of it changing every year when the new edition came out (especially when the new picks are worse (I'll miss you City of God)). Given that none of the new editions have deleted a film before the 1980s, this list should stand awhile. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:28 GMT en-us 0 50 46 0 0 A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage Dans La Lune) [1902] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65908 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georges Melies</div> Great Train Robbery - 100th Anniversay http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/606567 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/606567"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000WN1JA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Birth of a Nation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63906 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63906"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305130949.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Les Vampires http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65904 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65904"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305837147.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Feuillade</div> Intolerance (1916) (Silent) (B&W) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63907 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63907"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007CVS8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D.W. Griffith</div> The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2779947 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Wiene</div> Broken Blossoms http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65889 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65889"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305339821.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D.W. Griffith</div> Way Down East http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/132703 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/132703"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002PYSVU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Within Our Gates (Oscar Micheaux) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2811995 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2811995"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11H+2DVjVvL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Oscar Micheaux</div> The Phantom Carriage (Korkarlen) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/603635 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Victor Sjostrom</div> Orphans of Storm (Silent) (B&W) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/175053 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/175053"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007CVSA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D.W. Griffith</div> Le souriante Madame Beudet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2437097 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Germaine Dulac</div> Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2782266 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fritz Lang</div> Nanook of the North - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65549 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65549"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305257442.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert J. Flaherty</div> Nosferatu - Special Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36053 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36053"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000055ZB8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F.W. Murnau</div> Haxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages) - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340773 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340773"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005O5CA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Foolish Wives http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66982 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66982"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004W19G.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Our Hospitality http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2782603 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John G. Blystone & Buster Keaton</div> La Roue (1923) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2905850 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Abel Gance</div> The Thief of Bagdad (Deluxe Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/198372 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/198372"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00014NF6G.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raoul Walsh</div> Stachka ( Strike ) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/269586 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/269586"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001W7QCW.01-A2A82LHEJ6R2FG._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei M. Eisenstein</div> Greed (1924) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2779977 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erich von Stroheim</div> Sherlock, Jr. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2779973 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Buster Keaton</div> F.W. Murnau's The Last Laugh [Import, All-region] (Dvd) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2648375 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2648375"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000N3LMRE.01-A1M5XBW3PW85Y9._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45386598_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F.W. Murnau</div> Seven Chances http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52220 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52220"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305701261.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Phantom of the Opera (1924) (Silent Film Classic) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116446 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116446"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005RF2C.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rupert Julian</div> Battleship Potemkin (The Ultimate Edition) (2pc) (Full B&W) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2925335 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2925335"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11V8nhj3TyL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei Eisenstein</div> The Gold Rush (2 Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40299 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40299"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000096IBF.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Big Parade (1925) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2780339 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by King Vidor</div> Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36620 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36620"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007L4MJ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fritz Lang</div> Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/453475 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/453475"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002DCHQA.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The General http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45083 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45083"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305609969.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clyde Bruckman</div> The Unknown (1927) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/606603 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tod Browning</div> October (1927) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2780895 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Grigori Aleksandrov & Sergei M. Eisenstein</div> The Jazz Singer (DVD) 1927 - Al Jolson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2310547 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2310547"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000JG8CTQ.01-A4ODHXCDDJXZ1._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43060252_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Crosland</div> Napoleon (1927) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2927647 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by by Abel Gance</div> The Kid Brother (1927) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2807264 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ted Wilde</div> The Crowd (1928) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2780896 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by King Vidor</div> The Docks of New York http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/606605 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Josef von Sternberg</div> Un Chien Andalou http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71364 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71364"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006IUE9I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Passion of Joan of Arc - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47177 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/47177"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0780022343.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Theodor Dreyer</div> Steamboat Bill, Jr. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65890 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65890"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305609950.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Reisner</div> Storm over Asia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/326975 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/326975"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000ILF9.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vsevolod Pudovkin</div> Blackmail/Easy Virtue http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/492199 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/492199"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000JNVD.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Man With the Movie Camera http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51497 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/51497"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305131104.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dziga Vertov</div> Pandora's Box - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2180018 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2180018"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000HT3QBO.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div>