Lists of Bests: 1000 Defining Moments in Movies http://www.listsofbests.com/list/52606 From the book Defining Moments in Movies (2007, published by Cassell Illustrated), this list contains 1000 'profound, essential, illuminating, and significant' film scenes, as suggested by 62 contributors. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:37:38 GMT en-us 0 50 51 50 0 L'Arrivée d'un Train à la Ciotat http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/641515 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by August & Louis Lumiere</div> La chrysalide et le papillon d'or [The Brahmin and the Butterfly] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3835178 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georges Melies</div> The Life of an American Fireman (1903) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2925263 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Great Train Robbery - 100th Anniversay http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/606567 <div id="position">4</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 Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2952537 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Tait</div> The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912 short) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1543329 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harold M. Shaw</div> Max et son chien Dick [Max and Dog Dick] (1912, René Leprince and Max Linder) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3835180 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Cabiria http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/538629 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/538629"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004Z4TJ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Giovanni Pastrone</div> The Birth of a Nation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63906 <div id="position">9</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> Daydreams (Bauer) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2566049 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Cheat (1915) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2457709 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Cecil B. DeMille</div> Hell's Hinges (1916) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1538865 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Swickard</div> Les Vampires http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65904 <div id="position">13</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">14</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 Blue Bird http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/186810 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/186810"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000A59QJ6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Maurice Tourneur</div> The Outlaw and His Wife (Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru) (1918) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2434593 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Victor Sjöström</div> The Cook (1918) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2793461 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle</div> Broken Blossoms http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/132702 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/132702"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000056N7T.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D.W. Griffith</div> The Sentimental Bloke (1919) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2952534 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raymond Longford</div> The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54444 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54444"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006JMQG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Wiene</div> Tih Minh http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/620159 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis Feuillade</div> True Heart Susie http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2698754 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2698754"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000NK0QUG.01-A32H9ASHVY4J1H._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44328965_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D. W. Griffith</div> The 'High Sign' (short, 1921) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2438241 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline</div> Foolish Wives http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/144558 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/144558"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00011D1I6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Haxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages) - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/340773 <div id="position">25</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> Nanook of the North - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65549 <div id="position">26</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 (The Ultimate Two-Disc Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2923414 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2923414"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11ouu8QYtiL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F.W. Murnau</div> Sylvesterabend [Sylvester] (1923) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2700438 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lupu Pick</div> Safety Last! (1923) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2438253 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sam Taylor & Fred C. Newmeyer</div> Greed (1924) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2779977 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erich von Stroheim</div> Strike http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49246 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49246"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305908753.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sergei M. Eisenstein</div> The Last Laugh http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66047 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66047"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005ASOR.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F.W. Murnau</div> Buster Keaton - Sherlock Jr. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3586002 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3586002"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11Ihsq-lWiL.jpg" /></a></div> Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925. Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3832418 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3832418"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31V3o%2BZEvKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fred Niblo</div> Go West http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/492214 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/492214"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000021Y7N.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Battleship Potemkin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43101 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/43101"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305090033.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Grigori Aleksandrov</div> The Gold Rush (2 Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40299 <div id="position">37</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 Phantom of the Opera (1924) (Silent Film Classic) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116446 <div id="position">38</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> The Big Parade (1925) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2780339 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by King Vidor</div> Egged On http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3730147 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ted Sears</div> Ménilmontant (1926 short) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/603921 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dimitri Kirsanoff</div> Mighty Like a Moose (1926) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2700435 <div id="position">42</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leo McCarey</div> A Page of Madness / Kurutta Ippeji (1926) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2434588 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Teinosuke Kinugasa</div> The Jazz Singer (DVD) 1927 - Al Jolson http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2310547 <div id="position">44</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> Springtime Saps (1929, Les Goodwins) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3836396 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The General http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45083 <div id="position">46</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 Battle of the Century (1927, Clyde Bruckman) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3836397 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Napoleon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/948131 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Abel Gance</div> Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36620 <div id="position">49</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/63915 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/63915"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CX6D.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F.W. Murnau</div>