Royal Film Archive of Belgium's Most Important and Misappreciated American Films

Royal Film Archive of Belgium's Most Important and Misappreciated American Films's icon

Created by mjf314.

Favorited 37 times, disliked 1 time, added to 28 watchlists.

In 1977, the Royal Film Archive of Belgium sent out questionnaires to film experts from 22 countries in order to compile an extensive list of important American films. 203 people participated (116 Americans and 87 non-Americans). Each participant compiled two lists, a list of the most important films (limited to 30 titles) and a list of misappreciated films (not limited in number). The final list is sorted by number of votes (including both important and misappreciated votes).

The book lists all 2327 films that received at least 1 vote. This list includes the films that received at least 5 votes.

One of the list entries is "Songs" which includes 25 films, so I included only the first one.

Remove ads
  1. 10 new

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  2. 27 new

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 46 new

    The Wedding March

    1928, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 79 new

    Lonesome

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 107 new

    The Docks of New York

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 180 new

    The Cameraman

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  7. 219 new

    The Last Command

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 232 new

    Beggars of Life

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 314 new

    Street Angel

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 316 new

    Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 411 new

    The Circus

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 428 new

    White Shadows in the South Seas

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
Remove ads
Show all 496 movies

Last updated on Aug 8, 2012; source