The First Century of Film

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The best movies of the 20th century as shown by the cinema Filmpodium in Zurich, Switzerland. The project lasted from 2011 to 2020. In each of the 10 years during this retrospective the best movies of the years with the corresponding end number were shown: in 2011 those were the films of the years 1911, 1921, 1931 up to 1991. At the end of the project in 2020 the list contains 522 of the very best movies of the first century of cinema.
You'll find the program of the actual month at their website www.filmpodium.ch. Original title of this series is: Das erste Jahrhundert des Films.

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  1. 190 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 440 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  3. 242 -

    Barry Lyndon

    1975, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 82 -

    Seppuku

    1962 — a.k.a. Hara-Kiri, in 16 top lists Check
  5. 151 -

    In the Name of the Father

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 212 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 460 -

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  8. 512 -

    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 509 -

    Little Big Man

    1970, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 248 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 296 -

    Ai no korîda

    1976 — a.k.a. In the Realm of the Senses, in 16 top lists Check
  12. 172 -

    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 206 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 169 -

    The Scarlet Empress

    1934, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 412 -

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  16. 369 -

    The Last Command

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 382 -

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 201 -

    Utomlennye solntsem

    1994 — a.k.a. Burnt by the Sun, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 249 -

    La historia oficial

    1985 — a.k.a. The Official Story, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 241 -

    O thiasos

    1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 319 -

    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  22. 6 -

    Orphans of the Storm

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 171 -

    The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth...

    1944 — a.k.a. Henry V, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 154 -

    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 47 -

    Czlowiek z zelaza

    1981 — a.k.a. Man of Iron, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 428 -

    Herr Arnes pengar

    1919 — a.k.a. Sir Arne's Treasure, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 404 -

    Ich war neunzehn

    1968 — a.k.a. I Was Nineteen, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 101 -

    El viaje

    1992 — a.k.a. The Journey, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 211 -

    Kino-pravda no. 21 - Leninskaia Kino-pravda....

    1925, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Dec 2, 2020 by fungus; source