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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. 496 -

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  2. 339 -

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  3. 341 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  4. 251 -

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 291 -

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 307 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  7. 212 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 278 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  9. 489 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  10. 279 -

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 354 -

    Au revoir les enfants

    1987 — a.k.a. Au Revoir les Enfants, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 236 -

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 24 -

    The African Queen

    1951, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 510 -

    M*A*S*H

    1970, in 21 top lists Check
  15. 223 -

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  16. 512 -

    Kagemusha

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 73 -

    Jeux interdits

    1952 — a.k.a. Forbidden Games, in 15 top lists Check
  18. 462 -

    Die Blechtrommel

    1979 — a.k.a. The Tin Drum, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 248 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  20. 398 -

    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 317 -

    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 69 -

    Mrs. Miniver

    1942, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 201 -

    Utomlennye solntsem

    1994 — a.k.a. Burnt by the Sun, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 220 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 196 -

    Pred dozhdot

    1994 — a.k.a. Before the Rain, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 449 -

    Le silence de la mer

    1949 — a.k.a. Le Silence de la Mer, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 289 -

    La grande vadrouille

    1966 — a.k.a. La Grande Vadrouille, in 1 top list Check
  28. 249 -

    La historia oficial

    1985 — a.k.a. The Official Story, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 241 -

    O thiasos

    1975 — a.k.a. The Travelling Players, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 355 -

    Hong gao liang

    1988 — a.k.a. Red Sorghum, in 11 top lists Check
  31. 366 -

    Shoulder Arms

    1918, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 425 -

    Behind the Door

    1919, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 42 -

    Das Boot ist voll

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat Is Full, in 1 top list Check
  34. 227 -

    Die letzte Chance

    1945 — a.k.a. The Last Chance, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 106 -

    Cirano di Bergerac

    1923 — a.k.a. Cyrano de Bergerac, in 0 top lists Check
  36. 88 -

    Reed, México insurgente

    1973 — a.k.a. Reed: Insurgent Mexico, in 4 top lists Check
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