THE BEST. THIS IS THE BEST. HERE LIE THE GREATEST FILMS EVER: A TRUE CINEMATIC ODYSSEY
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An eternal quest, perhaps the greatest quests of all, to find the greatest masterpieces of cinema from the past, present, and future. This list will be limited to two million films because after that it is sort of hard to determine if something is a favorite or not even if it is a masterpiece. Also, don't get upset if your favorite film is not included, this list is COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE and is not meant to offend anyone.
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An eternal quest, perhaps the greatest quests of all, to find the greatest masterpieces of cinema from the past, present, and future. This list will be limited to two million films because after that it is sort of hard to determine if something is a favorite or not even if it is a masterpiece. Also, don't get upset if your favorite film is not included, this list is COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE and is not meant to offend anyone.
"The cinema is truth twenty-four times per second" - Jean-Luc Godard
"A feature film is twenty-four lies per second." - Michael Haneke
IF YOU STARE INTO THE FILM, THE FILM STARES BACK INTO YOU
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- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt EkerotA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.List cover.
- DirectorRyan TrecartinStarsSamuel Adrian IIIJasmine AlbuquerqueMecca Vazie AndrewsFast-paced and dense with drama, I-Be AREA relates the intertwined stories of an exuberant ensemble, played by Trecartin and dozens of others, as they cope with themes such as cloning, adoption, self-mediation, lifestyle options, and virtual identities.The most important film of the future.
- DirectorP.J.C. JanssenSeries of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun in 1874.1870's: film was but a cell within the womb of cinema
Passage de Venus perfectly documents the conception of cinema - DirectorEadweard MuybridgeStarsGilbert DommSallie GardnerThe clip shows a jockey, Gilbert Domm, riding a horse, Sallie Gardner. The clip is not filmed; instead, it consists of 24 individual photographs shot in rapid succession, making a moving picture when using a zoopraxiscope.The first mini-masterpiece introduces animals to the cinema, a spiritual predecessor to Zootopia.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeIndividual photographs of the running of a buffalo shot in rapid succession.1880's: the second trimester of cinema
Despite buffalo being my least favorite animal, this is truly a . . . mini-masterpiece. - DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceStarsAnnie HartleyAdolphe Le PrinceJoseph WhitleyIn the garden, a man asks his friends to do something silly for him to record on film.This mini-masterpiece is responsible for the years of pure cinema to come
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsFrançois ClercBenoît DuvalAn impudent child plays a prank on a gardener innocently watering his plants.1890's: the third trimester
Another mini-masterpiece (M.M.) - DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonWilliam HeiseStarsAnnabelle MooreAnnabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dance routines. She uses her dance steps and her long, flowing skirts to create a variety of visual patterns.
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsLoie FullerAngelic and demonic serpentine dances from dawn of cinema by the Lumière Brothers film, called the Serpentine Dance. The dancer is Loie Fuller; the pioneer modern dancer. Recorded in 1896 in Paris, and hand-colored frame by frame.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsBleuette BernonJeanne CalvièreJehanne d'AlcyA divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.1900's: cinema is born
- DirectorCecil M. HepworthStarsCecil M. HepworthHenry LawleyAs two couples enjoy their evening promenade in a nice but rickety open motor car, without notice, an explosion blows the vehicle to smithereens.A delightful M.M.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsFred OttNothing new, but an old thing done over again and done well. Some one has attempted to describe a kiss as "something made of nothing," but this is not one of that kind, but one of those old fashioned "home made" kind that sets the whole audience into merriment and motion, and has always proven a popular subject. It is very fine photographically and an exhibit is not complete without it.
- DirectorJames WilliamsonStarsSam DaltonA man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonA.C. AbadieGeorge BarnesA group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsFernande AlbanyJehanne d'AlcyUsing every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.
- DirectorGaston VelleA pretty young girl grows flowers spontaneously at her window, using a magic watering can.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothA British trick film in which a motorist ends up driving around the rings of Saturn.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsPaul PanzerGladys HuletteA drowsy pipe-smoker attempts to nap, only to be tormented relentlessly by the mischievous Princess Nicotine and her fairy companion.
- DirectorFrancesco BertoliniAdolfo PadovanGiuseppe de LiguoroStarsSalvatore PapaArturo PirovanoGiuseppe de LiguoroLoosely adapted from Dante's Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré the original silent film has been restored and has a new score by Tangerine Dream.1910's: film begins to walk
- DirectorFrancesco BertoliniGiuseppe de LiguoroAdolfo PadovanStarsGiuseppe de LiguoroEugenia Tettoni FiorUbaldo Maria Del ColleFilm adaptation of Homer's 'The Odyssey.'
- 19117mNot Rated7.1 (1.9K)ShortDirectorWinsor McCayJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsWinsor McCayJohn BunnyMaurice CostelloCartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsElmer BoothLillian GishClara T. BracyA tender young woman and her musician husband attempt to eke out a living in the slums of New York City, but find themselves caught in the crossfires of gang violence.
- DirectorWladyslaw StarewiczMr Beetle seeks companionship from a statuesque dragonfly dancer, unaware that her ex-boyfriend, a slender grasshopper and an industrious cameraman, watches their every move. Will Mrs Beetle forgive him? Will he get away with adultery?
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsRené NavarreEdmund BreonGeorges MelchiorInspector Juve is tasked to investigate and capture an infamous criminal Fantomas.