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  • 100 Years of Japanese Cinema 100 Years of Japanese Cinema
  • 20th Century Fox: The First 50 Years 20th Century Fox: The First 50 Years
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  • 40,000 Years of Dreaming 40,000 Years of Dreaming

Documentaries about Movies (OPEN)

363 films 35 15

Documentaries about movies or anything to do with movies! And yes, some of these stretch the definition of "documentary" quite…

  • The General The General
  • Metropolis Metropolis
  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • City Lights City Lights
  • Nosferatu Nosferatu

Top 300 Silent Era Films

298 films 15 4

Silent Era, probably the most important silent film site on the internet, has a long-running poll to find the best…

  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • Mad Detective Mad Detective
  • Tokyo Sonata Tokyo Sonata
  • Une Femme Mariée Une Femme Mariée
  • For All Mankind For All Mankind

Masters of Cinema Blu-ray Catalogue

63 films 15 7

Not as well known as Criterion, the Masters of Cinema label nonetheless is a cool resource for film buffs. Originally…

  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • The Holy Mountain The Holy Mountain
  • Mikaël Mikaël
  • Tartuffe Tartuffe
  • The Pitfall The Pitfall

Masters of Cinema DVD Catalogue

132 films 16 8

Not as well known as Criterion, the Masters of Cinema label nonetheless is a cool resource for film buffs. Originally…

  • Rear Window Rear Window
  • Mr. Arkadin Mr. Arkadin
  • Bezhin Lug Bezhin Lug
  • Boudu Saved from Drowning Boudu Saved from Drowning
  • Modern Times Modern Times

Histoire(s) du cinéma

348 films 6 2

All the films from Histoire(s) du cinéma in order of first appearance. From the DVD website:

Undeniably a work of…

  • Ace in the Hole Ace in the Hole
  • An Affair to Remember An Affair to Remember
  • Anatomy of a Murder Anatomy of a Murder
  • Avanti! Avanti!
  • The Barefoot Contessa The Barefoot Contessa

Jonathan Rosenbaum's Alternate 100 Years...100 Movies

100 films 8

In 1998 the American Film Institute unveiled its 100 Years...100 Movies list, a list of the 100 best American movies…

  • Breathless Breathless
  • 8½
  • M M
  • Seven Samurai Seven Samurai
  • The 400 Blows The 400 Blows

/tv/ Film School

137 films 44 19

I decided to combine the entry-level art house, mid-level art house, and patriciancore images floating around /tv/ into one list...…

  • Babes in Arms Babes in Arms
  • Strike Up the Band Strike Up the Band
  • Little Nellie Kelly Little Nellie Kelly
  • Lady Be Good Lady Be Good
  • Babes on Broadway Babes on Broadway

Arthur Freed Musical Productions

40 films 2

I don't know much about musicals but whenever I try to learn, the name Arthur Freed just keeps popping up.…

  • 7th Heaven 7th Heaven
  • Two Arabian Knights Two Arabian Knights
  • The Divine Lady The Divine Lady
  • All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Skippy Skippy

Academy Award for Best Director

86 films 1 1

I decided to make this as a kind of alternative to the Academy Award for Best Picture list, merely for…

  • Blow-Up Blow-Up
  • Persona Persona
  • Shame Shame
  • Z Z
  • MASH MASH

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film

48 films 6 2

"The Truth, Once Every 12 Months"

That quote and a list of yearly awards is almost all you will find…

  • Accident Accident
  • An Actor's Revenge An Actor's Revenge
  • The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th…
  • The Age of the Earth The Age of the Earth
  • Airplane! Airplane!

“They Shoot Pictures Don’t They?” Ex-1000 Films

391 films 8

To go with Cinebro's excellent list this is all the films that were once in the TSPDT 1,000 but now…

  • Rome, Open City Rome, Open City
  • Paisan Paisan
  • 1860 1860
  • Fabiola Fabiola
  • La corona di ferro La corona di ferro

Martin Scorsese's "My Voyage to Italy"

38 films 1

A few years ago I watched a documentary by Martin Scorsese about Italian cinema and its influence on him, called…