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100 Years of Cinema: One Great Film Per Year (1919-2018)

A century of cinema distilled into 100 essential films. This personal journey spans from 1919 to 2018, featuring one standout film from each year—sometimes my absolute favorite, sometimes what I consider the finest achievement of that particular year. Each selection represents not just great filmmaking, but films that left a lasting impression on me from those I've actually watched. From silent era masterpieces to modern classics, this list chronicles both the evolution of cinema and my own cinematic discoveries across ten decades of movie history.
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Broken Blossoms (1919)
Broken Blossoms (1919)
1
95%7.2
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
2
96%8.0
The Kid (1921)
The Kid (1921)
3
100%8.3
Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu (1922)
4
97%7.9
Safety Last! (1923)
Safety Last! (1923)
5
97%8.1
The Last Laugh (1924)
The Last Laugh (1924)
6
100%8.0
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
7
100%8.0
The General (1926)
The General (1926)
8
92%8.2
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
9
98%8.1
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
10
100%7.8
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
11
98%8.4
City Girl (1930)
City Girl (1930)
12
63%7.7
City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
13
96%8.5
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
14
89%8.0
Zero for Conduct (1933)
Zero for Conduct (1933)
15
93%7.2
L'atalante (1934)
L'atalante (1934)
16
100%7.8
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
17
98%7.8
Modern Times (1936)
Modern Times (1936)
18
98%8.5
Grand Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion (1937)
19
97%8.1
You Can't Take It With You (1938)
You Can't Take It With You (1938)
20
95%7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
21
His Girl Friday (1940)
His Girl Friday (1940)
22
99%7.8
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
23
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
24
96%8.2
Day of Wrath (1943)
Day of Wrath (1943)
25
100%8.1
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
26
97%8.3
Brief Encounter (1945)
Brief Encounter (1945)
27
91%8.0
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
28
94%8.6
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
29
100%7.8
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
30
99%8.3
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
31
100%8.0
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950)
32
98%8.2
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
33
92%8.1
Ikiru (1952)
Ikiru (1952)
34
98%8.3
Tokyo Story (1953)
Tokyo Story (1953)
35
100%8.2
Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai (1954)
36
100%8.6
Pather Panchali (1955)
Pather Panchali (1955)
37
98%8.3
A Man Escaped (1956)
A Man Escaped (1956)
38
100%8.3
Paths of Glory (1957)
Paths of Glory (1957)
39
96%8.4
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
40
94%8.3
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