20 Greatest Movies of Each Year 1900s

Criteria: The movies are ranked according to their initial and lasting acclaim, influence as well as initial and lasting popularity.

20 Greatest Movies of 1909

  #. Movie Title - (Directors Name)

  1. A Corner in Wheat - (D.W. Griffith)
  2. Princess Nicotine; or, the Smoke Fairy - (J. Stuart Blackton)
  3. The Life of Moses - (J. Stuart Blackton)
  4. The Lonely Villa - (D.W. Griffith)
  5. The Diabolic Tenant - (Georges Méliès)
  6. The Country Doctor - (D.W. Griffith)
  7. Those Awful Hats - (D.W. Griffith)
  8. Lady Helen's Escapade - (D.W. Griffith)
  9. The Airship Destroyer - (Walter R. Booth)
10. Edgar Allen Poe - (D.W. Griffith)
11. Nerone - (Luigi Maggi & Arturo Ambrosio)
12. The Curtain Pole - (D.W. Griffith)
13. The Red Man's View - (D.W. Griffith)
14. A Midsummer Night's Dream - (Charles Kent & J. Stuart Blackton)
15. The Sealed Room - (D.W. Griffith)
16. Moscow Clad in Snow - (Joseph-Louis Mundwiller)
17. Une excursion incohérente - (Segundo de Chomón)
18. The Violin Maker of Cremona - (D.W. Griffith)
19. Whimsical Illusions - (Georges Méliès)
20. Le voyage sur Jupiter - (Segundo de Chomón)

20 Greatest Movies of 1908

  1. The Assassination of the Duke of Guise - (Charles le Bargy & André Calmettes)
  2. Fantasmagorie - (Émile Cohl)
  3. El hotel eléctrico - (Segundo de Chomón)
  4. The Adventures of Dollie - (D.W. Griffith)
  5. The Thieving Hand - (J. Stuart Blackton)
  6. L'assommoir - (Albert Capellani)
  7. A Visit to the Seaside - (George Albert Smith)
  8. Le cheval emballé - (Louis J. Gasnier)
  9. The Last Days of Pompeii - (Arturo Ambrosio & Luigi Maggi)
10. Rescued from an Eagle's Nest - (J. Searle Dawley)
11. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - (Otis Turner)
12. The Tempest - (Percy Stow)
13. L'Arlésienne - (Albert Capellani)
14. Long Distance Wireless Photography - (Georges Méliès)
15. The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays - (Francis Boggs)
16. Le cauchemar de Fantoche - (Émile Cohl)
17. Stenka Razin - (Vladimir Romashkov)
18. Pruska kultura - (unknown)
19. The Girl and the Outlaw - (D.W. Griffith)
20. Une dame vraiment bien - (Louis Feuillade & Romeo Bosetti)

20 Greatest Movies of 1907

  1. Ben Hur - (Sidney Olcott & Frank Oakes Rose)
  2. The Haunted Hotel - (J. Stuart Blackton)
  3. Tunnelling the English Channel - (Georges Méliès)
  4. Le spectre rouge - (Segundo de Chomón)
  5. The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon - (Georges Méliès)
  6. Les débuts d'un patineur - (Louis J. Gasnier)
  7. Hamlet - (Georges Méliès)
  8. The 'Teddy' Bears - (Wallace McCutcheon & Edwin S. Porter)
  9. The Unwritten Law - (unknown)
10. L'enfant prodigue - (Michel Carré)
11. Løvejagten - (Viggo Larsen)
12. Le scarabée d'or - (Segundo de Chomón & Ferdinand Zecca)
13. That Fatal Sneeze - (Lewin Fitzhamon)
14. Les Kiriki, acrobates japonais - (Segundo de Chomón)
15. Under the Seas - (Georges Méliès)
16. Le cochon danseur - (Millard Mercury)
17. Satan s'amuse - (Segundo de Chomón)
18. La course des sergents de ville - (Ferdinand Zecca)
19. First Prize for the Cello - (unknown)
20. Katsudô Shashin - (unknown)

20 Greatest Movies of 1906

  1. Dream of a Rarebit Fiend - (Wallace McCutcheon & Edwin S. Porter)
  2. The Story of the Kelly Gang - (Charles Tait)
  3. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces - (J. Stuart Blackton)
  4. The House of Ghosts - (Segundo de Chomón)
  5. The Merry Frolics of Satan - (Georges Méliès)
  6. The '?' Motorist - (Walter R. Booth)
  7. The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ - (Alice Guy-Blaché)
  8. A Trip Down Market Street - (Miles brothers)
  9. Aladdin and His Wonder Lamp - (Albert Capellani)
10. The Consequences of Feminism - (Alice Guy-Blaché)
11. The Witch - (Georges Méliès)
12. Madame's Cravings - (Alice Guy-Blaché)
13. San Francisco Earthquake & Fire: April 18, 1906 - (unknown)
14. The Hilarious Posters - (Georges Méliès)
15. The Black Hand - (Wallace McCutcheon)
16. The Mysterious Retort - (Georges Méliès)
17. The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship - (Georges Méliès)
18. La révolution en Russie - (Lucien Nonguet)
19. A Desperate Crime - (Georges Méliès)
20. San Francisco: Aftermath of Earthquake - (Billy Bitzer)

20 Greatest Movies of 1905

  1. Rescued by Rover - (Lewin Fitzhamon & Cecil Hepworth)
  2. The Black Imp - (Georges Méliès)
  3. New York Subway - (Billy Bitzer)
  4. The Palace of the Arabian Nights - (Georges Méliès)
  5. The Kleptomaniac - (Edwin S. Porter)
  6. The Living Playing Cards - (Georges Méliès)
  7. The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog - (Edwin S. Porter)
  8. Ah! La barbe! - (Segundo de Chomón)
  9. Coney Island at Night - (Edwin S. Porter)
10. The Little Train Robbery - (Edwin S. Porter)
11. The Scheming Gambler's Paradise - (Georges Méliès)
12. The Hen That Laid the Golden Eggs - (Gaston Velle)
13. Rip's Dream - (Georges Méliès)
14. The Night Before Christmas - (Edwin S. Porter)
15. La presa di Roma - (Filoteo Alberini)
16. The White Caps - (Wallace McCutcheon & Edwin S. Porter)
17. La coiffeuse - (unknown)
18. Dingjun Mountain - (Ren Jingfeng)
19. The Enchanted Sedan Chair - (Georges Méliès)
20. Spain - (Alice Guy-Blaché)

20 Greatest Movies of 1904

  1. The Impossible Voyage - (Georges Méliès)
  2. The Cook in Trouble - (Georges Méliès)
  3. An Adventurous Automobile Trip - (Georges Méliès)
  4. The Untamable Whiskers - (Georges Méliès)
  5. An Interesting Story - (James Williamson)
  6. The Mermaid - (Georges Méliès)
  7. Personal - (Wallace McCutcheon)
  8. Westinghouse Works: Panorama View Street Car Motor Room - (Billy Bitzer)
  9. The Terrible Turkish Executioner - (Georges Méliès)
10. Barcelone, parc au crépuscule - (Segundo de Chomón)
11. Dog Factory - (Edwin S. Porter)
12. The Christmas Angel - (Georges Méliès)
13. The Escaped Lunatic - (Wallace McCutcheon)
14. The Great Train Robbery - (Siegmund Lubin)
15. Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer - (Georges Méliès)
16. The Moonshiner - (Wallace McCutcheon)
17. The Wonderful Living Fan - (Georges Méliès)
18. Métamorphoses du papillon - (Gaston Velle)
19. A Miracle Under the Inquisition - (Georges Méliès)
20. The Suburbanite - (Wallace McCutcheon)

20 Greatest Movies of 1903

  1. The Great Train Robbery - (Edwin S. Porter)
  2. Life of an American Fireman - (Edwin S. Porter)
  3. The Kingdom of the Fairies - (Georges Méliès)
  4. Mary Jane's Mishap - (George Albert Smith)
  5. Alice in Wonderland - (Cecil Hepworth & Percy Stow)
  6. The Melomaniac - (Georges Méliès)
  7. La vie et la passion de Jésus Christ - (Lucien Nonguet & Ferdinand Zecca)
  8. The Infernal Cauldron - (Georges Méliès)
  9. A Daring Daylight Burglary - (Frank Mottershaw)
10. The Infernal Cake Walk - (Georges Méliès)
11. Uncle Tom's Cabin - (Edwin S. Porter)
12. Desperate Poaching Affray - (William Haggar)
13. The Monster - (Georges Méliès)
14. The Sick Kitten - (George Albert Smith)
15. The Enchanted Well - (Georges Méliès)
16. The Damnation of Faust - (Georges Méliès)
17. Down the Hudson - (Frederick S. Armitage & A. E. Weed)
18. The Queen's Musketeers - (Georges Méliès)
19. The Gay Shoe Clerk - (Edwin S. Porter)
20. The Magic Lantern - (Georges Méliès)

20 Greatest Movies of 1902

  1. A Trip to the Moon - (Georges Méliès)
  2. The Coronation of Edward VII - (Georges Méliès)
  3. Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show - (Edwin S. Porter)
  4. The Eruption of Mount Pelée - (Georges Méliès)
  5. Fun in a Bakery Shop - (Edwin S. Porter)
  6. Gulliver's Travels Among the Lilliputians and the Giants - (Georges Méliès)
  7. The Little Match Seller - (James Williamson)
  8. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - (Ferdinand Zecca)
  9. Jack and the Beanstalk - (George S. Fleming & Edwin S. Porter)
10. Alcohol and Its Victims - (Ferdinand Zecca)
11. The Human Fly - (Georges Méliès)
12. La fée printemps - (Segundo de Chomón & Ferdinand Zecca)
13. Robinson Crusoe - (Georges Méliès)
14. An Impossible Balancing Feat - (Georges Méliès)
15. Intervention malencontreuse - (Alice Guy-Blaché)
16. The Treasures of Satan - (Georges Méliès)
17. Alfred Raymond, Agnes May and Wilfred Sidney Turner - (Edward Raymond Turner)
18. Miss Dundee and Her Performing Dogs - (Alice Guy-Blaché)
19. The Dancing Midget - (Georges Méliès)
20. Burning of Durland's Riding Academy - (Edwin S. Porter)

20 Greatest Movies of 1901

  1. The Big Swallow - (James Williamson)
  2. The Man with the Rubber Head - (Georges Méliès)
  3. Bluebeard - (Georges Méliès)
  4. Fire! - (James Williamson)
  5. Histoire d'un crime - (Ferdinand Zecca)
  6. Star Theatre - (Frederick S. Armitage)
  7. Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost - (Walter R. Booth)
  8. The Countryman and the Cinematograph - (Robert W. Paul)
  9. The Devil and the Statue - (Georges Méliès)
10. Stop Thief! - (James Williamson)
11. What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City - (George S. Fleming & Edwin S. Porter)
12. Par le trou de la serrure - (Ferdinand Zecca)
13. Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King - (Edwin S. Porter)
14. Trapeze Disrobing Act - (George S. Fleming & Edwin S. Porter)
15. Birth of the Pearl - (Frederick S. Armitage)
16. Excelsior! - (Georges Méliès)
17. Rêve et réalité - (Ferdinand Zecca)
18. Dislocation Extraordinary - (Georges Méliès)
19. The Magic Sword - (Walter R. Booth)
20. Artistic Creation - (Walter R. Booth)

20 Greatest Movies of 1900

  1. The Enchanted Drawing - (J. Stuart Blackton)
  2. Joan of Arc - (Georges Méliès)
  3. The One-Man Band - (Georges Méliès)
  4. Grandma's Reading Glass - (George Albert Smith)
  5. As Seen Through a Telescope - (George Albert Smith)
  6. Attack on a China Mission - (James Williamson)
  7. Fat and Lean Wrestling Match - (Georges Méliès)
  8. Explosion of a Motor Car - (Cecil Hepworth)
  9. Let Me Dream Again - (George Albert Smith)
11. Going to Bed Under Difficulties - (Georges Méliès)
10. How It Feels to Be Run Over - (Cecil Hepworth)
12. Sherlock Holmes Baffled - (Arthur Marvin)
13. Army Life; or, How Soldiers Are Made - (Robert W. Paul)
14. Cyrano de Bergerac - (Clément Maurice)
15. Le village de Namo: Panorama pris d'une chaise à porteurs - (Gabriel Veyre)
16. The Christmas Dream - (Georges Méliès)
17. Soldiers of the Cross - (Joseph Perry)
18. The Magic Book - (Georges Méliès)
19. The Cook's Revenge - (Georges Méliès)
20. A Fantastical Meal - (Georges Méliès)

List Begun: 2023-09-07