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Edwin S. Porter • Starring: David Belasco, Wilda Bennett, Edward Connelly
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Melodrama
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Augustus Thomas • Starring: Clarence Handysides, George Nash, Robert Cummings
Drama • Silent Film
3
Unknown • Starring: William Conklin, William Riley Hatch, Edgar Selwyn
Silent Film • Western
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Charles Chaplin • Starring: Gilbert M. Anderson, Lloyd Bacon, Bud Jamison
Comedy • Short Film • Silent Film
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Mack Sennett
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Tatyana Lukashevich • Starring: Veronika Lebedeva, Faina Ranevskaya, Pyotr Repnin
Comedy • Foreign Language Film
7
D.W. Griffith • Starring: Tully Marshall, Mary Alden, Frank Bennett
Drama • Epic • Historical Epic
8
Victor Schertzinger • Starring: Joseph J. Dowling, Charles Ray, Sylvia Breamer
Comedy Drama • Silent Film
9
Scott Sidney • Starring: Elmo Lincoln, Gordon Griffith, True Boardman, Sr.
Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Jungle Film
10
J. Gordon Edwards • Starring: Theda Bara, G. Raymond Nye, Alan Roscoe
Drama • Melodrama • Silent Film
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Roy William Neill • Starring: Dorothy Dalton, Edmund Lowe, Fred Starr
Drama • Silent Film • War
12
George D. Baker • Starring: Reginald Barlow, Nigel Barrie, Marion Davies
Drama • Romance • Romantic Drama
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Unknown • Starring: Henry Starr, Paul Curry, Karl Hackett
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Irvin Willat • Starring: Harry Houdini, Thomas Jefferson, Ann Forrest
Adventure • Silent Film
15
Roy Clements • Starring: Rosemary Theby, Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber
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Maurice Tourneur • Starring: Virginia Vale, Marc Robbins, Bert Lytell
Crime • Detective Film • Drama
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Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton • Starring: Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline
Black Comedy • Short Film • Silent Film
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Clarence G. Badger • Starring: Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Lionel Belmore
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John Ford • Starring: Buck Jones, Helen Ferguson, Georgie Stone
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Allen Holubar • Starring: Dorothy Phillips, William Ellingford, Margaret Mann
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John Ford • Starring: Barbara Bedford, Irene Hunt, Alfred Fremont
Drama • Silent Film • Traditional Western
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James W. Horne • Starring: Claire Du Brey, Courtenay Foote, Otto Hoffman
Action • Silent Film
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Preston Sturges • Starring: Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey
Biopic • Comedy Drama • Drama
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Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton • Starring: Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Comedy • Ghost Film • Haunted House Film
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George Marshall • Starring: Rhea Mitchell, Pat Chrisman, Sid Jordan
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Fred C. Newmeyer • Starring: Harold Lloyd, John T. Prince, Eric Mayne
Comedy • Silent Film
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Robert J. Flaherty • Starring: Berry Kroeger
Documentary • History • Silent Film
28
F.W. Murnau • Starring: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Costume Horror • Foreign Language Film • German Expressionist Film
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Robert Thornby • Starring: Jack Carlyle, Virginia Brown Faire, Arline Pretty
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Henry Otto • Starring: Will Walling, Mary Philbin, Mickey McBan
Fantasy • Silent Film
31
D.W. Griffith • Starring: Neil Hamilton, Carol Dempster, Arthur Dewey
Costume Adventure • Costume Romance • Epic
32
Edward Sedgwick • Starring: Hoot Gibson, Josie Sedgwick, David Torrence
Comedy • Comedy Western • Silent Film
33
Raoul Walsh • Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Julanne Johnston
Adventure • Costume Adventure • Fantasy Adventure
34
Fred Niblo • Starring: Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, Betty Bronson
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Drama • Epic
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Robert DeLacy • Starring: Frances Dare, Frankie Darro, David Dunbar
Action • Period Film • Silent Film
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Leander de Cordova • Starring: Betty Blythe, Heinrich George, Mary Odette
Adventure • Fantasy Adventure • Fantasy
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George B. Seitz • Starring: Lois Wilson, Noah Beery, Malcolm McGregor
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Albert Parker • Starring: Billie Dove, Donald Crisp, Sam de Grasse
Adventure • Costume Adventure • Period Film
39
John Ford • Starring: David Butler, Philip Ford, Janet Gaynor
Drama • Romantic Drama • Silent Film
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Ernst Lubitsch • Starring: Monte Blue, Myrna Loy, Sidney D'Albrook
Romance • Comedy • Sophisticated Comedy
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Alan Crosland • Starring: May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugénie Besserer
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Family Drama
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Charles Vidor • Starring: Luther Adler, Glenn Ford, Ron Randell
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Drama • Melodrama
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Fritz Lang • Starring: Alfred Abel, Heinrich George, Fritz Alberti
Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Cyborg / Android / Robot • Dystopian Film
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William A. Wellman • Starring: Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Gary Cooper
Action • Adventure • Combat Films
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Edward Sedgwick • Starring: Buster Keaton, Sidney Bracey, Dick Alexander
Comedy • Romance • Romantic Comedy
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Fred Niblo • Starring: Nils Asther, Warner Oland, Harry Myers
Drama • Showbiz Drama • Silent Film
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Irving Cummings • Starring: Edmund Lowe, John Farrell MacDonald, Fred Warren
Adventure • Traditional Western • Western
48
Robert De Lacey • Starring: Sally Blane, Wynn Mace, Tom Mix
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Ray Enright • Starring: Carroll Nye, Tom Santschi, Rin Tin Tin
Adventure • Animal Picture • Crime
50
Frank Capra • Starring: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jobyna Ralston, Mildred Harris
Crime • Crime Drama • Drama
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Clarence Brown • Starring: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lewis Stone
Drama • Melodrama • Romance
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Monta Bell • Starring: George Barraud, Margaret Seddon, Charles B. Middleton
Courtroom Drama • Crime • Crime Thriller
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Malcolm St. Clair • Starring: Jean Arthur, Charles Lane, Ned Sparks
Crime • Mystery • Detective Film
54
Robert Florey, Joseph Santley • Starring: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx
Absurd Comedy • Comedy • Pre-Code Hollywood
55
Sam Taylor • Starring: Mary Pickford, John St. Polis, William Janney
Drama • Melodrama • Pre-Code Hollywood
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Frank Capra • Starring: Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, William Collier Jr.
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Mystery
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Gregory La Cava • Starring: William Boyd, Dorothy Sebastian, Gavin Gordon
Comedy • Military Comedy • Romance
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Allan Dwan • Starring: Belle Bennett, Rolfe Sedan, Charles Stevens
Action • Adventure • Based-on-19th-Century-Literature
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Lloyd Bacon • Starring: Charlotte Greenwood, Grant Withers, Helen Foster
Comedy • Musical • Musical Comedy
60
John S. Robertson • Starring: Greta Garbo, Nils Asther, Dorothy Sebastian
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Victor Fleming • Starring: Gary Cooper, Chester Conklin, Charles Stevens
Period Film • Traditional Western • Western
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D.W. Griffith • Starring: Walter Huston, Una Merkel, Jason Robards, Sr.
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Historical Film
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Walter Futter
Documentary
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Victor Heerman • Starring: Harpo Marx, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx
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Howard Hawks • Starring: Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Neil Hamilton
Action • Adventure • War
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Howard Hughes • Starring: James Hall, John Darrow, Douglas Gilmore
Adventure • Combat Films • Drama
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Louis King • Starring: Buck Jones, Carmelita Geraghty, Lydia Knott
Action • Western
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Unknown • Starring: Lee 'Bud' Harrison, Peenie Elmo, Leo White
Comedy
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A. Edward Sutherland • Starring: Jack Oakie, Granville Bates, George Barbier
Based-on-Theatre • Comedy • Romance
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Ray Enright • Starring: John Boles, Vivienne Segal, Joe E. Brown
Musical • Western
71
King Vidor • Starring: Jackie Cooper, Roscoe Ates, Edward Brophy
Drama • Melodrama • Sports Drama
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Louis King • Starring: Barbara Bedford, Douglas Gilmore, Ed Brady
Action • Romance • Western
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Tod Browning • Starring: Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Based-on-Theatre • Gothic Film
74
James Whale • Starring: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Gothic Film • Horror
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George W. Hill • Starring: Clark Gable, Conrad Nagel, Marie Prevost
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William Dieterle • Starring: Richard Barthelmess, David Manners, Johnny Mack Brown
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Frank Borzage • Starring: Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou, Mary Philips
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Melodrama
78
D. Ross Lederman • Starring: Niles Welch, Mitchell Lewis, Walter McGrail
79
Busby Berkeley • Starring: Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart
Comedy Drama • Crime • Drama
80
Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack • Starring: Joel McCrea, Hale Hamilton, Dutch Hendrian
Chase Movie • Psychological Thriller • Survival Film
81
Ernst Lubitsch • Starring: Maurice Chevalier, Genevieve Tobin, Roland Young
Comedy • Musical Comedy • Musical
82
Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson • Starring: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, George Raft
Crime Drama • Crime • Drama
83
William A. Seiter • Starring: Shirley Temple, Robert Young, Alice Faye
Childhood Drama • Drama
84
George Archainbaud • Starring: Gilbert Roland, Sam Godfrey, Edward Ellis
85
George Archainbaud • Starring: George E. Stone, Phillips Holmes, Minna Gombell
86
Harry Joe Brown • Starring: Constance Cummings, Robert Armstrong, Olga Baclanova
Comedy • Crime • Crime Comedy
87
Rowland Brown • Starring: Frances Dee, Chick Chandler, Ann Brody
Adventure • Crime
88
Robert N. Bradbury • Starring: Wilfred Lucas, Perry Murdock, Blackie Whiteford
Action Thriller • Traditional Western • Western
89
David Burton • Starring: Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond, Arthur Hohl
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Marriage Drama
90
John P. McCarthy • Starring: Max Asher, Rex Bell, Doris Hill
91
Fred M. Wilcox • Starring: Jeanette MacDonald, José Iturbi, Jane Powell
Drama • Family Drama • Musical Drama
92
J.P. McGowan • Starring: Tom Tyler, Hal Taliaferro, Lafe McKee
Adventure • Adventure Comedy • Comedy
93
George Cukor • Starring: Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Edmund Lowe
Comedy Drama • Ensemble Film • Hyperlink Film
94
Roy Del Ruth • Starring: Warren William, Loretta Young, Wallace Ford
Comedy Drama • Drama • Pre-Code Hollywood
95
Alan James • Starring: Helen Mack, William Desmond, Jack Rockwell
Action Thriller • Drama • Romance
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Lloyd Bacon • Starring: Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler
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Alan James • Starring: Ken Maynard, Walter Miller, Jack Rockwell
98
Harry Joe Brown • Starring: Edmund Lowe, Robert Armstrong, Harvey Clark
99
Merian C. Cooper • Starring: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot
Adventure • Horror • Jungle Film
100
Howard Bretherton, William Keighley • Starring: Preston S. Foster, Dorothy Burgess, Robert McWade
Based-on-Theatre • Crime Drama • Crime
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