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FilmTV.it Best Movies

by erasmodm • Created 11 months ago • Modified 11 months ago
All the best films, sorted by year, with an average rating above 8. (Updated to August 2024)
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  • Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)

    1. Roundhay Garden Scene

    18881mNot RatedShort
    7.2 (7.3K)
    In the garden, a man asks his friends to do something silly for him to record on film.
    DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceStarsAnnie HartleyAdolphe Le PrinceJoseph Whitley
  • The Arrival of a Train (1896)

    2. The Arrival of a Train

    18961mNot RatedShort
    7.4 (14K)
    A train arrives at La Ciotat station.
    DirectorsAuguste LumièreLouis LumièreStarsMadeleine KoehlerMarcel KoehlerMrs. Auguste Lumiere
  • Leaving the Factory (1895)

    3. Leaving the Factory

    18951mNot RatedShort
    6.8 (8K)
    Workers leaving the Lumière factory for lunch in Lyon, France in 1895; a place of great photographic innovation and one of the birth places of cinema.
    DirectorLouis Lumière
  • The Waterer Watered (1895)

    4. The Waterer Watered

    18951mNot RatedShort
    7.1 (6.2K)
    An impudent child plays a prank on a gardener innocently watering his plants.
    DirectorLouis LumièreStarsFrançois ClercBenoît Duval
  • The House of the Devil (1896)

    5. The House of the Devil

    18963mNot RatedShort
    6.7 (4.4K)
    With the help of a magic cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of supernatural characters.
    DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJehanne d'AlcyJules-Eugène LegrisGeorges Méliès
  • Georges Méliès in Four Heads Are Better Than One (1898)

    6. Four Heads Are Better Than One

    18981mTV-PGShort
    7.5 (4.4K)
    Much to our amazement, an elegant and masterful illusionist detaches his own head effortlessly from his shoulders for a once-in-a-lifetime performance.
    DirectorGeorges MélièsStarGeorges Méliès
  • Georges Méliès in The Astronomer's Dream; or, The Man in the Moon (1898)

    7. The Astronomer's Dream; or, The Man in the Moon

    18983mNot RatedShort
    7.4 (5.1K)
    An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.
    DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJehanne d'AlcyGeorges Méliès
  • George Albert Smith and Laura Bayley in A Kiss in the Tunnel (1899)

    8. A Kiss in the Tunnel

    18991mShort
    6.1 (1.8K)
    A humorous subject intended to be run as a part of a railroad scene during the period in which the train is passing through a tunnel.
    DirectorGeorge Albert SmithStarsLaura BayleyGeorge Albert Smith
  • The Sign of the Cross (1900)

    9. The Sign of the Cross

    19003mNot RatedShort
    6.4 (1.5K)
    Satan appears in a convent and takes the guise of a priest. Before long he is causing all manner of perturbation and despair.
    DirectorGeorges MélièsStarGeorges Méliès
  • Grandma's Reading Glass (1900)

    10. Grandma's Reading Glass

    19002mShort
    6.0 (1.5K)
    A boy looks through glasses at various objects, seen magnified.
    DirectorGeorge Albert SmithStarHarold Smith
  • A Trip to the Moon (1902)

    11. A Trip to the Moon

    190213mTV-YShort
    8.1 (59K)
    A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
    DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette Bernon
  • Justus D. Barnes in The Great Train Robbery (1903)

    12. The Great Train Robbery

    190311mTV-GShort
    7.2 (22K)
    A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.
    DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonA.C. AbadieGeorge Barnes
  • An Impossible Voyage (1904)

    13. An Impossible Voyage

    190424mNot RatedShort
    7.4 (4.3K)
    Using 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.
    DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsFernande AlbanyJehanne d'Alcy
  • The Black Imp (1905)

    14. The Black Imp

    19054mNot RatedShort
    6.9 (2.4K)
    A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
    DirectorGeorges MélièsStarGeorges Méliès
  • The Talisman or Sheep's Foot (1907)

    15. The Talisman or Sheep's Foot

    190715mShort
    5.9 (206)
    A man is helped by a good fairy to conquer his beloved. Thanks to the talisman she gives him, a sheep's foot, he will triumph from all obstacles.
    DirectorAlbert Capellani
  • Salvatore Papa in Dante's Inferno (1911)

    16. Dante's Inferno

    19111h 11m
    7.0 (3.9K)
    1911 silent film and Italy's first full-length feature film, loosely adapted from "Inferno", the first canticle of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy". It chronicles Dante's travel through the Circles of Hell, guided by the poet Virgil.
    DirectorsFrancesco BertoliniAdolfo PadovanGiuseppe de LiguoroStarsSalvatore PapaArturo PirovanoGiuseppe de Liguoro
  • The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)

    17. The Cameraman's Revenge

    191212mNot RatedShort
    7.7 (3.4K)
    Mr 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?
    DirectorWladyslaw Starewicz
  • Cabiria (1914)

    18. Cabiria

    19142h 28mNot Rated
    7.1 (4.2K)
    Cabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, she is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.
    DirectorGiovanni PastroneStarsItalia Almirante-ManziniLidia QuarantaBartolomeo Pagano
  • Musidora in Les Vampires (1915)

    19. Les Vampires

    19157h 1mNot Rated
    7.3 (5.7K)
    An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.
    DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsMusidoraÉdouard MathéMarcel Lévesque
  • Intolerance (1916)

    20. Intolerance

    19162h 43mPassed99Metascore
    7.7 (18K)
    Four historical tales depict the ongoing human struggle against prejudice and inhumanity.
    DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishRobert HarronMae Marsh
  • A Man There Was (1917)

    21. A Man There Was

    19171h 5mNot Rated
    7.3 (2.5K)
    Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on Terje's beneficence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.
    DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsVictor SjöströmEdith ErastoffAugust Falck
  • Charles Chaplin and Edna Purviance in The Immigrant (1917)

    22. The Immigrant

    191730mUnratedShort
    7.5 (9.7K)
    Charlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric Campbell
  • Charles Chaplin in The Adventurer (1917)

    23. The Adventurer

    191724mUnratedShort
    7.3 (4.8K)
    The Little Tramp escapes from prison; saves a girl and her mother from drowning; and creates havoc at a swank party.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric Campbell
  • Tula Belle and Robin Macdougall in The Blue Bird (1918)

    24. The Blue Bird

    19181h 15mNot Rated
    6.9 (1.1K)
    With the aid and guidance of a magical fairy, two peasant children set out in search of the elusive "Blue Bird of Happiness".
    DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsTula BelleRobin MacdougallEdwin E. Reed
  • Charles Chaplin in Shoulder Arms (1918)

    25. Shoulder Arms

    191836mPassedShort
    7.3 (7.8K)
    Charlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceSyd Chaplin

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