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1. Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
In the garden, a man asks his friends to do something silly for him to record on film.
Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince | Stars: Annie Hartley, Adolphe Le Prince, Joseph Whitley, Sarah Whitley
Votes: 6,803
2. Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878)
TV-G | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
The clip shows a jockey, Gilbert Domm, riding a horse, Sallie Gardner. The clip is not filmed; instead, it consists of 24 individual photographs shot in rapid succession, making a moving picture when using a zoopraxiscope.
Director: Eadweard Muybridge | Stars: Gilbert Domm, Sallie Gardner
Votes: 3,694
3. Passage de Venus (1874)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun in 1874.
Director: P.J.C. Janssen
Votes: 2,085
4. The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
Not Rated | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Originally 70 minutes in running time, only 17 minutes of the world's first full-length narrative feature film survived in stills and other fragments and tell the story of Ned Kelly, an infamous 19th-century Australian outlaw.
Director: Charles Tait | Stars: Elizabeth Tait, John Tait, Nicholas Brierley, Norman Campbell
Votes: 895
5. A Fantasy (1908)
2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The first all-animated film in history, a series of scenes without much narrative structure, but morphing into each other.
Director: Émile Cohl
Votes: 2,833
6. Tiger Town (1983 TV Movie)
95 min | Drama, Family, Sport
Alex and his father are Detroit Tigers Fans. The team is not doing well and Alex's favorite player "Billy Young" isn't either. The team's and Billy's luck turn around after Alex experiences a tragedy that hits close to home.
Director: Alan Shapiro | Stars: Lindsay Barr, Dave Bokas, Chris Bremer, Bethany Carpenter
Votes: 320
7. Bwana Devil (1952)
Not Rated | 79 min | Adventure
British railway workers in Kenya are becoming the favorite snack of two man-eating lions. Head engineer Bob Hayward becomes obsessed with trying to kill the beasts before they maul everyone on his crew.
Directors: Arch Oboler, Robert Clampett | Stars: Robert Stack, Barbara Britton, Nigel Bruce, Ramsay Hill
Votes: 422
8. This Is Cinerama (1952)
G | 115 min | Documentary
On the evening of September 30, 1952, the shape and sound of movies changed forever with the introduction of Cinerama.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Gunther von Fritsch, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Michael Todd Jr. | Stars: Lowell Thomas, Kathy Darlyn, Toni Valk
Votes: 558 | Gross: $41.60M
9. Jedda the Uncivilized (1955)
101 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Set against the harsh natural surrounds of outback Northern Territory, Jedda captures a rare and honest glimpse into the heart and history of indigenous Australia. Young Jedda is caught ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chauvel | Stars: Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, Robert Tudawali, Betty Suttor, Paul Reynall
Votes: 402
10. The Humpty Dumpty Circus (1898)
4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A reel of mirth-provoking stunts that will draw the pennies from the children, but which is of much interest to young and old alike. It opens with a crowd of children leaving school and ... See full summary »
Directors: J. Stuart Blackton, Albert E. Smith
Votes: 59
11. The Sinking of the 'Lusitania' (1918)
TV-PG | 12 min | Animation, Short, War
An animated dramatization of the notorious World War I German torpedoing of the ocean liner, Lusitania.
Director: Winsor McCay | Star: Winsor McCay
Votes: 1,273
12. Lights of New York (1928)
Passed | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A gangster frames two bootleggers for the shooting of a police officer in New York during the prohibition.
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Mary Carr, Wheeler Oakman
Votes: 944 | Gross: $1.20M
13. El apóstol (1917)
70 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Argentinian President Yrigoyen burns Buenos Aires using Jupiter's thunderbolts.
Director: Quirino Cristiani
Votes: 70
14. Un bon bock (1892)
12 min | Animation, Short
Lost 1892 French short animated film directed by Émile Reynaud about a wanderer who orders a good beer ("Un bon bock") and meets a traveler who also orders a beer. They enter an argument because a kitchen boy steals their beers.
Director: Émile Reynaud
Votes: 179
15. The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (1897)
100 min | Documentary, News, Sport
Documentary film depicting the 1897 boxing match between James J. Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons in Carson City, Nevada on St. Patrick's Day. Originally running for more than 100 minutes, it is the world's first feature film.
Director: Enoch J. Rector | Stars: James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Billy Madden, George Siler
Votes: 512
16. Faraway Hill (1946– )
30 min | Drama
Newly widowed New Yorker Karen St. John moves to a rural town to be close to her relatives. There she falls for a man who was adopted by her relatives when he was a boy. But, he's already ... See full summary »
Stars: Flora Campbell, Phyllis Coates, Eve McVeagh, Mel Brandt
Votes: 22
17. Pinwright's Progress (1946– )
30 min | Comedy
Misadventures of a multiple store proprietor.
Stars: James Hayter, Clarence Wright, Daphne Maddox, Charles Irwin
18. Spelling Bee (1938– )
Game-Show
A spelling bee in which contestants competed against well-known television personalities.
Stars: Frederick Grisewood, E. Powys Mathers
19. Wives Beware (1932)
61 min | Comedy
A man in an unsatisfying marriage fakes amnesia in his sly pursuit of extramarital adventures.
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Margaret Bannerman, Claud Allister, Jane Baxter
20. Come Take a Trip in My Airship (1924)
6 min | Animation, Short
Ko-Ko the clown and his glee club lead the audience in an early follow-the-bouncing-ball sing-along.
Director: Dave Fleischer
Votes: 54
21. Cook's Night Out (1937– )
15 min
A cooking show consisting of five parts. Each part showed how to prepare a single dish. The five dishes could be served separately, or form a five-course dinner.
Star: Marcel Boulestin
22. The Devil's Joint (1969)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary
A documentary tracing the evolution of the marijuana "scare films", movies that were made from the early teens to the late '60s to warn adults and teenagers of the "evils" of marijuana use.
Star: Richard Nixon
Votes: 19
25. Cléopâtre (1934 TV Movie)
A live presentation of Fokine's ballet about Cleopatra.
Stars: Lydia Sokolova, Harold Turner
26. Piano Lessons (1931–1932)
30 min | Music
A series of piano lessons broadcast on mechanical television. Originally aired in a 30-minute time-slot, later aired in a 15-minute time-slot.
Star: G. Aldo Randegger
Votes: 7
27. Burnt Sepia (1936 TV Special)
30 min | Music
A live variety show featuring black artists.
Stars: Cyril Blake, Buddy Bradley's Sepia Chorines, Buddy Harris, Bert Howell
28. Variety in Sepia (1947 TV Special)
60 min | Music
A live variety show featuring black performers.
Stars: Winifred Atwell, Cyril Blake, Edric Connor, Evelyn Dove
29. Jim the Penman (1915)
50 min | Crime, Drama
A bank teller with a talent for forgery is in love with Nina and uses his skills to get closer to her. He saves her father from financial ruin by forging a check and is caught by a shady character who black mails him to work for him.
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Harold Lockwood, John Mason, Russell Bassett, Frederick Perry
30.
72 Hours: True Crime (2003– )
Episode:
Hijacked
(2004)
22 min | Documentary, Crime
In 1971, a Toronto plane is hijacked to go to Cuba, making it the first in Canadian airspace.
Director: David Acomba | Stars: Diane D'Aquila, Jason Wade Jones, Ardon Bess, Brad Austin
Votes: 8