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1. Hugo (2011)
PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 337,438 | Gross: $73.86M
2. The People vs. George Lucas (2010)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Comedy
An examination of the widespread fan disenchantment with George Lucas.
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe | Stars: Joe Nussbaum, Daryl Frazetti, Doug Jones, Damian Hess
Votes: 4,884
3. Against the Grain (2023)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary
Examines how genre film focused home video companies have taken the charge in preserving, restoring, and releasing so many works which otherwise might have been lost to time.
Directors: Elijah Drenner, Joe Rubin | Stars: Oscar Becher, Dennis Doros, Ryan Emerson, David Gregory
Votes: 66
4. The Forsaken Westerns (2017– )
30 min | Western
Rare unsold western TV show pilots, anthology and western series episodes. Neglected for years some never transferred to digital format until now. Hundreds of shows are being rescued for this series.
Stars: Bob Terry, Stuart Randall
Votes: 65
5. Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2021)
120 min | Documentary
This documentary explores film through the voices of significant professionals who have contributed to make sure moving images survive and remain accessible.
Director: Inés Toharia Terán | Stars: Ann Adachi-Tasch, Laure Adler, Benjamin Chowkwan Ado, Janice Allen
Votes: 260
6. Night Terror (1989)
Unrated | 91 min | Horror
A man is plagued by recurring nightmares, and when he wakes up he finds that the nightmares he just dreamed of keep coming true.
Directors: Paul Howard, Michael Weaver | Stars: Jeff Keel, James M. Foley, Robert B. Graham, Walt Menetrey
Votes: 116
7. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)
120 min | Documentary, History
The history of Dawson City, the gold rush town that had a historical treasure of forgotten silent films buried in permafrost for decades until 1978.
Director: Bill Morrison | Stars: Michael Gates, Kathy Jones-Gates, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Frank Barrett
Votes: 2,157 | Gross: $0.13M
8. Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)
60 min | Documentary
Filmed in wartime and edited under candlelight, Mikhail Vartanov's rarely-seen masterwork tells of his friendship with the genius Sergei Parajanov who was arrested by KGB, at the height of ... See full summary »
Directors: Mikhail Vartanov, Sergei Parajanov | Stars: Sergei Parajanov, Mikhail Vartanov, Sofiko Chiaureli, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Votes: 228
9. Cinemania (2002)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
This documentary about the culture of intense cinephilia in New York City reveals the impassioned world of five obsessed movie buffs. The filmmakers expose this delightfully deranged cult ... See full summary »
Directors: Angela Christlieb, Stephen Kijak | Stars: Jack Angstreich, Eric Chadbourne, Bill Heidbreder, Roberta Hill
Votes: 2,378 | Gross: $0.01M
10. These Amazing Shadows (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and indeed the American experience itself.
Directors: Paul Mariano, Kurt Norton | Stars: Jeff Adachi, James H. Billington, Robin Blaetz, Brooks Boliek
Votes: 1,758
11. Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004)
Not Rated | 128 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Life and work of the founder of the Cinémathèque Française.
Director: Jacques Richard | Stars: Henri Alekan, Catherine Allégret, Jo Amorin, Jean-Michel Arnold
Votes: 424
12. You Must Remember This (1992 TV Movie)
103 min | Drama, Sport
A woman and a friend of hers investigate the mysterious past of Uncle Buddy. Among his properties they find a trunk he had received and never opened before.
Director: Helaine Head | Stars: Tim Reid, Vonte Sweet, Vonetta McGee, María Celedonio
Votes: 52
13. Herbaria (2022)
83 min | Documentary
Botanical and film archives weave together in the art of overcoming time, attempting to preserve what will become memory.
Director: Leandro Listorti | Stars: Claudio Caldini, Lucía Ciruelos, Narcisa Hirsch, Gabriela Klier
Votes: 36
14. The Méliès Mystery (2021 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, Biography
In 1923, facing bankruptcy, film pioneer Georges Méliès burned all the original negatives of his early masterpieces. Almost a century later, dozens of his negatives were discovered in the Library of Congress. How did he do his final trick?
Director: Eric Lange | Stars: Serge Bromberg, Costa-Gavras, Béatrice de Pastre, Michel Gondry
Votes: 369
15. Celluloid Man (2012)
164 min | Documentary
This is the story of Mr P.K.Nair, a man who talks,eats,dreams and sleeps cinema. Lovingly known as Henri Langlois of India, Nair Sahab (P.K.Nair) is the man behind archiving of many films in India.
Director: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur | Stars: U.R. Ananthamurthy, G. Ananthappa, Beena Antony, Vivek Athavale
Votes: 201
16. Keepers of the Frame (1999)
70 min | Documentary
An exploration of film preservation and restoration in the United States.
Director: Mark McLaughlin | Stars: Forrest J. Ackerman, Eric Aijala, Alan Alda, Laurence Austin
Votes: 130
17. Cartoon Carnival (2021)
89 min | Documentary
Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue pre-sound cartoons from obscurity and screen them to new, appreciative audiences.
Director: Andrew T. Smith | Stars: Jerry Beck, Howard Beckerman, Kevin Brownlow, John Canemaker
Votes: 84
18. Captain Celluloid vs. the Film Pirates (1966)
66 min | Sci-Fi, Action, Comedy
Captain Celluloid battles the evil Master Duper and his criminal gang, the League of Film Pirates, who plan to hijack copies of classic films, copy them and sell them to desperate film collectors all over the world.
Director: Louis McMahon | Stars: Robert Miller, Doris Burnell, Alan G. Barbour, Barney Noto
Votes: 67
19. Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
70 min | Documentary, History
An overview of the portrayal and influence of sexuality on film, from the silent era until the administration of the Hays Code in 1934.
Director: Elaina Archer | Stars: Diane Lane, Chris Basinger, Jeanine Basinger, Cari Beauchamp
Votes: 172
20. Restoring Time: The Restoration of Wim Wenders' Early Works (2015)
15 min | Short, History, Talk-Show
This short documentary from 2015 discusses the ongoing work by the Wim Wenders Foundation to restore the filmmaker's early output.
Directors: Andrew Amondson, Andrew Amundsen | Stars: Wim Wenders, Wolf Bosse, Monika Dörge, Bernd Eichhorn
21. Lost Forever (2011)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Reveals the rich and diverse American film heritage and shows us how preservation saves both the cultural heritage and the individual memories.
Directors: Paul Mariano, Kurt Norton | Stars: Robin Blaetz, Allen Daviau, Michael Gates, Robert A. Harris
Votes: 59
22. A 15ª Pedra (2007)
121 min | Documentary
'Duarte de Almeida', director of the Portuguese National Film Archives [deceased in 2009], interviews the dean of contemporaneous film directors [96-years-old then]. Two humanists of ... See full summary »
Director: Rita Azevedo Gomes | Stars: Manoel de Oliveira, João Bénard da Costa
Votes: 18
23. AMC: Film Preservation Classics (1996– )
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Jodie Foster, Alec Baldwin, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 27
24. Hyacinth (2014)
Unrated | 46 min | Documentary
In 1964 poets Elizabeth Buckner, Jim Morrison and Max Schwartz made a film called "First Love". In the spring of 2002 Schwartz talks about first love, pictures, and poetry as a message of change for the future of mankind.
Director: Rod Pitman | Star: Max Schwartz
25. The Last Newsreel (1989)
11 min | Documentary, Short, History
Director: Karen Borger | Stars: Phil Haldeman, Philip Haldeman, Kevin Golsby, Lionel Bowen
26. 007: Licence to Restore (2006 Video)
13 min | Documentary, Short
A short documentary featurette made for DVD about the film restoration of the original film negatives of the Eon Productions James Bond series. Focuses mainly on the 1960 Bond movies.
Director: Michael Arick | Stars: Scott Grossman, James Owsley, Michael Inchalik, John Lowry
Votes: 74
27. Lost Horizon: Before and After Comparison (1999 Video)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Before and after comparison of the digital restoration of Frank Capra's 'Lost Horizon'(1937) with narration by Robert Gitt.
Stars: Robert Gitt, Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt
28. The Race to Save 100 Years (1997)
PG | 57 min | Documentary
As the documentary points out, 85 percent of all silent pictures are gone forever because of neglect, abuse, and improper storage of original prints. This film stresses the importance of ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Benson | Stars: Peter Brooks, Mary Lea Bandy, James H. Billington, Kevin Brownlow
Votes: 74
29. Not for Today, But for All Time... (2008)
5 min | Short, Drama
Director: Ethan S. Knightchilde | Stars: Eric Andrusyszyn, Forrest Beesley, Tom DeLeo, Christopher Mastandrea
30. Lost Horizon: Opening Title Comparison (1999 Video)
1 min | Documentary, Short, War
Opening titles comparison of the digital restoration of Frank Capra's 'Lost Horizon'(1937) with narration by Robert Gitt.
Star: Robert Gitt
32. Félix Ribeiro - Dr. Celulóide (1980 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary, Biography
Mini biography of the man who dedicated most of his life to collecting films and printed material relative to moving images, and who worked since his 29th birthday, for the creation of a ... See full summary »
Director: Leonel Brito | Stars: Manuel Félix Ribeiro, Manuela Félix Ribeiro, António Lopes Ribeiro, Lauro António
33. Don Quixote: Restoring the Impossible Dream (1999 Video)
3 min | Documentary, Short, History
Stars: Lucette Aldous, Artists of the Australian Ballet, Robert Helpmann, Rudolf Nureyev
34. The Film That Was Lost (1942)
Approved | 10 min | Short, History
A look at the problems of film preservation efforts in the 1930s and 1940s. Focuses on MOMA's efforts which commenced on August 8, 1935. It illustrates the problems with celluloid stock. It... See full summary »
Director: Sammy Lee | Stars: William Jennings Bryan, John Nesbitt, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas A. Edison
Votes: 110
36.
AMC: Film Preservation Classics (1996– )
Episode:
Film Preservation Classics with Jodie Foster
Star: Jodie Foster
37.
American History TV (2011– )
Episode:
World War II Films of the First Motion Picture Unit
(2017)
68 min | History
As part of the National Archives "Know Your Records" lecture series, film preservation specialists from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) discuss the work of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Andrea Bassing Matney, Audrey Amidon, Heidi Holmstrom