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1. The Far Country (1954)
Passed | 97 min | Romance, Western
A self-minded adventurer locks horns with a crooked lawman while driving cattle to Dawson.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet, Walter Brennan
Votes: 8,694
2. An Officer and a Spy (2019)
132 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Louis Garrel, Christophe Maratier, Pierre Poirot, Stéfan Godin
Votes: 21,186
3. Genevieve (1953)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy
Two British couples pit their vintage automobiles against each other in an exciting cross-country race.
Director: Henry Cornelius | Stars: Dinah Sheridan, John Gregson, Kay Kendall, Kenneth More
Votes: 3,459
4. Can-Can (1960)
Approved | 131 min | Comedy, Musical
In 1896 Paris, a female nightclub proprietor fights against the forces of public morality for the right to feature her performers doing the risqué dance, the Can-Can.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan
Votes: 2,520
5. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Passed | 116 min | Biography, Drama
The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden
Votes: 9,057
6. The Happy Years (1950)
G | 110 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperdink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whose family, in Eastcester, New York, have... See full summary »
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames
Votes: 764
7. Woman in the Moon (1929)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A tenacious scientist blasts off for the moon in hopes of riches that may be found there.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Klaus Pohl, Fritz Rasp
Votes: 3,877
8. America America (1963)
Approved | 174 min | Adventure, Drama
A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Harry Davis
Votes: 6,007
9. The Arrival of a Train (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
A train arrives at La Ciotat station.
Directors: Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière | Stars: Madeleine Koehler, Marcel Koehler, Mrs. Auguste Lumiere, Jeanne-Joséphine Lumière
Votes: 12,914
10. Elveda Rumeli (2007–2009)
90 min | Drama
The year is 1896. The Ottoman Empire is slowly losing its dominance in the Balkans. The events that develop around Milkman Ramiz and his family also hold a mirror to the years of the Ottoman Empire retreating from the Balkans.
Stars: Tolgahan Sayisman, Erdal Özyagcilar, Gülçin Santircioglu, Filiz Ahmet
Votes: 1,404
11. The Lawless Breed (1952)
Approved | 83 min | Biography, Western
After being released from prison, former gun-fighter John Wesley Hardin hopes to have his autobiography published in order to rehabilitate his tarnished reputation.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Rock Hudson, Julie Adams, Mary Castle, John McIntire
Votes: 1,429
12. The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
237 min | Drama, History, Sport
This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American team and their trials in getting to the Olympics in Athens.
Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Hunt Block, David Caruso, Alex Hyde-White
Votes: 434
13. The White Dawn (1974)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History
In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr., Joanasie Salamonie
Votes: 898 | Gross: $0.40M
14. Miss Marx (2020)
107 min | Biography, Drama, History
Bright and passionate, Eleanor links feminism and socialism. Partaking in workers' battles, she fights for women's rights and against child labor. Meeting Edward Aveling in 1883, her life is overtaken by a tragic love affair
Director: Susanna Nicchiarelli | Stars: Romola Garai, Patrick Kennedy, John Gordon Sinclair, Felicity Montagu
Votes: 1,113
15. The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
Passed | 90 min | Western
Former Dalton gang member Bill Doolin puts together his own bank-robbing gang but federal Marshals are closing in.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Randolph Scott, George Macready, Louise Allbritton, John Ireland
Votes: 639
16. White Fang (1973)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Family, Western
The wolf dog, White Fang, aids a reporter, a fur trapper, a nun, a young Eskimo boy and his father of ridding a gold mining town of a sleazy crime lord in 1896 Yukon, Canada.
Director: Lucio Fulci | Stars: Franco Nero, Virna Lisi, Fernando Rey, John Steiner
Votes: 936
17. Gabi (2012)
115 min | Drama, History, Mystery
About a man who must betray his country to protect the woman he loves. Revolve around the first introduction of Coffee in Korea.
Director: Yun-hyeon Jang | Stars: Ju Jin-mo, Kim So-yeon, Park Hee-soon, Seon Yu
Votes: 270
18. The Actress (1953)
Passed | 90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
This is an account of the real life experience of actress/playwright Ruth Gordon.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright, Anthony Perkins
Votes: 1,511
19. The Ruby Ring (1997 TV Movie)
G | 90 min | Adventure, Drama
Young Lucy McLaughlin's (Emily Hamilton's) father (Todd Boyce) has lost his job and to help make ends meet she is sent to live with her Grandmother (Jan Moffatt). To help her get over her ... See full summary »
Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Emily Hamilton, Emma Cunniffe, Patricia Ross, Todd Boyce
Votes: 337
20. 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
21. Thurgood (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Prior to his appointment to United States Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall worked as a lawyer for the NAACP. This one man play tells the story of his role in the civil rights movement and the people that influenced him.
Director: Michael Stevens | Star: Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 592
22. Bonanza Bunny (1959)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Bugs fights with Blacque Jacque Shellacque over Klondike gold.
Director: Robert McKimson | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 496
23. Adwa (1999)
97 min | Documentary, Drama, War
In 1896, Ethiopia, an African nation, largely armed with spears and knives, defeats a well-equipped and organized Italian military bent on colonization.
Director: Haile Gerima
Votes: 78
25. Damong ligaw (1997)
109 min | Action, Drama, History
A confused and angry farm boy brought up under the strict and seemingly unforgiving guidance of an exacting and domineering father gains initiation to both romance and heroism during the Philippine Revolution of 1896.
Director: Joe Mari Avellana | Stars: Romnick Sarmenta, Beth Tamayo, Ronnie Lazaro, Robert Arevalo
26. Bicycliste (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
In 1896, cinema pioneer Louis Lumière decided to register a man doing impressive tricks on his bicycle, closely observed by a curious crowd. Riding it backwards or standing on the top of ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 388
27. Coronation of the Emperor Nicholas the Second (1896)
2 min | Documentary, Short, News
The coronation of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II in Moscow.
Director: Camille Cerf | Stars: Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, Grand Duchess Anastasia, Grand Duchess Maria
Votes: 171
28. Gambler's Choice (1944)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York. Hadley's main antagonist is his childhood friend Mike McGlennon who is determined to stop the gambling activities of Ross.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Russell Hayden, Lee Patrick
Votes: 188
29. The Two Gun Man (1931)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Hired guns threaten ranchers.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Ken Maynard, Tarzan, Lucille Powers, Charles King
Votes: 92
30. Demolition of a Wall (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Lumière | Star: Auguste Lumière
Votes: 2,781
31. Cologne, Panorama pris d'un bateau (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Panorama of the quays, the city and a boat bridge, taken from a moving boat.
Director: Constant Girel
Votes: 105
32. Pont de Westminster (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A short film in which a fixed camera documents the traffic on Westminster Bridge.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 302
33. Arab Cortege, Geneva (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
A stationary camera looks across a busy corner toward a store front marked "The Divan." The words "des fees" are beneath. A cortege of Arabs, about 20 persons in the party, walk past; the ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Promio
Votes: 390
34. Feeding the Doves (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Documentary
A woman and a young girl each carry containers of bird feed, and they toss occasional handfuls to the chickens and doves in the farmyard. Most of the chickens stay nearby, but the doves occasionally fly off and then return to eat more.
Director: James H. White
Votes: 911
35. Panorama du grand Canal pris d'un bateau (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
The first moving shot, created by a stationary camera on a gondola in Panorama du Grand Canal vu d'un Bateau, was filmed by Alexandre Promio for Louis Lumiere. Filming Locations: Venice, Veneto, Italy. Release Date: 1896 (France).
Director: Alexandre Promio
Votes: 655
36. Arrivée d'un train (1896)
Documentary, Short
The view represents the arrival of a train at Bel Air station (Paris). We witness the arrival of the train, then the travelers get off and on, the train leaves.
Director: Charles Pathé
Votes: 61
37. Dreyfus Put in Irons (1899)
1 min | Short, Biography
Captain Dreyfus is placed in leg irons as a dramatization of the events surrounding the Dreyfus Affair, an actual historic event.
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 263
38. Ateliers de La Ciotat (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A short black and white film which documents the workday of shipbuilders.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 496
39. Leone XIII (1896)
2 min | Documentary, Short
Leone XIII in the Vatican gardens.
Director: Vittorio Calcina | Star: Leo XIII
Votes: 198
40. The Messers. Lumière at Cards (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Two men play cards, as a third watches and a waiter brings drinks. The third man pours drinks as the waiter laughs.
Director: Louis Lumière | Stars: Antoine Féraud, Antoine Lumière, Félicien Trewey, Alphonse Winckler
Votes: 1,611
41. Arrivée d'un train - Gare de Joinville (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A steam train of mixed carriages (freight and passenger) arrives at a station and we see the beginnings of passengers leaving then entering the train.
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 122
42. Mayadweep (An Island of Illusion) (2019)
21 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Mayadweep, set in Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India, is a provocative and comedic look at the times in which we live. The Bikaner Gang Canal, a project designed to bring perennial waters to irrigate the parched land of the desert area.
Director: Chandan Sen | Stars: Hetram Beniwal, Sachin Pilot, Gurbal Pal Singh Sandhu, Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal
43. Hyde Park Bicycling Scene (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Many of the cyclists are women, and wearing skirts. Although women had been riding bicycles since the 1880s, it was only towards the end of the 1890s that they could do so comfortably ... See full summary »
Director: Robert W. Paul
Votes: 182
44. Marseille, la Canebière (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A short black and white film which captures the busy street traffic at a corner in La Canebiere, Marseille.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 263
45. Childish Quarrel (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
"Two babies are shown seated in high chairs and apparently enjoying themselves. Suddenly one snatches a toy from the other, and they indulge in hair-pulling."
Director: Louis Lumière | Stars: Andrée Lumière, Suzanne Lumière
Votes: 963
46. Blackfriars Bridge (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
An actuality record of Blackfriars Bridge, London, taken from the southern end looking northwards over the Thames by R.W.Paul in July 1896. It was screened as part of his Alhambra Theatre ... See full summary »
Director: Robert W. Paul
Votes: 332
47. Dresden, August-Brücke (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A short black and white film which captures the busy activity on Dresden street.
Votes: 307
48. Saída do Pessoal Operário da Fábrica Confiança (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A large number of workers, mostly young women, leave by the front door of their work place at lunch time. The building has an impressive colonnaded facade, and is located at 181, Santa ... See full summary »
Director: Aurélio da Paz dos Reis
Votes: 178
49. Berlin: Panoptikum (1896)
1 min | Documentary, Short
In this short documentary a camera placed in the street captures the activity of the city.
Votes: 290
50. Lion, London Zoological Garden (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Documentary
A male lion, right next to bars that are about 6 or 8 inches apart, keenly watches a uniformed zoo attendant toss small morsels of food into the cage. The lion alternates between finding ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Promio
Votes: 712