The MoFo Top 50 Pre-1930 Countdown: The List

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Sorry I missed the latter part. Quite a few in the 2nd half I have to see now, and Metropolis is a great 1st place. Here's how I voted:

1. Haxan (1922)
2. Faust (1926)
3. The Cameraman (1928)
4. He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
5. Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
6. The Last Command (1928)
7. The Great White Silence (1924)
8. Pandora’s Box (1929)
9. Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928)
10. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
11. One Week (1920)
12. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
13. Metropolis (1927)
14. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
15. The Astronomer’s Dream (1898)
16. Asphalt (1929)
17. The Unknown (1927)
18. The Lodger (1927)
19. The Penalty (1920)
20. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
21. Neighbors (1920)
22. Nosferatu (1922)
23. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
24. Seven Chances (1925)
25. Waxworks (1924)


Those who voted for Trip to the Moon should check out The Astronomer's Dream. A shorter precursor.



Captain Spaulding's Pre-1930's Ballot


#1) Nosferatu (1922)


#2) Greed (1924)


#3) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)


#4) Faust (1926)


#5) The Crowd (1928)


#6) The Birth of a Nation (1915)


#7) Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)


#8) Broken Blossoms (1919)


#9) The Gold Rush (1925)


#10) The Circus (1928)


#11) A Woman of Paris (1923)


#12) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)


#13) Metropolis (1927)


#14) The General (1926)


#15) Sherlock, Jr. (1924)


#16) Nanook of the North (1922)


#17) The Lost World (1925)


#18) Sadie Thompson (1928)


#19) Pandora's Box (1929)


#20) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)


#21) The Phantom Carriage (1921)


#22) Applause (1929)


#23) It (1927)


#24) The Freshman (1925)


#25) Woman in the Moon (1929)



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