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1. The Shootist (1976)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Western
A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart
Votes: 26,874
2. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, Terry Camilleri
Votes: 141,854 | Gross: $40.49M
3. 1900 (1976)
Unrated | 317 min | Drama, History
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci | Stars: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini
Votes: 27,313
4. Tesla (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama
A freewheeling take on visionary inventor Nikola Tesla, his interactions with Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan's daughter Anne, and his breakthroughs in transmitting electrical power and light.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Eli A. Smith, Josh Hamilton
Votes: 10,550
5. Mafia! (1998)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Crime
Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father
Director: Jim Abrahams | Stars: Jay Mohr, Christina Applegate, Lloyd Bridges, Billy Burke
Votes: 15,990 | Gross: $19.88M
6. Breaker Morant (1980)
PG | 107 min | Drama, History, War
Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown
Votes: 14,450 | Gross: $7.14M
7. Tom Horn (1980)
R | 98 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An ex-army scout is hired by ranchers to kill cattle rustlers but he gets into trouble with the corrupt local officials when he's suspected of killing a boy.
Director: William Wiard | Stars: Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Green Bush
Votes: 5,928 | Gross: $9.68M
8. Our Town (1940)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 2,977
9. Leonie (2010)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama
A film about the life and relationships of the early 20th century American educator, editor, and journalist Leonie Gilmour, the mother of the acclaimed artist and architect Isamu Noguchi.
Director: Hisako Matsui | Stars: Emily Mortimer, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Shidô Nakamura, Christina Hendricks
Votes: 609
10. The Grey Fox (1982)
PG | 92 min | Biography, Drama, History
When an aging, but gentlemanly stagecoach robber is released from prison, he decides to go to Canada to become a train robber.
Director: Phillip Borsos | Stars: Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue, Wayne Robson
Votes: 2,501
11. The Secret Garden (1975)
G | 210 min | Drama, Family
In 19th-century India, Mary Lennox is suddenly orphaned by cholera. Her only living relative is her uncle, Archibald Craven, so Mary is sent to live at his estate on the Yorkshire moors. Where she discovers a secret garden and a cousin.
Stars: Sarah Hollis Andrews, Hope Johnstone, William Marsh, Jacqueline Hoyle
Votes: 358
12. Laurin (1989)
84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Children have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances in a 19th century German village. A young girl soon becomes haunted by disturbing visions of the missing kids.
Director: Robert Sigl | Stars: Dóra Szinetár, Brigitte Karner, Károly Eperjes, Hédi Temessy
Votes: 971
13. Kartini: Princess of Java (2017)
TV-G | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Family
This movie follows the story of the Indonesian heroine named Kartini. In the early 1900s, when Indonesia was still a colony of the Netherlands, women weren't allowed to get higher education. Kartini grew up to fight for equality for women.
Director: Hanung Bramantyo | Stars: Dian Sastrowardoyo, Ayushita, Acha Septriasa, Deddy Sutomo
Votes: 659
14. The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
In 1901, two British yachtsmen visiting Germany's Frisian Islands accidentally discover a German plot to invade England.
Director: Tony Maylam | Stars: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Simon MacCorkindale, Alan Badel
Votes: 1,384
15. Pit Pony (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
A young boy working in Nova Scotia's treacherous coal mines in the early 20th century finds a friend in ones of the ponies used to haul coal up from the tunnels to be used at the railway station and the steel mill.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Ben Rose-Davis, Richard Donat, Jennie Raymond, Andrew Keilty
Votes: 298
16. 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: 2,154 | Gross: $0.13M
17. This Is My Affair (1937)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, History
Navy Lt. Richard Perry becomes an undercover man out to discover the leaders of a group of well connected men who pull off bank robberies during the McKinley administration (early 20th century).
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 685
18. Alfred Butterworth and Sons, Glebe Mills, Hollinwood (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short
Factory workers including child laborers walk towards a camera and interact with it.
Votes: 136
19. Across the Pacific (2020)
History
This is a 3 part series from PBS, following WW1, airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh
Stars: Christopher Cassarino, Brad Koed, Brian Muller, Sergey Nagorny
Votes: 70
20. The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
After many years of trying, Orville and Wilbur Wright succeed in making their heavier-than-air aircraft fly, south of Kitty Hawk, on December 17, 1903. They later try to sell their invention to the US government.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Michael Moriarty, David Huffman, Tom Bower, Robin Gammell
Votes: 163
21. Men at Lunch (2012)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Mystery
The story of "Lunch atop a Skyscraper," the iconic photograph taken during the construction of 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Director: Seán Ó Cualáin | Stars: Fionnula Flanagan, Peter Quinn, Ric Burns, Christine Roussel
Votes: 351 | Gross: $0.00M
22. The Boer War (1992)
81 min | Documentary, History, War
The history of the Boer War, fought between the British Empire and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State between 1899 and 1902.
Director: Andrew Aitken | Star: Robert Powell
Votes: 85
23. Japanese Wrestling (1901)
Documentary, Short
A lively bout between Prof. J. J. O'Brien, formerly a Japanese Inspector of Police, and his assistant. Both are experts in the various Japanese systems of self-defense and in this picture ... See full summary »
24. Gentle Annie (1944)
Passed | 80 min | Western
In 1901, an undercover US Marshal is sent to Oklahoma Territory to investigate a string of train robberies and arrest the culprits.
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: James Craig, Donna Reed, Marjorie Main, Harry Morgan
Votes: 376
25. The Pleasure Garden (1961)
93 min | Comedy
A small picturesque town at the turn of the century. The conservative moral of the townspeople is shaken when they find out that the school teacher Franzén published his own poetry ... See full summary »
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Sickan Carlsson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bibi Andersson, Per Myrberg
Votes: 186
26. Journey Out of Darkness (1967)
92 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Set in 1901, the film follows the progress of Constable Peterson (Matthaei) on his quest to bring an Aboriginal man (Kamahl) to justice under the White Man's law. Having heard of a killing ... See full summary »
Director: James Trainor | Stars: Konrad Matthaei, Ed Devereaux, Kamahl, Ronald Morse
Votes: 22
27. President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short, News
Short film which documents President McKinley's escort to the Capitol building.
Stars: George Dewey, John Davis Long, William McKinley, Nelson Appleton Miles
Votes: 441
28. Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre (1901)
Unrated | 2 min | Documentary, Short
Time-lapse photography is used to show the manual dismantling and demolition of New York's Star Theatre over a period of about 30 days.
Director: Frederick S. Armitage
Votes: 1,100
29. Nikoljdan 1901. godine (1998 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Radomir Saranovic | Stars: Tihomir Stanic, Jelisaveta 'Seka' Sablic, Josif Tatic, Svetozar Cvetkovic
Votes: 19
30. Day at the Circus (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short
We present here a series of interesting pictures and show a number of scenes just as witnessed by a visitor to the Great Forepaugh and Sells Bros. combined four-ring circus. We begin by ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 65
31. A táncz (1901)
Documentary, Short
Director: Béla Zsitkovszky | Stars: Emilia Márkus, Lujza Blaha, Emilia Nirschy, Linda Niko
Votes: 22
32. Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short
This wonderful dog "Mannie," owned by the vaudeville star, Miss Laura Comstock, is a most learned animal. He has been trained to perform all sorts of tricks, and his intelligence is, ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Star: Laura Comstock
Votes: 114
33. President McKinley Inauguration (1901)
1 min | Documentary, Short
The first sequence (ca. 49 ft.), views of President William McKinley speaks to the crowd during his inauguration in Washington, DC. We see crowds on Pennsylvania Ave., NW, passing by the ... See full summary »
Director: G.W. Bitzer | Stars: Marcus Hanna, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
Votes: 202
35. Captain Nissen Going Through Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short
Here we show Captain N. P. Nissen, formerly known as Captain Bowser, making a trip through the Whirlpool Rapids in his famous twenty-four foot craft known as the "Fool Killer." Captain ... See full summary »
Votes: 188
36. Band and Battalion of the U.S. Indian School (1901)
Documentary, Short
A parade drill by the cadet corps at the United States Indian School, composed of representatives of all the aboringinal tribes of North America, headed by the famous Carlisle Band, which ... See full summary »
37. The Gordon Sisters Boxing (1901)
2 min | Action, Short, Documentary
The scene is a theatre stage with a painted panorama of French garden, with a central alley between lawns, with a couple of marble steps and balcony in front, and a line of trees in the ... See full summary »
Stars: Bessie Gordon, Minnie Gordon
Votes: 187
39. 'Columbia' and 'Shamrock II': Start of Second Race (1901)
Documentary, Short
This picture is the most dramatic of any of the series. It shows the complete maneuvers before starting and while crossing the line. The Columbia is seen putting about and executing the ... See full summary »
40. Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front (1901)
3 min | Documentary, Short, History
This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century. Wave to Morecambe's seasiders in ... See full summary »
Votes: 204
41. 'Columbia' and 'Shamrock II': Starting in the Third Race (1901)
Documentary, Short
This is the banner picture of them all and it almost defies description. The yachts crossing the line in this race follow tactics heretofore unknown in the cup races. As both boats went ... See full summary »
42. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Parade (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short, News
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show parades down New York's Fifth Avenue. Filmed on 1 April 1901.
Star: Buffalo Bill Cody
Votes: 123
43. Arrival of Train at Station (1901)
Documentary, Short
Arrival of train at the Cheyenne, Wyoming station of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Votes: 41
44. Chicago Police Parade (1901)
Documentary, Short
Chicago's finest out on parade; 2,400 strong, 3 full military bands; shows all the great leaders in front; fine body of drilled men, most of whom are over six feet; all in command of that ... See full summary »
45. 'Columbia' Winning the Cup (1901)
2 min | Documentary, Short, News
"This picture shows the Columbia crossing the line, leading the Shamrock by about 1/2 mile. The Shamrock is plainly seen in the distance and she later comes up and crosses the line in the same picture."
Directors: J. Stuart Blackton, Albert E. Smith
Votes: 118
48. A Road for Children's Bicycles in Barcelona (1901)
3 min | Short, Documentary
Director: Fructuós Gelabert
50. Uma Parada dos Alunos da Casa Pia de Lisboa (1901)
Documentary, Short
Director: Manuel Maria da Costa Veiga