1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (All Editions Combined) on streaming services

A Trip to the Moon

8.1 · 1902 · Short · 13min

Genres: Adventure • Science Fiction • Comedy

Director: Georges Méliès

Stars: Georges Méliès • Bleuette Bernon • François Lallement

The Great Train Robbery

7.2 · 1903 · Short · 11min

Genres: Western • Crime • Action • Adventure

Director: Edwin S. Porter

Stars: Gilbert M. Anderson • John Manus Dougherty Sr. • Frank Hanaway

The Birth of a Nation

6.0 · 1915 · Movie · 195min

Genres: Drama • History • War

Director: D.W. Griffith

Stars: Lillian Gish • Mae Marsh • Henry B. Walthall

The Vampires or, The Arch Criminals of Paris

7.3 · 1915 · Movie · 421min

Genres: Drama • Thriller

Director: Louis Feuillade

Stars: Jean Aymé • Édouard Mathé • Marcel Lévesque

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

7.6 · 1916 · Movie · 210min

Genres: Drama • History

Director: D.W. Griffith

Stars: Lillian Gish • Mae Marsh • Robert Harron

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

8.0 · 1920 · Movie · 67min

Genres: Drama • Horror • Thriller • Crime

Director: Robert Wiene

Stars: Werner Krauss • Conrad Veidt • Friedrich Fehér

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

7.2 · 1919 · Movie · 90min

Genres: Drama • Romance

Director: D.W. Griffith

Stars: Lillian Gish • Richard Barthelmess • Donald Crisp

Within Our Gates

6.4 · 1920 · Movie · 79min

Genres: Drama • Romance • Crime

Director: Oscar Micheaux

Stars: Evelyn Preer • Flo Clements • James D. Ruffin

Way Down East

7.3 · 1920 · Movie · 145min

Genres: Drama • Romance

Director: D.W. Griffith

Stars: Lillian Gish • Richard Barthelmess • Lowell Sherman

Orphans of the Storm

7.3 · 1921 · Movie · 150min

Genres: Drama • History • Romance

Director: D.W. Griffith

Stars: Lillian Gish • Dorothy Gish • Joseph Schildkraut

The Phantom Carriage

8.0 · 1921 · Movie · 107min

Genres: Drama • Fantasy • Horror

Director: Victor Sjöström

Stars: Victor Sjöström • Hilda Borgström • Tore Svennberg

The Smiling Madame Beudet

6.6 · 1923 · Short · 26min

Genres: Drama

Director: Germaine Dulac

Stars: Germaine Dermoz • Alexandre Arquillière • Jean d'Yd

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

7.8 · 1922 · Movie · 155min

Genres: Crime • Thriller

Director: Fritz Lang

Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge • Aud Egede-Nissen • Gertrude Welcker

Nanook of the North

7.6 · 1922 · Movie · 78min

Genres: Documentary • Drama

Director: Robert Flaherty

Stars: Allakariallak • Alice Nevalinga • Cunayou

Nosferatu

7.8 · 1922 · Movie · 95min

Genres: Horror • Fantasy

Director: F. W. Murnau

Stars: Max Schreck • Gustav von Wangenheim • Greta Schröder

Häxan

7.6 · 1922 · Movie · 105min

Genres: Documentary • Horror • History

Director: Benjamin Christensen

Stars: Benjamin Christensen • Ella La Cour • Emmy Schønfeld

Foolish Wives

6.9 · 1922 · Movie · 117min

Genres: Drama • Thriller

Director: Erich von Stroheim

Stars: Erich von Stroheim • Rudolph Christians • Miss DuPont

Our Hospitality

7.7 · 1923 · Movie · 65min

Genres: Comedy • Romance • Thriller

Directors: Buster Keaton • John G. Blystone

Stars: Buster Keaton • Joe Roberts • Natalie Talmadge

The Last Laugh

8.0 · 1924 · Movie · 90min

Genres: Drama

Director: F. W. Murnau

Stars: Emil Jannings • Maly Delschaft • Max Hiller

Strike

7.6 · 1925 · Movie · 82min

Genres: Drama

Director: Sergei Eisenstein

Stars: Maksim Shtraukh • Grigori Aleksandrov • Mikhail Gomorov

Sherlock Jr.

8.1 · 1924 · Movie · 45min

Genres: Action • Comedy • Mystery

Director: Buster Keaton

Stars: Buster Keaton • Kathryn McGuire • Joe Keaton

The Great White Silence

7.9 · 1924 · Movie · 80min

Genres: Documentary

Director: Herbert G. Ponting

Stars: Robert Falcon Scott • Herbert G. Ponting • Henry R. Bowers

Greed

8.0 · 1924 · Movie · 140min

Genres: Drama • Crime

Director: Erich von Stroheim

Stars: Gibson Gowland • Zasu Pitts • Jean Hersholt

The Thief of Bagdad

7.7 · 1924 · Movie · 155min

Genres: Romance • Adventure • Fantasy

Director: Raoul Walsh

Stars: Douglas Fairbanks • Snitz Edwards • Charles Belcher

The Eagle

6.6 · 1925 · Movie · 73min

Genres: Adventure • Romance • Comedy

Director: Clarence Brown

Stars: Rudolph Valentino • Vilma Banky • Louise Dresser

The Phantom of the Opera

7.5 · 1925 · Movie · 93min

Genres: Horror • Music

Director: Rupert Julian

Stars: Lon Chaney • Norman Kerry • Mary Philbin

Battleship Potemkin

7.9 · 1925 · Movie · 66min

Genres: Drama • History • War

Director: Sergei Eisenstein

Stars: Aleksandr Antonov • Vladimir Barsky • Grigori Aleksandrov

The Gold Rush

8.1 · 1925 · Movie · 95min

Genres: Adventure • Comedy • Drama

Director: Charlie Chaplin

Stars: Charlie Chaplin • Mack Swain • Tom Murray

The Big Parade

7.8 · 1925 · Movie · 151min

Genres: Romance • War • Drama

Director: King Vidor

Stars: John Gilbert • Renée Adorée • Hobart Bosworth

Seven Chances

7.8 · 1925 · Movie · 56min

Genres: Comedy • Romance

Director: Buster Keaton

Stars: Buster Keaton • T. Roy Barnes • Snitz Edwards

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

7.8 · 1926 · Movie · 66min

Genres: Animation • Adventure • Fantasy • Romance

Director: Lotte Reiniger

Metropolis

8.2 · 1927 · Movie · 150min

Genres: Drama • Science Fiction

Director: Fritz Lang

Stars: Gustav Fröhlich • Brigitte Helm • Alfred Abel

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

8.1 · 1927 · Movie · 94min

Genres: Drama • Romance

Director: F. W. Murnau

Stars: George O'Brien • Janet Gaynor • Margaret Livingston

The General

8.1 · 1926 · Movie · 78min

Genres: Comedy • War • Romance

Directors: Clyde Bruckman • Buster Keaton

Stars: Buster Keaton • Marion Mack • Glen Cavender

The Unknown

7.7 · 1927 · Movie · 68min

Genres: Thriller • Romance • Horror

Director: Tod Browning

Stars: Lon Chaney • Norman Kerry • Joan Crawford

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

7.4 · 1928 · Movie · 95min

Genres: Drama • History

Directors: Sergei Eisenstein • Grigori Aleksandrov

Stars: Vladimir Popov • Vasili Nikandrov • Layaschenko

The Jazz Singer

6.3 · 1927 · Movie · 88min

Genres: Drama • Music

Director: Alan Crosland

Stars: Al Jolson • May McAvoy • Warner Oland

Napoleon

8.2 · 1927 · Movie · 330min

Genres: Drama • History • War

Director: Abel Gance

Stars: Albert Dieudonné • Nicolas Roudenko • Edmond van Daële

The Kid Brother

7.6 · 1927 · Movie · 82min

Genres: Comedy • Drama

Directors: Ted Wilde • Harold Lloyd

Stars: Harold Lloyd • Jobyna Ralston • Walter James

The Crowd

8.0 · 1928 · Movie · 98min

Genres: Drama • Romance

Director: King Vidor

Stars: Eleanor Boardman • James Murray • Bert Roach

The Docks of New York

7.5 · 1928 · Movie · 76min

Genres: Drama • Romance

Director: Josef von Sternberg

Stars: George Bancroft • Betty Compson • Olga Baclanova

The Passion of Joan of Arc

8.1 · 1928 · Movie · 114min

Genres: Drama • History

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer

Stars: Maria Falconetti • Eugène Silvain • André Berley

Un Chien Andalou

7.6 · 1929 · Short · 16min

Genres: Fantasy • Thriller • Horror

Director: Luis Buñuel

Stars: Simone Mareuil • Pierre Batcheff • Luis Buñuel

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

7.8 · 1928 · Movie · 70min

Genres: Comedy • Romance

Directors: Charles Reisner • Buster Keaton

Stars: Buster Keaton • Tom McGuire • Ernest Torrence

Storm Over Asia

6.9 · 1928 · Movie · 74min

Genres: Drama • War • History

Director: Vsevolod Pudovkin

Stars: Valéry Inkijinoff • A. Dedintsev • Aleksandr Chistyakov

A Throw of Dice

6.4 · 1929 · Movie · 74min

Genres: Drama • Adventure • Romance

Director: Franz Osten

Stars: Seeta Devi • Charu Roy • Himansu Rai

Man with a Movie Camera

8.3 · 1929 · Movie · 68min

Genres: Documentary

Director: Dziga Vertov

Stars: Mikhail Kaufman

Pandora's Box

7.7 · 1929 · Movie · 109min

Genres: Drama • Crime • Romance

Director: G.W. Pabst

Stars: Louise Brooks • Fritz Kortner • Francis Lederer

Blackmail

6.9 · 1929 · Movie · 85min

Genres: Drama • Thriller • Crime

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Stars: Anny Ondra • Sara Allgood • Charles Paton

Little Caesar

7.1 · 1931 · Movie · 79min

Genres: Drama • Crime

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Stars: Edward G. Robinson • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. • Glenda Farrell

The Blue Angel

7.6 · 1930 · Movie · 104min

Genres: Drama

Director: Josef von Sternberg

Stars: Emil Jannings • Marlene Dietrich • Kurt Gerron

All Quiet on the Western Front

8.1 · 1930 · Movie · 152min

Genres: Drama • War

Director: Lewis Milestone

Stars: Louis Wolheim • Lew Ayres • John Wray

L'Âge d'or

7.1 · 1930 · Movie · 63min

Genres: Romance • Comedy • Drama

Director: Luis Buñuel

Stars: Gaston Modot • Lya Lys • Caridad de Laberdesque

Earth

7.2 · 1930 · Movie · 75min

Genres: Drama

Director: Alexander Dovzhenko

Stars: Stepan Shkurat • Semyon Svashenko • Yuliya Solntseva

À Nous la Liberté

7.4 · 1931 · Movie · 83min

Genres: Comedy • Music

Director: René Clair

Stars: Henri Marchand • Raymond Cordy • Rolla France

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

7.3 · 1931 · Movie · 86min

Genres: Romance • Drama • Adventure

Director: F. W. Murnau

Stars: Matahi • Anne Chevalier • Bill Bambridge

City Lights

8.5 · 1931 · Movie · 87min

Genres: Comedy • Drama • Romance

Director: Charlie Chaplin

Stars: Charlie Chaplin • Virginia Cherrill • Florence Lee

Dracula

7.3 · 1931 · Movie · 74min

Genres: Horror

Director: Tod Browning

Stars: Bela Lugosi • Helen Chandler • David Manners

Frankenstein

7.7 · 1931 · Movie · 70min

Genres: Drama • Horror • Science Fiction

Director: James Whale

Stars: Colin Clive • Mae Clarke • John Boles

The Public Enemy

7.5 · 1931 · Movie · 83min

Genres: Crime • Drama

Director: William A. Wellman

Stars: James Cagney • Jean Harlow • Edward Woods

M

8.3 · 1931 · Movie · 99min

Genres: Drama • Thriller • Crime

Director: Fritz Lang

Stars: Peter Lorre • Ellen Widmann • Inge Landgut

Le Million

7.3 · 1931 · Movie · 91min

Genres: Comedy • Music

Director: René Clair

Stars: René Lefèvre • Annabella • Jean-Louis Allibert

La Chienne

7.5 · 1931 · Movie · 95min

Genres: Drama • Crime

Director: Jean Renoir

Stars: Michel Simon • Janie Marèse • Georges Flamant

Vampyr

7.3 · 1932 · Movie · 75min

Genres: Horror • Fantasy • Mystery

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer

Stars: Nicolas de Gunzburg • Maurice Schutz • Rena Mandel