Best Movies of 1900s by Rank
1203
1
1902
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet, Farjaut, Kelm
Sci-Fi / Short / Adventure / Fantasy / Action / Comedy
France
French (Silent)
1232
2
1903
Edwin S. Porter
A.C. Abadie, Walter Cameron
Short / Action / Crime / Western
USA
English (Silent)
2418
3
1903
Edwin S. Porter, George S. Fleming
Vivian Vaughan, Arthur White, James White
Short / Action
USA
English (Silent)
2460
4
1907
Georges Méliès
Short / Fantasy / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
2582
5
1909
D.W. Griffith
Frank Powell, Grace Henderson, James Kirkwood
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2601
6
1909
J. Stuart Blackton
Gladys Hulette, Paul Panzer
Comedy / Short / Fantasy
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1908
D.W. Griffith, G.W. Bitzer
Arthur V. Johnson, Linda Arvidson, Gladys Egan, Charles Inslee, Madeline West
Action / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1903
Cecil M. Hepworth, Percy Stow
May Clark, Cecil M. Hepworth, Geoffrey Faithfull, Stanley Faithfull, Mrs. Hepworth
Fantasy / Short
UK
English (Silent)
2689
7
1901
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès, Jeanne d'Alcy, Bleuette Bernon
Short / Crime / Drama / Fantasy
France
French (Silent)
2689
7
1907
Sidney Olcott
Herman Rottger, William S. Hart
Short / History / Action / Religion
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1904
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
Short / Fantasy / Drama / Horror
France
French (Silent)
2689
7
1908
D.W. Griffith
George Gebhardt, Harry Solter, Linda Arvidson, Florence Auer, Charles Gorman
Short / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1907
Hugo Hermansen
Alma Lund, Henry Hagerup
Short / Drama / Adventure
Norway
Norwegian (Silent)
2689
7
1909
D.W. Griffith
Owen Moore, Charles Inslee, Marion Leonard, Linda Arvidson, John R. Cumpson
Short
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1908
D.W. Griffith
Harry Solter, George Gebhardt, Charles Gorman, Charles Inslee
Short / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1905
J. Stuart Blackton
H. Kyrle Bellew, Eleanor Robson Belmont, Paul Panzer
Drama / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1909
D.W. Griffith
John R. Cumpson, Florence Lawrence, Charles Avery, Anita Hendrie, Arthur V. Johnson
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1906
J. Stuart Blackton
J. Stuart Blackton
Animation / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1909
D.W. Griffith
Verner Clarges, Kate Bruce, Henry B. Walthall, Owen Moore, Linda Arvidson
Short / Drama / War
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1900
Georges Méliès
Jeanne d'Alcy, Bleuette Bernon, Georges Méliès
Short
France
French (Silent)
2689
7
1906
Edwin S. Porter
Kitty O'Neil, Walter Griswoll, H.L. Bascomb, W.R. Floyd, E.M. Leslie, N.B. Clarke
Short / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1903
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
Short / Fantasy
France
French (Silent)
2689
7
1905
Georges Méliès
Short / Adventure / Fantasy
France
French (Silent)
2689
7
1901
Georges Méliès
Rachel Gillet
Short / Fantasy
France
French (Silent)
2689
7
1908
Georges Méliès
Short / Adventure
France
French (Silent)
2689
7
1901
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
Short / Comedy / Fantasy
France
French (Silent)
2689
7
1909
J. Stuart Blackton
Pat Hartigan, Julia Arthur, William Humphrey, Charles Kent, Edith Storey
Biography / Drama / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1909
D.W. Griffith
David Miles, Marion Leonard, Mary Pickford, Gladys Egan, Adele DeGarde
Drama / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1907
J. Stuart Blackton
J. Stuart Blackton
Animation / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1908
Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
Pierre Bressol
Short / Crime / Detective / Serial
France
French (Silent)
2689
7
1905
J. Stuart Blackton
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, J. Barney Sherry
Adventure / Short / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1905
Lewin Fitzhamon, Cecil M. Hepworth
May Clark, Barbara Hepworth, Cecil M. Hepworth, Mrs. Hepworth, Rover
Short / Drama / Family
UK
English (Silent)
2689
7
1907
Teuvo Puro, Louis Sparre
Eero Kilpi, Teuvo Puro, Teppo Raikas, Alex Rautio, Jussi Snellman
Comedy / Short
Finland
Finnish (Silent)
2689
7
1909
D.W. Griffith
James Kirkwood, Rose King, Gladys Egan, John Tansey, Mary Pickford, Frank Powell
Short
USA
English (Silent)
2689
7
1908
Vladimir Romashkov
Yevgeni Petrov-Krayevsky
Short / History
Russia
Russian (Silent)
2689
7
1906
Charles Tait
Elizabeth Tait, John Tait, Bella Cola, Vera Linden, Frank Mills, Ollie Wilson
Biography / Drama
Australia
English (Silent)
2689
7
1908
D.W. Griffith
George Gebhardt, Edward Dillon, Florence Auer, Marion Leonard, Harry Solter
Action / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2756
8
1908
Joseph K. Dixon, Roland Dixon
Plenty Coups
Documentary / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2756
8
1906
Wallace McCutcheon, Edwin S. Porter
Jack Brawn
Short / Fantasy / Comedy / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2756
8
1903
Alfred C. Abadie
Documentary / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2756
8
1909
D.W. Griffith
Florence Lawrence, John Compson, Arthur V. Johnson
Short / Romance / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2756
8
1901
Thomas Edison
William McKinley, George Dewey, John Davis Long
Documentary / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2756
8
1901
Thomas Edison
William McKinley, Melville W. Fuller, George Dewey
Documentary / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2756
8
1906
unknown
Documentary / Short / History
USA
English (Silent)
2756
8
1906
Miles Brothers
Short / Experimental / Documentary
USA
English (Silent)
2807
9
1900
J. Stuart Blackton
J. Stuart Blackton
Animation / Short / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2807
9
1904
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
Short / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
France
French (Silent)
2807
9
1904
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
Comedy / Short / Fantasy / Drama
France
French (Silent)
2807
9
1907
Segundo de Chomón, Ferdinand Zecca
Short / Fantasy / Horror / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
2807
9
1909
D.W. Griffith
Charles West, Herbert Prior, Anita Hendrie, Mary Pickford, Harry Solter
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
