Best Movies of 1912 by Rank
2203
1
D.W. Griffith
Elmer Booth, Lillian Gish, Clara T. Bracy, Walter Miller, Alfred Paget
Short / Drama / Crime / Gangster / Pre-Noir
USA
English (Silent)
2418
2
George Nichols
Marie Eline, Ethel Wright, James Cruze, Lila Chester, William Russell
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2689
3
Wladyslaw Starewicz
Short / Animation / Comedy
Russia
Russian (Silent)
2689
3
J. Stuart Blackton, Laurence Trimble
Hal Reid, Julia Swayne Gordon, Clara Kimball Young, Tefft Johnson, Robert Gaillard
Drama / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2689
3
Mack Sennett
Ford Sterling, Mabel Normand, Fred Mace
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2689
3
Edwin S. Porter, Joseph A. Golden
James O'Neill, Nance O'Neil, Murdock MacQuarrie, Hobart Bosworth
Drama / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
2689
3
Mack Sennett
Ford Sterling, Edgar Kennedy, Charles Avery, Bobby Dunn, George Jeske, Hank Mann
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2689
3
Jack Conway
Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, John Steppling, E.H. Calvert, Frank Dayton
Crime / Drama / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2689
3
Wladyslaw Starewicz
Animation / Short / Fantasy / Family
Russia
Russian (Silent)
2689
3
Henri Desfontaines, Louis Mercanton
Sarah Bernhardt, Lou Tellegen, Max Maxudian, Jean Angelo, Georges Charmeroy
Biography / Drama / Romance / History
France
French (Silent)
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2689
3
Albert Capellani
Henry Krauss, Henri Étiévant, Maria Ventura, Mistinguett
Drama / Period Film
France
French (Silent)
2689
3
D.W. Griffith
W. Chrystie Miller, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, Wilfred Lucas, Charles Hill Mailes
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2689
3
D.W. Griffith
Mary Pickford, Charles Hill Mailes, Kate Bruce, Lionel Barrymore, Alfred Paget
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2689
3
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Vinnie Burns, Lillian DeLesque, Nat C. Goodwin, Stuart Holmes, Jack Hopkins
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2689
3
Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström, Gösta Ekman, Lili Bech, Gunnar Bohman, John Ekman
Drama
Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
2689
3
D.W. Griffith
Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Elmer Booth, Robert Harron, Harry Carey
Crime / Short / Thriller
USA
English (Silent)
2689
3
Thomas H. Ince
Francis Ford, Ethel Grandin, Ray Myers, Howard Davies, William Eagle Shirt
Adventure / Drama / Short / Western
USA
English (Silent)
2689
3
Mack Sennett
Mabel Normand, Mae Busch, Edward Dillon, Fred Mace, Mary Maxwell, Mack Sennett
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2689
3
Charles Brabin
Mary Fuller, Marc McDermott, Charles Ogle, Herbert Yost, Bliss Milford
Action
USA
English (Silent)
2752
4
Dorothy G. Shore
Martin Fuller, Mrs. William Bechtel, Walter Edwin, Ethel Jewett
Drama / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2756
5
Laurence Trimble
John Bunny, Flora Finch, Leah Baird, Charles Eldridge, William R. Dunn
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2756
5
Sidney Olcott
Robert Henderson-Bland, Percy Dyer, Gene Gauntier
Drama / Religion
USA
English (Silent)
2837
7
James Keane, André Calmettes
Robert Gemp, Frederick Warde, Albert Gardner, James Keane, George Moss
Drama / History / Biography / Epic
France / USA
English (Silent)
2858
8
D.W. Griffith
Dorothy Bernard, Wilfred Lucas, Edwin August, Christy Cabanne, William A. Carroll
Short / Drama / Crime / Thriller / Caper
USA
English (Silent)
2860
9
D.W. Griffith
W. Chrystie Miller, Kate Bruce, Mary Pickford, Edwin August
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
