Best Shot Films: 1894-1949

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Chosen by the American Society of Cinematographers. March, 1998

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  1. 1 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 7 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 31 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  4. 5 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 4 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 9 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 36 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  8. 55 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 2 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  10. 35 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  11. 65 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  12. 94 new

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 19 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  14. 20 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  15. 24 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  16. 3 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  17. 45 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  18. 21 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  19. 15 -

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  20. 8 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 33 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  22. 150 new

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  23. 160 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  24. 115 new

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  25. 18 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  26. 83 -

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 23 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  28. 71 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 29 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  30. 13 -

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
  31. 26 -

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 44 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  33. 124 new

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 73 -

    Les enfants du paradis

    1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check
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    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  36. 157 new

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  37. 165 new

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 15 top lists Check
  38. 114 new

    Freaks

    1932, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 14 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  40. 88 new

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  41. 85 -

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 16 -

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 155 new

    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
  44. 118 new

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  45. 32 -

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 27 -

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  47. 120 new

    Rope

    1948, in 10 top lists Check
  48. 86 new

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 23 top lists Check
  49. 90 new

    Cat People

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  50. 53 -

    Red River

    1948, in 17 top lists Check
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