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Best movies from before 1920

Before 1920: all 32 films TOPICAL scores from these years, best first. The top three are Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916), Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919), The Birth of a Nation (1915). The last column is each film's rank among all 6,624 films.

RankFilmYearScoreAll-time rank
1Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages191669.4771
2Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl191947.22,075
3The Birth of a Nation191545.82,178
4Cabiria191443.12,376
5The Regeneration191535.23,010
6From the Manger to the Cross191234.83,044
7The Cheat191527.83,666
8Shoes191627.53,695
920,000 Leagues Under the Sea191622.64,160
10Raja Harishchandra191317.94,626
11A Fool There Was191516.24,804
12Civilization191615.74,862
13The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight189714.64,970
14The Poor Little Rich Girl191714.05,038
15The Italian191513.85,058
16Tess of the Storm Country191413.55,092
17The Blue Bird191811.95,265
18Hell's Hinges191611.85,272
19The Bargain191411.75,281
20Where Are My Children?191611.35,323
21In the Land of the Head Hunters191411.15,349
22Traffic in Souls191310.95,373
23Uncle Tom's Cabin191410.85,383
24The Dragon Painter191910.65,406
25Wild and Woolly19179.35,544
26The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England19149.35,549
27Jeffries-Johnson World's Championship Boxing Contest19106.75,839
28A Virtuous Vamp19196.65,855
29Jubilo19195.36,003
30The Girl Without a Soul19174.16,141
31Ringling Bros. Parade Film19020.66,554
32Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency19080.16,608