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A Trip to the Moon (1902); 6+
Suspense (1913); 10+
The Immigrant (1917); 7+
Shoulder Arms (1918); 8+
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920); 14+
The Kid (1921); 8+
Nosferatu (1922); 13+
Safety Last! (1923); 7+
Our Hospitality (1923); 6+
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924); 13+
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild’s Revenge (1924); 13+
The Navigator (1924); 7+
The Last Laugh (1924); 10+
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); 14+
The Circus (1928); 7+
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928); 6+
Earth (1930); 17+
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); 14+
Tabu (1931); 15+
Frankenstein (1931); 10+
Vampyr (1932); 13+
The Invisible Man (1933); 11+
Bride of Frankenstein (1935); 9+
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); 9+
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937); 7+
Bringing Up Baby (1938); 8+
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); 8+
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); 10+
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); 10+
The Shop Around the Corner (1940); 10+
Pinocchio (1940); 6+
The Great Dictator (1940); 10+
Fantasia (1940); 6+
Sergeant York (1941); 10+
The Maltese Falcon (1941); 12+
The Ox-Bow Incident (1942); 12+
Bambi (1942); 6+
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943); 12+
Day of Wrath (1943); 14+
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943); 10+
A Canterbury Tale (1944); 10+
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944); 11+
Rome, Open City (1945); 14+
The Red Shoes (1948); 10+
White Heat (1949); 14+
Ace in the Hole (1951); 14+
Early Summer (1951); 13+
The African Queen (1951); 11+
Umberto D. (1952); 13+
Life of Oharu (1952); 16+
High Noon (1952); 11+
Godzilla (1954); 12+
Night and Fog (1956); 16+
The Red Balloon (1956); 7+
The Ten Commandments (1956); 9+
Throne of Blood (1957); 13+
12 Angry Men (1957); 12+
Sweet Smell of Success (1957); 15+
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); 13+
Paths of Glory (1957); 13+
Old Yeller (1957); 7+
The Hidden Fortress (1958); 13+
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959); 15+
The Twilight Zone (1959-1964); 10+
Ben-Hur (1959); 13+
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959); 15+
The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer (1961); 15+
Yojimbo (1961); 14+
The Hustler (1961); 16+
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962); 12+
La Jetée (1962); 12+
Harakiri (1962); 16+
The House is Black (1963); 14+
The Great Escape (1963); 12+
Chimes at Midnight (1965); 14+
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965); 4+
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966); 15+
Cool Hand Luke (1967); 17+
Army of Shadows (1969); 15+
Patton (1970); 14+
The French Connection (1971); 16+
Solaris (1972); 17+
The Conversation (1974); 16+
Mirror (1975); 15+
Jaws (1975); 12+
Eraserhead (1977); 16+
Killer of Sheep (1978); 18+
The Deer Hunter (1978); 17+
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980); 8+
The Elephant Man (1980); 16+
Chariots of Fire (1981); 11+
Come and See (1985); 17+
The Sacrifice (1986); 16+
Platoon (Dec 19, 1986); 17+
Babette’s Feast (1987); 13+
My Neighbor Totoro (1988); 5+
Grave of the Fireflies (1988); 15+
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993); 8+
The Lion King (1994); 6+
Babe (1995); 6+
Saving Private Ryan (1998); 16+
Band of Brothers (2001); 16+
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); 12+
The Pianist (2002); 16+
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002); 12+
Finding Nemo (2003); 5+
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); 12+
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006); 18+
Children of Men (2006); 16+
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006); 16+
WALL-E (2008); 5+
Up (2009); 7+
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009); 15+
The King’s Speech (2010); 16+
A Separation (2011); 16+
The Artist (2011); 13+
The Tree of Life (2011); 14+
Moneyball (2011); 14+
The Wind Rises (2013); 12+
Gravity (2013); 14+
12 Years a Slave (2013); 16+
Spotlight (2015); 17+
Dunkirk (2017); 14+
Chernobyl (2019); 16+
The Father (2020); 14+
Zone of Interest (2023); 16+
Added to the list in 2025:
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild’s Revenge (1924)
The Navigator (1924)
The Last Laugh (1924)
Earth (1930)
Tabu (1931)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Early Summer (1951)
Life of Oharu (1952)
Umberto D. (1952)
Throne of Blood (1957)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
The Human Condition III: A Soldier’s Prayer (1961)
The House is Black (1963)
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Patton (1970)
The French Connection (1971)
The Conversation (1974)
Killer of Sheep (1978)
The Sacrifice (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Zone of Interest (2023)
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