This list is updated regularly. Additions are noted at the bottom of the post.
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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+
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+
Added to original post since Circe article:
The Navigator (1924)
The Last Laugh (1924)
Earth (1930)
Tabu (1931)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Early Summer (1951)
Life of Oharu (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)
The Sacrifice (1986)
Platoon (1986)
Umberto D. (1952) added 10/26/25
Killer of Sheep (1978) added 11/1/25
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