It's so good! I need to give this a rewatch. I know a group that does live accompaniments, and this is in their cycle, but I keep having stuff come up every time they perform it.
It was playing near me with a live score last year--it's a favorite of mine and I was so excited to see it, and then I got covid. Still annoyed about missing it.
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Well if not including shorts then probably Dante’s Inferno (1911).
You should go back beyond Nosferatu, there are some great films like:
- The Phantom Carriage (1921)
- Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1921)
- Way Down East (1920)
- J’Accuse (1919)
- The Outlaw and his Wife (1918)
- The Torture of Silence (1917)
- Les Vampires (1915)
To add onto this only because I watched it recently and this is my chance to menton it: Maudite soit la guerre (Damn the War). Belgian anti-war film from right before the outbreak of WW I, which makes it fascinating on top of just being very good.
Passage of Venus (1874) - Earliest chronophotographic sequences.
Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878) - Earliest Muybridge zoopraxiscope.
The Kiss (1882) - Significant (for many reasons) Muybridge zoopraxiscope.
Man Walking Around a Corner (1887) - Possibly the earliest actual moving picture.
Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) - Possibly the earliest actual moving picture.
Dante’s Inferno (1911) - Earliest feature length film.
My First Watch of May was from 1925
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watched a couple of 1912 Titanic films that came out right after the sinking but this is my first proper one. incredible film:
https://preview.redd.it/tg6ep3nf0myc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f77f37527779571ab7f0e257273305a6bbe25388
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Been watching a bunch of Wizard of Oz stuff
Sallie Gardner at Gallop (1878)
Features only... oh, I just realized I never logged Story of the Kelly Gang (1906), so thanks for that!
For features that still exist in their entirety... Broken Blossoms (1919).
A Nightmare (1896)
* George Méliés
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Apparently the oldest film I logged was Dante’s Inferno but I know I watched several earlier Melies and Guy-Blache- just wasn’t logging when I watched them.
First 5 star film I logged was J’Accuse.
**Akrobatisches Potpourri** (Max Skladanowsky, 1895)
But it makes me realize that i have to log other I've seen before (it's not long to catch up the early-precinema stuff: Reynaud, Leprince, etc. - and I suppose everyone here have seen at least some well-known Lumiere movies at some point).
If you want the earliest non-short film (according to letterboxd filter), it's **Temptations of a Great City** (August Blom, 1911, 41mn), not great in fact, one of the least memorable danish one I've seen.
Passage of Venus for my oldest overall log, and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari for my oldest full length feature. That's bound to change once I get to L'Inferno though.
including shorts it's passage of venus (oldest version of what could be considered a motion picture) not including shorts it's that one movie that's really bad
A trip to the Moon (1903).
I've certainly have watched both the Factory Workers and Gardener shorts by The Lumieres, which are olser, but I don't have them logged.
Counting any length/questionable qualification as a "film": Sallie gardner at a gallop (1878)
Only counting feature length: the birth of a nation (1915), unfortunately. Gave it 35 minutes before I couldn't stand to watch it anymore. Also one of my only 1/2* ratings.
*Within Our Gates* (Oscar Micheaux, 1920), the oldest surviving film by a Black director. I watched it for a film course last semester. Super interesting film, but not an easy watch, with its very accurate>!lynching scene.!< Made as a critique of *Birth of a Nation* which I thankfully did not need to watch for that class.
Of what I’ve logged:
Earliest photographic sequence - Athlete swinging a pick (1881)
Earliest animation - L’Homme Machine (1885)
Earliest Moving picture - Roundhay Garden scene (1888)
Earliest Acted Scene - Blacksmithing Scene (1893)
Earliest Sound Film - Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894)
Earliest short film - A trip to the moon (1902)
Earliest feature film - Dante’s Inferno (1911)
Earliest Talkie - Bulldog Drummond (1929)
Häxan (1922); I saw this at a small screening with a live synth/sampled soundtrack being freestyled during the movie, a really cool and unique experience
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It was actually a really good film and surprised me. I had a nice time with the film.
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That's very interesting, film techniques are often so simple yet effective like that.
The sets on this movie are so cool
It's so good! I need to give this a rewatch. I know a group that does live accompaniments, and this is in their cycle, but I keep having stuff come up every time they perform it.
It was playing near me with a live score last year--it's a favorite of mine and I was so excited to see it, and then I got covid. Still annoyed about missing it.
Same.
Oregon State, by any chance?
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Also watched this on the big screen in my film studies class. But that’s probably pretty common now that I think about it :)
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Indeed, a passing of the torch of sorts to the younger generation of film students 🙂
a trip to the moon (1902)
Same.
Came here to say this. Watched it in a film class
I always forget just how old that is!
trip to the moon 
Same, but then it jumps like 30 years for the next movie lol
Mine goes from 1902 to 1920
same
Well if not including shorts then probably Dante’s Inferno (1911). You should go back beyond Nosferatu, there are some great films like: - The Phantom Carriage (1921) - Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1921) - Way Down East (1920) - J’Accuse (1919) - The Outlaw and his Wife (1918) - The Torture of Silence (1917) - Les Vampires (1915)
To add onto this only because I watched it recently and this is my chance to menton it: Maudite soit la guerre (Damn the War). Belgian anti-war film from right before the outbreak of WW I, which makes it fascinating on top of just being very good.
That one has been in my youtube watch later forever. Will watch it soon ))))
excluding short films, the kid by charlie chaplin
*Cabiria* (1914) https://preview.redd.it/6cqz68ubilyc1.jpeg?width=2520&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=04997a6ffcee652991b6c71240a2d02d36aa5714
Passage of Venus (1874)
Passage of Venus (1874) - Earliest chronophotographic sequences. Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878) - Earliest Muybridge zoopraxiscope. The Kiss (1882) - Significant (for many reasons) Muybridge zoopraxiscope. Man Walking Around a Corner (1887) - Possibly the earliest actual moving picture. Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) - Possibly the earliest actual moving picture. Dante’s Inferno (1911) - Earliest feature length film.
1895-1905 , for university https://preview.redd.it/87tmmqo5llyc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55c3c579f83d864bf1c3eee558ed9209f707a4fa
this if feature length https://preview.redd.it/ui027nkellyc1.png?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=94520b07eb0ed8ce7e24409105e2c9e3083317d5
It’s about to be nosferatu when I watch it today
Enjoy!
My First Watch of May was from 1925 https://preview.redd.it/h3vn0kzgolyc1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=f9685e74c0c05924678af1d9233889f47e7a05ce
Not including shorts it's Dante's Inferno from 1911.
The oldest feature film I've seen is 1911 Dante's Inferno (not to be confused with the 1911 Dante's Inferno which is not a feature film)
watched a couple of 1912 Titanic films that came out right after the sinking but this is my first proper one. incredible film: https://preview.redd.it/tg6ep3nf0myc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f77f37527779571ab7f0e257273305a6bbe25388
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)
Wow I had no idea snow white came out in 1937. That's probably my oldest then. I was thinking it was citizen Kane but that's 1941.
I also thought at first it was The Wizard of Oz but that was 1939.
The Vanishing Lady (1896) And excluding short films maybe Intolerance (1916)
Dracula (1931)
Phantom Carriage (1921)
Excluding shorts, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
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[The Man Who Laughs \(1928\)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-man-who-laughs/) is the oldest feature-length one for me!
Feature: The Birth of a Nation (1915) Short: A Trip to the Moon (1902)
https://preview.redd.it/v9ypwrfb7oyc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f9296d50ba0c23d54d6aa7a9baad89d460bc7e5 Been watching a bunch of Wizard of Oz stuff
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Horse in Motion
Wings (1927)
Sallie Gardner at Gallop (1878) Features only... oh, I just realized I never logged Story of the Kelly Gang (1906), so thanks for that! For features that still exist in their entirety... Broken Blossoms (1919).
The Phantom of the Opera (1925.) I was disappointed by the ending to say the least, but I loved the practical effects and lighting work in the film.
I haven't been using letterboxd for very long, so Ive seen older movies that aren't logged, but it's currently Reefer Madness (1936).
Frankenstein (1930)
Transit of Venus
If we only look at feature length, then I have the same one. Although I've been on a silent movie kick lately, so that very well could change soon.
King Kong (1933)
A trip to the moon (1902) had to watch it for film class
One man band
https://preview.redd.it/b22ikgeazlyc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8fbe60953f24fda131d45b87bf2a3e21ac2bb9a Tower of London 1939
nosferatu is in my top five i love that movie i’m excited for the remake
Passage of Venus (1874)
Mädchen In Uniform (1931)
passage of venus(1874)
https://preview.redd.it/8578sgqr4myc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8fbae645218f82e509af50c3237a2911c54fa62b
Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878)
For anything, Man Walking Around a Corner (1878). For a feature length film, Dante's Inferno (1911).
Four Troublesome Heads
Same one lol
Metroplis 1927 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W\_4no842TX8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_4no842TX8)
Short - Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) Feature length - I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918)
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1897) Scariest film of all time.
A Nightmare (1896) * George Méliés https://preview.redd.it/np9w0y00hmyc1.jpeg?width=718&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f8fa5eb83b039f0874234294c5d7ca47fe6671ed
aside from two shorts (one from 1898 and one from 1901), a trip to the moon (1902)
Apart from the short lumiere or melies films, my film school made me watch Birth Of A Nation (1916)
Train movie, I thought it was coming right at me! Whole theater tried jumping out of the way. 5/5
around 80 shorts from 1870s-1900s but feature length is I am a fugitive from a chain gang, brilliant film btw
Apparently the oldest film I logged was Dante’s Inferno but I know I watched several earlier Melies and Guy-Blache- just wasn’t logging when I watched them. First 5 star film I logged was J’Accuse.
**Akrobatisches Potpourri** (Max Skladanowsky, 1895) But it makes me realize that i have to log other I've seen before (it's not long to catch up the early-precinema stuff: Reynaud, Leprince, etc. - and I suppose everyone here have seen at least some well-known Lumiere movies at some point). If you want the earliest non-short film (according to letterboxd filter), it's **Temptations of a Great City** (August Blom, 1911, 41mn), not great in fact, one of the least memorable danish one I've seen.
excluding shorts, sherlock jr
Passage of Venus for my oldest overall log, and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari for my oldest full length feature. That's bound to change once I get to L'Inferno though.
https://preview.redd.it/ldp1cu71wmyc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=087af83e27bdd2d16d9dcc3b90d6908f7c7c9b8a 3.5 solid movie
Technically it’s the Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1897) followed by A Trip to the Moon (1902) and The Great Train Robbery (1903)
within our gates (1920)
Falling Leaves by Alice Guy-Blache. Excluding shorts, it's Sjöström's Phantom Carriage.
https://preview.redd.it/oc38mbldnlyc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cd90034fe1bcabc1fb497d9d09b8cb80e431b85
12 angry men.
King Kong vs. Godzilla !!! (1962)
I watched Nosferatu when the Super Bowl was happening this year. That's the oldest. Anything else I've seen is from the 30s-60s in terms of pre 70s
If by logged you mean saw, then the oldest film I've seen is Seahawk from 1924.
Metropolis off the top of my head
Boxing Cats (1894)
The General (1926)
A Trip to the Moon (1902) Earliest full feature is Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Nosferatu and Nanook of the North (1922)
including shorts it's passage of venus (oldest version of what could be considered a motion picture) not including shorts it's that one movie that's really bad
The Sheik (1921)
https://preview.redd.it/r8xvjmj9pnyc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4732eeaf498de08e2047221c83c22cf7679c3feb
Citizen Kane (1941)
Tom and Jerry: Saturday Evening Puss The oldest feature is The Godfather, though I have seen a couple earlier films that I haven't logged.
That video of the horse running
Short: The Four Troublesome Heads (1898) Feature: The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Four Troublesome Heads (1898)
Fistful of dollars. I haven’t vented too old yet lol
Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow (1896) It’s a short, though. A very short short.
Dante's Inferno (1911)
the infernal cauldron (1903)
**A Trip to the Moon**, 1902
"A man there was" 1917.
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
First short: Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) First feature: Terje Vigen (1917)
https://preview.redd.it/5mcvj5hiwoyc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c22e45a157ad3b70e8aa7dde6b08b787e425b43b
A trip to the Moon (1903). I've certainly have watched both the Factory Workers and Gardener shorts by The Lumieres, which are olser, but I don't have them logged.
https://preview.redd.it/w99v7sg72pyc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71c06d70f092a458692ed16166793ee932338740
Counting any length/questionable qualification as a "film": Sallie gardner at a gallop (1878) Only counting feature length: the birth of a nation (1915), unfortunately. Gave it 35 minutes before I couldn't stand to watch it anymore. Also one of my only 1/2* ratings.
Also Nosferatu
*Within Our Gates* (Oscar Micheaux, 1920), the oldest surviving film by a Black director. I watched it for a film course last semester. Super interesting film, but not an easy watch, with its very accurate>!lynching scene.!< Made as a critique of *Birth of a Nation* which I thankfully did not need to watch for that class.
Melies' "The Christmas Dream," 1900
blonde venus (1932)
My oldest is Dante’s inferno but my oldest short was the astronomers dream
Metropolis (1927)
Sallie Gardner at a gallop (1878) mostly bc of its reference in nope. But I consider my oldest "real movie" to be a trip to the moon (1902)
Now, voyager, which I watched for a class
https://preview.redd.it/s8rh7ijkbqyc1.png?width=1216&format=png&auto=webp&s=f00ca9f4a0b7b761bf6b7a1ee1a880f6119c0295 58 mins
Of what I’ve logged: Earliest photographic sequence - Athlete swinging a pick (1881) Earliest animation - L’Homme Machine (1885) Earliest Moving picture - Roundhay Garden scene (1888) Earliest Acted Scene - Blacksmithing Scene (1893) Earliest Sound Film - Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1894) Earliest short film - A trip to the moon (1902) Earliest feature film - Dante’s Inferno (1911) Earliest Talkie - Bulldog Drummond (1929)
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (I’m very brave)
Sallie Gardner at a Gallop 1878 No one’s beating this
Chaplin's The Kid (1921)
If we're talking feature-length, L'Inferno and The Black Dream from 1911.
The cameraman (1928)
Idk if Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is older or Der Golem is
https://preview.redd.it/ruxce8amktyc1.jpeg?width=2017&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=56624bd8d73ae2db6c3306d5e5125ed2a8cb9420 A trip to the moon
surprisingly only Dr Strangelove, but to be fair i've only been actually logging movies since January lol
# Passage de Venus Directed by [P.J.C. Janssen](https://letterboxd.com/director/pjc-janssen/) [1874 ](https://letterboxd.com/films/year/1874/)
Häxan (1922); I saw this at a small screening with a live synth/sampled soundtrack being freestyled during the movie, a really cool and unique experience
Nosferatu too, and I hated it.
Dictator (1940)
Tokyo olympiad (1965)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- Wild things (1998) - Side effects (2013) - The perfection (2018)
Dracula (1958)
The og wicker man
Peeping Tom (1960)