Welcome to the 1900s, the Ancient Times of Motion Pictures!

The first decade of the twentieth century may be a thing of the distant past, but thanks to an enthralling, good old invention called Film, it will never be really gone.

Whenever you feel like traveling back in time to relive the glamours of the 1900s, all you have to do, is to watch one (or more) of its movies.

But witch ones should you watch? Well, if that’s the very question lurking in your mind right now, then you came to the right place. We’re just about to present 10 of the greatest cinematic gems of the 1900s.

If this is your first ride on the time-travelling FrameTrek Wagon, here’s what this is all about:

We choose a topic, in this case “Best Movies of the 1900s” and we set sail for a journey, where the bricks of the trek are made of movie frames, and each stop represents a magnificent achievement in film.

The Best Movies of the 1900s is an episode of FrameTrek’s Best Movies of All Time. A mega-journey dedicated to identify the greatest films of each decade, chronologically. It starts right here, with the Dawn of Cinema and goes all the way to our ever moving present.

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So what was Cinema like in the 1900s?

Once upon a time, in the 1900s, there was a relatively new invention called Moving Picture. It was an eye-catching little thing that became a popular attraction in amusement arcades, traveling fairs, and vaudeville houses in various countries.

Most movies were very simple and short, only a few minutes long, with barely any story, and little or no professional acting or direction. They were silent and uncoloured, unless each frame was hand-painted separately.

Back in those days, people went to picture-shows, not Cinema, as the latter didn’t really exist yet.

So yeah, there’s plenty of archaic stuff to talk about, when it comes to the Cinema of the 1900s, but this article concentrates on its Top 10 Films, so let’s cut to the chase, shall we?

A cinematic era is as good as its greatest achievements. Thus, the finest way to explore a decade in film history, is through watching its best movies as a marathon.

Ready? Buckle up then, and let the best movies of the 1900s carry you to the Cinematic era they came from!