Bordwell and Thompson Best of 90 Years Ago, 1917–1932

The compiled films from the annual best-of lists presented by Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell on their blog, Observations on Film Art. Each year they list their favorite 10-or-so films from 90 years earlier.

1917: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2007/12/28/happy-birthday-classical-cinema/
1918: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2008/12/31/the-10-best-films-of-the-year-1918/
1919: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2009/12/30/the-ten-plus-best-films-of-1919/
1920: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2010/12/05/the-ten-best-films-of-1920/
1921: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2011/12/29/the-ten-best-films-of-1921/
1922: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2012/12/31/the-ten-best-films-of-1922/
1923: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2013/12/29/the-ten-best-films-of-1923/
1924: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2014/12/28/the-ten-best-films-of-1924/
1925: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2015/12/28/the-ten-best-films-of-1925/
1926: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2016/12/26/the-ten-best-films-of-1926/
1927: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2017/12/27/the-ten-best-films-of-1927/
1928: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2018/12/28/the-ten-best-films-of-1928/
1929: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2019/12/26/the-ten-best-films-of-1929/
1930: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2020/12/28/the-ten-best-films-of-1930/
1931: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2022/01/01/the-ten-best-films-of-1931/
1932: www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2022/12/31/the-ten-best-films-of-1932/

...plus 188 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.