The German legend of a scholar's unholy pact with the Devil would have been very familiar to most moviegoers (at least European ones), so Georges Méliès' early cinematic treatment likely got away with simply offering a fancifully illustrated late episode without the earlier narrative context (however, spoken narration provides some of the latter in this restored print). Tempted by Mephistopheles with all kinds of dancing and ethereal babes, Faust is at first excited and then terrified by the sight of various demons and monsters. The painted-set designers really went hog wild on this one, depicting the (sometimes sexy) torments of subterranean Hell with in bold terms (even when ballerinas prance in the foreground). (Dennis Harvey, Fandor)
Roundhay Garden Scene
Documentary
6.3
The Sick Kitten
Drama
5.6
Citizen Kane
Mystery, Drama
8.0
Full Metal Jacket
Drama, War
8.1
Gandhi
Drama, History
7.6
GoodFellas
Drama, Crime
8.5
The Hurt Locker
Drama, Thriller, War
7.3
Parasite
Comedy, Thriller, Drama
8.5
A Short Film About Killing
Crime, Drama
7.6
Lost in Translation
Drama, Romance
7.4
Good Morning, Vietnam
Comedy, Drama, War
7.3
Nomadland
Drama
7.2
Laurence Anyways
Drama, Romance
7.6
The Fountain
Drama, Adventure, Science Fiction, Romance
6.9
The Shape of Water
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
7.2
A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
Comedy, Western
6.3
The Elephant Man
Drama, History
8.0
Brokeback Mountain
Drama, Romance
7.8
A Serbian Film
Crime, Horror, Thriller
5.5
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
7.6
Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle
Fantasy, Drama
4.5
The Frog
Fantasy
5.2
Diabolical Pickpocket
Comedy, Fantasy, Crime
5.2
Dream of the Moon
Fantasy, Comedy
6.2
Elastic Transformation
Fantasy, Comedy
5.0
Tale of the Ark
Fantasy, Animation
4.5
The Witch and the Cyclist
Fantasy, Comedy
3.8
Lulù
Fantasy, Comedy, Animation
0.0
Sirene
Fantasy, Animation, Drama, Comedy
6.1
The Living Fan
Fantasy
4.8
Delicate Porcelains
Fantasy, Animation
4.5
The Twelve Labors of Hercules
Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
5.8
Petit Faust
Animation, Fantasy
5.5
The Four Little Tailors
Romance, Fantasy, Comedy, Animation
4.0
Frankenstein
Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy
6.0
The Impossible Voyage
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
7.3
A Trip to Mars
Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy
6.4
The Golem: How He Came into the World
Fantasy, Horror
7.0
Aelita: Queen of Mars
Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy
6.0
The Long Arm of the Law
Fantasy, Crime, Comedy
5.6