• The Dreyfus Affair (1899) - Georges Méliès
• A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Georges Méliès

German Expressionism consisted of a number of related creative movements in the Weimar Republic. German Expressionist films produced in the Weimar Republic immediately following the First World War not only encapsulate the sociopolitical contexts in which they were created, but also rework the intrinsically modern problems of self-reflexivity, spectacle and identity. Films made in this period all hint at the inevitability of the rise of Nazi Germany.

• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) - Robert Wiene
• From Morning to Midnight (1920) - Karlheinz Martin
• The Golem (1920) - Paul Wegener & Carl Boese
• Destiny (1921) - Fritz Lang
• Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922) - Fritz Lang
• Nosferatu (1922) - F.W. Murnau
• Schatten (1923) - Arthur Robison
• Greed (1924) - Eric von Stroheim
• The Last Laugh (1924) - F.W. Murnau
• Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang
• M (1931) - Fritz Lang
• The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) - Fritz Lang