| # | Rank ▲ | Film | Year | Director | Country | Genre | Keywords | Votes | IMDb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 805 | Frankenstein | 1910 | J. Searle Dawley | USA | Gothic | Science Fiction, Trick Film, Zombie, Low Fantasy | 19 | IMDb ↗ |
| 2 | 952 | L’Inferno | 1911 | Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, Giuseppe de Liguoro | Italy | Fantasy | Trick Film, Religious Film, Surrealism | 14 | IMDb ↗ |
| 3 | 988 | Der Student von Prag | 1913 | Stellan Rye, Paul Wegener | Germany | Supernatural | German Expressionism | 16 | IMDb ↗ |
| 4 | 2403 | The Avenging Conscience: or ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’ | 1914 | D.W. Griffith | USA | Drama | Low Fantasy, Melodrama, Psychological Horror, Psychological Drama, Romance | 6 | IMDb ↗ |
| 5 | 2557 | Unheimliche Geschichten | 1919 | Richard Oswald | Germany | Anthology | — | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 6 | 2749 | Der Golem | 1915 | Henrik Galeen, Paul Wegener | Germany | Supernatural | German Expressionism, Fantasy, Folk Horror, Medieval | 5 | IMDb ↗ |
| 7 | 2825 | Les vampires | 1915 | Louis Feuillade | France | Crime | — | 4 | IMDb ↗ |
| 8 | 2900 | J’accuse | 1919 | Abel Gance | France | War | — | 4 | IMDb ↗ |
| 9 | 3711 | Alraune | 1919 | Michael Curtiz, Edmund Fritz | Hungary | Science Fiction | — | 3 | IMDb ↗ |
| 10 | 3735 | Homunculus, 1. Teil | 1916 | Otto Rippert | Germany | Science Fiction | — | 3 | IMDb ↗ |
| 11 | 4683 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1912 | Lucius Henderson | USA | Science Fiction | — | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 12 | 4921 | À la conquête du pôle | 1912 | Georges Méliès | France | Fantasy | — | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 13 | 5035 | Life Without Soul | 1915 | Joseph W. Smiley | USA | Gothic | — | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 14 | 5236 | Figures de cire | 1914 | Maurice Tourneur | France | Thriller | — | 2 | IMDb ↗ |
| 15 | 5498 | Herr Arnes pengar | 1919 | Mauritz Stiller | Sweden | Crime | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 16 | 5574 | Die Pest in Florenz | 1919 | Otto Rippert | Germany | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 17 | 5606 | Die Ahnfrau | 1919 | Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck | Austria | Supernatural | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 18 | 5648 | Die Teufelskirche | 1919 | Hans Mierendorff | Germany | Fantasy | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 19 | 5686 | The Wicked Darling | 1919 | Tod Browning | USA | Crime | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 20 | 6351 | The Man Without a Soul | 1916 | George Loane Tucker | UK | Fantasy | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 21 | 6352 | The Crimson Stain Mystery | 1916 | T. Hayes Hunter | USA | Mystery | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 22 | 6353 | Der Golem und die Tänzerin | 1917 | Rochus Gliese, Paul Wegener | Germany | Comedy | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 23 | 6694 | Die Augen der Mumie Ma | 1918 | Ernst Lubitsch | Germany | Psychological | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 24 | 6701 | Rapsodia satanica | 1917 | Nino Oxilia | Italy | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 25 | 6702 | The Clue of the Portrait | 1915 | Georges Méliès | USA | Mystery | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 26 | 7387 | A Fool There Was | 1915 | Frank Powell | USA | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 27 | 7718 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1913 | Frank E. Woods | USA | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 28 | 7721 | Den skæbnesvangre opfindelse | 1910 | August Blom | Denmark | Science Fiction | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 29 | 7723 | The Ghost of Slumber Mountain | 1918 | Willis H. O'Brien | USA | Fantasy | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 30 | 7724 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1913 | Herbert Brenon | USA | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 31 | 7860 | The Werewolf | 1913 | Henry MacRae | USA | — | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 32 | 8359 | The Immigrant | 1917 | Charles Chaplin | USA | Comedy | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 33 | 8364 | The Birth of a Nation | 1915 | D.W. Griffith | USA | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 34 | 8388 | Der Andere | 1913 | Max Mack | Germany | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 35 | 8396 | Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne | 1918 | Eugen Illés, Joseph Klein | Germany | Science Fiction | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 36 | 8398 | Balaoo | 1913 | Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset | France | Supernatural | Drama | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 37 | 8399 | De Dødes Ø | 1913 | Vilhelm Glückstadt | Denmark | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 38 | 8403 | Pikovaya dama | 1916 | Yakov Protazanov | Russia | Fantasy | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 39 | 8404 | Spøgelset i gravkælderen | 1911 | August Blom | Denmark | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 40 | 8418 | Le système du docteur Goudron et du professeur Plume | 1913 | Maurice Tourneur | France | Thriller | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 41 | 8424 | Portret Doryana Greya | 1915 | Vsevolod Meyerhold, Mikhail Doronin | Russia | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 42 | 8425 | Homunculus, 6. Teil – Das Ende des Homunculus | 1917 | Otto Rippert | Germany | Science Fiction | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 43 | 8426 | Homunculus, 3. Teil – Die Liebeskomödie des Homunculus | 1916 | Otto Rippert | Germany | Science Fiction | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 44 | 8427 | Homunculus, 2. Teil – Das geheimnisvolle Buch | 1916 | Otto Rippert | Germany | Science Fiction | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 45 | 8428 | Homunculus, 5. Teil – Die Vernichtung der Menschheit | 1916 | Otto Rippert | Germany | Science Fiction | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 46 | 8429 | The Perils of Pauline | 1914 | Louis J. Gasnier, Donald MacKenzie | USA | Action | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 47 | 8434 | Notre-Dame de Paris | 1911 | Albert Capellani | France | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 48 | 8442 | Den dødes Halsbaand | 1910 | August Blom | Denmark | Crime | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 49 | 8444 | La folie du Docteur Tube | 1915 | Abel Gance | France | Comedy | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 50 | 8448 | Homunculus, 4. Teil – Die Rache des Homunculus | 1917 | Otto Rippert | Germany | Science Fiction | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 51 | 8450 | Trilby | 1915 | Maurice Tourneur | USA | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 52 | 8452 | Der Rattenfänger von Hameln | 1918 | Paul Wegener | Germany | Fantasy | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 53 | 8810 | How a Mosquito Operates | 1912 | Winsor McCay | USA | Comedy | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 54 | 8821 | Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora | 1912 | Wladyslaw Starewicz | Russia | Comedy | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 55 | 8840 | The Toll of Mammon | 1914 | Harry Handworth | USA | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
| 56 | 8864 | The Devil’s Assistant | 1917 | Harry A. Pollard | USA | Drama | — | 1 | IMDb ↗ |
Keyword data is still being added, so some films have incomplete or missing keywords.