Scrooge (1935)

Not quite so highly rated at 6.5/10, this is the first sound version of the Charles Dickens' story. Seymour Hicks plays the title role in the first sound version of the Dickens classic about the miser who's visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve. This British import is notable for being the only adaptation of this story with an invisible Marley's Ghost and its Expressionistic cinematography. This is the uncut 78 minute version.

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The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)

This is a beautiful French story that was made into an animation directed by Frédéric Back. It is the story of one shepherd's long and successful singlehanded effort to re-forest a desolate valley. Very moving, it is appropriate for both children and adults.

IMDB page (8.8/10)



This version is narrated in English.

Click here for the French version, which also has many other languages subtitled.

All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)

This is a classic of the cinema, now in the public domain. Adapted from a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque, the film follows a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War 1 by their jingoistic teacher. The story is told entirely through the experiences of the young German recruits and highlights the tragedy of war through the eyes of individuals. As the boys witness death and mutilation all around them, any preconceptions about "the enemy" and the "rights and wrongs" of the conflict disappear, leaving them angry and bewildered.

IMDB page (8.1/10)

Who Wrote the Bible?

Who Wrote the Bible? Is the Bible the Word of God? Why is the Bible full of Contradictions? This documentary explores questions at the heart of the great Christian faith in a fair open-minded fashion. It is NOT meant to be inflammatory but informative. It is led by a Christian theologian, Robert Beckford, who goes on a mission to investigate the book that he was brought up with.

IMDB page 7.4/10

Man With A Movie Camera (1929)

This film is famous for the range of cinematic techniques Vertov invents, deploys or develops, such as double exposure, fast motion, slow motion, freeze frames, jump cuts, split screens, Dutch angles, extreme close-ups, tracking shots, footage played backwards, animations, and a self-reflexive style(at one point it features a split screen tracking shot; the sides have opposite Dutch angles).

IMDB page (8.3/10)