Best of the 1910s · 1001 canon

The grammar of film

The 1910s are when cinema discovered itself — close-ups, intercut chase sequences, the feature length. D.W. Griffith and Louis Feuillade do most of the heavy lifting. Few films from this decade are easy to watch in 2026, but they laid the rails everything else runs on.

10 films from this decade are in the canon. Tick what you've seen — your progress saves on this device.