The Best Movie Of Each Year From 1925-2025

Honourable Mentions: Asphalt, The Iron Mask, Thunderbolt

Man with a Movie Camera - a landmark of Soviet cinema directed by Dziga Vertov - is one of the most revolutionary pieces of filmmaking ever developed. A Ukrainian-made documentary that depicted life in the Soviet cities of Moscow, Kyiv, and Odessa, Vertov's film was experimental in approach and yielded transformative technical results, pioneering cinematic techniques that would go on to form the building blocks of modern cinema. Today, it remains an entrancing viewing experience, and the first port of call for anyone looking to unpack the DNA of film as we know it.