The Great Dictator - 1940 - Charlie Chaplin
He wrote director, produced and starred in it. This was his first major talkie and showed a side of the the Nazis that others had been avoiding. Absolute brilliance. The satire of Hitler, Goering, Mussolini, and Goebbels. His ability to take such a serious and international subject and reduce it down to the effect on the individual. Legend wait for it dairy.
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Metropolis - 1927 - Fritz Lang
If I have to describe this then I am wasting my time. Amazing effects. It is in the public domain. There is no reason why everyone should not see it. Just remember that, "the heart must be mediator between the head (the planners) and the hands (the workers)."