Year: 1927
Director: F.W. Murnau
Reflections: In comes Sunrise at #82 as the first silent film on the countdown. Murnau's work was definitely interesting, and it was deemed quite creative at the time, claiming the Academy Award for Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production. The story follows a farmer who becomes enchanted by a big-city woman and is driven to the point of attempting to murder his wife. Perhaps the film's message is best summed up in an opening title card:
"For wherever the sun rises and sets, in the city's turmoil or under the open sky on the farm, life is much the same,; sometimes bitter, sometimes sweet."
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