2015 marks the 120th anniversary of sf cinema. This is the second part of a year-by-year list of films I’d recommend (not always for the same reasons), and there are a few years where there is little to recommend for any reason.
1915
Les vampires (Louis Feuillade)
1916
Verdens Undergang/The End of the World (August Blom)
20,000 Leagues under the Sea (Stuart Paton)
1917
Ever Been Had (Dudley Buxton)
1918
Himmelskibet/A Trip to Mars (Holger-Madsen)
1919
Die puppe/The Doll (Ernst Lubitsch)
Die Spinnen/The Spiders (Fritz Lang)
1920
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (John S. Robertson)
One Week (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton)
Der Golem: Wie Er in die Welt Kam/The Golem (Paul Wegener and Carl Boese)
1921
L’Atlantide/Queen of Atlantis (Jacques Feyder)
1922
The Electric House (Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton)
1923
Paris Qui Dort/The Crazy Ray (René Clair)
1924
Aelita (Jakov Protazanov)
1925
Orlacs Haende/The Hands of Orlac (Robert Wiene)
The Lost World (Harry O. Hoyt)
1926
The Magician (Rex Ingram)
1927
Metropolis (Fritz Lang)
Sur un Air de Charleston/Charleston (Jean Renoir)
1928
Spione/Spies (Fritz Lang)
Alraune (Heinrich Galeen)
1929
Frau im Mond/Woman in the Moon (Fritz Lang)
The Mysterious Island (Lucien Hubbard)
High Treason (Maurice Elvey) – silent and talkie versions on pay per view at BFI player
1930
Just Imagine (David Butler)
1931
Frankenstein (James Whale)
A Connecticut Yankee (David Butler)
1932
Island of Lost Souls (Erle C. Kenton)
Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian)
F.P.1 Antwortet Nicht/F.P.1 Doesn’t Answer (Karl Hartl)
1933
King Kong (Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper)
The Invisible Man (James Whale)
Das Testament des Dr Mabuse (Fritz Lang)
Der Tunnel (Curtis Bernhardt) – French version
1934
Gold (Karl Hartl)
Mark Bould 