THE NINETEEN LIST: Warren Obluck on 20th-Century Films Set in the 19th Century

We're pleased to present our first Nineteen List: film buff Warren Obluck's selection of 19 iconic 20th-century films set in the 19th century.

1. Nosferatu, 1922                            
F.W. Murnau; Germany

2. The General, 1926
Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton; United States
3.Stagecoach, 1939
John Ford; United States
4. Heaven Can Wait, 1943
Ernst Lubitsch; United States
Marcel Carné, France

6. Great Expectations, 1946
David Lean; United Kingdom
7. Oliver Twist, 1948
David Lean; United Kingdom
8. High Noon, 1952
Fred Zinneman, United States 
Anthony Asquith; United Kingdom
10. Hobson's Choice, 1954
David Lean; United Kingdom
Ingmar Bergman; Sweden
12. The Leopard, 1963
Luchino Visconti; Italy
13. Red Beard, 1965
Akira Kurosawa; Japan
Sergio Leone; Italy
Sergio Leone, Italy
Werner Herzog; Germany
John Huston; United States
18. The Elephant Man, 1980
David Lynch; United States
19. Dead Man, 1995
Jim Jarmusch; United States

< Warren Obluck earned his B.S. degree from the University of Southern California and his M.S. from the Pulitzer School of Journalism at Columbia. A career foreign service officer, he served as U.S. cultural attaché to the U.S. embassies in Manila, Tokyo, and Rome. He currently acts as Film Studies coordinator at the Vero Beach Museum of Art.