'Metropolis'

Man, did the Germans know how to make a silent film or what?

This is a masterful, visually-stunning film. A good film of this era, I think, can be judged on certain shots: Can you look at a frame and say for sure that it's from 1927 or 2005? There are parts in this film that blur that line, which to me makes it quite a feat in filmmaking because it's almost night and day to compared that era to the current era.

A very nice Orwellian tale (a good 22 years before "Nineteen Eighty-Four) that mixes Biblical allusions, fantastic set design, an eerie sci-fi plot. Just great stuff.