The General (1927) is an imaginative masterpiece of dead-pan "Stone-Face" Buster Keaton comedy, generally regarded as one of the greatest of all silent comedies (and Keaton's own favorite) - and undoubtedly the best train film ever made. The Civil War adventure-epic classic was made toward the end of the silent era. It would take many decades for the film to be hailed as one of the best ever made.

Shirley Temple stars in this 1939 version of the Frances Hodgson Burnett novel about a little, motherless girl left in the care of a girls boarding school by her soldier father, and then made into a servant there when he's missing in action during World War I. The final scene, in which our Shirley is helped by one of the most famous women in history, brings down the house.

This animated film was entirely hand painted by over 700 artists over an 18 month period; over 39,000 pencils were used for sketches, and over 12 tons of paint were used to paint the animation cells. It was an incredible feat in 1939 and would cost billions to replicate today. This timeless classic is hailed by critics as one of the best animated films ever.