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Best Movies of 1901, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
27 films from 1901 are in our catalog; the 27 best are ranked below. Top of the list is The Man with the Rubber Head ('1901), at 7.1 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 5.8.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Man with the Rubber Head '1901 | Comedy / Fantasy | 7.1 | - | - | 7.1 | Georges Méliès |
| 2 | The Big Swallow '1901 | Comedy | 6.9 | - | - | 6.5 | James Williamson |
| 3 | Bluebeard '1901 | Drama / Horror / Fantasy | 6.9 | - | - | 6.3 | Georges Méliès |
| 4 | Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre '1901 | Documentary | 6.7 | - | - | 6.5 | Frederick S. Armitage |
| 5 | The Prince of Magicians '1901 | Fantasy / Comedy | 6.5 | - | - | 6.4 | Georges Méliès |
| 6 | An Extraordinary Dislocation '1901 | Comedy / Fantasy | 6.5 | - | - | 6.1 | Georges Méliès |
| 7 | Fire! '1901 | Action / Drama | 6.2 | - | - | 5.8 | James Williamson |
| 8 | History of a Crime '1901 | Drama / Crime | 6.2 | - | - | 5.8 | Ferdinand Zecca |
| 9 | The Magician's Cavern '1901 | Comedy / Fantasy | 6.2 | - | - | 6.2 | Georges Méliès |
| 10 | The Brahmin and the Butterfly '1901 | Comedy / Fantasy | 6.0 | - | - | 5.5 | Georges Méliès |
| 11 | What Happened to the Inquisitive Janitor '1901 | Comedy | 5.9 | - | - | 5.3 | Ferdinand Zecca |
| 12 | The Haunted Curiosity Shop '1901 | Fantasy / Horror | 5.8 | - | - | 5.4 | Walter R. Booth |
| 13 | Pan-American Exposition by Night '1901 | Documentary | 5.8 | - | - | 5.9 | Edwin S. Porter |
| 14 | The Devil and the Statue '1901 | Romance / Horror / Fantasy / Drama | 5.8 | - | - | 5.4 | Georges Méliès |
| 15 | What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City '1901 | Comedy | 5.8 | - | - | 5.3 | - |
| 16 | The Dwarf and the Giant '1901 | Fantasy / Comedy | 5.7 | - | - | 5.9 | Georges Méliès |
| 17 | The Countryman and the Cinematograph '1901 | Comedy | 5.7 | - | - | 5.4 | Robert W. Paul |
| 18 | The Bachelor's Paradise '1901 | Fantasy / Comedy | 5.6 | - | - | 5.3 | Georges Méliès |
| 19 | Hat of Many Surprises '1901 | Fantasy | 5.6 | - | - | 6.0 | Georges Méliès |
| 20 | Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost '1901 | Drama / Fantasy | 5.6 | - | - | 5.7 | Walter R. Booth |
| 21 | Stop Thief! '1901 | Crime / Comedy | 5.6 | - | - | 5.2 | James Williamson |
| 22 | Off to Bedlam '1901 | Fantasy / Comedy | 5.4 | - | - | 5.2 | Georges Méliès |
| 23 | Circular Panorama of Electric Tower '1901 | Documentary | 5.4 | - | - | 5.4 | Edwin S. Porter |
| 24 | Dream and Reality '1901 | Romance / Comedy | 5.1 | - | - | 4.9 | Ferdinand Zecca |
| 25 | President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol '1901 | Documentary | 4.6 | - | - | 5.0 | Edwin S. Porter |
| 26 | President McKinley Taking the Oath '1901 | Documentary | 4.3 | - | - | 4.8 | - |
| 27 | Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King '1901 | Comedy | 4.0 | - | - | 4.0 | Edwin S. Porter |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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