Top 4 Best Films from United States

1. Sallie Gardner at a Gallop
Director: Eadweard Muybridge
United States (currently United States of America) | Northern America | North America
1878 | 1870s | 19th Century

Eadweard Muybridge's "Sallie Gardner at a Gallop" (1878) invites us for multiple repeated viewings, just as the inventor intended using the zoopraxiscope. The first successful recording of movement is a seminal moment in the history of cinema, whose legacy is unsurpassed to this day.



2. Buffalo Running
Director: Eadweard Muybridge
United States (currently United States of America) | Northern America | North America
1883 | 1880s | 19th Century

The first nature documentary is the unassuming "Buffalo Running" (1883), directed by the grandfather of cinema, Eadweard Muybridge. The language of the unintrusive gaze is invented here to celebrate a life void of human beings, a chimera of a world beaming with beauty.



3. Child Bringing Bouquet to Woman
Director: Eadweard Muybridge
United States (currently United States of America) | Northern America | North America
1887 | 1880s | 19th Century

Eadweard Muybridge must have been far more interested in artistic representation rather than science when shooting "Child Bringing Bouquet to Woman" (1887). Granted there is movement, but the warmth of emotions is telling in this rare proto-cinematic attempt at story writing.



4. Skeleton of Horse
Director: Eadweard Muybridge
United States (currently United States of America) | Northern America | North America
1881 | 1880s | 19th Century

Potentially the earliest work of stop-action animation, Eadweard Muybridge's "Skeleton of Horse" (1881) entices us to the art with its elaborate attention to detail and crisp imagery – a beautiful reminder of the painstaking efforts of the scientists working on moving photography in the 19th century.

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