Matt's Big essential chronological list of favorite films

The purpose of the list is to have a chronological survey of the 500+ films that mean the most to me, listed in chronological order. The Auteurs website is still missing some of the films I’d like to have here: THE PAINTED LADY (1912, Griffith), STELLA DALLAS (1925, Henry King), AFTER MIDNIGHT (1927, Monta Bell), MARIUS (1931, Korda, Pagnol), PENGUIN POOL MURDER (1932, George Archainbaud), SNOW WHITE (1933, Dave Fleischer), KITTY FOYLE (1940, Sam Wood), THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT (1940, Raoul Walsh), THE SEA WOLF (1941, Michael Curtiz), FOR ME AND MY GAL (1942, Busby Berkeley), ROAD HOUSE (1948, Jean Negulesco), MEN IN WAR (1957, Anthony...