Top Five (or less)- By Year

1922
Nosferatu

1924
Greed
Sherlock Jr.

1925
The Goldrush

1927
The General
Sunrise the Song of Two Humans

1928
The Passion of Joan of Arc

1931
M
City Lights

1932
Freaks

1933
Duck Soup
King Kong

1934
L’Atalante

1935
The Bride of Frankenstein
A Night at the Opera

1936
Modern Times

1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Stagecoach

1940
Pinnochio
Fantasia

1941
Citizen Kane

1942
The Magnificent Ambersons

1944