A montage that pays tribute to some of the most recognizable faces in the history of cinema. From 1902 to 2019, in chronological order.

«The close-up, the correctly illuminated, directed and acted close-up of an actor is and remains the height of cinematography. There is nothing better. That incredibly strange and mysterious contact you can suddenly experience with another soul through an actor’s gaze»

— Ingmar Bergman

List of Films: Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902), Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920), Battleship Potemkin (1925), The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927), La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928), Metropolis (1929), Un chien andalou (1929), Shanghai Express (1932), Gone With the Wind (1939), Stagecoach (1939), The Great Dictator (1939), Citizen Kane (1941), Casablanca (1942), Brief Encounter (1945), Detour (1945), It's a Wonderful Life (1946), The Third Man (1949), Rashomon (1950), Sunset Boulevard (1950), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Ikiru (1952), On the Waterfront (1954), The Searchers (1956), The Seventh Seal (1957), 12 Angry Men (1957), Wild Strawberries (1957), Paths of Glory (1957), The Nights of Cabiria (1957), Elevator to the Gallows (1958), Vertigo (1958), Some Like It Hot (1958), The 400 Blows (1959), Breathless (1960), La Dolce Vita (1960), L’Avventura (1960), Pyscho (1960), Une femme est une femme (1961), Vivre sa vie (1962), La Jetée (1962), Cleo de 5 to 7 (1962), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Sanjuro (1962), Ivan’s Childhood (1962), 8½ (1963), Le Mepris (1963), 8½ (1963), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), Pierrot Le Fou (1965), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Blow up (1966), Persona (1966), Le Samourai, (1962), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), The Graduate (1967), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Wanda (1970), Solaris (1971), Clockwork Orange (1971), Last Tango in Paris (1972), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather: Part II (1974), The Mirror (1975), Carrie (1976), Taxi Driver (1976), Star Wars. Episode IV: A New Hope (1977), Apocalypse Now (1979), Star Wars. Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Possession (1981), Blow Out (1981), Blade Runner (1982), E.T the Extra-terrestrial (1982), Paris, Texas (1984), Cinema Paradiso (1988), Dead Poets Society (1989), Do The Right Thing (1989), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Carlito’s Way (1993), Three Colors: Blue (1993), Chungking Express (1994), Three Colors: White (1994), Before Sunrise (1995), Fallen Angels (1995), La Haine (1995), Se7en (1995), Romeo and Juliet (1996), Trainspotting (1996), Happy Together (1997), Gattaca (1997), Boogie Nights (1997), Good Will Hunting (1997), Lost Highway (1997), Funny Games (1997), Rushmore (1998), Fear and Loathing in Vegas (1998), The Big Lebowski (1998), Saving Private Ryan (1997), The Green Mile (1999), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), The Sixth Sense (1999), Gladiator (2000), In The Mood for Love (2000), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Moulin Rouge (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Amelie (2001), 25th Hour (2002), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Memories of Murder (2003), The Dreamers (2003), Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003), Lost In Translation (2003), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Match Point (2005), Brockeback Mountain (2005), Sunshine (2007), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward of Robert Ford (2007), The Dark Knight (2008), 500 Days of Summer (2009), Fish Tank (2009), Inglorious Basterds (2009), Inception (2010), The Tree of Life (2011), Melancholia (2011), Drive (2011), Shame (2011), Beast of the Southern Wild (2012), Les Misérables (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), La Grande Bellezza (2013), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), La vie de Adele (2013), The Congress (2013), Her (2013), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Boyhood (2014), Interstellar (2014), Mommy (2014), Whiplash (2014), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Gone Girl (2014), The Revenant (2015), Steve Jobs (2015), Star Wars. Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015), Carol (2015), La La Land (2016), Moonlight (2016), Dunkirk (2017), Call Me By Your Name (2017), Annihilation (2018), Get Out (2017), Roma (2018), Cold War (2018), Marriage Story (2019), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Parasite (2019)