List of rediscovered films
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This is a list of rediscovered films that, once thought
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, have since been discovered, in whole or in part. See List of incomplete or partially lost films and
List of rediscovered film footage This is a list of rediscovered film footage, i.e. for incomplete films for which missing parts were found. See List of incomplete or partially lost films and List of rediscovered films This is a list of rediscovered films that, once thought l ...
for films which were not wholly lost. For a film that was not released before it was rediscovered, the year is when it was produced. The year is also italicized.


Silent films

Many films of the silent era have been
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. The
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estimates 75% of all silent films are lost forever. About 10,919 American silent films were produced, but only 2,749 of them still exist in some complete form, either as an original American
35mm 35 mm may refer to: * 135 film, a type of still photography format commonly referred to as 35 mm film * 35 mm movie film 35 mm film is a film gauge used in filmmaking, and the film standard. In motion pictures that record on fi ...
version, a foreign release, or as a lower-quality copy.


1890s


1900s


1910s


1920s


1930s


Sound films


1930s


1940s


1950s


1960s


1970s


1980s


1990s


2000s


See also

* '' Bezhin Meadow'', directed by
Sergei Eisenstein Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (russian: Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ɪjzʲɪnˈʂtʲejn, 2=Sergey Mikhaylovich Eyzenshteyn; 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, scree ...
, the production was halted in 1937 by the Soviet government; it was thought lost in World War II, but cuttings and partial prints were found and used to make a 35-minute "silent film slide show". * ''
Dawson Film Find The Dawson Film Find (DFF) was the accidental discovery in 1978 of 372 film titles preserved in 533 reels of silent-era nitrate films in the Klondike Gold Rush town of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. The reels had been buried under an abandoned hock ...
'', The Dawson Film Find (DFF) was the 1978 accidental discovery of 372 film titles preserved in 533 reels of silent-era nitrate films in the Klondike Gold Rush town of Dawson City. The list of lost films discovered can be viewed in this article, which are too numerous to list here. *
List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which no part of a print is known to have survived. For films in which any portion of the footage remains (including trailers), see List of incomplete or partially lost films. Rea ...
* List of incomplete or partially lost films * List of films cut over the director's opposition


References


External links


List of Found media at The Lost Media Wiki.



Lost Films database
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