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CriticCrunch has 2 Abel Gance titles in its catalog, ranked by quality percentile. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Napoleon.

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1928
Drama · History

Lisa and the Devil
1973
Horror

Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1944
Drama · History

Raise the Red Lantern
1991
Drama

The Phantom Carriage
1921
Drama · Fantasy

We're All Going to the World's Fair
2022
Horror · Drama

Mother Joan of the Angels
1961
Drama · Horror

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
1972
Drama · Romance

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.
Dir. Abel Gance · With Albert Dieudonné, Nicolas Roudenko, Edmond van Daële

Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from expanding. When her fiancé Allan arrives at the crumbling estate to claim his bride, Roderick goes to ruthless—even deadly—lengths to keep them apart.
Dir. Jean Epstein · With Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy