The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari
1920
Robert Wiene
The cabinet of doctor caligari is a German expressionism film having to do with paranoia and obsession.
Tim Burton, Edward scissor hands.
Nosferatu (1922)
F. W. Murnau
"The Birth Of The Horror Film" and high contrast
Dracula , most horror atmospheres
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
James Whale
Madness, paranoia, obsession /Anti-heroic main characters
later Frankenstein movies, some mob chase scenes
