Which came first? · Tricky

Which came first: Nosferatu or The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz came first, in 1900 (published). Nosferatu followed 22 years later, in 1922 (released).

  1. Second1922

    Nosferatu

    film · released

    Nosferatu, from 1922, was an unofficial Dracula film, and a court ordered its copies destroyed.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

  2. First1900

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    book · published

    In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, Dorothy's slippers are silver, not ruby.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.