The 75 Best Movies of the 1920s
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The 1920s were the heart of the silent film era, building upon the early experiments with the medium and taking it in whatever directions filmmakers across the world could dream. Hollywood, taking advantage of the interruptions to the Italian and French film communities caused by World War I, solidified its grip on the film industry throughout the decade as bigger film studios, like Paramount, MGM, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures and United Artists began taking over the smaller houses.
The Roaring ’20s saw the advent of the art film, the movie star and the Academy Awards. It also was the decade where filmmaking rapidly transformed from silent movies to talkies beginning with The Jazz Singer in 1927. Feature films began to dominate shorts, while the genres at play flourished. Looking through the list below, it’s remarkable how many of these movies remain relevant today.
Here are the 75 Best Movies of the 1920s:
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
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The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928, in 13 top lists Check -
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Sherlock Jr.
1924, in 24 top lists Check -
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Blackmail
1929, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
1927, in 12 top lists Check -
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Safety Last!
1923, in 16 top lists Check -
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Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check -
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Der letzte Mann
1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check -
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Our Hospitality
1923, in 13 top lists Check -
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Cops
1922, in 10 top lists Check -
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One Week
1920, in 12 top lists Check -
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
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Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check -
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The Boat
1921, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Scarecrow
1920, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Play House
1921, in 6 top lists Check -
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Die Büchse der Pandora
1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check -
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The 'High Sign'
1921, in 5 top lists Check -
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Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check -
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The Thief of Bagdad
1924, in 14 top lists Check -
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Hard Luck
1921, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Last Command
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
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Seven Chances
1925, in 12 top lists Check -
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Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed
1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Navigator
1924, in 14 top lists Check -
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Speedy
1928, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Docks of New York
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
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Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ
1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check -
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Stachka
1925 — a.k.a. Strike, in 14 top lists Check -
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Tagebuch einer Verlorenen
1929 — a.k.a. Diary of a Lost Girl, in 8 top lists Check -
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Battling Butler
1926, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Big Parade
1925, in 13 top lists Check -
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The Cameraman
1928, in 13 top lists Check -
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Downhill
1927 — a.k.a. When Boys Leave Home, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Laughs
1928, in 10 top lists Check -
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Greed
1924, in 21 top lists Check -
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7th Heaven
1927, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Crowd
1928, in 20 top lists Check -
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Flesh and the Devil
1926, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Wind
1928, in 14 top lists Check -
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Body and Soul
1925, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Great White Silence
1922, in 3 top lists Check -
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Gösta Berlings saga
1924 — a.k.a. The Saga of Gösta Berling, in 4 top lists Check
Last updated on Oct 22, 2021; source