this decade saw Hollywood expand feature
films become common and talkies overtake
silent movies wait a minute wait a
minute you’re waiting right nothing yet
welcome to watchmojo.com and today in
this installment of our series on the
greatest movies of all time we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
movies of the 1920s for our series of
the best movies of all time we’ve chosen
10 movies per decade based on their
iconic status critical acclaim box
office success and watchability
and just so you know we’re not
necessarily choosing the movies your
film studies professor would pick so sit
back and relax and prepare to laugh cry
and be terrified
number 10 The Passion of Joan of Arc
though talkies began a year or two
earlier this was a holdover from the
silent film era without words this movie
and its actors rely on body language and
facial movements to get the point across
based on the trial of Joan of Arc the
teenage hero of France who was burned at
the stake
this French film showcases an intensely
emotional performance by actress Maria
Falcon Eddie which has gone down as one
of the best ever
number nine the cabinet of dr. Caligari
this German silent horror film was a
true thriller for audiences at the start
of the 20s influential due to its
expressionist style and Atmospheric vibe
the movie focuses on the tail of a
sleepwalking murderer who is controlled
by a mad doctor
but since it also started the twist
ending phenomenon you can guess that
it’s not really about a sleepwalker and
a mad doctor at all
spoiler alerts are in order almost 100
years later number 8 sunrise a song of
two humans love triangles in the 20s
were raw even by modern standards in
this classic a man is torn between two
women and the only solution to the
problem is murder
naturally leaving its characters unnamed
to add to its allegorical nature sunrise
was one of the first movies to feature
music and sound effects winning three
Oscars at the inaugural Academy Awards
it’s an innovative piece of cinema that
employs unique and groundbreaking
techniques to tell a universal story
number seven battleship potemkin
as far as film propaganda about
revolutionary soldiers goes this silent
Russian movie set the standard directed
by Sergei Eisenstein the film makes
masterful use of quick edits and
montages to test their effect on
audiences
and sequences like the Odessa steps
Massacre have influenced filmmakers ever
since considered graphic at the time
Potemkin is remarkable for its violence
its pulse-pounding action and its
pioneering and highly dramatized
retelling of historical events number
six the jazz singer wonderful pals are
always far too fine as the first
feature-length movie with audible
dialogue this movie marked the end of
the silent film era you’re waiting right
nothing yet wait a minute you ain’t
heard nothing based around a man who has
shoes his religious family values to
live his life wearing blackface and
performing jazz music the movie was
widely acclaimed both critically and
commercially winning a special Academy
Award assuring in the new era of talkies
and revolutionising cinema forevermore
ha ha ha
number five the general who knew you
could love a train so much
apparently Buster Keaton did and his
character in this silent movie standard
is willing to risk his life to prove it
following a man on his adventure to save
his woman and his train from pesky Union
soldiers the film wasn’t widely revered
until some years later but now thanks to
its blend of death-defying stunts and
comedy the general has earned its spot
in cinema history number four the kid
aside from starring in the film Charlie
Chaplin also wrote directed and produced
this story of the Tramp and his
informally adopted son and in the
process solidified his long-standing
movie persona
after finding an abandoned baby on the
street the Tramp raises him as his
pint-sized partner in crime
with sentimental and realistic
depictions of poverty and the father-son
dynamic
this classic left audiences laughing
through their tears making it the second
highest grossing film of 1921
you
number three the gold rush once again
reprising his famous role as the tram
Charlie Chaplin plays a downtrodden
prospector seeking his fortune in the
Klondike Gold Rush much like the kid the
gold rush comments on social issues but
interweaves comedy throughout chosen by
Chaplin as the movie he most hoped to be
remembered for it was a financial and
critical success that was re-released in
the 1940s and named the second greatest
film of all time at the 1958 World’s
Fair
number two Nosferatu a symphony of
horror
a court once ruled that all copies of
this film were to be destroyed but you
can’t stop true horror illegally based
on Bram Stoker’s Dracula the story
follows a young man’s encounter with
Count Orlok a vampire residing in the
Carpathian Mountains
Nosferatu was and still is incredibly
creepy even by conventional standards
and the image of a pointy-eared long
nailed Max Schreck as Count Orlok
influenced many and is not easy to
forget
before we unveil our pick for best movie
of the 1920s here are a few honorable
mentions
you
number one metropolis
in a dystopian future the extremely
wealthy live an oblivious luxury while
the poverty-stricken masses work
themselves to death to support the city
up until the release of metropolis
science fiction wasn’t a dominant genre
in Hollywood but this German
groundbreaker changed that while it was
critically panned at the time it’s gone
down in cinematic history as one of the
best because of its pioneering special
effects sharp vision and revolutionary
achievements
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite movie of the 20s for more
thrilling top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you
films become common and talkies overtake
silent movies wait a minute wait a
minute you’re waiting right nothing yet
welcome to watchmojo.com and today in
this installment of our series on the
greatest movies of all time we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
movies of the 1920s for our series of
the best movies of all time we’ve chosen
10 movies per decade based on their
iconic status critical acclaim box
office success and watchability
and just so you know we’re not
necessarily choosing the movies your
film studies professor would pick so sit
back and relax and prepare to laugh cry
and be terrified
number 10 The Passion of Joan of Arc
though talkies began a year or two
earlier this was a holdover from the
silent film era without words this movie
and its actors rely on body language and
facial movements to get the point across
based on the trial of Joan of Arc the
teenage hero of France who was burned at
the stake
this French film showcases an intensely
emotional performance by actress Maria
Falcon Eddie which has gone down as one
of the best ever
number nine the cabinet of dr. Caligari
this German silent horror film was a
true thriller for audiences at the start
of the 20s influential due to its
expressionist style and Atmospheric vibe
the movie focuses on the tail of a
sleepwalking murderer who is controlled
by a mad doctor
but since it also started the twist
ending phenomenon you can guess that
it’s not really about a sleepwalker and
a mad doctor at all
spoiler alerts are in order almost 100
years later number 8 sunrise a song of
two humans love triangles in the 20s
were raw even by modern standards in
this classic a man is torn between two
women and the only solution to the
problem is murder
naturally leaving its characters unnamed
to add to its allegorical nature sunrise
was one of the first movies to feature
music and sound effects winning three
Oscars at the inaugural Academy Awards
it’s an innovative piece of cinema that
employs unique and groundbreaking
techniques to tell a universal story
number seven battleship potemkin
as far as film propaganda about
revolutionary soldiers goes this silent
Russian movie set the standard directed
by Sergei Eisenstein the film makes
masterful use of quick edits and
montages to test their effect on
audiences
and sequences like the Odessa steps
Massacre have influenced filmmakers ever
since considered graphic at the time
Potemkin is remarkable for its violence
its pulse-pounding action and its
pioneering and highly dramatized
retelling of historical events number
six the jazz singer wonderful pals are
always far too fine as the first
feature-length movie with audible
dialogue this movie marked the end of
the silent film era you’re waiting right
nothing yet wait a minute you ain’t
heard nothing based around a man who has
shoes his religious family values to
live his life wearing blackface and
performing jazz music the movie was
widely acclaimed both critically and
commercially winning a special Academy
Award assuring in the new era of talkies
and revolutionising cinema forevermore
ha ha ha
number five the general who knew you
could love a train so much
apparently Buster Keaton did and his
character in this silent movie standard
is willing to risk his life to prove it
following a man on his adventure to save
his woman and his train from pesky Union
soldiers the film wasn’t widely revered
until some years later but now thanks to
its blend of death-defying stunts and
comedy the general has earned its spot
in cinema history number four the kid
aside from starring in the film Charlie
Chaplin also wrote directed and produced
this story of the Tramp and his
informally adopted son and in the
process solidified his long-standing
movie persona
after finding an abandoned baby on the
street the Tramp raises him as his
pint-sized partner in crime
with sentimental and realistic
depictions of poverty and the father-son
dynamic
this classic left audiences laughing
through their tears making it the second
highest grossing film of 1921
you
number three the gold rush once again
reprising his famous role as the tram
Charlie Chaplin plays a downtrodden
prospector seeking his fortune in the
Klondike Gold Rush much like the kid the
gold rush comments on social issues but
interweaves comedy throughout chosen by
Chaplin as the movie he most hoped to be
remembered for it was a financial and
critical success that was re-released in
the 1940s and named the second greatest
film of all time at the 1958 World’s
Fair
number two Nosferatu a symphony of
horror
a court once ruled that all copies of
this film were to be destroyed but you
can’t stop true horror illegally based
on Bram Stoker’s Dracula the story
follows a young man’s encounter with
Count Orlok a vampire residing in the
Carpathian Mountains
Nosferatu was and still is incredibly
creepy even by conventional standards
and the image of a pointy-eared long
nailed Max Schreck as Count Orlok
influenced many and is not easy to
forget
before we unveil our pick for best movie
of the 1920s here are a few honorable
mentions
you
number one metropolis
in a dystopian future the extremely
wealthy live an oblivious luxury while
the poverty-stricken masses work
themselves to death to support the city
up until the release of metropolis
science fiction wasn’t a dominant genre
in Hollywood but this German
groundbreaker changed that while it was
critically panned at the time it’s gone
down in cinematic history as one of the
best because of its pioneering special
effects sharp vision and revolutionary
achievements
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite movie of the 20s for more
thrilling top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
you
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