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TOP 10: 1920's

by zachcotteraschoff created 7 hours ago | last updated - 7 hours ago
these are the best of the 1920's..they carry entertainment value and importance...obviously every top movies list is carried with a bias, we can not truly define the "greatest"
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Image of The Passion of Joan of Arc
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10 X  
A chronicle of the trial of Jeanne d'Arc on charges of heresy, and the efforts of her ecclesiastical jurists to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions. (110 mins.)
Director: Carl Th. Dreyer
Stars: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz
 
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Metropolis (1927)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10 X  
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences. (153 mins.)
Director: Fritz Lang
Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
 
Image of The Phantom Carriage
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The Phantom Carriage (1921)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  
It's New Year's Eve. Three drunkards evoke a legend. The legend tells that the last person to die in a year... (93 mins.)
Director: Victor Sjöström
Stars: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm
 
Image of Sunrise
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Sunrise (1927)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X  
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife. (94 mins.)
Director: F.W. Murnau
Stars: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing
 
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Battleship Potemkin (1925)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X  
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resulting street demonstration which brought on a police massacre. (75 mins.)
Director: S.M. Eisenstein
Stars: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
 
Image of Nosferatu
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Nosferatu (1922)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X  
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. Silent classic based on the story "Dracula." (94 mins.)
Director: F.W. Murnau
Stars: Max Schreck, Greta Schröder, Ruth Landshoff, Gustav von Wangenheim
 
Image of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X  
Dr. Caligari's somnambulist, Cesare, and his deadly predictions.
Director: Robert Wiene
Stars: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
 
Image of Faust
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Faust (1926)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X  
The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul. (85 mins.)
Director: F.W. Murnau
Stars: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard
 
Image of The Last Laugh
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The Last Laugh (1924)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X  
An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious Hotel is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society. (77 mins.)
Director: F.W. Murnau
Stars: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz
 
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Pandora's Box (1929)
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her. (109 mins.)
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Stars: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz
 

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