Charts are updated every day. Your vote counts!

Top 100 Classic Movies of the 1920’s

Decade:
RankTitleCastScore
1 . The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover, Rudolf Lettinger10.00
2 . The Gold Rush (1925)Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman9.09
3 . The Circus (1928)Charlie Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker8.18
4 . The General (1926)Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Frederick Vroom8.18
5 . Sherlock Jr. (1924)Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly8.18
6 . The Kid (1921)Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller7.27
7 . Wings (1927)Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston7.27
8 . Nosferatu (1922)Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Alexander Granach, Georg H. Schnell6.36
9 . Our Hospitality (1923)Joe Roberts, Ralph Bushman, Craig Ward, Monte Collins6.36
10 . Beau Brummel (1924)John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Willard Louis, Carmel Myers5.45
11 . Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson5.45
12 . The Broadway Melody (1929)Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love, Ray Cooke5.45
13 . Bulldog Drummond (1929)Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love5.45
14 . Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)Conrad Veidt, B?la Lugosi, Margarete Kupfer, Gustav Botz5.45
15 . Safety Last! (1923)Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young5.45
16 . The Affairs of Anatol (1921)Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, Wanda Hawley, Theodore Roberts4.55
17 . After Midnight (1927)Lon Chaney, Marceline Day, Henry B. Walthall, Conrad Nagel4.55
18 . Big Business (1929)Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Charlie Hall4.55
19 . Blood and Sand (1922)Leo White, Rosita Marstini, Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee4.55
20 . College (1927)Anne Cornwall, Flora Bramley, Harold Goodwin, Snitz Edwards4.55
21 . Flesh and the Devil (1926)John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson, Barbara Kent4.55
22 . Go West (1925)Howard Truesdale, Buster Keaton, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Joe Keaton4.55
23 . Metropolis (1927)Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp, Theodor Loos4.55
24 . The Navigator (1924)Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom, Clarence Burton4.55
25 . The Phantom of the Opera (1925)Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe4.55
26 . Seven Chances (1925)Buster Keaton, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards, Ruth Dwyer4.55
27 . Three Ages (1923)Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery, Joe Roberts4.55
28 . Applause (1929)Helen Morgan, Joan Peers, Fuller Mellish Jr., Jack Cameron3.64
29 . Barbed Wire (1927)Pola Negri, Clive Brook, Claude Gillingwater, Einar Hanson3.64
30 . Battling Butler (1926)Sally O'Neil, Walter James, Budd Fine, Francis McDonald3.64
31 . Beggars of Life (1928)Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Blue Washington3.64
32 . The Big Parade (1925)John Gilbert, Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell, Tom O'Brien3.64
33 . A Boy of Flanders (1924)Jackie Coogan, Nigel De Brulier, Lionel Belmore, Nell Craig3.64
34 . The Cameraman (1928)Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey3.64
35 . Coquette (1929)Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore, John St. Polis3.64
36 . The Crowd (1928)Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Bert Roach, Estelle Clark3.64
37 . Don Juan (1926)Jane Winton, Warner Oland, Estelle Taylor, Montagu Love3.64
38 . Faust (1926)Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, William Dieterle3.64
39 . The Freshman (1925)Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict, James Anderson3.64
40 . A Girl in Every Port (1928)Victor McLaglen, Robert Armstrong, Louise Brooks, Natalie Joyce3.64
41 . The Idle Class (1921)Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Mack Swain, Henry Bergman3.64
42 . The Jazz Singer (1927)Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer3.64
43 . The Locked Door (1929)Rod La Rocque, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Bronson, Harry Stubbs3.64
44 . The Man Who Laughs (1928)Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar Jr., Olga Baclanova3.64
45 . The Matinee Idol (1928)Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard, Lionel Belmore3.64
46 . The Merry Widow (1925)Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Roy D'Arcy, Josephine Crowell3.64
47 . Our Dancing Daughters (1928)Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Nils Asther, Dorothy Sebastian3.64
48 . Our Modern Maidens (1929)Joan Crawford, Rod La Rocque, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Anita Page3.64
49 . Piccadilly (1929)Gilda Gray, Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Charles Laughton3.64
50 . The Pilgrim (1923)Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Kitty Bradbury, Syd Chaplin3.64
51 . Sadie Thompson (1928)Lionel Barrymore, Blanche Friderici, Charles Lane, Florence Midgley3.64
52 . The Sheik (1921)Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, George Waggner, Frank Butler3.64
53 . Son of the Sheik (1926)Rudolph Valentino, Vilma B?nky, George Fawcett, Montagu Love3.64
54 . Speedy (1928)Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Brooks Benedict3.64
55 . Sunrise (1927)George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing3.64
56 . Two Arabian Knights (1927)William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim, Ian Keith3.64
57 . The Wind (1928)Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming3.64
58 . 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)Glenn Tryon, Charlotte Mineau, Rube Clifford, Molly O'Day2.73
59 . Alibi (1929)Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch, Regis Toomey2.73
60 . All the Brothers Were Valiant (1928)Ramon Novarro, Joan Crawford, Ernest Torrence, Frank Currier2.73
61 . Along Came Ruth (1924)Viola Dana, Tully Marshall, Raymond McKee, Victor Potel2.73
62 . Angora Love (1929)Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Charlie Hall2.73
63 . Anna Christie (1923)Blanche Sweet, William Russell, George F. Marion, Eugenie Besserer2.73
64 . Arabian Love (1922)John Gilbert, Barbara Bedford, Barbara La Marr, Herschel Mayall2.73
65 . The Balloonatic (1923)Buster Keaton, Phyllis Haver, Babe London2.73
66 . Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Roy D'Arcy, Lionel Belmore2.73
67 . Battle of the Century (1927)Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Ed Brandenburg, Dorothy Coburn2.73
68 . The Beloved Rogue (1927)John Barrymore, Conrad Veidt, Marceline Day, Henry Victor2.73
69 . Berth Marks (1929)Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Baldwin Cooke2.73
70 . Brewster's Millions (1921)Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Betty Ross Clarke, Fred Huntley, Jean Acker2.73
71 . Camille (1921)Pola Negri, Paul Biensfeldt, Paul Otto, Victor Varconi2.73
72 . Condemned (1929)Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges, Louis Wolheim2.73
73 . Dangerous Curves (1929)Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, Kay Francis, David Newell2.73
74 . Disraeli (1929)George Arliss, Joan Bennett, Florence Arliss, Anthony Bushell2.73
75 . Downhill (1927)Ivor Novello, Robin Irvine, Isabel Jeans, Ian Hunter2.73
76 . The Eagle (1925)Rudolph Valentino, Vilma B?nky, Louise Dresser, Albert Conti2.73
77 . Foolish Wives (1922)Maude George, Mae Busch, Erich von Stroheim, Dale Fuller2.73
78 . For Heaven's Sake (1926)Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young, Jim Mason2.73
79 . Forbidden Paradise (1924)Pola Negri, Rod La Rocque, Adolphe Menjou, Pauline Starke2.73
80 . The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard, Bridgetta Clark, Rudolph Valentino2.73
81 . Four Sons (1928)Margaret Mann, James Hall, Charles Morton, Ralph Bushman2.73
82 . From Soup to Nuts (1928)Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Tiny Sandford2.73
83 . The Gold Diggers (1923)Hope Hampton, Wyndham Standing, Louise Fazenda, Gertrude Short2.73
84 . Greed (1924)ZaSu Pitts, Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller2.73
85 . Hallelujah! (1929)Daniel L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney, William Fountaine, Fanny Belle DeKnight2.73
86 . He Who Gets Slapped (1924)Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Marc McDermott2.73
87 . Hell's Heroes (1929)Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, Fred Kohler, Joe De La Cruz2.73
88 . The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)Conrad Nagel, Jack Benny, John Gilbert, Norma Shearer2.73
89 . The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Kate Lester2.73
90 . The Iron Horse (1924)George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Cyril Chadwick, Will Walling2.73
91 . Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy, Lon Poff, Sammy Brooks2.73
92 . It (1927)Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William Austin, Priscilla Bonner2.73
93 . The Johnstown Flood (1926)George O'Brien, Florence Gilbert, Janet Gaynor, Anders Randolf2.73
94 . The King of Kings (1927)H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut2.73
95 . The Kiss (1929)Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Anders Randolf, Holmes Herbert2.73
96 . La Bohème (1926)Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, George Hassell, Roy D'Arcy2.73
97 . A Lady of Chance (1928)Norma Shearer, Lowell Sherman, Gwen Lee, Johnny Mack Brown2.73
98 . The Last Laugh (1924)Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz2.73
99 . Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young, Cissy Fitzgerald2.73
100 . Liberty (1929)Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Tom Kennedy, Sam Lufkin2.73

This chart uses a weighted rating based on the average rating per film and the number of votes per film.