100 Most Acclaimed Films of the Decade: 1920s (and earlier)


  1. Sunrise (1927)
  2. Battleship Potemkin (1925)
  3. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
  4. The General (1927)
  5. The Gold Rush (1925)
  6. Intolerance (1916)
  7. Metropolis (1927)
  8. Greed (1924)
  9. Nosferatu (1922)
  10. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
  11. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
  12. Napoléon (1927)
  13. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
  14. The Last Laugh (1924)
  15. Un Chien Andalou (1929)
  16. Broken Blossoms (1919)
  17. Pandora's Box (1929)
  18. The Crowd (1928)
  19. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
  20. Faust (1926)
  21. The Cameraman (1928)
  22. The Wind (1928)
  23. Nanook of the North (1922)
  24. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
  25. Strike (1925)
  26. October (1928)
  27. Seven Chances (1925)
  28. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
  29. Our Hospitality (1923)
  30. The Navigator (1924)
  31. Les Vampires (1915)
  32. The Wedding March (1928)
  33. The Circus (1928)
  34. The Kid (1921)
  35. Die Nibelungen (1924)
  36. The Big Parade (1925)
  37. The Unknown (1927)
  38. Safety Last! (1923)
  39. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
  40. Foolish Wives (1922)
  41. Destiny (1921)
  42. Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
  43. The Docks of New York (1928)
  44. 7th Heaven (1927)
  45. Mother (1926)
  46. The Pilgrim (1923)
  47. Berlin, Symphony of a City (1927)
  48. Häxan (1922)
  49. Storm Over Asia (1928)
  50. Fantômas (1913/14)
  51. Ménilmontant (1926)
  52. The Kid Brother (1927)
  53. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
  54. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
  55. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
  56. Girl Shy (1924)
  57. Hallelujah! (1929)
  58. One Week (1920)
  59. A Woman of Paris (1923)
  60. Big Business (1929)
  61. Cops (1922)
  62. The Skeleton Dance (1929)
  63. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
  64. The Freshman (1925)
  65. The Man Who Laughs (1928)
  66. The Play House (1921)
  67. The Scarecrow (1920)
  68. Wings (1927)
  69. A Dog's Life (1918)
  70. He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
  71. Shoulder Arms (1918)
  72. The Immigrant (1917)
  73. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
  74. Easy Street (1917)
  75. Go West (1925)
  76. Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)
  77. Neighbors (1920)
  78. Queen Kelly (1929)
  79. Speedy (1928)
  80. The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
  81. An Italian Straw Hat (1928)
  82. Moana (1926)
  83. The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
  84. The Last Command (1928)
  85. True Heart Susie (1919)
  86. L'Argent (1928)
  87. The Frogs Who Wanted a King (1923)
  88. Spione (1928)
  89. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928, Epstein)
  90. The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924)
  91. Varieté (1925)
  92. Way Down East (1920)
  93. Applause (1929)
  94. Arsenal (1928)
  95. Entr'acte (1924)
  96. Le Locataire Diabolique (1909)
  97. Lonesome (1928)
  98. Never Weaken (1921)
  99. The Insects' Christmas (1913)
  100. Two Tars (1928)