Top Movies of 1920s


The top movies of 1920s list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

101. The Cat and the Canary

Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paul Leni
Actors: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall, Gertrude Astor, Flora Finch
Plot: Young Anabelle West is set to inherit a fortune from her eccentric
relative -- if she can prove that she is sane! In the event that she
cannot inherit the money, another relative, whose identity is kept secret,
will step in to take her place.

102. The Goat

Year of Release: 1921
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair
Actors: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Malcolm St. Clair, Edward F. Cline, Jean C. Havez
Plot: Buster Keaton lines up for food and accidentally hits a cop with a horseshoe while he saves a damsel in distress. Three officers chase him, but luckily he gets away on a train.

103. The Pilgrim

Year of Release: 1923
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Chaplin
Actors: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Kitty Bradbury, Syd Chaplin, Mack Swain, Henry Bergman

104. The Merry Widow

Year of Release: 1925
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Erich von Stroheim
Actors: Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Roy D'Arcy, Josephine Crowell, George Fawcett, Tully Marshall

105. The Cossacks

Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George W. Hill, Clarence Brown
Actors: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Ernest Torrence, Nils Asther, Paul Hurst, Mary Alden

106. The Ace of Hearts

Year of Release: 1921
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Wallace Worsley
Actors: Lon Chaney, Leatrice Joy, John Bowers, Hardee Kirkland, Raymond Hatton, Edwin Wallock
Plot: Two people within a secret society begin to fall in love when one of them is required by secret society to kill someone.

107. The Saphead

Year of Release: 1920
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Herbert Blaché, Winchell Smith
Actors: Buster Keaton, Beulah Booker, Edward Jobson, Jack Livingston, William H. Crane, Edward Alexander
Plot: An idiotic man (saphead, if you will) loses his family's fortune.

108. Through the Back Door

Year of Release: 1921
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred E. Green, Jack Pickford
Actors: Mary Pickford, Gertrude Astor, Wilfred Lucas, Helen Raymond, Adolphe Menjou, C. Norman Hammond

109. The Boat

Year of Release: 1921
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Buster Keaton
Actors: Buster Keaton

110. The Love Nest

Year of Release: 1923
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Actors: Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox

Are you sure you want to delete this comment?