Top Movies of 1920s


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41. It

Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Clarence G. Badger, Josef von Sternberg
Actors: Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William Austin, Priscilla Bonner, Jacqueline Gadsden, Julia Swayne Gordon
Plot: It stars Clara Bow as a young girl with It (sex appeal) who pursues a playboy.

42. Sunrise

Year of Release: 1926
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raymond Longford, F. Stuart Whyte
Actors: Zara Clinton, Phyllis Du Barry, Harry Hodson, Dick Thornton, Robert Travers, Dunstan Webb

43. The Penalty

Year of Release: 1920
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Wallace Worsley
Actors: Lon Chaney, Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason, Milton Ross, Ethel Grey Terry
Plot: A San Fransisco mob boss is out for revenge against the doctor who might have needlessly amputated his legs as a child.

44. Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde

Year of Release: 1925
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Scott Pembroke, Joe Rock
Actors: Stan Laurel, Julie Leonard, Pete the Dog

45. The Unknown

Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tod Browning
Actors: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz, John George, Frank Lanning
Plot: Alonzo is an apparently armless knife thrower who uses his feet to encircle Estrellita with blades. Zanzi is killed by Alonzo (who really does have arms). Estrellita allows herself to fall in love with Alonzo (she fears men's arms), so he goes to a hospital and has his amputated. Meantime Malabar cures Estrellita of her fear of men's arms, so Alonzo tries to have him killed during a circus act.

46. Seventh Heaven

Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Borzage
Actors: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Ben Bard, Albert Gran, David Butler, Marie Mosquini

47. Napoléon

Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Abel Gance
Actors: Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële, Alexandre Koubitzky, Antonin Artaud, Abel Gance

48. Queen Kelly

Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Erich von Stroheim
Actors: Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron, Seena Owen, Sidney Bracey, Ann Morgan, Tully Marshall

49. The Wind

Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Victor Sjöström
Actors: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming, Edward Earle, William Orlamond
Plot: Letty Mason, innocent and naive, moves from Virginia to her cousin's ranch in Sweet Water on the prairies of the West. Unaccustomed to the to both the incessant wind and the uncouth people, she is shunned by the family and forced into a marriage in order to survive.

50. The Skeleton Dance

Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Walt Disney
Plot: During the nighttime, four skeletons gain consciousness and make music.

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