Top 20 films of the 1920's POLL

[SimBelm]

Originally Posted by legendarymatt92

One that not many people have mentioned but is certainly worth watching is F.W. Murnau's Der Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh). Incredible film.

It was also a main proponant in the "Entfesselte Kamera" techniques that allowed a camera to be more free-moving. It's a film almost told exclusively through the camera.

That's one I was going to try and watch before I post my list, glad to hear a solid recommendation for it.

I thought it would be interesting to do something like this for each decade (maybe one a month?), I hope Abdrewes is planning to continue it after this one finishes.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by SimBelm

That's one I was going to try and watch before I post my list, glad to hear a solid recommendation for it.

I thought it would be interesting to do something like this for each decade (maybe one a month?), I hope Abdrewes is planning to continue it after this one finishes.

I was planning on doing one a month.
June 20: 1920's
July 20: 1930's
...And so on

[SimBelm]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

I was planning on doing one a month.
June 20: 1920's
July 20: 1930's
...And so on

[Judex]

Originally Posted by legendarymatt92

One that not many people have mentioned but is certainly worth watching is F.W. Murnau's Der Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh). Incredible film.

It was also a main proponant in the "Entfesselte Kamera" techniques that allowed a camera to be more free-moving. It's a film almost told exclusively through the camera.

I adore Der Letzte Mann, hopefully MoC will upgrade it to blu.

I'm going to have to give Gold Rush a re-watch wasn't a fan of it when I saw it.

[*PREACHER*]

First off I'd like to thank the great Abdrewes for making this thread, secondly my fellow blu-ray enthusiasts on here to help me and my brain remember some of the greats out there that I have seen in my life...thanks guys...I couldn't have done it without you!!!



My List:

1) Nosferatu
2) The Phantom of the Opera
3) Sunrise
4) Metropolis
5) Der Letzte Mann
6) The Phantom Carriage
7) Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages
8) Thief of Bagdad
9) Faust
10) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
11) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
12) Wings
13) The Passion of Joan of Arc
14) Lonesome
15) The Unknown
16) The Lodger
17) Michael
18) Pandora's Box
19) Diary of a Lost Girl
20) The Hunchback of Notre Dame

[Kevin Holly]

Here's a top 10. I've seen more than 20 from this decade (barely), but I feel that a list that includes almost every film I've seen from the decade would be less meaningful. I'll thus hold it to 10.

1. Metropolis
2. The Phantom Carriage
3. Underworld
4. Haxan
5. The Passion of Joan of Arc
6. Nosferatu
7. The Lodger
8. The General
9. Waxworks
10. The Gold Rush


I really need to see Greed, Die Niebelungen, and the Luis Brunel stuff.

[rkolinski]

1. Metropolis
2. The Huntchback of Notre Dame
3. Napoleon
4. Nosferatu
5. Phantom of the Opera
6. Battleship Potemkin
7. Wings
8. The Lost World
9. Ben Hur
10. The Thief of Bagdad
11. The Mark of Zorro
12. The Ten Commandments
13. The Kid
14. Robin Hood
15. The Sheik
16. The Gold Rush
17. The General
18. The Jazz Singer
19. The Broadway Melody
20. Nanook of the North

[Abdrewes]

Thanks Preacher, rkolinsky & Kevin Holly

[Kevin Holly]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Thanks Preacher, rkolinsky & Kevin Holly

I do what I can

[toddly6666]

1. Sunrise
2. Metropolis
3. Lonesome
4. Die Nibelungen
5. The Thief of Bagdad
6. The Loves of the Pharaoh
7. The Gold Rush
8. Wings
9. The Circus
10. Street Angel
11. Our Hospitality
12. The Lodger

All of the above are on Blu-ray too.

[Cinemach]

Suggestion Abdrewes: might you consider opening up pre-1920 - nominally, 1910s - films onto this ballot? The two decades meld strongly, particularly when you consider the modern feature film was only birthed widescale well after the halfpoint of the decade with Cabiria [Italy] and The Birth of a Nation.

(Plus, it'd give me the chance to put the Griffith films I've seen - and would rank - on my list).

LIST TO COME...

[Abdrewes]

Cinemach, I definitely see the argument, and even considered this at first. After all, between 1914 and 1927 enormous leaps and bounds were made: the first modern films in the epics of DW Griffith to the introduction of sound

But my main reason is this: I plan on seeing atleast 20 from the '10's eventually, so the list will be made.

So far, this is how it goes:
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Les Vampires (1915)
Intolerance (1916)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
Broken Blossoms (1919)

[Blu-Velvet]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Cinemach, I definitely see the argument, and even considered this at first. After all, between 1914 and 1927 enormous leaps and bounds were made: the first modern films in the epics of DW Griffith to the introduction of sound

But my main reason is this: I plan on seeing atleast 20 from the '10's eventually, so the list will be made.

So far, this is how it goes:
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Les Vampires (1915)
Intolerance (1916)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)
Broken Blossoms (1919)

While there's not much from the teens on Blu-ray yet, there's really quite a bit on DVD (if you include DVD-R), and lots of screenings at various classic film festivals and series around the country. It's again very hard to limit it to just 20 notable feature-length films from the 1910s. Cecil B. DeMille made over 40 features from 1914-1919, over a dozen of those in 1915 alone! And Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford each had lots of features and much of their best work in the 1910s, not to mention a few other memorable D. W. Griffith titles and most of William S. Hart's best films. Then there are the great European features of the teens of Gance, Sjostrom, Lubitsch, and others. Yes, there are more than enough films from the teens to whittle down to a top 20.

[BobbyMcGee]

Awesome topic and great lists by everyone who has contributed. Here are a few of mine. I will add more if I can think of them.

Docks of New York (1928): Bancroft!

Underworld (1927) Bancroft!

The Last Laugh (1924) Probably my favorite from this decade.

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans ( 1927)

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) Dryer, one of my all-time favorite directors.

Strike (1925)

[Cinemach]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Cinemach, I definitely see the argument, and even considered this at first. After all, between 1914 and 1927 enormous leaps and bounds were made: the first modern films in the epics of DW Griffith to the introduction of sound

Originally Posted by Blu-Velvet

While there's not much from the teens on Blu-ray yet, there's really quite a bit on DVD (if you include DVD-R), and lots of screenings at various classic film festivals and series around the country. It's again very hard to limit it to just 20 notable feature-length films from the 1910s. Cecil B. DeMille made over 40 features from 1914-1919, over a dozen of those in 1915 alone! And Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford each had lots of features and much of their best work in the 1910s, not to mention a few other memorable D. W. Griffith titles and most of William S. Hart's best films. Then there are the great European features of the teens of Gance, Sjostrom, Lubitsch, and others. Yes, there are more than enough films from the teens to whittle down to a top 20.

Cool. Was really just checking for the greater benefit of participant ballots.

Yeah, I'm not sure I could do a legit top 20 for the 1910s either, but as Blu Velvet concludes it is definitely possible. To a greater extent than even the 1920s, though, I am familiar with most of the decade's output academically; much more pictures of the era are available now but in too many cases the home video presentations are found wanting. Youtube is great for a good deal of them, but the quality there can be even worse (which is why, for me, it's best for the shorts).

[BadWolf91]

1. Metropolis
2. The Passion of Joan of Arc
3. The General
4. Sunrise
5. An Andalusian Dog
6. Greed
7. The Crowd
8. The Gold Rush
9. The Docks of New York
10. Sherlock, Jr.
11. Safety Last!
12. Haxan
13. The Man with the Movie Camera
14. Nanook of the North
15. The Last Laugh
16. The Thief of Bagdad
17. The Freshman
18. The Big Parade
19. Lonesome
20. The Phantom Carriage

[belgavin]

1. Sunrise
2. Lonesome
3. The General
4. Way Down East
5. Die Nibelungen
6. Man With A Movie Camera
7. Battleship Potemkin
8. Un Chien Andalou
9. Passion of Joan of Arc
10. Ben Hur
11. Nosferatu
12. Wings
13. Steamboat Bill Jr
14. The Faithful Heart
15. Metropolis
16. Thief of Baghdad
17. The Circus
18. The Gold Rush
19. The Jazz Singer
20. Wizard of Oz (I know it's terrible but it was one of the first silents I ever saw and it has stuck with me)

I would have put Murnau's City Girl as #1 but it just misses out (1930)

[jrsl76]

This is a woefully lesser explored decade for me and I actually own a number of 1920s titles that I need to see when I have the opportunity.

As for now, here's what I'll put:

1.) Pandora's Box
2.) Diary Of A Lost Girl
3.) Nosferatu
4.) Metropolis
5.) The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari (I thought it was 1919, but seems to show as 1920 a lot of places)
6.) The General
7.) The Passion Of Joan Of Arc

[W0m6at]

Gonna put in an effort to watch more by cut-off, but here's a start from me:

01) Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920, dir. Robertson)
02) Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
03) Metropolis (1927)
04) The Goat (1921) (short)
05) The Phantom of the Opera (1925/29)
06) The Paleface (1922) (short)
07) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
08) One Week (1920) (short)
09) Steamboat Willie (1928)
10) The Death-Feigning Chinaman (1928) (short)
11) Die Nibelungen (1924)
12) The General (1926)
13) The Black Pirate (1926)
14) The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
15) The Skeleton Dance (1929)
16) The Lost World (1925)
17) Nosferatu (1922)
18) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
19) The Golem (1920)
20) Battleship Potemkin (1925)

[Abdrewes]

wom6at, i assume those are ranked.