Category:1924, Top Films

1920 -- 1921 -- 1922 -- 1923

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>> Film Studies (1920s) <<

1925 -- 1926 -- 1927 -- 1928

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#1. Sherlock Jr. <YouTube>
#2. The Last Laugh
#4. Greed
#6. The Navigator (USA 1924 Keaton)
#7. Die Nibelungen Part I
#8. The Thief of Bagdad <YouTube>
#10. Die Nibelungen Part II
#12. He Who Gets Slapped <YouTube>
#14. Kino Eye
#20. The Iron Horse <YouTube>
#24. Peter Pan <YouTube>
#50+. The Sea Hawk <YouTube>

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Notable Mention

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#3. Le Ballet mecanique (Leger)
#5. Entr'act (Clair)
#9b. 'The Hands of Orlac (Wiene)
#13. Michael / Mikaël (Dreyer)
#15. Aelita (Protazanov)
#16. The Great White Silence (Ponting)
#17. The Marriage Circle (Lubitsch)
#18. Girl Sky (USA 1924 Newmeyer / Taylor)
#21. Tha Saga of Gosta Bering
#--. The City Without Jews (Breslauer)'

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Additional Films

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#50+. Captain January (Cline) (?)
#50+. The Good Bad Boy (Cline) (?)
America (Griffith)
The Two Boys (Mercanton)
Helen of Troy (Noa)
Abraham Lincoln (Rosen)
A Boy of Flanders (Schertzinger)

Critical Reception (1924)

MUBI, Best Films

50 Top Films of 1924

-- #1. * Sherlock Jr. -- #2. * The Last Laugh -- #3. * Le Ballet mecanique -- #4. * Greed -- #5. * Entr'acte -- #6. The Navigator -- #7. * Die Nibelungen Part I -- #8. The Thief of Bagdad -- #9. <Cartoon Factory> -- #9b. The Hands of Orlac (listed in 1925) -- #10. Die Nibelungen Part II

-- #11. <Symphonie diagonale> -- #12. He Who Gets Slapped -- #13. Michael / Mikaël -- #14. Kino Eye -- #15. Aelita -- #16. The Great White Silence -- #17. The Marriage Circle -- #18. Girl Shy -- #19. L'inhumaine -- #20. The Iron Horse -- #21. The Saga of Gosta Berling -- #22. <Opus III> -- #23. <The Epic of Everest> -- #24. Peter Pan -- #25. Waxworks -- #26. The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West -- #27. <Help!> -- #28. <The Beauty from Nivernais> -- #29. <The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom> -- #30. <Forbidden Paradise>

-- #31. The Lion of the Moguls -- #32. The Finances of the Grand Duke -- #33. The White Shadow -- #34. <Soviet Toys> -- #35. Interplanetary Revolution -- #36. Cloud Phenomena of Maloja -- #37. New Year's Eve -- #38. <The Fugitive Futurist> -- #39. Looney Lens: Tenth Avenue, NYC -- #40. Isn't Life Wonderful -- #41. The Flood -- #42. Her Night of Romance -- #43. America -- #44. The Enchanted Cottage -- #45. Barbara Frietchie -- #46. Conductor 1492 -- #47. Thundering Hoofs -- #48. The Average Woman -- #49. * Feet of Mud -- #50. Iceland Fishermen

Flickchart, Best Films

-- #1. Sherlock Jr. (Keaton) -- #2. The Last Laugh -- #3. Greed (Stroheim) -- #4. The Navigator -- #5. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Lang) -- #6. The Thief of Bagdad -- #7. Girl Shy -- #8. He Who Gets Slapped (Sjostrom) -- #9. Die Nibelungen: Krimhild's Revenge (Lang) -- #10. The Hands of Orlac [Orlacs Hande] (Wiene)

-- #11. The Iron Horse (Ford) -- #12. ** Le Ballet mecanique -- #13. Entr'act (Clair) -- #14. * Waxworks (Leni) -- #15. Michael (Dreyer) -- #16. Peter Pan -- #17. The Great White Silence -- #18. America -- #19. Aelita -- #20. The Marriage Circle

-- #21. <The Last Man on Earth> -- #22. The Finances of the Grand Duke -- #23. Trip to Mars -- #24. Kino-Eye -- #25. Hot Water -- #26. Picking peaches -- #27. The Saga of Gosta Berling -- #28. Her Night of Romance -- #29. Sawdust Trail -- #30. Barbara Fritchie

-- #44. <The Cartoon Factory> -- #53. The Sea Hawk (Lloyd) -- #62. Captain January (Cline) -- #72. <Help!> -- #76. <Symphonie diagonale> -- #83. <Soviet Toys>

History of Cinema, Best Films

-- #1. ** Sherlock Jr. (Keaton) -- #2. ** The Last Laugh -- #3. ** Le Ballet mecanique -- #4. ** Greed (Stroheim) -- #5. ** Entr'act (Clair) -- #7. ** Die Nibelungen (Lang)

-- #12. * He Who Gets Slapped (Sjostrom) -- #13. * Michael (Dreyer) -- #15. * Aelita -- #16. * The Great White Silence -- #17. * The Marriage Circle -- #18. * Girl Shy -- #19. * L'inhumaine (L'Herbier) -- #20. * The Iron Horse (Ford)

-- #21. * The Saga of Gosta Berling [Gosta Berlings Saga] -- #24. * Peter Pan -- #25. * Waxworks (Leni) -- #49. * Feet of Mud (Edwards)

-- Backbiters [Catherine; ou, Una vie sans joie] (Renoir) -- The Hands of Orlac [Orlacs Hande] (Wiene)

Silent Era, Best Films

-- #10. Greed -- #17. Sherlock Jr. -- #22. The Last Laugh -- #26. The Thief of Bagdad -- #45. Die Nibelungen -- #49. He Who Gets Slapped -- #50. Girl Shy -- #59. The Navigator -- #80. Strike -- #97. The Iron Horse

-- #104. Aelita -- #131. The Marriage Circle -- #153. Waxworks -- #166. The Sea Hawk -- #168. Entr’acte -- #175. Peter Pan -- #181. Hot Water -- #206. Isn’t Life Wonderful? -- #208. Gosta Berling’s Saga -- #236. The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks -- #237. Mikaël -- #238. The Open Road -- #255. Le Ballet méchanique

-- #300+. America -- Changing Husbands -- The Chechachos -- Helen’s Babies -- L’Inhumaine -- Kino-Eye -- Manhandled -- Open All Night -- The Crazy Ray -- Romola -- Smouldering Fires -- Thundering Hoofs

Paste Magazine, Best Films

-- #1. Sherlock, Jr. (Keaton) -- #9. He Who Gets Slapped (Sjostrom) -- #28. Greed (Stroheim) -- #50. The Navigator (Keaton) -- #55. The Last Laugh (Murnau) -- #59. The Great White Silence (Ponting) -- #63. The Thief of Bagdad (Walsh) -- #75. Gösta Berlings saga / The Saga of Gosta Berling (Stiller)