Category:1922, Top Films

1918 -- 1919 -- 1920 -- 1921

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1923 -- 1924 -- 1925 -- 1926

Notable 1922 Films (and My Ranking)

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-- #1. Nosferatu <YouTube>

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-- #3. Nanook of the North -- #6. Foolish Wives <YouTube> -- #21. Love One Another -- #36. Oliver Twist -- #39. The Toll of the Sea <YouTube> -- #50. Crainquebille -- #50+, Nathan der Weise -- #50+. Our Gang (serial)

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#22. Blood and Sand <YouTube>

#5. <Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler>

#2. * Häxan

Timothy's Quest (USA 1922 Olcott) <YouTube> -- A charming pastoral about two unwanted children finding acceptance and love, rare cinematic gem based on Kate Douglas Wiggin's novel of the same name.

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Dr. Jack (USA 1922 Taylor) <YouTube> -- Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich, after years of unsuccessful treatment. Starring Harold Lloyd.

Lorna Doone (USA 1922) <YouTube> -- In 17th-century England, an outlaw clan kidnaps a young girl, who grows up among them. The farm boy who met her just before the kidnapping eventually rescues her, and they fall in love.

Moran of the Lady Letty (USA 1922) <YouTube> -- A milquetoast young man of society toughens up once he's shanghaied and falls for the captain's tomboy daughter.

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films

50 Top Films of 1922

-- #1. Nosferatu -- #2. Häxan -- #3. Nanook of the North -- #4. Cops -- #5. <Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler> -- #6. Foolish Wives -- #7. Pay Day -- #8. The Electric House -- #9. Phantom -- #10. The Paleface

-- #11. Daydreams -- #12. The Blacksmith -- #13. The Frozen North -- #14. Opus II -- #15. My Wife's Relations -- #16. Danse macabre -- #17. Cinderella -- #18. Dr. Jack -- #19. The Burning Soil -- #20. Beyond the Rocks -- #21. Love One Another -- #22. <Blood and Sand> -- #30. Tess of the Storm Country

-- #36. Oliver Twist -- #37. Nice and Friendly -- #39. The Toll of the Sea -- #50. Coster Bill of Paris

Silent Era, Best Films

-- #5. Nosferatu -- #31. Nanook of the North -- #34. Witchcraft Through the Ages -- #42. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler -- #56. Foolish Wives -- #66. Cops (Keaton) -- #78. Robin Hood -- #85. Tess of the Storm Country

-- #115. Blood and Sand -- #141. Grandma’s Boy -- #167. The Burning Soil -- #197. The Electric House (Keaton) -- #201. La Roue (Gance) -- #204. The Toll of the Sea -- #227. The Three Must-Get-Theres -- #235. A Santanotte -- #285. Shadows -- #294. Phantom (Murnau)

-- #300+. Beyond the Rocks -- The Blacksmith (Keaton) -- Day Dreams (Keaton) -- Dr. Jack -- Down to the Sea in Ships -- Manslaughter -- Mud and Sand -- My Wife’s Relations' -- Oliver Twist -- The Paleface -- Pan -- Pay Day -- The Prisoner of Zenda -- The Ropin’ Fool -- Sherlock Holmes -- The Loves of Pharaoh -- When Knighthood Was in Flower

Paste Magazine, Best Films

-- #27. Cops (Keaton) -- #30. Nosferatu (Murnau) -- #69. Hard Luck (Keaton) -- #96. Foolish Wives (Stroheim)

Silent Films Ranked, Best Films

-- #11. Nosferatu (Murnau) -- #30. Nanook of the North (Flaherty) -- #44. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (Lang) -- #51. Häxan (Christensen) -- #64. Foolish Wives (Stroheim) -- #75. Robin Hood (Dwan) -- #78. Cops (Keaton)