Category:1920, Top Films

1916 -- 1917 -- 1918 -- 1919

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1921 -- 1922 -- 1923 -- 1924

Notable 1920 films

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{de} Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari / The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (DEU 1920 Wiene) <YouTube>

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{de} [The] Golem: How He Came into the World / Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (DEU 1920 Wegener) <YouTube>
{en} [The] Mark of Zorro (USA 1920 Niblo) <YouTube>
{en} One Week (1920 Cline / Keaton) <short> <YouTube>
{en} [The] Scarecrow (USA 1920 Cline / Keaton), short <YouTube>
{en} Way Down East (USA 1920 Griffith) <YouTube>

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{en} Dinty (USA 1920 Neilan) <YouTube>
{en} Humoresque (USA 1920 Borzage) <YouTube>
{en} Just Pals (USA 1920 Ford) <YouTube>
{en} [The] Last of the Mohicans (1920 Tourneur / Brown), film
{en} Within Our Gates (USA 1920 Micheaux) <YouTube>

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{en} Convict 13 (1920 Cline / Keaton) <short> <YouTube>

{en} The Daughter of Dawn (USA 1920 Myles) <YouTube>

{en} Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (USA 1920 Robertson) <YouTube>
{en} Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Der Januskopf (1920 Murnau) <YouTube>

{en} [The] Flapper (USA 1920 Crosland) <YouTube>

Heidi (1920 Thomson), film no>
Huckleberry Finn (1920 Taylor), film

{en} [The] Idol Dancer (USA 1920 Griffith) <YouTube>

{en} [The] Jack-Knife Man (USA 1920 Vidor) <YouTube>

{da} Leaves from Satan's Book / Blade af Satans bog (DNK 1920 Dreyer)

{en} Neighbors (1920 Cline / Keaton) <short> <YouTube>
{en} Nurse Marjorie (USA 1920 Taylor) <YouTube>

[The] Parson's Widow (1920 Dreyer) <YouTube>
{en} Pollyanna (1920 Powell) <YouTube>

The Revenge of Tarzan (1920 Revier / Merrick), film

{en} [The] Saphead (USA 1920 Blache) <YouTube>
{en} The Son of Tarzan (1920-1921 Revier) <serial> <YouTube>
{en} The Soul of Youth (USA 1920 Taylor) <YouTube>

{en} [The] Toll Gate (USA 1920 Hillyer) <YouTube>

Ranking

My Picks

-- #1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari -- #2. One Week [short] -- #3. The Golem (100% Rotten Tomatoes) -- #13. The Mark of Zorro -- #23. Just Pals -- #34. Humoresque -- #39. Pollyanna

Limbo

-- #5. Way Down East -- #7. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde -- #11. Leaves from Satan's Book -- #17. Within Our Gates -- #19. The Last of the Mohicans

Critical Reception

Silent Era, Best Films

-- #8. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari -- #33. Way Down East -- #47. The Mark of Zorro -- #67. The Golem -- #87. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robertson) -- #88. The Last of the Mohicans -- #98. The Penalty

-- #149. One Week (Keaton) -- #177. Within Our Gates -- #251. The High Sign (Keaton) -- #252. Neighbors (Keaton) -- #269. The Jack-Knife Man -- #289. The Toll Gate -- #292. Why Change Your Wife? (DeMille)

-- #300+. Leaves From Satan’s Book -- Convict 13 (Keaton) -- Drag Harlan -- Number, Please? -- Nurse Marjorie -- The Parson’s Widow -- The Saphead -- The Scarecrow -- Suds -- The Tiger’s Coat -- From Morning till Midnight

MUBI, Best Films

50 Top Films of 1920

-- #1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari -- #2. One Week [short] -- #3. The Golem -- #4. Neighbors [short] -- #5. Way Down East -- #6. The Scarecrow [short] -- #7. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robertson) -- #8. Convict 13 [short] -- #9. <The Parson's Widow> -- #10. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Murnau) [lost]

-- #11. Leaves from Satan's Book -- #12. The Penalty -- #13. The Mark of Zorro -- #14. From Morning to Midnight -- #15. Genuine -- #16. Erotikon -- #17. Within Our Gates -- #18. The Garage -- #19. The Last of the Mohicans -- #20. Kuleshov Effect

-- #23. Just Pals -- #30. Anna Boleyn -- #34. Humoresque -- #39. Pollyanna

Silent Films Ranked, Best Films

-- #10. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Wiene) -- #19. Way Down East (Griffith) -- #60. The Golem (Wegener) -- #71. The Mark of Zorro (Niblo) -- #92. The Scarecrow (Keaton)

Paste Magazine, Best Films

-- #35. One Week (Keaton) -- #49. The Penalty (Worsley) -- #62. L’Hirondelle et la Mésange / The Swallow and the Titmouse (Antoine) -- #72. The Last of the Mohicans (Tourneur) -- #95. Prästänkan / The Parson’s Widow (Dreyer) -- #99. Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)