Category:1926, Top Films

1922 -- 1923 -- 1924 -- 1925

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1927 -- 1928 -- 1929 -- 1930

Notable Mention

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films (1926)

• - #1. The General (Keaton) USA
• - #2. Faust (Murnau) DEU
• - #3. A Page of Madness (Kinugasa) JPN
• - #4. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Reiniger) DEU
• - #5. Menilmontant (Kirsanoff) FRA
• - #6. Anemic Cinema
• - #7. Emak-Bakia
• - #8. Film Study
• - #9. Mother / Mat (Pudovkin) RUS
• - #10. By the Law (Kuleshov) RUS
• - #11. Flesh and the Devil (Brown) USA
• - #12. The Scarlet Letter (Sjostrom) USA
• - #13. A Sixth Part of the World
• - #14. 3 Bad Men (Ford) USA
• - #15. Battling Butler
• - #16. Nothing But Time
• - #17. The Holy Mountain
• - #18. Sparrows (Beaudine) USA
• - #19. Five Minutes of Pure Cinema
• - #20. La Boheme
• - #21. Nana
• - #22. Secrets of a Soul
• - #23. Paris Fashion
• - #24. The Late Mathias Pascal
• - #25. The Bride of Glomdal
• - #26. For Heaven's Sake (Taylor) USA
• - #27. The Student of Prague (Galeen) DEU
• - #28. Moana
• - #29. The Temptress
• - #30. The Bridal Party in Hardanger
• - #31. Mantrap
• - #32. The Son of the Sheik (Fitzmaurice) USA
• - #33. Miss Mend
• - #34. The Overcoat
• - #35. Now You Tell One
• - #36. Mauprat
• - #37. Forward, Soviet!
• - #38. Bardelys the Magnificent
• - #39. Mechanics of the Brain
• - #40. Egged On
• - #41. The Sorrows of Satan
• - #42. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (Edwards) USA
• - #43. The Blackbird
• - #44. So This Is Paris (Lubitsch) USA
• - #45. Don Juan (Crosland) USA
• - #46. The Winning of Barbara Worth
• - #47. The Strong Man (Capra) USA
• - #48. Katka's Reinette Apples
• - #49. The Golden Clown
• - #50. Berliner Stilleben

Addenda

• - Beau Geste (Brenon) USA
• - [The] Black Pirate (Parker) USA
• - Gribiche / Mother of Mine (Feyder) FRA
• - Hands Up!
• - [The] Last Lord / L'ultimo lord (Genina) ITA
• - Mighty Like a Moose
• - Moonland (O'Connor) USA
• - The Sea Beast (Webb) USA
• - [The] Volga Boatman
• - What Price Glory? (Walsh) USA
• - [The] Wandering Jew / Le Juif errant (Luitz-Morat) FRA

Critical Reception

The Film Daily, Best Films (1926)

-- #1. Beau Geste -- #2. What Price Glory -- #3. Variety (see 1925) -- #4. The Black Pirate -- #5. Don Juan -- #6. The Volga Boatman -- #7. Old Ironsides -- #8. The Better 'Ole -- #9. Faust -- #10. The Scarlet Letter

-- #11. The Sea Beast -- #12. Flesh and the Devil -- #13. La Boheme -- #14. Behind the Front -- #15. Tell It to Marines -- #16. Mare Nostrum -- #17. The Grand Duchess and the Waiter -- #18. The Waltz Dream -- #19. We're In the Navy Now -- #20. The Strong Man -- #21. Moana of the South Seas -- #22. Kiki -- #23. Bardelys the Magnificent -- #24. Three Bad Men -- #25. The Quarterback -- #26. The Temptress -- #27. Brown of Harvard -- #28. The Son of the Sheik -- #29. Potemkin -- #30. Sparrows

-- #31. Men of Steel -- #32. The Road to Mandalay -- #33. So This Is Paris -- #34. Silence -- #35. Nell Gwyn -- #36. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp -- #37. The Return of Peter Grimm -- #38. Beverly of Graustark -- #39. Michael Strogoff -- #40. God Gave Me Twenty Cents -- #41. Ivan the Terrible

Silent Era, Best Films

-- #1. The General -- #2?. Flesh and the Devil -- #32. Faust -- #58. Sparrows -- #69. The Son of the Sheik -- #90. Mother / Mat

-- #102. The Black Pirate -- #112. The Student of Prague -- #118. The Strong Man -- #122. Hands Up! -- #124. The Scarlet Letter -- #138. A Page of Madness -- #139. Tell It to the Marines -- #140. The Great K & A Train Robbery -- #148. Battling Butler -- #154. Don Juan -- #158. For Heaven’s Sake -- #165. What Price Glory? -- #171. The Adventures of Prince Achmed -- #174. Ménilmontant -- #179. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp -- #180. Brown of Harvard -- #184. By the Law -- #193. La Bohème -- #212. Beau Geste -- #219. Mantrap -- #220. Mighty Like a Moose -- #228. Nana -- #263. Ella Cinders -- #271. The Magician -- #272. Maré Nostrum -- #277. Old Ironsides -- #288. 3 Bad Men -- #298. The Holy Mountain

-- 300+. The Bat -- The Devil’s Wheel -- Desert Valley -- The Dixie Flyer -- For the Term of His Natural Life -- Glomdalsbruden -- Kid Boots -- Kiki -- Love ’em and Leave ’em -- Michel Strogoff -- The Sea Beast -- The Overcoat -- The Show Off -- The Temptress -- The Torrent -- Twinkletoes -- The Volga Boatman

Paste Magazine, Best Films

-- #13. The General (Keaton) -- #14. Menilmontant (Kirsanoff) -- #20. A Page of Madness (Kinugasa) -- #23. Faust (Murnau) -- #47. The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Reiniger) -- #76. Battling Butler (Keaton) -- #78. Flesh and the Devil (Brown) -- #93. Mighty Like a Moose (McCarey)

Schneider, Best Films

-- #1. The General -- #4. The Adventures of Prince Achmed

National Film Registry

-- #1. The General -- 50+. The Black Pirate -- Flesh and the Devil -- Ella Cinders -- The Flying Ace -- Hands Up! -- Mighty Like a Moose <short> -- So's Your Old Man -- The Son of the Sheik -- The Strong Man

TSPDT, Best Films

-- #1. The General -- #2. Faust -- #4. The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Top10ner, Best Films

-- #1. The General -- #2. Faust -- #4. The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Film101, Best Films

-- #1. The General

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #1. The General

ChildActors, Best Films

-- #18. Sparrows -- #50+. Gribiche (France)

-- A Merry Christmas to All -- Moonland

-- Our Gang: The Fourth Alarm -- Our Gang: Good Cheer -- Our Gang: Thundering Fleas -- Our Gang: Uncle Tom's Uncle

Best International Films

-- A Page of Madness (Japan)

Tubi

-- 50+. The Black Pirate