Category:1920, Top Films

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>> Film Studies (1920s) <<

1921 -- 1922 -- 1923 -- 1924

-- #1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Wiene) -- #2. One Week (Cline, Keaton) -- #3. [The] Golem: How He Came into the World (Wegener) -- #5. 'Way Down East (Griffith) -- #6. [The] Scarecrow (Cline, Keaton) -- #7. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robertson) -- #13. [The] Mark of Zorro (Niblo) -- #23 Just Pals (Ford) -- #34. Humoresque (Borzage) -- #39. Pollyanna (Powell) -- #50+ Dinty (Neilan)

Notable Mention

-- #4. Neighbors (Cline, Keaton) -- #8. Convict 13 (Cline, Keaton) -- #9. The Parson's Widow [Prästänkan] (Dreyer) -- #12. The Penalty (Worsley) -- #14. From Morning to Midnight [Von morgens bis Mitternacht] (Martin) -- #15. Genuine (Wiene) -- #17. Within Our Gates (Micheaux)

-- #25. The Saphaerd -- #30. Anna Boleyn (Lubitsch) -- #31. The Monastery of Sendomir [Klostret i Sendomir] -- #50. The Swallow and the Titmouse [L'hirondelle et la mesange] -- #50+. The Jack-Knife Man (Vidor)

Additional Movies

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#10. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / Der Januskopf (1920 Murnau) <lost>

#14. From Morning to Midnight'

#21. High and Dizzy (USA 1920 Roach) <YouTube>

#34. Humoresque (USA 1920 Borzage) <YouTube>

#19. [The] Last of the Mohicans (1920 Tourneur / Brown)

#11. Leaves from Satan's Book / Blade af Satans bog (DNK 1920 Dreyer)

#41. [The] Love Flower (USA 1920 Griffith) <YouTube> -- A man murders his wife's lovers, escapes with his daughter to the South Pacific. A detective pursues him, joined by a young man who eventually falls in love with the daughter.

#9. [The] Parson's Widow (1920 Dreyer) <YouTube>

#12. [The] Penalty (USA 1920 Worsley) <YouTube>

#25 [The] Saphead (USA 1920 Blache) <YouTube>

#43. Suds

#29. Why Change Your Wife?

#17. Within Our Gates (USA 1920 Micheaux) <YouTube>

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{en} The Daughter of Dawn (USA 1920 Myles) <YouTube> -- This restored silent film features a love triangle involving a Kiowa chief's daughter and ensuing conflict between Kiowa and Comanche villages.

{en} [The] Flapper (USA 1920 Crosland) <YouTube> -- Ginger grows up in a slow town. Because of her wild attitude, her father decides to send her to a strict boarding school. Despite the strictness, the girls have fun getting into flapper lifestyle trouble including flirting.

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

{en} [The] Idol Dancer (USA 1920 Griffith) <YouTube> -- A religious zealot and his nephew are thrown together on a South Seas Island with an alcoholic beach comber and a native dancer. A battle to see who will "civilize" whom ensues.

{en} [The] Jack-Knife Man (USA 1920 Vidor) <YouTube> -- A lonely old riverboat man is left a child by a dying mother. The old man and the boy grow to love each other. The village snoop feels that the boy would be better off in an orphanage, and the sheriff is sent to try to take him away.

{en} Nurse Marjorie (USA 1920 Taylor) <YouTube> -- Lady Marjorie Donegal becomes a nurse in hospital, much to the dismay of her aristocratic family. She falls in love with one of her patients, a commoner labor leader.

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

{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> -- After being betrayed to the law by one of his henchmen, a bandit leader seeks to avenge himself.

Critical Reception

History of Cinema, Best Films

-- #1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari -- #2. One Week (Keaton) -- #3. Der Golem -- #5. Way Down East -- #6. The Scarecrow (Keaton) -- #7. Dr. Jekill and Mr Hyde (Robertson) -- #9. The Parson's Widow [Prästänkan] (Dreyer)

-- #12. The Penalty -- #14. From Morning to Midnight [Von morgens bis Mitternacht] -- #15. Genuine (Weine) -- #17. Within Our Gates -- #25. The Saphaerd -- #30. Anna Boleyn (Lubitsch) -- #31. The Monastery of Sendomir [Klostret i Sendomir] -- #50. The Swallow and the Titmouse [L'hirondelle et la mesange]

-- ~ The Jack-Knife Man (Vidor) -- The Wandering Image [Das wandernde Bild] (Lang) -- L'homme du large (L'Herbier)

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 -- #21. High and Dizzy -- #22. An Eastern Westerner -- #23. Just Pals -- #24. Man of the Sea -- #25. The Saphead -- #26. Samurun -- #27. Haunted Spooks -- #28. The Wandering Shadow -- #29. Why Change Your Wife? -- #30. Anna Boleyn

-- #31. The Monastery of Sendomir -- #32. Fante-Anne -- #33. Outside the Law -- #34. Humoresque -- #35. Kohlhiesel's Daughters -- #36. Romeo and Juliet in the Snow -- #37. The Symbol of the Unconquered -- #38. His Royal Slyness -- #39. Pollyanna -- #40. The Phantom Foe -- #41. The Love Flower -- #42. The Romance of the Far Fur Country -- #43. Suds -- #44. Deerslayer and Chingachgook -- #45. The Burglary -- #46. Dutch Tulips and Cloggs -- #47. Karis Ingmarsdotter -- #48. Billions -- #49. The Merry-Go-Round -- #50. The Swallow and the Titmouse

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

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)