Category:1925, Top Films

1921 -- 1922 -- 1923 -- 1924

-- -- 1925, Top Films -- --

1926 -- 1927 -- 1928 -- 1929

Notable 1925 Films (My Ranking)

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#1. Battleship Potemkin (RUS 1925 Eisenstein) --
#20. Ben-Hur (USA 1925 Niblo) --
#6. [The] Big Parade (USA 1925 Vidor) <YouTube> --
#2. [The] Gold Rush (USA 1925 Chaplin) --
#4. [The] Phantom of the Opera (USA 1925 Julian) <YouTube> --

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#18. Faces of Children (FRA 1925) --

#7. Go West (USA 1925 Keaton) --
#25. Grass (USA 1925 Cooper) --

#50+. Little Annie Rooney <YouTube> --
#13. [The] Lost World (USA 1925 Hoyt) --
#17. [The] Merry Widow (USA 1925 Stroheim) <YouTube> --

#50+. Poil de carotte (FRA 1925) --
#50+. The Rag Man --

#3. Strike (RUS 1925 Eisenstein) --
#5. Seven Chances (USA 1925 Keaton) <YouTube> --

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#24 Body and Soul (USA 1925 Micheaux) <YouTube> --

#30. The Eagle (USA 1925 Brown)
#8. The Freshman (USA 1925 Taylor)

#31. Lady of the Night (USA 1925 Bell)
#19. Lady Windermere’s Fan (USA 1925 Lubitsch)
#11. Tartüff (DEU 1925 Murnau)
#46. Tumbleweeds (USA 1925 Baggot)
#15. The Unholy Three (USA 1925 Browning) <YouTube>
#22. Variety / Variété (DEU 1925 Dupont)

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#50+. Cobra (USA 1925 Henabery)

#50+. Paths to Paradise (USA 1925 Badger)

#50+. [The] Plastic Age (USA 1925 Ruggles)

#50+. Riders of the Purple Sage (USA 1925 Reynolds)

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films (1925)

50 Top Films of 1925

-- #1. Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein) -- #2. The Gold Rush (Chaplin) -- #3. Strike (Eisenstein) -- #4. The Phantom of the Opera (Julian) -- #5. Seven Chances (Keaton) -- #6. The Big Parade (Vidor) -- #7. Go West (Keaton) -- #8. The Freshman (Newmeyer) -- #9. The Hands of Orlac -- #10. The Crazy Ray

-- #11. Tartuffe (Murnau) -- #12. Chess Fever -- #13. The Lost World (Hoyt) -- #14. Master of the House -- #15. The Unholy Three (Browning) -- #16. The Joyless Street (Pabst) -- #17. The Merry Widow (Stroheim) -- #18. Faces of Children / Visages d'enfants (Feyder) -- #19. Lady Windermere's Fan (Lubitsch) -- #20. Ben-Hur (Niblo) -- #21. Opus IV -- #22. Variety (Dupont) -- #23. The Salvation Hunters -- #24. Body and Soul (Micheaux) -- #25. Grass (Cooper) -- #26. Games on Reflection and Speed -- #27. Whirlpool of Fate -- #28. Lazybones -- #29. Sally of the Sawdust -- #30. The Eagle (Brown)

-- #31. Lady of the Night -- #32. Serpent -- #33. The Imaginary Voyage -- #34. Our Heavenly Bodies -- #35. The Pleasure Garden -- #36. Rebus-Film no.1 -- #37. Double Love -- #38. Ways to Strength and Beauty -- #39. Maciste in Hell -- #40. Alice's Egg Plant -- #41. The Open Road -- #42. Stella Dallas -- #43. Don Q, Son of Zorro -- #44. The Ingmar Inheritance -- #45. The Road to Yesterday -- #46. Tumbleweeds -- #47. The Adventure of Robert Macaire -- #48. The Mystic -- #49. The Hussar of Death -- #50. The Rediscovered Paradise

-- #50+. Little Annie Rooney (Beaudine) -- Les Miserables (Frescourt) -- No Father to Guide Him (McCarey) -- Poil de carotte (Duvivier) -- Quo Vadis? (Jacoby) -- Stage Struck (Dwan)

-- Kiss Me Again -- Dark Angel -- Beggar on Horseback -- The Lady -- The Pony Express -- The Goose Woman -- The Vanishing American

The Film Daily, Best Films (1925)

-- #1. The Big Parade -- #2. Ben Hur -- #3. Stella Dallas -- #4. The Merry Widow -- #5. The Gold Rush -- #6. The Unholy Three -- #7. Don Q, Son of Zorro -- #8. The Last Laugh (1924?) -- #9. The Freshman -- #10. The Phantom of the Opera

-- #11. The Lost World -- #12. Kiss Me Again -- #13. Dark Angel -- #14. Beggar on Horseback -- #15. The Lady -- #16. The Pony Express -- #17. The Goose Woman -- #18. The Vanishing American -- #19. The Tower of Lies -- #20. Grass -- #21. Siege -- #21. Siegfried -- #23. Little Annie Rooney -- #24. Charley's Aunt -- #25. Lady Windermere's Fan -- #26. Shore Leave -- #27. Sally of the Sawdust -- #28. Street of Forgotten Men -- #29. Paths to Paradise -- #30. Madame Sans Gene

-- #31. Graustark -- #32. His People -- #33. The Road to Yesterday -- #34. The Goose Hangs High -- #35. Classified -- #36. Zander the Great -- #37. Sally -- #38. The King on Main Street -- #39. Her Sister from Paris -- #40. Drusilla with a Million -- #41. Black Cyclone -- #42. The Wanderer -- #43. Introduce Me -- #44. The Eagle -- #45. Are Parents People?

Silent Era, Best Films

-- #6. The Gold Rush -- #9. Battleship Potemkin -- #18. The Big Parade -- #20. The Phantom of the Opera -- #25. Ben-Hur -- #46. The Freshman -- #54. Seven Chances -- #72. The Lost World -- #89. The Unholy Three -- #92. Variety

-- #108. The Merry Widow -- #136. Go West (Keaton) -- #157. Tumbleweeds -- #172. The Eagle -- #182. Tartuffe -- #186. Lady Windermere’s Fan -- #195. Cobra -- #198. Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life -- #210. Body and Soul -- #270. Lady of the Night -- #279. Paths to Paradise -- #281. The Plastic Age -- #282. Riders of the Purple Sage

-- 300+. Are Parents People? -- Clash of the Wolves -- Curses -- The Danger Signal -- La Fille de l’eau -- The Goose Woman -- Master of the House -- The Monster -- The Night Club -- The Rag Man -- Rewi’s Last Stand -- Sally of the Sawdust -- The Street of Forgotten Men -- The Vanishing American

Paste Magazine, Best Films

-- #25. The Big Parade (Vidor) -- #56. Seven Chances (Keaton) -- #65. The Gold Rush (Chaplin) -- #70. Strike (Eisenstein) -- #81. The Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein) -- #82. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (Niblo)

Schneider, Best Films

-- #2. The Gold Rush -- #3. Strike -- #4. The Phantom of the Opera -- #5. Seven Chances -- #6. The Big Parade -- #30. The Eagle

National Film Registry

-- #2. The Gold Rush -- #4. The Phantom of the Opera -- #6. The Big Parade -- #13. The Lost World -- #20. Ben-Hur -- #25. Grass

-- Body and Soul -- The Clash of the Wolves -- The Freshman -- Lady Windermere's Fan -- Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and His Singing Duck <short>

American Film Institute

-- The Gold Rush

TSPDT, Best Films

-- #1. Battleship Potemkin -- #2. The Gold Rush -- #3. Strike -- #5. Seven Chances

Top10ner, Best Films

-- #1. Battleship Potemkin -- #2. The Gold Rush -- #4. The Phantom of the Opera -- #5. Seven Chances -- #6. The Big Parade

Film101, Best Films

-- #1. Battleship Potemkin -- #2. The Gold Rush -- #3. Strike -- #4. The Phantom of the Opera -- #5. Seven Chances -- #6. The Big Parade