Category:1926, Top Films

1922 -- 1923 -- 1924 -- 1925

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1927 -- 1928 -- 1929 -- 1930

Notable 1926 Films

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)