Top Movies of the 1920s

1920s: Top 25 of the Decade These are the top 25 movies of the decade as determined by overall points in Dave’s Movie Database.

1) Metropolis (1927) 2) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 3) The General (1926) 4) The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928) 5) Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) (1925) 6) The Gold Rush (1925) 7) Nosferatu, a Symphony of Terror (aka "Nosferatu, the Vampire") (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (1922) 8) Greed (1924) 9) Sherlock Jr. (1924) 10) Man with a Movie Camera (Chelovek s Kinoapparatom) (1929) 11) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari) (1920) 12) The Kid (1921) 13) The Crowd (1928) 14) Napoléon (1927) 15) Pandora’s Box (aka “Lulu”) (Die Büchse der Pandora) (1929) 16) Safety Last! (1923) 17) Wings (1927) 18) The Big Parade (1925) 19) An Andalusian Dog (Un Chien Andalou) (1928) 20) Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) 21) Nanook of the North (1922) 22) The Jazz Singer (1927) 23) The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 24) The Wind (1928) 25) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)

Resources: Dave’s Movie Database: Eras Dave’s Movie Database: Movies of the Year Dave’s Movie Database: Box Office Dave’s Movie Database: Awards Page Dave’s Movie Database: Ratings Page Originally posted 3/7/2025.