Best movies of the 1920's
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- DirectorFred NibloStarsDouglas FairbanksMarguerite De La MotteNoah BeeryA seemingly idiotic fop is really the courageous vigilante Zorro, who seeks to protect the oppressed.
- DirectorJohn S. RobertsonStarsJohn BarrymoreMartha MansfieldBrandon HurstDr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsThomas MeighanGloria SwansonBebe DanielsRobert and Beth Gordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sally's superficiality, Beth strives to improve her looks. The original couple falls in love again at a summer resort.
- DirectorLeon D'UsseauRobert Z. LeonardStarsMarion DaviesRalph KellardCarlyle BlackwellA young woman is torn between two men: her childhood sweetheart and a handsome art student.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceJackie CooganThe Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenJack PickfordStarsMary PickfordClaude GillingwaterJoseph J. DowlingAn American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenJack PickfordStarsMary PickfordGertrude AstorWilfred LucasWhen her mother remarries, a young Belgian girl is left behind with her nurse, but when Germany invades the country, she is sent to America to find her mother.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsDouglas FairbanksWallace BeerySam De GrasseA nobleman becomes the vigilante Robin Hood who protects the oppressed English people from the tyrannical Prince John.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsGloria SwansonRudolph ValentinoEdythe ChapmanA young woman marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman on her honeymoon.
- DirectorJohn S. RobertsonStarsMary PickfordLloyd HughesGloria HopeWealthy Elias Graves builds his home on the top of a hill; a group of squatters have taken up residence at the bottom. Many of the men in the squatters' village have their eyes on young Tess, and one of them, Ben Letts, frames Tess' father for murder. While maintaining her father's innocence, Tess must keep her love for Graves' son a secret while caring for Elias' daughter's illegitimate child.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerSam TaylorStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisJohn T. PrinceCountry doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich, after years of unsuccessful treatment. Dr. Jack's old-fashioned methods do the trick, and the quack is sent packing.
- DirectorRobert G. VignolaStarsMarion DaviesAileen ManningMartha MattoxPrudence Cole is an unsophisticated Quaker girl being raised by her two aunts. Snobbish Henry Garrison flirts with Prudence, but actually disdains her for her lack of worldliness and savoir-faire. When Henry and his friends try to embarrass her at a posh resort, Prudence turns the tables on them.
- DirectorSidney FranklinStarsNorma TalmadgeWyndham StandingHarrison FordKathleen, a young Irish woman, is in love with Kenneth Wayne but is prevented from marrying him by her guardian John Carteret. John is haunted by memories of his thwarted love for Kathleen's aunt, Moonyean.
- DirectorJohn G. BlystoneBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonNatalie TalmadgeJoe KeatonA man returns to his Appalachian homestead. On the trip, he falls for a young woman. The only problem is her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerSam TaylorStarsHarold LloydJobyna RalstonJohn AasenA hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMargaret LeahyWallace BeeryThe misadventures of Buster in three separate historical periods.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceSyd ChaplinDisguised as a priest, an escaped convict makes his way to Texas. He ends up in a small rural town where the townsfolk mistake him for their new church minister.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonKathryn McGuireJoe KeatonA film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
- DirectorDonald CrispBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonKathryn McGuireFrederick VroomTwo spoiled rich people find themselves trapped on an empty passenger ship.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerSam TaylorStarsHarold LloydJobyna RalstonRichard DanielsA shy young man who can't talk to women ventures out to publish a book full of fictional conquests, but finds true love along the way.
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsNorma TalmadgeEugene O'BrienPatterson DialAfter 40 years of struggle on the Wyoming frontier, a woman reflects on her hardscrabble life with her unfaithful husband.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsGloria SwansonRod La RocqueRicardo CortezHector Colbert sues his wife Marjorie for a divorce after Peters, an admirer of Marjorie, deliberately compromises her. Colbert's lawyer, Daniel Farr, believing that Marjorie's behavior was wrong, gets the divorce, but he ruins the reputation of a fun-loving woman who was simply bored with her husband. Later, she and Farr meet; she plots a revenge against the lawyer but confesses her fabrication when she realizes that she loves him.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainTom MurrayA prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall.
- DirectorRupert JulianLon ChaneyErnst LaemmleStarsLon ChaneyMary PhilbinNorman KerryA mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonRuth DwyerT. Roy BarnesA man learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7PM that evening.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerSam TaylorStarsHarold LloydJobyna RalstonBrooks BenedictA nerdy college student will do anything to become popular on campus.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsRudolph ValentinoVilma BánkyLouise DresserA wanted Russian lieutenant becomes a masked vigilante seeking vengeance upon the man who stole his family's land, only to fall for his charming daughter.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonHoward TruesdaleKathleen MyersWith little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.
- DirectorTod BrowningStarsLon ChaneyMae BuschMatt MooreA sideshow ventriloquist, a midget, and a strongman form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" and commit a series of robberies.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsMary PickfordWilliam HainesWalter JamesThe tenements are home to an international community, including the friends and family of a tough young ragamuffin named Annie Rooney, but their neighborhood is threatened by a dangerous street gang.
- DirectorGeorge W. HillClarence G. BadgerStarsMarion DaviesHolbrook BlinnHarrison FordMamie, an orphan girl who was abused in the orphanage, is taken in by Mrs. Caldwell, a kind woman with a young son named Alexander. Mamie hits it off with the lad and nicknames him "Zander". When Mrs. Caldwell dies, the authorities decree that the boy must be placed in the same orphanage where Mamie was mistreated. Horrified, Mamie determines to ensure that the boy will be spared the same treatment that she had to suffer.
- DirectorJoseph HenaberyStarsRudolph ValentinoNita NaldiCasson FergusonA penniless, skirt-chasing Italian nobleman finds love and scandal when he travels to New York City.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarion MackGlen CavenderAfter being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsJohn GilbertGreta GarboLars HansonChildhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other fiercely loves.
- DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceStarsRudolph ValentinoVilma BánkyGeorge FawcettThe son of the sheik and a dancing girl fall in love, but when he is made to believe she has betrayed him he seeks revenge.
- DirectorAlbert ParkerStarsDouglas FairbanksBillie DoveTempe PigottSeeking revenge, an athletic young man joins the pirate band responsible for his father's death.
- DirectorSam TaylorStarsHarold LloydJobyna RalstonNoah YoungAn irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.
- DirectorFred NibloMauritz StillerStarsGreta GarboAntonio MorenoMarc McDermottAn architect tries suppressing his passion for a seductive woman.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineTom McNamaraStarsMary PickfordRoy StewartMary Louise MillerMolly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSnitz EdwardsSally O'NeilA love-struck weakling must pretend to be boxer in order to gain respect from the family of the girl he loves.
- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsJane WintonJohn RocheWarner OlandIn 16th-century Italy, devil-may-care playboy Don Juan runs afoul of the despotic Borgias.
- DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsLillian GishLars HansonHenry B. WalthallAfter having a child out of wedlock, a young Puritan woman is pressured to reveal the name of her lover.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastStarsClara BowCharles 'Buddy' RogersRichard ArlenTwo young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.
- DirectorSam TaylorStarsMary PickfordCharles 'Buddy' RogersSunshine HartA department store's stock girl falls in love with a co-worker, the son of the store's manager; the feeling is mutual though he is engaged to a debutante and focusing on becoming successful without the influence of his father.
- DirectorFrank LloydJosef von SternbergStarsClara BowEsther RalstonGary CooperA young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman, but didn't marry her for fear the marriage would end in divorce, like his parents'. Complications ensue.
- DirectorJohn S. RobertsonStarsLillian GishNorman KerryCreighton HaleThe story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie.
- DirectorAlbert ParkerStarsGloria SwansonJohn BolesPauline GaronA young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect her future life.
- DirectorF. Richard JonesStarsDouglas FairbanksLupe VelezJoan BarclayA girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site, and a whole city grows around it, rich with gold from the grateful worshipers. Ruiz, an evil and sadistic general, captures the city, confiscates the gold, and closes the shrine. But the Gaucho, the charismatic leader of a band of outlaws, comes to the rescue.
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsJohn GilbertErnest TorrenceJoan CrawfordJerry always wins in his rivalry with Red over women, gunrunning, and diamond smuggling. While running booze into the U.S. during Prohibition, Jerry seizes Jane's seaside home. When she tries to turn him in, he kidnaps her and her fiance John. Jane, now in love with Jerry, must watch as Jerry and Red shoot it out on board Jerry's boat.
- DirectorClarence G. BadgerJosef von SternbergStarsClara BowAntonio MorenoWilliam AustinA salesgirl pursues a handsome playboy.
- DirectorJames W. HorneBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonAnne CornwallFlora BramleyRonald's high-school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. Fearing to lose her to rival Jeff, he decides to go to college and pay more attentions to sports.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMerna KennedyAl Ernest GarciaThe Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarceline DayHarold GoodwinHopelessly in love with a woman working at MGM Studios, a clumsy man attempts to become a motion-picture cameraman to be close to the object of his desire.
- DirectorCharles ReisnerBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonTom McGuireErnest TorrenceThe effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsGreta GarboJohn GilbertLewis StoneWhen two childhood sweethearts are kept from marrying, misery ensues.
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsLionel BarrymoreBlanche FridericiCharles LaneA prostitute seeking a fresh start becomes the obsession of a religious extremist.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsMarion DaviesOrville CaldwellMarie DresslerAn awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her older sister's boyfriend tries to make him notice her.
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsJoan CrawfordJohnny Mack BrownNils AstherA flapper who's secretly a good girl and a gold digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie for the hand of a millionaire.
- DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsGreta GarboLars HansonLowell ShermanLucian, a soldier in Paris, is to ship out for Algiers at 9 that evening. He stops by for a last meal with his love, Marianne. He may be worried that when he leaves she will find another soldier to love. They argue then embrace and, when the clock strikes midnight, he is still in her arms. Is desertion in the cards? Can the relationship survive the military demands and a soldier's obligations?
- DirectorFred NibloStarsGreta GarboConrad NagelGustav von SeyffertitzAn attractive Russian spy seduces an Austrian officer in order to get some important plans, but when she actually falls in love with him, both of them are placed in a dangerous situation.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsVilma BánkyWalter ByronLouis WolheimIn Alsace just before the World War, beautiful, virtuous peasant Marie Ducrot, who falls in love with Count Karl von Hagen--a lieutenant in the German Army--is seen visiting Karl in his quarters, and an angry mob of townspeople hurl stones and curses at her. Marie, mistakenly reported dead, becomes a novice in a religious order. War breaks out, and von Hagen is injured in fighting near Marie's convent; he is cared for by Marie and persuades her to return to Germany with him. Le Bête, a French Army sergeant of their acquaintance, helps them to reach the German lines and safety. Le Bête is killed by a sniper's bullet, and Marie and Karl prepare for a brighter future.
- DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsLouise BrooksFritz KortnerFrancis LedererThe rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
- DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsLouise BrooksJosef RovenskýFritz RaspAfter falling pregnant by a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is ejected from her home and sent to a strict girls' reform school.
- DirectorSam TaylorStarsMary PickfordJohnny Mack BrownMatt MooreA flirtatious Southern belle is compromised with one of her suitors.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonDorothy SebastianEdward EarleAn unimpressive but well intending man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.
- DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsGloria SwansonRobert AmesPurnell PrattThe trial and tribulations of a strong-willed woman who elopes and gives birth out of wedlock without telling her ex-husband.