Best movies of the 1920s

The 1920s: all 129 films TOPICAL scores from these years, best first. The top three are Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), The Gold Rush (1925), The Kid (1921). The last column is each film's rank among all 6,624 films.

Rank	Film	Year	Score	All-time rank
1	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans	1927	86.1	185
2	The Gold Rush	1925	83.8	242
3	The Kid	1921	82.1	292
4	Metropolis	1927	77.9	426
5	The General	1926	76.3	485
6	Battleship Potemkin	1925	76.2	489
7	Nosferatu	1922	74.1	571
8	Wings	1927	73.6	588
9	7th Heaven	1927	72.8	621
10	The Passion of Joan of Arc	1928	68.5	810
11	The Crowd	1928	68.3	822
12	The Circus	1928	66.4	912
13	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari	1920	66.4	913
14	Safety Last!	1923	66.4	914
15	Man with a Movie Camera	1929	64.8	994
16	The Phantom of the Opera	1925	56.9	1,434
17	The Cameraman	1928	56.1	1,484
18	Nanook of the North	1922	55.4	1,524
19	Steamboat Bill, Jr.	1928	54.7	1,569
20	The Last Command	1928	51.9	1,750
21	The Patriot	1928	51.0	1,813
22	The Navigator	1924	50.7	1,833
23	The Phantom Carriage	1921	49.8	1,890
24	The Last Laugh	1924	48.2	2,002
25	Greed	1924	47.3	2,068
26	The Wind	1928	46.1	2,153
27	The Big Parade	1925	45.7	2,185
28	Strike	1925	45.5	2,201
29	The Thief of Bagdad	1924	44.9	2,240
30	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ	1925	43.3	2,359
31	The Jazz Singer	1927	42.7	2,406
32	The Love Parade	1929	39.9	2,626
33	The Lost World	1925	39.1	2,692
34	The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog	1927	38.9	2,703
35	The Freshman	1925	38.7	2,723
36	The Golem: How He Came into the World	1920	36.5	2,899
37	The Iron Horse	1924	36.1	2,936
38	October (Ten Days that Shook the World)	1927	35.1	3,019
39	Faust	1926	35.0	3,028
40	Foolish Wives	1922	34.9	3,039
41	Speedy	1928	34.3	3,083
42	Street Angel	1928	33.8	3,132
43	The Docks of New York	1928	33.5	3,157
44	The Mark of Zorro	1920	33.4	3,167
45	Hallelujah	1929	32.9	3,212
46	The Black Pirate	1926	32.0	3,284
47	Way Down East	1920	31.7	3,314
48	The Way of All Flesh	1927	30.9	3,384
49	Flesh and the Devil	1926	30.7	3,400
50	The Ten Commandments	1923	30.7	3,404
51	A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate	1923	30.5	3,416
52	Peter Pan	1924	29.0	3,559
53	Disraeli	1929	28.6	3,592
54	The Broadway Melody	1929	28.1	3,637
55	Sadie Thompson	1928	27.9	3,654
56	Blackmail	1929	26.3	3,800
57	He Who Gets Slapped	1924	25.0	3,926
58	It	1927	23.9	4,037
59	The Divine Lady	1929	23.7	4,052
60	Applause	1929	23.6	4,062
61	Aelita: Queen of Mars	1924	23.6	4,063
62	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	1921	23.6	4,065
63	In Old Arizona	1928	23.5	4,071
64	Salomé	1922	23.2	4,100
65	Alibi	1929	21.8	4,241
66	Two Arabian Knights	1927	21.6	4,254
67	The Wedding March	1926	20.0	4,415
68	Show People	1928	19.0	4,517
69	Within Our Gates	1920	18.5	4,569
70	The Last of the Mohicans	1920	18.2	4,596
71	White Shadows in the South Seas	1928	18.2	4,601
72	Lady Windermere's Fan	1925	17.8	4,638
73	Madame X	1929	17.6	4,664
74	Mother	1926	17.2	4,702
75	Our Dancing Daughters	1928	16.7	4,748
76	Lonesome	1928	16.7	4,757
77	The Valiant	1929	16.4	4,786
78	Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life	1925	16.3	4,792
79	The Son of the Sheik	1926	16.3	4,794
80	The Strong Man	1926	15.3	4,898
81	A Ship Comes In	1928	15.1	4,916
82	Bulldog Drummond	1929	14.7	4,966
83	Thunderbolt	1929	14.4	4,991
84	Storm Over Asia	1928	14.1	5,025
85	Sparrows	1926	14.1	5,030
86	The Patent Leather Kid	1927	13.8	5,055
87	Tol'able David	1921	13.5	5,091
88	The Letter	1929	13.4	5,097
89	The Last of Mrs. Cheyney	1929	12.7	5,177
90	Tempest	1928	12.5	5,201
91	Sorrell and Son	1927	12.4	5,208
92	Their Own Desire	1929	12.3	5,216
93	4 Devils	1928	12.2	5,227
94	A Woman of Affairs	1928	11.8	5,269
95	The Magic Flame	1927	11.3	5,325
96	Clash of the Wolves	1925	11.1	5,348
97	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	1929	11.0	5,355
98	The Dove	1927	10.9	5,369
99	Coquette	1929	10.3	5,439
100	Miss Lulu Bett	1921	10.1	5,456
101	The Trespasser	1929	10.1	5,462
102	Body and Soul	1925	9.9	5,478
103	Ella Cinders	1926	9.8	5,497
104	The Devil Dancer	1927	9.6	5,520
105	The Noose	1928	9.5	5,526
106	Humoresque	1920	9.3	5,551
107	The Lady	1925	9.0	5,585
108	The Barker	1928	8.8	5,608
109	Glorious Betsy	1928	8.6	5,624
110	Sky High	1922	8.6	5,631
111	The Power of the Press	1928	8.4	5,644
112	Dynamite	1929	7.7	5,725
113	The Chechahcos	1924	7.5	5,747
114	Wonder of Women	1929	6.4	5,880
115	Hands Up!	1926	6.0	5,920
116	Condemned!	1929	5.8	5,943
117	So's Your Old Man	1926	5.6	5,961
118	Sally	1929	5.5	5,981
119	Sal of Singapore	1928	4.7	6,071
120	Skyscraper	1928	4.3	6,116
121	The Awakening	1928	4.1	6,138
122	The Flying Ace	1926	4.0	6,150
123	Stark Love	1927	3.2	6,247
124	The Cop	1928	3.0	6,268
125	The Leatherneck	1929	2.9	6,279
126	Reverend Solomon Sir Jones films	1926	0.7	6,545
127	Ten Nights in a Barroom	1926	0.3	6,588
128	Fuentes Family Home Movies	1920	0.1	6,612
129	With Car and Camera Around the World	1929	0.0	6,623