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Essential Movies by Decade: 1920s

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The Kid

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1921, The film follows the adventures of The Tramp as he raises a child he found on the streets.

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Nosferatu

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1922, An unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu is an early horror film about the vampire Count Orlok.

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Wings

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1927, The first film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, this silent film centers on two combat pilots during World War I.

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Un Chien Andalou

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1929, A surreal short film made by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí that is famous for its unnerving images and lack of a conventional plot.

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The Gold Rush

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1925, Charlie Chaplin's famous film where his Little Tramp character braves the Klondike in search of gold.

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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

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1927, F.W. Murnau directs this silent film that uses a city versus country backdrop to tell a story of love and betrayal.

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Steamboat Willie

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1928, This animated short film is notable for being the first Disney cartoon with synchronized sound and the official debut of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.

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Battleship Potemkin

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1925, This Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein is a dramatized account of a naval mutiny and subsequent street demonstrations.

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Man With a Movie Camera

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1929, A silent documentary film with no story and no actors, portraying urban life in the Soviet cities through a dazzling array of experimental techniques.

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The General

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1926, In this silent comedy/action film, Buster Keaton plays a train engineer who faces off against Union spies during the American Civil War.

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Pandora's Box

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1929, A silent film directed by G.W. Pabst, it follows the rise and fall of Lulu, a spirited but naive young woman who attracts the wrong kind of attention.

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The Thief of Bagdad

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1924, A fantasy film starring Douglas Fairbanks as a thief who falls in love with a princess and must perform impossible tasks to win her love.

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The Jazz Singer

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1927, Known for being the first feature-length motion picture with not only a synchronized recorded music score but also lip-synchronous singing and speech.

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Blackmail

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1929, Alfred Hitchcock’s film about a woman who kills a man in self-defense, and her boyfriend, a policeman, covers up the crime.

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The Broadway Melody

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1929, The film is about two sisters who go to New York to find success on Broadway, but love complicates their ambition.

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The Circus

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1928, A silent film where Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp character finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.

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The Cameraman

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1928, Buster Keaton stars as a young man who tries to become a newsreel cameraman to impress a girl.

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Metropolis

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1927, A pioneering science fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang set in a dystopian future featuring class struggle and social commentary.

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The Passion of Joan of Arc

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1928, A silent film based on the actual record of the trial of Joan of Arc, featuring a haunting performance by Renée Jeanne Falconetti.

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Safety Last!

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1923, A romantic comedy film featuring the iconic scene of Harold Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock on a skyscraper.

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