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Essential Movies by Decade: 1920s
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The Jazz Singer
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.
The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928, A silent film based on the actual record of the trial of Joan of Arc, featuring a haunting performance by Renée Jeanne Falconetti.
The Kid
1921, The film follows the adventures of The Tramp as he raises a child he found on the streets.
The Circus
1928, A silent film where Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp character finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.
Man With a Movie Camera
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.
Un Chien Andalou
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.
The Broadway Melody
1929, The film is about two sisters who go to New York to find success on Broadway, but love complicates their ambition.
The Thief of Bagdad
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.
Battleship Potemkin
1925, This Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein is a dramatized account of a naval mutiny and subsequent street demonstrations.
The General
1926, In this silent comedy/action film, Buster Keaton plays a train engineer who faces off against Union spies during the American Civil War.
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927, F.W. Murnau directs this silent film that uses a city versus country backdrop to tell a story of love and betrayal.
The Cameraman
1928, Buster Keaton stars as a young man who tries to become a newsreel cameraman to impress a girl.
Blackmail
1929, Alfred Hitchcock’s film about a woman who kills a man in self-defense, and her boyfriend, a policeman, covers up the crime.
Safety Last!
1923, A romantic comedy film featuring the iconic scene of Harold Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock on a skyscraper.
Nosferatu
1922, An unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu is an early horror film about the vampire Count Orlok.
The Gold Rush
1925, Charlie Chaplin's famous film where his Little Tramp character braves the Klondike in search of gold.
Metropolis
1927, A pioneering science fiction silent film directed by Fritz Lang set in a dystopian future featuring class struggle and social commentary.
Wings
1927, The first film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, this silent film centers on two combat pilots during World War I.
Pandora's Box
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.
Steamboat Willie
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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