Here we've displayed a list of the best 1920s films : The Godfather, Part II(1974), Song of the Road(1955), City Lights(1931), Singin' in the Rain(1952), Sherlock, Jr.(1924), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre(1948), Some Like It Hot(1959), The Battle of Warsaw 1920(2011), Inherit the Wind(1960), The Circus(1928), Greed(1924), Raise the Red Lantern(1991) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1974
200 Minutes
Al Pacino Robert Duvall Diane Keaton Robert De Niro John Cazale Talia Shire Lee Strasberg Michael V. Gazzo G.D. Spradlin Richard Bright Gastone Moschin
gangster murderer brother father criminal politician dark gritty new york city italy cuba airport washington, d.c. bedroom betrayal murder mafia abuse crime revolution
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
Drama
India
1955
126 Minutes
Kanu Bandyopadhyay Karuna Bannerjee Subir Bannerjee Uma Das Gupta Chunibala Devi Runki Banerjee Reba Devi Aparna Devi Haren Banerjee Tulsi Chakraborty Nibhanoni Devi
priest mother aunt daughter son bleak emotional moving small town bengal poverty abuse growing up sacrifice 1920s
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
1931
87 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Virginia Cherrill Harry Myers Hank Mann Al Ernest Garcia Florence Lee Henry Bergman Albert Austin John Rand James Donnelly Robert Parrish
tramp blind person millionaire grandmother amusing heartwarming charming city street boxing ring bridge love mistaken identity wealth virtue love sacrifice transformation 1920s
With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
102 Minutes
Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Donald O'Connor Jean Hagen Millard Mitchell Rita Moreno Douglas Fowley Cyd Charisse Madge Blake King Donovan
actor singer actress friend songwriter filmmaker emotional playful witty hollywood new york city street movie set silent movies movie making song and dance love triangle jealousy media love
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1924
48 Minutes
Buster Keaton Kathryn McGuire Ward Crane Joe Keaton Erwin Connelly H.A. Morgan Jane Connelly Ford West George Davis Ruth Holly
sherlock holmes projectionist young woman rival father thief lighthearted charming movie theater house train station movies fantasy investigation love framed rivalry mystery underdog 1920s
A 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.
Adventure, Western, Drama
USA|Mexico
1948
124 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Walter Huston Tim Holt Herman Brix Barton MacLane Alfonso Bedoya
wanderer prospector thief police officer gritty engaging tense mexico mountain wilderness boardinghouse aspirations expedition greed paranoia competition survival adventure discovery quest
Two Americans searching for work in Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
Comedy
USA
1959
120 Minutes
Tony Curtis Jack Lemmon Marilyn Monroe George Raft Pat O'Brien Joe E. Brown Nehemiah Persoff Joan Shawlee Billy Gray George E. Stone Dave Barry
musician friend sexy woman millionaire mobster playful hilarious wild chicago train florida beach hotel nightclub deception sex friendship wealth escape love
After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
War, Drama, History
UK
2011
116 Minutes
Borys Szyc Natasza Urbanska Michal Zebrowski Daniel Olbrychski Jerzy Bonczak Adam Ferency Boguslaw Linda Ewa Wisniewska
cavalryman dancer singer engaging warsaw rally battle cabaret poetry transformation 1920s
A brief canter through the life and work of one of Britain's most unbelievable artists.
Drama
USA
1960
127 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Fredric March Gene Kelly Florence Eldridge Dick York Harry Morgan Donna Anderson Elliott Reid Claude Akins Noah Beery Jr. Norman Fell
lawyer teacher reporter intense somber suspenseful witty courtroom tennessee court battles creationism vs. evolution lawsuit rescue rivalry 1920s
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Comedy
USA
1928
72 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Merna Kennedy Al Ernest Garcia Harry Crocker Stanley Sanford John Rand George Davis Henry Bergman Steve Murphy Betty Morrissey Tiny Sandford
tramp beautiful woman ringmaster acrobat police officer magician playful madcap endearing hilarious big top cage fun house backstage wedding false accusations unrequited love circus love triangle performance
The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.
Drama
USA
1924
128 Minutes
Gibson Gowland ZaSu Pitts Jean Hersholt Chester Conklin Sylvia Ashton Joan Standing Tempe Pigott Dale Fuller Oscar Gottell Otto Gottell Frank Hayes
wife dentist friend fascinating suspenseful emotional family home california doctor's office desert greed extortion paranoia fall wretched excess 1920s
The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.
Drama
China|Hong Kong|Taiwan
1991
125 Minutes
Gong Li Ma Jingwu Saifei He Cao Cuifeng Jin Shuyuan Kong Lin Ding Weimin Cui Zhihgang
concubine wife husband servant bleak melodramatic china palace marriage gossip lying rivalry wretched excess 1920s
A young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict rules and tensions within the household.
Drama
USA
1928
104 Minutes
Eleanor Boardman James Murray Bert Roach Estelle Clark Daniel G. Tomlinson Dell Henderson Lucy Beaumont Freddie Burke Frederick Alice Mildred Puter
employee wife mother-in-law father-in-law son daughter endearing touching new york city family home office meaning of life family love growing up transformation 1920s
The life of a man and woman together in a large, impersonal metropolis through their hopes, struggles and downfalls.
Comedy
USA
1928
70 Minutes
Buster Keaton Marceline Day Harold Goodwin Harry Gribbon Sidney Bracey Edward Brophy Vernon Dent William Irving
photographer secretary camera operator editor heartwarming airy hilarious madcap new york city newsroom chinatown filmmaking news love triangle employment pursuit transformation 1920s
Hopelessly 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.
Drama
Switzerland|Italy|France
1986
114 Minutes
Yves Montand Daniel Auteuil Emmanuelle Béart Hippolyte Girardot Margarita Lozano Yvonne Gamy Jean Bouchaud Elisabeth Depardieu Gabriel Bacquier Armand Meffre
shepherdess love interest grandfather schoolteacher endearing moving provence, france retribution land wars family loss struggle revenge love underdog rivalry 1920s
A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy conspiracy to acquire her father's land caused his death years earlier.
Drama, Romance, History
USA
1928
90 Minutes
Emil Jannings Evelyn Brent William Powell Nicholas Soussanin Michael Visaroff
revolutionary russian general director extra gripping disheartening intense russia hollywood movie set revenge role reversal humiliation insanity movie making fall rivalry transformation 1920s
A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
Comedy
USA
1925
57 Minutes
Buster Keaton T. Roy Barnes Snitz Edwards Ruth Dwyer Frances Raymond Jules Cowles Erwin Connelly Jean Arthur
stockbroker love interest woman best friend bride relative hilarious madcap tender city river mountain street house wealth daunting task race against time marriage inheritance underdog
A man learns he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7 p.m. that same day.
Drama
Germany
1929
96 Minutes
Louise Brooks Fritz Rasp Josef Rovenský Sybille Schmitz Valeska Gert Edith Meinhard
young woman chemist assistant mother director friend dark tense profound germany pharmacy apartment reform school brothel mansion rape prostitution father/daughter relationship friendship redemption
After falling pregnant to a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is thrown from her home and sent to a strict girls' reform school.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany
1922
195 Minutes
Rudolf Klein-Rogge Alfred Abel Aud Egede Nissen Gertrude Welcker Bernhard Goetzke Robert Forster-Larrinaga Paul Richter Georg John Grete Berger Julius Falkenstein Lydia Potechina
villain criminal inspector wealthy man engaging melodramatic berlin germany deception murder crime pursuit adventure mystery 1920s
Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
Comedy
USA
1928
71 Minutes
Buster Keaton Ernest Torrence Marion Byron Tom Lewis Tom McGuire James T. Mack Joe Keaton
college graduate steamboat captain girlfriend rival first mate haberdasher amusing madcap heartwarming mississippi river boat town haberdashery reunion father/son relationship rivalry boats rivalry transformation love
The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
Horror
Germany
1922
65 Minutes
Max Schreck Alexander Granach Gustav von Wangenheim Greta Schroeder G.H. Schnell Ruth Landshoff John Gottowt Gustav Botz Max Nemetz Wolfgang Heinz Albert Venohr
vampire husband wife servant creepy dark eerie frightening transylvania castle vampires deception madness discovery rescue escape 1920s
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany
1922
93 Minutes
Rudolf Klein-Rogge Aud Egede Nissen Gertrude Welcker Alfred Abel Bernhard Goetzke Paul Richter
criminal hypnotist gambler police detective businessman murderer dark intricate suspenseful thrilling nightclub city berlin police station asylum germany crime mind control psychiatry business
Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
Drama
USA
1924
76 Minutes
Lon Chaney Norma Shearer John Gilbert Tully Marshall Marc McDermott Ford Sterling Harvey Clarke Paulette Duval Ruth King Clyde Cook Brandon Hurst
clown circus performer partner baron wife brooding emotional uneasy laboratory household circus tent arena cage performance disillusionment dignity unrequited love science revenge
A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.
Drama
USA
1961
124 Minutes
Natalie Wood Warren Beatty Pat Hingle Audrey Christie Barbara Loden Zohra Lampert Fred Stewart Joanna Roos Jan Norris Gary Lockwood Sandy Dennis
father high-school sweetheart teenager mother sister emotional melodramatic tender kansas small town heartbreak love manic-depression family coming of age love growing up temptation 1920s
A fragile Kansas girl's love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Drama
France
1962
110 Minutes
Jeanne Moreau Oskar Werner Henri Serre Marie Dubois Vanna Urbino Sabine Haudepin Bassiak Kate Noelle
author friend wife daughter emotional endearing paris austria love triangle friendship infidelity world war i forbidden love rivalry 1920s
Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.
Drama, History
Italy|France
1971
120 Minutes
Gian Maria Volonte Riccardo Cucciolla Cyril Cusack Milo O'Shea Rosanna Fratello Geoffrey Keen
shoemaker peddler prosecutor wife judge defense attorney emotional disheartening shocking intricate boston massachusetts street courtroom factory city nicola sacco bartolomeo vanzetti false accusations immigration
The story of two anarchists who were charged and unfairly tried for murder when it was really for their political convictions.
Drama
USA
1991
130 Minutes
Kathy Bates Jessica Tandy Mary Stuart Masterson Mary-Louise Parker Nick Searcy Gailard Sartain Stan Shaw Cicely Tyson Gary Basaraba Timothy Scott
housewife elderly person husband career woman friend uplifting endearing nursing home household café birmingham, ala. small town female bonding nonconformity racism friendship spousal abuse food discovery transformation
A housewife who is unhappy with her life befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of people she used to know.
Crime, Drama
USA
1990
114 Minutes
Gabriel Byrne Ethan Coen Albert Finney Marcia Gay Harden Jon Polito John Turturro J.E. Freeman Mike Starr Al Mancini
gangster moll bookie political boss hatchet man tense confident cool nightclub office warehouse forest household mafia prohibition rivalry underdog 1920s
Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2008
141 Minutes
Angelina Jolie John Malkovich Jeffrey Donovan Michael Kelly Colm Feore Jason Butler Harner Amy Ryan Geoff Pierson Denis O'Hare Frank Wood Peter Gerety
single mother son young boy police officer disturbing emotional gripping los angeles abduction deception mistaken identity corruption investigation missing persons quest 1920s
Grief-stricken mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) takes on the L.A.P.D. to her own detriment when it tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child.
Comedy
USA
1924
69 Minutes
Buster Keaton Kathryn McGuire Frederick Vroom Noble Johnson Clarence Burton H.N. Clugston
wealthy man suitor socialite pretty woman father amusing witty playful ocean liner california island unrequited love wealth sailors adventure discovery transformation rescue 1920s
Two spoiled rich people find themselves trapped on an empty passenger ship.