List of drama films of the 1920s explained

This is a list of drama films of the 1920s.

1920

• The $1,000,000 Reward
• Within Our Gates

1921

• Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
• The Kid^[1]
• The Sheik^[2]

1922

• Oliver Twist

1923

• Ashes of Vengeance
• Merry-Go-Round
• White Rose
• A Woman of Paris

1924

• Dante's Inferno
• Die Nibelungen
• The Enchanted Cottage
• Greed
• Janice Meredith
• The Last Laugh
• The Saga of Gosta Berling
• Strike
• Tess of the d'Urbervilles

1925

• Battleship Potemkin
• The Big Parade
• Die freudlose Gasse
• The Gold Rush^[3]
• Variété

1926

• The General^[4]
• Faust
• Metropolis^[5]
• Mother
• A Page of Madness^[6]
• Sparrows
• Tartuffe^[7]
• Torrent

1927

• The End of St. Petersburg
• The Fake
• The Jazz Singer
• The King of Kings
• Love of Jeanne Ney
• Madame Pompadour
• Seventh Heaven
• The Way of All Flesh

1928

• 4 Devils
• The Crowd
• The Last Command
• Lonesome
• The Man Who Laughs
• Oktyabr
• The Passion of Joan of Arc^[8]
• The Patriot
• S.O.S.
• Steamboat Bill, Jr.^[9]
• Storm Over Asia
• The Trail of '98
• Thérèse Raquin
• The Wedding March
• The Wind
• Zvenigora

1929

• Arsenal
• Diary of a Lost Girl
• Disraeli
• Pandora's Box
• Valiant

Notes and References

1. Pfeiffer, Lee. "The Kid". Encyclopedia Britannica. 28 Jun. 2019. Accessed 5 August 2021.
2. https://www.filmsite.org/greatestfilms-byyear.html Filmsite
3. Silverman, Sime. "The Gold Rush". Variety. 19 August 1925. 5 August 2021.
4. Ebert, Roger. The General movie review ...." RogerEbert.com. 31 May 1997. 5 August 2021.
5. https://www.tcm.com/ Turner Classic Movies
6. Web site: 狂った一頁 (1926). September 25, 2014. allcinema. Stingray. Japanese.
7. https://www.kinolorber.com/film/tartuffe_1 "Tartuffe."
8. Web site: The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - Carl Theodor Dreyer | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie .
9. Bradshaw, Peter. "Steamboat Bill, Jr. review." The Guardian. 17 September 2015. 5 August 2021.