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100 Essential Movies: 1920s - 1950s

Essential Movies From Every Decade Part One: 1920s-1950s. The movies were picked partly from personal experience and partly from top rated lists. Every decade is represented by 25 movies, however they have been resorted alphabetically.
Part Two: 1960s-1990s to follow, then finally Part Three: 2000s - Present
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12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
2
The 39 Steps (1935)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
3
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
4
All About Eve (1950)
All About Eve (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
5
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
6
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
8
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
10
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
11
Black Narcissus (1947)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
13
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
14
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
15
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
16
Children of Paradise (1945)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
17
The Circus (1928)
The Circus (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
18
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
19
City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
20
The Crowd (1928)
The Crowd (1928)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
21
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
22
Diabolique (1955)
Diabolique (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
23
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
24
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
25
Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
26
Duck Soup (1933)
Duck Soup (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
27
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
28
Faust (1926)
Faust (1926)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
29
Fury (1936)
Fury (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
30
The General (1926)
The General (1926)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
31
Gilda (1946)
Gilda (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
32
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Gold Rush (1925)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
33
The Golem: How He Came Into the World (1920)
The Golem: How He Came Into the World (1920)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
34
Grand Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
35
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
36
Greed (1924)
Greed (1924)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
37
Häxan (1922)
Häxan (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
38
High Noon (1952)
High Noon (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
39
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
40
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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