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50 Best Foreign Language Movies: 1920s

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Rankings taken from TSPDT's 2025 list (I could probably pick '50 Best' for the 1920's; other decades, not so much). Feature length films only (sorry, "Un chien andalou").
List image from top ranked film, "La passion de Jeanne d'Arc"
Film numbers by country:
France—1, 6, 19, 21, 25, 29, 30, 35, 45
Germany—4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 24, 27, 28, 36, 39, 40, 42, 47, 49
Japan—17
Sweden--16, 20, 43, 46
Russia—2, 3, 10, 12, 22, 23, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 38, 41, 44, 48, 50
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
1
Battleship Potemkin (1926)
Battleship Potemkin (1926)
2
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
3
Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
4
Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu (1922)
5
97%7.9
Napoléon (1927)
Napoléon (1927)
6
The Last Laugh (1924)
The Last Laugh (1924)
7
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
8
Pandora's Box (1929)
Pandora's Box (1929)
9
October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1927)
October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1927)
10
Faust (1926)
Faust (1926)
11
Strike (1925)
Strike (1925)
12
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
13
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
14
Spies (1928)
Spies (1928)
15
The Phantom Carriage (1922)
The Phantom Carriage (1922)
16
A Page of Madness (1926)
A Page of Madness (1926)
17
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927)
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927)
18
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
19
100%6.8
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
20
L'argent (1928)
L'argent (1928)
21
7.6
Storm Over Asia (1928)
Storm Over Asia (1928)
22
75%7.0
The General Line (1929)
The General Line (1929)
23
100%7.3
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
24
91%8.1
La Roue (1923)
La Roue (1923)
25
Mother (1926)
Mother (1926)
26
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
27
Destiny (1921)
Destiny (1921)
28
Finis Terrae (1929)
Finis Terrae (1929)
29
Coeur Fidele (1923)
Coeur Fidele (1923)
30
A Sixth Part of the World (1926)
A Sixth Part of the World (1926)
31
7.2
The New Babylon (1929)
The New Babylon (1929)
32
7.3
Zvenigora (1928)
Zvenigora (1928)
33
The House on Trubnaya (1928)
The House on Trubnaya (1928)
34
7.3
The Italian Straw Hat (1927)
The Italian Straw Hat (1927)
35
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
36
88%7.9
The Girl With the Hat Box (1927)
The Girl With the Hat Box (1927)
37
Fragment of an Empire (1929)
Fragment of an Empire (1929)
38
Sylvester (1924)
Sylvester (1924)
39
Variety (1926)
Variety (1926)
40
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