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Best movies from the 20s.

posted 4 years ago by samoanjoes (50956)
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Nosferatu (1922)
The Platform (2020)
The General (1926)
Safety Last (1923)
The Invisible Man (2020)
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Bad Education (2020)
Sherlock Jr. (1924)

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

The Passion of Joan of Arc
Safety Last
The Freshman
Metropolis
Wings
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
The Wheel
Hallelujah!
Häxan
The Gold Rush
Our Hospitality
The Crowd
The Unknown

[–] samoanjoes (50956) 4 years ago

Nothing for 2020s?

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

There hasn't been any truly great films yet this year, in my opinion. There were some good ones that I liked, but nothing really amazing.

[–] Popcorngal (4346) 4 years ago

I liked Wings and Sunrise. It's fun watching flicks my grandma enjoyed as a young girl.

[–] swanstep (2616) 4 years ago

A few not-mentioned so far that I've really liked and/or been impressed by:

1920 Way Down East, Genuine
1921 The Kid
1922 Dr Mabuse - The Gambler
1923 La Roue [Abel Gance is the dude!]
1924 The Last Laugh, Entr'Acte
1925 Battleship Potemkin, Ben-Hur
1926 Faust, The Lodger, Ménilmontant
1927 Napoleon, It, Berlin-Symphony of A Great City
1928 Steamboat Bill Jr, Ports of New York, The Last Command, L'Étoile de Mer
1929 The Man with A Movie Camera, Pandora's Box, Blackmail, Un Chien Andalou

[–] samoanjoes (50956) 4 years ago

Nothing worth watching in the 2020s?

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

Gretel & Hansel

[–] samoanjoes (50956) 4 years ago

Very visual film.

[–] Quasimodo (16388) 4 years ago

With a deep, dark subtext.

[–] swanstep (2616) 4 years ago

@samoanjoe. I didn't realize that the original poster was serious about clumping together 2020 with 1920-29! Anyhow, normally I spend the first few months of every year catching up with all the best movies from the *previous* year (so Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Atlantics, The Lighthouse are 3 of the best new movies I've seen in 2020 & they're all from 2019). A new year doesn't normally start to form its own identity until at least April, by which point of course shutdowns blew up almost everything.

For me, then, 2020 hasn't really got going yet, feels stillborn, and I'd be stretching to recommend anything. The Vast of Night was sort of fun?

[–] Vastuntitled (5460) 4 years ago

A bit of downer, but Never Rarely Sometimes Always offers a glimpse of realism and credible performances from the two leads.

[–] samoanjoes (50956) 4 years ago

I love a downer and just added it to my watchlist.

[–] FredBurroughs (19702) 4 years ago

Woman in the Moon (1929)
Spies (1928)

And already on my shortlist for top movies of the year (and with the way things are looking it'll probably be a pretty short list): The Vast of Night (2020).

[–] samoanjoes (50956) 4 years ago

I swear with he way things are going this year, Sonic the Hedgehog is going to appear on top 5 year end lists.

[–] FredBurroughs (19702) 4 years ago

While it's far from a poor movie, there's enough titles already out and on the horizon that easily surpass it.

[–] slimone (7996) 4 years ago

Battleship Potemkin (1925)