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Best Drama Movies of the 1920s

Drama films released 1920–1929, ranked by TMDB rating among titles with at least 500 votes.

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   #1 Metropolis (1927) · ★ 8.1 · 3,191 votes · 2h 28m · drama, science-fiction

   In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their difference…

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   #2 The Kid (1921) · ★ 8.1 · 2,453 votes · 1h 8m · comedy, drama

   A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.…

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   #3 The Gold Rush (1925) · ★ 8.0 · 1,890 votes · 1h 35m · comedy, adventure, drama

   A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.…

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   #4 The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) · ★ 8.0 · 1,136 votes · 1h 21m · drama, history

   A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc…

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   #5 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) · ★ 7.9 · 1,819 votes · 1h 17m · thriller, drama, horror

   Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a…

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   #6 The General (1926) · ★ 7.9 · 1,412 votes · 1h 19m · action, comedy, adventure

   During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly mus…

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   #7 The Circus (1928) · ★ 7.9 · 922 votes · 1h 12m · comedy, romance, drama

   Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.…

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   #8 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) · ★ 7.8 · 926 votes · 1h 34m · romance, drama

   A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.…

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   #9 Battleship Potemkin (1925) · ★ 7.6 · 1,334 votes · 1h 15m · drama, history, war

   A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.…

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