21. The Cameraman
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Actors: Buster Keaton, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey, Harry Gribbon, Marceline Day
Plot: Buster, a photographer who switches to becoming a cameraman, falls for Sally. A colleague of Sally also desires her. The best person with with a touch of luck wins.
22. An Andalusian Dog ( chien andalou, Un )
Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Simone Mareuil, Pierre Batcheff
Plot: Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel's surrealist silent and plotless short-film is meant to inspire thought and evoke emotion through the juxtaposition of images. Using logic that could only be explained in dreams, Un chien andalou will shock, disturb, and ultimately confuse anyone who dare's to try and fully understand it.
23. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Year of Release: 1925
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Fred Niblo
Actors: Ramon Novarro, May McAvoy, Francis X. Bushman, Claire McDowell, Nigel De Brulier
Plot: Two childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Massala grow into a wealthy (though conquered) Israelite and a Roman officer. But an accident during a Roman parade causes that friendship to rift as Ben-hur is sent away a slave his fortune and family gone. Rising through the ranks he vows revenge on Massala.
24. Destiny, The ( müde Tod, Der )
Year of Release: 1924
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Fantasy/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke, Hans Sternberg, Karl Rückert, Wilhelm Diegelmann
25. Wings
Year of Release: 1927
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Jobyna Ralston, Gary Cooper, El Brendel
Plot: The first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. Wings is the story of two men who have gone to war and the girl they both leave behind. Director Wellman makes one of his most humanistic statements as he explores the devastating results of war.
26. Our Hospitality
Year of Release: 1923
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John G. Blystone, Buster Keaton
Actors: Buster Keaton, Ralph Bushman, Craig Ward, Joe Keaton, Kitty Bradbury
Plot: A man gets tied up in his family's feud with another family.
27. Pandora's Box ( Büchse der Pandora, Die )
Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Actors: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Gustav Diessl, Krafft-Raschig
28. Last Laugh, The ( Letzte Mann, Der )
Year of Release: 1925
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: F.W. Murnau
Actors: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz, Hans Unterkircher, Olaf Storm
29. Haxan ( Witchcraft Through the Ages )
Year of Release: 1929
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Benjamin Christensen
Actors: Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio, Oscar Stribolt, Tora Teje, John Andersen
Plot: Witchcraft, demon's and hell portrayed in medieval times until the present. It depicts the powers, habits of evil and how it can affect the holiest of person's. Even Satan appears to show his intent.
30. Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Herbert Brenon
Actors: Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young, Cissy Fitzgerald, Nils Asther, Gwen Lee
Plot: A professional clown and a self-indulgent count learn to help each other with their problems, but then become romantic rivals.
