Top Rated "1920s" Titles
| Rank | Rating | Title | Votes |
| 1. | 8.4 | Metropolis (1927) | 57,033 |
| 2. | 8.4 | The General (1926) | 27,252 |
| 3. | 8.4 | Sunrise (1927) | 16,282 |
| 4. | 8.3 | The Kid (1921) | 23,893 |
| 5. | 8.3 | Sherlock Jr. (1924) | 12,560 |
| 6. | 8.3 | The Gold Rush (1925) | 30,617 |
| 7. | 8.3 | Safety Last! (1923) | 7,256 |
| 8. | 8.3 | The Big Parade (1925) | 3,216 |
| 9. | 8.2 | The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) | 15,616 |
| 10. | 8.2 | The Wind (1928) | 3,043 |
| 11. | 8.1 | The Last Laugh (1924) | 5,162 |
| 12. | 8.1 | The Cameraman (1928) | 4,579 |
| 13. | 8.1 | Greed (1924) | 4,788 |
| 14. | 8.1 | Battleship Potemkin (1925) | 22,958 |
| 15. | 8.1 | Faust (1926) | 6,131 |
| 16. | 8.1 | The Crowd (1928) | 3,632 |
| 17. | 8.1 | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) | 21,740 |
| 18. | 8.1 | Nosferatu (1922) | 39,753 |
| 19. | 8.0 | The Last Command (1928) | 1,277 |
| 20. | 8.0 | The Circus (1928) | 8,238 |
| 21. | 8.0 | Siegfried (1924) | 2,190 |
| 22. | 8.0 | Show People (1928) | 1,903 |
| 23. | 8.0 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) | 4,818 |
| 24. | 8.0 | Our Hospitality (1923) | 4,289 |
| 25. | 8.0 | The Navigator (1924) | 3,853 |
| 26. | 7.9 | Seven Chances (1925) | 3,344 |
| 27. | 7.9 | Pandora's Box (1929) | 4,589 |
| 28. | 7.9 | Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) | 5,456 |
| 29. | 7.9 | Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) | 1,679 |
| 30. | 7.9 | The Phantom Carriage (1921) | 2,734 |
| 31. | 7.9 | Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) | 2,902 |
| 32. | 7.9 | Kriemhild's Revenge (1924) | 1,564 |
| 33. | 7.9 | Napoleon (1927) | 3,879 |
| 34. | 7.9 | The Unknown (1927) | 3,442 |
| 35. | 7.9 | Way Down East (1920) | 2,401 |
| 36. | 7.8 | The Kid Brother (1927) | 1,803 |
| 37. | 7.8 | Girl Shy (1924) | 1,628 |
| 38. | 7.8 | The Patsy (1928) | 1,373 |
| 39. | 7.8 | The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) | 1,935 |
| 40. | 7.8 | The Docks of New York (1928) | 1,248 |
| 41. | 7.8 | Flesh and the Devil (1926) | 2,194 |
| 42. | 7.8 | Orphans of the Storm (1921) | 2,308 |
| 43. | 7.8 | The Man Who Laughs (1928) | 1,997 |
| 44. | 7.8 | The Merry Widow (1925) | 1,248 |
| 45. | 7.7 | Strike (1925) | 2,863 |
| 46. | 7.7 | Wings (1927) | 4,054 |
| 47. | 7.7 | 7th Heaven (1927) | 1,129 |
| 48. | 7.7 | Tol'able David (1921) | 1,085 |
| 49. | 7.7 | The Phantom of the Opera (1925) | 7,529 |
| 50. | 7.7 | The Thief of Bagdad (1924) | 2,233 |
The formula for calculating the Top Rated 50 Titles gives a true Bayesian estimate:
weighted rating (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C
where:
for the Top 50, only votes from regular voters are considered.
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