Films and TV Shows from the 1920s

poster Michael
Michael
(3.6/5)
93mn - Drama, Romance
A mature and visually elegant period romance that remains one of the earliest and most compassionate overtly gay-themed films in movie history. Based upon Herman Bang's 1902 novel, Dreyer's Michael refash…
poster Backward Flow
Backward Flow
28mn - Drama
Nanjo Mikisaburo is a young samurai trying to restore his ruined family to its past glory. Enduring the contempt and disdain of high-ranking samurai, Mikisaburo devotes himself to the way of the warrior, …
poster Ballet Mécanique
Ballet Mécanique
19mn - Documentary, Fantasy
Ballet Mécanique is a Dadaist, post-Cubist art film conceived, written, and co-directed by the artist Fernand Léger in collaboration with the filmmaker Dudley Murphy. It has a musical score by the America…
poster The Gallery of Monsters
The Gallery of Monsters
75mn - Drama
The whimsical Riquet's has kidnapped and married a well-born young girl, Ralda. They travel around Spain performing their act in a circus but Ralda's beauty arouses the director's lust. Furious at being r…
poster The Hands of Orlac
The Hands of Orlac
(3.5/5)
113mn - Crime, Drama, Horror
A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrified to learn they once belonged to a murderer.
poster Captain Blood
Captain Blood
(3.2/5)
110mn - War, Action, Adventure
Young Irish physician Peter Blood is exiled as a slave to Barbados, where he and his friend Jeremy are purchased by Colonel Bishop at the behest of his niece Arabella. With other slaves he captures a Span…
poster The Sun Down Limited
The Sun Down Limited
26mn - Family, Comedy
The gang creates their own railroad after being chased from a local railyard, and competes with Toughie.
poster Roaring Rails
Roaring Rails
60mn - Drama, Action
A railroad engineer adopts a French orphan while he's fighting in the army in World War I, and takes him back to the US when the war ends. Later the boy needs an eye operation that the engineer can't affo…
poster The Price She Paid
The Price She Paid
61mn - Drama, Romance
In order to save her extravagant mother from bankruptcy, shame and scandal, young society girl Mildred Gower is forced to accept the proposal of Lemuel Siddall, a wealthy man she loathes.
poster Wine of Youth
Wine of Youth
(3.2/5)
72mn - Comedy, Drama
Based on a play be Rachel Crothers, WINE OF YOUTH is a solid drama about "the modern young generation" and how they think they know it all. It's also a play about love and marriage.
poster The Luck o' the Foolish
The Luck o' the Foolish
(3.2/5)
21mn - Comedy
Harry and Marcie are on a train headed for a new job. There's comedy in the berths and during Harry's morning shave, then a thief steals the money Harry needed for his new job, so he has to go back to bei…
poster The Red Lily
The Red Lily
81mn - Crime, Drama
Jean and Marise, young lovers forced from their homes, flee to Paris. Irrevocably separated there, their lives deviate into the slums and hard labor of low-class French society. All the while, the two des…
poster Lizzies of the Field
Lizzies of the Field
(3.4/5)
16mn - Comedy, Action
There is no love lost between the Red Dog Garage and the Black Cat Garage, two auto repair shops on opposite sides of the street. A big cross-country auto race is announced, and it turns into a no-holds-b…
poster High Society
High Society
(3.3/5)
20mn - Comedy, Family
Mickey is a poor boy who lives with his Uncle Pat. While they're broke, they're also very happy. Since Pat hasn't legally adopted Mickey, Aunt Kate gains custody and takes him to her mansion.
poster Three Women
Three Women
(3.3/5)
70mn - Drama
A frivolous middle aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her conniving paramour dumps her for the daughter, leaving the young boyfriend crushed.
poster The First 100 Years
The First 100 Years
13mn - Thriller, Comedy
A man saves his lady love from Black Mike then comes wedded bliss. He hires a cook, who's brusque, domineering, and constantly smoking a cigar. Out of the blue, the couple gets a visit from his old friend…
poster Monsieur Beaucaire
Monsieur Beaucaire
(3/5)
106mn - Drama, Romance
The Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Eventually he grows tired of her insults and flees to England when Louis XV insists that the two ma…
poster Wall Street Blues
Wall Street Blues
(3/5)
20mn - Comedy
A bumbling bank custodian becomes an unlikely hero when he foils a robbery.
poster Into the Net
Into the Net
(3.0/5)
200mn - Action, Drama
Madge Clayton, a society girl, mysteriously disappears. The police suspect a master criminal is behind the girl's abduction, but her brother, Bob, and fiancé, Bert Moore, help with the search. They uneart…
poster Short Kilts
Short Kilts
20mn - Comedy
As a way to make peace between two feuding Scottish clans, one invites the other over for supper, but things don't turn out quite as expected.