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1920's and older US Top Grossing

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  • Mabel Normand in Mickey (1918)

    1. Mickey

    19181h 33mNot Rated
    6.1 (1.2K)
    Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.
    DirectorsF. Richard JonesJames YoungStarsMabel NormandGeorge NicholsLaura La Varnie
  • Ramon Novarro in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

    2. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    19252h 23mNot Rated
    7.8 (8.2K)
    A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.
    DirectorsFred NibloCharles BrabinChristy CabanneStarsRamon NovarroFrancis X. BushmanMay McAvoy
  • The Big Parade (1925)

    3. The Big Parade

    19252h 31mNot Rated
    7.9 (7.6K)
    A young American soldier witnesses the horrors of the Great War.
    DirectorsKing VidorGeorge W. HillStarsJohn GilbertRenée AdoréeHobart Bosworth
  • Al Jolson in The Singing Fool (1928)

    4. The Singing Fool

    19281h 45mPassed
    6.1 (308)
    A singing waiter and composer (Al Jolson) loves two women (Betty Bronson, Josephine Dunn), conquers Broadway and holds his dying son, singing "Sonny Boy."
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsAl JolsonBetty BronsonJosephine Dunn
  • The Birth of a Nation (1915)

    5. The Birth of a Nation

    19153h 15mTV-PG
    6.1 (28K)
    The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
    DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishMae MarshHenry B. Walthall
  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)

    6. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    19212h 30mPassed
    7.1 (3.7K)
    An extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I.
    DirectorRex IngramStarsRudolph ValentinoAlice TerryPomeroy Cannon
  • Elliott Dexter and Gloria Swanson in Something to Think About (1920)

    7. Something to Think About

    19201h 18m
    5.8 (676)
    Wealthy cripple Markley finances the education of blacksmith's daughter Ruth. When she returns to their small town he asks to marry her, but she runs off with city worker Jim Dirk who is then killed in a subway accident. Markley offers to marry her in name only to protect her new son.
    DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsElliott DexterGloria SwansonMonte Blue
  • Allen Holubar in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)

    8. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    19161h 45mPassed
    6.1 (2.2K)
    A French professor and his daughter accompany Captain Nemo on an adventure aboard a submarine.
    DirectorStuart PatonStarsAllen HolubarDan HanlonEdna Pendleton
  • Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer (1927)

    9. The Jazz Singer

    19271h 28mPassed66Metascore
    6.4 (12K)
    The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
    DirectorAlan CroslandStarsAl JolsonMay McAvoyWarner Oland
  • The Covered Wagon (1923)

    10. The Covered Wagon

    19231h 38m
    6.6 (857)
    Two wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to Oregon. On their quest the pilgrims will experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and Indian attacks. To complicate matters further, a love triangle develops, as pretty Molly must chose between Sam, a brute, and Will, the dashing captain of the other caravan. Can Will overcome the skeleton in his closet and win Molly's heart?
    DirectorJames CruzeStarsJ. Warren KerriganLois WilsonAlan Hale
  • Clara Bow and Charles 'Buddy' Rogers in Wings (1927)

    11. Wings

    19272h 24mPG-1378Metascore
    7.5 (16K)
    Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.
    DirectorsWilliam A. WellmanHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastStarsClara BowCharles 'Buddy' RogersRichard Arlen
  • Gilda Gray in Aloma of the South Seas (1926)

    12. Aloma of the South Seas

    19261h 30m
    5.9 (32)
    Young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education, returns to his island after his father dies to try to stop a revolution.
    DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsGilda GrayPercy MarmontWarner Baxter
  • Charles King, Bessie Love, and Anita Page in The Broadway Melody (1929)

    13. The Broadway Melody

    19291h 40mPassed66Metascore
    5.5 (8.7K)
    A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.
    DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsBessie LoveAnita PageCharles King
  • Ann Pennington in Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)

    14. Gold Diggers of Broadway

    19291h 41mPassed
    7.0 (233)
    Three Broadway chorus girls seek rich husbands.
    DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsNancy WelfordConway TearleWinnie Lightner
  • Charles Chaplin in The Gold Rush (1925)

    15. The Gold Rush

    19251h 35mApproved90Metascore
    8.1 (125K)
    A prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainTom Murray
  • Robin Hood (1922)

    16. Robin Hood

    19222h 23mNot Rated
    7.0 (2.6K)
    A nobleman becomes the vigilante Robin Hood who protects the oppressed English people from the tyrannical Prince John.
    DirectorAllan DwanStarsDouglas FairbanksWallace BeerySam De Grasse
  • Charles Chaplin and Jackie Coogan in The Kid (1921)

    17. The Kid

    19211h 8mPassed
    8.2 (142K)
    The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceJackie Coogan
  • Theodore Roberts in The Ten Commandments (1923)

    18. The Ten Commandments

    19232h 16mPassed
    6.8 (2.9K)
    After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, and the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.
    DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsTheodore RobertsCharles de RochefortEstelle Taylor
  • Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess in Way Down East (1920)

    19. Way Down East

    19202h 25mPassed
    7.3 (6.2K)
    A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
    DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishRichard BarthelmessMrs. David Landau
  • The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

    20. The Thief of Bagdad

    19242h 35mNot Rated
    7.7 (7.4K)
    A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsDouglas FairbanksJulanne JohnstonSnitz Edwards
  • Jackie Coogan in Oliver Twist (1922)

    21. Oliver Twist

    19221h 38mPassed
    6.6 (979)
    An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
    DirectorFrank LloydStarsJackie CooganJames A. MarcusAggie Herring
  • Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

    22. The Phantom of the Opera

    19251h 33mPassed
    7.5 (21K)
    A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.
    DirectorsRupert JulianLon ChaneyErnst LaemmleStarsLon ChaneyMary PhilbinNorman Kerry
  • Douglas Fairbanks and Marguerite De La Motte in The Iron Mask (1929)

    23. The Iron Mask

    19291h 45mPassed
    7.0 (1.5K)
    King Louis XIII of France is thrilled when his son is born--an heir to the throne. But his Queen has actually delivered twin boys. Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France. Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D'Artagnan, off to a convent. D'Artagnan hears of this and rallies the Musketeers in a bid to rescue her. Unfortunately, Richelieu outsmarts the Musketeers and banishes them forever. Richelieu enlists D'Artagnan to look after and protect the young prince. Meanwhile, de Rochefort learns of the twins and Richelieu's plans, and kidnaps the twin, raising him in secret. Many years later, with Richelieu dead and the young prince crowned King Louis XIV, Rochefort launches his plan. The king is kidnapped, replaced with his twin, put in an iron mask so as not to be recognized, and led off to a remote castle to be held prisoner. Louis XIV is able to alert D'Artagnan, who realizes that only his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis can help him, so he reunites the Musketeers to derail Rochefort's nefarious plot but at a heavy toll.
    DirectorAllan DwanStarsDouglas FairbanksBelle BennettMarguerite De La Motte
  • Douglas Fairbanks in The Three Musketeers (1921)

    24. The Three Musketeers

    19211h 59m
    6.9 (1.2K)
    Cardinal Richelieu, engaged in intrigue at the court of Louis XIII, attempts to rule by threatening the queen, who is secretly in love with the Duke of Buckingham. From Gascony comes D'Artagnan to join the King's Musketeers in his quest for adventure. He wins the right to membership by proving his prowess with the sword and forms an eternal alliance with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, the Three Musketeers. After many adventures, he embarks on a dangerous mission to England to recover a diamond brooch, a gift of the king, which the queen has given to Buckingham as a token of affection. He recovers it and returns in time to save the queen from the wrath of Louis, defeat the cardinal's intrigue, and win Constance, the queen's seamstress.
    DirectorFred NibloStarsDouglas FairbanksNigel De BrulierGeorge Siegmann
  • Elmo Lincoln and Enid Markey in Tarzan of the Apes (1918)

    25. Tarzan of the Apes

    19181h 13mNot Rated
    5.7 (983)
    Reared by a childless ape, the orphaned heir of the Greystokes becomes one of the apes. Then Dr Porter organises a rescue expedition, and his beautiful daughter Jane catches his attention. Has Tarzan of the Apes found the perfect mate?
    DirectorScott SidneyStarsElmo LincolnEnid MarkeyTrue Boardman

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