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  • Paul Wegener in The Student of Prague (1913)

    1. The Student of Prague

    19131h 23mApproved
    6.4 (2.6K)
    The poor student Balduin sells his mirror image to the satanic sorcerer Scapinelli. He falls in love with a countess and tries to win her over. But his mirror image receives a life of its' own and sabotages Balduin's every move.
    DirectorsHanns Heinz EwersStellan RyeStarsPaul WegenerGrete BergerLyda Salmonova
  • Theo Matejko in Passion (1919)

    2. Passion

    19191h 53mNot Rated
    6.6 (1.1K)
    The story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.
    DirectorErnst LubitschStarsPola NegriEmil JanningsHarry Liedtke
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

    3. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

    19201h 7mNot Rated
    8.0 (74K)
    Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
    DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich Feher
  • The Golem (1920)

    4. The Golem

    19201h 31mUnrated
    7.2 (9.1K)
    In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
    DirectorsPaul WegenerCarl BoeseStarsPaul WegenerAlbert SteinrückErnst Deutsch
  • Destiny (1921)

    5. Destiny

    19211h 54mNot Rated
    7.6 (7.1K)
    When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsBernhard GoetzkeLil DagoverWalter Janssen
  • Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)

    6. Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror

    19221h 34mNot Rated
    7.8 (120K)
    Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von Wangenheim
  • Theo Matejko in Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)

    7. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

    19223h 15mNot Rated
    7.8 (9.7K)
    Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsRudolf Klein-RoggeAud Egede-NissenGertrude Welcker
  • F.W. Murnau, Emil Jannings, and Theo Matejko in The Last Laugh (1924)

    8. The Last Laugh

    19241h 30mNot Rated
    8.0 (16K)
    An aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsEmil JanningsMaly DelschaftMax Hiller
  • Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)

    9. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    19241h 40mNot Rated
    8.1 (7K)
    Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, sets off on a treacherous journey to the Kingdom of Burgundy to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Princess Kriemhild.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsPaul RichterMargarete SchönTheodor Loos
  • Fritz Lang in Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)

    10. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge

    19242h 9mNot Rated
    7.9 (5.3K)
    Princess Kriemhild vows to avenge her husband's murder but must overcome her brothers who swore allegiance to Hagen. She marries Etzel, King of the Huns, and persuades his army to attack Hagen, but she loses more than she bargained for.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsMargarete SchönGertrud ArnoldTheodor Loos
  • Greta Garbo in The Joyless Street (1925)

    11. The Joyless Street

    19252h 5m
    7.0 (1.8K)
    In post-WWI Vienna, Greta (Greta Garbo), her kid sister, and retired dad try to make it through tough times.
    DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsAsta NielsenGreta GarboÁgnes Eszterházy
  • Josef Fenneker in Variety (1925)

    12. Variety

    19251h 12mPassed
    7.4 (1.5K)
    Prologue: The murderer "Boss" Huller - after having spent ten years in prison - breaks his silence to tell the warden his story. "Boss", a former trapeze artist, and his wife own a cheap side-show that displays ''erotic sensations''. But he longs for his former glamorous life in the circus. When he meets the orphan Berta-Marie, he falls under her spell and leaves his wife and young son behind. He makes Berta-Marie his partner in a new trapeze number. One day, the famous trapeze artist Artinelli takes note of them and engages them for his trapeze show in Berlin. Their salto mortale becomes an immediate sensation. Calculatedly and cold, Artinelli seduces Berta-Marie and destroys "Boss'" happiness.
    DirectorEwald André DupontStarsEmil JanningsMaly DelschaftLya De Putti
  • F.W. Murnau, Gösta Ekman, Yvette Guilbert, Gerhart Hauptmann, Camilla Horn, Emil Jannings, and Hans Kyser in Faust (1926)

    13. Faust

    19261h 47mNot Rated
    8.1 (18K)
    The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGösta EkmanEmil JanningsCamilla Horn
  • The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)

    14. The Adventures of Prince Achmed

    19261h 20mNot Rated
    7.8 (7.4K)
    A handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.
    DirectorsLotte ReinigerCarl Koch
  • Conrad Veidt in The Student of Prague (1926)

    15. The Student of Prague

    19261h 50m
    6.9 (830)
    For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. He wants to find love; but how would he, a penniless student, ever dare looking up to any woman worth of loving? Absorbed in his dreary thoughts and indifferent to the advances of Lyduschka, Balduin is unexpectedly offered a fortune by the mysterious money-lender Scapinelli - but on a strange condition...
    DirectorHenrik GaleenStarsConrad VeidtElizza La PortaFritz Alberti
  • Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927)

    16. Metropolis

    19272h 33mNot Rated98Metascore
    8.3 (196K)
    In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav Fröhlich
  • Edmund Meisel and Walter Ruttmann in Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis (1927)

    17. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis

    19271h 5mNot Rated
    7.6 (5K)
    This movie shows us one day in Berlin, the rhythm of that time, starting at the earliest morning and ends in the deepest night.
    DirectorWalter RuttmannStarPaul von Hindenburg
  • Max Fliess in Spies (1928)

    18. Spies

    19281h 30mNot Rated
    7.5 (4.2K)
    The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsRudolf Klein-RoggeGerda MaurusWilly Fritsch
  • Louise Brooks and József Bottlik in Pandora's Box (1929)

    19. Pandora's Box

    19291h 49mNot Rated
    7.7 (13K)
    The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
    DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsLouise BrooksFritz KortnerFrancis Lederer
  • Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)

    20. Diary of a Lost Girl

    19291h 19mNot Rated
    7.8 (5K)
    After falling pregnant by a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is ejected from her home and sent to a strict girls' reform school.
    DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsLouise BrooksJosef RovenskýFritz Rasp
  • Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings in The Blue Angel (1930)

    21. The Blue Angel

    19301h 44mPassed90Metascore
    7.6 (17K)
    An elderly professor's ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer.
    DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsEmil JanningsMarlene DietrichKurt Gerron
  • Westfront 1918 (1930)

    22. Westfront 1918

    19301h 15mNot Rated
    7.3 (2.6K)
    A group of German solders fight on the front line in France at the end of World War I.
    DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsFritz KampersGustav DiesslHans-Joachim Möbis
  • Christl Ehlers in People on Sunday (1930)

    23. People on Sunday

    19301h 13mNot Rated
    7.3 (3.8K)
    Two men and two women enjoy a pleasant Sunday at the beach amid the unending toil of the working week.
    DirectorsRobert SiodmakEdgar G. UlmerRochus GlieseStarsErwin SplettstößerBrigitte BorchertWolfgang von Waltershausen
  • Three from the Filling Station (1930)

    24. Three from the Filling Station

    19301h 39m
    6.5 (902)
    Willy, Kurt and Hans are broke, so they sell their car and open a filling station. Then they all fall in love with the same girl.
    DirectorWilhelm ThieleStarsWilly FritschLilian HarveyHeinz Rühmann
  • M (1931)

    25. M

    19311h 39mPassed
    8.3 (178K)
    When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge Landgut

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