swap_horiz The Burning Soil Alternatives

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Diary of a Lost Girl

G.W. Pabst’s *Diary of a Lost Girl* (1929) is a poignant German silent drama exploring themes of female isolation and so...

German Drama Feature 1920S

8.2 Great

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Beggars of Life

Beggars of Life is a 1928 American silent drama directed by William Wellman, starring Louise Brooks as a young woman who...

American Drama Crime Film

8.1 Great

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Frau im Mond

1929 German silent science fiction film directed by Fritz Lang, depicting a crewed lunar expedition with unusual scienti...

German Epic Film 1920S

8.1 Great

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Varieté

Varieté is a 1925 German silent film directed by E. A. Dupont. The production gained recognition for innovative camera t...

German Drama Feature 1920S

8.0 Great

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The Love of Jeanne Ney

Directed by G.W. Pabst in 1927, this German melodrama is notable for its masterful use of montage, realistic acting, and...

German Drama Feature 1920S

7.8 Good

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Four Sons

Four Sons is a 1928 American silent drama directed by John Ford, portraying a Bavarian mother whose loyalties are tested...

American Drama Film War

7.7 Good

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The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna

The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna is a 1929 German UFA drama by Hanns Schwarz, starring Brigitte Helm in a late no-dia...

German Drama Feature Romance

7.5 Good

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The Street

The Street is Karl Grune's 1923 German silent drama, considered the first major street film and centered on one night in...

German Drama Feature 1920S

7.5 Good

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The Joyless Street

The Joyless Street is G. W. Pabst's 1925 German silent drama, starring Greta Garbo and Asta Nielsen in a postwar Vienna...

German Drama Feature 1920S

7.4 Good

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Anne Boleyn

Anna Boleyn (1920) is a German silent historical epic directed by Ernst Lubitsch, recounting the rise and execution of H...

German Drama Historical Film

7.4 Good

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Secrets of a Soul

Secrets of a Soul is a 1926 German silent drama by G. W. Pabst, notable for treating psychoanalysis with advice from Kar...

German Drama Feature 1920S

7.2 Good

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The Chronicles of the Gray House

The Chronicles of the Gray House is a 1925 German historical drama by Arthur von Gerlach, scripted by Thea von Harbou fr...

German Drama Feature 1920S

7.1 Good

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Raskolnikov

Raskolnikov is a 1923 Austrian silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene, notable for being an early atmospheric adapta...

German Drama 1920S Wiene

7.1 Good

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Hangman's House

Directed by John Ford, Hangman's House is a 1928 American silent drama set in Ireland, featuring Victor McLaglen and not...

Action American Drama Film

7.0 Good

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The Enchanted Cottage

The Enchanted Cottage is a 1924 American silent romantic drama directed by John S. Robertson, exploring themes of love t...

American Drama Romance Film

6.9 Fair

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The Signal Tower

The Signal Tower is a 1924 American silent romantic drama directed by Clarence Brown, notable for its tense setting in a...

American Drama Family Film

6.8 Fair

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Beau Brummel

1924 American silent biographical drama starring John Barrymore as Regency-era dandy George Brummel, tracing his celebra...

American Drama Historical Film

6.8 Fair

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The Wandering Image

Das wandernde Bild (1920) is a German silent mountain drama directed by Fritz Lang, an early career work predating the E...

Adventure German Drama Film

6.7 Fair

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Spring Awakening

1929 German silent film adapted from Frank Wedekind's controversial 1891 stage play Frühlings Erwachen, exploring adoles...

German Drama Film Coming Of Age

6.4 Fair

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The Whistle

1921 American silent Western starring William S. Hart, adapted from a story by Gouverneur Morris, and one of Hart's fina...

American Drama Film 1920S

5.5 Mediocre