The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920

7.93

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.

1920

Way Down East

Way Down East 1920

6.89

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.

1920

One Week

One Week 1920

7.90

Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.

1920

The Scarecrow

The Scarecrow 1920

7.40

Two farmhands compete for the love of the farmer's daughter.

1920

Within Our Gates

Within Our Gates 1920

5.80

Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.

1920

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1920

6.80

A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.

1920

The Golem: How He Came Into the World

The Golem: How He Came Into the World 1920

6.90

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.

1920

Convict 13

Convict 13 1920

6.70

A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.

1920

Sex

Sex 1920

6.26

A Broadway actress uses her sex appeal to ruin a marriage only to dump her lover for a richer prospect.

1920

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack 1920

1

Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which portions of reels 1, 2, and 4 survive. In the serial he plays the star fullback of his college's football team who gets drawn into an adventure when he stops to rescue a young woman from some thugs on a country road. It includes a gag featuring an exploding football. The rest of the cast includes Lon Chaney, Edgar Kennedy, Bull Montana, Josie Sedgwick and Herschel Mayall.

1920

Neighbors

Neighbors 1920

7.10

The Romeo and Juliet story played out in a tenement neighborhood with Buster and Virginia's families hating each other over the fence separating their buildings.

1920

The Garage

The Garage 1920

6.00

Roscoe and Buster operate a combination garage and fire station. In the first half they destroy a car left for them to clean. In the second half they go off on a false alarm and return to find their own building on fire.

1920

The County Fair

The County Fair 1920

4.70

"The County Fair" begins with a nasty rich guy threatening to turn an old lady onto the street--unless her niece (who lives with her) marries this man's son. While she's dead set against it, the niece is a sweet thing and would do anything to help her aunt--even marry the rich jerk. However, a possible way out is presented. When a poor young man is taken in and fed, he turns out (naturally) to be a jockey and thinks he can win the $3000 prize at the fair and save the farm.

1920

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro 1920

7.20

Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

1920

Erotikon

Erotikon 1920

5.76

Erotikon is a 1920 Swedish romantic comedy film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Tora Teje, Karin Molander, Anders de Wahl and Lars Hanson. It is based on the 1917 play A kék róka by Ferenc Herczeg. The story revolves around an entomology professor obsessed with the sexual life of bugs, and his easygoing wife who is courted by two suitors.

1920

Beyond the Barricade

Beyond the Barricade 1920

7.30

Family man Poul Berg is tempted by a questionable investement offer and indebts himself to a point where suicide seems like the only way out. His widow struggles to maintain even a simple standard of living for herself and their three children, who are fatally marked by their fathers deed. (stumfilm.dk)

1920

Edgar's Hamlet

Edgar's Hamlet 1920

1

Edgar and his schoolmates put on a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet such as the townsfolk have never seen.

1920

School Days

School Days 1920

6.00

Larry in school and always gets in trouble until he falls asleep and dreams of when he's all grown up.

1920

The Clown's Little Brother

The Clown's Little Brother 1920

6.00

Koko the Clown's little brother comes to visit and wreaks havoc in Max Fleischer's studio.

1920

Haunted Spooks

Haunted Spooks 1920

6.20

After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her scheming uncle "haunts" so that he can scare them off and claim the property.

1920