Films That Matter: The Early 1920s

The Key Films From 1920 - 1923

“Old Hollywood is just like a desert water in Africa.

Hang around long enough and every kind of animal in the world will drift in for refreshments.”

- Will Rogers

I have chosen 20 feature-length narrative films that I consider to be the most important key ones from the early 1920s in expanding the storytelling ability of cinema - and which meant something to those at the time as well. This covers the year in film of 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923.

Without further ado, the 20 key films from the early 1920s that matter: