Films That Matter: The Late 1920s

The Key Films From 1927 - 1929

“Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet!

Wait a minute, I tell ya! You ain't heard nothin'!”

- Al Jolson; The Jazz Singer (1927)

I have chosen 25 feature-length narrative films that I consider to be the most important key ones from the late 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 1927, 1928, and 1929.

Without further ado, the 25 key films from the late 1920s that matter: