I’ve always had a passion for cinema from the early days of film, especially finding out how far back many of the tropes and cliches we see today actually go.

In 2020, I realised that some of those early movies were approaching their 100th birthdays and it seemed liked a fine to go back and rewatch them.

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The 1920s

• The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)
• Within Our Gates (1920)
• The Kid (1921)
• The Phantom Carriage (1921)
• Nosferatu (1922)
• The Smiling Madame Beudet (1923)
• Our Hospitality (1923)
• A Woman of Paris (1923)
• Sherlock Jr (1924)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
• Battleship Potemkin (1925)
• The Eagle (1925)
• The Gold Rush (1925)
• The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
• The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
• The General (1926)
• The Cat and the Canary (1927)
• The Jazz Singer (1927)
• Metropolis (1927)
• Napoleon (1927)
• The Unknown (1927)
• Wings (1927)
• The Cameraman (1928)
• The Circus (1928)
• Easy Virtue (1928)
• The Man Who Laughs (1928)
• The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
• Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
• Un Chien Andalou (1929)
• Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
• A Throw of Dice (1929)