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

The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro 1920

7.15

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

Way Down East

Way Down East 1920

7.00

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

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1920

6.73

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

1920

What Happened To Rosa

What Happened To Rosa 1920

6.80

A fortune teller tells a store clerk with a romantic disposition that she was a Spanish noblewoman in an earlier life. The girl begins to live the part of the Spanish noblewoman and romance and comedy ensue.

1920

Bonnie May

Bonnie May 1920

1

Young actress Bonnie May finds work in a private play given at Mrs. Baron’s mansion, where she endears herself to all, especially Victor Baron, the invalid son who has written the play. He begs her to stay on to help him write another play, despite the reluctance of his mother.

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

Anna Boleyn

Anna Boleyn 1920

6.86

The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.

1920

Sumurun

Sumurun 1920

6.00

The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.

1920

The Penalty

The Penalty 1920

6.90

Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated after an accident, becomes a vicious criminal, and eventually mob leader of the San Francisco underworld.

1920

Why Change Your Wife?

Why Change Your Wife? 1920

5.90

Robert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sally's superficiality, Beth strives to improve her looks. The original couple falls in love again at a summer resort.

1920

Sex

Sex 1920

6.70

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

1920

Something New

Something New 1920

5.30

A young woman visiting in Mexico is kidnapped by a gang of bandits, who drag her through the rugged wilderness to their hideout. She manages to leave word for her friend Bill, who knows the country well. But when Bill cannot find a horse, his only available form of transportation is his roadster. Nevertheless, he is determined to come to her rescue, even though it means trying to drive the car across miles of rocky, broken terrain.

1920

One Week

One Week 1920

7.92

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

Her Unwilling Husband

Her Unwilling Husband 1920

1

In this farce, Mavis Jerome, is an actress who has just broken up with her fiancé, Homer Owen. She goes to her brother-in-law's island retreat, but her stay is interrupted by one of his pals, John Jordan. Her rest is further disturbed when Owen shows up on her doorstep during a storm.

1920

The Scarecrow

The Scarecrow 1920

7.42

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

1920

The Saphead

The Saphead 1920

5.86

Nick Van Alstyne owns the Henrietta silver mine and is very rich and his son Bertie is naive and spoiled. His daughter Rose is married to shady investor Mark. Mark wrecks Bertie's wedding plans by making him take the blame for Mark's illegitimate daughter, and also nearly ruins the family business by selling off some stock at too low a price.

1920

Pollyanna

Pollyanna 1920

6.40

When Pollyanna is orphaned, she's sent to live with her crotchety Aunt Polly. Pollyanna discovers that many of the people in her aunt's New England hometown are as ill-tempered as her aunt. But Pollyanna's incurable optimism - exemplified by her "glad game", in which she looks for the bright side of every situation - brings a change to the staid old community.

1920

The Hope

The Hope 1920

1

An upper class melodrama.

1920