Best Movies of 1922 by Rank

Rating
Rank
No
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
5 Stars, Top 100
61
1
F.W. Murnau
Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Alexander Granach
Horror / Cult
Germany
German (Silent)
5 Stars
393
2
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede Nissen
Crime / Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
Germany
German (Silent)
4.5 Stars
633
3
Robert J. Flaherty
Nanook, Nyla, Cunayou, Allee, Allegoo
Documentary / Drama / Biography
USA
English (Silent)
4 Stars
1116
4
Erich von Stroheim
Rudolph Christians, Miss DuPont, Maude George
Drama / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
4 Stars
1433
5
Benjamin Christensen
Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio, Oscar Stribolt, Tora Teje
Documentary / Horror
Denmark / Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
3.5 Stars
1626
6
Allan Dwan
Douglas Fairbanks, Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett, Paul Dickey
Adventure / Romance / Family
USA
English (Silent)
3 Stars
2096
7
Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox, Edward F. Cline, Steve Murphy
Short / Comedy / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2294
8
Fred Niblo, Dorothy Arzner
Rosa Rosanova, Leo White, Rosita Marstini, Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee
Drama / Romance / Sports
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2305
9
Robert G. Vignola
Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley, Lyn Harding, Theresa Maxwell Conover
Romance / Drama / History
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2418
10
Lynn Reynolds
Tom Mix, J. Farrell MacDonald, Eva Novak
Western / Action / Adventure / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
Rating
Rank
No
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2484
11
Fred C. Newmeyer
Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend, Charles Stevenson, Dick Sutherland
Comedy / Family / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2496
12
Rex Ingram
Lewis Stone, Alice Terry, Robert Edeson, Stuart Holmes, Ramon Novarro
Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2511
13
Ernst Lubitsch
Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Dagny Servaes, Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmonova
History / Drama / Epic / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2511
13
F.W. Murnau
Alfred Abel, Grete Berger, Lil Dagover, Lya De Putti, Wilhelm Diegelmann
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Crime
Germany
German (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2573
14
Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair
Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox
Comedy / Short / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2573
14
Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton, Renée Adorée, Joe Keaton, Joe Roberts
Short / Comedy / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2573
14
Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox, Joe Keaton, Myra Keaton
Short / Comedy / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2573
14
Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Sybil Seely, Bonnie Hill, Freeman Wood
Short / Comedy / Drama / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2573
14
Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton, Kate Price, Joe Roberts, Monty Collins, Wheezer Dell
Short / Comedy / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2573
14
Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts
Comedy / Short / Western / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
15
Jerome Storm
John Gilbert, Barbara Bedford, Barbara La Marr, Herschel Mayall, Bob Kortman
Drama / Adventure / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
15
Paul Powell
Ethel Clayton, Charles Meredith, Mary Jane Irving, Anna Lehr, Walter McGrail
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
15
Jacques Feyder
Félix Oudart, Jean Forest, Marguerite Carré, Jeanne Cheirel
Fantasy / Comedy / Drama
France / Belgium
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
15
Aleksandr Panteleyev
Pyotr Kirillov, Ursula Krug, Vladimir Maksimov, Yelena Chaika
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
15
Richard Oswald
Liane Haid, Conrad Veidt, Albert Bassermann, Paul Wegener, Heinrich George
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
15
Robert F. McGowan, Tom McNamara
Jack Davis, Lincoln Stedman, Ernest Morrison, Charles Stevenson, Peggy Cartwright
Short / Comedy / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
15
Harald Schwenzen
Hjalmar Fries, Hans Bille, Gerd Egede-Nissen, Rolf Christensen, Lillebil Ibsen
Drama
Norway
Norwegian (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
15
Nat G. Deverich, Harry K. Fairall
Elliot Sparling, Barbara Bedford, Noah Beery, Aileen Manning, Albert Prisco
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
15
John S. Robertson
Mary Pickford, Lloyd Hughes, Gloria Hope, David Torrence, Forrest Robinson
Drama / Religion
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
15
Chester M. Franklin
Anna May Wong, Kenneth Harlan, Beatrice Bentley, Priscilla Moran, Etta Lee
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
15
Phil Rosen
Wallace Reid, Lois Wilson, Lionel Belmore, Henry Miller Jr., Helen Dunbar
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Sports
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2756
16
John Capstaff
Mae Murray, Hope Hampton, Mary Eaton
Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
17
Frank Borzage
Seena Owen, Matt Moore, J. Barney Sherry, Ethel Duray, Charles Craig
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
17
Robert G. Vignola
Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley, June Elvidge, Truly Shattuck, Lydia Yeamans Titus
Drama | Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
17
Sam Wood
Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Edythe Chapman, Alec B. Francis, Robert Bolder
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
17
George Terwilliger
Marion Davies, John B. O'Brien, Frank Shannon, Wyndham Standing, Carl Miller
Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
17
Walt Disney
Comedy / Family / Animation / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
17
Sam Wood
Gloria Swanson, Richard Wayne, Stuart Holmes, Lucien Littlefield, Charles Ogle
Western / Crime / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
17
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Ramon Novarro, Jack Warner, Max Linder, Vola Vale
Documentary / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
17
King Baggot
House Peters, Russell Simpson, Gertrude Claire, George Hackathorne, George West
Drama / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
17
Walt Disney
Comedy / Family / Animation / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
17
Burton L. King
Harry Houdini, Arthur Maude, Albert Tavernier, Erwin Connelly, Frank Montgomery
Mystery / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
17
George Melford
Dorothy Dalton, Charles Brinley, Emil Jorgenson, Rudolph Valentino, Maude Wayne
Adventure / Action / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
17
Jess Robbins
Stan Laurel, Glen Cavender, Vera Reynolds, Joy Winthrop, Mae Laurel
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
17
Jack Cunningham
Cecil B. DeMille, Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Marion Davies, Bebe Daniels
Documentary / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
17
Phil Rosen
Rudolph Valentino, Charles Ogle, Fanny Midgley, George Periolat, George Field
Romance / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2809
18
Sidney Franklin
Norma Talmadge, Wyndham Standing, Harrison Ford, Alec B. Francis, Glenn Hunter
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2817
19
Elmer Clifton
Marguerite Courtot, Raymond McKee, William Walcott, Clara Bow, James Turfler
Drama / Romance / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2821
20
Frank Lloyd
Jackie Coogan, Lon Chaney, James A. Marcus, Aggie Herring, Lewis Sargent
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
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