Best Movies of 1926 by Rank

Rating
Rank
No
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
5 Stars
106
1
Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom
Comedy / Romance / War / Action / Adventure / Family
USA
English (Silent)
4 Stars
1233
2
Albert Parker
Douglas Fairbanks, Billie Dove, Tempe Pigott, Donald Crisp, Sam De Grasse
Adventure / Action
USA
English (Silent)
4 Stars
1346
3
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Vera Baranovskaya, Nikolai Batalov, Ivan Koval-Samborsky
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
3.5 Stars
1523
4
F.W. Murnau
Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller
Germany
German (Silent)
3.5 Stars
1647
5
Clarence Brown
John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson, Barbara Kent, William Orlamond
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
3.5 Stars
1779
6
George Fitzmaurice
Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Banky, George Fawcett
Adventure / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
3.5 Stars
1989
7
Raoul Walsh
Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Dolores del Rio, William V. Mong, Phyllis Haver
Comedy / Drama / War
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
3 Stars
2002
8
Henry King
Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, Charles Lane, Paul McAllister, E.J. Ratcliffe
Drama / Romance / Western / Action
USA
English (Silent)
3 Stars
2038
9
Robert J. Flaherty
Fa'amgase, Pe'a, Ta'avale, T'ugaita
Documentary
USA
English (Silent)
3 Stars
2066
10
King Vidor
Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, George Hassell, Roy D'Arcy
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
Rating
Rank
No
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2169
11
William Beaudine, Tom McNamara
Mary Pickford, Roy Stewart, Mary Louise Miller, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2169
11
Fred Niblo, Mauritz Stiller
Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Marc McDermott, Lionel Barrymore, Armand Kaliz
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2222
12
Frank Capra
Harry Langdon, Priscilla Bonner, Gertrude Astor, William V. Mong, Robert McKim
Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2227
13
Lewis Seiler
Tom Mix, Tony the Horse, Dorothy Dwan, Will Walling, Harry Gripp, Carl Miller
Action / Western / Detective / Crime / Caper
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2387
14
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton, Sally O'Neil, Walter James, Budd Fine
Comedy / Romance / Sports / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2410
15
Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch
Animation / Adventure / Fantasy / Romance / Family
Germany
German (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2418
16
Clarence G. Badger
Raymond Griffith, Marian Nixon, Virginia Lee Corbin, Mack Swain, Montagu Love
Comedy / Spy / Action
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2478
17
Herbert Brenon
Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes, Alice Joyce, Mary Brian, Noah Beery
Action / Adventure / Drama / War
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2511
18
Sam Taylor
Beatrice Lillie, Jack Pickford, Doris Lloyd, DeWitt Jennings, Harry Myers
Comedy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2511
18
James Cruze
George Bancroft, Wallace Beery, William Conklin, Nick De Ruiz, Effie Ellsler
Drama / History / Adventure / Action / War
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2546
19
Sam Taylor
Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young, Jim Mason, Paul Weigel
Comedy / Romance / Religion / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2553
20
Rex Ingram
Apollon Uni, Álex Nova, Kada-Abd-el-Kader, Hughie Mack, Alice Terry
War / Drama / Spy
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2601
21
Richard E. Norman
Laurence Criner, Kathryn Boyd, Boise De Legge, Harold Platts, Lions Daniels
Adventure / Crime / War / Action
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2601
21
Leo McCarey
Charley Chase, Vivien Oakland, Ann Howe, Charles Clary, Gale Henry, Malcolm Denny
Family / Short / Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2605
22
Henrik Galeen
Fritz Alberti, Agnes Esterhazy, Ferdinand von Alten, Conrad Veidt, Elizza La Porta
Drama / Horror / Fantasy
Germany
German (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2605
22
John Ford
George O'Brien, Olive Borden, Lou Tellegen, Tom Santschi, J. Farrell MacDonald
Western
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
23
Herbert Brenon
Alice Joyce, Norman Trevor, Clara Bow, Conway Tearle, Eleanor Lawson
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
23
Alan Crosland
John Barrymore, Jane Winton, John Roche, Warner Oland, Estelle Taylor, Montagu Love
Adventure / Romance / Drama
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
23
Carl Lamac
Karel Noll, Antonie Nedosinská, Carl Lamac, Betty Kysilková
Comedy
Czechoslovakia
Czech (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
23
Malcolm St. Clair
Adolphe Menjou, Florence Vidor, Lawrence Grant, George Beranger, Duke Peter
Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
23
A.W. Sandberg
Gösta Ekman, Karina Bell, Maurice de Féraudy, Robert Schmidt
Drama / Romance / Crime
Denmark
Danish (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
23
Gustav Machatý
Eva Byronova, Jan W. Speerger, Miroslav Paul, Sasa Dobrovolná
Drama
Czechoslovakia
Czech (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
23
Francisco Gómez Hidalgo
Francisco Franco, Millán Astray, José Sanjurjo, Juan Belmonte
Documentary
Spain
Spanish (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
23
Arthur Robison
Lya De Putti, Vladimir Gajdarov, Eduard Rothauser, Fritz Greiner
Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
23
Jean Renoir
Catherine Hessling, Jean Angelo, Werner Krauss, Raymond Guérin-Catelain
Drama / Romance / Period Film
France
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
23
Victor Sjöström
Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Henry B. Walthall, Karl Dane, William H. Tooker
Drama / Romance / Religion
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
23
Dziga Vertov
Documentary / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
23
Ernst Lubitsch
Monte Blue, Patsy Ruth Miller, Lilyan Tashman, George Beranger, Myrna Loy
Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
23
Harry Edwards, Frank Capra
Harry Langdon, Joan Crawford, Edwards Davis, Tom Murray, Alec B. Francis
Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2695
24
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Masao Inoue, Yoshi Nakagawa, Ayako Iijima, Kyosuki Takamatsu
Drama / Experimental
Japan
Japanese (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2756
25
Alfred E. Green
Colleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes, Vera Lewis, Doris Baker, Emily Gerdes
Comedy / Romance / Comic
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2756
25
Gregory La Cava
W.C. Fields, Alice Joyce, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Kittens Reichert, Marcia Harris
Comedy / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2792
26
Lev Kuleshov
Alexandra Khokhlova, Sergei Komarov, Vladimir Fogel
Drama / Crime
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2792
26
Howard Hawks
George O'Brien, Olive Borden, Phyllis Haver, George Beranger
Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2792
26
F.W. Murnau
Hermann Picha, Rosa Valetti, André Mattoni, Werner Krauss
Drama / Comedy / Period Film / Crime
Germany
German (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
King Vidor
John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Roy D'Arcy, Lionel Belmore, Emily Fitzroy
Drama / Romance / Adventure / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
Leo McCarey
Charley Chase, Gladys Hulette, Lillian Leighton, Frank Brownlee, Oliver Hardy
Short / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
Charles Reisner
Syd Chaplin, Harold Goodwin, Jack Ackroyd, Edgar Kennedy, Charles K. Gerrard
Comedy / War / Drama / Spy / Action
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
William Beaudine
Thomas Meighan, Mona Palma, Wyndham Standing, Dale Fuller, Charles Winninger
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
Leo McCarey
Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Walter James, William Courtright, Fred Kelsey
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
Paul Sloane
Leatrice Joy, Tom Moore, Robert Edeson, Snitz Edwards, Toby Claude
Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
Leo McCarey
Charley Chase, Stuart Holmes, Mildred June, Josephine Crowell, William Orlamond
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
Charles R. Bowers, Harold L. Muller, Ted Sears
Charles R. Bowers
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
Reginald Barker
Antonio Moreno, Renée Adorée, Gardner James, William Austin
Drama / Crime / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
A. Edward Sutherland
W.C. Fields, Louise Brooks, Blanche Ring, William Gaxton, Mary Foy
Adventure / Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
Leo McCarey
Charley Chase, Mildred Harris, Vivien Oakland, Syd Crossley, Rolfe Sedan
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
James Cruze
Alice Joyce, Warner Baxter, Dolores Costello, Zasu Pitts, Walter Pidgeon
Drama / Crime / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
Victor Fleming
Clara Bow, Ernest Torrence, Percy Marmont, Eugene Pallette, Tom Kennedy
Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
George Terwilliger
Owen Moore, Constance Bennett, Evangeline Russell, Julia Hurley, Nick Thompson
Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
Charles R. Bowers, Harold L. Muller
Charles R. Bowers
Short / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
Allan Dwan
Lois Moran, Noah Beery, Louise Dresser, Helen Jerome Eddy, Allan Simpson
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
Philip Roscoe
Al Jolson
Short / Music
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
27
William A. Seiter
Reginald Denny, Laura La Plante, Ben Hendricks Jr., E.J. Ratcliffe, Arthur Lake
Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
William A. Seiter
Reginald Denny, Marian Nixon, Melbourne MacDowell, Frances Raymond, Otis Harlan
Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
27
Josef von Sternberg
Edna Purviance, Raymond Bloomer, Charles K. French, Eve Southern, Gayne Whitman
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2809
28
Cecil B. DeMille
William Boyd, Elinor Fair, Robert Edeson, Victor Varconi, Julia Faye
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2817
29
Millard Webb
John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, George O'Hara, Mike Donlin, Sam Baker
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Romance / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
NR
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Dick Smith
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, Jobyna Ralston
Comedy / Short / Family
USA
English (Silent)
Rating
Rank
No
Starring
Genre
Country
Language