1920s melodrama movies

 

Notable 1920s Melodrama Movies

• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) – Directed by F.W. Murnau, starring George O’Brien and Janet Gaynor. A farmer is tempted by another woman but seeks redemption with his wife.

• The Phantom Carriage (1921) – Victor Sjöström’s Swedish classic about death, redemption, and the supernatural.

• Pandora’s Box (1929) – G.W. Pabst’s masterpiece starring Louise Brooks as Lulu, whose free spirit leads to tragedy.

• Greed (1924) – Erich von Stroheim’s epic tale of obsession and downfall, adapted from Frank Norris’s novel McTeague.

• The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) – Carl Theodor Dreyer’s intense portrayal of Joan’s trial, with Renée Jeanne Falconetti’s legendary performance.

• The Crowd (1928) – King Vidor’s social melodrama about ordinary life, ambition, and disillusionment in modern society.

• Seventh Heaven (1927) – Frank Borzage’s romantic melodrama set against World War I, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.

• Stella Dallas (1925) – Silent adaptation of Olive Higgins Prouty’s novel, about a mother’s sacrifice for her daughter.

• The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927) – G.W. Pabst’s political melodrama set during the Russian Civil War.

• The Big Parade (1925) – King Vidor’s war melodrama, blending romance and the horrors of World War I.