List of science fiction films of the 1920s

A list of science fiction films released in the 1920s. These films include core elements of science fiction and are widely available with reviews by reputable critics or film historians.

Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/Notes
1920
Algol Hans WerckmeisterEmil Jannings, John Gottowt, Hans Adalbert Schlettow Germany
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde J. Charles HaydonSheldon LewisUnited States
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde John S. RobertsonJohn Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Charles Willis Lane, Nita NaldiUnited States
Figures of the NightRichard OswaldPaul Wegener, Reinhold Schünzel, Conrad VeidtGermany
The Invisible RayHarry A. PollardRuth Clifford, Jack Sherrill, Sidney BraceyUnited StatesSerial film
1921
Die Blitzzentrale Valy ArnheimValy Arnheim, Victor ColaniGermany
The Mechanical Man Andre DeedGabriel Moreau, Valentina Frascaroli, Fernando Vivas-MayItaly
1922
The Man from BeyondBurton L. KingHarry Houdini, Arthur Maude, Albert Tavernier, Erwin ConnellyUnited States[1]
1923
Black Oxen Frank LloydCorinne Griffith, Conway Tearle, Clara Bow United States
1924
AelitaYakov ProtazanovYuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky, Nikolai Tsereteli Soviet Union
The Hands of OrlacRobert WieneConrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Kortner, Carmen CartellieriAustria
L'InhumaineMarcel L'HerbierGeorgette Leblanc, Jaque Catelain, Philippe Hériat France
The Last Man on EarthJohn G. BlystoneBuck Black, Maurice Murphy, William SteeleUnited States
1925
The Lost WorldHarry HoytBessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery, Lloyd Hughes, Alma BennettUnited States
Luch SmertiLev KuleshovPorfiri Podobed, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Alexandra KhokhlovaSoviet Union[2][3]
Paris Qui DortRené ClairMadeleine Rodrigue, Myla Seller, Henri Rollan FranceSci-Fi Comedy
The Power GodFrancis Ford, Ben F. WilsonBen F. Wilson, Neva Gerber, Mary CraneUnited StatesSerial film[4][5]
Wunder Der SchöpfungHanns Walter KornblumPaul Bildt, Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Theodor Loos, Oscar MarionGermany[6]
1927
MetropolisFritz LangAlfred Abel, Gustav Froehlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor LoosGermany
1928
AlrauneHenrik GaleenBrigitte HelmGermany
1929
High TreasonMaurice ElveyBenita Hume, Basil Gill, Jameson Thomas, Milton RosmerUnited Kingdom[7]
The Mysterious IslandLucien HubbardLionel Barrymore, Jane Daly, Lloyd HughesUnited States
Woman in the MoonFritz LangKlaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Fritz RaspGermany

See also

References

  1. ↑ Weldon, Michael (1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide. Macmillan. p. 351. ISBN 0-312-13149-6.
  2. ↑ Gillespie, David C. (2000). Early Soviet Cinema: Innovation, Ideology and Propaganda. Wallflower Press. pp. 30–31. ISBN 1-903364-04-3.
  3. ↑ Telotte, J. P. (1999). A Distant Technology: Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age. Wesleyan University Press. p. 35–36. ISBN 0819563463.
  4. ↑ Rainey, Buck (1990). Those Fabulous Serial Heroines: their lives and films. Scarecrow Press. p. 53. ISBN 0-8108-1911-2.
  5. ↑ Benson, Michael (1985). Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949. McFarland. p. 90. ISBN 0-89950-085-4.
  6. ↑ "Wunder der Schöpfung". Edition Filmmuseum. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  7. ↑ Erickson, Hal. "High Treason (1929)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
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