1923

Film Decades: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

Each review will be linked to the title below.

(*seen originally in theaters)

(**seen relreleased in theaters)

  • Adam’s Rib – directed by Cecil B. DeMille
    The Ancient Law (Das alte Gesetz), directed by E. A. Dupont and starring Henny Porten – (Germany)
  • Ashes of Vengeance, starring Norma Talmadge
  • The Audacious Mr. Squire directed by Edwin Greenwood; starring Jack Buchanan, Valia – (GB)
  • The Balloonatic – a Buster Keaton short
  • Black Oxen, directed by Frank Lloyd
  • The Blizzard (aka Gunnar Hedes saga), directed by Mauritz Stiller – (Sweden)
  • Bonnie Prince Charlie directed by Charles Calvert, starring Ivor Novello and Gladys Cooper – (GB)
  • The Brass Bottle, directed by Maurice Tourneur; starring Harry Myers, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall, Ford Sterling, Aggie Herring
  • Cameo Kirby – directed by John Ford; starring John Gilbert
  • Circus Days, starring Jackie Coogan
  • Cœur fidèle (The Faithful Heart), directed by Jean Epstein – (France)
  • The Covered Wagon, starring J. Warren Kerrigan
  • The Daring Years, starring Mildred Harris, Charles Emmett Mack and Clara Bow
  • The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning (Der Puppenmacher von Kiang-Ning), directed by Robert Wiene; starring Werner Krauss – (Germany)
  • Drakula halala (Dracula’s Death) – (Hungary)
  • The Extra Girl, starring Mabel Normand
  • Frozen Hearts, starring Stan Laurel and Mae Laurel
  • The Gold Diggers
  • The Grub-Stake, directed by & starring Nell Shipman
  • The Harbour Lights directed by Tom Terriss; starring Tom Moore and Isobel Elsom – (Britain)
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Lon Chaney
  • I Will Repay directed by Henry Kolker; starring Holmes Herbert, Flora Le Breton – (GB)
  • I.N.R.I., directed by Robert Wiene – (Germany)
  • The Isle of Lost Ships, directed by Maurice Tourneur; starring Anna Q. Nilsson,
  • Milton Sills, Frank Campeau, Walter Long, Aggie Herring
  • The Lady Owner – directed by Walter West; starring Violet Hopson and James Knight – (Britain)
  • Little Old New York, directed by Sidney Olcott, starring Marion Davies and Harrison Ford
  • The Love Nest, a Buster Keaton short
  • The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots, directed by Denison Clift; starring Fay Compton, Gerald Ames and John Stuart – (GB)
  • Der Mann mit der eisernen Maske (The Man in the Iron Mask), directed by Max Glass – (Germany)
  • The Merchant of Venice (Der Kaufmann von Venedig), starring Henny Porten and Werner Krauss – (Germany)
  • Merry-Go-Round, directed by Erich von Stroheim
  • Miss Suwanna of Siam – The first international feature film set in Thailand it features an all Thai cast
  • Mysteries of a Barbershop (Mysterien eines Friseursalons) – (Germany)
  • Our Hospitality, directed by & starring Buster Keaton
  • Out to Win, directed by Denison Clift; starring Catherine Calvert, Clive Brook – (GB)
  • Paddy the Next Best Thing, directed by Graham Cutts, starring Mae Marsh (Britain)
  • The Pilgrim -,directed by & starring Charlie Chaplin with Edna Purviance and Syd Chaplin
  • The Purple Highway, starring Madge Kennedy, Monte Blue, Vincent Coleman and Pedro de Cordoba
  • Raskolnikow, directed by Robert Wiene – (Germany)
  • Rosita, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Mary Pickford
  • Le Retour à la Raison (Return to Reason) – (France)
  • La Roue (The Wheel), directed by Abel Gance – (France)
  • Rupert of Hentzau, directed by Victor Heerman
  • Safety Last!, starring Harold Lloyd – This film has the famous scene where Lloyd is seen hanging from a clock.
  • Salomé, directed by Charles Bryant; starring Alla Nazimova
  • Scaramouche Starring Ramón Novarro, Alice Terry, Lewis Stone, Lloyd Ingraham
  • Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination (aka Warning Shadows), directed by Arthur Robison – (Germany)
  • The Shock, starring Lon Chaney
  • The Shriek of Araby, starring Ben Turpin
  • Souls for Sale, starring Richard Dix and Eleanor Boardman
  • The Street, directed by Karl Grune – (Germany)
  • Squibs M.P. directed by George Pearson; starring Betty Balfour – (GB)
  • Suzanna, starring Mabel Normand
  • The Ten Commandments – directed by Cecil B. DeMille; starring Theodore Roberts
  • This Freedom directed by Denison Clift; starring Fay Compton and Clive Brook – (GB)
  • Three Ages, a Buster Keaton film
  • Three Wise Fools, directed by King Vidor
  • Through Fire and Water directed by Thomas Bentley; starring Clive Brook, Flora Le Breton – (GB)
  • The Treasure (Der Schatz), directed by G.W. Pabst – (Germany)
  • Under the Red Robe, directed by Alan Crosland; starring Robert B. Mantell
  • The Unknown Tomorrow (Das unbekannte Morgen), directed by Alexander Korda – (Germany)
  • The White Shadow, starring Betty Compson and Clive Brook – (GB)
  • The White Sister, starring Lillian Gish and Ronald Colman
  • Why Worry?, starring Harold Lloyd
  • Wild Bill Hickok, directed by Clifford Smith
  • Within the Law, directed by Frank Lloyd; starring Norma Talmadge
  • A Woman of Paris – directed by Charlie Chaplin; starring Edna Purviance
  • Woman to Woman, starring Betty Compson and Clive Brook – (GB)