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.
List
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| 1920 |
| Algol | Hans Werckmeister | Emil Jannings, John Gottowt, Hans Adalbert Schlettow | Germany | |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | J. Charles Haydon | Sheldon Lewis | United States | |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | John S. Robertson | John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Charles Willis Lane, Nita Naldi | United States | |
| Figures of the Night | Richard Oswald | Paul Wegener, Reinhold Schünzel, Conrad Veidt | Germany | |
| The Invisible Ray | Harry A. Pollard | Ruth Clifford, Jack Sherrill, Sidney Bracey | United States | Serial film, lost film |
| 1921 |
| Die Blitzzentrale | Valy Arnheim | Valy Arnheim, Victor Colani | Germany | |
| The Mechanical Man | Andre Deed | Gabriel Moreau, Valentina Frascaroli, Fernando Vivas-May | Italy | |
| 1922 |
| The Man from Beyond | Burton L. King | Harry Houdini, Arthur Maude, Albert Tavernier, Erwin Connelly | United States | [1] |
| 1923 |
| Black Oxen | Frank Lloyd | Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle, Clara Bow | United States | |
| 1924 |
| Aelita | Yakov Protazanov | Yuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky, Nikolai Tsereteli | Soviet Union | |
| The Hands of Orlac | Robert Wiene | Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Kortner, Carmen Cartellieri | Austria | |
| Interplanetary Revolution | Nikolay Khodatayev, Zenon Komissarenko, Yuriy Merkulov | | Soviet Union | Animated short film. Russian title: Межпланетная революция, tr. Mezhplanetnaya revolyutsiya[2][3][4][5][6] |
| L'Inhumaine | Marcel L'Herbier | Georgette Leblanc, Jaque Catelain, Philippe Hériat | France | |
| The Last Man on Earth | John G. Blystone | Buck Black, Maurice Murphy, William Steele | United States | |
| 1925 |
| The Lost World | Harry Hoyt | Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery, Lloyd Hughes, Alma Bennett | United States | |
| Luch Smerti | Lev Kuleshov | Porfiri Podobed, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Aleksandra Khokhlova | Soviet Union | [7][8] |
| Paris Qui Dort | René Clair | Madeleine Rodrigue, Myla Seller, Henri Rollan | France | Sci-Fi Comedy |
| The Power God | Francis Ford, Ben F. Wilson | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber, Mary Crane | United States | Serial film[9][10] |
| Wunder Der Schöpfung | Hanns Walter Kornblum | Paul Bildt, Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Theodor Loos, Oscar Marion | Germany | [11] |
| 1927 |
| Metropolis | Fritz Lang | Alfred Abel, Gustav Froehlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor Loos | Germany | |
| 1928 |
| Alraune | Henrik Galeen | Brigitte Helm | Germany | |
| 1929 |
| High Treason | Maurice Elvey | Benita Hume, Basil Gill, Jameson Thomas, Milton Rosmer | United Kingdom | [12] |
| The Mysterious Island | Lucien Hubbard | Lionel Barrymore, Jane Daly, Lloyd Hughes | United States | |
| Woman in the Moon | Fritz Lang | Klaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Fritz Rasp | Germany | |
See also
References
- ^ Weldon, Michael (1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide. Macmillan. p. 351. ISBN 0-312-13149-6.
- ^ Cima, Alessandro (10 January 2011). "Interplanetary Revolution – 1924 Soviet Animation". Candlelight Stories. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Nikolai Khodataev: Interplanetary Revolution". HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN ANIMATION. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Crow, Jonathan. "Watch Interplanetary Revolution (1924): The Most Bizarre Soviet Animated Propaganda Film You'll Ever See". Open Culture. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Soviet dreams of the future, part 2. Now with sepulki". Geeks World. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ "Interplanetary Revolution". Letterboxd. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Gillespie, David C. (2000). Early Soviet Cinema: Innovation, Ideology and Propaganda. Wallflower Press. pp. 30–31. ISBN 1-903364-04-3.
- ^ Telotte, J. P. (1999). A Distant Technology: Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age. Wesleyan University Press. p. 35–36. ISBN 0819563463.
- ^ Rainey, Buck (1990). Those Fabulous Serial Heroines: their lives and films. Scarecrow Press. p. 53. ISBN 0-8108-1911-2.
- ^ Benson, Michael (1985). Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949. McFarland. p. 90. ISBN 0-89950-085-4.
- ^ "Wunder der Schöpfung". Edition Filmmuseum. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2012). "High Treason (1929)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
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