Top 10 Films of 1922

1. "Nosferatu" (F.W. Murnau, Germany)

2. "Foolish Wives" (Erich Von Stroheim, Universal)

3. "Nanook Of The North" (Robert Flaherty, Pathe)

4. "Dr Jack" (Fred C. Newmeyer, USA)

5. "Grandma’s Boy" (Fred C. Newmeyer, Pathe)

6. "Tess Of The Storm Country" (John S. Robertson, United Artists)

7. "Oliver Twist" (Frank Lloyd, First National)

8. "Love One Another" (Carl T. Dreyer, Germany)

9. "Manslaughter" (Cecil B. DeMille, Paramount)

10. Once Upon A Time (Carl T. Dreyer, Denmark)

Other great films:

Beyond The Rocks

Rok 1963 (Poland)

Shibukawa Bangoro (Japan)

The Toll Of The Sea

Top 5 Guilty Pleasures of 1922:

1. "Dr Mabuse" (Fritz Lang, Germany)

2. "Haxan" (Benjamin Christensen, Denmark)

3. "E piccerella" (Elvira Notari, Italy)

4. "Orphans Of The Storm" (D.W. Griffith, United Artists)

5. "Jocelyn" (Léon Poirier, France)

Short Top 10:

1. "Cops" (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, First National)

2. "Pay Day" (Charles Chaplin, First National)

3. "The Sawmill" (Larry Semon, Norman Taurog, Vitagraph)

4. "The Blacksmith" (Malcolm St. Clair, Buster Keaton, First National)

5. "Daydreams" (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, First National)

6. "The Paleface" (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, First National)

7. "My Wife's Relations" (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, First National)

8. "Scrooge" (George Wynn, UK)

9. "The Electric House" (Eddie Cline, Buster Keaton, First National)

10. "Kino-Pravda No 1" (Dziga Vertov, Russia)

Cartoon Top 10:

1. "Jumping Beans" (Dave Fleischer, Winkler)

2. "The Original Movie" (Tony Sarg, USA)

3. "Bubbles" (Dave Fleischer, Winkler)

4. "Les Grenouilles qui demandent un roi" (Wladyslaw Starewicz, France)

5. "Felix Saves The Day" (Otto Messmer, Winkler)

6. "Puss In Boots" (Walt Disney, USA)

7. "Cinderella" (Walt Disney, USA)

8. "Little Red Riding Hood" (Walt Disney, USA)

9. "The Four Musicians Of Bremen" (Walt Disney, USA) 

10. "Aschenputtel" (Lotte Reiniger, Germany)

Weak films of 1922:

Blood and Sand
Down To The Sea In Ships
Flesh And Blood
The Headless Horseman
Mud And Sand
Peg O' My Heart
Phantom (Germany)
Robin Hood
Sherlock Holmes
Sky High
Three Must-Get-Theres

Weak shorts:

The Frozen North
Some Baby
Tommy Tucker's Tooth

Weak cartoons:

Chemistry Lesson
Jack The Giant Killer
Two Of A Trade

Foolish Wives (1922) ****

Erich von Stroheim's best film. He plays a vile Russian officer, who seduces married women in Monte-Carlo.

Nosferatu (1922) *****

Excellent horror film, directed by F.W. Murnau, a classic of German expressionism.

Dr Mabuse (1922) *****

Silent German film about a criminal genius.

Haxan (1922) ****

Beyond The Rocks (1922) ***

Silent melodrama about adultery, starring Gloria Swanson and Rudolpho Valentino.

Manslaughter (1922) ***

Cecil B. DeMille's melodrama about a rich and frivolous woman who undergoes a positive transformation while in prison.

Jocelyn (1922)

The Toll Of The Sea (1922) ***

The first feature film in color.

Rok 1963 (1922) ***

E piccerella (1922) ***

Once Upon A Time (1922) ***

A Danish comedy by Carl T. Dreyer, loosely inspired by "The Taming Of A Shrew".

Shibukawa Bangoro (1922) ***

Love One Another (1922) ***

German film by a Danish director (Carl T. Dreyer), about the pogroms of Jews in Russia.

Orphans Of The Storm (1922) ***

Historical melodrama by D.W. Griffith about two sisters caught in the storm of the French Revolution.