Top 10 Films of 1927

1. "Sunrise" (F.W. Murnau, Fox)

2. "The End Of St.Petersburg" (Vsevolod Pudovkin, Soviet Union)

3. "It" (Clarence Badger, Paramount)

4. "Berlin: Symphony Of A Great City" (Walter Ruttmann, Germany)

5. "Napoleon" (Abel Gance, France)

6. "Play Safe" (Joseph Henabery, Pathe)

7. "Underworld" (Josef von Sternberg, Paramount)

8. "The Jazz Singer" (Alan Crosland, Warner)

9. "Long Pants" (Frank Capra, First National)

10. "The Lodger" (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)

Other great films:

Addio giovinezza (Italy)
The Cat And The Canary
Chang
Un Chapeau de paille d'Italie (France)
College
The Gaucho

The Kid Brother
Mogila nieznanego zolnierza (Poland)
My Best Girl

Noidan kirot (Finland)

Seventh Heaven

Two Arabian Knights 
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Unknown
Zew morza (Poland)


Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 1927:

1. "Metropolis" (Fritz Lang, Germany)

2. "Wings" (William Wellman, USA)

3. "Hula" (Victor Fleming, Paramount)

4. "Casanova" (Alexandre Volkoff, Italy)

5. "Prelude" (Castleton Knight, UK) - short

6. "Invitation au voyage" (Germaine Dulac, France) - short

7. "La Sirène des tropiques" (Henri Étiévant, Mario Nalpas, France)

8. "La Revue des revues" (Joe Francis, France)

9. "The Forbidden Daughters" (Albert Arthur Allen, USA) - short

10. "The Artist's Dream Model" (USA)

Short Top 10:

1. "The Battle Of The Century" (Clyde Bruckman, Roach, MGM)

2. "Pride Of Pikeville" (Alf Goulding, Sennett, Pathe)

3. "Etudes des mouvements à Paris" (Joris Ivens, Holland)

4. "The Second Hundred Years" (Fred Guiol, Roach, MGM)

5. "Putting Pants On Philip" (Clyde Bruckman, Roach, MGM)

6. "Call Of The Cuckoo" (Clyde Bruckman, Roach, Pathe)

7. "Glace a trois faces" (Jean Epstein, France)

8. "Slipping Wives" (Fred Guiol, Roach, Pathe)

9. "With Love And Hisses" (Fred Guiol, Roach, Pathe)

10. "Do Detectives Think?" (Fred Guiol, Roach, Pathe)

Other great shorts:

Duck Soup
Fluttering Hearts

Love 'Em And Weep
Should Tall Men Marry?
Speeding Along

Sur un air de Charleston (France)
Why Girls Love Sailors

Cartoon Top 10:

1. "Trolley Troubles" (Walt Disney, Universal)

2. "Koko The Kop" (Dave Fleischer, Paramount)

3. "Koko The Kid" (Dave Fleischer, Paramount)

4. "Felix The Cat Switches Witches" (Otto Messmer, Educational)

5. "Seelische Konstruktionen"(Oscar Fichinger, Germany)

6. "The Non-Stop Fright" (Otto Messmer, Educational)

7. "Koko Needles The Boss" (Dave Fleischer, Paramount)

8. "Koko Hops Off" (Dave Fleischer, Paramount)

9. ''The Mechanical Cow'' (Walt Disney, Universal)

10. "Ship Of Oranges" (Noburo Ofuji, Japan)

Weak films of 1927:

The Diplomatic Pouch (Soviet Union)
Downhill (UK)
The Fair Co-Ed
The Girl With The Hatbox (Soviet Union)
His First Flame
Hotel Imperial
The Love Of Sunya
The Patent Leather Kid
The Ring (UK)
The Student Prince In Old Heidelberg
Three's A Crowd
Topsy And Eva
Le Vertige (France)

Weak shorts:

Fiddlesticks
Flying Elephants
Munchen-Berlin Wanderung (Germany)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Sailors Beware
Sugar Daddies

Weak cartoons:

Alice's Circus Daze
Alice The Whaler
All Wet
China Doll
Felix In Germ Mania

Felix The Cat Dines And Pines
Great Guns!
The Ocean Hop
Oh Teacher
Short Circuit
Short Vacation
Stars Of The Circus

Lost or unavailable:

The Devil Dancer
The Magic Flame
The Way Of All Flesh

Top Musical of 1927

"The Jazz Singer" (Alan Crosland, Warner)

Metropolis (1927) *****

Sunrise (1927) *****

One of the greatest films of all times, directed by F.W.Murnau. It's equally impressive for its luminous cinematography, mobile camera, outstanding set designs, fine performances and a tender, yet suspenseful story.

Wings (1927) ****

Berlin: Symphony Of A Great City (1927) ****

Outstanding documentary about life in Berlin in the late 20's.

It (1927) ****

Riotously funny comedy starring Clara Bow as a sexy salesgirl who catches the eye of her millionaire boss.

The End Of St.Petersburg (1927) ****

Impressive silent drama, Pudovkin's best film.

Napoleon (1927) ****

An impressive silent epic that traces Napoleon's life from childhood until his triumphant invasion of Italy.