Top 10 Films of 1927

1. "Metropolis" (Fritz Lang, Germany)

2. "Sunrise" (F.W. Murnau, Fox)

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

4. "It" (Clarence Badger, Paramount)

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

6. "Napoleon" (Abel Gance, France)

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

8. "Wings" (William Wellman, USA)

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

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

Other great films:

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

Hula

The Kid Brother
The Lodger (UK)
Long Pants
Mogila nieznanego zolnierza (Poland)
My Best Girl

Noidan kirot (Finland)

La Revue des revues (France)

Seventh Heaven

La Sirène des tropiques (France)

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

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. "Invitation au voyage" (Germaine Dulac, France)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other great shorts:

Do Detectives Think?
Duck Soup
Fluttering Hearts

The Forbidden Daughters
Love 'Em And Weep
Should Tall Men Marry?
Speeding Along
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 films:

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.

Play Safe (1927) ****

Directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Monty Banks, this is an exciting comedy set mostly on a runaway train. A memorable classic, expertly combining thrills and laughs. Forget "Bullitt", "The French Connection" or "Diva" - this is the film with the most spectacular chase sequence in movie history. Also released as a short, "Chasing Choo Choos" (1927).

The Cat And The Canary (1927) ***

A scary night in a remote castle, with ghosts and murderers on the loose, and a huge heritage to be... well, inherited. A successful mix of horror and comedy, this film became a model for countless imitations.

The Unknown (1927) ***

Silent horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Lon Chaney as an armless circus freak.

Chang (1927) ***

Well before "King Kong", Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack made this impressive documentary about elephants disrupting the lives of a family deep in the jungles of Northern Siam.

Noidan kirot (1927) ***

Silent horror movie from Finland.

Hula (1927) ***

Le Chapeau de paille d'Italie (1927) ***

A French farce about various misunderstandings concerning a staw hat eaten by a horse.

Seventh Heaven (1927) ***

Ambitious melodrama about love during World War I.

College (1927) ***

This is undoubtedly Buster Keaton's weakest silent film, but it still has quite a few amusing gags (including a truly memorable, very bizarre finale).

The Gaucho (1927) ***

Douglas Fairbanks plays a South American bandito in this rather unique film - a religious adventure pic (basically a cross between "Robin Hood" and "The Song Of Bernadette").

The Jazz Singer (1927) ***

This silent melodrama (with fully-synchronized musical numbers and one "talky" sequence), became such a huge popular success, it compelled all Hollywood studios to start producing sound films. It's a story of a cantor's son (Al Jolson), who becomes a great Broadway star. Songs include:

"Dirty Hands, Dirty Face"
"Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye" ***
"Blue Skies" *
"Mother, I Still Have You"
"Mammy" **

La Revue des revues (1927) ***

The Lodger (1927) ***

The first "true" Alfred Hitchcock's film, which introduced all the elements of his classic thrillers: an innocent man accused of a murder he didn't commit, a climactic chase, an atmosphere of suspicion and paranoia etc. etc.

Addio giovinezza (1927) ***