Best crime films 1921 – 1930 - Charts
Best crime films 1921 – 1930
1. The Lodger (1927)
UK, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney
2. The Poisoned Light (1921)
Czechoslovakia, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Jan S. Kolár, Karel Lamač
Cast: Karel Fiala, Anny Ondráková
3. Jealousy (1925)
German Empire, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ewald André Dupont
Cast: Emil Jannings, Lya De Putti
4. The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Austria / German Empire, Crime / Horror
Directed by: Robert Wiene
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Fritz Kortner
5. Blackmail (1929)
UK, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Anny Ondráková, Sara Allgood
7. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
German Empire, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Cast: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel
8. Underworld (1927)
USA, Drama / Film-Noir
Directed by: Josef von Sternberg, Arthur Rosson
Cast: George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent
9. Spies (1928)
German Empire, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Cast: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus
10. Armoured Car (1929)
Czechoslovakia, Crime
Directed by: Rolf Randolf
Cast: Carlo Aldini, Hans Mierendorff
12. The Docks of New York (1928)
USA, Drama / Film-Noir
Directed by: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: George Bancroft, Betty Compson
13. The Canary Murder Case (1929)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Frank Tuttle, Malcolm St. Clair
Cast: William Powell, Jean Arthur
15. The Bat Whispers (1930)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Roland West
Cast: Chance Ward, Richard Tucker
17. The Pleasure Garden (1925)
UK / German Empire, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Virginia Valli, Carmelita Geraghty
19. The Haunted Castle (1921)
German Empire, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Cast: Arnold Korff, Paul Hartmann