Best horror films 1921 – 1930 - Charts
Best horror films 1921 – 1930
1. Nosferatu (1922)
German Empire, Fantasy / Horror
Directed by: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Cast: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim
2. Faust (1926)
German Empire, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Cast: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings
3. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Sweden, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Victor Sjöström
Cast: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström
4. Häxan (1922)
Sweden / Denmark, Horror / Documentary
Directed by: Benjamin Christensen
Cast: Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan
5. The Lodger (1927)
UK, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney
6. The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Austria / German Empire, Crime / Horror
Directed by: Robert Wiene
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Fritz Kortner
7. The Man Who Laughs (1928)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Paul Leni
Cast: Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt
9. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Rupert Julian, Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin
10. The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
France, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Jean Epstein
Cast: Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance
12. The Lost World (1925)
USA, Adventure / Fantasy
Directed by: Harry O. Hoyt
Cast: Bessie Love, Lewis Stone
13. The Cat and the Canary (1927)
USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Paul Leni
Cast: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale
14. The Arrival from the Darkness (1921)
Czechoslovakia, Mystery / Fantasy
Directed by: Jan S. Kolár
Cast: Theodor Pištěk, Anny Ondráková
15. London After Midnight (1927)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Tod Browning
Cast: Lon Chaney, Marceline Day
16. Waxworks (1924)
German Empire, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Paul Leni, Lev Birinskij
Cast: Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt
17. The Monster (1925)
USA, Comedy / Horror
Directed by: Roland West
Cast: Lon Chaney, Gertrude Olmstead
18. The Man Who Cheated Life (1926)
German Empire, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Henrik Galeen
Cast: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt
19. The Bat Whispers (1930)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Roland West
Cast: Chance Ward, Richard Tucker
20. Evil Spells (1927)
Finland, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Teuvo Puro
Cast: Hannes Närhi, Einar Rinne
21. A Daughter of Destiny (1928)
German Empire, Drama / Fantasy
Directed by: Henrik Galeen
Cast: Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener