This list of American films of 1920 is a compilation of American films that were released in the year 1920.
Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
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Earthbound | T. Hayes Hunter | Wyndham Standing, Mahlon Hamilton, Naomi Childers | Drama | Goldwyn |
Easy to Get | Walter Edwards | Marguerite Clark, Rod La Rocque | Comedy | Paramount |
The Empire of Diamonds | Léonce Perret | Robert Elliott, Lucy Fox | Crime | Pathe Exchange |
The Eternal Mother | Will S. Davis | Florence Reed, Lionel Atwill, Gareth Hughes | Drama | Independent |
Even as Eve | B. A. Rolfe | Sally Crute, Marc McDermott | Comedy | First National |
Everybody's Sweetheart | Laurence Trimble | Olive Thomas, William Collier Jr. | Comedy drama | Selznick |
Everything But the Truth | Eddie Lyons | Eddie Lyons, Lee Moran, Anne Cornwall | Comedy | Universal |
Excuse My Dust | Sam Wood | Wallace Reid, Ann Little | Comedy | Paramount |
Eyes of the Heart | Paul Powell | Mary Miles Minter, Edmund Burns, Lucien Littlefield | Crime | Independent |
Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
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The Jack-Knife Man | King Vidor | F. A. Turner, Harry Todd | Drama | First National |
Jack Straw | William C. deMille | Robert Warwick, Carroll McComas | Comedy | Paramount |
The Jailbird | Lloyd Ingraham | Douglas MacLean, Doris May | Comedy | Paramount |
Jenny Be Good | William Desmond Taylor | Mary Miles Minter, Jay Belasco, Margaret Shelby | Drama | Independent |
Jes' Call Me Jim | Clarence G. Badger | Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Lionel Belmore | Drama | Goldwyn |
The Joyous Trouble-Makers | J. Gordon Edwards | William Farnum, Louise Lovely | Adventure | Fox Film |
Judy of Rogue's Harbor | William Desmond Taylor | Mary Miles Minter, Charles Meredith | Drama | Independent |
Just a Wife | Howard C. Hickman | Roy Stewart, Leatrice Joy | Drama | Select |
Just Out of College | Alfred E. Green | Jack Pickford, Molly Malone | Comedy | Goldwyn [6] |
Just Pals | John Ford | Buck Jones, Helen Ferguson | Western | Fox Film |
Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
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The Kentucky Colonel | William A. Seiter | Joseph J. Dowling, Frederick Vroom | Drama | Pathe Exchange [7] |
Kismet | Louis J. Gasnier | Otis Skinner, Rosemary Theby, Elinor Fair | Drama | FBO |
Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
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Uncharted Channels | Henry King | H. B. Warner, Kathryn Adams, Sam de Grasse | Drama | FBO [14] |
Under Crimson Skies | Rex Ingram | Elmo Lincoln, Mabel Ballin, Harry von Meter | Adventure | Universal |
Under Northern Lights | Jacques Jaccard | Tom London, Virginia Brown Faire | Drama | Universal |
Unseen Forces | Sidney Franklin | Sylvia Breamer, Conrad Nagel | Drama | First National [15] |
The Untamed | Emmett J. Flynn | Tom Mix, Pauline Starke | Western | Fox Film |
Up in Mary's Attic | William Watson | Eva Novak, Harry Gribbon | Comedy | Independent |
The U.P. Trail | Jack Conway | Kathlyn Williams, Marguerite De La Motte | Western | Pathe Exchange |
Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
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The Valley of Doubt | Burton George | Arline Pretty, Thurston Hall, Anna Lehr | Drama | Selznick |
The Valley of Tomorrow | Emmett J. Flynn | William Russell, Mary Thurman | Action | Pathe Exchange |
The Very Idea | Lawrence C. Windom | Taylor Holmes, Virginia Valli | Comedy | Metro |
The Vice of Fools | Edward H. Griffith | Alice Joyce, Robert Gordon | Drama | Vitagraph |
The Village Sleuth | Jerome Storm | Charles Ray, Winifred Westover | Comedy | Paramount |
The Virgin of Stamboul | Tod Browning | Priscilla Dean, Wallace Beery | Drama | Universal |
Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
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The Yellow Typhoon | Edward José | Anita Stewart, Ward Crane, Joseph Kilgour | Drama | First National |
Yes or No | Roy William Neill | Norma Talmadge, Frederick Burton, Lowell Sherman | Drama | First National |
You Never Can Tell | Chester M. Franklin | Bebe Daniels, Jack Mulhall | Comedy | Independent |
Young Mrs. Winthrop | Walter Edwards | Ethel Clayton, Helen Dunbar | Drama | Paramount |
Youthful Folly | Alan Crosland | Olive Thomas, Crauford Kent | Drama | Selznick |
Title | Director | Featured Cast | Genre | Note |
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The $1,000,000 Reward | George A. Lessey | Lillian Walker, Coit Albertson | Drama serial | |
Daredevil Jack | W. S. Van Dyke | Jack Dempsey, Josie Sedgwick | Adventure serial | |
Mystery Liner is a 1934 American Pre-Code film directed by William Nigh, starring Noah Beery, Sr., and based on an Edgar Wallace story originally published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1924. The film was entered as a feature attraction at the 1934 International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art in Venice, Italy, the forerunner of the Venice Film Festival.
The Iron Trail is a 1921 American silent adventure film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Dorothy Farnum. The film stars Wyndham Standing, Thurston Hall, Reginald Denny, Alma Tell, and Harlan Knight. The film was released on October 30, 1921, by United Artists.
Captain Courtesy is a lost 1915 American silent drama film directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber based upon a novel by Edward Childs Carpenter. The film stars Dustin Farnum, Courtenay Foote, Winifred Kingston, Herbert Standing, and Jack Hoxie. The film was released on April 19, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.
Stolen Goods is a lost 1915 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Blanche Sweet, Cleo Ridgely, House Peters, Sr., Horace B. Carpenter, Sydney Deane and Theodore Roberts. The film was released on May 24, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.
The Spider is a 1916 American drama silent film directed by Robert G. Vignola, written by William Clifford, and starring Pauline Frederick, Thomas Holding and Frank Losee. It was released on January 27, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.
The Race is a 1916 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Hector Turnbull and Clinton Stagg. The film stars Victor Moore, Anita King, Ronald Bradbury, William Dale, Mrs. Lewis McCord and Ernest Joy. The film was released on April 6, 1916, by Paramount Pictures. The film is lost.
A Gutter Magdalene is a lost 1916 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Clinton Stagg. The film stars Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Charles West, William Elmer, Gertrude Kellar and Ronald Bradbury. The film was released on June 4, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.
An International Marriage is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd and written by George Broadhurst. The film stars Rita Jolivet, Marc Robbins, Elliott Dexter, Grace Carlyle, Olive White, and Courtenay Foote. The film was released on July 23, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.
The House with the Golden Windows is a lost 1916 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Charles Sarver. The film stars Wallace Reid, Cleo Ridgely, Billy Jacobs, James Neill, Mabel Van Buren, and Marjorie Daw. The film was released on August 10, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.
Each Pearl a Tear is a surviving 1916 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Beatrice DeMille and Leighton Osmun. The film stars Fannie Ward, Charles Clary, Jack Dean, Paul Weigel, Jane Wolfe and Ben Alexander. The film was released on August 31, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.
The Cost is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and written by Clara Beranger and David Graham Phillips. The film stars Violet Heming, Edwin Mordant, Jane Jennings, Ralph Kellard, Edward Arnold, and Clifford Grey. The movie was based on a 1904-novel by David Graham Phillips.
Let's Be Fashionable is a lost 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and written by Mildred Considine and Luther Reed. The film stars Douglas MacLean, Doris May, Wade Boteler, Grace Morse, George Webb, and Wilbur Higby. The film was released on June 13, 1920, by Paramount Pictures.
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