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A list of science fiction films released in the 1920s. These films include core elements of science fiction and are widely available with reviews by reputable critics or film historians.

## List

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Years

* 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes

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1920
Algol | Hans Werckmeister | Emil Jannings, John Gottowt, Hans Adalbert Schlettow | Germany |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | J. Charles Haydon | Sheldon Lewis | United States |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | John S. Robertson | John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Charles Willis Lane, Nita Naldi | United States |
Figures of the Night | Richard Oswald | Paul Wegener, Reinhold Schünzel, Conrad Veidt | Germany |
The Invisible Ray | Harry A. Pollard | Ruth Clifford, Jack Sherrill, Sidney Bracey | United States | Serial film, lost film
1921
Die Blitzzentrale | Valy Arnheim | Valy Arnheim, Victor Colani | Germany |
The Mechanical Man | Andre Deed | Gabriel Moreau, Valentina Frascaroli, Fernando Vivas-May | Italy |
1922
The Man from Beyond | Burton L. King | Harry Houdini, Arthur Maude, Albert Tavernier, Erwin Connelly | United States | [1]
1923
Black Oxen | Frank Lloyd | Corinne Griffith, Conway Tearle, Clara Bow | United States |
1924
Aelita | Yakov Protazanov | Yuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky, Nikolai Tsereteli | Soviet Union |
The Hands of Orlac | Robert Wiene | Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Kortner, Carmen Cartellieri | Austria |
Interplanetary Revolution | Nikolay Khodatayev, Zenon Komissarenko, Yuriy Merkulov |  | Soviet Union | Animated short film. Russian title: Межпланетная революция, tr. Mezhplanetnaya revolyutsiya[2][3][4][5][6]
L'Inhumaine | Marcel L'Herbier | Georgette Leblanc, Jaque Catelain, Philippe Hériat | France |
The Last Man on Earth | John G. Blystone | Buck Black, Maurice Murphy, William Steele | United States |
1925
The Lost World | Harry Hoyt | Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery, Lloyd Hughes, Alma Bennett | United States |
Luch Smerti | Lev Kuleshov | Porfiri Podobed, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Aleksandra Khokhlova | Soviet Union | [7][8]
Paris Qui Dort | René Clair | Madeleine Rodrigue, Myla Seller, Henri Rollan | France | Sci-Fi Comedy
The Power God | Francis Ford, Ben F. Wilson | Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber, Mary Crane | United States | Serial film[9][10]
Wunder Der Schöpfung | Hanns Walter Kornblum | Paul Bildt, Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Theodor Loos, Oscar Marion | Germany | [11]
1927
Metropolis | Fritz Lang | Alfred Abel, Gustav Froehlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Theodor Loos | Germany |
1928
Alraune | Henrik Galeen | Brigitte Helm | Germany |
1929
High Treason | Maurice Elvey | Benita Hume, Basil Gill, Jameson Thomas, Milton Rosmer | United Kingdom | [12]
The Mysterious Island | Lucien Hubbard | Lionel Barrymore, Jane Daly, Lloyd Hughes | United States |
Woman in the Moon | Fritz Lang | Klaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Fritz Rasp | Germany |

## See also

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* History of science fiction films

## References

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1. ^ Weldon, Michael (1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide. Macmillan. p. 351\. ISBN 0-312-13149-6.
2. ^ Cima, Alessandro (10 January 2011). "Interplanetary Revolution – 1924 Soviet Animation". Candlelight Stories. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
3. ^ "Nikolai Khodataev: Interplanetary Revolution". HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN ANIMATION. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
4. ^ Crow, Jonathan. "Watch Interplanetary Revolution (1924): The Most Bizarre Soviet Animated Propaganda Film You'll Ever See". Open Culture. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
5. ^ "Soviet dreams of the future, part 2. Now with sepulki". Geeks World. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
6. ^ "Interplanetary Revolution". Letterboxd. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
7. ^ Gillespie, David C. (2000). Early Soviet Cinema: Innovation, Ideology and Propaganda. Wallflower Press. pp. 30–31. ISBN 1-903364-04-3.
8. ^ Telotte, J. P. (1999). A Distant Technology: Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age. Wesleyan University Press. p. 35-36. ISBN 0819563463.
9. ^ Rainey, Buck (1990). Those Fabulous Serial Heroines: their lives and films. Scarecrow Press. p. 53\. ISBN 0-8108-1911-2.
10. ^ Benson, Michael (1985). Vintage Science Fiction Films, 1896-1949. McFarland. p. 90. ISBN 0-89950-085-4.
11. ^ "Wunder der Schöpfung". Edition Filmmuseum. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
12. ^ Erickson, Hal (2012). "High Treason (1929)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2009-06-07.

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## External links

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* Science fiction films of the 1920s on Internet Movie Database

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