F. W. Murnau's best films
The top 3 according to 13 votes from people: Nosferatu (1922) · Faust (1926) · Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927). (Updated Dec 23, 2024.)
From Berlin Expressionism to the South Seas: Murnau's best films according to Moviepilot, Collider and Flickchart, from Nosferatu to Tabu.
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Top 12
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1
Nosferatu (1922)
Max Schreck as Count Orlok, loosely based on Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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2
Faust (1926)
Emil Jannings as Mephistopheles.
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3
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
His first Hollywood film; Oscars for Janet Gaynor and the cinematography.
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4
The Last Laugh (1924)
Emil Jannings as a demoted hotel doorman, almost without intertitles.
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5
Tabu (1931)
Shot in the South Seas with Robert Flaherty; his last film.
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6
Tartuffe (1925)
Molière as a film within a film, with Emil Jannings.
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7
City Girl (1930)
A farmer's son and a Chicago waitress.
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8
Phantom (1922)
From Gerhart Hauptmann.
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9
The Grand Duke's Finances (1924)
A comedy set in an imaginary Mediterranean duchy.
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10
Journey into the Night (1921)
His earliest film to survive complete.
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11
The Haunted Castle (1921)
A crime drama at a country house.
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12
The Burning Soil (1922)
An inheritance fight over oil-rich land.
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