# The most important German Expressionist films

Crooked sets, long shadows and madness: the masterpieces of Weimar-era Expressionist silent cinema, based on Wikipedia, the BFI and Collider.

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- Aug 1, 2023 · frankfurtbuecherwurm
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## Top 10

1. **The Last Laugh (1924)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A hotel doorman loses his uniform, by Murnau.
2. **Waxworks (1924)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Three tales of Harun al-Rashid, Ivan the Terrible and Jack the Ripper.
3. **The Hands of Orlac (1924)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A pianist receives a murderer's hands.
4. **Faust (1926)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Murnau's Faust, with Emil Jannings as Mephisto.
5. **The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The showman, his somnambulist and the crooked sets: the style's very essence.
6. **Nosferatu (1922)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Count Orlok, by F.W. Murnau.
7. **Metropolis (1927)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The city of the future and the robot Maria, by Fritz Lang.
8. **The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Paul Wegener's clay giant in the Prague ghetto.
9. **Dr. Mabuse the Gambler (1922)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A criminal mastermind who plays with hypnosis.
10. **Destiny (1921)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A woman bargains with Death for her lover.
11. **Warning Shadows (1923)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A shadow-player shows the guests their desires.
12. **From Morn to Midnight (1920)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A bank clerk runs off with the money, among painted sets.
13. **Genuine (1920)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Robert Wiene's follow-up to Caligari.
14. **The Student of Prague (1926)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A student sells his reflection, with Conrad Veidt.
15. **Variety (1925)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Jealousy among trapeze artists.

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