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