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Best Movies of 1921, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
31 films from 1921 are in our catalog; the 31 best are ranked below. Top of the list is The Kid ('1921), at 8.2 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 6.9.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Kid '1921 | Comedy / Drama | 8.2 | 100% | - | 8.1 | Charlie Chaplin |
| 2 | The Phantom Carriage '1921 | Drama / Fantasy / Horror | 8.0 | 100% | - | 7.7 | Victor Sjöström |
| 3 | The Goat '1921 | Comedy | 7.7 | - | - | 7.2 | Malcolm St. Clair |
| 4 | Destiny '1921 | Drama / Fantasy / Thriller | 7.6 | 79% | - | 7.4 | Fritz Lang |
| 5 | The High Sign '1921 | Crime / Comedy | 7.6 | - | - | 7.1 | Edward F. Cline |
| 6 | The Play House '1921 | Comedy / Fantasy | 7.4 | - | - | 6.9 | Buster Keaton |
| 7 | Never Weaken '1921 | Comedy | 7.5 | - | - | 6.9 | Fred C. Newmeyer |
| 8 | Orphans of the Storm '1921 | Drama / Romance | 7.3 | 88% | - | 6.8 | D.W. Griffith |
| 9 | The Idle Class '1921 | Comedy | 7.2 | 100% | - | 6.8 | Charlie Chaplin |
| 10 | The Boat '1921 | Comedy | 7.1 | - | - | 6.5 | Edward F. Cline |
| 11 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse '1921 | War / Romance / Drama | 7.1 | 86% | - | 6.6 | Rex Ingram |
| 12 | Seven Years Bad Luck '1921 | Comedy | 7.1 | - | - | 6.7 | Max Linder |
| 13 | Hard Luck '1921 | Comedy | 7.0 | - | - | 6.9 | Buster Keaton |
| 14 | Invisible Ink '1921 | Comedy / Animation | 7.0 | - | - | 6.9 | Dave Fleischer |
| 15 | The Haunted House '1921 | Comedy / Horror | 6.9 | - | - | 6.5 | Edward F. Cline |
| 16 | The Wildcat '1921 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 6.9 | - | - | 7.5 | Ernst Lubitsch |
| 17 | The Three Musketeers '1921 | Action / Romance | 6.9 | 91% | - | 6.4 | Fred Niblo |
| 18 | Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Pet '1921 | Fantasy / Animation | 6.8 | - | - | 6.5 | Winsor McCay |
| 19 | The Ace of Hearts '1921 | Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller | 6.8 | - | - | 6.5 | Wallace Worsley |
| 20 | The Blot '1921 | Drama | 6.7 | 100% | - | 6.3 | Lois Weber |
| 21 | Now or Never '1921 | Comedy | 6.7 | - | - | 6.2 | Fred C. Newmeyer |
| 22 | Among Those Present '1921 | Comedy | 6.6 | - | - | 6.0 | Fred C. Newmeyer |
| 23 | Manhatta '1921 | Documentary | 6.6 | - | - | 6.6 | Paul Strand |
| 24 | Journey into the Night '1921 | Drama | 6.2 | - | - | 6.1 | F. W. Murnau |
| 25 | Camille '1921 | Drama / Romance | 6.5 | - | - | 5.7 | Ray C. Smallwood |
| 26 | I Do '1921 | Comedy | 6.2 | - | - | 6.0 | Hal Roach |
| 27 | Light-Play Opus I '1921 | Animation | 6.2 | - | - | 6.2 | Walter Ruttmann |
| 28 | The Lucky Dog '1921 | Comedy | 6.0 | - | - | 5.8 | Jess Robbins |
| 29 | The Haunted Castle '1921 | Drama / Mystery / Crime / Horror | 6.1 | 40% | - | 6.3 | F. W. Murnau |
| 30 | The Sheik '1921 | Drama / Romance | 6.2 | 79% | - | 5.9 | George Melford |
| 31 | Rhythm 21 '1921 | Animation | 5.6 | - | - | 5.6 | Hans Richter |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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