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TopTenREVIEWS top movie of the year 1927 is Metropolis.
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| 1 |  | Metropolis (1927) |  3.9370 109 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance |
$20.95
| In the future humans are divided into two classes: the thinkers and the workers. When the leader of ...more about Metropolis starring Alfred Abel and Gustav Fröhlich |
| 2 |  | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) | 3.7687 39 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Romance |
$18.82
| A gorgeous big city woman vacations in a small farming community where she begins a relationship ...more about Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans starring George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor |
| 3 |  | Napoleon (1927) |  3.4279 8 reviews | G | Drama, War, Biography | N/A | A massive six-hour biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from his schooldays (where a snowball ...more about Napoleon starring Albert Dieudonné and Vladimir Roudenko |
| 4 |  | General, The (1927) |  3.1889 28 reviews | NA | Action, War, Romance, Comedy |
$5.16
| Johnnie loves his train ("The General") and Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War begins he is turned ...more about General starring Marion Mack and Glen Cavender |
| 5 |  | Unknown, The (1927) | 3.1526 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Romance |
$28.74
| Alonzo is an apparently armless knife thrower who uses his feet to encircle Estrellita with blades. ...more about Unknown starring Lon Chaney and Norman Kerry |
| 6 |  | Kid Brother, The (1927) | 3.1231 6 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy, Family |
$64.65
| The most important family in Hickoryville is (naturally enough) the Hickorys, with sheriff Jim and ...more about Kid Brother starring Frank Lanning and Harold Lloyd |
| 7 |  | Wings (1927) | 3.0342 25 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War, Romance | N/A | Two young men fall in love for the same same girl. After US enters WWi, both join the Air Corps and ...more about Wings starring Clara Bow and Charles 'Buddy' Rogers |
| 8 |  | Beloved Rogue, The (1927) | 2.9679 3 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance |
$21.99
| In 1432, while François Villon is still an infant, his father dies as a martyr to his devotion to ...more about Beloved Rogue starring John Barrymore and Conrad Veidt |
| 9 |  | It (1927) | 2.9418 14 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$22.76
| Shopgirl Betty Lou has designs on Cyrus Waltham, the handsome owner of the department store where ...more about It starring Clara Bow and Julia Swayne Gordon |
| 10 |  | Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927) | 2.8937 16 reviews | NA | Adventure, Documentary |
$24.24
| Kru is a pioneer, living deeper in the jungle of northern Siam than any of his predecessors. He ...more about Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness starring Kru and Chantui |
| 11 |  | Cat and the Canary, The (1927) | 2.8908 17 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery |
$15.39
| Rich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he stipulates ...more about Cat and the Canary starring Laura La Plante and Creighton Hale |
| 12 |  | Jazz Singer, The (1927) | 2.8875 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Music | N/A | Cantor Rabinowitz is concerned and upset because his son Jakie shows so little interest in carrying ...more about Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson and May McAvoy |
| 13 |  | Lodger, The (1927) | 2.8792 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$6.49
| A serial killer known as "The Avenger" is on the loose in London, murdering blonde women. A ...more about Lodger starring Marie Ault and Arthur Chesney |
| 14 |  | King of Kings, The (1927) | 2.8661 11 reviews | NA | Drama, History |
$27.95
| Mary Magdalene becomes angry when Judas, now a follower of Jesus, won't come to her feast. She goes ...more about King of Kings starring H.B. Warner and Dorothy Cumming |
| 15 |  | College (1927) | 2.7929 13 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy, Sports |
$19.96
| Ronald's high school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary ...more about College starring Buster Keaton and Anne Cornwall |
| 16 |  | Chess Player, The (1927) |  2.7469 14 reviews | NA |
$24.87
| ...more about Chess Player starring Pierre Blanchar and Camille Bert | |
| 17 |  | Gaucho, The (1927) | 2.7396 8 reviews | NA | Adventure, Romance |
$20.95
| A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed ...more about Gaucho starring Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Velez |
| 18 |  | Seventh Heaven (1927) | 2.6452 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | ...more about Seventh Heaven starring Janet Gaynor and Gladys Brockwell |
| 19 |  | My Best Girl (1927) | 2.5844 3 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$23.99
| Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, ...more about My Best Girl starring Mary Pickford and Sunshine Hart |
| 20 | | Even Up (1927) | 2.5752 6 reviews | NA | Comedy, Short | N/A | ...more about Even Up |
| 21 | | No Place to Go (1927) | 2.5428 10 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy | N/A | ...more about No Place to Go starring Mary Astor and Lloyd Hughes |
| 22 | | Oktyabr (1927) | 2.5296 7 reviews | NA | Drama |
$18.89
| In documentary style, events in Petrograd are re-enacted from the end of the monarchy in February ...more about Oktyabr starring Vladimir Popov |
| 23 | | First Night, The (1927) | 2.3378 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | ...more about First Night starring Bert Lytell and Dorothy Devore |
| 24 | | After Midnight (1927) | 2.3323 5 reviews | NA | Drama |
$10.52
| ...more about After Midnight starring Norma Shearer and Gwen Lee |
| 25 | | Monkey Shines (1927) | 2.3241 5 reviews | NA | Comedy, Short | N/A | ...more about Monkey Shines |
| 26 |  | For the Term of His Natural Life (1927) | 2.3058 2 reviews | NA | Adventure, Romance | N/A | Based on the Australian classic by Marcus Clarke, the story of convict Rufus Dawe was based on fact ...more about For the Term of His Natural Life starring George Fisher and Eva Novak |
| 27 | | Laila (1927) |  2.2442 5 reviews | NA | N/A | ...more about Laila | |
| 28 | | Not for Publication (1927) | 2.2191 4 reviews | NA | N/A | ...more about Not for Publication starring Ralph Ince and Roy Laidlaw | |
| 29 | | Underworld (1927) | 2.1917 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | 'Nobody helps me -- I help them!' boasts open-handed gangster Bull Weed, handing over what will ...more about Underworld starring Larry Semon and George Bancroft |
| 30 | | Magician, The (1927) | 2.1095 1 reviews | NA | Comedy, Animation, Short | N/A | ...more about Magician |
| 31 | | Padenie dinastii Romanovykh (1927) | 2.1095 1 reviews | NA | Documentary | N/A | Using archival news footage, Esther Shub pieces together a chronology of Russia, from 1913 to 1917. ...more about Padenie dinastii Romanovykh |
| 32 | | Bugle Call, The (1927) | 2.0547 1 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama | N/A | The Bugle Call was set in a frontier cavalry post in the 1870s and also dealt with "Indians and ...more about Bugle Call starring Jackie Coogan and Claire Windsor |
| 33 | | Hula (1927) | 2.0547 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | ...more about Hula starring Clara Bow and Clive Brook |
| 34 | | Hindle Wakes (1927) | 1.9086 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$22.68
| A celebration of working class leisure activities at Hindle, Lancashire, during "Wakes Week", an ...more about Hindle Wakes starring Estelle Brody and John Stuart |
| 35 | | London After Midnight (1927) | 1.8949 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror | N/A | When Roger Balfour is found shot dead in his London home, his death is declared a suicide by ...more about London After Midnight starring Lon Chaney and Marceline Day |
| 36 |  | Character Studies (1927) | 1.8721 1 reviews | NA | Comedy, Short |
$44.99
| Carter DeHaven announces that he will perform a series of "impressions." For each impression we see ...more about Character Studies starring Carter DeHaven and Douglas Fairbanks |
| 37 | | Scar of Shame, The (1927) | 1.8264 2 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get ...more about Scar of Shame starring Norman Johnstone and Lawrence Chenault |
| 38 | | Captain Salvation (1927) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Captain Salvation starring Lars Hanson and Marceline Day |
| 39 | | First Auto, The (1927) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Hank owns horses, stables horses and races horses. He favorite horse always wins and he is ...more about First Auto starring Russell Simpson and Frank Campeau |
| 40 | | Old San Francisco (1927) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Old San Francisco starring Dolores Costello and Warner Oland |
| 41 | | Show, The (1927) | 1.7625 2 reviews | NA | N/A | ...more about Show starring John Gilbert and Renée Adorée | |
| 42 | | Konets Sankt-Peterburga (1927) |  1.7396 7 reviews | NA | Drama |
$18.99
| A peasant comes to St. Petersburg to find work. He unwittingly helps in the arrest of an old ...more about Konets Sankt-Peterburga |
| 43 | | Elegy, The (1927) | 1.7077 3 reviews | NA | N/A | ...more about Elegy starring Tyrone Power Sr. and Gladys Brockwell | |
| 44 |  | Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) | 1.6164 1 reviews | NA |
$21.79
| ...more about Uncle Tom's Cabin starring James B. Lowe and Margarita Fischer | |
| 45 | | Downhill (1927) | 1.6072 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Public schoolboy Roddy Berwick is expelled from school when he takes the blame for a friend's theft ...more about Downhill starring Robin Irvine and Isabel Jeans |
| 46 | | Annie Laurie (1927) | 1.5981 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | ...more about Annie Laurie starring Hobart Bosworth and Lillian Gish |
| 47 | | Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (1927) | 1.5890 4 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$18.99
| A train speeds through the country on its way to Berlin, then gradually slows down as it pulls into ...more about Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt |
| 48 |  | Adam and Evil (1927) | 1.3881 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | ...more about Adam and Evil starring Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle |
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