Best Movies of 1925

The highest-rated films from 1925 according to MovieMagicScore. Rankings based purely on what viewers actually think.

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The Gold Rush

1925 · 1,729 ratings

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

8.0

Battleship Potemkin

1925 · 1,296 ratings

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.

7.6

Seven Chances

1925 · 304 ratings

Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.

7.5

Strike

1925 · 238 ratings

Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.

7.3

The Phantom of the Opera

1925 · 377 ratings

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

7.1

The Big Parade

1925 · 121 ratings

The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.

7.5

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925 · 110 ratings

Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.

7.3

The Freshman

1925 · 122 ratings

Harold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special way of introducing himself that he saw in a movie. When he arrives at Tate University, he soon becomes the target of practical jokes and ridicule. With the help of his one real friend Peggy, he resolves to make every possible effort to become popular.

7.0

Go West

1925 · 144 ratings

With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.

6.9

#10

The Lost World

1925 · 157 ratings

The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.

6.7

About 1925 Movies

These are the best-rated movies released in 1925 according to MovieMagicScore. Our ranking system aggregates genuine viewer ratings to give you an honest picture of what audiences actually think about these films.

From blockbusters to indie gems, discover what made 1925 memorable in cinema based on the collective opinion of movie lovers worldwide.

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