Poll Suggestion: IMDb Top 250 — 100 Years Ago

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https://www.imdb.com/search/

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/

Released between 1921-01-01 and 1921-12-31    (Sorted by IMDb Rating Descending)
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?release_date=1921-01-01,1921-12-31&sort=user_rating,desc

4,225 titles
  
The Rider of the King Log (1921)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012623/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012623/reference

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012623/ratings

5 IMDb users have given a weighted average vote of 9.6 / 10
Rating    Votes
10    80.0%   4
 9                  0
 8    20.0%    1
Arithmetic mean = 9.6   Median = 10

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Have to look more for a movie with a Plot...

The Phantom Carriage (1921)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012364/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012364/reference

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012364/plotsummary

It's New Year's Eve. Three drunkards evoke a legend.
The legend tells that the last person to die in a year,
if he is a great sinner, 
will have to drive during the whole year the Phantom Chariot,
the one that picks up the souls of the dead... 
David Holm, one of the three drunkards, 
dies at the last stroke of midnight...
  
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012364/ratings

11,069 IMDb users have given a weighted average vote of 8.1 / 10
Rating      Votes
10   17.9%  1,986
 9   21.6%  2,389
 8   30.7%  3,398
 7   16.0%  1,770
 6     6.8%    753
 5     2.6%    287
 4     1.4%    155
 3     0.5%     60
 2     0.4%     44
 1     2.1%    227
Arithmetic mean = 8.0   Median = 8
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012364/reviews - 75 Reviews
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I don't understand why you chose to link aveleyman.com rather than IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?release_date=1921-01-01,1921-12-31)

While "The Birth of a Nation" is not considered politically correct today, it does belong on the list.  It was the highest grossing film for several years and is of historical significance.

That said, I'd vote for "The Kid" and Charlie Chaplin!

@Jessica text updated!