“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (1920) and Fritz Lang, “Metropolis” (1927) This paper compares visual and thematic aspects of the following films Robert Wiene, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (1920) and Fritz Lang, “Metropolis” (1927). It also explains how both films had German expressionist film tendencies. “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” is a German Expressionist film and it is a horror movie. The film is mostly a reflection / flash back as it is being narrated by Francis. The thematic effect of the film is that film shows on the society madness, how the inner side of human mind works and the paranoia experienced at the aftermath of war. Unlike Fritz Lang,