Earliest feature length movie you enjoy

So I'm not talking about something that impresses you, but something that you can watch and actually enjoy watching it.

I suggest 45 minutes+, although leave it to your discretion.
Something which is obviously a short though I would ask to disregard.

For me I reckon it's
The Mask of Zorro (1920)

The first one I love is Seven Chances (1925)

For me, it would likely be Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917).

But something that impresses me, is something I actually enjoy watching.

I remember a pal saying that Spider-Man was for fun, and Citizen Kane was... somehow not? That your supposed to sit there with furrowed brow and begrudgingly watch your cinematic vegetables. I didn't see it that way, because Kane was a joy to sit through for me. (though, yeah, I can kind of understand that for something like Come and See, which is brutal - not a happy fun time movie)

But the earliest full length features I graded highly (4 or above) and enjoyed, came in 1913...

The Student of Prague, Germinal, and Twilight of a Woman's Soul

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Even discounting its influence and its technical and artistic superiority, Citizen Kane is still a million times more entertaining than Spiderman.

Dante's Inferno (1911) -

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my answer as well, though the earliest film that i outright loved would be The Doll (1919)

I was thinking more of the likes of Griffith and Gance in which you can appreciate technical advancements, without necessarily enjoying the movie.

I guess Metropolis (1927). The casting and effects were really good, and the story quite interesting.

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I thought of Dante's as well but decided to go 4 grade and up - and The Doll is a joy, I just love Ossi in those early Lubitsch's.

Probably The Kid (1921), though I haven't seen many older than that.

I loved and rated 1911's Dante's Inferno very highly (4 and a half stars), but my very first is a very early one as well: Victor Sjöström's Ingeborg Holm (1913).

Nice shout.

Isn't that mainly though because the music is so soothing?
And if that's the case, isn't that cheating?!!!

Even without the music, it is still an enjoyable film, so I don't consider it cheating.

DW Griffith's 1916 epic Intolerance, it's magnificent, haven't seen Inferno But i do believe i saw part of it in Kenneth Anger's Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome.

It's on Youtube.
To me it's the epitome of one I find very impressive in parts, but not really enjoyable to watch.
But I appreciate people have different takes on these things, and I'm not disputing there is some really impressive work in there.

Good to know, to watch films on a computer is very hard for me, but i might have to when my player dies and noone makes them anymore. I have to also mention Stella Maris from 1918, i really love that one.

I enjoyed watching Dante's Inferno.

There are definitely some films that are impressive without being necessarily "enjoyable" so I can accept that as a plausible critique. Schindler's List impressed me though I didn't really "enjoy" it. I want to watch Requiem for a Dream and I kind of don't because I can't see if as being a pleasurable watch although I understand it's an excellent film. I just worry I'd be endlessly depressed after watching it.

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I've seen Birth Of A Nation (1915) but can't swear I really liked it.

Nosferatu, at 1922, is probably gonna have to be the earliest feature-length film I've seen.

While not terribly early, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) is the earliest I can think of that I really liked and thoroughly enjoyed.

Also on youtube.
Almost all of them are up to 1930 after which non-American films only.