1921
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1. The Kid (1921)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller
Votes: 134,655 | Gross: $5.45M
2. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm
Votes: 14,070
3. Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)
TV-G | 62 min | Comedy
After breaking a mirror in his home, superstitious Max tries to avoid situations which could bring bad luck-- but in doing so, causes himself the worst luck imaginable.
Director: Max Linder | Stars: Max Linder, Alta Allen, Betty K. Peterson, Ralph McCullough
Votes: 1,371
4. The 'High Sign' (1921)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Action, Comedy
A drifter at an amusement park finds himself both the bodyguard and hit man of a man targeted by a criminal gang.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Bartine Burkett, Charles Dorety, Ingram B. Pickett
Votes: 3,558
5. The Goat (1921)
Not Rated | 23 min | Comedy, Short
A series of adventures begins when an accident during photographing causes Buster to be mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the local bad guy.
Directors: Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Malcolm St. Clair
Votes: 4,946
6. The Play House (1921)
23 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
After waking up from his wacky dream, a theater stage hand inadvertently causes havoc everywhere he works.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Monte Collins, Virginia Fox
Votes: 4,586
7. The Three Musketeers (1921)
26 min | Short, Adventure
D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades must thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.
Director: Henri Diamant-Berger | Stars: Aimé Simon-Girard, Henri Rollan, Charles Martinelli, Pierre de Guingand
Votes: 57
8. Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, History, Romance
Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Losee
Votes: 5,473 | Gross: $0.79M
9. Souls on the Road (1921)
91 min | Drama
A small town boy dreams of being a famous fiddler; meanwhile, two convicts escape from prison and hide in the woods
Director: Minoru Murata | Stars: Kaoru Osanai, Haruko Sawamura, Denmei Suzuki, Mikiko Hisamatsu
Votes: 229
10. Der Sieger (1921)
3 min | Animation, Short
An animated short film from German film directors Julius Pinschewer and Walter Ruttmann.
Director: Walter Ruttmann
Votes: 318
11. Johan (1921)
84 min | Drama
On a farm in up-country Sweden, an enigmatic stranger comes to a conservative peasant community and seduces a farmer's wife.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Jenny Hasselqvist, Mathias Taube, Hildegard Harring, Urho Somersalmi
Votes: 276
12. The Three Musketeers (1921)
119 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Cardinal Richelieu, engaged in intrigue at the court of Louis XIII, attempts to rule by threatening the queen, who is secretly in love with the Duke of Buckingham. From Gascony comes ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Nigel De Brulier, George Siegmann, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 1,136 | Gross: $3.27M
13. The Sheik (1921)
Passed | 86 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.
Director: George Melford | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Ruth Miller, George Waggner
Votes: 3,659
14. Destiny (1921)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Bernhard Goetzke, Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Hans Sternberg
Votes: 6,685 | Gross: $0.01M
15. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Passed | 150 min | Drama, Romance, War
An extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I.
Director: Rex Ingram | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Alice Terry, Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard
Votes: 3,543 | Gross: $9.20M
16. Vallfarten till Kevlaar (1921)
63 min | Drama
A mother walks with her melancholic son on pilgrimage to seek comfort at the Madonna image, thereby trying to heal the broken heart of the son.
Director: Ivan Hedqvist | Stars: Torsten Bergström, Concordia Selander, Jessie Wessel, Renée Björling
Votes: 75
17. The Haunted Castle (1921)
Not Rated | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the castle Vogeloed, a few aristocrats are awaiting baroness Safferstätt. But first count Oetsch invites himself.. Everyone thinks he murdered his brother, baroness Safferstat's first ... See full summary »
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Arnold Korff, Lulu Kyser-Korff, Lothar Mehnert, Paul Hartmann
Votes: 2,064
18. The Queen of Sheba (1921)
90 min | Adventure, Drama
The story of the ill-fated romance between Solomon, king of Israel, and the Queen of Sheba.
Director: J. Gordon Edwards | Stars: Betty Blythe, Fritz Leiber, Claire de Lorez, George Siegmann
Votes: 67
19. The Haunted House (1921)
Unrated | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves' hideout.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline
Votes: 3,643
20. The Idle Class (1921)
TV-G | 32 min | Short, Comedy
A tramp sneaks into a upper class golf resort. The tramp meets a rich woman who is having an argument with her drunken husband. Complications arise when she mistakes the tramp for her husband.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Charles Aber, Joe Anderson
Votes: 4,157
21. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)
Passed | 112 min | Drama
An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
Directors: Alfred E. Green, Jack Pickford | Stars: Mary Pickford, Claude Gillingwater, Joseph J. Dowling, James A. Marcus
Votes: 369 | Gross: $0.90M
22. The Boat (1921)
Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Buster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Sybil Seely
Votes: 3,629
23. Adventures of Tarzan (1921)
Passed | 73 min | Action, Adventure
When Jane is abducted by Arab slave traders, Tarzan comes to her rescue, only to see her kidnapped again by Queen La of Opar. To save Jane, Tarzan must battle both the queen's minions and William Clayton, who seeks Tarzan's family title.
Directors: Robert F. Hill, Scott Sidney | Stars: Elmo Lincoln, Louise Lorraine, Scott Pembroke, Frank Whitson
Votes: 170
24. Dracula's Death (1921)
65 min | Horror, Thriller
A girl has frightening visions after visiting an insane asylum where one of the inmates claims to be Drakula and she can not be sure whether they were a nightmare or real.
Director: Károly Lajthay | Stars: Paul Askonas, Margit Lux, Lene Myl, Dezsõ Kertész
Votes: 132
25. The Wildcat (1921)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Pola Negri, Victor Janson, Paul Heidemann, Wilhelm Diegelmann
Votes: 1,313
26. Camille (1921)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance
A courtesan and an idealistic young man fall in love, only for her to give up the relationship at his status-conscious father's request.
Director: Ray C. Smallwood | Stars: Alla Nazimova, Rudolph Valentino, Rex Cherryman, Arthur Hoyt
Votes: 1,064
27. Four Around the Woman (1921)
Not Rated | 52 min | Drama
Harry Yquem, a wealthy broker, remains obsessed with delusions of his devout wife's infidelity.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Hermann Böttcher, Carola Toelle, Lilli Lohrer, Ludwig Hartau
Votes: 588
28. Eldorado (1921)
100 min | Drama
Sibilla is a single mother, working as a gypsy dancer in a lousy cafe in the south of Spain. Unable to keep with the costs of his son's medical bills, she asks for help to Estiria, her ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Ève Francis, Jaque Catelain, Marcelle Pradot, Philippe Hériat
Votes: 491
29. Journey into the Night (1921)
81 min | Drama
Dr Eigil Borne is engaged to Hélène, a girl who is madly in love with him. At Hélène's birthday celebration, Eigil invites her to a cabaret, where he meets his other love, Lily, a passionate, fiery and funny dancer.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Olaf Fønss, Erna Morena, Conrad Veidt, Gudrun Bruun Stephensen
Votes: 499
30. Hard Luck (1921)
22 min | Short, Comedy
Strange things ensue after a young man attempts to take his own life.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Bull Montana
Votes: 2,628
31. Peck's Bad Boy (1921)
51 min | Comedy
Trouble and havoc seem to trail Little Henry Peck wherever he goes and only his dear mother understands him. But when young Henry's pranks get his big sister's boyfriend, Dr. Martin, arrested, dad decides that the boy must be punished.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Jackie Coogan, Wheeler Oakman, Doris May, Raymond Hatton
Votes: 104
32. The Lucky Dog (1921)
17 min | Comedy, Short
In their first screen appearance together, Stan plays a penniless dog lover and Oliver plays a crook who tries to rob him and his new paramour.
Director: Jess Robbins | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Florence Gilbert, Jack Lloyd
Votes: 848
33. Missing Husbands (1921)
Not Rated | 172 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Two men, lost in the desert, meet Queen Antinea, ruler of Atlantis.
Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Jean Angelo, Georges Melchior, Marie-Louise Iribe, Stacia Napierkowska
Votes: 426
34. Hamlet (1921)
131 min | Drama
Danish silent movie-star Asta Nielsen formed her own production company to make this film, in which new elements are combined with features (and a few lines) familiar from Shakespeare's ... See full summary »
Directors: Svend Gade, Heinz Schall | Stars: Asta Nielsen, Paul Conradi, Mathilde Brandt, Eduard von Winterstein
Votes: 521
35. Tol'able David (1921)
99 min | Drama
When three thuggish men are responsible for the death of his father and the crippling of his brother, young David must choose between supporting his family or risking his life and exacting vengeance.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Gladys Hulette, Walter P. Lewis, Ernest Torrence
Votes: 1,946
36. Never Weaken (1921)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Thriller
A man hits the streets with a scheme to keep his fiancé from losing her job, however, things quickly go from bad to worse.
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks, Mark Jones
Votes: 2,091
37. Manhatta (1921)
Not Rated | 11 min | Documentary, Short
This groundbreaking silent documentary captures the beauty and majesty of the New York City in its streets, skyscrapers, bridges, rail yards and harbors.
Directors: Charles Sheeler, Paul Strand
Votes: 1,637
38. Rhythmus 21 (1921)
3 min | Animation, Short
Black and white rectangular images fade in and out of the screen. Their movement make them sometimes look like they're panning from side to side. Their movement also make the black and ... See full summary »
Director: Hans Richter
Votes: 1,450
39. The Affairs of Anatol (1921)
Unrated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama
Socialite Anatol Spencer seeks a better relation than he has with his wife. He sets up the friend of his youth Emilie in an apartment and she two-times him; he comforts near-suicidal Annie and she robs him.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter, Bebe Daniels
Votes: 1,355
40. The Ace of Hearts (1921)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A romantic rivalry among members of a secret society becomes even tenser when one of the men is assigned to carry out an assassination.
Director: Wallace Worsley | Stars: Leatrice Joy, John Bowers, Lon Chaney, Hardee Kirkland
Votes: 1,324
41. A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
Passed | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An idle, wealthy playboy foolishly joins the Navy when the father of the girl he wants to marry tells him to get a job to prove himself worthy.
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young, Dick Sutherland
Votes: 1,250
42. Lichtspiel Opus 1. (1921)
13 min | Animation, Short, Music
Against a dark background, several bright, curved or rounded shapes pulse towards the center of the screen, one at a time. They are followed by many other shapes, some irregular, some ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Ruttmann
Votes: 964
43. Now or Never (1921)
Passed | 35 min | Comedy, Short
A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.
Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer, Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Mae Bilson, Roy Brooks
Votes: 884
44. I Do (1921)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Comedy
Comic adventures of newlyweds and children.
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young, Jack Morgan
Votes: 831
45. Among Those Present (1921)
Passed | 34 min | Comedy, Short
An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Aggie Herring, James T. Kelley
Votes: 833
46. The Blot (1921)
Passed | 91 min | Drama, Romance
The Professor dispenses the wisdom of the ages and does not make a living wage. The sons of the rich and powerful are students lacking any motivation. The next door neighbor of the ... See full summary »
Director: Lois Weber | Stars: Philip Hubbard, Margaret McWade, Claire Windsor, Louis Calhern
Votes: 695
47. The Conquering Power (1921)
TV-G | 89 min | Drama, Romance
After losing his father, a playboy moves in with his miserly uncle, who seeks to cheat him out of his inheritance.
Director: Rex Ingram | Stars: Alice Terry, Rudolph Valentino, Eric Mayne, Ralph Lewis
Votes: 524
48. The Centaurs (1921)
Not Rated | 3 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A female centaur (a creature half-human and half-horse) enters a clearing in the woods, and picks some flowers. She is soon met by a male centaur, and the two then romance each other. They then seek parental consent for their union.
Director: Winsor McCay
Votes: 474
49. Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Pet (1921)
Not Rated | 11 min | Animation, Short
After eating a rarebit, a man has an odd dream in which his wife takes in a strange-looking animal that eats everything in sight and keeps growing until it threatens the entire city.
Director: Winsor McCay
Votes: 472
50. Mysteries of India, Part II: Above All Law (1921)
100 min | Adventure, Fantasy
Irene saves Herbert and the two help Princess Savitri flee the palace.
Director: Joe May | Stars: Olaf Fønss, Mia May, Conrad Veidt, Erna Morena
Votes: 426
51. Enchantment (1921)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
The frothy experiences of a vain little flapper. Her father induces an actor friend to become a gentlemanly cave man and the film becomes another variation of the 'Taming of the Shrew' theme.
Director: Robert G. Vignola | Stars: Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley, Edith Shayne, Tom Lewis
Votes: 319
52. Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Flying House (1921)
11 min | Animation, Short
After eating rarebit, a woman has a strange dream in which her husband converts their home into a flying machine to escape having to pay the exorbitant interest on the mortgage. It takes them around the world and to the moon.
Director: Winsor McCay
Votes: 419
53. The Love Light (1921)
Unrated | 89 min | Drama
Angela maintains a coastal lighthouse in Italy, where she awaits the return of her brothers from the war. She learns they are casualties and takes solace in the arms of an American sailor washed ashore
Director: Frances Marion | Stars: Mary Pickford, Evelyn Dumo, Fred Thomson, Eddie Phillips
Votes: 411 | Gross: $0.69M
54. Opus II (1921)
4 min | Animation, Short
As early as 1909, Walter Ruttmann explored the artistic properties of the film. His theoretical and practical work led in 1919 to the first "absolute film", Opus I. Ruttmann placed "painting more time" halfway between painting and music.
Director: Walter Ruttmann
Votes: 433
55. Miss Lulu Bett (1921)
Not Rated | 71 min | Comedy, Drama
A once-timid young woman gains newfound confidence after a failed marriage, much to the chagrin of her miserable family.
Director: William C. de Mille | Stars: Lois Wilson, Milton Sills, Theodore Roberts, Helen Ferguson
Votes: 414
56. Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: Bug Vaudeville (1921)
12 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
After eating a cheese cake, a hobo falls asleep and dreams of a vaudeville show performed by bugs.
Director: Winsor McCay
Votes: 378
57. Flip's Circus (1921)
Not Rated | 8 min | Animation, Short
Circus owner Flip entertains with balancing tricks and then tames an exotic beast.
Director: Winsor McCay
Votes: 358
58. Gertie on Tour (1921)
Not Rated | 2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Fragment from an unreleased film that was presumably produced between 1918 and 1921. In it, Gertie the dinosaur encounters the modern era. She has an encounter with a cable car and tells her dinosaur friends about it.
Director: Winsor McCay
Votes: 361
59. Through the Back Door (1921)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
When her mother remarries, a young Belgian girl is left behind with her nurse, but when Germany invades the country, she is sent to America to find her mother.
Directors: Alfred E. Green, Jack Pickford | Stars: Mary Pickford, Gertrude Astor, Wilfred Lucas, Helen Raymond
Votes: 211
60. Just Around the Corner (1921)
70 min | Drama
The widow Ma Birdsong is devoted to her two teenage children, Jimmy and Essie. They live on New York's Lower East Side, and against her mother's wishes, Essie gets a job as a theater usher.... See full summary »
Director: Frances Marion | Stars: Margaret Seddon, Lewis Sargent, Sigrid Holmquist, Eddie Phillips
Votes: 34
61. L'enfant du carnaval (1921)
66 min | Comedy, Drama
A foundling is left in front of the home of a rich aristocratic bachelor during the Nice carnival. The marquis adopts the child but soon finds that he cannot cope, so he employs a nanny who... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Mozzhukhin | Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Lissenko, Bartkevitch, Jules de Spoly
Votes: 8
62. The Conquest of Canaan (1921)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
Ne'er-do-well Joe Louden scandalizes his small town and especially the proper Judge Pike. But through the love of young Ariel Taber, Joe shows the town who the real scoundrel is.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Doris Kenyon, Diana Allen, Ann Eggleston
Votes: 22
63. The Sky Pilot (1921)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, Western
The sky pilot is a preacher who helps Gwen walk again after a near-fatal accident.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: John Bowers, Colleen Moore, David Butler, Harry Todd
Votes: 174
64. A Small Town Idol (1921)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his innocence--and not knowing that he's being framed by a local villain to keep him away from pretty young ... See full summary »
Directors: Erle C. Kenton, Mack Sennett | Stars: Ben Turpin, James Finlayson, Phyllis Haver, Bert Roach
Votes: 79
65. Forbidden Fruit (1921)
87 min | Drama
Mary Maddock becomes a seamstress after her husband Steve wastes their money on booze. Her employer provides her as an escort to accompany millionaire Mallory. Her husband tries ... See full summary »
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Agnes Ayres, Clarence Burton, Theodore Roberts, Kathlyn Williams
Votes: 193
66. Fool's Paradise (1921)
90 min | Romance
In a Mexican border town Arthur befriends cantina girl Poll. She falls for him but he still loves the dancer Rosa. When the cigar Poll gives him explodes and blinds him, Arthur is duped ... See full summary »
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Dorothy Dalton, Conrad Nagel, Mildred Harris, Theodore Kosloff
Votes: 83
67. The Monster of Frankenstein (1921)
39 min | Short, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Italian adaptation of the famous novel about Dr. Frankenstein and his monstrous creation.
Director: Eugenio Testa | Stars: Linda Albertini, Luciano Albertini, Umberto Guarracino, Aldo Mezzanotte
Votes: 44
68. Brewster's Millions (1921)
Passed | 61 min | Comedy
Monte Brewster learns that he has inherited $10 million from his late grandfather, but then learns that he must spend $2 million in less than a year and remain unmarried to inherit the rest of the money.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Betty Ross Clarke, Fred Huntley, Marian Skinner
Votes: 50
69. Straight Is the Way (1921)
70 min | Comedy
Bob Carter and "Loot" Follet, are two thieves who locate themselves in the unused part of the New Hampshire home of Aunt Mehitable and her niece Dorcas. Loan shark Jonathan Squoggs presses ... See full summary »
Director: Robert G. Vignola | Stars: Matt Moore, Mabel Bert, Gladys Leslie, George Parsons
Votes: 24
70. Hintertreppe (1921)
50 min | Drama
A crippled mailman is in love with a maid who lives in the same building he does in one of the city's poor neighborhoods. She, however, is in love with a wealthy, handsome young man. ... See full summary »
Directors: Leopold Jessner, Paul Leni | Stars: Henny Porten, Fritz Kortner, William Dieterle, Eugene Dieterle
Votes: 308
71. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921)
80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In 1921, a young man, having read Mark Twain's classic novel of the same title, dreams that he himself travels to King Arthur's court, where he has similar adventures and outwits his foes ... See full summary »
Director: Emmett J. Flynn | Stars: Harry Myers, Pauline Starke, Rosemary Theby, Charles Clary
Votes: 47 | Gross: $0.14M
72. Idle Hands (1921)
60 min | Drama
Marjorie Travers has vanished in Chinatown and and her older sister Gloria appeals to the Mayor for help. But the the Mayor has assigned Commissioner Deering to investigate her ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Reicher | Stars: Gail Kane, Thurston Hall, J. Herbert Frank, William Bechtel
Votes: 24
73. Mad Love (1921)
82 min | Drama
Richard De La Croix has a brother, Andreas, who has been driven insane by a notorious vamp and socialite named Sappho. A man-about-town named Teddy takes Richard to the Odeon to meet her, ... See full summary »
Director: Dimitri Buchowetzki | Stars: Pola Negri, Johannes Riemann, Alfred Abel, Albert Steinrück
Votes: 160
74. Mysteries of India, Part I: Truth (1921)
120 min | Adventure, Fantasy
The unfaithful wife of a cruel Indian prince attempts to escape from his domination.
Director: Joe May | Stars: Olaf Fønss, Mia May, Conrad Veidt, Erna Morena
Votes: 391
75. Love Never Dies (1921)
64 min | Drama
John and Tilly's happy marriage is ruined when Tilly's father finds out about the scandalous past of John's mother. John, unaware of his father-in-law's meddling, thinks Tilly has left him,... See full summary »
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Lloyd Hughes, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Bennett, Lillian Leighton
Votes: 128
76. Värmlänningarna (1921)
110 min | Drama, Romance
Anna is a poor girl who loves Erik, the son of a rich farmer. His parents are however determined to make Erik marry the rich Britta.
Director: Erik A. Petschler | Stars: Carl Sjögren, Gustav Ranft, Anna Diedrich, Tor Weijden
Votes: 17
77. The Wolverine (1921)
Western
A rancher stands up for an employee unjustly accused of cattle rustling.
Director: William Bertram | Stars: Helen Gibson, Jack Connolly, Leo D. Maloney, Ivor McFadden
Votes: 32
78. Im Kampf mit dem Berge - 1. Teil: In Sturm und Eis - Eine Alpensymphonie in Bildern (1921)
54 min | Documentary
Director: Arnold Fanck | Stars: Ilse Rohde, Hannes Schneider
Votes: 61
79. Markens grøde (1921)
75 min | Drama
After the Nobel prize winning Knut Hamsun-novel, with it's criticism of industrialization, urbanizing and loss of values. The farmer Isak makes a farm out of barren soil, together with Inger and their two sons. She kills the third.
Director: Gunnar Sommerfeldt | Stars: Amund Rydland, Karen Poulsen, Ragna Wettergreen, Gunnar Sommerfeldt
Votes: 249
80. Be My Wife (1921)
Not Rated | 55 min | Comedy
Max is determined to woo Mary, despite her Aunt Agatha's disapproval.
Director: Max Linder | Stars: Max Linder, Alta Allen, Caroline Rankin, Lincoln Stedman
Votes: 472
81. The Nut (I) (1921)
Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Eccentric inventor Charlie Jackson tries to interest wealthy investors in his girlfriend's plan to help children from poor neighborhoods.
Director: Theodore Reed | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte, William Lowery, Gerald Pring
Votes: 298
82. My Boy (1921)
55 min | Comedy, Drama
An orphan escapes immigration officials at Ellis Island and goes to live with an old ship's master who can't find work and can't pay the rent.
Directors: Albert Austin, Victor Heerman | Stars: Mathilde Brundage, Claude Gillingwater, Jackie Coogan, Frank Hayes
Votes: 304
83. The Lotus Eater (1921)
70 min | Drama, Romance
Disillusioned in marriage, Jacques Leroi attempts an airship flight across the Pacific Ocean, but crashes and washes ashore on an island populated by a peaceful tribe of completely happy ... See full summary »
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: John Barrymore, Colleen Moore, Anna Q. Nilsson, Ida Waterman
Votes: 50
84. King, Queen and Joker (1921)
50 min | Comedy
Although the King of Coronia is threatened with revolution, he refuses to grant his people the trade charter they demand. The chief plotter kidnaps the king, substituting in his place a ... See full summary »
Director: Syd Chaplin | Stars: Syd Chaplin, Lottie MacPherson
Votes: 28
85. The Great Moment (1921)
70 min | Drama
Sir Edward Pelham, married to a Russian Gypsy, fears that his daughter will follow in her mother's footsteps and arranges a marriage with her cousin, whom she does not love. During a trip ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Alec B. Francis, Milton Sills, Frank Butler
Votes: 25
86. The Rider of the King Log (1921)
70 min | Drama
John Kavanagh, a Maine lumberman, clashes with Stephen Marthorn, owner of a spruce-logging company, when Marthorn orders his men to make their drive before Cavanagh can get his logs down ... See full summary »
Director: Harry O. Hoyt | Stars: Frank Sheridan, Irene Boyle, Richard Travers, Emily Chichester
Votes: 14
87. The Arrival from the Darkness (1921)
60 min | Fantasy, Horror
Richard Bor brings his neighbor, the landowner Drazicky, an old book. The latter tries in vain to persuade his wife Dagmar to leave. In the book Drazicky finds the story of the Mystery of ... See full summary »
Director: Jan S. Kolár | Stars: Theodor Pistek, Anny Ondra, Josef Sváb-Malostranský, Karel Lamac
Votes: 113
88. Hurricane Hutch (1921)
Passed | 300 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Story concerns a paper mill, a mortgage and the struggle to obtain the lost formula for making paper from seaweed. Star is given opportunity to introduce many daredevil features.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Charles Hutchison, Warner Oland, Lucy Fox, Diana Deer
Votes: 27
89. Jesse James Under the Black Flag (1921)
69 min | History, Western
Shows James' joining of the Quantrill's raiders, a guerrilla force which fought against union sympathizers during the Civil War. James takes allegiance to the Black Flag, the raiders' ... See full summary »
Director: Franklin B. Coates | Stars: Jesse James Jr., Franklin B. Coates, Diana Reed, Jack Neil
Votes: 59
90. En lyckoriddare (1921)
95 min | Drama, History
Historical drama which features Gösta Ekman as the dashing rogue who steals the heart of the ethereal Mary Johnson.
Director: John W. Brunius | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Mary Johnson, Axel Ringvall, Hilda Forsslund
Votes: 77
91. Cocain (1921)
64 min | Drama
Director: Willi Schaeffers | Stars: Harald Bredow, Lilly Eisenlohr, Ursel Renate Hirt, Karl Martell
92. Danton (1921)
60 min | Drama
The true story of the conflict between Danton and Robespierre, the leaders of the French Revolution.
Director: Dimitri Buchowetzki | Stars: Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Osip Runich, Ferdinand von Alten
Votes: 49
93. Theodora (1921)
Drama
Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But a love affair with a handsome Greek whom she meets in ... See full summary »
Director: Leopoldo Carlucci | Stars: Rita Jolivet, Ferruccio Biancini, René Maupré, Emilia Rosini
Votes: 22
94. Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1921)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Car racer Burn 'em Up Barnes, son of a wealthy manufacturer, leaves home to make his own way in the world. After being robbed by hoodlums, Barnes joins a group of hobos who take him in and show him the carefree life.
Director: George Beranger | Stars: Johnny Hines, Edmund Breese, Betty Carpenter, George Fawcett
Votes: 60
95. Cupid, Registered Guide (1921)
Short, Drama
The doctor is in love with the girl and, as her father's consent and presence is required, this is obtained by sending the old man across the stream on a rope railway, but not allowing him ... See full summary »
Director: Edgar Jones | Stars: Edgar Jones, Edna May Sperl, Carlton Brickert, Ben Hendricks Jr.
Votes: 23
96. Dangerous Lies (1921)
60 min | Drama
A widow's husband returns after her second marriage, and dies while assaulting her.
Director: Paul Powell | Stars: David Powell, Mary Glynne, Minna Grey, Warburton Gamble
Votes: 45
97. Crazy to Marry (1921)
50 min | Comedy
Dr. Hobart Hupp believes he can cure criminals by surgery, and experiments on Dago Red, who has been promised freedom if the operation is successful. Hobart drives to his wedding later that... See full summary »
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Lila Lee, Laura Anson, Edwin Stevens
Votes: 21
98. Zirkus des Lebens (1921)
69 min | Drama
The old weirdo lawyer Hagger will not let his nephew control his money affairs, even though he has become engaged to Senator Hartwich's daughter Elinor. The uncle himself does not have ... See full summary »
Director: Johannes Guter | Stars: J.N. Douvan-Tarzow, Emil Heyse, Joseph Klein, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 7
99. The Witching Hour (1921)
70 min | Mystery, Drama
Jack Brookfield is a professional gambler. His niece, Viola, is engaged to Clay Whipple. Whipple's mother, a widow, was Brookfield's former love. Frank Hardmuth, the District Attorney, is ... See full summary »
Director: William Desmond Taylor | Stars: Elliott Dexter, Winter Hall, Ruth Renick, Robert Cain
Votes: 16
100. The Little Minister (1921)
60 min | Drama
In 1840 Scotland, a young lass named Babbie revels in the country life and frolics with the locals, simple weavers whose livelihood is threatened by increasing industrialization. When Lord ... See full summary »
Director: Penrhyn Stanlaws | Stars: Betty Compson, George Hackathorne, Edwin Stevens, Nigel Barrie
Votes: 62
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