Silent Films
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1. Dante's Inferno (1911)
71 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Loosely adapted from Dante's Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré the original silent film has been restored and has a new score by Tangerine Dream.
Directors: Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, Giuseppe de Liguoro | Stars: Salvatore Papa, Arturo Pirovano, Giuseppe de Liguoro, Pier Delle Vigne
Votes: 3,460
2. The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906)
Not Rated | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Originally 70 minutes in running time, only 17 minutes of the world's first full-length narrative feature film survived in stills and other fragments and tell the story of Ned Kelly, an infamous 19th-century Australian outlaw.
Director: Charles Tait | Stars: Elizabeth Tait, John Tait, Nicholas Brierley, Norman Campbell
Votes: 895
3. The Independence of Romania (1912)
120 min | History, War
The movie depicts the Romanian War of Independence (1877-1878).
Directors: Aristide Demetriade, Grigore Brezeanu | Stars: Aristide Demetriade, Constanta Demetriade, Constantin Nottara, Pepi Machauer
Votes: 270
4. From the Manger to the Cross (1912)
TV-PG | 71 min | Biography, Drama
An account of the life of Jesus Christ according to the New Testament, told as a series of tableaus interspersed with Bible verses.
Director: Sidney Olcott | Stars: R. Henderson Bland, Percy Dyer, Gene Gauntier, Alice Hollister
Votes: 640
5. The Student of Prague (1913)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Balduin, a student of Prague, leaves his roystering companions in the beer garden, when he finds he has reached the end of his resources. He is scarcely seated in a quiet corner when a ... See full summary »
Directors: Hanns Heinz Ewers, Stellan Rye | Stars: Paul Wegener, Grete Berger, Lyda Salmonova, John Gottowt
Votes: 2,400
6. The Last Days of Pompeii (1913)
88 min | Adventure, Drama
Two love triangles intersect in ancient Pompei.
Directors: Mario Caserini, Eleuterio Rodolfi | Stars: Fernanda Negri Pouget, Eugenia Tettoni Fior, Ubaldo Stefani, Antonio Grisanti
Votes: 623
7. Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy
A con man from the city dupes a wealthy country girl into marriage.
Directors: Mack Sennett, Charles Bennett | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain
Votes: 3,726
8. The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' (1914)
Not Rated | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Prevented from dating his sweetheart by his uncle, a young man turns his thoughts to murder.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Spottiswoode Aitken, Blanche Sweet, George Siegmann
Votes: 1,429
9. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A French professor and his daughter accompany Captain Nemo on an adventure aboard a submarine.
Director: Stuart Paton | Stars: Allen Holubar, Dan Hanlon, Edna Pendleton, Curtis Benton
Votes: 1,989 | Gross: $8.00M
10. Where Are My Children? (1916)
Approved | 62 min | Drama
A District Attorney's outspoken stand on abortion lands him in trouble with the local community.
Directors: Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber | Stars: Tyrone Power Sr., Mrs. Tyrone Power, Marie Walcamp, Cora Drew
Votes: 871
11. Tom Sawyer (1917)
Unrated | 59 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Tom, the rambunctious member of the Sawyer clan, takes it upon himself to teach the goody-goody boy of Hannibal, Missouri a lesson and, as Huckleberry Finn, his free-spirited best friend ... See full summary »
Director: William Desmond Taylor | Stars: Jack Pickford, George Hackathorne, Alice Marvin, Edythe Chapman
Votes: 193
12. The Unbeliever (1918)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, War
A wealthy young American, bred to class distinction and racial intolerance, enters the Marines during the First World War. In the course of his training and his experiences in the trenches ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Marguerite Courtot, Raymond McKee, Erich von Stroheim, Kate Lester
Votes: 145
13. The Golem (1920)
Unrated | 91 min | Fantasy, Horror
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
Directors: Paul Wegener, Carl Boese | Stars: Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Ernst Deutsch, Lyda Salmonova
Votes: 8,544
14. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (I) (1920)
Unrated | 69 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Brandon Hurst, Charles Lane
Votes: 6,047
15. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
Director: Robert Wiene | Stars: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover
Votes: 70,086
16. Nosferatu (1922)
Not Rated | 94 min | Fantasy, Horror
Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Votes: 105,497
17. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Passed | 93 min | Horror
A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.
Directors: Rupert Julian, Lon Chaney, Ernst Laemmle, Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe
Votes: 20,116 | Gross: $3.75M
18. The Great Gatsby (1926)
Passed | 80 min | Drama
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbour, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Warner Baxter, Lois Wilson, Neil Hamilton, Georgia Hale
19. The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)
81 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Ojo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve.
Director: J. Farrell MacDonald | Stars: Violet MacMillan, Frank Moore, Raymond Russell, Leontine Dranet
Votes: 567
20. Down to the Sea in Ships (1922)
Unrated | 83 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Story of the lives of the people in a small Quaker community and the adventures of a whaling ship.
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Marguerite Courtot, Raymond McKee, William Walcott, Clara Bow
Votes: 401
21. The Squaw Man (1914)
Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A chivalrous British officer takes the blame for his cousin's embezzlement and journeys to the American West to start a new life on a cattle ranch.
Directors: Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Dustin Farnum, Monroe Salisbury, Winifred Kingston, Mrs. A.W. Filson
Votes: 1,047 | Gross: $0.53M
22. Raja Harishchandra (1913)
40 min | Short, History
The film opens with a Ravi Varma like tableau showing King Harishchandra, his wife Taramati and his young son. The king is teaching his son archery. They go on a hunt. The king enters an ... See full summary »
Director: Dhundiraj Govind Phalke | Stars: D.D. Dabke, Anna Salunke, Ganpat G. Shinde, Bhalachandra D. Phalke
Votes: 436
23. 0-18 or A Message from the Sky (1914)
Crime, Drama
A typist exposes a group of businessmen as German spies plotting to blow up a bridge.
Director: George Loane Tucker | Stars: Jane Gail, Douglas Munro, Gerald Ames, Edward O'Neill
Votes: 45
24. How the Telephone Talks (1919)
7 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Animated diagrams and live-action footage show telephone components and illustrate how they are able to transport sound electronically.
Director: E. Dean Parmelee
Votes: 19
25. The Checkered Flag (1926)
60 min | Drama
Jack Reese, a mechanic at Corbin Motors, falls in love with Rita Corbin, the daughter of the company's president. Ray Barton, the managing director of Corbin Motors, is also in love with ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Elaine Hammerstein, Wallace MacDonald, Lionel Belmore, Robert Ober
26. Holding His Own (1922)
17 min | Short, Comedy
Jerry, a hobo, is chased by a pair of policemen after accidentally interrupting their dice game and later woos a farm girl to get breakfast.
Director: Milton J. Fahrney | Stars: George Ovey, Arby Arly, George Burton
Votes: 6
28. The Lost Bridegroom (1916)
50 min | Comedy
Suffering from aphasia after being conked on the head, a man is coerced into robbing his fiancée's home.
Director: James Kirkwood | Stars: John Barrymore, Katherine Corri Harris, Ida Darling, June Dale
Votes: 25
29. The Stolen Wireless (1909)
10 min | Drama, Short
Two young men love the same young girl. One of them, learning that war has been declared, enlists and goes to the front. Passing with his regiment before the home of his beloved, he leaves ... See full summary »
Director: Wallace McCutcheon | Star: Francis Ford
30. A Man with Three Wives (1909)
Short, Comedy
The location of this picture is not in Utah as might be inferred from the title, but right here in New York; and the situation is not so serious as it sounds. Jack Howard who, with his chum... See full summary »
Star: Blanche Sweet
31. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
12 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In ancient Athens, four young lovers escape into the woods. Meanwhile, tradesmen rehearse a play. All of them suffer from the shenanigans of mischievous fairies.
Directors: Charles Kent, J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Walter Ackerman, Charles Chapman, Dolores Costello, Helene Costello
Votes: 368
32. The Bride of Lammermoor: A Tragedy of Bonnie Scotland (1909)
Short, Drama
A young girl is being urged by her father to marry a Duke. She refuses and leaves the room, closely followed by the Duke who remains unseen. She enters the garden, where she meets her lover... See full summary »
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Annette Kellerman, Maurice Costello
33. The Heart of an Outlaw (1909)
Short, Western
A man gets revenge on his cheating wife by killing her and her lover. He thinks he has killed his daughter as well, but she survives and is adopted by the sheriff. A few years later the man... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: James Kirkwood, Marion Leonard, Gladys Egan, Mary Pickford
Votes: 34
34. The Politician's Love Story (1909)
6 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
A corrupt politician, on seeing a satirical cartoon in a newspaper, rushes to the paper's offices to shoot the cartoonist. On discovering the cartoonist is a pretty woman, he falls instantly in love and wastes no time in wooing her.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mack Sennett, Marion Leonard, Herbert Prior, Linda Arvidson
Votes: 103
35. The Cowboy Millionaire (1909)
22 min | Short, Western
Bud Noble, a handsome specimen of manhood, is foreman on the Circle "D" ranch outside of Circle City, Idaho, and our opening scene pictures Bud as the cowboy roping and tying a steer. With ... See full summary »
Directors: Francis Boggs, Otis Turner | Stars: Mac Barnes, William Garwood, Adrienne Kroell, William Stowell
Votes: 65
36. The Heart of an Outlaw (1909)
Short, Western
A man gets revenge on his cheating wife by killing her and her lover. He thinks he has killed his daughter as well, but she survives and is adopted by the sheriff. A few years later the man... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: James Kirkwood, Marion Leonard, Gladys Egan, Mary Pickford
Votes: 34
37. The Cowboy Millionaire (1909)
22 min | Short, Western
Bud Noble, a handsome specimen of manhood, is foreman on the Circle "D" ranch outside of Circle City, Idaho, and our opening scene pictures Bud as the cowboy roping and tying a steer. With ... See full summary »
Directors: Francis Boggs, Otis Turner | Stars: Mac Barnes, William Garwood, Adrienne Kroell, William Stowell
Votes: 65
38. The Way of the Cross (1909)
Short, Drama
A story of ancient Rome. The scene of this story is laid in Rome in the days of Nero. Rome has recently suffered conflagrations and other disasters, and Nero, hoping to divert the public ... See full summary »
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Rose Tapley, Maurice Costello, William Humphrey, Edith Storey
Votes: 16
39. Washington Under the American Flag (1909)
Drama, Short
Passing over the intervening years between Washington's marriage in 1759 we come to the meeting of a General Congress, at Philadelphia, where the foundations were laid for our mighty nation... See full summary »
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Joseph Kilgour, William Humphrey, Charles Kent, William Shea
40. The Lost World (1925)
Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
Director: Harry O. Hoyt | Stars: Wallace Beery, Bessie Love, Lloyd Hughes, Lewis Stone
Votes: 5,826 | Gross: $1.19M
41. The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
Not Rated | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the midst of the French and Indian War, the eldest daughter of a British officer develops an attraction towards an Indian ally who is the last living warrior of his tribe, the Mohicans.
Directors: Clarence Brown, Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford, Alan Roscoe, Lillian Hall
Votes: 1,443
42. Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
Approved | 120 min | Comedy
A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Irene Rich, May McAvoy, Bert Lytell, Ronald Colman
Votes: 1,362
43. Häxan (1922)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Fantasy, Horror
Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.
Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan
Votes: 16,737
44. The Freshman (1925)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
A nerdy college student will do anything to become popular on campus.
Directors: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict, James H. Anderson
Votes: 6,069 | Gross: $0.00M
45. The General (1926)
Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley
Votes: 98,195 | Gross: $1.03M
46. Waxworks (1924)
Not Rated | 107 min | Fantasy, Horror
A wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner's daughter in the stories.
Directors: Leo Birinsky, Paul Leni | Stars: Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, William Dieterle
Votes: 2,311
47. Faust (1926)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard
Votes: 16,633
48. Die Spinne (1917)
Director: Alwin Neuß | Stars: Alwin Neuß, Leo Connard, Lorenz Köhler, Curt Bois
49. The Idol Dancer (1920)
92 min | Drama
A religious zealot and his nephew are thrown together on a South Seas Island with an alcoholic beach comber and a native dancer. A battle to see who will "civilize" whom ensues.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Clarine Seymour, Creighton Hale, George MacQuarrie
Votes: 140
50. The Burning Soil (1922)
98 min | Drama
When farmer Rog dies, his son Peter stays, but Johannes can not be satisfied with such a condition (and servant Maria's love) and finds a job as old Count Rudenberg's secretary. His ... See full summary »
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Werner Krauss, Eugen Klöpfer, Vladimir Gajdarov, Eduard von Winterstein
Votes: 781
51. The Treasure (1923)
80 min | Drama, Romance
In and around a bell maker near Marburg (today Slovenia) people tell the story of a treasure that was hidden during the Turki invasion of 1683, the year the Turkish Army was besieging ... See full summary »
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Albert Steinrück, Lucie Mannheim, Ilka Grüning, Werner Krauss
Votes: 343
52. It's the Old Army Game (1926)
Passed | 77 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Druggist Elmer Prettywillie is sleeping. A woman rings the night bell only to buy a two-cent stamp. Then garbage collectors waken him. Next it's firemen on a false alarm. And then a real fire.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: W.C. Fields, Louise Brooks, Blanche Ring, William Gaxton
Votes: 331
53. The Sea Lion (1921)
63 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
When his long-suffering wife leaves him, the hard-driving captain of a whaling ship turns bitter and takes out his anger, resentment and frustrations on all those around him, leading to ... See full summary »
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Hobart Bosworth, Emory Johnson, Bessie Love, Carol Holloway
Votes: 119
54. A Man There Was (1917)
Not Rated | 65 min | Drama, War
Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on Terje's beneficence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, August Falck, Edith Erastoff, Bergliot Husberg
Votes: 2,326
55. Klostret i Sendomir (1920)
54 min | Drama
Two weary travelers come upon a monastery. While staying the night, they learn of its mysterious founding.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Tore Svennberg, Tora Teje, Richard Lund, Renée Björling
Votes: 476
56. Metropolis (1927)
Not Rated | 153 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Votes: 185,613 | Gross: $1.24M
57. True Heart Susie (1919)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Susie, a plain young country girl, secretly loves a neighbor boy, William. She believes in him and sacrifices much of her own happiness to promote his own ambitions, all without his ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Wilbur Higby, Loyola O'Connor
Votes: 1,992
58. A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
70 min | Drama, History, Romance
Alcoholic lawyer Sydney Carton travels to Paris during the Reign of Terror to rescue French aristocrat Charles Darnay, husband of the woman he loves.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, Charles Clary, Herschel Mayall
Votes: 162
59. Winds of Chance (1925)
122 min | Adventure, Drama
A love triangle set against the turn-of-the-century gold rush.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Anna Q. Nilsson, Ben Lyon, Viola Dana, Hobart Bosworth
Votes: 66
60. America (1924)
Passed | 141 min | Drama, History, War
The story of a family caught up in the American Revolutionary War.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Neil Hamilton, Carol Dempster, Erville Alderson, Charles Emmett Mack
Votes: 471
61. The Pilgrims (1924)
30 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
The history of the Separatists of Scrooby, England, their escape to Amsterdam, and their eventual voyage on the Mayflower to the New World is depicted. The film spans the years from 1608 to 1620.
Director: Edwin L. Hollywood | Stars: Robert Gaillard, John Darrow, Jack Hopkins, Morgan Thorpe
62. The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy
Gum-chewing frizzy-haired gold-digger Marie Skinner cooks up a scheme with her lover Babe Winsor, a jazz hound, to fleece a portly, middle-aged real estate tycoon, William Judson. Marie ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Phyllis Haver, Belle Bennett, Sally O'Neil
Votes: 513
63. For the Term of His Natural Life (1927)
101 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A convict, wrongfully accused and sent a harsh prison colony, attempts to escape.
Director: Norman Dawn | Stars: George Fisher, Eva Novak, Dunstan Webb, Jessica Harcourt
Votes: 131
64. Grandma's Boy (1922)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Family
A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his home town.
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend, Charles Stevenson
Votes: 2,055 | Gross: $0.26M
65. Little Old New York (1923)
Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Romance
An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.
Director: Sidney Olcott | Stars: Marion Davies, Harrison Ford, Courtenay Foote, Mahlon Hamilton
Votes: 1,085 | Gross: $2.40M
66. Mickey (1918)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.
Directors: F. Richard Jones, James Young | Stars: Mabel Normand, George Nichols, Laura La Varnie, Lew Cody
Votes: 1,180 | Gross: $17.20M
67. Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917)
70 min | Adventure, Crime, Romance
Gentleman burglar Raffles tries to get his hand on a priceless pearl.
Director: George Irving | Stars: John Barrymore, Christine Mayo, H. Cooper Cliffe, Frank Morgan
Votes: 188
68. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama
With her family in financial difficulties, Rebecca is sent to live with her two strict, unfeeling aunts, who do not appreciate the young girl's charm and energy. Rebecca must make new ... See full summary »
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Mary Pickford, Eugene O'Brien, Helen Jerome Eddy, Charles Ogle
Votes: 893
69. Robin Hood (1922)
Not Rated | 143 min | Adventure, Family, Romance
A nobleman becomes the vigilante Robin Hood who protects the oppressed English people from the tyrannical Prince John.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett
Votes: 2,482 | Gross: $5.45M
70. Rip Van Winkle (1921)
58 min | Fantasy
The story shows the development of the united state in divergent fields : Political, social and even economic field.
Director: Ward Lascelle | Stars: Thomas Jefferson, Milla Davenport, Daisy Jefferson, Gertrude Messinger
Votes: 61
71. Bitter Fruit (1920)
Drama
While boating off the coast of tropical island Palmera, two American sisters are kidnapped by pirates and sold into slavery.
Director: Will H. Bradley | Stars: Jane Gail, John Charles, Ruth Pecheur, Charles Gotthold
72. Salomé (1922)
Not Rated | 72 min | Biography, Drama, History
Salome, the daughter of Herodias, seduces her step-father/uncle Herod, governor of Judea, with a salacious dance. In return, he promises her the head of the prophet John the Baptist.
Directors: Charles Bryant, Alla Nazimova | Stars: Alla Nazimova, Nigel De Brulier, Mitchell Lewis, Rose Dione
Votes: 1,161
73. The Duchess of Buffalo (1926)
75 min | Comedy, Romance
The storyline is loosely-based on Buffalo candy-maker August Merckens' opera-singer daughter Baroness Platon Von Wrangel, who married the Russian leader in the fight for restoration of the Russian monarchy.
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Constance Talmadge, Tullio Carminati, Edward Martindel, Rose Dione
Votes: 114
74. The Eagle (1925)
Unrated | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A wanted Russian lieutenant becomes a masked vigilante seeking vengeance upon the man who stole his family's land, only to fall for his charming daughter.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, Louise Dresser, Albert Conti
Votes: 2,273 | Gross: $0.32M
75. The Extra Girl (1923)
Not Rated | 68 min | Comedy, Romance
A small town girl dreams of movie stardom. A switched photo wins her a movie contract. Arrivng in Hollywood, she is assigned to the props department. Her parents visit and invest some money with a very shifty individual.
Director: F. Richard Jones | Stars: Mabel Normand, Ralph Graves, George Nichols, Anna Dodge
Votes: 1,208
76. The Forbidden City (1918)
62 min | Drama, Romance
A Chinese mandarin hopes to regain favor with the Emporer by betrothing her to him, but he doesn't know she's secretly married to the American consul and pregnant.
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Norma Talmadge, Thomas Meighan, E. Alyn Warren, Michael Rayle
Votes: 331
77. 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: 3,664
78. The Son of the Sheik (1926)
Passed | 68 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The son of the sheik and a dancing girl fall in love, but when he is made to believe she has betrayed him he seeks revenge.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, George Fawcett, Montagu Love
Votes: 2,128 | Gross: $1.56M
79. The Toll of the Sea (1922)
Unrated | 54 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
While visiting China, an American man falls in love with a young Chinese woman, but he then has second thoughts about the relationship.
Director: Chester M. Franklin | Stars: Anna May Wong, Kenneth Harlan, Beatrice Bentley, Priscilla Moran
Votes: 899
80. The Water Magician (1933)
110 min | Drama
The tragic tale of a woman who despite doing good where she can gets punished by society.
Directors: Kenji Mizoguchi, Takuaki Seiryô | Stars: Tokihiko Okada, Ichirô Sugai, Bontarô Miake, Kumeko Urabe
Votes: 493
81. Tokyo Chorus (1931)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A married Tokyo man faces unemployment after standing up for an older colleague.
Director: Yasujirô Ozu | Stars: Tokihiko Okada, Emiko Yagumo, Hideo Sugawara, Hideko Takamine
Votes: 1,580
82. Warning Shadows (1923)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A wealthy man invites the local wealthy bachelors over for a puppet show about men who covet another man's wife. The puppeteer is actually a witch and gives the men nightmares about what could happen if they date the lady of the house.
Director: Arthur Robison | Stars: Fritz Kortner, Ruth Weyher, Gustav von Wangenheim, Eugen Rex
Votes: 1,126
83. Way Down East (1920)
Passed | 145 min | Drama, Romance
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Mrs. David Landau, Lowell Sherman
Votes: 5,902 | Gross: $4.50M
84. What Happened to Rosa (1920)
54 min | Comedy, Romance
A fortune teller tells a store clerk with a romantic disposition that she was a Spanish noblewoman in an earlier life. The girl begins to live the part of the Spanish noblewoman and romance and comedy ensue.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Mabel Normand, Doris Pawn, Tully Marshall, Hugh Thompson
Votes: 127
85. Meyer from Berlin (1919)
58 min | Comedy
A bumbling, self-indulgent husband goes on a vacation away from his wife. There he meets a popular, attractive young woman also on a vacation. Both go on a mountain climb which is going to be far from an ideal adventure.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Ernst Lubitsch, Ossi Oswalda, Ethel Orff, Heinz Landsmann
Votes: 244
86. Leap Year (1924)
Passed | 56 min | Comedy
A young man, heir to his misogynistic and millionaire uncle and in love with a nurse, gets in trouble when he gives marriage advice to his girlfriends.
Directors: James Cruze, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Lucien Littlefield, Mary Thurman, John McKinnon
Votes: 362
87. Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
26 min | Short, Comedy
Roscoe's wife wants him committed to the No Hope Sanitarium for a cure from drink. He is greeted by blood spattered, cleaver-wielding Buster and a barely clad female patient. He eats a thermometer and must be rushed into surgery.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake
Votes: 1,327
88. Coney Island (1928)
70 min | Drama, Romance
Tammany Burke, young owner of a giant roller coaster, is fighting heavy odds against a syndicate led by financial baron Hughey Cooper. Assisted by his sweetheart, Joan, and her father, ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Lois Wilson, Rosa Castro, Eugene Strong, Rudolph Cameron
89. Within Our Gates (1920)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Romance
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a shocking past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black youths.
Director: Oscar Micheaux | Stars: Evelyn Preer, Flo Clements, James D. Ruffin, Jack Chenault
Votes: 3,631
90. Scarlet Days (1919)
77 min | Adventure, Romance, Western
A romantic bandit named Alvarez, wanted for raids on the mining camps of the California gold rush in 1849, is reformed by the love of a good woman.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Eugenie Besserer, Carol Dempster, Clarine Seymour
Votes: 477
91. L'Argent (1928)
195 min | Drama, Romance
The business tycoon Nicolas Saccard is nearly ruined by his rival Gunderman, when he tries to raise capital for his company. To push up the price of his stock, Saccard plans a publicity ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Marie Glory, Pierre Alcover, Yvette Guilbert
Votes: 1,153
92. Hearts of the World (1918)
TV-PG | 117 min | Drama, War
Young lovers in a French village are torn apart with the coming of the Great War.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Robert Harron, Adolph Lestina
Votes: 1,105
93. Eyes of Youth (1919)
78 min | Drama
A young woman at a crossroads is shown what her future would be like for each choice.
Director: Albert Parker | Stars: Clara Kimball Young, Gareth Hughes, Pauline Starke, Sam Sothern
Votes: 702
94. The Little Teacher (1915)
21 min | Short, Comedy
The new school teacher fresh from the city struggles with her unruly bumpkin students, while she awaits the arrival of her fiancé.
Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, Owen Moore
Votes: 68
95. Civilization (1915)
85 min | Drama, War
Christ takes on the form of a pacifist count to end a senseless war.
Directors: Reginald Barker, Thomas H. Ince, Raymond B. West, Walter Edwards, David Hartford, Jay Hunt, J. Parker Read Jr. | Stars: Howard Hickman, Enid Markey, Lola May, Kate Bruce
Votes: 410
96. The Blue Bird (1918)
Not Rated | 75 min | Family, Fantasy
With the aid and guidance of a magical fairy, two peasant children set out in search of the elusive "Blue Bird of Happiness".
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Tula Belle, Robin Macdougall, Edwin E. Reed, Emma Lowry
Votes: 1,017
97. Easy Virtue (1927)
Not Rated | 80 min | Romance, Thriller
A recently divorced woman hides her scandalous past from her new husband and his family.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Isabel Jeans, Franklin Dyall, Eric Bransby Williams, Ian Hunter
Votes: 3,061
98. 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: 1,143 | Gross: $3.27M
99. Don Q Son of Zorro (1925)
Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Romance
Don Cesar, son of Zorro, is framed for murder while visiting Spain, and becomes the whip-wielding outlaw Don Q.
Director: Donald Crisp | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Astor, Jack McDonald, Donald Crisp
Votes: 569
100. Kid Boots (1926)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
A salesman is helped out of a jam with an angry customer by a wealthy playboy. In return, he agrees to help the playboy get a divorce from his wife, only to find himself falling for the ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Clara Bow, Billie Dove, Lawrence Gray
Votes: 214 | Gross: $0.34M
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