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1. Greed (1924)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.
Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller
Votes: 10,760 | Gross: $0.16M
2. 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: 5,821 | Gross: $1.19M
3. The Last Laugh (1924)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
An aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz
Votes: 15,205 | Gross: $0.09M
4. Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)
Passed | 71 min | Documentary
The struggles of a hardscrabble Iranian nomadic tribe as they journey through bleak country to reach the grasslands that will save their livestock.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Marguerite Harrison, Haidar Khan
Votes: 1,194
5. Romola (1924)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, History
In Renaissance Florence, Tito, a no-good young man pretending to be a scholar, wins the admiration of a blind man who has long looked for someone to finish his scholarly work. He has a ... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, William Powell, Ronald Colman
Votes: 249 | Gross: $0.50M
6. Soul-Fire (1925)
88 min | Drama
Eric Fane is a composer unwilling to compromise his dream for a steady job back home in the United States.
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Bessie Love, Percy Ames, Charles Esdale
Votes: 134
7. The Night Club (1925)
60 min | Comedy
Afer having been stood up at his own wedding, a young man vows that he will have nothing more to ever do with women. However, he soon discovers that he has been left a fortune--on condition... See full summary »
Directors: Paul Iribe, Frank Urson | Stars: Raymond Griffith, Vera Reynolds, Wallace Beery, Louise Fazenda
Votes: 53
8. The Unholy Three (1925)
Passed | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A sideshow ventriloquist, a midget, and a strongman form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" and commit a series of robberies.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lon Chaney, Mae Busch, Matt Moore, Victor McLaglen
Votes: 2,212 | Gross: $0.70M
9. Beggar on Horseback (1925)
70 min | Comedy
Impoverished composer Neil McRae loves Cynthia Mason, but fearing poverty, he proposes to wealthy Gladys Cady. One night he dozes in an armchair and has a nightmare of a wedding to and life... See full summary »
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Esther Ralston, Erwin Connelly, Gertrude Short
Votes: 96
10. 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
11. Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy
Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Prof. McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Carol Dempster, W.C. Fields, Alfred Lunt, Erville Alderson
Votes: 592 | Gross: $0.30M
12. Paths to Paradise (1925)
78 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A con-woman has a nice business fleecing gullible tourists who want a genuine 'underworld' experience, but the tables are turned when one of her victims turns out to be less innocent than ... See full summary »
Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Betty Compson, Raymond Griffith, Tom Santschi, Bert Woodruff
Votes: 191
13. Cyrano de Bergerac (1923)
TV-G | 113 min | Drama, Romance, War
Cyrano de Bergerac is a joyous and witty poet filled with plenty of charisma and bravado in 17th-century France. He has only one flaw: an unusually long nose which makes him unattractive to any woman.
Director: Augusto Genina | Stars: Pierre Magnier, Linda Moglia, Angelo Ferrari, Maurice Schutz
Votes: 341
14. 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: 400
15. The Goose Woman (1925)
80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A famous opera singer lost her voice when her son was born, and has drowned her sorrows in drink. When a murder is committed near her house, she invents a story to get herself back in front... See full summary »
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Jack Pickford, Louise Dresser, Constance Bennett, Marc McDermott
Votes: 199
16. The Gold Rush (1925)
Passed | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman
Votes: 118,644 | Gross: $5.45M
17. Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, sets off on a treacherous journey to the Kingdom of Burgundy to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Princess Kriemhild.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Paul Richter, Margarete Schön, Theodor Loos, Gertrud Arnold
Votes: 6,555
18. Her Sister from Paris (1925)
70 min | Comedy
A housewife poses as her sister, a notorious dancer, in order to fool her husband and teach him a lesson.
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Constance Talmadge, Ronald Colman, George K. Arthur, Gertrude Claire
Votes: 197 | Gross: $0.23M
19. 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: 20,105 | Gross: $3.75M
20. The Pony Express (1925)
110 min | Drama, Western
Traitorous California Senator tries to use the newly founded Pony Express to further his plans for a California Republic, but Unionist Frisco Jack will try to stop him.
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Betty Compson, Ricardo Cortez, Ernest Torrence, Wallace Beery
Votes: 93 | Gross: $0.27M
21. 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: 6,065 | Gross: $0.00M
22. The Man on the Box (1925)
80 min | Comedy
A wealthy young man disguises himself as a gardener to be near the woman he secretly loves. He discovers that the butler is an enemy spy who plans to steal military secrets, and has to find a way to stop him.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Syd Chaplin, David Butler, Alice Calhoun, Cathleen Calhoun
Votes: 19
23. Little Annie Rooney (1925)
Unrated | 94 min | Drama, Comedy
The tenements are home to an international community, including the friends and family of a tough young ragamuffin named Annie Rooney, but their neighborhood is threatened by a dangerous street gang.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Mary Pickford, William Haines, Walter James, Gordon Griffith
Votes: 1,064 | Gross: $1.10M
24. The Vanishing American (1925)
110 min | Drama, Western
History, as portrayed in this film, has been a succession of conquests of stronger races over weaker ones. As played out on the stage of Monument Valley, long ago, tribes of Indians ... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, Noah Beery, Malcolm McGregor
Votes: 368 | Gross: $0.29M
25. Go West (1925)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Western
With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Howard Truesdale, Kathleen Myers, Ray Thompson
Votes: 4,996
26. The King on Main Street (1925)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
King Serge IV of Molvania (Menjou) comes to Manhattan to conduct business with Arthur Trent (Kilgour), but instead goes to Coney Island, where he meets Gladys Humphreys (Love) and John ... See full summary »
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Bessie Love, Greta Nissen, Oscar Shaw
Votes: 60 | Gross: $0.24M
27. 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: 2,271 | Gross: $0.32M
28. The Big Parade (1925)
Not Rated | 151 min | Drama, Romance, War
A young American soldier witnesses the horrors of the Great War.
Directors: King Vidor, George W. Hill | Stars: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell
Votes: 7,277 | Gross: $11.00M
29. Stella Dallas (1925)
Passed | 110 min | Drama
Small-town girl Stella marries socialite Stephen Dallas, a man with whom she has nothing in common. The whole thing is a failure; after the birth of their daughter Laurel, the Dallases ... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: Ronald Colman, Belle Bennett, Alice Joyce, Jean Hersholt
Votes: 425 | Gross: $0.76M
30. The Road to Yesterday (1925)
107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A married couple discovers that their strained relationship is the result of unhappiness in their past lives.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Joseph Schildkraut, Jetta Goudal, Vera Reynolds, William Boyd
Votes: 181 | Gross: $0.52M
31. Broken Blossoms or the Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard
Votes: 11,058
32. A Woman of the World (1925)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A sensual European countess arrives at a small American town and quickly provokes moral outrage from the community. During her stay with a cousin, the temptress courts scandal smoking, enticing men, extravagant clothes and a tattoo.
Director: Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Pola Negri, Charles Emmett Mack, Holmes Herbert, Blanche Mehaffey
Votes: 185
33. 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: 6,046
34. 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: 5,897 | Gross: $4.50M
35. 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: 1,360
36. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.
Directors: Fred Niblo, Charles Brabin, Christy Cabanne, J.J. Cohn, Rex Ingram | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson
Votes: 7,976 | Gross: $12.45M
37. Hands Up! (1926)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Comedy, War
A southern spy during the Civil War, he must try to capture a shipment of gold. His task is complicated by the two sisters, the Indians and a firing squad.
Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Raymond Griffith, Marian Nixon, Virginia Lee Corbin, Mack Swain
Votes: 306
38. A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance
A kept woman runs into her former fiancé and finds herself torn between love and comfort.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Edna Purviance, Clarence Geldert, Carl Miller, Lydia Knott
Votes: 6,165 | Gross: $1.38M
39. Moana (1926)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty presents a docufictional account of a family living in a Samoan village in the early 1920s.
Directors: Frances H. Flaherty, Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Ta'avale, Fa'amgase, T'ugaita, Tama
Votes: 737
40. The Grand Duchess and the Waiter (1926)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
Young millionaire Albert Durant poses as a waiter in order to woo an exiled Grand Duchess, who does not object since she knows who he is and he doesn't know she knows. And his money will ... See full summary »
Director: Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Florence Vidor, Lawrence Grant, George Beranger
Votes: 69
41. Mare Nostrum (1926)
Passed | 102 min | Drama, War
The story of a female German spy who willingly sacrifices her life for her country.
Director: Rex Ingram | Stars: Apollon Uni, Álex Nova, Kada-Abd-el-Kader, Hughie Mack
Votes: 414 | Gross: $0.62M
42. Torrent (1926)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's heart is broken when her sweetheart, the noblewoman's son, won't go to Paris with them. After... See full summary »
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Greta Garbo, Gertrude Olmstead, Edward Connelly
Votes: 930 | Gross: $0.46M
43. The Marriage Circle (1924)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy
Professor Stock and his wife Mizzi are always bickering. Mizzi tries to seduce Dr. Franz Braun, the new husband of her good friend Charlotte.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Florence Vidor, Monte Blue, Marie Prevost, Creighton Hale
Votes: 1,503 | Gross: $0.81M
44. 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: 2,310
45. The Black Pirate (1926)
Not Rated | 88 min | Adventure, Action
Seeking revenge, an athletic young man joins the pirate band responsible for his father's death.
Director: Albert Parker | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Billie Dove, Tempe Pigott, Donald Crisp
Votes: 2,140 | Gross: $0.68M
46. Nanook of the North (1922)
Passed | 78 min | Documentary
In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle.
Director: Robert J. Flaherty | Stars: Allakariallak, Alice Nevalinga, Cunayou, Allegoo
Votes: 13,454
47. The Devil's Circus (1926)
70 min | Drama
Mary (Shearer) and Carlstop (Mack) are lovers. The former is a trapeze artist, while the latter is a pickpocket. Mary gets entangled in a nearly fatal situation with Lieberkind (Miljan), a ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Norma Shearer, Charles Emmett Mack, Carmel Myers, John Miljan
Votes: 174 | Gross: $0.24M
48. For Heaven's Sake (1926)
Passed | 58 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.
Director: Sam Taylor | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young, Jim Mason
Votes: 1,963 | Gross: $5.67M
49. 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: 8,540
50. Beau Brummel (1924)
135 min | Drama, History, Romance
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Willard Louis, Carmel Myers
Votes: 538 | Gross: $0.29M
51. Sumurun (1920)
Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Ernst Lubitsch, Pola Negri, Paul Wegener, Jenny Hasselqvist
Votes: 822
52. Outside the Law (1920)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller
In this early collaboration with director Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks), Chaney delivers a dual performance of dramatic intensity, starring as Ah Wing, a kind-hearted student of Confucian ... See full summary »
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Priscilla Dean, Wheeler Oakman, Lon Chaney, Ralph Lewis
Votes: 741
53. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)
Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Low-life Harry falls in love with sweet Betty who inspires him to improve himself so he can marry her. He enters a $25, 000 cross-country hiking contest. After many adventures he wins, pays off his father Amos's mortgage and marries Betty.
Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Harry Langdon, Joan Crawford, Edwards Davis, Tom Murray
Votes: 814 | Gross: $0.24M
54. Shattered (1921)
50 min | Drama
Set during the winter, the story tells the tale of a track checker and his family who live a poverty-stricken life next to a railway line. They receive a telegram announcing the arrival of ... See full summary »
Director: Lupu Pick | Stars: Werner Krauss, Edith Posca, Hermine Straßmann-Witt, Paul Otto
Votes: 284
55. Footloose Widows (1926)
70 min | Comedy
New York models Flo and Marian entice their employer to give them each a fine wardrobe for a party, then slip off to Florida and install themselves in a luxury hotel, posing as two wealthy ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Louise Fazenda, Jacqueline Logan, Jason Robards Sr., Douglas Gerrard
Votes: 20
56. Variety (1925)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Prologue: The murderer "Boss" Huller - after having spent ten years in prison - breaks his silence to tell the warden his story. "Boss", a former trapeze artist, and his wife own a cheap ... See full summary »
Director: Ewald André Dupont | Stars: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Lya De Putti, Warwick Ward
Votes: 1,407 | Gross: $0.71M
57. Mantrap (1926)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy
A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous divorce lawyer who comes to town on vacation.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Ernest Torrence, Clara Bow, Percy Marmont, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 433
58. Nell Gwyn (1926)
80 min | Biography, Drama, History
An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a servicemen's home.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Dorothy Gish, Randle Ayrton, Juliette Compton, Sydney Fairbrother
Votes: 265
59. Passion (1919)
Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Pola Negri, Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Eduard von Winterstein
Votes: 1,004
60. Deception (1920)
Not Rated | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Paul Hartmann, Ludwig Hartau
Votes: 788
61. Don Juan (1926)
Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Romance
In 16th-century Italy, devil-may-care playboy Don Juan runs afoul of the despotic Borgias.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Jane Winton, John Roche, Warner Oland, Estelle Taylor
Votes: 963 | Gross: $1.92M
62. The Scarlet Letter (1926)
Passed | 115 min | Drama
After having a child out of wedlock, a young Puritan woman is pressured to reveal the name of her lover.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Henry B. Walthall, Karl Dane
Votes: 1,941 | Gross: $0.67M
63. Battling Butler (1926)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Sport
A love-struck weakling must pretend to be boxer in order to gain respect from the family of the girl he loves.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Snitz Edwards, Sally O'Neil, Walter James
Votes: 3,890 | Gross: $0.70M
64. Beau Geste (1926)
101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes, Alice Joyce
Votes: 470 | Gross: $1.71M
65. The Strong Man (1926)
Passed | 75 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A meek Belgian soldier, fighting in World War I, receives a letter and a photo from "Mary Brown", an American girl he has never met. After the war, he travels to America searching for her.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Harry Langdon, Priscilla Bonner, Gertrude Astor, William V. Mong
Votes: 961
66. Sparrows (1926)
Unrated | 109 min | Drama
Molly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.
Directors: William Beaudine, Tom McNamara | Stars: Mary Pickford, Roy Stewart, Mary Louise Miller, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Votes: 1,516 | Gross: $0.97M
67. 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: 3,548 | Gross: $9.20M
68. Ballet mécanique (1924)
19 min | Short
A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. A young women swings in a garden; a woman's face smiles. The rest is spinning cylinders, pistons, gears and turbines, ... See full summary »
Directors: Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy | Stars: Kiki of Montparnasse, Fernand Léger, Dudley Murphy, Katherine Murphy
Votes: 3,294
69. The Better 'Ole (1926)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, War, Drama
The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Syd Chaplin, Harold Goodwin, Jack Ackroyd, Edgar Kennedy
Votes: 289 | Gross: $1.25M
70. 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: 213 | Gross: $0.34M
71. 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: 5,478 | Gross: $0.79M
72. 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: 70,055
73. Intolerance (1916)
Passed | 163 min | Drama, History
The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, F.A. Turner
Votes: 16,723 | Gross: $2.18M
74. Upstage (1926)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance
Dolly Havens, a small-town girl with big-town ambitions that are larger than her talents, hooks up with Johnny Storm, a vaudeville performer, whose talents make the act a success. Dolly, ... See full summary »
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Norma Shearer, Oscar Shaw, Tenen Holtz, Gwen Lee
Votes: 104
75. Manon Lescaut (1926)
99 min | Drama
A tragic love story between a French nobleman and a young seducer.
Director: Arthur Robison | Stars: Lya De Putti, Vladimir Gajdarov, Eduard Rothauser, Fritz Greiner
Votes: 76
76. What Price Glory (1926)
116 min | Comedy, Drama, War
U.S. Marine sergeants Quirt and Flagg are inveterate romantic rivals on peacetime assignments in China and the Philippines. In 1917, W.W. I brings them to France, where Flagg, now a captain... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Dolores Del Río, William V. Mong
Votes: 480 | Gross: $0.70M
77. Old Ironsides (1926)
Passed | 111 min | Drama, History
An American fighting ship battles Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean in the 18th century.
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Charles Farrell, Esther Ralston, Wallace Beery, George Bancroft
Votes: 312 | Gross: $1.43M
78. Michel Strogoff (1926)
168 min | Adventure
In 1860s Russia, a young officer is sent on a mission to save his country from invaders.
Director: Viktor Tourjansky | Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Kovanko, Acho Chakatouny, Jeanne Brindeau
Votes: 132
79. 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: 2,481 | Gross: $5.45M
80. Tell It to the Marines (1926)
Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A gruff Marine sergeant and a handsome new recruit compete for the affection of a nurse.
Director: George W. Hill | Stars: Lon Chaney, William Haines, Eleanor Boardman, Eddie Gribbon
Votes: 1,620 | Gross: $0.74M
81. Hotel Imperial (1927)
85 min | Drama, War
During World War I, a hotel maid and Austrian officer in hiding attempt to survive in a Russian-occupied town.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Pola Negri, James Hall, George Siegmann, Max Davidson
Votes: 275
82. Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Passed | 112 min | Drama
Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other fiercely loves.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson, Barbara Kent
Votes: 4,632 | Gross: $1.61M
83. The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
Passed | 89 min | Drama, Romance, Western
While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher's daughter.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, Gary Cooper, Charles Lane
Votes: 942
84. The Tales of a Thousand and One Nights (1921)
Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
"Gul-Y-Hanar," the first of the thousand and one stories told by Scheherazade, concerns itself with this beautiful Princess, who through a series of mishaps, finds herself at the mercy of a... See full summary »
Director: Viktor Tourjansky | Stars: Ivanoff, Eugénie Boldireff, Henri Maillard, Nathalie Kovanko
Votes: 19
85. 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: 6,692 | Gross: $0.01M
86. When a Man Loves (1927)
Passed | 111 min | History, Romance
A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, Warner Oland, Sam De Grasse
Votes: 416 | Gross: $0.89M
87. 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: 1,157
88. 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: 16,617
89. The Late Mathias Pascal (1925)
Not Rated | 170 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mathias Pascal, only son of a once rich family, marries beautiful Romilde, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare, as well ... See full summary »
Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Ivan Mozzhukhin, Marcelle Pradot, Lois Moran, Marthe Mellot
Votes: 442
90. Stark Love (1927)
70 min | Drama
A literate young hillbilly plans to attend college to learn about chivalry and escape the brutal, rigid mountain society with the love of his life, but his tyrannical father interferes.
Director: Karl Brown | Stars: Helen Mundy, Forrest James, Reb Grogan, Silas Miracle
Votes: 159
91. 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: 185,527 | Gross: $1.24M
92. 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: 98,141 | Gross: $1.03M
93. Long Pants (1927)
60 min | Comedy
Harry Shelby receives his first pair of long pants. He immediately falls in love with a cocaine-smuggling flapper named Bebe. When Bebe is imprisoned, he decides to rescue her; to do this, ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Harry Langdon, Gladys Brockwell, Alan Roscoe, Priscilla Bonner
Votes: 584
94. Monte Cristo (1922)
Passed | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the ... See full summary »
Director: Emmett J. Flynn | Stars: John Gilbert, Estelle Taylor, Robert McKim, William V. Mong
Votes: 440 | Gross: $0.17M
95. Secrets of a Soul (1926)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A scientist is tormented by an irrational fear of knives and the irresistible compulsion to murder his wife.
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Stars: Werner Krauss, Ruth Weyher, Ilka Grüning, Jack Trevor
Votes: 806
96. Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
Passed | 69 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
A snapshot of life in the jungles of Northern Siam.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Kru, Chantui, Nah, Ladah
Votes: 1,120 | Gross: $0.61M
97. The King of Kings (1927)
Not Rated | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Jesus Christ faces religious and political oppression during his ministry and in the days before his death and resurrection.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 2,412 | Gross: $1.77M
98. The Show (1927)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama
Performers in a Budapest sideshow encounter love, greed, and murder.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Connelly
Votes: 701 | Gross: $0.40M
99. Alaskan Adventures (1926)
Adventure
Adventurer Capt. Jack Robertson and champion archer Art Young set out to explore the wilds of Alaska and Siberia, relying on Young's skills at archery for meat. They are present at the ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Robertson | Stars: Jack Robertson, Art Young, Wrongstart
Votes: 24
100. Mr. Wu (1927)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Lon Chaney, Louise Dresser, Renée Adorée, Holmes Herbert
Votes: 711 | Gross: $0.47M
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