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  • The Birth of a Nation (1915)

    1. The Birth of a Nation

    19153h 15mTV-PG
    6.1 (28K)
    The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
    DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishMae MarshHenry B. Walthall
  • Musidora in Les Vampires (1915)

    2. Les Vampires

    19157h 1mNot Rated
    7.3 (5.7K)
    An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.
    DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsMusidoraÉdouard MathéMarcel Lévesque
  • Ramon Novarro in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

    3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

    19252h 23mNot Rated
    7.8 (8.2K)
    A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.
    DirectorsFred NibloCharles BrabinChristy CabanneStarsRamon NovarroFrancis X. BushmanMay McAvoy
  • Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, and George O'Brien in Sunrise (1927)

    4. Sunrise

    19271h 34mPassed95Metascore
    8.1 (56K)
    A married farmer falls under the spell of a sophisticated woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGeorge O'BrienJanet GaynorMargaret Livingston
  • Maria Falconetti and Eugene Silvain in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

    5. The Passion of Joan of Arc

    19281h 54mPassed98Metascore
    8.1 (65K)
    In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy, and the ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force her to recant her claims of holy visions.
    DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsMaria FalconettiEugene SilvainAndré Berley
  • Louise Brooks and József Bottlik in Pandora's Box (1929)

    6. Pandora's Box

    19291h 49mNot Rated
    7.7 (13K)
    The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
    DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsLouise BrooksFritz KortnerFrancis Lederer
  • A Trip to the Moon (1902)

    7. A Trip to the Moon

    190213mTV-YShort
    8.1 (59K)
    A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
    DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette Bernon
  • Tula Belle and Robin Macdougall in The Blue Bird (1918)

    8. The Blue Bird

    19181h 15mNot Rated
    6.9 (1.1K)
    With the aid and guidance of a magical fairy, two peasant children set out in search of the elusive "Blue Bird of Happiness".
    DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsTula BelleRobin MacdougallEdwin E. Reed
  • Jack Brawn in Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)

    9. Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    19067mNot RatedShort
    6.7 (2.1K)
    The fiend faces the spectacular mind-bending consequences of his free-wheeling rarebit binge.
    DirectorsWallace McCutcheonEdwin S. PorterStarJack Brawn
  • Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess in Broken Blossoms (1919)

    10. Broken Blossoms

    19191h 30mNot Rated
    7.2 (11K)
    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.
    DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishRichard BarthelmessDonald Crisp
  • Greed (1924)

    11. Greed

    19242h 20mNot Rated
    8.0 (11K)
    The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.
    DirectorErich von StroheimStarsGibson GowlandZasu PittsJean Hersholt
  • Ossi Oswalda in The Oyster Princess (1919)

    12. The Oyster Princess

    19191hNot Rated
    7.1 (2.3K)
    An American heiress seeks the hand of an impoverished German prince.
    DirectorErnst LubitschStarsVictor JansonOssi OswaldaHarry Liedtke
  • Napoleon (1927)

    13. Napoleon

    19275h 30m
    8.2 (9.4K)
    A film about the French general's youth and early military career.
    DirectorAbel GanceStarsAlbert DieudonnéNicolas RoudenkoEdmond Van Daële
  • Charles Chaplin in The Gold Rush (1925)

    14. The Gold Rush

    19251h 35mApproved
    8.1 (124K)
    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.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainTom Murray
  • Harold Lloyd in Safety Last! (1923)

    15. Safety Last!

    19231h 14mNot Rated
    8.1 (24K)
    A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.
    DirectorsFred C. NewmeyerSam TaylorStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisBill Strother
  • Buster Keaton in The General (1926)

    16. The General

    19261h 18mPassed
    8.1 (103K)
    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.
    DirectorsClyde BruckmanBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonMarion MackGlen Cavender
  • Hildur Carlberg in The Parson's Widow (1920)

    17. The Parson's Widow

    19201h 34mTV-14
    7.1 (1.6K)
    A newly elected village parson is required to marry the previous parson's widow. However he's already married, and the woman is old enough to be his grandmother.
    DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsHildur CarlbergEinar RödGreta Almroth
  • Charles Chaplin in The Circus (1928)

    18. The Circus

    19281h 12mG90Metascore
    8.1 (37K)
    The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMerna KennedyAl Ernest Garcia
  • Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis (1927)

    19. Lichtspiel Opus 1.

    192113mShort
    6.2 (1K)
    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 pointed, others rounded. The abstract shapes move into or across the screen in harmony with the musical score.
    DirectorWalter Ruttmann
  • Charles Chaplin in The Pilgrim (1923)

    20. The Pilgrim

    192347mTV-G
    7.2 (5.9K)
    Disguised as a priest, an escaped convict makes his way to Texas. He ends up in a small rural town where the townsfolk mistake him for their new church minister.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceSyd Chaplin
  • Eleanor Boardman in Souls for Sale (1923)

    21. Souls for Sale

    19231h 30mPassed
    7.0 (1.2K)
    A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
    DirectorRupert HughesStarsEleanor BoardmanMae BuschBarbara La Marr
  • The Land Beyond the Sunset (1912)

    22. The Land Beyond the Sunset

    191214mUnratedShort
    6.9 (939)
    A young boy, opressed by his mother, goes on an outing in the country with a social welfare group where he dares to dream of a land where the cares of his ordinary life fade.
    DirectorHarold M. ShawStarsMartin FullerMrs. William BechtelWalter Edwin
  • The Great White Silence (1924)

    23. The Great White Silence

    19241h 20m
    7.9 (1.9K)
    In 1910 the British Antarctic Expedition, led by Capt. Robert F. Scott, embarks from Lyttleton, NZ on a quest to become the first to reach the South Pole.
    DirectorHerbert G. PontingStarsRobert Falcon ScottHerbert G. PontingHenry R. Bowers
  • Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr. (1924)

    24. Sherlock Jr.

    192445mPassed
    8.2 (62K)
    A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
    DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonKathryn McGuireJoe Keaton
  • The Big Parade (1925)

    25. The Big Parade

    19252h 31mNot Rated
    7.9 (7.6K)
    A young American soldier witnesses the horrors of the Great War.
    DirectorsKing VidorGeorge W. HillStarsJohn GilbertRenée AdoréeHobart Bosworth

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