111 Must-see Silent Movie Classics

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.

The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.

The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.

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.

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.

Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.

Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.

The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.

With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.

The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.

A young Chinese woman working in the kitchen at a London dance club is given the chance to become the club's main act, which leads to a plot of betrayal, forbidden love, and murder.

The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.

A married farmer falls under the spell of a sophisticated woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.

A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.

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.

The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.

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.

A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention.

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.

A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.

A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.

Four historical tales depict the ongoing human struggle against prejudice and inhumanity.