1915

The Birth of a Nation

6/516

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is capture...

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The Birth of a Nation

1927

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

7.848/788

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

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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1925

Battleship Potemkin

7.621/1142

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The fi...

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Battleship Potemkin

1922

Nanook of the North

7.1/290

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains...

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Nanook of the North

1928

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

6.8/197

Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Mont...

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October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

1921

A Daughter of the Law

6/2

A city girl revenuer spies on illegal whiskey making in the hills.

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A Daughter of the Law

1927

Metropolis

8.119/2724

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savi...

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Metropolis

1928

The Passion of Joan of Arc

8/923

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'...

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The Passion of Joan of Arc

2022

This May Be the End

0/0

An experimental silent film made with a team of three. Humanity is being wiped out and the last people left are friends May and Pearl. The main theme...

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This May Be the End

1927

Die Villa im Tiergarten

0/0

Silent film social drama

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Die Villa im Tiergarten

1896

The Soldier's Courtship

4/4

Britain's first drama (i.e. non documentary) film.

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The Soldier's Courtship

1907

The Prodigal Son

0/0

The first feature-length motion picture produced in Europe, running 90 minutes. Directed by Michel Carré, from his own three-act stage pantomime, The...

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The Prodigal Son

1920

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

7.9/1556

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit...

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

1919

Broken Blossoms

6.9/215

The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.

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Broken Blossoms

1931

City Lights

8.281/2144

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suit...

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City Lights

1929

Pandora's Box

7.5/221

Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publish...

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Pandora's Box

1925

The Gold Rush

8/1580

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.

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The Gold Rush

1925

The Phantom of the Opera

7.082/340

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

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The Phantom of the Opera

1930

The Cursed Village

6.5/13

Region of Castilla La Vieja, Spain, early 20th century. In Luján, a village ravaged by drought, Juan, a humble farmer who survives with his wife and s...

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The Cursed Village

1931

Limite

7.1/97

Adrift in the vast expanse of the ocean, a solitary boat carries three castaways—a man and two women. Stranded and devoid of any glimmer of rescue, th...

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