Main content | Search | Section navigation menu | Site-wide navigation menu

Main menu

 
 
 

Subgenre Sampler

 
BlancanievesBlancanieves (2012) Recommended
Dir. Pablo Berger
Feat. Daniel Giménez Cacho, Angela Molina, Maribel Verdu
The legend of Snow White is transposed to the bullfighting, flamenco dancing netherworld of the Spanish provinces in this beautiful and beguiling…
Artist, TheArtist, The (2011) Aro Favourite
Dir. Michel Hazanavicius
Feat. Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman
The director and star of the OSS 117 movies combine for this glorious homage to the Golden Age of cinema, set in 1920s Hollywood on the eve of the…
Dr PlonkDr Plonk (2007)
Dir. Rolf De Heer
Feat. Magda Szubanski, Nigel Lunghi
Rolf de Heer's lively tribute to the silent era succeeds as an absurdist comedy of pulpy time travel antics: after predicting the end of the world in…
Silent BritainSilent Britain (2006) Recommended
An intriguing journey into the 'Lost Atlantis' of the British silent film industry, which prior to 1929 generated thousands of films, as much through…
Cowards Bend the KneeCowards Bend the Knee (2003)
Dir. Guy Maddin
A true original of contemporary cinema, dir. Guy Maddin here imparts the strange tale of a hockey player beset by monstrous desires, hinging in…
Méliès the MagicianMéliès the Magician (The Magic of Méliès, Méliès Magic Show) (1997) Recommended
Dir. Georges Melies, Jacques Meny
George Méliès was a unique pioneer of cinema, who virtually invented the 'trick shot' and created an astonishing 1000 short films using special…
Unknown ChaplinUnknown Chaplin (1983)
Feat. Charles Chaplin
Previously unseen footage raided from Chaplin's private collection forms the backbone of this splendid documentary series, delving into the great…
Days of Thrills and LaughterDays of Thrills and Laughter (1961) Recommended
Dir. Various
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charles Chaplin
The third in Robert Youngson's trilogy of definitive compilations of silent comedy, this time with swashbuckling action to match the outrageous…
When Comedy Was KingWhen Comedy Was King (1960) Recommended
Dir. Various
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel
Second anthology of priceless silent comedy from complier Robert Youngson features excerpts from the likes of Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel & Hardy,…
Golden Age of Comedy, TheGolden Age of Comedy, The (1957) Recommended
Dir. Various
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Ben Turpin
Perfect introduction to the world of silent comedy, this is the first of three celebrated compilations from cinephile Robert Youngson. Hailed as…
Modern TimesModern Times (1936) Recommended
Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard
A last hurrah for the Little Tramp, who finds himself a casualty of industrial turmoil. Chaplin's produced this silent classic in spite of the sound…
Goddess, TheGoddess, The (Shen nu) (1934) Recommended
Dir. Wu Yonggang
Feat. Ruan Lingyu
One of the best–known films of China's cinematic golden age, with the legendarily tragic actress Ruan Lingyu playing an unnamed woman who lives…
Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 2Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 2 (The Cat's Paw, The Milky Way) (1934-1936) Recommended
Dir. Sam Taylor, Leo McCarey
Feat. Harold Lloyd
Two classic Harold Lloyd features. Includes THE CAT'S PAW, with Lloyd entangled in local body politics; and THE MILKY WAY, in which the silent…
Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 8 Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 8 (Movie Crazy, Welcome Danger) (1932) Recommended
Dir. Clyde Bruckman
Feat. Harold Lloyd
Two classic Harold Lloyd features. Includes MOVIE CRAZY, arguably the comedian's best sound film, about making it in Hollywood; and WELCOME DANGER,…
VampyrVampyr (1932)
Dir. Carl Dreyer
Feat. Julian West, Henriette Gerard
Seminal psychological horror film makes up for in atmosphere what it lacks in technical sophistication. Dream–like plot concerns a young man…
City LightsCity Lights (1931) Aro Favourite
Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Hank Mann, Jean Harlow
Chaplin's most melancholy and beautiful film revolves around his love for a blind flower girl and his on–off relationship with a drunkard…
Silent NaruseSilent Naruse (Flunky, Work Hard; No Blood Relation; Apart From You; Every-Night Dreams; Street Without End) (1931-1934)
Dir. Mikio Naruse
A collection of silent era films from renowned Japanese director Mikio Naruse, the only five from the 1930's that still exist today, featuring new…
TabuTabu (1931)
Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Anna Chevalier
A beautifully filmed romantic tragedy based on a simple Pacific island folk tale. Poetry and sensuality is startlingly evoked through the play of…
City GirlCity Girl (1930) Recommended
Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Charles Farrell, David Torrence
Murnau's lost pastoral beauty about a Minnesota boy who marries a tough city girl and brings her home at harvest time, where their love is…
EarthEarth (Zemlya) (1930) Recommended
Dir. Alexander Dovzhenko
One of the poetic highpoints of Soviet cinema, this sets its simple tale amid the life of a Ukrainian peasant village undergoing modernization after…
Gangster Films, The: Three Silent Films by Yasujiro OzuGangster Films, The: Three Silent Films by Yasujiro Ozu (Walk Cheerfully, That Night's Wife, Dragnet Girl) (1930-1933)
Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Criterion collection of three silent crime films made by prolific Japanese director Ozu before his reputation for post–WWII domestic dramas was…
AsphaltAsphalt (1929)
Dir. Joe May
Feat. Gustav Frohlich, Betty Amann
Bravura melodrama from the German Expressionist era wrangles with the divided loyalites of a love–struck police officer who falls for a sultry…
BlackmailBlackmail (1929)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood
Notable early thriller from Hitch, with Ondra being blackmailed by someone who knows she accidentally killed a rapist. Features good London…
Diary of a Lost GirlDiary of a Lost Girl (1929) Recommended
Dir. G.W. Pabst
Feat. Louise Brooks
Exceptional follow–up to the eye–opening PANDORA’S BOX, with Louise Brooks again provoking disorder with her unrestrained vitality and…
Eternal LoveEternal Love (1929)
Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. John Barrymore, Camilla Horn
Made during the last days of the silent era, the legendary Ernst Lubitsch directs John Barrymore and Camilla Horn as two lovers living in the Swiss…
Man with a Movie CameraMan with a Movie Camera (1929) Aro Favourite
Dir. Dziga Vertov
Breath–taking moving snapshot of life in Leninist Moscow uses dissolves, split screen, slo–mo, and freeze frames to dazzlingly illustrate…
People on SundayPeople on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag) (1929) Recommended
Dir. Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer
Scripted by a young Billy Wilder, this pivotal silent film harnessed the nascent talents of many other German film–makers that would come to…
Woman in the MoonWoman in the Moon (Frau im Mond) (1929) Recommended
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Willy Fritsch, Fritz Rasp, Gerda Maurus
Silent–era sci–fi from director Fritz Lang. Based on the 1928 novel "The Rocket to the Moon" by his collaborator (and wife at the time)…
Alfred Hitchcock Silent Double (The Manxman, The Ring) (1928-1929)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Two silent films from Hitchcock's early career.
Circus, TheCircus, The (1928)
Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin
Chaplin's Little Tramp stumbles into a travelling circus where he falls in love and finds work as a circus clown and high–wire artist. Hasn't…
Docks of New York, TheDocks of New York, The (1928) Recommended
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. George Bancroft, Betty Compson
George Bancroft plays a roughneck stoker who gets into all sorts of trouble during a brief shore leave when he falls hard for a wise and weary…
L'ArgentL'Argent (Money) (1928) Recommended
Dir. Marcel L'Herbier
Feat. Pierre Alcover, Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel
Classic of the late silent era from French filmmaker, writer and film theorist Marcel L'Herbier, based on the book of the same name by Émile…
Last Command, TheLast Command, The (1928) Aro Favourite
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings won the first best actor Academy Award for his performance as a sympathetic tyrant: an exiled Russian general turned Hollywood extra…
Laugh, Clown, LaughLaugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) Recommended
Dir. Herbert Brenon
Feat. Lon Chaney, Loretta Young, Nils Asther
Profoundly moving melodrama with Lon Chaney playing a traveling circus clown who raises an abandoned child as his daughter, but falls into deep…
Man Who Laughs, TheMan Who Laughs, The (1928)
Dir. Paul Leni
Feat. Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Olga Baclanova
One of the most spectacular (and sophisticated) of the silent epics adapts a historical story by Victor Hugo concerning the destiny of a disfigured…
October : 10 Days That Shook the World (1928)
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Nikandrov , N. Popov, Boris Livanov
A brilliant reconstruction of the momentous events of 1917, when revolutionary soldiers overthrew the provisional Government bringing Lenin and the…
Pandora's BoxPandora's Box (1928) Recommended
Dir. G.W. Pabst
Feat. Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer
Louise Brooks become a star and influenced a million haircuts as the voluptuous call–girl, Lulu, whose misdeeds meet with an appropriate fate.
Passion of Joan of ArcPassion of Joan of Arc (1928) Aro Favourite
Dir. Carl Dreyer
Feat. Renee Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, Michel Simon
An intense recreation of Joan of Arc’s trial and sentence that qualifies as one of cinema’s most transcendental achievements. Consisting…
Phantom of the OperaPhantom of the Opera (1928) Recommended
Dir. Rupert Julian
Feat. Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Gibson Gowland
First screen version of the Gaston Leroux novel with Lon Chaney grimacing through his greatest hour as the phantom. The atmosphere is creepy and the…
Show PeopleShow People (1928) Recommended
Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson
A satire of Hollywood life in the last of the silent years, this rom–com from director King Vidor (THE FOUNTAINHEAD) has Marion Davies playing…
SpiesSpies (Spione) (1928)
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Willy Fritsch
Post WWI Europe provides a volatile backdrop for this silent spy–saga, whose brilliant visual flourishes and 'house–of–mirrors'…
Steamboat Bill JrSteamboat Bill Jr (1928) Aro Favourite
Dir. Charles Riesner
Feat. Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Tom McGuire
One of Buster Keaton's best films begins as sly farce, with his wimpish city–slicker meekly tussling with a thuggish steamboat–captain…
Storm Over AsiaStorm Over Asia (Potomok Chingis-Khana) (1928) Recommended
Dir. Vsevolod Pudovkin
An epic of silent Russian cinema to rival Eisenstein, this is set around a young Mongol fur–trapper who is swindled by traders and develops a…
Street AngelStreet Angel (1928)
Dir. Frank Borzage
Feat. Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell
Janet Gaynor radiates as a streetwalker whose love for an Italian painter is jeopardized by her past brushes with the law. As with 7th HEAVEN, dir.…
Un Chien AndalouUn Chien Andalou (1928) Recommended
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Salvador Dali
Bunuel and Salvador Dali collaborated for this sensational short film that blew the lid off convention in a way history could never repeat. A…
7th Heaven7th Heaven (Seventh Heaven) (1927) Aro Favourite
Dir. Frank Borzage
Feat. Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell
Eternal lovers Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell endure spiritual turmoil and the ravages of war in this beautiful silent era classic, remarkable for…
Beloved Rogue, TheBeloved Rogue, The (1927)
Dir. Alan Crosland
Feat. John Barrymore, Conrad Veidt, Henry Victor
John Barrymore stars in this silent–era biopic of the 15th Century poet, prankster, villain and French patriot François Villon.
Cat and the Canary, TheCat and the Canary, The (1927)
Dir. Paul Leni
Feat. Laura La Plante, Tully Marshall
Seminal haunted house flick centres around the gathering of greedy contestants to the will of a rich relative. Imaginative thrills are executed with…
Chess Player, TheChess Player, The (Le Joueur d'échecs) (1927)
Dir. Raymond Bernard
Feat. Pierre Blanchar, Charles Dullin
French silent film based on the novel by Henry Dupuy–Mazuel, set in the 18th century, during the Russian domination of Polish Lithuania. After…
CollegeCollege (1927)
Dir. James W. Horne
Feat. Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton goes to college where he tries to win the girl of his dreams by proving himself in the sports arena. An ideal set up for 'Stoneface' to…
End of St. Petersburg, TheEnd of St. Petersburg, The (1927)
Dir. Vsevolod Pudovkin
Feat. Vera Baranovskaya, Aleksandr Chistyakov
The tensions that exploded with the 'October Revolution' in Russia, 1917 are schematised here using understated characterisations (of workers and…
Gaucho, TheGaucho, The (1927)
Dir. F. Richard Jones
Feat. Douglas Fairbanks, Lupe Velez, Joan Barclay
Prime Douglas Fairbanks adventure with the dashing swordsman fighting to save a city from a sadistic general.
ItIt (1927) Recommended
Dir. Clarence Badger
Feat. Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, Gary Cooper
Clara Bow sprang to stardom in this silent comedy, using ‘it’ to gold–dig department–store boss Antonio Moreno. Memorable for its…
NapoleonNapoleon (1927) Recommended
Dir. Abel Gance
Feat. Albert Dieudonne
Renowned silent epic treats the life of the French general and emperor as a melodramatic spectacle of the highest order, with a…
Silent Films Of Alfred Hitchcock, TheSilent Films Of Alfred Hitchcock, The (1927-1929)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Two of Hitchcock's early films showcasing the best from the Master Of Suspense during his silent era. THE RING: A boxer must compete with a rival…
SunriseSunrise (1927) Aro Favourite
Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Bodil Rosing
The first American outing from the master of German Expressionism turned out to be perhaps his best film of all. He instils an electric charge on a…
UnderworldUnderworld (1927)
Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook
Josef von Sternberg’s breakthrough silent film arguably pioneered the American gangster genre, with George Bancroft cast as a criminal kingpin…
Unknown, TheUnknown, The (1927) Recommended
Dir. Tod Browning
Feat. Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz
Lon Chaney is fantastically expressive in this Grand Guignol inspired silent horror, from frequent collaborators Chaney and director Tod Browning, in…
WingsWings (1927) Recommended
Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Clara Bow, Charles Rogers, Gary Cooper
Renowned silent film represents the epic struggles of the allied airforces in WWI, with brilliant aerial sequences, battle recreations and several…
Adventures of Prince Achmed, TheAdventures of Prince Achmed, The (1926)
Dir. Lotte Reiniger
The dashing Prince Achmed saves a lovely damsel from evil witches and mythical beasts, as well as discovering Aladdin's lamp, all in the primitive…
Battling ButlerBattling Butler (1926)
Dir. Buster Keaton
Feat. Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton's seventh feature film is based on a Broadway play in which he plays a love–struck weakling who must masquerade as a boxer in…
Black Pirate, TheBlack Pirate, The (1926)
Dir. Albert Parker
Feat. Billie Dove, Tempe Pigott, Donald Crisp
An excellent silent swashbuckler with Douglas Fairbanks at his racy best, sliding down sails and flashing his cutlass. Beautifully shot on early…
Der Heilige BergDer Heilige Berg (The Holy Mountain) (1926) Recommended
Dir. Arnold Fanck
Feat. Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker
One of the landmark films of German Cinema, this is chiefly remembered as the awesome debut of Leni Riefenstahl who later became chief filmmaker for…
FaustFaust (1926) Recommended
Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Emil Jannings
Innovative camera tricks and production design distinguish this rendering of the literary staple about a man who sells his soul to the devil.…
Garbo Silents Collection, TheGarbo Silents Collection, The (Flesh and the Devil, The Temptress, The Mysterious Lady) (1926-1928)
Dir. Clarence Brown, Fred Niblo
Feat. Greta Garbo, John Gilbert
Three MGM classics that well represent the great Greta Garbo as the ultimate silent movie icon: Flesh and the Devil (1927, 112m.) A gorgeous high…
General, TheGeneral, The (1926) Aro Favourite
Dir. Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Feat. Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton risks life and limb to pursue his beloved rail engine, hijacked by Union spies at the time of the U.S. Civil War. Hilarious…
La BohemeLa Boheme (1926)
Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renee Adoree
Silent film adaptation of the 1896 opera by Giacomo Puccini, with Lillian Gish starring alongside John Gilbert as doomed lovers Mimi and Rodolphe, a…
Lodger, TheLodger, The (1926)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Malcolm Keen, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney
The first notable Hitchcock, this silent variant of the 'Jack the Ripper' features a memorable turn from Ivor Novello and some spine–tingling…
MetropolisMetropolis (1926) Aro Favourite
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Alfred Abel, Gustav Frohlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Fritz Lang's masterpiece is a magnificent marriage of pure cinema innovation and startlingly ambitious set design. Set around the year 2000, a…
Metropolis (1984 Version)Metropolis (1984 Version) (1926) Aro Favourite
Dir. Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang's silent masterpiece retains its magnificence in spite of the slashed running time and the rock bombast of Georgio Moroder's contemporary…
MotherMother (1926) Recommended
Dir. Vsevolod Pudovkin
Feat. Vera Baranovskaya, Nikolai Batalov
In one of the masterpieces of early Russian cinema, a fable of pre–revolutionary worker–resistance and Tsarist oppression is heightened…
Son of the SheikSon of the Sheik (1926)
Dir. George Fitzmaurice
Feat. Rudolph Valentino
Rudolf Valentino's most famous and best outing is a high camp romp in the desert in which he plays the dual role of father and son, no doubt to…
TartuffeTartuffe (Herr Tartuff) (1926)
Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Emil Jannings, Hermann Picha
This neglected Murnau masterpiece innovatively precedes FAUST by presenting its adaptation of a Molière’s satire as a…
Tramp, Tramp, TrampTramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)
Dir. Harry Edwards
Feat. Harry Langdon, Joan Crawford
An overlooked silent oddity from Harry Langdon, whose boyish innocence contrasted sharply against the likes of contemporaries Chaplin and Keaton.…
Battleship PotemkinBattleship Potemkin (1925) Recommended
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Alexander Antonov, Vladimir Blasky, Grigori Alexandrov
This landmark Soviet propaganda film about the 1905 revolution is one of the greatest classics of all time. The smart use of visual metaphor and that…
Eagle, TheEagle, The (1925)
Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino's penultimate picture – and one of his most popular – in which he plays a Russian lieutenant who becomes a masked…
Gold Rush, TheGold Rush, The (1925) Recommended
Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain
Immortal comedy with Charlie Chaplin at his clownish best. The Little Tramp is a lone gold prospector who through a series of adventures, strikes it…
GreedGreed (1925) Recommended
Dir. Erich von Stroheim
Feat. ZaSu Pitts, Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt
One of the great silent masterpieces paints a savagely ironical portrait of a mismatched marriage in oldtime San Francisco, ruined through greed of…
Kriemhilde's RevengeKriemhilde's Revenge (Die Nibelungen Pt. 2) (1925)
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Margarete Schon, Gertrud Arnold, Theodor Loos
Second part of Lang's Die Nibelungen saga (Part One – SIEGFRIED) has the aggrieved Kriemhilde joining forces with Attila the Hun against her…
Last Laugh, TheLast Laugh, The (Letzte Mann, Der) (1925) Recommended
Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Emil Jannings
One of the classics of silent German cinema, this puts visual expressionism to use for a penetrating psychological study of a man's systematic…
Lost World, TheLost World, The (1925)
Dir. Harry Hoyt
Feat. Bessie Love, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone
An inventive precursor to KING KONG, based on Arthur Conan Doyle's adventure story. Prehistoric monsters abound in this showcase of pioneering…
Master of the HouseMaster of the House (Thou Shalt Honour Thy Wife, Du Skal Aere Din Hustru) (1925)
Dir. Carl Dreyer
Feat. Johannes Meyer
Deceptively simple, penetrating chamber piece from Dreyer, centered on an abusive husband who is dealt to by the long–suffering family’s…
Merry Widow, TheMerry Widow, The (1925)
Dir. Erich von Stroheim
Feat. Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Tully Marshall
Silent romantic comedy about a prince who falls in love with a dancer and commoner (Mae Murray) but after the marriage is forbidden she goes on to…
Seven ChancesSeven Chances (1925) Aro Favourite
Dir. Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Feat. Buster Keaton
Another of Buster Keaton's masterpieces is this romantic comedy in which he plays a man who is offered a seven million dollar fortune if he marries…
VarietyVariety (1925) Aro Favourite
Dir. E.A. Dupont
Feat. Emil Jannings, Lya de Putti
A cautionary fable of romantic treachery set in the since–vanished vaudeville world, lent depth through its sophisticated visual style. Emil…
Aelita: Queen of MarsAelita: Queen of Mars (1924)
Dir. Yakov Protazanov
Feat. Nikolai Tseretelli, Valentina Kuindzhi
Russian silent science–fiction film based on Alexei Tolstoy's novel about a young man in post–war Soviet Union given the chance to travel…
Great White Silence, TheGreat White Silence, The (90 Degrees South) (1924-1933)
Dir. Herbert G Ponting
Awe–inspiring footage from Robert Falcon Scott's disastrous expedition to the South Pole in 1910, covering the ship–voyage and…
Iron Horse, TheIron Horse, The (1924) Recommended
Dir. John Ford
Feat. George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy
An early silent western presenting an idealised portrayal of the development of the first American transcontinental railroad. Its romantic,…
MichaelMichael (Mikael) (1924)
Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
Feat. Nora Gregor, Walter Slezak, Benjamin Christensen
A landmark in gay silent cinema from Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring Walter Slezak as the young assistant and model to the artist Claude Zoret…
Navigator, TheNavigator, The (1924) Aro Favourite
Dir. Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp
Feat. Buster Keaton
One of Buster Keaton's most evocative silent comedies, playing a naive youth who becomes marooned upon a gigantic yacht drifting out to…
SiegfriedSiegfried (Die Nibelungen Pt. 1) (1924)
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Paul Richter, Margarete Schon, Theodor Loos
First part of Dir. Lang's recreation of the German Nibelungen myth cycle (that inspired Wagner's 'Ring'), features fire–breathing dragons,…
StrikeStrike (1924)
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Grigori Alexandrov
Eisenstein's first feature is a depiction of a violent factory strike in Czarist Russia, filmed with a protoform version of his 'montage' theories in…
Thief of BagdadThief of Bagdad (1924)
Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Douglas Fairbanks, Anna May Wong, Brandon Hurst
Douglas Fairbanks Snr. stars in this original version of the Arabian Nights fable about a young Indian native who out–smarts an evil magician.
A Woman of ParisA Woman of Paris (1923)
Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Edna Purviance, Adolphe Menjou, Charles Chaplin
Chaplin's early attempt at drama is a mostly successful tale of a woman, who despite serious intentions, ends up the mistress of a boozing lecher in…
Buster Keaton BoxsetBuster Keaton Boxset (1923-1928)
Dir. Buster Keaton, Charles Riesner, James W. Horne
Feat. Buster Keaton
Classic boxset includes four of Buster Keaton's most revered silent comedies: THE GENERAL, STEAMBOAT BILL JR, THE THREE AGES and COLLEGE.
Hunchback Of Notre Dame,TheHunchback Of Notre Dame,The (1923)
Dir. William Worsley
Feat. Lon Chaney
Perhaps the first classic version of Victor Hugo's novel about a hunchback who becomes lovestruck with a gypsy lass in 18th century Paris. Features…
Our Hospitality / Sherlock Jr.Our Hospitality / Sherlock Jr. (1923) Recommended
Dir. Buster Keaton
Feat. Buster Keaton
A pair of classic cinematic comedies from deadpan master Buster Keaton. 'Our Hospitality' – Keaton plays the youngest member of a Southern…
Three Ages, TheThree Ages, The (1923) Recommended
Dir. Buster Keaton
Feat. Buster Keaton, Wallace Beery, Margaret Leahy
Dir. Keaton's debut effort is an original and often hilarious satire of cinema 'epic' cliche, already well–developed in 1923 courtesy of…
Beyond the RocksBeyond the Rocks (1922)
Dir. Sam Wood
Feat. Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, Edythe Chapman
Silent–era romantic drama that was considered a lost film until a nitrate print was discovered in the Netherlands in 2003 and restored to…
Dr. Mabuse, The GamblerDr. Mabuse, The Gambler (1922) Recommended
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel, Lil Dagover
Lang's first foray into ze evil exploits of Dr. Mabuse is a visually dazzling example of German expressionism, involving the master criminal's plan…
Foolish WivesFoolish Wives (1922)
Dir. Erich von Stroheim
Feat. Erich von Stroheim
Sophisticated blend of realism and decadence elevates this early silent classic from the notorious Erich Von Stroheim. A con–man masquerading…
Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 3 Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 3 (Why Worry?, Dr. Jack, Feet First) (1922-1930) Recommended
Dir. Fred Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, Clyde Bruckman
Feat. Harold Lloyd
Three classic Harold Lloyd features/shorts. Includes, WHY WORRY?, the tale of a hypochondriac whose retreat to a Paradise island lands him in the…
Lotte Reiniger: The Fairy Tale FilmsLotte Reiniger: The Fairy Tale Films (1922-1961)
Dir. Lotte Reiniger
THE FAIRY TALE FILMS is an inspired collection of animated shorts by renowned director Lotte Reiniger, whose signature style incorporated black and…
NosferatuNosferatu (1922) Aro Favourite
Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Max Schreck, Alexander Granach
Max Schreck is unforgettable as the titular vampire in this exquisitely chilling, silent forerunner to Lugosi's Dracula. A milestone of early…
Wizard of Oz, TheWizard of Oz, The (1922)
Dir. Larry Semon
Feat. Oliver Hardy, Larry Semon
Original adaptation of the L Frank Baum story, conjures up more laughs than the Judy Garland version, with Oliver Hardy as the Tin–Man, and…
Ace of Hearts, TheAce of Hearts, The (1921)
Dir. Wallace Worsley
Feat. Lon Chaney, Leatrice Joy, John Bowers
A silent–era crime drama with Lon Chaney as a member of a secret vigilante society. The group make a plan to dispatch a wealthy businessman…
HaxanHaxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages) (1921) Aro Favourite
Dir. Benjamin Christensen
This dramatised tour of the history of witchcraft is an unsettling brew of black masses and torture chambers, by which the director was clearly…
Kid, TheKid, The (1921)
Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Edna Purviance
Silent comedian Chaplin's first full–length feature has him teaming with lovable scamp Jackie Coogan for a life of crime.
Orphans of the StormOrphans of the Storm (1921) Recommended
Dir. D.W. Griffith
Feat. Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut
Vivid melodrama with the sisters Gish caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
Phantom Carriage, ThePhantom Carriage, The (Körkarlen) (1921) Aro Favourite
Dir. Victor Sjostrom
Feat. Victor Sjostrom, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg
Impeccable Swedish silent film following a ghostly carriage as it takes a man's soul on a journey following his death on New Year's Eve, forcing him…
Buster Keaton ShortsBuster Keaton Shorts (1920-1923)
Feat. Buster Keaton
A selection of early Buster Keaton short comedies, dating from just after his period as sidekick to Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle and prior to his classic…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Dir. John S. Robertson
Feat. John Barrymore, Charles Lane, Brandon Hurst
The first of many adaptations is this unsettling silent version of Robert Louis Stevenson's novella about a charitable scientist whose…
Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 1Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 1 (Safety Last!, An Eastern Westerner, Girl Shy) (1920-1924) Recommended
Dir. Fred Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Feat. Harold Lloyd
Three classic Harold Lloyd features/shorts. Includes dazzling comedy SAFETY LAST! (co–written by Hal Roach), with Lloyd's justly famous…
Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 5Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 5 (Hot Water, Now or Never, High and Dizzy, Get Out and Get Under) (1920-1924) Recommended
Dir. Fred Newmeyer, Hal Roach, Sam Taylor
Feat. Harold Lloyd
Four classic Harold Lloyd features/shorts. Includes the hilarious marriage farce, HOT WATER, and three underseen shorts.
Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 6Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 6 (Speedy, Never Weaken, Haunted Spooks, Grandma's Boy) (1920-1928) Recommended
Dir. Ted Wilde, Fred Newmeyer, Hal Roach
Feat. Harold Lloyd
Four classic Harold Lloyd features/shorts. Includes Lloyd's last silent film, SPEEDY, about a baseball–obsessed no–hoper (with a cameo…
Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 7Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 7 (Number Please?, A Sailor Made Man, I Do, Among Those Present, For Heaven's Sake) (1920-1926) Recommended
Dir. Fred Newmeyer, Hal Roach, Sam Taylor
Feat. Harold Lloyd
Five classic Harold Lloyd features/shorts. Includes the comedian's first feature–length film, A SAILOR MADE MAN, about the misadventures of…
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20s (1920-1929)
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
A Robert Youngson compilation of shorts from the formidable comedy duo.
Mark of Zorro, The (1920)
Dir. Fred Niblo
Feat. Douglas Fairbanks
First outing for the Californian masked righter–of–wrongs established Douglas Fairbanks' swashbuckling screen persona in the public eye.…
Saphead, TheSaphead, The (+ The High Sign, One Week) (1920)
Dir. Herbert Blaché, Winchell Smith
Feat. Buster Keaton
The film that launched Buster Keaton's career as a leading man features his debut starring role in a feature film as the simple–minded son of a…
Way Down EastWay Down East (1920)
Dir. D.W. Griffith
Feat. Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess
A prototypical Hollywood melodrama, detailing the innocence, corruption and eventual fate of Lillian Gish in 19th century America. Expertly…
Arbuckle and Keaton - Volume 1Arbuckle and Keaton - Volume 1 (1919) Recommended
Dir. Fatty Arbuckle
Feat. Buster Keaton, Fatty Arbuckle
Five rare ‘two–reelers’ from the 1910s display two genius comedians in fine style: the mature routines of Roscoe…
Blind Husbands / The Great GabboBlind Husbands / The Great Gabbo (1919-1929)
Dir. Erich von Stroheim, James Cruze
Feat. Erich von Stroheim, Gibson Gowland, Sam De Grasse
Two feature films on one disc featuring visionary Austrian–American silent filmmaker and actor Erich von Stroheim. Blind Husbands (directed…
Broken BlossomsBroken Blossoms (1919)
Dir. D.W. Griffith
Feat. Lillian Gish, Donald Crisp, Robert Barthelmess
D.W. Griffiths low–key lyric tragedy, set in 19th century London's docklands, with Lillian Gish at her most otherworldly. As the…
Cabinet of Dr. CaligariCabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) Recommended
Dir. Robert Wiene
Feat. Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt
An evil doctor uses a sleepwalker to carry out his barbarous fantasies in this seminal foray into horror and expressionist cinema. Notable for its…
Der GolemDer Golem (1919)
Dir. Paul Wegener
Feat. Paul Wegener
On the cobbled streets of 16th Century Prague, a Rabbi rescues the Jews from anti–semitic rule by invoking the clay monstrosity from Jewish…
Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 4Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 4 (The Kid Brother, Bumping into Broadway, Billy Blazes Esq.) (1919-1927) Recommended
Dir. Ted Wilde, J A Howe, Hal Roach
Feat. Harold Lloyd
Three classic Harold Lloyd features/shorts. Includes THE KID BROTHER, one of Lloyd's best comedies; he plays an unappreciated sibling in a family…
Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 9 Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 9 (Ask Father, From Hand to Mouth, The Freshman) (1919-1925) Recommended
Dir. Fred Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, Hal Roach
Feat. Harold Lloyd
Three classic Harold Lloyd features. Includes THE FRESHMAN, one of Lloyd's best films, about the trials of campus life; and two shorts.
Harold Lloyd Collection, The Harold Lloyd Collection, The (The Definitive Collection) (1919-1936) Aro Favourite
Feat. Harold Lloyd
Ample remastered collection from the versatile and much–loved silent era comedian. A visual feast for fans of the silent movie era and the…
Sentimental Bloke, The Sentimental Bloke, The (1919)
Dir. Raymond Longford
Feat. Arthur Tauchert
Restored version of the iconic Australian silent drama, adapted from a series of poems by C.J. Dennis, telling the story of a typical bloke meeting…
True Heart SusieTrue Heart Susie (1919)
Dir. D.W. Griffith
Feat. Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Clarine Seymour
Lillian Gish plays an innocent and big–hearted country girl who sacrifices everything for the clueless minister that breaks her heart. A…
Chaplin Revue, TheChaplin Revue, The (1918-1923)
Feat. Charles Chaplin
A collection of comic shorts from Charlie Chaplin, playing his 'Tramp' character. Featured are 'Shoulder Arms', 'The Idle Class', 'The Pilgrim',…
Harold Lloyd Collection, TheHarold Lloyd Collection, The (1918-1922) Recommended
Dir. Hal Roach, Fred Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Feat. Harold Lloyd
An outstanding comedian of the silent era, Harold Lloyd forged a prolific oeuvre in the shadow of Chaplin and Keaton, films that were characterised…
Genius of Buster Keaton, TheGenius of Buster Keaton, The (The Short Films Collection) (1917-1923) Aro Favourite
Dir. Buster Keaton
Feat. Buster Keaton
A stunning, near–complete collection of 33 "two–reelers" from Buster Keaton's formative years before his run of successful feature…
Burlesque On CarmenBurlesque On Carmen (1916)
Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Ben Turpin
A twist ending highlights Chaplin's second 'feature' in which his forlorn soldier is loved and left by a gypsy girl.
Charlie Chaplin CollectionCharlie Chaplin Collection (The Mutual Films Collection) (1916-1917) Aro Favourite
Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin
A collection of Chaplin "two–reelers" made for the Mutual Film Corporation that see him trialling and perfecting what would become the…
IntoleranceIntolerance (1916) Recommended
Dir. D.W. Griffith
Feat. Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh
Staggeringly ambitious film has a rightful place in many critic's 'all–time' lists. Its mammoth story unfolds in four parts simultaneously…
Birth of a NationBirth of a Nation (1915) Recommended
Dir. D.W. Griffith
Feat. Lillian Gish
The cinema's first major epic marked the birth of an artform – newly defining the artistic boundaries of the medium. It retains much of its…
CarmenCarmen (1915)
Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. Geraldine Farrar, Wallace Reid
From prolific Hollywood pioneer Cecil B. De Mille, this was one of his many early works that brought famous plays and novels to the screen. Opera…
Keystone KomediesKeystone Komedies (1915-1926)
Dir. Mack Sennett
Feat. Fatty Arbuckle, Mack Swain, Al St. John
A bevy of comic shorts from silent film legends the 'Keystone Production Company' founded by Mack Sennett. Featuring incredibly exaggerated slapstick…
Les VampiresLes Vampires (1915) Recommended
Dir. Louis Feuillade
Feat. Musidora, Edouard Mathe
The legendary French movie serial created by the enormously prolific silent dir. Feuillade, set around a murderous crime–ring who operate in…
RegenerationRegeneration (w/ Young Romance) (1915)
Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Anna Q. Nilsson, Carl Harbaugh, Rockliffe Fellowes
The debut feature of director Raoul Walsh is an early gangster film following the trajectory of a poor orphan who grows up to assume a powerful…
Laffing Gas (1914-1929) Recommended
Dir. Various
Feat. Charles Chaplin
Prime comic–narcotic from the early days of the movies and the heyday of Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Harold Llyod, Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and…
FantomasFantomas (1913-1914)
Dir. Louis Feuillade
Feat. Edmund Breon, Rene Navarre, Georges Melchior
Early French film serial adapting the novel of the same name by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre about the criminal genius who is obsessively…
Story of the Kelly Gang, TheStory of the Kelly Gang, The (1906)
Dir. Charles Tait
Thought to be the world’s first ever feature film, this dramatic recreation of the Ned Kelly outback legend stands as a remarkable artifact of…
Early Cinema - Primitives and PioneersEarly Cinema - Primitives and Pioneers (1895-1910)
A must for cinephiles, historians and the simply curious, this two–volume set of early silent films features rare and important works from…
Landmarks of Early FilmLandmarks of Early Film (1886-1913)
A compilation of early films spanning the years from 1886 to 1913, beginning with experiments in "serial photography" and leading towards the…

Results Page   | 1 |    Paginate

Display
Display
Order
Order