Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Silent Cinema: 131 Films to Rent on DVD
Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (1922)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- 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 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 (Why Worry?, Dr. Jack, Feet First) (1922-1930)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- 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 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…
Nosferatu (1922)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- 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, 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, 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…
Haxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages) (1921)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- 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, 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 Storm (1921)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- 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.