Subgenre Sampler
Silent Cinema: 151 Films to Buy & Rent
Show People (1928)
- 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…
Spies (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 Jr (1928)
- 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 Asia (Potomok Chingis-Khana) (1928)
- 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 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 Andalou (1928)
- 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 Heaven (Seventh Heaven) (1927)
- 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, 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, 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, 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…