Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Silent Cinema: 133 Films to Buy & Rent
Wings (1927)
- 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, 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 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, 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 Berg (The Holy Mountain) (1926)
- 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…
Faust (1926)
- 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, 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, The (1926)
- 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…
Gribiche (Mother of Mine) (1926)
- Dir. Jacques Feyder
- A silent French film by Jacques Feyder. A 13–year–old working–class boy lives alone with his mother. While shopping in a Paris…
La 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…