Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Silent Cinema: 133 Films to Buy & Rent
- Navigator, The (1924)
- 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…
- Siegfried (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,…
- Strike (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 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 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 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,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. (1923)
- 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…
- Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (1922)
- 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…