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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
The Typhoon
1914
Reginald Barker
Sessue Hayakawa, Gladys Brockwell, Frank Borzage, Henry Kotani, Leona Hutton
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
The Virginian
1914
Cecil B. DeMille
Dustin Farnum, Dick La Reno, Winifred Kingston, Anita King, Hosea Steelman
Western / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2663
2234
In the Land of the Head Hunters
1914
Edward S. Curtis
Maggie Frank
Documentary / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2663
2234
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1914
William Robert Daly
Sam Lucas, Walter Hitchcock, Hattie Delaro, Master Abernathy, Teresa Michelena
Drama / History
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2725
2290
Classmates
1914
James Kirkwood
Blanche Sweet, Henry B. Walthall, Marshall Neilan, Gertrude Robinson
Short / Drama / Romance / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2725
2290
The Wrath of the Gods
1914
Reginald Barker
Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Frank Borzage, Kisaburo Kurihara, Henry Kotani
Drama / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2758
2316
The Avenging Conscience; Thou Shalt Not Kill
1914
D.W. Griffith
Henry B. Walthall, Spottiswoode Aitken, Blanche Sweet
Drama / Horror / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2157
1783
Traffic in Souls
1913
George Loane Tucker
Jane Gail, Ethel Grandin, William H. Turner, Matt Moore, William Welsh
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2398
2002
Fantômas
1913
Louis Feuillade
René Navarre, Edmond Bréon, Georges Melchior
Crime / Drama / Detective / Serial
France
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2452
2051
Twilight of a Woman's Soul
1913
Yevgeni Bauer
Vera Chernova, V. Demert, A. Ugrjumov
Drama
Russia
Russian (Silent)
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Rating
Rank
No
Title
Year
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2.5 Stars
2522
2113
Suspense
1913
Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber
Lois Weber, Val Paul, Douglas Gerrard, Sam Kaufman
Short / Drama / Thriller
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2558
2144
Ingeborg Holm
1913
Victor Sjöström
Hilda Borgström, Aron Lindgren, Erik Lindholm
Drama
Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
The Adventures of Kathlyn
1913
Francis J. Grandon
Kathlyn Williams, Charles Clary, William Carpenter, Lafe McKee, Tom Santschi
Adventure / Drama / Serial
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
David Copperfield
1913
Thomas Bentley
Len Bethel, Jamie Darling, Reginald Sheffield, Alma Taylor
Drama / Animation / Family
UK
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Der Andere
1913
Max Mack
Albert Bassermann, Emmerich Hanus, Nelly Ridon, Hanni Weisse, Leon Resemann
Drama / Crime
Germany
German (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Hamlet
1913
Hay Plumb
Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliot, Walter Ringham, Adeleine Bourne
Drama
UK
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Quo Vadis?
1913
Enrico Guazzoni
Amleto Novelli, Gustavo Serena, Amelia Cattaneo, Carlo Cattaneo, Lea Giunchi
Drama / Epic / History / Religion
Italy
Italian (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2663
2234
Evidence of the Film
1913
Lawrence Marston, Edwin Thanhouser
William Garwood, Marie Eline, Riley Chamberlin
Crime / Drama / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2758
2316
L'Enfant de Paris
1913
Léonce Perret
Léonce Perret, Louis Leubas, Maurice Lagrenée
Drama
France
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2783
2338
The Mothering Heart
1913
D.W. Griffith
Walter Miller, Lillian Gish, Kate Bruce, Viola Barry, Charles West
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2208
1829
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
1912
D.W. Griffith
Elmer Booth, Lillian Gish, Clara T. Bracy, Walter Miller, Alfred Paget
Short / Drama / Crime / Gangster / Pre-Noir
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2360
1964
The Cry of the Children
1912
George Nichols
Marie Eline, Ethel Wright, James Cruze, Lila Chester, William Russell
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Cardinal Wolsey
1912
J. Stuart Blackton, Laurence Trimble
Hal Reid, Julia Swayne Gordon, Clara Kimball Young, Tefft Johnson, Robert Gaillard
Drama / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
The Count of Monte Cristo
1912
Edwin S. Porter, Joseph A. Golden
James O'Neill, Nance O'Neil, Murdock MacQuarrie, Hobart Bosworth
Drama / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
House of Pride
1912
Jack Conway
Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, John Steppling, E.H. Calvert, Frank Dayton
Crime / Drama / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
La Reine Élisabeth
1912
Henri Desfontaines, Louis Mercanton
Sarah Bernhardt, Lou Tellegen, Max Maxudian, Jean Angelo, Georges Charmeroy
Biography / Drama / Romance / History
France
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Les Misérables
1912
Albert Capellani
Henry Krauss, Henri Étiévant, Maria Ventura, Mistinguett
Drama / Period Film
France
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Man's Genesis
1912
D.W. Griffith
W. Chrystie Miller, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, Wilfred Lucas, Charles Hill Mailes
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
The New York Hat
1912
D.W. Griffith
Mary Pickford, Charles Hill Mailes, Kate Bruce, Lionel Barrymore, Alfred Paget
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Oliver Twist
1912
unknown
Vinnie Burns, Lillian DeLesque, Nat C. Goodwin, Stuart Holmes, Jack Hopkins
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Trädgårdsmästaren
1912
Victor Sjöström
Victor Sjöström, Gösta Ekman, Lili Bech, Gunnar Bohman, John Ekman
Drama
Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
War on the Plains
1912
Thomas H. Ince
Francis Ford, Ethel Grandin, Ray Myers, Howard Davies, William Eagle Shirt
Adventure / Drama / Short / Western
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2658
2230
The Land Beyond the Sunset
1912
Dorothy G. Shore
Martin Fuller, Mrs. William Bechtel, Walter Edwin, Ethel Jewett
Drama / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2663
2234
From the Manger to the Cross
1912
Sidney Olcott
Robert Henderson-Bland, Percy Dyer, Gene Gauntier
Drama / Religion
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2725
2290
The Better Man
1912
unknown
Drama / Short / Western
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2766
2323
Richard III
1912
James Keane, André Calmettes
Robert Gemp, Frederick Warde, Albert Gardner, James Keane, George Moss
Drama / History / Biography / Epic
France / USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2781
2336
The Girl and Her Trust
1912
D.W. Griffith
Dorothy Bernard, Wilfred Lucas, Edwin August, Christy Cabanne, William A. Carroll
Short / Drama / Crime / Thriller / Caper
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2783
2338
The Old Actor
1912
D.W. Griffith
W. Chrystie Miller, Kate Bruce, Mary Pickford, Edwin August
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Enoch Arden
1911
D.W. Griffith
Wilfred Lucas, Linda Arvidson, Francis J. Grandon, George Nichols, Edward Dillon
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Henry VIII
1911
William G.B. Barker
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Arthur Bourchier, Violet Vanbrugh, Laura Cowie
Drama / History / Biography
UK
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
His Trust
1911
D.W. Griffith
Wilfred Lucas, Dell Henderson, Claire McDowell, Edith Haldeman, Linda Arvidson
Short / Drama / War
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
His Trust Fulfilled
1911
D.W. Griffith
Wilfred Lucas, Claire McDowell, Gladys Egan, Dorothy West, Verner Clarges
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
L'Inferno
1911
Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, Giuseppe de Liguoro
Salvatore Papa, Arturo Pirovano, Giuseppe de Liguoro, Augusto Milla, Attilio Motta
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Italy / UK
Italian (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
The Lonedale Operator
1911
D.W. Griffith
Verner Clarges, Guy Hedlund, Jeanie Macpherson, W.C. Robinson
Short / Drama / Western
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Romeo and Juliet
1911
Barry O'Neil
George Lessey, Julia M. Taylor, Mrs. George W. Walters, David Andrada, Robert Halt
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
A Tale of Two Cities
1911
William Humphrey
Maurice Costello, Florence Turner, John Bunny, Norma Talmadge, William Humphrey
Short / Drama / Romance / Action
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Vanity Fair
1911
Charles Kent
Helen Gardner, William V. Ranous, John Bunny, Harry Northrup, Alec B. Francis
Drama / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2725
2290
Billy and His Pal
1911
William F. Haddock
Francis Ford, Edith Storey
Short / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Afgrunden
1910
Urban Gad
Asta Nielsen, Robert Dinesen, Poul Reumert, Hans Neergard, Emilie Sannom
Short / Drama / Romance
Denmark
Danish (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Becket
1910
Charles Kent
Charles Kent, William Shea, Hal Reid, Maurice Costello
Drama / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Gerusalemme liberata
1910
Enrico Guazzoni
Italia Almirante-Manzini, Alfredo Bracci, Carlo Cattaneo, Emilio Ghione
Drama
Italy
Italian (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
In Old California
1910
D.W. Griffith
Frank Powell, Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall, Charles Craig
Short / Drama / Western
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
The Irony of Fate
1910
Harry Solter
Florence Lawrence, King Baggot, Owen Moore
Short / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Jane Eyre
1910
Mario Caserini, Theodore Marston
Marie Eline, Gloria Gallop, Frank Hall Crane, Martin Faust, Charles Compton
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
A Lad from Old Ireland
1910
Sidney Olcott
Sidney Olcott, Gene Gauntier, Thomas O'Connor, Arthur Donaldson, J.P. McGowan
Drama / Short / Adventure / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
A Plain Song
1910
D.W. Griffith
Mary Pickford, Kate Bruce, W. Chrystie Miller, William J. Butler, Dell Henderson
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Ramona
1910
D.W. Griffith
Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Francis J. Grandon, Kate Bruce
Drama / Short / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Sunshine Sue
1910
D.W. Griffith
Marion Sunshine, W. Chrystie Miller, Clara T. Bracy, Edward Dillon, Charles West
Drama / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2663
2234
White Fawn's Devotion
1910
James Young Deer
Red Wing
Drama / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2725
2290
The Sergeant
1910
unknown
Short / Western / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2535
2124
A Corner in Wheat
1909
D.W. Griffith
Frank Powell, Grace Henderson, James Kirkwood
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
In Old Kentucky
1909
D.W. Griffith
Verner Clarges, Kate Bruce, Henry B. Walthall, Owen Moore, Linda Arvidson
Short / Drama / War
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
The Life of Moses
1909
J. Stuart Blackton
Pat Hartigan, Julia Arthur, William Humphrey, Charles Kent, Edith Storey
Biography / Drama / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
The Lonely Villa
1909
D.W. Griffith
David Miles, Marion Leonard, Mary Pickford, Gladys Egan, Adele DeGarde
Drama / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2663
2234
Lady Helen's Escapade
1909
D.W. Griffith
Florence Lawrence, John Compson, Arthur V. Johnson
Short / Romance / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2725
2290
The Son's Return
1909
D.W. Griffith
Charles West, Herbert Prior, Anita Hendrie, Mary Pickford, Harry Solter
Short / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Fiskerlivets farer
1907
Hugo Hermansen
Alma Lund, Henry Hagerup
Short / Drama / Adventure
Norway
Norwegian (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Hamlet
1907
Georges Méliès
Drama
France
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Kathleen Mavourneen
1906
Edwin S. Porter
Kitty O'Neil, Walter Griswoll, H.L. Bascomb, W.R. Floyd, E.M. Leslie, N.B. Clarke
Short / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
The Story of the Kelly Gang
1906
Charles Tait
Elizabeth Tait, John Tait, Bella Cola, Vera Linden, Frank Mills, Ollie Wilson
Biography / Drama
Australia
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
A Gentleman of France
1905
J. Stuart Blackton
H. Kyrle Bellew, Eleanor Robson Belmont, Paul Panzer
Drama / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Rescued by Rover
1905
Lewin Fitzhamon, Cecil M. Hepworth
May Clark, Barbara Hepworth, Cecil M. Hepworth, Mrs. Hepworth, Rover
Short / Drama / Family
UK
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
The Seven Ages
1905
Edwin S. Porter
Thomas H. Ince
Short / Comedy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
The Blacksmith's Daughter
1904
Alf Collins
Alf Collins
Drama
UK
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Damnation du Docteur Faust
1904
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
Short / Fantasy / Drama / Horror
France
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
The Ex-Convict
1904
Edwin S. Porter
Drama / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2725
2290
The Living Playing Cards
1904
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès
Comedy / Short / Fantasy / Drama
France
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Salome
1902
unknown
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Barbe-bleue
1901
Georges Méliès
Georges Méliès, Jeanne d'Alcy, Bleuette Bernon
Short / Crime / Drama / Fantasy
France
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Fire!
1901
James Williamson
Drama / Short
UK
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2630
2209
Grandma's Reading Glass
1900
George Albert Smith
Drama / Short
UK
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2725
2290
Cyrano De Bergerac
1900
Clément Maurice
Benoit Constant Coquelin
Drama / Short
France
French
2.5 Stars
2663
2234
Awakening of Rip
1896
William K.L. Dickson
Joseph Jefferson
Short / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2663
2234
Exit of Rip and the Dwarf
1896
William K.L. Dickson
Joseph Jefferson
Short / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2663
2234
Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow
1896
William K.L. Dickson
Joseph Jefferson
Short / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2663
2234
Rip Meeting the Dwarf
1896
William K.L. Dickson
Joseph Jefferson
Short / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2663
2234
Rip Passing Over the Mountain
1896
William K.L. Dickson
Joseph Jefferson
Short / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2663
2234
Rip's Toast
1896
William K.L. Dickson
Joseph Jefferson
Short / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2663
2234
Rip's Toast to Hudson
1896
William K.L. Dickson
Joseph Jefferson
Short / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2663
2234
Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep
1896
William K.L. Dickson
Joseph Jefferson
Short / Fantasy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
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