Silent Film 101

List creator: SilentRobert Created on: June 19, 2007 - 8:41 PM PDT Description: Essential films from the silent era

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	movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
	Asphalt (1929)
	Battleship Potemkin (1925)			Not Rated
	The Birth of a Nation (1915)			Not Rated
Racist? To say the least. Regardless, the film is a landmark in cinema history. You can't understand "Gone With the Wind" until you've seen "Birth..."
	The Black Pirate (1926)
Fairbanks has to be on get on the list somehow. This is a great representative film, full of action and acrobatics, and filmed in beautiful color.
	The Blot (1921)
	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Restored Authorized Edition) (1919)
	Broken Blossoms (1919)			Not Rated
	Chaplin Mutal Comedies (90th Anniversary Edition) (1917)
	The Chess Player (1927)			Not Rated
	City Lights (Chaplin Collection) (1931)
Timeless Chapin feature. You can watch this film 100 times and still be moved by the ending.
	Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
The second of the films G.W. Pabst made with Louise Brooks. The first, "Pandora's Box" is more famous, but this is a great film in its own right.
	Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (Disc 1 of 2) (1922)			Not Rated
	Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (Disc 2 of 2) (1922)			Not Rated
	It (1927)
	Judex (Disc 1 of 2) (1916)
	Judex (Disc 2 of 2) (1916)
	The Last Laugh (1924)			Not Rated
	Les Vampires (Disc 1 of 2) (1915)			Not Rated
Musidora is HOT as Irma Vep in this thrilling French serial.
	Les Vampires (Disc 2 of 2) (1915)			Not Rated
	The Lon Chaney Collection (Disc 1 of 2) (1927)			Not Rated
	The Lon Chaney Collection (Disc 2 of 2) (1927)			Not Rated
	The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927)			Not Rated
	Metropolis (The Complete Restored Edition) (1927)			Not Rated
	Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (Disc 1 of 2) (1924)			Not Rated
	Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (Disc 2 of 2) (1924)			Not Rated
	Our Hospitality/Sherlock, Jr. (1923)
	The Passion of Joan of Arc (Criterion Collection) (1928)			Not Rated
The quality of direction (Carl Theodor Dreyer) and cinematography are simply astonishing. This film was easily 50 years ahead of its time.
	Sadie Thompson (1928)
	Sex In Chains (1928)
	The Shock (1923)			Not Rated
	Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
	Sunrise (1927)
	The Oyster Princess / I Don't Want to Be a Man (1919)
	Pandora's Box (Criterion Collection) (1929)