Ahmed, son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl who fronts her father's gang of mountebanks. She and Ahmed meet secretly until one night when her father and the gang capture the son of the sheik, torture him, and hold him for ransom.

The Spiders - Episode 2: The Diamond Ship

1920

German

6.1

♡ 5

Fritz Lang Director

Thea Zander as Ellen Terry

Paul Morgan as Jewish Spider

Ressel Orla as Lio Sha

Paul Rehkopf as Underworld Figure

When we last saw Kay Hoog (millionaire adventurer, courageous hunk), he’d been beset with tragedy. Having escaped an ancient Incan city by the skin of his gleaming teeth, Hoog looked forward to a few years of settled life with his (amicably) captured Incan lovely, Naela. But the past struck quickly. Hoog’s arch-nemesis, the homicidal femme Lio Sha, murdered Naela on the very grounds of Hoog’s estate, prompting him to swear revenge upon her and her criminal organization, the Spiders. Now he must find them, as the Spiders continue their global quest for the Buddha-head Diamond. The head, it’s said, has the power to restore Asia to world dominance.

The Dumb Girl of Portici

1916

English

6.4

♡ 2

record breaking costume budget

Romance

silent film

woman director

Phillips Smalley Director

Lois Wilson as

Edna Maison as Elvira

Jack Hoxie as Perrone

Laura Oakley as Rilla

Fenella, a poor Italian girl, falls in love with a Spanish nobleman, but their affair triggers a revolution and national catastrophe.

Dr. Jack

1922

English

7.1

♡ 5

72%

Fred C. Newmeyer Director

Mickey Daniels as Boy Patient

Harold Lloyd as Dr. 'Jack' Jackson

Mildred Davis as The Sick-Little-Well-Girl

Oscar Morgan as Undetermined Seconary Role

Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich after years of unsuccessful treatment.

Never Weaken

1921

English

7.5

♡ 6

83%

Fred C. Newmeyer Director

Mildred Davis as The Girl

Roy Brooks as The Other Man

Tiny Ward as (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor as (uncredited)

Our hero is infatuated with a girl in the next office. In order to drum up business for her boss, an osteopath, he gets an actor friend to pretend injuries that the doctor "cures", thereby building a reputation. When he hears that his girl is marrying another, he decides to commit suicide and spends the bulk of the film in thrilling, failed attempts.

For Heaven's Sake

1926

English

7.5

♡ 4

85%

Sam Taylor Director

Andy MacLennan as Gangster in Mission at Collection

Oscar Smith as James - Manners' Chauffeur

Harold Lloyd as J. Harold Manners, The Uptown Boy

Leo Willis as Mug Who Gets Kicked

An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.

Merry Christmas Mr. Mo

2016

Korean

6.8

♡ 3

Dae Hyung Lim Director

David Oh as

Yeo-bin Jeon as Ja-young

Ju-bong Gi as Mo Geum-San

Won-Hee Go as Ye-Won

Mo Geum-san is a barber living in the rural area, who once aspired to be an actor. He starts to have doubts about his humdrum life after the village health center advises him to be examined at a larger hospital. He comes up with a plan to give a gift to his beloved ones in the coming Christmas. The plan is to invite everyone to the local culture center and to screen his self-made comedy movie based on his own tragic life.

Behind the Screen

1916

English

6.9

♡ 14

86%

Charles Chaplin Director

Wesley Ruggles as Actor

Frank J. Coleman as Assistant Director

Charles Chaplin as David - His Assistant

Edna Purviance as The Girl

During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.

The Freshman

1925

English

7.5

♡ 3

95%

78%

Action

college american football

Fred C. Newmeyer Director

Charles Farrell as Student Bell Ringer at Frolic

Roy Brooks as Tall Student

Gus Leonard as Waiter Who Takes Harold's Pants

Ethel Broadhurst as Woman watching away when Harold lost pants

Harold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special way of introducing himself that he saw in a movie. When he arrives at Tate University, he soon becomes the target of practical jokes and ridicule. With the help of his one real friend Peggy, he resolves to make every possible effort to become popular.

Sir Arne's Treasure

1919

Swedish

7.1

♡ 1

Mauritz Stiller Director

Wanda Rothgardt as Berghild

Mary Johnson as Elsalill

Stina Berg as Landlady

Gustav Aronson as Shipmaster

Three Scottish officers, including Sir Archi, murder Sir Arne and his household for a coffin filled with gold. The only survivor is Elsalill, who moves to relatives in Marstrand. There she meets a charming young officer- Sir Archi- and she soon understands that he was one of the murderers.

Buster Keaton, the Genius Destroyed by Hollywood

2016

French

7.2

♡ 4

Jean-Baptiste Péretié Director

Buster Keaton as Self

In 1926, Buster Keaton was at the peak of his glory and wealth. By 1933, he had reached rock bottom. How, in the space of a few years, did this uncontested genius of silent films, go from the status of being a widely-worshipped star to an alcoholic and solitary fallen idol? With a spotlight on the 7 years during which his life changed, using extracts of Keaton’s films as magnifying mirrors, the documentary recounts the dramatic life of this creative genius and the Hollywood studios.

Asphalt

1929

German

7.4

♡ 5

80%

Joe May Director

Arthur Duarte as

Paul Hörbiger as Ein Dieb

Betty Amann as Else Kramer

Gustav Fröhlich as Wachtmeister Albert Holk

Starring Betty Amann in her most famous leading role, Joe May's Asphalt is a luxuriously produced German Expressionist classic where tragic liaisons and fatal encounters are shaped alongside the constant roar of Berlin traffic.

The Hands of Orlac

1924

German

7.0

♡ 9

91%

Robert Wiene Director

Fritz Strassny as Der alle Orlac

Fritz Kortner as Nera

Conrad Veidt as Paul Orlac

Alexandra Sorina as Yvonne Orlac

A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrified to learn they once belonged to a murderer.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

1927

English

6.8

♡ 3

71%

Harry A. Pollard Director

Aileen Manning as Aunt Ophelia

Eulalie Jensen as Cassy

Vivien Oakland as Mrs. Shelby

George Siegmann as Simon Legree

In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George's owner prevents the wedding. A few years later, Eliza flees with her son, Harry, after learning the Shelbys plan to hand them over to a crooked creditor to prevent foreclosure. George also escapes and goes on the run while Eliza and Harry are captured and brought back home. Mother and son are separated as George tries to find them both.

Champagne

1928

English

5.4

♡ 5

63%

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Clifford Heatherley as The Manager

Gwen Mannering as (uncredited)

Balliol and Merton as (uncredited)

Vivian Gibson as (uncredited)

A spoiled heiress defies her millionaire father by flying off to France to pursue her lover and live in luxury on the profits of his champagne empire. To teach her a lesson, her father pretends he’s lost everything, forcing her to give up her carefree lifestyle and find work in a nightclub. There she encounters a mysterious man whose motives seem increasingly sinister.

Coppelia

2021

Dutch

5.5

♡ 4

83%

live action and animation

Sci-Fi

silent film

Steven de Beul Director

Timothy van Poucke as Franz's Friend

Sem Sjouke as Franz's Friend

Sasha Mukhamedov as Swan's Friend

Mao Jing Jing as Swan's Friend

When everyone in town falls under the spell of charismatic cosmetic surgeon Doctor Coppelius, feisty Swan must act to save her sweetheart Franz, before his heart is used to spark life into Coppelia – the ‘perfect’ robot-woman the Doctor has created.

Finis terrae

1929

French

7.3

♡ 6

100%

Action

Drama

silent film

Jean Epstein Director Gibois

Gibois as

Jean-Marie Laot as Malgorn

Malgorn as

François Morin as

On the islet Bannec, off the coast of Brittany, four fishermen have set up camp for three months to harvest seaweed. If processed correctly, the ash of the seaweed can be sold for high prices. It is therefore burnt in several large piles on the island. Problems arise when one of them gets an infected thumb.

Yoyo

1965

French

7.5

♡ 2

89%

Pierre Étaix Director

Claudine Auger as Isolina

Philippe Castelli as Le domestique

Fernand Guiot as Le paysan

Pierre Étaix as Yoyo / le millionaire

The story follows the son of a millionaire from the 1920s to the 1960s. After losing his fortune in the stock-exchange crash, he teams up with an equestrienne and becomes a circus clown.