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1. White Roses (1910)
Short, Comedy, Romance
Harry loved Betty, and vice versa, but Harry was fearfully bashful. No matter how he tried, he never could muster up sufficient courage to propose, despite the fact that Betty always ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Powell | Stars: Mary Pickford, Edward Dillon, Linda Arvidson, Edwin August
Votes: 19
2. The Message (1909)
10 min | Short, Drama
Effie marries an honest farmer, rejecting a suitor from the city. Years later he returns and tries to persuade her to run away with him.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Frank Powell, James Kirkwood, Robert Harron, Gladys Egan
Votes: 23
3. Intolerance (1916)
Passed | 163 min | Drama, History
The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, F.A. Turner
Votes: 16,727 | Gross: $2.18M
4. Life of Villa (1912)
Documentary, War
Although some scenes were re-enacted after the fact, this is a real documentary on the struggle of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to overthrow dictator Porfirio Díaz . Directors Christy... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Pancho Villa, Don Luis Terrazas
Votes: 29
5. L'oeil, le pinceau et le cinématographe : naissance d'un art (2021 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary
Director: Stefan Cornic | Stars: Olivier Assayas, Veronika Bachfischer, Tacita Dean, Thomas A. Edison
Votes: 25
6. Topsy and Eva (I) (1927)
80 min | Drama
A broad, slapsticky farce using characters from "Uncle Tom's Cabin". It's not a satire on that venerable work, rather a "further adventures of" story, provided Eva didn't die after all. In ... See full summary »
Directors: Del Lord, D.W. Griffith, Lois Weber | Stars: Rosetta Duncan, Vivian Duncan, Gibson Gowland, Noble Johnson
Votes: 71
7. Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
18 min | Drama, Short
Calumny is one of the most despicable crimes against our neighbor, and while the wife in this story acted conventionally, she nevertheless maligned the other woman simply because she was an... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Claire McDowell, Florence Geneva, Gertrude Bambrick
Votes: 30
8. Way Down East (1920)
Passed | 145 min | Drama, Romance
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Mrs. David Landau, Lowell Sherman
Votes: 5,901 | Gross: $4.50M
9. Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, History, Romance
Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Losee
Votes: 5,480 | Gross: $0.79M
10. San Francisco (1936)
Passed | 115 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A Barbary Coast saloonkeeper and a Nob Hill impresario are rivals for the affections of a beautiful singer, both personally and professionally, in 1906 San Francisco.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt
Votes: 6,105
11. Broken Blossoms or the Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard
Votes: 11,061
12. Remodeling Her Husband (1920)
50 min | Comedy
After she marries Jack Valentine, Janie Wakefield ( Dorothy Gish ) discovers that her husband's reputation as a flirt is well deserved when she sees him riding in a taxi with a strange ... See full summary »
Directors: Lillian Gish, D.W. Griffith | Stars: Dorothy Gish, James Rennie, Marie Burke, Downing Clarke
Votes: 72
13. The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)
70 min | Drama, Romance, War
Jeannette Peret, daughter of a cigar-store owner, leaves her Greenwich Village home for France in hopes of finding there the love which eludes her at home. She becomes enamored of le Bebe, ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Adolph Lestina, David Butler
Votes: 88
14. In Old California (1910)
17 min | Short, Drama, History
An historical dramatization of a Spanish woman during the reign of Spanish and Mexican owned California in the early 19th century.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Frank Powell, Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall
Votes: 83
15. The Reckoning (1908)
8 min | Drama, Short
A couple struggles for a livelihood, meager though it must be. The husband seems content in the struggle, working at the factory for the pittance he received, but his love for his wife ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Harry Solter, Florence Lawrence, Mack Sennett, Edward Dillon
Votes: 20
16. The Mother and the Law (1919)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A re-edited version of the 'modern' story from Intolerance (1916).
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Miriam Cooper, Vera Lewis
Votes: 242
17. The Lily and the Rose (1915)
50 min | Drama
To the dismay of Allison Edwards, her adoring bookworm neighbor Mary Randolph falls in love and marries Jack Van Norman, a rich, handsome former football star. After a few months of marital... See full summary »
Director: Paul Powell | Stars: Lillian Gish, Wilfred Lucas, Rosie Dolly, Elmer Clifton
Votes: 58
18. The Heart of an Outlaw (1909)
Short, Western
A man gets revenge on his cheating wife by killing her and her lover. He thinks he has killed his daughter as well, but she survives and is adopted by the sheriff. A few years later the man... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: James Kirkwood, Marion Leonard, Gladys Egan, Mary Pickford
Votes: 34
19. A Rural Elopement (1909)
9 min | Comedy, Short, Romance
"Be sure you are right, then go ahead," is a pretty good rule to follow, and had the heroine of this subject cognized this fact she would have prevented a lot of anxiety, worry and trouble.... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Linda Arvidson, George Gebhardt, Harry Solter, David Miles
Votes: 18
20. Lady of the Pavements (1929)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance
Karl, a German diplomat in Paris, discovers that his fiancee Diane has been cheating on him. He tells her that he would rather marry a "girl of the streets" than her. Outraged, Diane ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lupe Velez, William Boyd, Jetta Goudal, Albert Conti
Votes: 139
21. True Heart Susie (1919)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Susie, a plain young country girl, secretly loves a neighbor boy, William. She believes in him and sacrifices much of her own happiness to promote his own ambitions, all without his ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Wilbur Higby, Loyola O'Connor
Votes: 1,992
22. Her Awakening (1911)
18 min | Short, Drama
An attractive young woman is ashamed of her shabbily-dressed mother, and won't introduce her to her suitor. Distraught, the mother wanders into the street and is killed. Too late, the daughter realizes how badly she treated her.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mabel Normand, Harry Hyde, Kate Bruce, Edwin August
Votes: 20
23. Macbeth (1916)
80 min | Drama, History
Shakespeare's tragedy of the Scots nobleman whose ambition leads him to betrayal, murder, and damnation.
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Constance Collier, Wilfred Lucas, Spottiswoode Aitken
Votes: 34
24. Isn't Life Wonderful (1924)
115 min | Drama, Romance
A family of Polish refugees tries to survive in post-World War I Germany. For a while it seems that they are making it, but soon the economic and political deterioration in the country begins to take their toll.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Carol Dempster, Neil Hamilton, Erville Alderson, Helen Lowell
Votes: 406
25. The Girl and Her Trust (1912)
17 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
Some tramps assault the telegraph office trying to rob $2000 delivered by train. The telegraphist girl, trying to help, telegraphs the next station and then the men are captured.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Dorothy Bernard, Wilfred Lucas, Alfred Paget, Charles Hill Mailes
Votes: 1,299
26. The Great Love (1918)
70 min | Drama, War
An idealistic young American during World War I, itching to fight the Germans and not wanting to wait until the U. S. joined the war, journeys to Canada and enlists in the British army. He ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Fawcett, Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Gloria Hope
Votes: 71
27. The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Short
A bumbling detective comes to the rescue of a damsel in distress when a drug smuggler wants to force her to marry him.
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, Allan Sears, Tom Wilson
Votes: 1,005
28. The Half-Breed (1916)
73 min | Western
An outcast named Lo Dorman encounters a young woman lost in the woods. He defends her from danger in the forest and from Sheriff Dunn.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Alma Rubens, Sam De Grasse, Tom Wilson
Votes: 223
29. My Hero (1912)
17 min | Short, Western
Stern parents have ever been relentless obstacles in love's young dream, but it is perhaps quite doubtful if ever love could equal the accentuated bliss and anguish of these two. She ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Dorothy Gish, Robert Harron, Walter P. Lewis
Votes: 12
30. In the Aisles of the Wild (1912)
17 min | Short, Drama, Western
A widower and his two daughters live in the wilds of the north woods. They form the acquaintance of two trappers, Bob Cole and Jim Watson, who hunt in the neighborhood. As fate will have it... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Claire McDowell, William J. Butler, Henry B. Walthall
Votes: 15
31. The Princess in the Vase (1908)
Short, Comedy
The opening scenes of this production are laid in Egypt five hundred years before Herodotus, the Father of History, visited that country. Three thousand years ago there dwelt in Egyptian ... See full summary »
Director: Wallace McCutcheon | Stars: D.W. Griffith, Edward Dillon, Linda Arvidson
Votes: 16
32. The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A tender young woman and her musician husband attempt to eke out a living in the slums of New York City, but find themselves caught in the crossfires of gang violence.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Elmer Booth, Lillian Gish, Clara T. Bracy, Walter Miller
Votes: 2,491
33. Hearts of the World (1918)
TV-PG | 117 min | Drama, War
Young lovers in a French village are torn apart with the coming of the Great War.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Robert Harron, Adolph Lestina
Votes: 1,105
34. A Corner in Wheat (1909)
G | 14 min | Short, Crime, Drama
An unscrupulous and greedy capitalist speculator decides to corner the wheat market for his own profit, establishing complete control over the markets.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Frank Powell, Grace Henderson, James Kirkwood, Linda Arvidson
Votes: 2,748
35. The Fall of Babylon (1919)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
In the last days of ancient Babylon, a tomboyish mountain girl fights for her king when the city is attacked.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Constance Talmadge, Tully Marshall, Alfred Paget, Carl Stockdale
Votes: 204
36. Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy
Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Prof. McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Carol Dempster, W.C. Fields, Alfred Lunt, Erville Alderson
Votes: 592 | Gross: $0.30M
37. The Reformers; or, the Lost Art of Minding One's Business (1913)
33 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Behold in this film the Uplifter, a peculiarity of the human species, quite convinced that all that is, is wrong. Forth to the uplift he minds everybody's business but his own, until that ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Charles Hill Mailes, Jennie Lee, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh
Votes: 38
38. They Would Elope (1909)
6 min | Short, Comedy
Two lovers elope and expect to be pursued by her father. But the clever father has tricked them into running off, and celebrates their wedding when they return home.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Billy Quirk, Mary Pickford, James Kirkwood, Kate Bruce
Votes: 72
39. One Touch of Nature (I) (1909)
10 min | Short, Drama
Policeman John Murray is the proud father of a little girl and the happy husband of a dutiful wife. Both father's and mother's whole life is centered in their little one, and the little ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Arthur V. Johnson, Florence Lawrence, Marion Leonard, Charles Inslee
Votes: 18
40. The Lady and the Mouse (1913)
17 min | Short, Drama
The question is, would the young tramp really have fallen in love with the groceryman's daughter if he had not caught her in the heart struggle. Be that as it may, she could not find it in ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Harron
Votes: 59
42. An Unseen Enemy (1912)
Not Rated | 17 min | Crime, Short, Thriller
A brother and his two younger sisters inherit a modest amount from their father. When the brother is away, their shady housekeeper decides to take it for herself.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Elmer Booth, Robert Harron
Votes: 973
43. The Massacre (1912)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Action, War
The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Wilfred Lucas, Blanche Sweet, Charles West, Alfred Paget
Votes: 355
44. The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy
Gum-chewing frizzy-haired gold-digger Marie Skinner cooks up a scheme with her lover Babe Winsor, a jazz hound, to fleece a portly, middle-aged real estate tycoon, William Judson. Marie ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Phyllis Haver, Belle Bennett, Sally O'Neil
Votes: 513
45. The Lonedale Operator (1911)
Unrated | 17 min | Short, Drama, Romance
When her father becomes ill, a young woman takes over the telegraph at a lonely western railroad station. She soon gets word that the next train will deliver the payroll for a mining ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Blanche Sweet, George Nichols, Francis J. Grandon, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 1,338
46. The Yaqui Cur (1913)
33 min | Western, Short
The prospector had taught the Indian boy the doctrine of peace. When his tribe resisted the attack of another tribe the boy did not take part. The din of the battle, as the horsemen circled... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Robert Harron, Kate Bruce, Walter Miller, Lionel Barrymore
Votes: 21
47. The Sands of Dee (1912)
17 min | Romance, Short
A young girl who lives by the sea with her parents, is the object of one fellows affection. One day she meets a wily artist painting on the beach, he seduces the young girl and gives her a ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Charles Hill Mailes, Grace Henderson
Votes: 97
48. The Informer (1912)
18 min | Short, Drama
The young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells his brother to take care of his fatherless sweetheart during the perilous times which are to ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Walter Miller, Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Kate Bruce
Votes: 41
49. An Innocent Magdalene (1916)
50 min | Drama
Dorothy Raleigh is a high-spirited Southern beauty who has been brought up by her father, Col. Raleigh, an unreconstructed Kentuckian, to have nothing to do with the townspeople of the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Lillian Gish, Spottiswoode Aitken, Sam De Grasse, Mary Alden
Votes: 56
50. The Welcome Burglar (1909)
13 min | Drama, Short
Alice Pierce, an innocent country girl, as the sweetheart of Ben Harris, a heartless wretch, and in the impetuosity of her trusting nature she consents to elope. It is the old story: he ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Marion Leonard, Harry Solter, Charles Inslee, George Gebhardt
Votes: 16