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1. The General (1926)
Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley
Votes: 98,096 | Gross: $1.03M
2. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Passed | 45 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly
Votes: 56,926 | Gross: $0.98M
3. Call of the Wild (1935)
Passed | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
During the Klondike Gold Rush, a traveler purchases a dog to lead the way toward the treasure, but reconsiders his journey when he finds a jilted married woman.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie, Reginald Owen
Votes: 2,528
4. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Not Rated | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
Directors: Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Tom Lewis
Votes: 16,182
5. Les Misérables (1935)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance
In early-19th-century France, an ex-convict who failed to report to parole is relentlessly pursued over a 20-year period by an obsessive policeman.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson
Votes: 3,925
6. Rain (1932)
Passed | 94 min | Drama
A prostitute newly arrived in the South Pacific finds herself at odds with a stern missionary determined to save her soul.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, Fred Howard, Ben Hendricks Jr.
Votes: 3,032 | Gross: $1.17M
7. The Navigator (1924)
Unrated | 59 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Two spoiled rich people find themselves trapped on an empty passenger ship.
Directors: Donald Crisp, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom, Clarence Burton
Votes: 11,062 | Gross: $1.48M
8. Seven Chances (1925)
Passed | 56 min | Comedy, Romance
A man learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7PM that evening.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards
Votes: 11,726 | Gross: $1.30M
9. Our Hospitality (1923)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller
A man returns to his Appalachian homestead. On the trip, he falls for a young woman. The only problem is her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
Directors: John G. Blystone, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Natalie Talmadge, Joe Keaton, Joe Roberts
Votes: 12,492 | Gross: $1.17M
10. One Week (1920)
TV-G | 25 min | Short, Comedy
A newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kit's component numbering.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts
Votes: 9,230
11. Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Passed | 96 min | Biography, Drama, War
An episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Walter Huston, Una Merkel, William L. Thorne, Lucille La Verne
Votes: 1,709
12. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Approved | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 1865.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron
Votes: 2,575
13. Three Ages (1923)
Not Rated | 63 min | Comedy
The misadventures of Buster in three separate historical periods.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery, Joe Roberts
Votes: 5,203
14. The House of Rothschild (1934)
Passed | 88 min | Biography, Drama, History
The wealthy Rothschild family undergoes prejudice from the anti-Semitic society they live within.
Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Sidney Lanfield | Stars: George Arliss, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, Robert Young
Votes: 1,326
15. Reaching for the Moon (1930)
Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
Wall Street wizard Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He ... See full summary »
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Bebe Daniels, Edward Everett Horton, Claud Allister
Votes: 490
16. Cops (1922)
Unrated | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Family
A series of mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city's entire police force.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Virginia Fox, Steve Murphy
Votes: 6,941
17. Go West (1925)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Western
With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Howard Truesdale, Kathleen Myers, Ray Thompson
Votes: 4,995
18. The Band Concert (1935)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey is a frustrated bandleader dealing with obnoxious peanut vendor and flute player Donald, who tries to persuade the band to play "Turkey in the Straw," and a cyclone hits before his concert of "William Tell Overture" is completed.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash
Votes: 3,948
19. Indiscreet (1931)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Monroe Owsley, Barbara Kent
Votes: 1,552
20. The Bat Whispers (1930)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion.
Director: Roland West | Stars: Chester Morris, Una Merkel, William Bakewell, Grayce Hampton
Votes: 1,146
21. Alibi (1929)
Passed | 91 min | Action, Crime, Romance
Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took ... See full summary »
Director: Roland West | Stars: Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch, Eleanor Griffith
Votes: 949
22. The Bowery (1933)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In New York's Bowery during the Gay Nineties, a saloon owner and a rebel share a rivalry.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Wallace Beery, George Raft, Jackie Cooper, Fay Wray
Votes: 614 | Gross: $4.36M
23. I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrence, Hobart Cavanaugh
Votes: 773
24. Battling Butler (1926)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Sport
A love-struck weakling must pretend to be boxer in order to gain respect from the family of the girl he loves.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Snitz Edwards, Sally O'Neil, Walter James
Votes: 3,887 | Gross: $0.70M
25. Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Mystery
Algy, Bulldog Drummond's right-hand-man, is getting married. Bulldog attends; on the way home, in the fog, he enters the (apparently deserted) mansion of Prince Achmed in search of a phone.... See full summary »
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Warner Oland, Charles Butterworth
Votes: 458
26. The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Constance Bennett, Fredric March, Frank Morgan, Fay Wray
Votes: 484
27. As You Like It (1936)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
A Duke usurps his brother's land and power, banishing him and his entourage into the forest of Arden. The banished Duke's daughter, Rosalind, remains with her cousin Celia. She has fallen ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Czinner | Stars: Elisabeth Bergner, Laurence Olivier, Sophie Stewart, Henry Ainley
Votes: 856
28. Born to Be Bad (1934)
Approved | 62 min | Drama, Romance
An immoral mother blackmails a wealthy businessman after he accidentally hits her delinquent son with his truck.
Directors: Lowell Sherman, Jack Conway | Stars: Loretta Young, Cary Grant, Jackie Kelk, Marion Burns
Votes: 1,261
29. The Mad Doctor (1933)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Mickey must save Pluto from a mad doctor's lair.
Directors: David Hand, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Florence Gill
Votes: 1,656
30. Orphan's Benefit (1934)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short
Mickey puts on a big show to raise money for the orphaned mice.
Director: Burt Gillett | Stars: Marcellite Garner, Beatrice Hagen, Jayne Shadduck, Pinto Colvig
Votes: 552
31. College (1927)
Not Rated | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Ronald's high-school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. Fearing to lose her to rival Jeff, he decides to go to college and pay more attentions to sports.
Directors: James W. Horne, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Flora Bramley, Harold Goodwin
Votes: 5,473
32. The Goat (1921)
Not Rated | 23 min | Comedy, Short
A series of adventures begins when an accident during photographing causes Buster to be mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the local bad guy.
Directors: Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Malcolm St. Clair
Votes: 4,952
33. The Boat (1921)
Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Buster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Sybil Seely
Votes: 3,633
34. The Eagle (1925)
Unrated | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A wanted Russian lieutenant becomes a masked vigilante seeking vengeance upon the man who stole his family's land, only to fall for his charming daughter.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, Louise Dresser, Albert Conti
Votes: 2,270 | Gross: $0.32M
35. The Play House (1921)
23 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
After waking up from his wacky dream, a theater stage hand inadvertently causes havoc everywhere he works.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Monte Collins, Virginia Fox
Votes: 4,586
36. One Romantic Night (1930)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Romance
A scheming mother wishes to make a successful match between her daughter and a prince, yet another man, a commoner, may stand in the way.
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Lillian Gish, Rod La Rocque, Conrad Nagel, Marie Dressler
Votes: 466
37. The 'High Sign' (1921)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Action, Comedy
A drifter at an amusement park finds himself both the bodyguard and hit man of a man targeted by a criminal gang.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Bartine Burkett, Charles Dorety, Ingram B. Pickett
Votes: 3,561
38. Tempest (1928)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance
In Czarist Russia, a peasant officer, resented by the aristocrats, falls in love with a princess.
Directors: Sam Taylor, Lewis Milestone, Viktor Tourjansky | Stars: John Barrymore, Camilla Horn, Louis Wolheim, Boris de Fast
Votes: 522
39. The Garage (1920)
25 min | Short, Comedy
Roscoe and Buster operate a combination garage and fire station. In the first half they destroy a car left for them to clean. In the second half they go off on a false alarm and return to find their own building on fire.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Molly Malone, Harry McCoy
Votes: 1,544
40. The Scarecrow (1920)
Not Rated | 19 min | Comedy, Short, Family
Two inventive farmhands compete for the hand of the same girl.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Luke the Dog, Joe Keaton
Votes: 4,744
41. Under Two Flags (1936)
Passed | 112 min | Adventure
Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle is in love with her. Doyle sends ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Ronald Colman, Claudette Colbert, Victor McLaglen, Rosalind Russell
Votes: 505
42. The Butcher Boy (1917)
Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Comedy
Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Josephine Stevens
Votes: 1,886
43. The Blacksmith (1922)
21 min | Comedy, Short
Buster Keaton shoes horses and repairs cars, with mixed results.
Directors: Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts
Votes: 3,047
44. Coney Island (1917)
TV-G | 25 min | Short, Comedy
Roscoe tries to dump his wife so he can enjoy the beach attractions. Buster arrives with Alice, who is taken away from him by Al, who loses her to Roscoe. Bathing beauties and Keystone Kops abound.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Joe Bordeaux, Jimmy Bryant
Votes: 1,882
45. Hard Luck (1921)
22 min | Short, Comedy
Strange things ensue after a young man attempts to take his own life.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Bull Montana
Votes: 2,629
46. Clive of India (1935)
Approved | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In the mid-1700's the East India Company has power over commerce on the sub-continent, with the blessings of the British government. A clerk in the company, Robert Clive, is frustrated by ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Colin Clive, Francis Lister
Votes: 457
47. Neighbors (1920)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
A young couple who live next to each other in tenement apartments do everything they can to be together despite of their feuding families.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Jack Duffy, The Flying Escalantes
Votes: 4,683
48. The Haunted House (1921)
Unrated | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves' hideout.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline
Votes: 3,646
49. The Locked Door (1929)
74 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
On her first anniversary Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character from her own past, and determines to intervene.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Rod La Rocque, Barbara Stanwyck, William 'Stage' Boyd, Betty Bronson
Votes: 592
50. Puttin' on the Ritz (1930)
Passed | 88 min | Music, Musical, Romance
A vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are.
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: Harry Richman, Joan Bennett, James Gleason, Aileen Pringle
Votes: 189