YEAR 1921: TOP 50 FILMS by CANONMOVIES
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- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceJackie CooganThe Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.
- DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsVictor SjöströmHilda BorgströmTore SvennbergOn New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
- DirectorRex IngramStarsRudolph ValentinoAlice TerryPomeroy CannonAn extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBernhard GoetzkeLil DagoverWalter JanssenWhen a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishDorothy GishJoseph SchildkrautTwo orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisRoy BrooksA man hits the streets with a scheme to keep his fiancé from losing her job, however, things quickly go from bad to worse.
- DirectorBuster KeatonMalcolm St. ClairStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsA series of adventures begins when an accident during photographing causes Buster to be mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the local bad guy.
- DirectorAndré AntoineStarsArmand BourRené AlexandreGermaine RouerAs Jean is walking across the countryside in search of work, he helps and befriends a young woman, Françoise, who is having trouble controlling the cow that she is leading. Jean finds work at a local farm, but he soon finds himself caught in the middle of the conflicts in Françoise's family. Her uncle Fouan has just decided to divide everything that he has amongst his two sons and his daughter, hoping that he can then spend the rest of his life at ease. But the details of the division only create bitterness, rivalry, and intrigue.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonBartine BurkettCharles DoretyA drifter at an amusement park finds himself both the bodyguard and hit man of a man targeted by a criminal gang.
- DirectorMarcel L'HerbierStarsÈve FrancisJaque CatelainMarcelle PradotSibilla is a single mother, working as a gypsy dancer in a lousy cafe in the south of Spain. Unable to keep with the costs of his son's medical bills, she asks for help to Estiria, her son's biological father and one of the richest men in town. After being rejected, Sibilla vows to save her son's life by any means necessary - even at the cost of her own life.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsRichard BarthelmessGladys HuletteWalter P. LewisWhen three thuggish men are responsible for the death of his father and the crippling of his brother, young David must choose between supporting his family or risking his life and exacting vengeance.
- DirectorLeopold JessnerPaul LeniStarsHenny PortenFritz KortnerWilliam DieterleA crippled mailman is in love with a maid who lives in the same building he does in one of the city's poor neighborhoods. She, however, is in love with a wealthy, handsome young man. Desperate to win her love, he begins to intercept love letters they send to each other and replaces them with his own messages, which each thinks is from the other. His plan seems to be succeeding, but then something happens that bring tragic results to them all.
- DirectorMax LinderStarsMax LinderAlta AllenBetty K. PetersonAfter breaking a mirror in his home, superstitious Max tries to avoid situations which could bring bad luck-- but in doing so, causes himself the worst luck imaginable.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineMonte CollinsAfter waking up from his wacky dream, a theater stage hand inadvertently causes havoc everywhere he works.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceCharles AberA tramp sneaks into a upper class golf resort. The tramp meets a rich woman who is having an argument with her drunken husband. Complications arise when she mistakes the tramp for her husband.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenJack PickfordStarsMary PickfordClaude GillingwaterJoseph J. DowlingAn American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
- DirectorSvend GadeHeinz SchallStarsAsta NielsenPaul ConradiMathilde BrandtDanish silent movie-star Asta Nielsen formed her own production company to make this film, in which new elements are combined with features (and a few lines) familiar from Shakespeare's version of the legend. The most important of these changes sees Hamlet made into a female character - a princess forced to masquerade as a man by her scheming mother; from this follows Hamlet's secret passion for Horatio and rivalry with Ophelia for his love. Queen Gertrude is here presented as conspiring in her first husband's murder, and the old king's ghost does not appear - young Hamlet merely hears a voice from the tomb and (apparently) dreams of him. In addition, Hamlet now kills Claudius (in a fire) immediately upon returning from Norway with an army led by old school- friend Fortinbras, and it falls to Gertrude to engineer Hamlet's death in the fencing match as well as kill herself by accidentally drinking the poisoned wine.
- DirectorWilliam C. de MilleStarsLois WilsonMilton SillsTheodore RobertsA once-timid young woman gains newfound confidence after a failed marriage, much to the chagrin of her miserable family.
- DirectorGunnar SommerfeldtStarsAmund RydlandKaren PoulsenRagna WettergreenAfter the Nobel prize winning Knut Hamsun-novel, with it's criticism of industrialization, urbanizing and loss of values. The farmer Isak makes a farm out of barren soil, together with Inger and their two sons. She kills the third.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsPola NegriVictor JansonPaul HeidemannA charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerHal RoachStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisAnna Mae BilsonA young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.
- DirectorFred NibloStarsDouglas FairbanksNigel De BrulierGeorge SiegmannCardinal Richelieu, engaged in intrigue at the court of Louis XIII, attempts to rule by threatening the queen, who is secretly in love with the Duke of Buckingham. From Gascony comes D'Artagnan to join the King's Musketeers in his quest for adventure. He wins the right to membership by proving his prowess with the sword and forms an eternal alliance with Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, the Three Musketeers. After many adventures, he embarks on a dangerous mission to England to recover a diamond brooch, a gift of the king, which the queen has given to Buckingham as a token of affection. He recovers it and returns in time to save the queen from the wrath of Louis, defeat the cardinal's intrigue, and win Constance, the queen's seamstress.
- DirectorWallace WorsleyStarsLeatrice JoyJohn BowersLon ChaneyA romantic rivalry among members of a secret society becomes even tenser when one of the men is assigned to carry out an assassination.
- DirectorMauritz StillerStarsJenny HasselqvistMathias TaubeHildegard HarringOn a farm in up-country Sweden, an enigmatic stranger comes to a conservative peasant community and seduces a farmer's wife.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisAggie HerringAn ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.
- DirectorCharles SheelerPaul StrandThis groundbreaking silent documentary captures the beauty and majesty of the New York City in its streets, skyscrapers, bridges, rail yards and harbors.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsStrange things ensue after a young man attempts to take his own life.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineSybil SeelyBuster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.
- DirectorMax LinderStarsMax LinderAlta AllenCaroline RankinMax is determined to woo Mary, despite her Aunt Agatha's disapproval.
- DirectorMaurice CampbellStarsBebe DanielsJack HoltMayme KelsoHeiress Teddy Simpson avoids boredom by calling random men to flirt despite having a fiance, Rob Winslow. Trouble arises when she meets a few of them and they expect to marry her. She must cleverly keep her beau without upsetting the others.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenJack PickfordStarsMary PickfordGertrude AstorWilfred LucasWhen her mother remarries, a young Belgian girl is left behind with her nurse, but when Germany invades the country, she is sent to America to find her mother.
- DirectorJacques FeyderStarsJean AngeloGeorges MelchiorMarie-Louise IribeTwo men, lost in the desert, meet Queen Antinea, ruler of Atlantis.
- DirectorGeorge MelfordStarsRudolph ValentinoAgnes AyresRuth MillerA charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.
- DirectorLupu PickStarsWerner KraussEdith PoscaHermine Straßmann-WittSet during the winter, the story tells the tale of a track checker and his family who live a poverty-stricken life next to a railway line. They receive a telegram announcing the arrival of the section inspector, who is to live with the family.
- DirectorMinoru MurataStarsKaoru OsanaiHaruko SawamuraDenmei SuzukiA small town boy dreams of being a famous fiddler; meanwhile, two convicts escape from prison and hide in the woods
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsA bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves' hideout.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisNoah YoungAn idle, wealthy playboy foolishly joins the Navy when the father of the girl he wants to marry tells him to get a job to prove himself worthy.
- DirectorRobert G. VignolaStarsMarion DaviesForrest StanleyEdith ShayneThe frothy experiences of a vain little flapper. Her father induces an actor friend to become a gentlemanly cave man and the film becomes another variation of the 'Taming of the Shrew' theme.
- DirectorRex IngramStarsAlice TerryRudolph ValentinoEric MayneAfter losing his father, a playboy moves in with his miserly uncle, who seeks to cheat him out of his inheritance.
- DirectorWinsor McCayA female centaur (a creature half-human and half-horse) enters a clearing in the woods, and picks some flowers. She is soon met by a male centaur, and the two then romance each other. They then seek parental consent for their union.
- DirectorJoe MayStarsOlaf FønssMia MayConrad VeidtThe unfaithful wife of a cruel Indian prince attempts to escape from his domination.
- DirectorJoe MayStarsOlaf FønssMia MayConrad VeidtIrene saves Herbert and the two help Princess Savitri flee the palace.
- DirectorRay C. SmallwoodStarsAlla NazimovaRudolph ValentinoRex CherrymanA courtesan and an idealistic young man fall in love, only for her to give up the relationship at his status-conscious father's request.
- DirectorWinsor McCayAfter eating a rarebit, a man has an odd dream in which his wife takes in a strange-looking animal that eats everything in sight and keeps growing until it threatens the entire city.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsWallace ReidGloria SwansonElliott DexterSocialite Anatol Spencer seeks a better relation than he has with his wife. He sets up the friend of his youth Emilie in an apartment and she two-times him; he comforts near-suicidal Annie and she robs him.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsHermann BöttcherCarola ToelleLilli LohrerHarry Yquem, a wealthy broker, remains obsessed with delusions of his devout wife's infidelity.
- DirectorPenrhyn StanlawsStarsBetty CompsonGeorge HackathorneEdwin StevensIn 1840 Scotland, a young lass named Babbie revels in the country life and frolics with the locals, simple weavers whose livelihood is threatened by increasing industrialization. When Lord Rintoul attempts to rout the rebellious weavers, Babbie always manages to send word in time to prevent their being taken by surprise. Gavin, new minister to the town, falls in love with Babbie, and his relationship with the young gypsy almost costs him his position. But what Gavin and his parishioners do not know is that Babbie is actually Lady Babbie, ward of Lord Rintoul.
- DirectorHal RoachStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisNoah YoungComic adventures of newlyweds and children.
- DirectorLarry SemonNorman TaurogStarsLarry SemonOliver HardyFrank AlexanderWell-meaning but accident-prone bakery employee Larry is involved in numerous slapstick mishaps on the job. After accidentally causing the bakery owner to fall into a vat of cake batter Larry finds his job in jeopardy, but he redeems himself by foiling a robbery planned by the bakery foreman.
- DirectorLois WeberStarsPhilip HubbardMargaret McWadeClaire WindsorThe Professor dispenses the wisdom of the ages and does not make a living wage. The sons of the rich and powerful are students lacking any motivation. The next door neighbor of the Professor, businessman Olsen, has money and lots of food, while the Griggs have hardly any. Both Peter Olsen and Reverend Gates are taken by the beauty of young Amelia Griggs. When rich son Phil West falls for Amelia Griggs and befriends the poor Reverend Gates, he finally sees the difference in his life and theirs and tries to do something to change that.