Buster Keaton
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1. 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: 1,398
6.5
2. The Rough House (1917)
19 min | Comedy, Short
Roscoe, his wife and his mother-in-law run a seaside resort. Buster plays a gardener who puts out a fire started by Roscoe, then a delivery boy who fights with the cook St. John, then a cop.
Directors: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake
Votes: 1,148
6
3. 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: 7,110
8.5
4. Convict 13 (1920)
Not Rated | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline
Votes: 2,788
7.5
5. 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: 3,643
8
6. 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: 3,757
8
7. 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: 2,666
7.5
8. 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: 2,007
7.5
9. The 'High Sign' (1921)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, 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: 2,639
8
10. 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: 3,853
8
11. 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: 3,781
7.5
12. 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: 2,934
7.5
13. The Paleface (1922)
G | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Western
Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts
Votes: 2,702
7.5
14. 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: 5,720
8
15. My Wife's Relations (1922)
25 min | Short, Comedy
By accident, Buster and an intimidating woman end up married.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Wallace Beery, Monte Collins, Wheezer Dell
Votes: 1,910
7.5
16. 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: 2,393
7.5
17. The Frozen North (1922)
Unrated | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Western
Buster plays a bumbling villain in this parody of melodrama.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Sybil Seely, Bonnie Hill
Votes: 1,875
7
18. The Electric House (1922)
TV-G | 23 min | Short, Comedy
After being mistakenly certified as an electrical engineer, Buster is hired to wire a house.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Keaton, Louise Keaton
Votes: 2,448
8
19. Daydreams (1922)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Comedy
A sincere young man leaves his home to win his fortune so he can marry his home town sweetheart.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Renée Adorée, Edward F. Cline, Joe Keaton
Votes: 2,167
7.5
20. The Balloonatic (1923)
G | 22 min | Short, Comedy
A hapless amusement park attendant finds his run away balloon ride has left him in a strange predicament.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Phyllis Haver, Babe London
Votes: 2,648
7
21. The Love Nest (1923)
Unrated | 20 min | Short, Comedy
In an attempt to forget his lost sweetheart, Buster takes a long trip at sea where he boards a whaling ship with a strict captain.
Directors: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline | Stars: Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox, Steve Murphy
Votes: 2,046
7.5
22. 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: 4,038
7.5
23. 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: 10,191
7.9
24. 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: 41,813 | Gross: $0.98M
8.5
25. 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: 9,084 | Gross: $1.48M
7.8
26. Seven Chances (1925)
Passed | 56 min | Comedy, Romance
A man learns he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7 p.m. that same day.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards
Votes: 9,261 | Gross: $0.21M
7.9
27. 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: 3,834
7.7
28. The General (1926)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive, he pursues it single-handedly and straight through enemy lines.
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley
Votes: 80,966 | Gross: $1.03M
9.1
29. Battling Butler (1926)
Passed | 77 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
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: 2,952 | Gross: $0.70M
7.6
30. College (1927)
Not Rated | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
To reconcile with his girlfriend, a bookish college student tries to become an athlete.
Directors: James W. Horne, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Flora Bramley, Harold Goodwin
Votes: 4,399
7.6
31. 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: 13,212
8.3
32. The Cameraman (1928)
Not Rated | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Hopelessly in love with a woman working at MGM Studios, a clumsy man attempts to become a motion picture cameraman to be close to the object of his desire.
Directors: Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey
Votes: 10,445
8.6
33. Spite Marriage (1929)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy
An unimpressive but well intending man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.
Directors: Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian, Edward Earle, Leila Hyams
Votes: 1,878
7.5
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