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1. Babylon (I) (2022)
R | 189 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Jean Smart, Olivia Wilde
Votes: 167,004
2. Three Amigos! (1986)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Western
Three actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau
Votes: 83,511 | Gross: $39.25M
3. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,220
4. The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
114 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
Directors: Peter Middleton, James Spinney | Stars: Pearl Mackie, Jeff Rawle, Paul Ryan, Matthew Wolf
Votes: 1,787
5. Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Approved | 122 min | Biography, Drama
The life and career of vaudevillian and silent-screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Marjorie Rambeau
Votes: 2,959
6. Dreamboat (1952)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy
Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor, is plagued when his old movies are shown on TV and sets out with his daughter to stop it. However, his former co-star is the hostess of the TV show playing his films and she has other plans.
Director: Claude Binyon | Stars: Clifton Webb, Ginger Rogers, Anne Francis, Jeffrey Hunter
Votes: 954
7. The Great Buster (2018)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Documentary on the life and works of comic genius Buster Keaton, directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
Director: Peter Bogdanovich | Stars: Peter Bogdanovich, Dick Cavett, Frank Capra, Jim Curtis
Votes: 2,386 | Gross: $0.14M
8. Étoile sans lumière (1946)
88 min | Drama, Music
An actress is afraid for her career when her agent decides to hire a young provincial with a fabulous voice.
Director: Marcel Blistène | Stars: Édith Piaf, Marcel Herrand, Jules Berry, Serge Reggiani
Votes: 221
9. The Englishman's Boy (2008)
Drama, Western
A movie producer in 1920s Hollywood tries to track down an elusive Western star for his next picture.
Stars: Alden Adair, Ryland Alexander, Kent Allen, Tim Allen
Votes: 139
10. Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999 TV Movie)
Unrated | 57 min | Documentary, Biography
Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews with family members an acquaintances. Including seven minutes of additional material not seen in the TV version.
Director: Hugh Munro Neely | Stars: Courtney Love, David Stenn, Budd Schulberg, Catherine Mulligan
Votes: 253
11. Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, Biography
A chronicle of the life and career of silent film star Mary Pickford.
Director: Nicholas Eliopoulos | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Votes: 223
12. Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009)
128 min | Documentary
A 100 year history of the development of movie marketing, reflecting technical improvements, audience taste and cultural sensibilities.
Directors: Michael J. Shapiro, Jeff Werner | Stars: Robert Osborne, Chris Arnold, Dan Asma, John Barrymore
Votes: 58
13. Broken Hearts of Hollywood (1926)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Virginia Perry, a former movie star, leaves her family and returns to Hollywood to make a comeback, but age has taken its toll and she is cast in small character roles. Meanwhile, her ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Patsy Ruth Miller, Louise Dresser, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jerry Miley
Votes: 19
14. The Camera Speaks (1934)
11 min | Short, Drama
An elderly night watchman at the Vitagram movie studio falls asleep and dreams about the old days.
Stars: Leo Donnelly, William Jennings Bryan, Dorothy Dalton, Teddy the Dog
Votes: 57
15. Silent Clowns (2006)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
A profile of some of the greatest stars of silent comedy.
Stars: Paul Merton, Neil Brand, Terry Jones, Sanjeev Bhaskar
Votes: 51
16. Harry Langdon: Lost and Found - A Story in Five Parts (1997 Video)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary
An off-screen narrator and nine talking heads make the case for Harry Langdon being ranked just below Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd as a fine movie comedian. They celebrate his slowed-down ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Arkus, Charles Chaplin, Beth Daniels, Ken Gordon
Votes: 23
17.
E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998– )
Episode:
Clara Bow
(1998)
Documentary
Stars: A.J. Benza, Clara Bow, David Stenn, Paul Backer
Votes: 13
18.
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)
Episode:
The Gloria Swanson Story
(1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Gloria Swanson and Drysdale are doing some business which involves her selling her house and some of her possessions and donating the proceeds to charity and then she is moving East. When ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Depew | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr.
Votes: 134
19.
The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode:
Alan King and Lena Zavaroni
(1974)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family
Highlights include: guest Alan King as a baseball fan who is being pestered by a woman who has more interest in him than in the game; two former silent screen stars (Carol, Harvey) are ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Alan King
Votes: 38
20.
Make the Connection (1955– )
Episode:
Episode #1.7
(1955)
Family, Game-Show
Stars: Eddie Bracken, Laraine Day, Harry Gribbon, Buster Keaton
21.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
The Night of the Setting Sun
(1998)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
While investigating the resurgence of an old flu strain that resembles the Spanish Flu, the team finds a reclusive family of drifters in hiding, who all look like they came straight out of the 1910s, and may or may not be vampires.
Director: E. Jane Thompson | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 16
22.
Project Twenty (1954–1970)
Episode:
The Story of Will Rogers
(1961)
Not Rated | 51 min | Documentary
Bob Hope narrates the life story of early 20th century entertainer, Will Rogers.
Director: Donald B. Hyatt | Stars: Bob Hope, Will Rogers Jr., Calvin Coolidge, Grace Coolidge
Votes: 13
23.
Person to Person (1953–1961)
Episode:
Episode #1.27
(1954)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Edward R. Murrow, Paddy DeMarco, Gloria Swanson
24.
The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode:
Steve Lawrence
(1974)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family
Highlights include guest Steve Lawrence as emcee of a celebrity roast for silent-screen star Nora Desmond.
Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Steve Lawrence
Votes: 36
25.
Hollywood Hist-o-Rama (1961– )
Episode:
Harold Lloyd
(1962)
4 min | Documentary, Biography
A brief but fascinating look at Harold Lloyd's life and career.
Director: Joseph R. Juliano
Votes: 15
26.
Hollywood (1980)
Episode:
Star Treatment
(1980)
Documentary, Biography, History
The glorious, tragic, and truncated careers of American silent stars like John Gilbert, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, and Greta Garbo are highlighted.
Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Cedric Belfrage, Eleanor Boardman, Louise Brooks
Votes: 54
27.
America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode:
39-33
(2010)
Documentary, Crime, History
Our look at mysteries that have baffled America continues with a look at the greatest unsolved art theft in history, the unexplained death of America's first mystery writer and if Bigfoot exists.
Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Michael Newton, Troy Taylor, Rick Beyer, Paul Aron