All Recommendations

Seven Chances
7.5

Seven Chances

1925

Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.

The Scarecrow
7.4

The Scarecrow

1920

Two farmhands compete for the love of the farmer's daughter.

The Paleface
6.1

The Paleface

1922

A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who enters their encampment because white oil tycoons are trying to force them from their land.

Convict 13
6.7

Convict 13

1920

A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.

Neighbors
7.1

Neighbors

1920

The Romeo and Juliet story played out in a tenement neighborhood with Buster and Virginia's families hating each other over the fence separating their buildings.

Beggars of Life
7.1

Beggars of Life

1928

After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.

The Railrodder
6.6

The Railrodder

1965

After literally swimming across the Atlantic Ocean, an Englishman takes a country trip across Canada on a railcar.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
6.6

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921

Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being half of French heritage, the other being half German. Following the death of the family patriarch, the man's two daughters and their families resettle to France and Germany, respectively. In time the Great War breaks out, putting members of the family on opposing sides.

Island of the Fishmen
5.6

Island of the Fishmen

1979

After their prison ship sinks in the Caribbean, a group of prisoners and a doctor wash ashore on a seemingly deserted island. They soon discover a strange couple, who invite them to stay at their house. While the prisoners plan an escape, the doctor does some investigating, and soon finds out just what the pair are really doing, and why the prisoners keep disappearing mysteriously.

Jerichow
6.6

Jerichow

2009

In a small town in Northern Germany, a penniless German veteran is offered a job as a deliveryman by an alcoholic Turkish entrepreneur, through which the former meets the latter's wife.

The Haunted House
6.6

The Haunted House

1921

A bank teller who becomes involved with a hold-up, counterfeiters and a theatrical troupe posing as spooks in a haunted house.

The Parson's Widow
7.2

The Parson's Widow

1920

A young man is elected by a small village to be its parson. As part of his duties, he is required to marry the widow of the parson before him. This poses two problems--first, the widow is old enough to be his grandmother, and second, he is already engaged to another woman.

Study in Color and Black and White
4.8

Study in Color and Black and White

1993

A hand-painted and photographically step-printed film, which exhibits variably shaped small areas of color (in a dark field) that explode into full frames of textured color interwoven with white scratch patterns that create a sense of interior depth and three-dimensional movement.

Crazy Like a Fox
6.2

Crazy Like a Fox

1926

Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

The Play House
6.8

The Play House

1921

After waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.

We Were Young
5.7

We Were Young

2015

Five long-term pals confront ageing and mortality as they enjoy their last weeks together before taking different paths.

Our Hospitality
7.5

Our Hospitality

1923

A young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.

The Crimson Pirate
7.0

The Crimson Pirate

1952

Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, naval fights and tons of swordplay.

The Phantom Carriage
7.8

The Phantom Carriage

1921

An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.

Letter from an Unknown Woman
7.8

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.