SILENT MOVIES
Below is a list of the best silent movies based on the ratings submitted by our members. There are a lot of movies that have yet to be added into our database so there could be some obvious absences on the list until we've added more movies.
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THE LAST WARNING 1929
A producer decides to reopen a theater that had been closed five years previously, when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the same play with the remaining members of the original cast.
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THE GOLEM: HOW HE CAME INTO THE WORLD 1920
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
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THE CAT AND THE CANARY 1927
Relatives of an eccentric millionaire gather in his spooky mansion on the 20th anniversary of his death for the reading of his will.
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THE BELLS 1926
An innkeeper murders a wealthy guest to pay off his debt, but his conscience will not allow him to get away with the crime so easily.
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THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI 1920
At a carnival in Germany, Francis and his friend Alan encounter the crazed Dr. Caligari. The men see Caligari showing off his somnambulist, Cesare, a hypnotized man who the doctor claims can see into the future. Shockingly, Cesare then predicts Alan's death, and by morning his chilling prophecy has come true, making Cesare the prime suspect. However, is Cesare guilty, or is the doctor controlling him?
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MACISTE IN HELL 1925
The devil takes Maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality.
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THE AVENGING CONSCIENCE 1914
Thwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man turns to thoughts of murder. Experiencing a series of visions, he sees murder as a normal course of events in life and kills his uncle. Tortured by his conscience, his future sanity is uncertain as he is assailed by nightmarish visions of what he has done.
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THE HAUNTED CASTLE 1921
In the castle Vogeloed, a few aristocrats are awaiting baroness Safferstatt. But first count Oetsch invites himself. Everyone thinks he murdered his brother, baroness Safferstatt's first husband, three years ago. So he is rather undesirable. But Oetsch stays; arguing he is not the murderer and will find the real one...
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DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE 1920
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
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THE MAN WHO LAUGHS 1928
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.
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WARNING SHADOWS 1923
A wealthy man invites the local wealthy bachelors over for a puppet show about men who covet another man's wife. The puppeteer is actually a witch and gives the men nightmares about what could happen if they date the lady of the house.
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THE QUEEN OF SPADES 1916
Hermann, a Russian military officer with a small fortune, is fascinated when he hears a story of Countess Fedotovna, who won her fortune by playing three certain cards. After finding out what those cards are, he bets his own money which results in him losing both his money and his mind.
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EERIE TALES 1919
After the old-books shop closes, portraits of the Strumpet, Death, and the Devil come to life and amuse themselves by reading stories about themselves, of course, in various guises and eras.
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WAXWORKS 1924
A wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner's daughter in the stories.
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THE EYES OF THE MUMMY 1918
A girl is kidnapped and held captive in an ancient Egyptian temple. She is rescued and flees to England, but soon finds that her mysterious captor is still haunting her.
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