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The Congress Dances
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The Congress Dances

Sep. 29, 1931

The Congress Dances

Vienna glove-sales-lady Christel falls in love with Russian Czar Alexander. Austrian Prince Metternich tries to use this and other pleasant ...
Cimarron
5.8

Cimarron

Jan. 26, 1931

Cimarron

When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves ...
Alexander Hamilton
5.8

Alexander Hamilton

Sep. 12, 1931

Alexander Hamilton

The founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson.
Abraham Lincoln
5.6

Abraham Lincoln

Nov. 08, 1930

Abraham Lincoln

A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln’s life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; ...
The Passion of Joan of Arc
8.1

The Passion of Joan of Arc

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming ...
Storm Over Asia
7

Storm Over Asia

Nov. 10, 1928

Storm Over Asia

In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from ...
The Last Command
8

The Last Command

Jan. 21, 1928

The Last Command

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
Napoléon
8.2

Napoléon

Apr. 07, 1927

Napoléon

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican’s career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military ...
The King of Kings
7.4

The King of Kings

Apr. 19, 1927

The King of Kings

The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in ...
Battleship Potemkin
7.9

Battleship Potemkin

Dec. 24, 1925

Battleship Potemkin

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. ...
The Loves of Pharaoh
6.5

The Loves of Pharaoh

Feb. 21, 1922

The Loves of Pharaoh

The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries.
Häxan
7.6

Häxan

Sep. 18, 1922

Häxan

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen’s legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to ...
Anna Boleyn
6.5

Anna Boleyn

Dec. 03, 1920

Anna Boleyn

The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious ...
Anniversary of the Revolution
6.8

Anniversary of the Revolution

A chronicle of the Russian Revolution of 1917, from the bourgeois democratic February Revolution to the great socialist October Revolution and ...
The Dumb Girl of Portici
6.4

The Dumb Girl of Portici

Fenella, a poor Italian girl, falls in love with a Spanish nobleman, but their affair triggers a revolution and national catastrophe.
Martyrs of the Alamo
5.7

Martyrs of the Alamo

Nov. 20, 1915

Martyrs of the Alamo

The story of the defense of the mission-turned-fortress by 185 Texans against an overwhelming Mexican army in 1836.
The Coward
6

The Coward

Nov. 14, 1915

The Coward

Set during the American Civil War, Keenan stars as a Virginia colonel and Charles Ray as his weak-willed son. The son is forced, at gunpoint, by ...
The Birth of a Nation
6.1

The Birth of a Nation

Feb. 08, 1915

The Birth of a Nation

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is ...
The Drummer of the 8th
5.9

The Drummer of the 8th

When the Civil War begins, young Billy runs away from home to enlist in the Northern Army as a drummer; he’s wounded in battle and taken ...
The Rose of Kentucky
5.7

The Rose of Kentucky

Aug. 24, 1911

The Rose of Kentucky

A farmer takes in a young orphan after her mother’s death and sends her off to school. After she’s grown, he encourages her to ...
Old Ironsides
6.9

Old Ironsides

Dec. 06, 1926

Old Ironsides

An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution–a.k.a. “Old Ironsides”–against the ...
The Spanish Dancer
6.7

The Spanish Dancer

Oct. 06, 1923

The Spanish Dancer

The Spanish Dancer is the story of Maritana, a Romani girl who dances in courtyards and even tells people’s fortunes. Despite her lowly ...
Orphans of the Storm
7.3

Orphans of the Storm

Dec. 28, 1921

Orphans of the Storm

France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their ...
The Plague in Florence
6.4

The Plague in Florence

Suddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city’s ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her. The ...
Cabiria
7.1

Cabiria

Jun. 01, 1914

Cabiria

Young Cabiria is kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Carthage. Just as she’s to be sacrificed to Moloch, Cabiria is rescued by ...
The Story of the Kelly Gang
6

The Story of the Kelly Gang

Just as Galeen and Wegener’s Der Golem (1915) can be seen as a testament to early German film artistry, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) ...