Items15The creator’s order
  1. 1Sherlock Jr. (1924)Sherlock Jr. (1924) 8.1/10 on IMDbReleased 17 Apr 1924Buster Keaton turns the border between projection booth and screen into a practical obstacle course. The visual idea develops through cuts whose geography remains surprisingly clear. A short feature makes an inviting first step into silent comedy; seek a restored edition that preserves the framing,…0
  2. 2The General (1926)The General (1926) 8.1/10 on IMDbReleased 25 Dec 1926The railway gives Keaton an unusually legible set of directions, moving objects and deadlines. The comic invention lies in how one attempted fix changes what the train makes possible next. Its Confederate viewpoint and Civil War setting deserve context rather than nostalgic acceptance, while the…0
  3. 3Safety Last! (1923)Safety Last! (1923) 8.1/10 on IMDbReleased 12 Mar 1923Harold Lloyd makes a department-store worker's wish to appear successful turn into a literal problem of height. The famous climb is more effective after the earlier social bluff has established what he is trying to maintain. Choose a restoration with clear detail, and let the escalating practical…0
  4. 4City Lights (1931)City Lights (1931) 8.5/10 on IMDbReleased 6 Feb 1931Chaplin builds small physical misunderstandings into a relationship whose emotional stakes remain legible without dialogue. This is a silent-style feature with a synchronised musical soundtrack, not a film made before recorded sound existed. Its shifts between precise gag construction and…0
  5. 5Modern Times (1936)Modern Times (1936) 8.5/10 on IMDbReleased 5 Feb 1936Machines and institutional routines keep asking Chaplin's body to operate at the wrong speed. The gags make work organisation visible before any historical explanation is needed. A later silent-style film with music, effects and some voices, it is not wholly silent; its selective use of sound is…0
  6. 6The Gold Rush (1925)The Gold Rush (1925) 8.1/10 on IMDbReleased 13 Jul 1925A hostile landscape turns eating, shelter and polite behaviour into unstable physical routines. Chaplin lets the same objects carry hunger and an almost absurd social ambition. Seek the original silent version if you want the 1925 construction; the 1942 reissue adds narration and changes the…0
  7. 7The Kid (1921)The Kid (1921) 8.2/10 on IMDbReleased 21 Jan 1921The partnership between Chaplin and Jackie Coogan makes shared routines the source of both comedy and attachment. Their little working systems are enjoyable before the melodrama tests the bond. Different releases have been edited and rescored, so check the version; the film's emotional directness…0
  8. 8The Navigator (1924)The Navigator (1924) 7.5/10 on IMDbReleased 28 Sept 1924A large ship becomes a household whose basic tasks its inexperienced occupants cannot perform normally. Keaton and Kathryn McGuire make space, machinery and mismatched assumptions do the comic work. The feature is inviting if you like seeing a simple domestic problem acquire a ridiculously…0
  9. 9Seven Chances (1925)Seven Chances (1925) 7.8/10 on IMDbReleased 15 Mar 1925An inheritance deadline makes Keaton's social awkwardness expand into movement on an enormous scale. The final pursuit rewards attention to routes and accumulating obstacles. Some period racial caricature is objectionable, so its invention should be approached with that context; the appeal lies in…0
  10. 10Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) 7.8/10 on IMDbReleased 9 May 1928Keaton's uncertain place beside his imposing father gives the early physical business a social rhythm before the storm radically changes the scale. The famous house-front stunt is only one part of a sustained rearrangement of the town. Seek a complete restored version so the quieter preparation has…0