Silent Film Movies

  • 1911
    His Trust

    His Trust

    His Trust

    4.11911HD

    A Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of George, his faithful Negro servant. After the officer is...

    His Trust
  • 1928
    The Mating Call

    The Mating Call

    The Mating Call

    6.21928HD

    A World War I veteran takes on the Ku Klux Klan when he loses his wife to a womanizing Klansman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in...

    The Mating Call
  • 1919
    The First Men in the Moon

    The First Men in the Moon

    The First Men in the Moon

    61919HD

    The inventor of a space sphere flies to the moon and is marooned by a crooked financier.

    The First Men in the Moon
  • 1929
    Redskin

    Redskin

    Redskin

    5.21929HD

    Wing Foot is a Navajo educated in an otherwise all-white school. He experiences prejudice from both the whites (because of his race) and the Navajos...

    Redskin
  • 1914
    Martin Eden

    Martin Eden

    Martin Eden

    01914HD

    A sad story about how a working-class man tries, and succeeds, to become a writer, but finds difficulty in fitting into that world.

    Martin Eden
  • 1925
    Yes, Yes, Nanette

    Yes, Yes, Nanette

    Yes, Yes, Nanette

    5.31925HD

    Nanette sends a letter to her family telling of her new husband, Hillory. When Hillory arrives to meet the family, he gets insulted by each member,...

    Yes, Yes, Nanette
  • 1925
    Lady of the Night

    Lady of the Night

    Lady of the Night

    61925HD

    The story of two baby girls, born near in proximity but worlds apart in society: Molly Helmer, the daughter of a thief, and Florence Banning, the...

    Lady of the Night
  • 1900
    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    How It Feels to Be Run Over

    5.9211900HD

    As the camera looks down an open road, a horse and carriage approaches, and passes by to one side of the field of view. Soon afterwards, an...

    How It Feels to Be Run Over
  • 1918
    The Lady of the Dugout

    The Lady of the Dugout

    The Lady of the Dugout

    61918HD

    Real life outlaw Al Jennings tells a "real" story about how he came to the aid of a woman who was abused by her alcoholic husband.

    The Lady of the Dugout
  • 1917
    By the Sad Sea Waves

    By the Sad Sea Waves

    By the Sad Sea Waves

    5.81917HD

    Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!

    By the Sad Sea Waves
  • 1904
    Metamorphosis of a Butterfly

    Metamorphosis of a Butterfly

    Metamorphosis of a Butterfly

    4.71904HD

    The stages that a caterpillar goes through, from larvae to chrysalis, to become a butterfly.

    Metamorphosis of a Butterfly
  • 1906
    The Hilarious Posters

    The Hilarious Posters

    The Hilarious Posters

    5.91906HD

    A wall full of advertising posters comes to life.

    The Hilarious Posters
  • 2015
    No Woman

    No Woman

    No Woman

    02015HD

    There is a world beyond our world where men say NO to Women when it comes to the making decision. Most women suffer extreme inequality, but only few...

    No Woman
  • 1897
    The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight

    The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight

    The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight

    5.4321897HD

    This legendary fight was filmed on March 17, 1897, using 63mm film that produced an aspect ratio of about 1.75:1. Using three adjacent cameras, Enoch...

    The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight
  • 1922
    The Fighting Streak

    The Fighting Streak

    The Fighting Streak

    01922HD

    Andy Lanning, a peace-loving blacksmith, rescues Ann, the fiancée of Charles Merchant, from a runaway team. When the town bully picks a fight...

    The Fighting Streak
  • 1916
    Shoes

    Shoes

    Shoes

    6.0531916HD

    A young working girl, struggling to support her family on her meager salary, desperately wishes for a new pair of shoes.

    Shoes
  • 1912
    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

    Cleopatra

    3.51912HD

    The fabled queen of Egypt's affair with Roman general Marc Antony is ultimately disastrous for both of them.

    Cleopatra
  • 1925
    Sally of the Sawdust

    Sally of the Sawdust

    Sally of the Sawdust

    6.11925HD

    Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Professor McGargle before she dies. Years later...

    Sally of the Sawdust
  • 1900
    Turn-of-the-Century Surgery

    Turn-of-the-Century Surgery

    Turn-of-the-Century Surgery

    4.8811900HD

    George Mélies made a version of this a few years later, often titled Une Indigestion, but Guy-Blaché’s earlier film Chirurgie Fin...

    Turn-of-the-Century Surgery
  • 1912
    The Painted Lady

    The Painted Lady

    The Painted Lady

    5.51912HD

    A lonely young woman lives with her strict father who forbids her to wear make-up. One day at an ice cream social, she meets a young man you seems...

    The Painted Lady