Silent Film Movies

  • 1900
    The One-Man Band

    The One-Man Band

    The One-Man Band

    6.7451900HD

    A band-leader has arranged seven chairs for the members of his band. When he sits down in the first chair, a cymbal player appears in the same chair,...

    The One-Man Band
  • 1915
    Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition

    Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition

    Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition

    5.91915HD

    Fatty and Mabel go to the San Diego Exposition.

    Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
  • 1925
    A Rainy Knight

    A Rainy Knight

    A Rainy Knight

    51925HD

    Sweethearts Jimmie Carter and Bessie Barnes work for Adolph Brock at the Acme Corporation. One day while he is out for a drive in his jalopy of a...

    A Rainy Knight
  • 1900
    A Railway Collision

    A Railway Collision

    A Railway Collision

    4.11900HD

    The scene is a railroad track on the side of a steep mountain, with a tunnel in the background, toward which a train is running at a high rate of...

    A Railway Collision
  • 1896
    Lion, London Zoological Gardens

    Lion, London Zoological Gardens

    Lion, London Zoological Gardens

    5.21896HD

    A male lion, right next to bars that are about 6 or 8 inches apart, keenly watches a uniformed zoo attendant toss small morsels of food into the...

    Lion, London Zoological Gardens
  • 2016
    Around China with a Movie Camera

    Around China with a Movie Camera

    Around China with a Movie Camera

    4.22016HD

    A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across China....

    Around China with a Movie Camera
  • 1926
    Bromo and Juliet

    Bromo and Juliet

    Bromo and Juliet

    5.61926HD

    A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a...

    Bromo and Juliet
  • 1912
    The Obsession

    The Obsession

    The Obsession

    5.31912HD

    A mother (Renee Carl) goes to see a palm reader who informs her that a loved one is about to die. The woman doesn't know if it's her son or her...

    The Obsession
  • 1922
    The Bride's Play

    The Bride's Play

    The Bride's Play

    5.11922HD

    A sweet-natured young Irish woman is courted by a romantic poet and a local country gentleman. Which man will she choose?

    The Bride's Play
  • 1914
    Zapata's Gang

    Zapata's Gang

    Zapata's Gang

    61914HD

    Comedy about a film crew shooting a movie about guns and robbers, when real robbers turn up. Having to go home in robbers costume, they are...

    Zapata's Gang
  • 1914
    The Masquerader

    The Masquerader

    The Masquerader

    5.61914HD

    Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie...

    The Masquerader
  • 1925
    The Best Bad Man

    The Best Bad Man

    The Best Bad Man

    01925HD

    Visiting his vast properties incognito, Hugh Nichols (Tom Mix) discovers that his land agent (Cyril Chadwick) is forcing Peggy Swain (Clara Bow) and...

    The Best Bad Man
  • 1927
    Jewish Prudence

    Jewish Prudence

    Jewish Prudence

    6.41927HD

    Papa Gimplewart, father to three children is unimpressed by the young lawyer who wants to marry his daughter.

    Jewish Prudence
  • 1926
    The American Venus

    The American Venus

    The American Venus

    01926HD

    A lost film - Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most...

    The American Venus
  • 1917
    The Big Idea

    The Big Idea

    The Big Idea

    4.51917HD

    A clerk in a failing antiques store gets a big idea on how to move the merchandise so that he can save the store and possibly win the girl.

    The Big Idea
  • 1924
    A Boy of Flanders

    A Boy of Flanders

    A Boy of Flanders

    01924HD

    An orphan boy wins a prize for his drawing.

    A Boy of Flanders
  • 1928
    Prep and Pep

    Prep and Pep

    Prep and Pep

    01928HD

    A boy finds it difficult to live up to his father's reputation at his school.

    Prep and Pep
  • 1919
    Upstairs

    Upstairs

    Upstairs

    01919HD

    While working as a dishwasher in a fashionable New York hotel, Elsie MacFarland often sneaks upstairs to enviously peek at the people dancing to jazz...

    Upstairs
  • 1929
    Meidän poikamme

    Meidän poikamme

    Meidän poikamme

    21929HD

    Silent military propaganda film by Erkki Karu, later followed by the musical revue film Meidän poikamme merellä ("Our Boys at Sea", 1933)...

    Meidän poikamme
  • 1929
    My Grandmother

    My Grandmother

    My Grandmother

    5.31929HD

    The protagonist, a lazy pen-pusher, gets the sack for his bureaucratic idleness, and learns that the way back into the job market depends on getting...

    My Grandmother