YEAR 1919: TOP 50 FILMS by CANONMOVIES
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- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishRichard BarthelmessDonald CrispA frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.
- DirectorMauritz StillerStarsErik StocklassaBror BergerRichard LundIn 16th century Sweden, the lives of three Scottish mercenaries and a vicar's family intersect after a crime forever alters a small coastal town. As the three try to escape, they find themselves trapped when all ships are frozen in ice.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsThomas MeighanTheodore RobertsRaymond HattonLady Mary Lasenby is a spoiled maiden who always gets her way until shipwrecked with her butler, then learns which qualities are really admirable in a person.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishRobert HarronWilbur HigbySusie, a plain young country girl, secretly loves a neighbor boy, William. She believes in him and sacrifices much of her own happiness to promote his own ambitions, all without his knowledge. Eventually he rises to a position of success and sophistication, and Susie realizes that she has through her own efforts raised him to a level where he is inaccessible to her.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsOssi OswaldaHermann ThimigVictor JansonForced into marriage by his uncle, a man decides to fool him by marrying a life-like mechanical doll instead.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsVictor JansonOssi OswaldaHarry LiedtkeAn American heiress seeks the hand of an impoverished German prince.
- DirectorErich von StroheimStarsSam De GrasseFrancelia BillingtonErich von StroheimAn Austrian officer sets out to seduce a neglected young wife.
- DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsJack HoltSeena OwenWallace BeeryAxel Heyst, an uncommitted wanderer, has settled on an island in the South Seas. He takes pity on a troubled young woman, Lena, and gives her refuge on her island. But the piratical Mr. Jones, who believes Heyst has treasure buried on his island, leads his cohorts in an invasion of Heyst's haven.
- DirectorFrank HurleyStarsErnest ShackletonFrank WorsleyJ. StenhouseThe story of the 1914-1916 Antarctic exploration mission of Sir Ernest Shackleton. The ship sails south, breaking the ice, and ultimately getting trapped by the fast-changing weather. The ship breaks up in the ice, and while 22 men and 70 dogs wait on Elephant Island, Shackleton and a crew of five take a 20-foot lifeboat 800 miles to South Georgia Island to mount a rescue mission. We also get a good look at the exotic animals of the region, particularly the penguins.
- DirectorAbel GanceStarsRomuald JoubéMaxime DesjardinsSéverin-MarsThe story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other's wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsDouglas FairbanksAlbert MacQuarrieKathleen CliffordPsychiatrist Dr. Ulrich Metz attempts to drive Daniel Brown to suicide.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsElliott DexterGloria SwansonLew CodyLeila Porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and looking sloppy. But after she divorces him and marries two-timing playboy Schuyler Van Sutphen the now-reformed James looks pretty good.
- DirectorAlfred J. GouldingHal RoachStarsHarold LloydMildred Davis'Snub' PollardA penniless young man tries to save an heiress from kidnappers and help her secure her inheritance.
- DirectorWilliam WorthingtonStarsSessue HayakawaTsuru AokiEdward Peil Sr.A wild man and genius becomes a master painter's disciple, but loses his divine gift when he finds love.
- DirectorSidney FranklinStarsMary PickfordRalph LewisKenneth HarlanA spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys, where she becomes involved with all manner of unpleasantness.
- DirectorDavid HartfordStarsNell ShipmanCharles ArlingWheeler OakmanA woman finds herself all alone in a remote harbor with the man responsible for the murder of her father. With seemingly nobody around to protect her, she has to be resourceful.
- DirectorHal RoachStarsHarold LloydBebe Daniels'Snub' PollardYoung playwright spends his last cent to pay the rent of struggling actress in a theatrical boarding house. Pursuing her, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big, just before a police raid.
- DirectorHal RoachStarsHarold Lloyd'Snub' PollardBebe DanielsThe young couple have decided to marry and it is time to ask the father for the hand of his daughter. Problem is, the father does not want to give the daughter away. So every time he goes to the office to ask the father, he is tossed out. He is ejected over and over, by different methods, while the girl waits and waits.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishRobert HarronGeorge FawcettJohn Logan leaves his parents and sweetheart in bucolic Happy Valley to make his fortune in the city. Those he left behind become miserable and beleaguered in his absence, but after several years he returns, a wealthy man.
- DirectorMarshall NeilanStarsMary PickfordMilla DavenportPercy HaswellAn orphan discovers that she has an anonymous benefactor who is willing to pay her college tuition, unaware he's the same man who has been romantically pursuing her.
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsCarl Walther MeyerElith PioHalvard HoffA judge sees his illegitimate daughter facing a trial for the murder of her newborn child, also out of wedlock. He is certain that she will be sentenced to death.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsPola NegriEmil JanningsHarry LiedtkeThe story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsFernand HerrmannÉdouard MathéGaston MichelThe efforts of lawyer Jacques Varese and journalist Raoul de Nerac who attempt to expose and destroy the criminal organization led by a sadistic banker Rudolph Strelitz.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceOlive Ann AlcornCharlie works on a farm from 4am to late at night. He gets his food on the run (milking a cow into his coffee, holding an chicken over the frying pan to get fried eggs). He loves the neighbor's daughter Edna but is disliked by her father. He rides a cow into a stream and is kicked off. Unconscious, he dreams of a nymph dance. Back in reality a city slicker is hurt in a car crash and is being cared for by Edna. When Charlie is rejected after attempting to imitate the slicker, the result is ambiguous--either tragic or a happy ending. Critics have long argued as to whether the final scene is real or a dream.
- DirectorRaymond LongfordStarsArthur TauchertLottie LyellGilbert EmeryA down-at-heal ex-convict undergoes an epiphany as he experiences the love of a good woman for the first time.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceC. AllenA father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.
- DirectorTod BrowningStarsPriscilla DeanWellington A. PlayterLon ChaneyA slum girl is forced to steal for a living. After she swipes a rich society's matron's necklace, she hides out at the home of a man who turns out to be the socialite's former fiance.
- DirectorJoseph De GrasseSidney FranklinStarsMary PickfordHarold GoodwinAllan SearsFamily tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit the area for its coal.
- DirectorVictor SjöströmStarsVictor SjöströmHarriet BosseTore SvennbergLill-Ingmar is having a troublesome love life with his bride to be Brita.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsElliott DexterTom FormanGloria SwansonDr. Edward Meade and friend Richard Burton both love Sylvia Norcross. Both enlist in the military, but Meade stays back to care for deformed children. Sylvia thinks him a coward and marries Burton. After Burton is presumed dead, Meade and Sylvia are to wed, but Burton returns maimed and scarred.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleMonty BanksFrank HayesA farm boy must rescue his sweetheart from being married off to someone she does not love.
- DirectorEnrique RosasStarsJoaquín CossJuan de HomsManuel de los RíosA gang terrorize Mexico City's high society in 1915. Murder, kidnapping and robbery are their trademarks. One police inspector (Cabrera) follows the gang's crimes and eventually sends them to jail.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishRobert HarronRalph GravesAn orphan girl is given shelter by a farm family, but soon finds herself in the clutches of a murderous farmer and his wife.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsErnst LubitschOssi OswaldaEthel OrffA bumbling, self-indulgent husband goes on a vacation away from his wife. There he meets a popular, attractive young woman also on a vacation. Both go on a mountain climb which is going to be far from an ideal adventure.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsRichard BarthelmessEugenie BessererCarol DempsterA romantic bandit named Alvarez, wanted for raids on the mining camps of the California gold rush in 1849, is reformed by the love of a good woman.
- DirectorMax FleischerStarsRoland CrandallMax FleischerAs a cartoonist draws a clown, a housefly harasses both the man and his pen-and-ink creation.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsMarion DaviesNorman KerryMatt MooreA young woman must resist the charms of a handsome stranger and stay single if she wants to inherit a fortune.
- DirectorHal RoachStarsHarold LloydBebe Daniels'Snub' PollardWhile running away from his girl's father, their car breaks down in front of a dance hall run by crooks. Harold has to not only stay one step ahead of the girl's father, but also those trying to rob them of everything they have.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsAdolph LestinaCarol DempsterFrances ParksStory of two brothers who go off to France to fight in World War I, the women who love them and an American expatriate living in France who rallies behind his former country.
- DirectorWilliam WorthingtonStarsSessue HayakawaHelen Jerome EddyPauline CurleyThe renown Hindu scientist, Dr. Chindi Ashutor, who has conquered plague in India, visits Scotland and falls in love with Kate Erskine, whose sister Mary is engaged to Ashutor's college friend, James Bassett. Although Kate loves Ashutor, she says marriage would make them social outcasts. Several months later, Bassett comes to Ashutor in India for help in eluding members of the Black Hand. Bassett became involved with them out of curiosity, and now they demand that he commit a murder. On a boat bound for Italy, Ashutor gives Bassett an injection to make him appear dead. In view of the Black Hand agents, François and Countess Petite Florence, a dummy is then buried at sea. In Scotland, after the agents overhear Ashutor tell the Erskines that Bassett is all right, Ashutor bribes François, who is then murdered by the countess. For his silence, Ashutor demands that Bassett be left alone. He then bids another farewell to Kate saying he will always love her.
- DirectorAlbert ParkerStarsClara Kimball YoungGareth HughesPauline StarkeA young woman at a crossroads is shown what her future would be like for each choice.
- DirectorLambert HillyerStarsWilliam S. HartJane NovakRobert McKimBuckskin Hamilton guides a wagon train across the wasteland, caring well for the pioneers he escorts, but hoping to solve the murder of his brother by one of the travellers.
- DirectorRichard OswaldStarsAnita BerberConrad VeidtReinhold SchünzelA demon, a reaper, and the ghost of a prostitute read gothic short stories and act them out.
- DirectorRichard OswaldStarsConrad VeidtLeo ConnardIlse von Tasso-LindTwo male musicians fall in love, but blackmail and scandal makes the affair take a tragic turn.
- DirectorMauritz StillerStarsLars HansonGreta AlmrothLillebil IbsenOlof Koskela is the son of a rich farmer. He seduces young girls at random, until an inconsistent gesture rushes him away from home and his carefree lifestyle. Based on the 1905 novel by Finnish author Johannes Linnankoski.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMae MarshRobert HarronMiriam CooperA re-edited version of the 'modern' story from Intolerance (1916).
- DirectorHal RoachStarsHarold Lloyd'Snub' PollardBebe DanielsBilly Blazes confronts Crooked Charley, who has been ruling the town of Peaceful Vale through fear and violence.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsMae MurrayRichard CummingsHarry L. RattenberryA poor hat-check girl loses her job and is forced to get a job as a dancer at a roadhouse. There she falls in love with the son of a rich businessman. The boy's father, believing her to be after the family's money, determines to embarrass her and show his son what she really is.
- DirectorAlfred J. GouldingStarsHarold LloydBebe Daniels'Snub' PollardStage hand Harold falls in love with the leading lady of a visiting theatrical troupe.
- DirectorJames CruzeStarsWallace ReidAnn LittleTheodore RobertsA young man pursues a young lady with the same energy he applies to his other obsession in life, auto racing.