Classics to moderns

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows classics to moderns

poster Civilization
Civilization
(3.0/5)
86mn - Drama
Count Ferdinand, a submarine commander and secret pacifist refuses to torpedo a defenseless passenger ship during wartime. His submarine is sunk in the following fracas. In the spirit world, Christ commen…
poster Entr'acte
Entr'acte
(3.7/5)
22mn - Comedy, Fantasy
Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most 'dada' film, composed of a series of zany, interconnected scenes. We witness a rooftop chess match between Marcel Duchamp …
poster The Kleptomaniac
The Kleptomaniac
10mn - Crime
A well-dressed woman leaves her home and takes a carriage to a department store. While she is in the store, she steals several items, and is caught by store employees. Meanwhile, a poor woman with two sma…
poster Fate of Graduates
Fate of Graduates
(3.7/5)
100mn -
The film tells the tragic story of two recent college graduates, Tao Jianping ("Tao" is a homophone for peach), and Li Lilian ("Li" is a homophone for plum). Married, the two hope to change society for th…
poster Putting Pants on Philip
Putting Pants on Philip
20mn - Comedy
Pompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder greets his nephew from Scotland who arrives in kilts. He is immediately taken to a tailor for a pair of proper pants.
poster Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
(3.9/5)
163mn - Drama, History
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
poster The Lady of the Camellias
The Lady of the Camellias
(2.9/5)
66mn - Drama, Romance
La Signora delle Camelie chronicles the tragic love story of courtesan Marguerite Gautier and provincial bourgeois Armand Duval. Armand’s father disapproves of the relationship and convinces Marguerite to…
poster Three Women
Three Women
(3.3/5)
70mn - Drama
A frivolous middle aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her conniving paramour dumps her for the daughter, leaving the young boyfriend crushed.
poster The Roaring Road
The Roaring Road
(2.9/5)
58mn - Drama, Comedy
"Toodles" Waldron, racing enthusiast and the best salesman for J. D. Ward's automobile company, quarrels with his boss; Ward will not let him enter the Santa Monica Grand Prize Road Race, or marry his dau…
poster Max and Jane Want to Do Theater
Max and Jane Want to Do Theater
(3.1/5)
13mn - Comedy
Max is a stage struck youth, and because of a deep-seated desire to go on the stage, refuses to consent to a marriage his father has planned for him. The girl, whom Max has never met, is also stage struck…
poster Scarlet Street
Scarlet Street
(3.9/5)
102mn - Drama, Thriller
Christopher Cross, a mild-mannered cashier and weekend painter trapped in a loveless marriage, rescues the beautiful Kitty March from an attack, instantly falling for her charms. Unbeknownst to Chris, Kit…
poster Oh, Tomorrow Night...
Oh, Tomorrow Night...
34mn - Comedy
"Oh, Tomorrow Night ..." Slipper hero Ernst Rolf is married to a real Xantippa and also has concerns with the economy, so when the superintendent is shirking his home. In town, he meets his friend Boman a…
poster Husbands or Lovers
Husbands or Lovers
(3.1/5)
56mn - Drama, Romance
A wife, bored by her overweight slob of a husband, gives in to the temptation of a slickly seductive poet.
poster Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
4mn - Fantasy
In a living room, four contemporary couples from the time the film was shot dance a waltz under the direction of a violinist (Linder). They begin a minuet and their costumes change in a sudden. A man ente…
poster The Broken Butterfly
The Broken Butterfly
(3.2/5)
58mn - Drama, Romance
A woman in Canada abused by her aunt falls in love with a foreign composer looking for inspiration, who comes to find it in her and the star-crossed romance that develops between them.
poster The Oubliette
The Oubliette
29mn - Drama, History
Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly …
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