The Greatest Masterpieces of Silent Film

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Charlie Chaplin - City Lights [DVD]
1.  Charlie Chaplin - City Lights [DVD] DVD ~ Charles Chaplin
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  "An exquisite jewel that completely justifies Chaplin's reputation as one of the world's leading filmmakers."
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Sunrise - Murnau - Masters of Cinema series [DVD]
2.  Sunrise - Murnau - Masters of Cinema series [DVD] 
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  "A thoroughly poetic, bucolic, pastoral, personal, contemplative, idiosyncratic, lyrical, late romantic and expressionist vision of humanity."
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The General [DVD]
3.  The General [DVD] 
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  "Buster Keaton combines humour, epic, and insight like no other."
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Criterion Collection: Joan of Arc [DVD] [1928] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
4.  Criterion Collection: Joan of Arc [DVD] [1928] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Renée Maria Falconetti
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  "Superb directing from Dreyer combines with an unbearably moving performance from Falconetti to create a stark, radiant, exalted, simple, and ultimately sublime masterpiece."
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Intolerance [1916] [DVD]
5.  Intolerance [1916] [DVD] DVD ~ Lillian Gish
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  "As ambitious a movie as has ever been made, and if you adjust for the era, it might also be the most lavish, expensive, and painstaking."
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Metropolis - Masters of Cinema series [DVD] [1927]
6.  Metropolis - Masters of Cinema series [DVD] [1927] DVD ~ Metropolis
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  "It is highly doubtful whether any subsequent movie has so fully and completely exploited the effects available at the time."
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Charlie Chaplin - the Gold Rush [DVD]
7.  Charlie Chaplin - the Gold Rush [DVD] DVD ~ Charles Chaplin
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  "A wonderfully captivating historical comedy about a lone gold rush prospector. The film by which Chaplin wanted to be remembered."
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Battleship Potemkin [1925] [DVD]
8.  Battleship Potemkin [1925] [DVD] DVD ~ Aleksandr Antonov
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  "A massively influential film that immortalizes the revolutionary spirit, celebrates it for those already committed, and propagandizes it for the unconverted."
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Der letzte Mann (aka The Last Laugh) [Masters of Cinema] [DVD] [1924]
9.  Der letzte Mann (aka The Last Laugh) [Masters of Cinema] [DVD] [1924] DVD ~ F.W. Murnau
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  "A ground breaking tour de force demonstrating Murnau's immense talent for visual storytelling (no intertitles), featuring a completely free moving camera, and possibly the first ever fantasy sequence."
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Napoleon (1927)
10.  Napoleon (1927) 
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  "Be sure to see the glorious Kevin Brownlow restoration (far closer to the original version), not the highly flawed and incomplete Coppola version."
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Nosferatu (Definitive Fully-restored version with original score) [Masters of Cinema] [1921] [DVD]
11.  Nosferatu (Definitive Fully-restored version with original score) [Masters of Cinema] [1921] [DVD] DVD ~ Max Schreck
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  "The word masterpiece is often overused, but no one could deny that Nosferatu has truly earned that title. A pre-eminent example of early German expressionism."
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Greed [VHS]
12.  Greed [VHS] VHS Drama
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  "The story of a relationship ruined by greed and neurosis, backed up by some very beautiful imagery and intense music."
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Cabinet of Dr Caligari [DVD] [1919] [US Import] [2019]
13.  Cabinet of Dr Caligari [DVD] [1919] [US Import] [2019] DVD ~ Werner Krauss
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  "Subtle and ingenius, we see the world the way an insane person might see it; warped and confused, a nightmarish terrain where nothing makes sense and balance is not to be found."
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Our Hospitality & Sherlock, Jr [DVD] [2024] [US Import] [NTSC]
14.  Our Hospitality & Sherlock, Jr [DVD] [2024] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Buster Keaton
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  "Sherlock, jnr. Even at just 44 minutes, this film starts slow, but once the action picks up, it evolves into an unforgettable never-ending stream of amazing and entertaining stunts."
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Man With A Movie Camera [1929] [DVD]
15.  Man With A Movie Camera [1929] [DVD] DVD ~ Mikhail Kaufman
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  "An art film combining dissolves, split screen, fast motion, slow motion, footage played backwards, freeze-frames, double exposure, jump cuts, close-ups, tracking shots and animations like no other."
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Cottage on Dartmoor [DVD] [1929] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
16.  Cottage on Dartmoor [DVD] [1929] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Norah Baring
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The Crowd (1928)
17.  The Crowd (1928) VHS James Murray
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  "An unforgetable tale of the vain struggle of one common family man to rise from the crowd."
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Broken Blossoms [1919] [DVD]
18.  Broken Blossoms [1919] [DVD] DVD ~ Lillian Gish
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Faust (Silent) [DVD]
19.  Faust (Silent) [DVD] DVD ~ Gösta Ekman
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Big Parade [VHS]
20.  Big Parade [VHS] VHS King Vidor|John Gilbert|Renée Adorée|Hobart Bosworth
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  "A pleasant blend of drama, action, and lighter moments, with plenty of quality filmography and sets. Simple, believable, and unpretentious characters are brought to life by an outstanding cast."
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Ben Hur-A Tale of the Christ [VHS]
21.  Ben Hur-A Tale of the Christ [VHS] VHS Ramon Novarro
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  "Superior to the much more celebrated William Wyler version in almost every way."
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Pandora's Box (Silent) [Special Edition] [DVD]
22.  Pandora's Box (Silent) [Special Edition] [DVD] DVD ~ Louise Brooks
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Safety Last [VHS]
23.  Safety Last [VHS] VHS Harold Lloyd
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Charlie Chaplin - the Kid [DVD]
24.  Charlie Chaplin - the Kid [DVD] DVD ~ Charles Chaplin
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Tabu (A Story of the South Seas) [Masters of Cinema] [DVD]
25.  Tabu (A Story of the South Seas) [Masters of Cinema] [DVD] DVD ~ F.W. Murnau
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