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1. The Country Boy (1915)
Comedy, Drama
Tom, a young man in a small town, wants to marry his sweetheart Jane, but Jane's father won't allow it until Tom proves he can support her. Tom heads to New York City to make his fortune ... See full summary »
Director: Frederick A. Thomson | Stars: Marshall Neilan, Florence Dagmar, Dorothy Green, Loyola O'Connor
2. The Failure (I) (1915)
Drama
Theatrical manager Isaac Shuman has a reputation for "taking advantage" of young girls who want to become stars on Broadway. Reporter Tom Warder investigates these stories and exposes ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: John Emerson, Juanita Hansen, Allan Sears, Olga Grey
3. Ghosts (1915)
49 min | Drama
Helen and Manders are in love and wish to marry. Her parents object to his poverty and want her to marry Alving, a notorious rake, who is wealthy and powerful. Manders protests. The family ... See full summary »
Directors: George Nichols, John Emerson | Stars: Karl Formes, Henry B. Walthall, Mary Alden, Loretta Blake
Votes: 96
4. Old Heidelberg (1915)
50 min | Drama, Romance
Karl Heinrich is the heir to the throne of the small European principality of Rutania, but he's a lonely child, not allowed to play with other children and knowing little about life outside... See full summary »
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Wallace Reid, Dorothy Gish, Karl Formes, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 50
5. His Picture in the Papers (1916)
Not Rated | 62 min | Comedy
Pete Prindle wins the affections of Christine Cadwalader, but the father of the girl demands that Pete shall get a half interest in his father's food product company before he is allowed to... See full summary »
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Clarence Handyside, Rene Boucicault, Jean Temple
Votes: 188
6. The Flying Torpedo (1916)
50 min | Drama
In the future (1921), an alliance of several foreign countries plot to attack the US. American officials, coming to the realization that the country is basically defenseless, offer ... See full summary »
Directors: John B. O'Brien, Christy Cabanne | Stars: John Emerson, Spottiswoode Aitken, W.E. Lawrence, Fred J. Butler
Votes: 38
7. Macbeth (1916)
80 min | Drama, History
Shakespeare's tragedy of the Scots nobleman whose ambition leads him to betrayal, murder, and damnation.
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Constance Collier, Wilfred Lucas, Spottiswoode Aitken
Votes: 34
8. Intolerance (1916)
Passed | 163 min | 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.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, F.A. Turner
Votes: 16,716 | Gross: $2.18M
9. The Social Secretary (1916)
52 min | Comedy, Drama
To avoid unwanted attention at her next job, a young professional disguises herself, leading to some unintended consequences.
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Norma Talmadge, Kate Lester, Helen Weir, Gladden James
Votes: 561
10. Panthea (1917)
78 min | Drama
A woman sacrifices everything for her husband's career.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Norma Talmadge, L. Rogers Lytton, George Fawcett, Earle Foxe
11. In Again, Out Again (II) (1917)
50 min | Comedy
In New Jersey lives Teddy Rutherford, a vigorous exponent of preparedness. Before the populace realize it, the community becomes a hive of munition manufacturers. Teddy falls in love with ... See full summary »
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Arline Pretty, Walter Walker, Arnold Lucy
Votes: 26
12. For France (1917)
50 min | Drama, War
When World War I breaks out, young West Point cadet Gerald Ackland, who is studying in Paris, joins the French army as a fighter pilot. His French fiancee, Martha Landeau, and her father ... See full summary »
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Edward Earle, Betty Howe, Arthur Donaldson, Mary Maurice
13. Draft 258 (1917)
70 min | Drama
Mary Alden and her brothers Matthew and George have extremely different political views. Matthew is a committed pacifist, and is constantly giving speeches against war. George is notified ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Mabel Taliaferro, Walter Miller, Earl Brunswick, Eugene Borden
14. Reaching for the Moon (1917)
69 min | Adventure, Comedy
A factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in "the company of kings." One day he discovers that he is indeed the only heir to the ... See full summary »
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Richard Cummings, Millard Webb
Votes: 126
15. Sylvia of the Secret Service (1917)
50 min | Drama
During World War I, a group of German saboteurs plot to blow up an ammunition dump in New York City. A secret agent sets out to stop them.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Irene Castle, J.H. Gilmour, Elliott Dexter, Suzanne Willa
16. Who Goes There? (1917)
50 min | Drama
During World War I, Kervyn Guild, an American citizen who was born in Belgium, is captured with other Belgian refugees by the Germans. Brought before the commanding officer, General Von ... See full summary »
Director: William P.S. Earle | Stars: Harry T. Morey, Corinne Griffith, Arthur Donaldson, Mary Maurice
17. The Unbeliever (1918)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, War
A wealthy young American, bred to class distinction and racial intolerance, enters the Marines during the First World War. In the course of his training and his experiences in the trenches ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Marguerite Courtot, Raymond McKee, Erich von Stroheim, Kate Lester
Votes: 145
18. Hearts of the World (1918)
TV-PG | 117 min | Drama, War
Young lovers in a French village are torn apart with the coming of the Great War.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Robert Harron, Adolph Lestina
Votes: 1,104
19. The Hun Within (1918)
50 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A German-American father, loyal to his new U.S. home, finds himself on opposite sides with his son in the wartime conflict between Germany and America. The son becomes involved with German ... See full summary »
Director: Chester Withey | Stars: Dorothy Gish, George Fawcett, Charles K. Gerrard, Douglas MacLean
Votes: 21
20. The Heart of Humanity (1918)
105 min | Drama, Romance, War
An American woman is terrorized by the ravages of war and a lecherous Prussian lieutenant when she becomes a Red Cross nurse overseas during the Great War.
Director: Allen Holubar | Stars: Dorothy Phillips, William Stowell, Robert Anderson, Walt Whitman
Votes: 113
21. Blind Husbands (1919)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance
An Austrian officer sets out to seduce a neglected young wife.
Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Sam De Grasse, Francelia Billington, Erich von Stroheim, Gibson Gowland
Votes: 1,690
22. Foolish Wives (1922)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Thriller
A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.
Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Rudolph Christians, Miss DuPont, Maude George, Mae Busch
Votes: 4,020 | Gross: $0.40M
23. Souls for Sale (1923)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Director: Rupert Hughes | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Mae Busch, Barbara La Marr, Richard Dix
Votes: 1,106
24. Greed (1924)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.
Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller
Votes: 10,754 | Gross: $0.16M
25. The Wedding March (1928)
Passed | 113 min | Drama
A young impoverished aristocrat falls in love with an inn-keepers daughter, but has to marry money.
Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Fay Wray, Zasu Pitts, Matthew Betz
Votes: 1,898
26. The Great Gabbo (1929)
Passed | 92 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.
Directors: James Cruze, Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Donald Douglas, Betty Compson, Marjorie Kane
Votes: 1,003
27. The Honeymoon (1929)
"The Wedding March" ended with the marriage between Nikki and the crippled Cecilia takes place. Eberle swears to kills the prince unless Mitzi will agree to marry him. She relents, but at ... See full summary »
Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Matthew Betz, Dale Fuller, Cesare Gravina, Hughie Mack
Votes: 75
28. Three Faces East (1930)
71 min | Drama, Thriller
A beautiful British intelligence agent attempts to reveal the identity and motives of a powerful German spy during World War 1.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Constance Bennett, Erich von Stroheim, Anthony Bushell, William Holden
Votes: 296
29. Friends and Lovers (1931)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Romance, War
British Army Captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito. Sangrito, however, is well aware of the affair, as he uses his beautiful wife to ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Lili Damita, Laurence Olivier, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 442
30. The Lost Squadron (1932)
Passed | 79 min | Drama, History, War
In hard times just after World War I, three ex-fighter pilots manage to land jobs as Hollywood stunt fliers working for dictatorial director Von Furst.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Richard Dix, Mary Astor, Robert Armstrong, Dorothy Jordan
Votes: 820
31. As You Desire Me (1932)
Approved | 70 min | Drama, Romance
An officer tries to convince an amnesiac bar entertainer that she is his long-lost lover.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Erich von Stroheim, Owen Moore
Votes: 764 | Gross: $0.71M
32. Fugitive Road (1934)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An Austrian officer must face up to the good and evil aspects of his own personality as he becomes involved in a war.
Directors: Frank R. Strayer, Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Wera Engels, Leslie Fenton, George Humbert
Votes: 72
33. Crimson Romance (1934)
Approved | 71 min | Action, Drama, War
After Fred von Bergen, a German immigrant in America, is forced from his job by anti-German hysteria before the Great War, he and his friend Bob Wilson leave America and join the German air force,
Director: David Howard | Stars: Ben Lyon, Sari Maritza, Erich von Stroheim, James Bush
Votes: 184
34. The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935)
Passed | 63 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in whoever it is injected into. He uses the serum to paralyze his enemies, so that he can bury them alive.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Harriet Russell, Dwight Frye, Paul Guilfoyle
Votes: 399
35. Marthe Richard (1937)
95 min | Drama, War
The fictionalized story of Marthe Richard ,a spy in WW1.
Director: Raymond Bernard | Stars: Edwige Feuillère, Délia Col, Marthe Mellot, Liliane Lesaffre
Votes: 117
36. The Grand Illusion (1937)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, War
During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Jean Gabin, Dita Parlo, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 38,854 | Gross: $0.17M
37. Under Secret Orders (II) (1937)
Approved | 66 min | Drama, Thriller, War
When a German spy realizes that he is being followed by British agents, he gives the secret information he is carrying to his girlfriend. When he is killed, she gives the information to his... See full summary »
Director: Edmond T. Gréville | Stars: Dita Parlo, John Loder, Erich von Stroheim, Claire Luce
Votes: 59
38. The Alibi (1937)
84 min | Crime
Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy. He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean, Jany Holt, Louis Jouvet
Votes: 246
39. Les pirates du rail (1938)
89 min | Drama
It's about 4 mercenary and they take ostages on a train in New york...
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Charles Vanel, Suzy Prim, Erich von Stroheim, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 54
40. The Lafarge Case (1938)
110 min | Crime, Drama
Based on true facts ,a news item which was widely talked about in the nineteenth century ,this is the story of a wife who might have poisoned her husband .
Director: Pierre Chenal | Stars: Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal, Raymond Rouleau, Margo Lion
Votes: 31
41. Les disparus de St. Agil (1938)
98 min | Drama, Mystery
Strange things happen at night at the Saint-Argil secondary school. Baume, Sorgues and Macroy, three of the school's pupils, discover a suspicious man on the premises. Shortly after this unsettling event, pupils begin to go missing.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Michel Simon, Armand Bernard, Aimé Clariond
Votes: 952
42. Ultimatum (1938)
73 min | Drama, War
About the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the beginning of the First World War. Focuses on the relationship between a Serbian officer and his Austrian-born wife and their involvement in espionage between the countries.
Directors: Robert Wiene, Robert Siodmak | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Abel Jacquin, Bernard Lancret, Dita Parlo
Votes: 82
43. It Happened in Gibraltar (1938)
92 min | Drama, Romance, War
Off Gibraltar ,British ships blow up;there might be a mole among the British officers .
Director: Fyodor Otsep | Stars: Viviane Romance, Roger Duchesne, Abel Jacquin, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 113
44. Derrière la façade (1939)
85 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The owner of an apartment building is found murdered. Two rival policemen, Boucheron and Lambert, investigate the matter and get into the private lives of the tenants: an unfaithful judge, ... See full summary »
Directors: Georges Lacombe, Yves Mirande | Stars: Lucien Baroux, Jules Berry, André Lefaur, Gaby Morlay
Votes: 151
45. The World Will Shake (1939)
108 min | Sci-Fi
Jean Durand ,a young scientist invents a machine which can predict the date of your death accurately.He tries to use a prostitute as a guinea pig to test the machine.Jean Durand is evil,and... See full summary »
Director: Richard Pottier | Stars: Claude Dauphin, Madeleine Sologne, Armand Bernard, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 93
46. Rappel immédiat (1939)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
One of several French films responding to the tension during the Czechoslovakia crisis: On the set in a film studio, a production is interrupted, and a conflict develops between the lead actress and an American officer who supports peace.
Director: Léon Mathot | Stars: Mireille Balin, Roger Duchesne, Bernard Lancret, Erich von Stroheim
47. Personal Column (1939)
106 min | Musical, Romance, Thriller
After one of her fellow taxi dancers is murdered by an unknown man who she met through a personal column advert, Adrienne Charpentier is recruited by the police to answer a series of similar adverts to try to track down the killer.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Pierre Renoir, Marie Déa, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 410
48. Menaces... (1940)
95 min | Drama
The months before World War II. The fear of the impending war never leaves the guests of an hotel in Paris.
Director: Edmond T. Gréville | Stars: Mireille Balin, John Loder, Ginette Leclerc, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 137
49. Tempête (1940)
97 min | Drama
Director: Dominique Bernard-Deschamps | Stars: Arletty, Marcel Dalio, Annie Ducaux, Erich von Stroheim
Votes: 56
50. I Was an Adventuress (1940)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A pair of crooks (von Stroheim and Lorre) use a phony countess (Zorina) who winds up falling in love with one of their victims (Greene).
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim, Peter Lorre
Votes: 389