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20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

Science Fiction · Silent · Action & Adventure

Epic rendering of the Jules Verne classic including a primitive submarine and the fight with the Giant Octopus. Film features the spectacular first use of underwater photography.

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

Romance · Comedy Drama

A charming womanizer must find a way to get $80 to elope to Hawaii with his one true love, or else go to his father's chosen business school.

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Animation · Silent · Fantasy

Lotte Reiniger's stop-motion silhouette animation tells a magical tale of a prince, a flying horse, a wicked sorcerer, a princess who can transform into a bird, and even, Aladdin! Beautifully restored with color tinting and a new orchestral recording of the magnificent original score by Wolfgan…

Angel

Angel

Romance · Comedy Drama

Romantic comedy starring the great Marlene Dietrich as the unfaithful wife of a foreign diplomat.

Anna Boleyn

Anna Boleyn

Drama · Romance · Silent

The tragic story of the second wife of England's Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.

Annie Laurie

Annie Laurie

Drama · Romance · Silent

The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie.

The Apartment (4KUHD)

The Apartment (4KUHD)

National Film Registry · Comedy Drama · 4K UHD DISC

C.C. “Bud” Baxter knows the way to success in business…it’s through the door of his apartment! By providing a perfect hideaway for philandering bosses, the ambitious young employee reaps a series of undeserved promotions.

Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love

Romance · Comedy Drama · Romantic Comedy

Ace reporter Augusta “Gusto” Nash poses as the wife of an imprisoned American pilot  to save him from execution by Spanish fascists.

Asphalt

Asphalt

Drama · Silent · World Cinema

Joe May's Sensual Drama of Life in the Berlin Underworld.

Back to God's Country: The Films of Nell Shipman

Back to God's Country: The Films of Nell Shipman

Silent · Western · Thriller

THE FILMS OF NELL SHIPMAN features two extraordinary motion pictures starring early independent producer, writer, conservationist and actor Nell Shipman, including an ice-bound thriller and a hilarious romp across the West.

Backtrack (Special Edition) aka Catchfire

Backtrack (Special Edition) aka Catchfire

Comedy Drama · Action · Crime

A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to get her.

Battleship Potemkin

Battleship Potemkin

Silent · Period Drama · RT Certified Fresh

For eight decades, Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 masterpiece has remained the most influential silent film of all time. Yet each successive generation has seen BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN subjected to censorship and recutting, its unforgettable power diluted in unauthorized public domain editions from dubious so…

Baxter

Baxter

World Cinema · Comedy Drama · Horror

The inner thoughts of a sociopathic bull terrier reveal that he is quite unhappy with his situation—living with an elderly woman who is afraid of him. In search of his ideal master, he successfully plots how to do away with her—and attempts a similar plan when he becomes dissatisfied wit…

Before The Nickelodeon

Before The Nickelodeon

Silent · Documentary · Film Documentaries

Noted film historian Charles Musser co-wrote and directed this definitive tribute to Edwin S. Porter, the mechanic and cameraman for Thomas Edison, now recognized as a major contributor to the evolution of film structure. From the time of The Great Train Robbery in 1903 until Griffith started at Bio…

The Beloved Rogue

The Beloved Rogue

Adventure · Silent · Drama

A rich historical romance starring John Barrymore as poet Frances Villon who battles against nasty King Louis the XI in 17th Century France. 

The Best of Times

The Best of Times

Sports · Comedy Drama

A small-town loser wants the chance to redeem himself by winning a football game.

The Big Easy

The Big Easy

Neo-Noir · Crime · Thriller

A corrupt lieutenant in the homicide division is threatened by the righteous DA while trying to solve a string of mysterious murders.

The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

National Film Registry · Historic Drama · Silent

Almost a century after its release, The Birth of a Nation remains one of the most controversial films ever made... a landmark achievement of filmmaking that undeniably demonstrates the deep roots of America's racist history.

Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

Drama · Romance · Silent

A young Spaniard who achieves his boyhood ambition to become a celebrated toreador finds himself the victim of his own desires, forsaking the pure love of the sweet-natured Carmen for the sinister charms of the exotic Doña Sol.

Borderline

Borderline

Drama · Silent

When a Black couple rent a room above a tavern, it ignites the fears and jealousies simmering in a rural Swiss village.

Broken Blossoms

Broken Blossoms

National Film Registry · Romance · Silent

The heartbreaking story of a waterfront waif (Lillian Gish) from the Limehouse district of London who escapes the abuse of her father (Donald Crisp) through a doomed relationship with a Chinese immigrant (Richard Barthelmess).

The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 2 (Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator)

The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 2 (Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator)

National Film Registry · Silent · Comedy

New restorations of two Keaton classics- Sherlock Jr. and The Navigator.

The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 3 (Seven Chances / Battling Butler)

The Buster Keaton Collection: Volume 3 (Seven Chances / Battling Butler)

Silent · Comedy

New restorations of two Keaton classics- Seven Chances and Battling Butler.

Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection (1917-23)

Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection (1917-23)

Silent · Comedy

As new generations discover the magic of silent cinema, Buster Keaton has emerged as one of the era's most admired and respected artists. Behind the deadpan expression and trademark porkpie hat was a filmmaking genius who conceived and engineered some of the most breathtaking stunts and feats of vis…

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Cult · Silent · RT Certified Fresh

Director Robert Wiene and a visionary team of designers crafted a nightmare realm in which light, shadow and substance are abstracted, a world in which a demented doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of ghastly murders in a small community. This authoritative edition of The Cabinet …

Cabiria

Cabiria

Silent · World Cinema

Set amidst the splendor of ancient Rome, this film quickly became the most spectacular of the italian cinema's epic, historical genre. Restored using newly mastered materials, variable speed projection and a thrilling piano score.

Captain Newman, M.D.

Captain Newman, M.D.

Comedy Drama

This classic comedy-drama follows the affable Captain Newman as he uses both humor and compassion to reach patients whose wartime injuries plague their minds instead of their bodies.

Carmen (1918)

Carmen (1918)

Drama · Silent

Carmen retells Prosper Merimée’s classic tale of a Romani woman who seduces a military officer and sends each of them on a trajectory of dramatic self-destruction.

The Charley Chase Collection 2

The Charley Chase Collection 2

Short Films · Silent · Comedy

The man who elevated situation comedy to a hilarious art form, Charley Chase was the proverbial comic with good looks, who most always got the girl (he usually had her at the beginning). He was what the '20s were all about. Carefree, frivolous, wild and woolly, he was the "Good Time Charley" we all …

The Charley Chase Collection

The Charley Chase Collection

National Film Registry · Silent · Slapstick

Charley Chase, the man who elevated situation comedy to a hilarious art form in six two reel comedies. Includes "Mighty Like a Moose", part of the National Film Registry.

Cherry 2000 (Special Edition)

Cherry 2000 (Special Edition)

Adventure · Action · Comedy Drama

In this fun, futuristic sci-fi adventure, Melanie Griffith is delightful and unflappable as a futuristic bounty hunter on a mission to find a robot replicant of a rich man's short-circuited wife.

The Choirboys

The Choirboys

Drama · Comedy Drama · Comedy

A group of rank-and-file policemen from the Los Angeles Police Department look for ways to cope with the pressures of the job.

The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom

The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom

Silent

Exploding the myth that the Soviet silent cinema was limited to political propaganda, Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky’s THE CIGARETTE GIRL OF MOSSELPROM is a playful romantic comedy set on the streets of 1924 Moscow, occasionally peeking behind the scenes of the Mezhrabpom-Rus Studi…

Cinema's First Nasty Women

Cinema's First Nasty Women

Western · Action · Slapstick

This four-disc set showcase more than fourteen hours of rarely-seen silent films about feminist protest, slapstick rebellion, and suggestive gender play.

Cool as Ice

Cool as Ice

Comedy Drama

Johnny is a freewheeling, motorcycle-riding musician who rolls into a small town with his band. There he meets Kathy, a high school honor student who catches his eye and his heart.

Cut to the Chase: The Charley Chase Comedy Collection

Cut to the Chase: The Charley Chase Comedy Collection

Silent · Comedy

With two of his most sought-after titles and multiple collaborations from director Leo McCarey, this collection features more than five hours of comedy from the height of Charley Chase’s career. 

D.W. Griffith: Father of Film

D.W. Griffith: Father of Film

Art Documentaries · Silent · Documentary

Acclaimed three-part documentary tells the proud, sad story of D.W. Griffith: the man who first brought artistry and ambition to the movies, and then, having dragged a reluctant American film industry to international prominence, found it had no more use for him.

The Delicious Little Devil

The Delicious Little Devil

Drama · Silent · Comedy

When the virtuous daughter of a washerwoman loses her job as a hat-check girl, she is forced to make ends meet as a dancer at a roadhouse cabaret. But she can only get the job by pretending to be Gloria du Moine, the notorious mistress of the Duke de Sauterne.

The Devil's Needle & Other Tales of Vice and Redemption

The Devil's Needle & Other Tales of Vice and Redemption

Short Films · Historic Drama · Culture

Kino Classics is proud to help resurrect these rare motion pictures—ravaged by time and all but forgotten—and provide a precious glimpse at a fascinating chapter of American film history.

The Door in the Floor (Special Edition)

The Door in the Floor (Special Edition)

Drama · Based on Literature · Comedy Drama

The Door in the Floor chronicles one pivotal Long Island summer in the lives of a famous children’s book author and his beautiful wife, and their emotional journey into a world of daring sensuality and stunning honesty.

Down to the Sea in Ships

Down to the Sea in Ships

Silent · Action & Adventure

Newly mastered from an archival 35mm print, Down to the Sea in Ships is an adventure film that conveys the dangers and excitement aboard the whaling ships of New England. Produced on location by the short-lived Whaling Film Corp., Down to the Sea in Ships is not only an engaging romance and rousing…

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Deluxe Edition)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Deluxe Edition)

Silent · Horror

Considered by many to be the first great American horror film, John S. Robertson's DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE allowed stage legend John Barrymore to deliver his first virtuoso performance on film. Blending historic charm with grim naturalism, this version of DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE is one of the more f…

Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (Restored Version)

Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (Restored Version)

Silent · World Cinema

A truly legendary silent film, Fritz Lang's "Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler" had a major impact on the development of the crime thriller. This authorized edition is also the longest available version.

The Dragon Painter

The Dragon Painter

Drama · Romance · Silent

Long considered lost, THE DRAGON PAINTER survives today as a shining example of Asian-American cinema, starring Sessue Hayakawa (The Bridge on the River Kwai) as a delusional hermit recruited by a famed artist to pass on his legacy.

The Dumb Girl of Portici

The Dumb Girl of Portici

Drama · Romance · Silent

Long lost, this thrilling drama features the work of two great women artists: filmmaker Lois Weber and prima ballerina Anna Pavlova

The Eagle

The Eagle

Silent

Rudolph Valentino stars as an officer in the court of Catherine the Great. A lavish period film, The Eagle is not a typical Valentino vehicle. He gives a more subdued and realistic performance while director Clarence Brown uses magnificent camera work to create a stylish romantic drama.    …

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 3: Starewicz’s Fantasies

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 3: Starewicz’s Fantasies

Drama · Silent · Fantasy

Featuring 3 surviving films from director Ladislas Starevich, including The Dragonfly and the Ant (1913), Christmas Eve (1913), and The Lily of Belgium (1915).  

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 7: Evgeni Bauer

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 7: Evgeni Bauer

Drama · Silent · Comedy

These three films by the magnificent and macabre Evgeni Bauer reveal the distinctive eroticism and dark melodrama of early Russian cinema.

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 1 and 2: Beginnings/Folklore and Legend

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 1 and 2: Beginnings/Folklore and Legend

Drama · Short Films · Silent

This two-volume set features a half-dozen selection of some of Russia’s earliest cinematic productions.

Eleanor's Catch

Eleanor's Catch

Drama · Silent

ELEANOR'S CATCH is a delightful short, directed by and starring Cleo Madison. A successful actress, Madison was one of many women who directed films at Universal, particularly in the mid-1910s. In this two-reeler, she stars as a young city girl dragged into a life of crime by a ne'er-do-well suito…

The Epic of Everest

The Epic of Everest

Silent

A remarkable film record of the legendary Everest expedition of 1924, newly restored by the BFI National Archive. The third attempt to climb Everest culminated in the deaths of two of the finest climbers of their generation, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, and sparked an on-going debate over wheth…

Fantomas

Fantomas

Silent · World Cinema · Cult

Louis Feuillade's 5 1/2-hour epic follows Fantômas, the criminal lord of Paris, master of disguise, the creeping assassin in black, as he is pursued by the equally resourceful Inspector Juve and journalist Jerôme Fandor.

Faust (Restored Version)

Faust (Restored Version)

Silent

Newly restored. Inspired by the German legend and by Goethe's classic tale, Murnau's Faust tells the story of an alchemist (played by Gosta Ekman) who, struggling with his faith amidst a devastating plague, is offered the power to cure and the gift of youth ... in exchange for his soul. As the diabo…

Filibus

Filibus

Drama · Silent · Crime

Flying high above the clouds in her dirigible, Filibus steals from the rich… before mysteriously vanishing into the clouds. But when famed a famed detective sets out to catch her, this cross-dressing master criminal has other plans. Newly remastered and restored by the Eye Filmmuseum.

The Finances of the Grand Duke (Restored Authorized Edition)

The Finances of the Grand Duke (Restored Authorized Edition)

Silent · World Cinema · Thriller

In Murnau's playful espionage thriller reminiscent of Ernst Lubitsch (who had recently left Germany for Hollywood), Harry Liedtke stars as a benevolent dictator who must preserve the tiny nation of Abacco by fending off creditors, wooing a wealthy Russian princess, and evading a band of demonic cons…

The First Time

The First Time

Comedy Drama

Three teenage buddies meet the woman of their wildest fantasies and mistakenly think she belongs to the world’s oldest profession.

A Fool There Was

A Fool There Was

National Film Registry · Silent

The original "Vamp," Theda Bara stars as an exotic temptress who lures a once faithful man away from his wife. Only a handful of Bara's films survive today, but this is the drama for which she is best remembered. The film shocked audiences and brought something unexpected to the silent screen: an u…

A Foreign Affair

A Foreign Affair

Romance · Comedy Drama

Stiff-necked Iowa congresswoman Phoebe Frost is mired in jaded postwar Berlin. As she investigates the morale of American troops, she is cynically wooed by fellow Iowan Captain John Pringle, who is trying to cover up his affair with Nazi-tainted chanteuse Erika von Schlütow.

The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons

Drama · Comedy Drama · Romantic Comedy

Heartfelt comedy about three 40-something couples who frequently vacation together, while life’s ups and downs take their toll.

Fritz Lang's Destiny

Fritz Lang's Destiny

Adventure · Drama · Silent

A young woman (Lil Dagover) confronts the personification of Death (Bernhard Goetzke), in an effort to save the life of her fiance (Walter Janssen). Death weaves three romantic tragedies and offers to unite the girl with her lover, if she can prevent the death of the lovers in at least one of the ep…