Most Viewed Year 1926

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Gösta Ekman

Robert J. Flaherty's South Seas follow-up to Nanook of the North is a Gauguin idyll moved by "pride of beauty... pride of strength."

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ta'avale

During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Buster Keaton

When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station...

Genre: Drama

Cast: John Gilbert

Taken from The Arabian Nights, the film tells the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse and sends...

Genre: Animation

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A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Masuo Inoue

A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to expose the old man's hypocritical...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Emil Jannings

A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Buster Keaton

A pair of sisters leave the country for the city after their parents are slaughtered in a mysterious axe murder.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nadia Sibirskaïa

Emak-Bakia (Basque for Leave me alone) is a 1926 film directed by Man Ray. Subtitled as a cinépoéme, it features many techniques Man...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kiki of Montparnasse

Professional dancer Diotima finds herself the apex of a love triangle when she is pursued by two mountain climbers, Vigo and his older friend.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Leni Riefenstahl

A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Douglas Fairbanks

A spiral design spins. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end: a spiral design, a disk. Each disk...

Genre: Drama

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U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns's...

Genre: Action

Cast: Lon Chaney

A Soviet woman is caught between her husband and son, who find themselves on opposing sides of the Russian Revolution.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Vera Baranovskaya

Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.

Genre: Romance

Cast: George O’Brien

Paul and Suzanne Giraud are happily married and living in a quiet neighborhood. When Suzanne notices that their new neighbors are expressive dancers...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Monte Blue

Molly, the eldest child of a group of orphans being used as slaves on a farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mary Pickford

While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ronald Colman

A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo, whom she is unable to resist, and the love of a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Alice Terry