Silent Film

Favorite silent films?

I can't seen I've seen a whole lot yet, but these are the ones I've really enjoyed so far:

A Trip to the Moon (1902)

City Lights (1931)

Metropolis (1927)

Nosferatu (1922)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)

I'm looking forward to more Charlie Chaplin films especially.  What are other people's favorites?

Re:Favorite silent films?

gambrel83:

I can't seen I've seen a whole lot yet, but these are the ones I've really enjoyed so far:

A Trip to the Moon (1902)

City Lights (1931)

Metropolis (1927)

Nosferatu (1922)

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919)

 

I'm looking forward to more Charlie Chaplin films especially.  What are other people's favorites?

Trip to the Moon is by far my favorite, especially because while I was growing up my favorite music video was Tonight, Tonight by the Smashing Pumpkins, which was inspired by Trip to the Moon. 

Another really amazing film that I saw in Telluride this last year was The Big Parade, I think the director was King Vidor. The film was funny and emotional, the music was amazing. The original score was played live by a pianist for 2 and a half hours. That's a long time to play a piano.

Re:Favorite silent films?

A Trip to the Moon and Nosferatu are definitely on the top of the list.

Modern Times, Battleship Potemkin and The Shiek are also up there.

But Spring Fever, which I just recently saw on TCM when they were celebrating Joan Crawford's birthday was just incredible. It immediately became my favorite and have been waiting for them to play it again.

Re:Favorite silent films?

Buster Keaton's The General for sure!

Also Chaplin's Modern Times, but like City Lights it's not technically a silent movie.  It has a score, but just no real diagetic sound.

I also LOVE Georges Méliès.  I've rented all kinds of his collections.  So many of his films are still fascinating today.

The Magic of Méliès is a fantastic documentary on him.  The whole DVD that it comes on is great actually.

A few other of my favorite silent films are:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Our Hospitality
Nanook of the North
Girl Shy
Sherlock Jr.
The Last Laugh

I think I'd probably love anything with Keaton, I just haven't seen all of his films yet.

I'm on a course to see a bunch of silent movies that are coming up in my queue.  This might be an active group for me soon.