List of the best D.W. Griffith movies: Intolerance(1916), Way Down East(1920), Orphans of the Storm(1922), Broken Blossoms(1919), True Heart Susie(1919), Sally of the Sawdust(1925), The Battle of the Sexes(1928), Hearts of the World(1918), The Battle at Elderbush Gulch(1913), The Avenging Conscience(1914), The Birth of a Nation(1915), The Struggle(1931) ... ...
Drama
USA
1916
178 Minutes
Director
Lillian Gish Robert Harron Bessie Love Mae Marsh Howard Gaye Margery Wilson Eugene Pallette Lillian Langdon Fred Turner Sam De Grasse Olga Grey
prince queen jesus mary magdalene worker wife fascinating profound california france judea babylon betrayal pacifism religion murder fall quest wretched excess 1910s
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Drama
USA
1920
145 Minutes
Director
Lillian Gish Richard Barthelmess Lowell Sherman Burr McIntosh Creighton Hale Vivia Ogden Josephine Bernard Patricia Fruen Florence Short Kate Bruce Emily Fitzroy
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
Drama
USA
1922
125 Minutes
Director
Lillian Gish Dorothy Gish Joseph Schildkraut Frank Losee Katherine Emmet Morgan Wallace Lucille LaVerne Sheldon Lewis Frank Puglia Creighton Hale Monte Blue
orphan aristocrat thief nobleman beggar doctor melodramatic tense emotional paris street bastille ballroom french revolution class conflict robespierre sister relationship family social change adventure
Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
Drama
USA
1919
87 Minutes
Director
Lillian Gish Richard Barthelmess Donald Crisp Arthur Howard Edward Piel Sr. George Andre Beranger Norman Selby Wilbur Higby Karla Schramm Ernest Butterworth Fred Hamer
immigrant waif fighter father manager dark emotional disheartening london shop household apartment buddhism immigration discrimination love abuse death forbidden love quest
A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA
1919
87 Minutes
Director
Lillian Gish Robert Harron Loyola O'Connor Wilbur Higby Clarine Seymour Kate Bruce Raymond Cannon
farm girl minister student temptress aunt father melodramatic tender passionate touching farm college family home rural community countryside secrets infidelity unrequited love small-town life death
Susie, a plain young country girl, secretly loves a neighbor boy, William. She believes in him and sacrifices much of her own happiness to promote his own ambitions, all without his ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1925
91 Minutes
Director
Carol Dempster W.C. Fields Alfred Lunt Erville Alderson Effie Shannon Charles Hammond Roy Applegate Florence Fair Marie Shotwell Glenn Anders Tammany Young
young girl con artist judge young man father figure wife charming emotional spirited circus carnival connecticut courtroom petty crime trial family reunion performance rise love
Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Prof. McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1928
90 Minutes
Director
Jean Hersholt Phyllis Haver Belle Bennett Don Alvarado Sally O'Neil William Bakewell John Batten
businessman wife gold digger boyfriend daughter son positive endearing hedonistic witty family home nightclub city scam infidelity middle age unhappy marriage confrontation pursuit revenge
Gum-chewing frizzy-haired gold-digger Marie Skinner cooks up a scheme with her lover Babe Winsor, a jazz hound, to fleece a portly, middle-aged real estate tycoon, William Judson. Marie ... See full summary »
War
USA
1918
117 Minutes
Director
Adolph Lestina Josephine Crowell Lillian Gish Robert Harron Jack Cosgrave Kate Bruce Ben Alexander Marion Emmons Frances Marion Dorothy Gish Robert Anderson
american beautiful girl friend german soldier father mother patriotic melodramatic rousing inspiring france village battlefield inn household world war i duty heroism love triangle german occupation
Young lovers in a French village are torn apart with the coming of the Great War.
Western, Action
USA
1913
29 Minutes
Director
Mae Marsh Leslie Loveridge Alfred Paget Robert Harron Lillian Gish Charles Hill Mailes William A. Carroll Frank Opperman Henry B. Walthall
Frank Andrews is a successful businessman. He has always found pride and joy in the company of his wife, son and daughter. He suddenly finds himself enthralled by the advances of a gay ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1914
78 Minutes
Director
Henry B. Walthall Spottiswoode Aitken Blanche Sweet George Siegmann Ralph Lewis Mae Marsh Robert Harron
Prevented from dating his sweetheart by his uncle, a young man turns his thoughts to murder.
War, Drama, History
USA
1915
190 Minutes
Director
Lillian Gish Mae Marsh Henry B. Walthall Miriam Cooper Mary Alden Ralph Lewis George Siegmann Walter Long Robert Harron Wallace Reid Joseph Henabery
military officer nurse politician slave brother abraham lincoln creative melodramatic south carolina washington, d.c. mansion hospital battlefield countryside american civil war politics slavery ku klux klan revenge rivalry
The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Drama
USA
1931
87 Minutes
Director
Hal Skelly Zita Johann Charlotte Wynters Jackson Halliday Charles Richman Evelyn Baldwin Edna Hagan Claude Cooper Arthur Lipson
A young couple's marriage is jeopardized by the husband's descent into alcoholism.
Drama
USA
1919
60 Minutes
Director
Lillian Gish Robert Harron George Fawcett Kate Bruce George Nichols Bertram Grassby
girlfriend mother father inventor son wealthy man melodramatic kentucky family home big city countryside new york city apartment ambition city vs. country homecoming rags to riches family financial troubles quest
John Logan leaves his parents and sweetheart in bucolic Happy Valley to make his fortune in the city. Those he left behind become miserable and beleaguered in his absence, but after several... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1914
59 Minutes
Director
Blanche Sweet Henry B. Walthall Robert Harrin Mae Marsh Lillian Gish Dorothy Gish Kate Bruce G. Jiguel Lanoe Harry Carey
widow general mother jew beggar maid melodramatic rousing thrilling bethulia battlefield harem camp judith murder plot siege war seduction starvation quest
A religious woman seeks to save her people from destruction by seducing and murdering the enemy leader, but her plans get complicated once she falls for him.
Drama
USA
1926
90 Minutes
Director
Adolphe Menjou Ricardo Cortez Lya De Putti Carol Dempster Ivan Lebedeff Marcia Harris Lawrence D'Orsay Nellie Savage
Geoffrey, a young and impoverished writer, is desperately in love with Mavis, who lives at his boardinghouse and is also pursuing a writing career. Unable to marry her because of his ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1920
70 Minutes
Director
Carol Dempster Richard Barthelmess George MacQuarrie Anders Randolf Florence Short Crauford Kent Adolph Lestina William James Jack Manning
A man murders his wife's lovers, escapes with his daughter to the South Pacific. A detective pursues him, joined by a young man who eventually falls in love with the daughter.
Biography
USA
1930
97 Minutes
Director
Walter Huston Una Merkel Kay Hammond Edgar Dearing Russell Simpson Cameron Prud'Homme Oscar Apfel Henry B. Walthall
lawyer husband poor boy emotional fascinating log cabin illinois birth presidency rise
An episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.
Drama
USA
1919
80 Minutes
Director
Lillian Gish Robert Harron Ralph Graves Eugenie Besserer George Fawcett Tom Wilson George Nichols Josephine Crowell
An orphan girl is given shelter by a farm family, but soon finds herself in the clutches of a murderous farmer and his wife.
Drama
USA
1921
102 Minutes
Director
Carol Dempster Charles Emmett Mack
Three men in London compete for the love of a dance-hall girl.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1922
128 Minutes
Director
Carol Dempster Henry Hull Porter Strong Morgan Wallace Charles Croker-King Margaret Dale Frank Sheridan Frank Wunderlee
A young orphan girl, courted by an unpleasant older wealthy man who has a hold over her adoptive mother, falls in love with a young stranger at a party. Odd noises begin to be heard as a ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1920
104 Minutes
Director
Richard Barthelmess Creighton Hale George MacQuarrie Kate Bruce Porter Strong Anders Randolf Walter James
This D.W Griffith silent classic features a new music score by writer composer, Jim Roberge.
Crime, Drama
1912
17 Minutes
Director
Lillian Gish Dorothy Gish Robert Harron Harry Carey Grace Henderson
Crime, Drama
1912
17 Minutes
Director
Lillian Gish Elmer Booth
A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated mob shootout.
Drama
1909
14 Minutes
Director
Frank Powell Grace Henderson James Kirkwood Linda Arvidson Gladys Egan Henry B. Walthall