List of the best Tod Browning movies: Freaks(1932), The Unholy Three(1925), West of Zanzibar(1928), The Devil Doll(1936), The Blackbird(1926), London After Midnight(1927), Where East Is East(1929), The Mystic(1925), Outside the Law(1920), The Wicked Darling(1919), Mark of the Vampire(1935), Miracles for Sale(1939) ... ...
Horror
USA
1932
64 Minutes
Director
Wallace Ford Olga Baclanova Leila Hyams Roscoe Ates Harry Earles Henry Victor Daisy Earles Rose Dione Edward Brophy Matt McHugh Olga Roderick
trapeze artist circus performer conjoined twins dwarf strong man creepy disturbing circus united states retribution deception friendship bigotry circus revenge fall 1930s
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Crime, Drama, Romance
USA
1925
69 Minutes
Director
Lon Chaney Mae Busch Matt Moore Victor McLaglen Harry Earles Matthew Betz Edward Connelly William Humphrey E. Alyn Warren Walter Perry John Merkyl
A sideshow ventriloquist, midget, and strongman form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" and commit a series of robberies.
Adventure
USA
1928
68 Minutes
Director
Lon Chaney Lionel Barrymore Mary Nolan Warner Baxter Jacqueline Gadsdon Roscoe Ward Kalla Pasha Curtis Nero
magician paraplegic nemesis wife daughter doctor brutal shocking gripping stage church zanzibar brothel magic act adultery disability kidnapping prostitution secret revenge
A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.
Horror
USA
1936
79 Minutes
Director
Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Frank Lawton Robert Greig Lucy Beaumont Henry B. Walthall
innocent man scientist widow daughter son-in-law assistant creepy eerie outlandish paris prison laboratory shrinking wrongful conviction prison break father/daughter relationship science gone awry accidental death sacrifice revenge
An escaped convict uses miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those that framed him.
Crime, Drama
USA
1926
76 Minutes
Director
Lon Chaney Renée Adorée Owen Moore Doris Lloyd Ernie S. Adams Sidney Bracey Eric Mayne Andy McLennan Lionel Belmore William Weston
thief bishop singer police officer ex-wife brooding crafty suspenseful music hall church apartment mission love triangle secret identity jewelry theft framed reformation rivalry love pursuit
Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French nightclub performer named Fifi. Each man tries to outdo the other to win her heart.
Horror
USA
1927
60 Minutes
Director
Lon Chaney Marceline Day Henry B. Walthall Percy Williams Conrad Nagel Polly Moran Edna Tichenor Claude King Jules Cowles Andy McLennan
The abandoned home of a wealthy man who supposedly committed suicide five years earlier is taken over by ghoulish figures - could they be vampires?
Drama
USA
1929
70 Minutes
Director
Lon Chaney Lupe Velez Lloyd Hughes Estelle Taylor Louis Stern Duke Kahanamoku Mrs. Wong Wing Richard R. Neill
When an animal trapper in Indo-China finds that his daughter's fiancé is being successfully seduced by her estranged mother, he takes appropriate action.
Drama
USA
1925
70 Minutes
Director
Aileen Pringle Conway Tearle Mitchell Lewis Robert Ober Stanton Heck David Torrence Gladys Hulette DeWitt Jennings
An American criminal imports a gang of Hungarian gypsies to gain control over a fortune. The victim, Doris Merrick, is persuaded by fake medium Zara to hand over her jewels to Nash.
Drama
USA
1920
75 Minutes
Director
Priscilla Dean Wheeler Oakman Lon Chaney Ralph Lewis E. Alyn Warren Stanley Goethals Melbourne MacDowell Wilton Taylor Rose Plumer
monk robber criminal rival father daughter melodramatic intense spirited hideout big city street redemption double-cross father/daughter relationship heist wrongfully accused jewelry theft transformation rivalry
In this early collaboration with director Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks), Chaney delivers a dual performance of dramatic intensity, starring as Ah Wing, a kind-hearted student of Confucian ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1919
59 Minutes
Director
Priscilla Dean Wellington Playter Lon Chaney Spottiswoode Aitken Gertrude Astor Kalla Pasha
A slum girl is forced to steal for a living. After she swipes a rich society's matron's necklace, she hides out at the home of a man who turns out to be the socialite's former fiance.
Horror
USA
1935
61 Minutes
Director
Lionel Barrymore Bela Lugosi Elizabeth Allan Lionel Atwill Holmes Herbert Jean Hersholt Carroll Borland Ivan F. Simpson Egon Brecher Henry Wadsworth Eily Malyon
count daughter friend investigator professor doctor dark thrilling gripping prague house murder investigation vampires mysterious past love mystery discovery transformation 19th century
When a nobleman is murdered, a professor of the occult blames vampires; but not all is what it seems.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Director
Robert Young Florence Rice Frank Craven Henry Hull Lee Bowman Cliff Clark Astrid Allwyn Walter Kingsford Frederick Worlock Gloria Holden William Demarest
Retired performer Mike Morgan sells original illusions to fellow magicians, and although he believes in the supernatural, likes to expose sham psychics. This involves him in some mysterious murders.
Drama
USA
1933
68 Minutes
Director
Gunner and Bucker are pals who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner has not ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1930
71 Minutes
Director
Although his murdered friend was by all accounts a scoundrel a true "bounder" Edward Wales is determined to trap his killer by staging a seance using a famous medium. Many of the 13 seance ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1920
70 Minutes
Director
Priscilla Dean Wheeler Oakman Wallace Beery Clyde Benson E. Alyn Warren Nigel de Brulier Edmund Burns Eugenie Forde Ethel Ritchie
Achmet Bey, a Turkish chieftain, catches one of his many wives in adultery and murders her lover. Throwing aside the cuckolding wife, he abducts his harem an innocent girl. However, a brave... See full summary »