Charlie Chaplin Modern Times (1936)
Charlie Chaplin Modern Times (1936) Chaplins last silent film, filled with sound effects, was made when everyone else was making talkies. Charlie turns against modern society, the machine age, (The use of sound in films ?) and progress. Firstly we see him frantically trying to keep up with a product
City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931) A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind girl. Her family is in financial trouble. The tramp's on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
In Hong Kong, the wealthy Ogden Mears is traveling in a transatlantic and is near to be assigned Saudi Arabia Ambassador and is divorcing from his wife Martha. His friend Harvey and he are invited by their old friend Clark to go to a nightclub with three aristocratic Russian refugees on their last n
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940) Twenty years after the end of WWI in which the nation of Tomainia was on the losing side, Adenoid Hynkel has risen to power as the ruthless dictator of the country. He believes in a pure Aryan state, and the decimation of the Jews. This situation is unknown to a simple Jewi
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Gold Rush (1925) A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her heart with his singular charm.
Caught in a Cabaret (1914)
Caught in a Cabaret 1914 Given an hour off from his job as a cafe waiter, Charlie rescues Mabel from a thug, is given an invitation to her home, and arrives presenting a card which falsely identifies him as the Greek Ambassador Before he can get back to work, her parents invite him to a future garde
Charlie Chaplin The Kid (1921)
Charlie Chaplin The Kid (1921) The opening title reads: A comedy with a smileand perhaps a tear. As she leaves the charity hospital and passes a church wedding, Edna deposits her new baby with a pleading note in a limousine and goes off to commit suicide. The limo is stolen by thieves who dump the b
Limelight (1952)
Limelight (1952) Chaplin's final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian's effort to help a despondent ballet dancer learn both to walk and feel confident about life again. The highlight of the film is the classic duet with Chaplin's only real artistic film comedy rival, Buster
The Circus (1928)
The Circus (1928) The Tramp finds himself at a circus where he is promptly chased around by the police who think he is a pickpocket. Running into the Bigtop, he is an accidental sensation with his hilarious efforts to elude the police. The circus owner immediately hires him, but discovers that the T
A Jitney Elopement (1915)
A Jitney Elopement (1915) Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie and Edna are chased by her father, The Count, and three policeman. The pursuers drive o
A Night in the Show (1915)
A Night in the Show (1915) Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours beer down on Mr. Pest and Edna. He attacks p
By the Sea (1915)
By the Sea (1915) Charles Chaplin, with his big feet performing their usual mirth-provoking perambulations, wanders down to the sea shore. There is some wind blowing, so Chaplin anchors his hat to his head with a cable. He meets a pedestrian whose hat is similarly attached. The two bump, their hats
Between Showers (1914)
Between Showers (1914) Charlie and another man compete in trying to help a young lady cross a muddy street. The rival finds a wooden plank which Charlie takes from him. They fight over an umbrella belonging to the rival. A policeman settles the dispute, ultimately arresting the rival. An innocent tr
A King in New York (1957)
A King in New York (1957) Due to a revolution in his country, King Shahdov comes to New York - almost broke. To get some money he goes to TV, making commercials and meets the child from communist parents. Due to this he is suddenly a suspected as a communist himself and has to face one of McCarthy's
A Woman of Paris A Drama of Fate (1923)
A Woman of Paris A Drama of Fate 1923 Believing that she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean when he fails to meet her at the railway station, Marie St Clair goes off to Paris alone A year later, mistress of wealthy Pierre Revel, she meets Jean again Misinterpreting events, she bounces back an
Shanghaied (1915)
Shanghaied (1915) A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the gall
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
The Chaplin Revue (1959) Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms&
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) Monsieur Verdoux is a bluebeard, he marries women and kills them after the marriage to get the money he needs for his family. But with two ladies he has bad luck.
Stealing Chaplin (2020)
Stealing Chaplin (2020) Two brothers plot to steal the body of Charlie Chaplin and ransom it for a fortune.
A Night Out (1915)
A Night Out (1915) Charlie and Ben pay a visit to a pub, then decide to visit a swanky restaurant. Now intoxicated, they come into conflict with a French dandy and his ladyfriend. The large head waiter violently ejects Ben, and later ejects Charlie also. The pair pay another visit to a pub, then mak
Police (1916)
Police (1916) Charles Chaplin, a convict, is given $5.00 and released from prison after having served his term. He meets a man of the church who makes him weep for his sins and while he is weeping takes the $5.00 away from him. Chaplin goes to a fruit stand and samples the fruit. When he goes to pay
A Woman (1915)
A Woman (1915) Mother, Father and Daughter go to the park. The women dose off on a bench while the father plays a hide-and-seek game with a girl, blindfolded. Charlie leads him into a lake. Both dozing ladies on the bench fall for Charlie and invite him for dinner. The father returns home with a fri
His New Job (1915)
His New Job (1915) Charlie is trying to get a job in a movie. After causing difficulty on the set he is told to help the carpenter. When one of the actors doesn't show, Charlie is given a chance to act but instead enters a dice game. When he does finally act he ruins the scene, wrecks the set and te
Triple Trouble (1918)
Triple Trouble 1918 As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the rest of staff Meanwhile, a foreign agent arrives at the house in hopes of getting Col Nutts latest invention The inventor throws him
The Tramp (1915)
The Tramp 1915 Charlie is a tramp on the road A hobo manages to exchange Charlies sandwich for a brick so Charlie must eat grass The same hobo molests a farmers daughter Charlie comes to aid with the help of the brick When two more hobos show up Charlie throws all three into a lake The grateful girl
Chaplin in Bali (2017)
Chaplin in Bali 2017 In 1932, Chaplin, in full midlife crisis, escapes to Bali in search of himself to find the artistic rejuvenation and inspiration to do his difficult transition to sound film
Easy Street (1917)
Easy Street 1917 When Charlie the Tramp wanders into a mission he is smitten by Edna and puts back the collection box which he has taken Reformed, he becomes a policeman and is assigned to rough and tumble Easy Street Unable to trick or beat Eric the Tough, he puts Erics head in a gas pipe and anest
The Cure (1917)
The Cure 1917 Charlie goes to a spa to dry out, but he takes a trunk of liquor with him He tangles with anothers gouty foot in a revolving door Later he thinks the gouty man is making love signs to him he doesnt Edna, the real object of the mans efforts, so he signs back He interpets a massage to be
The Vagabond (1916)
The Vagabond 1916 After passing the hat and taking the donations intended for German street musicians Charlie heads for the country Here he finds and rescues a girl from a band of gypsies The girl falls in love with an artist whose portrait is later seen in a shop by the girls real mother The mother
The Floorwalker (1916)
The Floorwalker 1916 After causing havoc on the sales floor Charlie goes to the office floor There he runs into the store inspector who looks exactly like him who has just robbed the safe and knocked out the manager Charlie thinks he is in front of a mirror till he notices he holds a stock and his i
The Fireman (1916)
The Fireman 1916 Charlie is a fireman who always does everything wrong A man talks the Fire Chief into ignoring his burning home he wants the insurance money unaware that his daughter the love of the Chief is upstairs in the house When the house next door catches fire its owner rouses Charlie who ro
A Days Pleasure (1919)
A Days Pleasure 1919 Father takes his family for a drive in their falling apart Model T Ford, gets in trouble in traffic, and spends the day on an excursion boat As the boat is about to leave Charlie rushes ashore for cigarettes As he returns the boat is leaving, but a fat lady has fallen forward wi
The Rink (1916)
The Rink 1916 After amusements working in a restaurant, Charlie uses his lunch break to go roller skating Mr Stout makes advances toward the unwilling Edna whose father and Mrs Stout had earlier carried on in the restaurant After a roller skate ballet, Charlie now as Sir Cecil Seltzer is invited to
The Pawnshop (1916)
The Pawnshop 1916 Charlie, the not so punctual and dependable pawnbrokers assistant, starts his day with his usual duties at the pawnshop a bit of dusting some polishing up, and above all, a lot of quarrelling with his co worker Before long, a customer arrives what a fabulous opportunity for Charlie
Mabels Strange Predicament (1914)
Mabels Strange Predicament 1914 In a hotel lobby, an inebriated Charlie runs into an elegant lady, gets tied up in her dogs leash, and falls down He later runs into her in the hotel corridor, locked out of her room They run through various rooms Mabel ends up in one, hiding under the bed of an elder
His Trysting Place (1914)
His Trysting Place 1914 Charlies wife sends him to the store for a baby bottle with milk Elsewhere, Ambrose offers to post a love letter for a woman in his boarding house The two men meet at a restaurant and each takes the others coat by mistake Charlies wife thinks he has a lover Ambroses believes