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The Downfall of Osen (折鶴お千)
The Downfall of Osen (折鶴お千, Orizuru Osen) is Kenji Mizoguchi's 1935 Japanese silent drama, his last silent film, adapted from Kyōka Izumi's "Baishoku Kamonanban", starring Isuzu Yamada as Osen, released as a sound version with benshi narration.
The Farmer's Wife
The Farmer's Wife (1928) is Alfred Hitchcock's silent rural romantic comedy, adapted from Eden Phillpotts's play, about widowed farmer Samuel Sweetland's disastrous search for a new wife, restored by the BFI as the first of the Hitchcock 9.
The Garden of Eden (1928 film)
The Garden of Eden (1928) is a silent comedy-drama directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Corinne Griffith as Viennese baker Toni Lebrun, based on Bernauer and Oesterreicher's play, released by United Artists, and restored in 4K in 2025.
The Goddess
The Goddess (神女, Shennü) is a 1934 Chinese silent drama directed by Wu Yonggang, starring Ruan Lingyu as a Shanghai prostitute raising a son; restored in 4K, premiered at Berlinale Classics 2025.
The King of Kings (1927 film)
The King of Kings is a 1927 American silent biblical epic directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, covering Mary Magdalene's redemption through the Resurrection and Ascension.
The Last Command
The Last Command (1928) is Josef von Sternberg's silent melodrama starring Emil Jannings as a czarist general turned Hollywood extra; it won the first Best Actor Oscar and joined the National Film Registry in 2006.
The Manxman
The Manxman (1929) is Alfred Hitchcock's last fully silent film, a British drama adapted from Hall Caine's 1894 novel, starring Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, and Anny Ondra in a love triangle set on the Isle of Man but filmed in Cornwall.
The Paper Crane
The Paper Crane (Hana no Orizurugasa, 花の折鶴笠) is a 1962 Toei Japanese period drama directed by Toshikazu Kōno, starring Hashizō Ōkawa, about a vagrant protecting a blind girl from con artists on the road to Edo.
The Trail of '98
The Trail of '98 is a 1928 MGM silent epic directed by Clarence Brown, based on Robert W. Service's Klondike gold rush novel, starring Dolores del Rio, Ralph Forbes, and Harry Carey; it cost about $2 million, used the Fantom Screen widescreen process, and lost money for MGM.
The Water Magician (瀧の白糸) (1933 film)
The Water Magician (瀧の白糸, Taki no Shiraito) is Kenji Mizoguchi's 1933 Japanese silent drama, produced by Irie Production from Izumi Kyōka's Giketsu Kyōketsu, starring Takako Irie as a water performer funding her lover's law studies.
The White Hell of Pitz Palü
The White Hell of Pitz Palü (Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü) is a 1929 German silent Bergfilm directed by Arnold Fanck and G.W. Pabst, starring Gustav Diessl and Leni Riefenstahl, shot in the Bernina Alps, a major Weimar box-office success restored in 1996/97.
The Wind (1928 film)
The Wind (1928) is Victor Sjöström's silent MGM melodrama starring Lillian Gish as Letty, a Virginian driven toward madness on the windswept Texas plains; adapted from Dorothy Scarborough's 1925 novel, a 1993 National Film Registry selection.
Tokyo Chorus
Tokyo Chorus (東京の合唱, Tokyo no kōrasu) is Yasujiro Ozu's 1931 silent Shochiku film about a fired Tokyo insurance clerk, his 22nd film, ranked third by Kinema Junpo and marking his mature style.
Two Arabian Knights
Two Arabian Knights (Two Arabian Nights) is a 1927 American silent comedy directed by Lewis Milestone, produced by Howard Hughes, starring William Boyd, Louis Wolheim, and Mary Astor.
White Shadows in the South Seas
White Shadows in the South Seas (1928) is an MGM drama directed by W. S. Van Dyke with Robert Flaherty, based on Frederick O'Brien's 1919 book, MGM's first prerecorded-soundtrack film, starring Monte Blue and Raquel Torres, Oscar winner for cinematography.
Wings (1927 film)
Wings (1927 film) is a World War I aviation drama directed by William A. Wellman and starring Clara Bow, winning the first Academy Award for Outstanding Picture.
Woman of Tokyo (東京の女)
Woman of Tokyo (東京の女, Tokyo no Onna) is Yasujiro Ozu's 1933 silent Shochiku melodrama in which typist Chikako secretly works as a dance-hall hostess to pay her brother Ryoichi's tuition, with tragic results.