1. Limelight
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
It has an average vote of 7.934 on TMDB.
2. The Kid
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
It has an average vote of 8.181 on TMDB.
3. The Gold Rush
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
It has an average vote of 8.002 on TMDB.
4. Mercy
Brought together at their childhood home over their dying mother, an estranged family is thrust into a deadly fight for their own survival.
It has an average vote of 4.294 on TMDB.
5. City Lights
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
It has an average vote of 8.283 on TMDB.
6. Spite Marriage
An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' old flame jealous.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
7. A Story of Floating Weeds (浮草物語)
An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
8. The Rain People
When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.
It has an average vote of 6.678 on TMDB.
9. American Anarchist
The story of one of the most infamous books ever written, "The Anarchist Cookbook," and the role it's played in the life of its author, now 65, who wrote it at 19 in the midst of the counterculture upheaval of the late '60s and early '70s.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
10. Center Stage (阮玲玉)
Based on the tragic true story of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chronicling her rise to fame as a movie actress in Shanghai during the 1930s.
It has an average vote of 7.31 on TMDB.
11. The Blue Bird
A pair of peasant children, Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the Fairy Berylune. On their journey, they are accompanied by the humanized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, Bread, and other entities.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
12. Love Reset (30일)
A married couple who received a divorce settlement lose their memories in an accident. With amnesia, they fall in love again, so their families try to restore their memories to finalize the divorce.
It has an average vote of 6.679 on TMDB.
13. Imputato, alzatevi! (Imputato, alzatevi!)
Cipriano Duval is an Italian who has emigrated to Paris, where he works in a pediatric clinic as a nurse.
It has an average vote of 8.3 on TMDB.
14. Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'
This documentary is featured on the Warner Bros. Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Circus," released in 2004.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
15. Pay Day
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
It has an average vote of 6.965 on TMDB.
16. A Matter of Life and Death
When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.
It has an average vote of 7.703 on TMDB.
17. Easy Street
A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
18. Within Our Gates
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.
It has an average vote of 5.888 on TMDB.
19. The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc)
A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
20. Summer Interlude (Sommarlek)
A jaded prima ballerina reminisces about her first love affair after she is unexpectedly sent her lover's old diary.
It has an average vote of 7.415 on TMDB.