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1. The Kid (1921)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller

Votes: 134,809 | Gross: $5.45M

2. Modern Times (1936)

G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford

Votes: 259,428 | Gross: $0.16M

3. City Lights (1931)

G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers

Votes: 196,037 | Gross: $0.02M

4. The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)

114 min | Documentary, Biography

A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.

Directors: Peter Middleton, James Spinney | Stars: Pearl Mackie, Jeff Rawle, Paul Ryan, Matthew Wolf

Votes: 1,792

5. A Dog's Life (1918)

Not Rated | 33 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

The Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Dave Anderson, Bert Appling

Votes: 9,640

6. The Immigrant (1917)

Unrated | 30 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Charlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin

Votes: 9,199

7. Easy Street (1917)

Unrated | 24 min | Short, Comedy

A reformed tramp becomes a police constable who must fight a huge thug who dominates an inner-city street.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin

Votes: 5,815

8. The Champion (1915)

31 min | Short, Comedy, Sport

Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose... See full summary »

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Bud Jamison, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Billy Armstrong

Votes: 2,770

9. Shoulder Arms (1918)

36 min | Short, Comedy, War

Charlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin, Loyal Underwood

Votes: 7,421

10. Pay Day (I) (1922)

TV-G | 21 min | Comedy, Short

After a difficult day at work, a bricklayer tries to enjoy his pay day without his wife knowing.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain, Edna Purviance

Votes: 4,858 | Gross: $0.13M

11. The Bank (1915)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Short

Charlie does everything but an efficient job as janitor. Edna buys her fiance, the cashier, a birthday present. Charlie thinks "To Charles with Love" is for him. He presents her a rose ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Billy Armstrong, Carl Stockdale

Votes: 2,215

12. The Pawnshop (1916)

TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Short

Charlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client's clock while examining it in detail.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Edna Purviance, John Rand

Votes: 3,697

13. In the Park (1915)

Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Comedy

An amorous couple. A crook. A policeman. A nursemaid and a stolen handbag. These are some of the things the Little Tramp encounters during a walk in the park.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Leona Anderson, Billy Armstrong, Lloyd Bacon

Votes: 1,744

14. Triple Trouble (1918)

Not Rated | 23 min | Comedy, Short

Foreign agents try to steal a wireless explosive from an inventor. Only the clueless Little Tramp and the Keystone Cops can stop them.

Directors: Charles Chaplin, Leo White | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Billy Armstrong, Albert Austin

Votes: 1,200

15. The Idle Class (1921)

TV-G | 32 min | Short, Comedy

A tramp sneaks into a upper class golf resort. The tramp meets a rich woman who is having an argument with her drunken husband. Complications arise when she mistakes the tramp for her husband.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Charles Aber, Joe Anderson

Votes: 4,157

16. How to Make Movies (1918)

16 min | Short, Comedy

A short film showing the development of Chaplin Studios & the adventures that take place there.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Albert Austin, Nellie Bly Baker, Henry Bergman, Eric Campbell

Votes: 586

17. Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)

Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Comedy

In a hotel lobby, an inebriated Charlie runs into an elegant lady, gets tied up in her dog's leash, and falls down. He later runs into her in the hotel corridor, locked out of her room. ... See full summary »

Director: Mabel Normand | Stars: Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Alice Davenport

Votes: 1,996

18. A Film Johnnie (1914)

Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Comedy

Charlie attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.

Director: George Nichols | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Peggy Pearce, Mabel Normand

Votes: 1,723

19. His New Profession (1914)

16 min | Short, Comedy

A nephew takes his wheelchair-bound uncle and sweetheart to the park, where he meets the Little Tramp. The Tramp knows a money-making opportunity when he sees one.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Charley Chase, Peggy Page, Jess Dandy

Votes: 1,386

20. The Floorwalker (1916)

TV-G | 29 min | Short, Comedy

The Tramp is tricked into impersonating an embezzling floorwalker in a department store.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon

Votes: 2,691

21. Police (1916)

34 min | Comedy, Short

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 ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Wesley Ruggles, John Rand

Votes: 2,000

22. A Fair Exchange (1914)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Comedy

A continuous exchange of meetings between husbands and wives of different couples in which a policeman intrudes in daring chase until both couples are found.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain, Mabel Normand

Votes: 1,007

23. His New Job (1915)

TV-G | 31 min | Short, Comedy

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 ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Billy Armstrong, Agnes Ayres, Arthur W. Bates

Votes: 2,040

24. A Night Out (I) (1915)

TV-G | 34 min | Comedy, Short

After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Ben Turpin, Charles Allen Dealey, Frank Dolan

Votes: 1,877

25. His Prehistoric Past (1914)

Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Comedy

Charlie dreams he is in the Stone Age, where King Low-Brow rules a harem of wives. Charlie, in skins and a bowler, falls in love with the king's favorite wife, Sum-Babee. During a hunting ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, May Wallace, Gene Marsh

Votes: 1,056

26. The Masquerader (I) (1914)

Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Comedy

Charlie is an actor in a film studio. He messes up several scenes and is tossed out. Returning dressed as a lady, he charms the director. Even so, Charlie never makes it into film, winding up at the bottom of a well.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Chester Conklin, Charles Murray

Votes: 1,533

27. The Fatal Mallet (1914)

Not Rated | 18 min | Short, Comedy

Three man will fight for the love of a charming girl. Charlie will play dirty, throwing bricks to his contender, and using a huge hammer to hurt one of them. But a precocious kid will be the fourth suitor in discord.

Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, Mack Swain

Votes: 1,083

28. The Candy Kid (1917)

20 min | Comedy, Short

Two rival candy store owners compete over a pretty cashier. One hires a bomb-thrower. Sounds like this will end up as a sticky mess.

Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Billy West, Ethel Cassity, Oliver Hardy, Leo White

Votes: 46

29. The Freeloader (II) (1917)

12 min | Short, Comedy

Charlie Chaplin-impersonator Billy West pesters hotel guests, guilelessly ending up in a compromising situation with a PJ-clad bride as her jealous husband, Babe Hardy, searches for her.

Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Billy West, Oliver Hardy, Ethelyn Gibson, Bud Ross

Votes: 31

30. The Hero (1917)

Comedy, Short

Billy works as a waiter at a sleazy bar and grill. Going for a walk in the park he meets a society girl talking to a French count. Indifferent to the count she is smitten with Billy and ... See full summary »

Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Billy West, Ethel Marie Burton, Leo White

Votes: 33

31. Bright and Early (1918)

Short, Comedy

Hotel proprietor Babe robs guests with his accomplice Leo, who is engaged to Babe's daughter. Father suspects something and peeps through the keyhole. Believing the bellhop has compromised his daughter, he rushes out to find a minister.

Director: Charley Chase | Stars: Billy West, Oliver Hardy, Rosemary Theby, Leo White

Votes: 39

32. The Scholar (1918)

20 min | Short, Comedy

When the beautiful new schoolteacher arrives in town, two rivals view for her attention: Oliver "Babe" Hardy and the little tramp in the form of a Charlie Chaplin impersonator.

Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Billy West, Ethel Marie Burton, Leatrice Joy

Votes: 27

33. Charley on the Farm (1919)

10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

A cartoon version of the Little Tramp character gets thrown off the boxcar in a cow town. He seeks employment as a farm hand, but is disappointed to learn that hard work is involved.

Director: Pat Sullivan

Votes: 45

34. Almost a Scandal (1915)

12 min | Short, Comedy

Billie enjoys flirting with the ladies, and so does Henry, although he's married. Trouble erupts when both men bring dates to the same beer garden, and Billie's date turns out to be Henry's wife.

Director: Henry Lehrman | Stars: Billie Ritchie, Henry Bergman, Hank Mann, Louise Orth

Votes: 24

35. Silents Please (1960–1962)
Episode: Fun Factory (1961)

25 min

The history of Mack Sennett Studios and the comedic legacy and timeless stars it left behind.

Director: Saul J. Turell | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Wallace Beery, Charles Chaplin, Marie Dressler

36. Hollywood (1980)
Episode: Comedy: A Serious Business (1980)

49 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The art of silent comedy is highlighted with a focus on the work of the four great clowns of the era: Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Harry Langdon.

Directors: Kevin Brownlow, David Gill | Stars: James Mason, Frank Capra, Jackie Coogan, Georgie Harris

Votes: 69

37. Birth of Hollywood (2011)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2011)

Documentary, History

The immeasurable contribution of DW Griffith and other early filmmakers is delved into by British star actor/director of TV and film, Paul Merton, as he explores the first motion pictures as silent film approached the era of the talkies.

Director: Paul Merton | Stars: Paul Merton, Jane Zumwalt, Jacob Ochsner, Micah Tayloe Owens

Votes: 11