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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
At a carnival in Germany, Francis and his friend Alan encounter the crazed Dr. Caligari. Dr. Caligari hypnotized a man named Cesare who he claims can see into the future. Cesare predicts Alans death and it comes true. Some think Cesare is the prime suspect, but could Dr. Caligari be the murder? This movie is based off of the experiences of WW1. -
The Gold Rush
A prospector named Little Tramp, played by Charlie Chaplin, goes to the Klondike, now Alaska, to find gold. He tries to survive under harsh conditions he meets Big Jim Mckay who has claims of gold. A wanted man, Black Larson, hunts Big Jim while Tramp falls in love with a woman named Georgia. Big Jim loses his memory when he gets into a fight with Black and Tramp loses his girl when he has to fix the problem. Will he se Georgia again? -
The Phantom of the Opera
Ironically, a silent horror classic, (because its Phantom of the OPERA). A young opera singer Christine Daae discovers that she has a mysterious admirer who is intent on helping her become a lead performer. This admirer is Erik, also known as the Phantom who lives underneath the Paris Opera House. Christine is kidnapped by Erik to prove his love and devotion to her. Christine's lover, Raoul, goes off to save her. Which man will get the girl? -
The General
Johnnie, the main character, loves both his trains and his love, Annabelle Lee. When civil war breaks out he decides to enlist, but he is a much more valuable engineer. Union soldiers capture both him and Annabelle on his train and he decides he has to save the things he loves. -
Metropolis
This movie is known as the mother of sci-fi cinema. It is a depiction of a dystopian future where the world is split into two, the working-class live below ground and the upper-class live above ground. The story is about an underground rebellion against the upper-class snobs. Freder ventures into the bottom to find Maria, plans of rebellion are revealed and a Maria-replica robot, programmed by Rotwang and Joh Fredersen try to incite the workers into a self-destructive riot. -
The Jazz Singer
Jakie Rabinowitz wants to be a performer of jazz and ragtime. Unfortunately, his father wishes for him to take on the family tradition. He tries to play his music but his neighbor, Moisha Yudelson, discovers him and kicks him out of his house. Years later, he changes his name and falls in love with another performer, Mary. Although, he still wishes to impress his father. -
The Circus
Another Charlie Chaplin film, Tramp is pursued by police. Tramp gets mixed up in the circus and receives laughter and applause when he is being chased through a circus. The ringmaster employs him as an entertainer. Tramp then falls in love for a beautiful show rider who unfortunately has eyes for a tightrope acrobat. -
Wings
This movie takes place in WWI where two men, (David Armstrong and Jack Powell) decide to join up with the American fighter planes. They leave behind Mary Preston who loves David but is devoted to Jack. Both men go to France and Mary longs for the safe return of both men. Unfortunately, one man pays the ultimate price. -
Nosferatu
This film is known to be a highly influential film that was quite popular at its prime. Count Orlok calls upon Thomas Hutter to his remote castle in Transylvania. Orlok looks to buy a house near Thomas and his wife Ellen. Thomas soon learns of Orlok's vampire nature and struggles to leave the castle. Orlok orders his servant Knock to move him into his new home. Thomas learns that his wife is in great danger. -
Pandora's Box
Lulu is a young woman so beautiful that not many can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön, his musical producer son Alwa, circus performer Rodrigo Quast and Lulu's friend, Schigolch. Lulu's charms inevitably lead to tragedy as the downward spiral encompasses them all. -
All Quiet on the Western Front
German school boys are talked into enlisting into the military during WWI. The movie follows the experiences told by the two boys and highlights the tragedies that came in WWI on the German side. This movie is also a book but banned when Hitler came into power for being degenerate and anti-German. -
Hell's Angles
This is another WWI movie. Roy and Monte, two brothers studying at Oxford University, enlist in the Royal Flying Corps to fight for queen and country, while their college friend Karl is drafted in Germany. There is a love triangle involving the two brothers and Roy's girlfriend, Helen. The brothers' personalities, and Monte's cowardice in the face of war soon threaten to compromise a top-secret bombing mission over German territory. -
Dracula
The dashing, mysterious Count Dracula, after hypnotizing a British soldier named Renfield into his mindless slave, travels to London and takes up residence in an old castle. Soon Dracula begins to wreak havoc, sucking the blood of young women and turning them into vampires. He then sets his sights on Mina, the daughter of a prominent doctor. A vampire-hunter named Van Helsing is enlisted to put a stop to the count's never-ending bloodlust. -
Frankenstein
This iconic horror film follows the obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein as he attempts to create life by assembling a creature from body parts of the deceased. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Frits, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster but the monster is confused and traumatized. It escapes into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc. Frankenstein searches for the elusive being, and eventually must confront his tormented creation. -
King Kong
During the filming of a new film, an actress named Ann Darrow and her director Carl Denham travel to the Indian Ocean to do location shoots for Denham's new jungle picture. Ann falls in love with John Driscoll a first mate on the ship she came on. When they arrive, Ann is taken hostage by natives who prepare her as a sacrifice to the enormous ape Kong who rules over their jungle. But when Ann is rescued and Kong is captured and the real trouble begins. -
The Invisable Man
Dr. Jack Griffin stumbles on a potion that can make him invisible while he researches a new drug. He shows his new skill to his Fiance and mentor, but there is one side effect, insanity. Jack goes on a violent rampage and the police struggle to hunt him down as they are unable to see him. His mentor and former partner try to capture him. -
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
This move was one of Disney's first animated films. A wicked queen orders for Snow White to be killed by a hunter, but the hunter does not wish to kill her. The queen asks for Snow's heart, so the hunter cuts the heart out of an animal. Snow runs away to a cottage in the woods where she meets 7 dwarfs. Disguising herself as a hag, the queen brings a poisoned apple to Snow White, who falls into a death-like sleep that can be broken only by a kiss from the prince. -
The Adventures of Robin Hood
When King Richard the Lionheart is captured, his scheming brother Prince John plots to reach the throne, to the outrage of Sir Robin of Locksley, the bandit king of Sherwood Forest. Rounding up his band of men and eventually winning the support of Maid Marian, Robin accuses Prince John of treachery. The escaped Richard returns covertly to England, joins forces with the king to prevent Prince John from taking the crown. -
The Wizard of Oz
When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. They follow the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City to meet the Wizard, and en route they meet a Scarecrow that needs a brain, a Tin Man missing a heart, and a Cowardly Lion who wants courage. The wizard asks the group to bring him the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West to earn his help. -
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
In 15th-century France, the evil archdeacon of Notre Dame is Claude Frollo. Under his command is a deformed hunchback, Quasimodo, who is instructed to capture the Gypsy Esmeralda. This is the object of Frollo's unrequited lust. Phoebus, the man Esmeralda loves, rescues her, but she is framed for his murder, setting the stage for a gripping confrontation between Frollo and Quasimodo. -
Pinocchio
A woodworker named Geppetto sees a falling star, he wishes that the puppet he just finished named Pinocchio could become a real boy. A blue fairy grants the wish and Pinocchio becomes a real boy. The fairy asks Jiminy Cricket to act as his conscience. But the naive and trusting Pinocchio falls into the clutches of the wicked Honest John, who leads him astray to the sinful Pleasure Island. -
The Great Dictator
This is another Charlie Chaplin movie, a Jewish barber spends years in an army hospital recovering from his wounds, unaware of the simultaneous rise of fascist dictator Adenoid Hynkel and his anti-Semitic policies. When the barber, who bears a remarkable resemblance to Hynkel, returns to his quiet neighborhood, he is stunned by the brutal changes and recklessly joins a beautiful girl and her neighbors in rebelling. This movie also serves a message about equality. -
Fantasia
This is one of the most notable films in Disney's career. Released in 1940, represented Disney's boldest experiment to date. Bringing to life his vision of blending animated imagery with classical music. What had begun as a vehicle to enhance Mickey Mouse's career blossomed into a full-blown feature that remains unique in the history of animation. -
Citizen Kane
A reporter is assigned to decipher newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane's dying words, his investigation gradually reveals the fascinating portrait of a complex man who rose from obscurity to staggering heights. Though Kane's friend and colleague Jedediah Leland, and his mistress, Susan Alexander, shed fragments of light on Kane's life, the reporter fears he may never penetrate the mystery of the elusive man's final word, "Rosebud." -
Dumbo
A young circus elephant is born with comically large ears and given the cruel nickname Dumbo. He is taunted by a group of kids, inciting his mother into a rage that gets her locked up. After Dumbo's ears cause an accident that injures many of the other elephants, he is made to dress like a clown and perform dangerous stunts. Everything changes when Dumbo discovers that his enormous ears actually allow him to fly, and he astounds everyone at the circus with his new talent. -
Bambi
Bambi and his friends Thumper and Flower explore the woods where he meets Faline, a young doe. Unfortunately, a tragic instant involving his father and mother leads to fear in Bamis life. A new spring comes and life starts again. -
Shadow of a Doubt
A man named Uncle Charlie visits his relatives in Santa Rosa. He is a very charming man, but his niece slowly realizes that he is wanted for murder and he soon recognizes her suspicions. Although one of the suspected murderers is killed and the case is considered closed, she still has her suspicions. -
Casablanca
Rick Blaine, who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo. Laszlo is a famed rebel, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country. This movie is famed for its ending, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." This was very shocking to the viewers. -
My Darling Clementine
After a night in the town of Tombstone, Wyatt Earp and his four brothers find their cattle stolen and one brother dead. Wyatt suspects that the Clanton family, owners of the O.K. Corral, but wants his revenge to be legal. He becomes sheriff of Tombstone and forges a rough peace with an alcoholic gambler, Doc Holiday. Earp also takes a liking to Holiday's former girlfriend, Clementine. -
Miracle on 34th Street
In this Christmas classic, an old man going by the name of Kris Kringle fills in for an intoxicated Santa in Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day parade. Kringle proves to be such a hit that he is soon appearing regularly at the chain's main store in midtown Manhattan. When Kringle surprises customers and employees alike by claiming that he really is Santa Claus, it leads to a court case to determine his mental health and his authenticity. -
Cinderella
Cinderella wants to go to the ball but her stepmother and two stepsisters will not let her as they subject her to a life of slavery. Cinderella's fairy godmother and her many animal friends help her to attend the ball in secret. The prince then falls in love with her, but at midnight she must flee leaving a shoe behind for the prince to find her later. -
Strangers on a Train
This is Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's thriller. Tennis star Guy Haines is enraged by his tramp of a wife's refusal to finalize their divorce so he can marry a senator's daughter named Anne. He strikes up a conversation with a stranger named Bruno Anthony, and unwittingly sets in motion a deadly chain of events. Psychopathic Bruno kills Guy's wife, then urges Guy to reciprocate by killing Bruno's father. Meanwhile, Guy is murder suspect number one. -
The Day the Earth Stood Still
When a UFO lands in Washington, D.C., bearing a message for Earth's leaders, all of humanity stands still. Klaatu has come on behalf of alien life who have been watching Cold War-era nuclear proliferation on Earth. But it is Klaatu's soft-spoken robot Gort that presents a more immediate threat to onlookers. A single mother and her son teach the world about peace and tolerance in this moral fable, ousting the tanks and soldiers that greet the alien's arrival. -
Singin' in the Rain
A spoof of the turmoil that afflicted the movie industry in the late 1920s when movies went from silent to sound. When two silent movie stars', Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont, latest movie is made into a musical a chorus girl is brought in to dub Lina's speaking and singing. Don is on top of the world until Lina finds out. -
The Quiet Man
A boxer named Sean Thornton accidentally kills an opponent in the ring and leave to Ireland. He hopes to find his family's farm but runs into Will Danaher who bought the property long ago. Will objects when his fiery sister, Mary Kate, begins a romance with Sean, and refuses to hand over her dowry. Mary Kate refuses to consummate the marriage until Sean retrieves the money. -
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage. -
Dial M of Murder
Former tennis player Tony Wendice wants his wife Margot murdered so he can get all her money. After he discovers that she had and affair with Mark Halliday, he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her. He blackmails an old acquaintance into carrying out the murder, but the carefully-orchestrated set-up goes wrong, and Margot stays alive. Now Wendice must frantically scheme to outwit the police and avoid having his plot detected. -
Rebel Without a Cause
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a new start, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin. -
Forbidden Planet
A spaceship travels to the planet Altair IV to find the of a group of scientists sent there decades earlier. When Commander John J. Adams and his crew arrive, they discover only two people: Dr. Morbius and his daughter, Altaira, who was born on the remote planet. Soon, Adams begins to uncover the mystery of what happened on Altair IV, and why Morbius and Altaira are the sole survivors. -
12 Angry Men
The 12 members of the jury must deliberate with a guilty verdict meaning death for the accused, an inner-city teen. As the dozen men try to reach a unanimous decision while sequestered in a room, one juror casts considerable doubt on elements of the case. Personal issues soon rise to the surface, and conflict threatens to derail the delicate process that will decide one boy's fate. -
Psycho
Phoenix secretary Marion Crane, on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer in order to run away with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis, is overcome by exhaustion during a heavy rainstorm. Traveling on the back roads to avoid the police, she stops for the night at the ramshackle Bates Motel and meets the polite but highly strung proprietor Norman Bates, a young man with an interest in taxidermy and a difficult relationship with his mother. -
The Magnificent Seven
A Mexican village is at the mercy of Calvera, the leader of a band of outlaws. The townspeople, too afraid to fight for themselves, hire seven American gunslingers to free them from the bandits' raids. The professional gunmen train the villagers to defend themselves, then plan a trap for the evil Calvera. -
West Side Story
A musical in which a modern day Romeo and Juliet are involved in New York street gangs. On the harsh streets of the upper west side, two gangs battle for control of the turf. The situation becomes complicated when a gang members falls in love with a rival's sister. -
To Kill a Mockingbird
Scout Finch, 6,and her older brother, Jem, live in sleepy Maycomb, Ala., spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus who is a widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against rape charges, the trial and events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping. -
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
A film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and it played the situation for laughs. U.S. Air Force General Jack Ripper goes completely insane, and sends his bomber wing to destroy the U.S.S.R. He thinks that the communists are conspiring to pollute the "precious bodily fluids" of the American people. -
Mary Poppins
Jane and Michael are two rich kids who learn of a new nanny. They are soon surprised by the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins. Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary and her Cockney performer friend, Bert, the siblings try to pass on some of their nanny's sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents. -
The Sound of Music
Based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II. Julie Andrews plays the role of Maria, the tomboy-like governess at an Austrian abbey in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home. -
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Joe, and a Mexican outlaw, Tuco, form an uneasy partnership -- Joe turns in the bandit for the reward money, then rescues him just as he is being hanged. When Joe's shot at the noose goes awry during one escapade, a furious Tuco tries to have him murdered. The men re-team abruptly, however, to beat out a sadistic criminal and the Union army and find $20,000 that a soldier has buried in the desert. -
2001: A Space Odyssey
An imposing black structure provides a connection between the past and the future in this enigmatic adaptation of a short story by revered sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke. When Dr. Dave Bowman and other astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission, their ship's computer system, HAL, begins to display increasingly strange behavior, leading up to a tense showdown between man and machine that results in a mind-bending trek through space and time. -
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Battles with posses, train and bank robberies, a torrid love affair and a new lease on outlaw life in far away Bolivia. It is also a character study of a remarkable friendship between Butch - possibly the most likeable outlaw in frontier history - and his closest associate, the fabled, ever-dangerous Sundance Kid. -
M*A*S*H
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper McIntyre are two captains that do surgery just to pass the time. They are just miles away from the front lines during the Korean War and bring comedy to this tragic event. This movie is based off the book written by Richard Hooker and as its own TV series of the same name. -
Little Big Man
When a curious oral historian turns up to hear the life story of 121-year-old Jack Crabb, he can scarcely believe his ears. Crabb tells of having been rescued and raised by the Cheyenne, of working as a snake-oil salesman, as a gunslinger, and as a mule skinner under Gen. Custer. As if those weren't astonishing enough, he also claims to be the only white survivor of the infamous Battle of the Little Bighorn. -
A Clockwork Orange
In an England of the future, Alex and his "Droogs" spend their nights getting high at the Korova Milkbar before embarking on "a little of the old ultraviolence," while jauntily warbling "Singin' in the Rain." After he's jailed for bludgeoning the Cat Lady to death, Alex submits to behavior modification technique to earn his freedom; he's conditioned to abhor violence. Returned to the world defenseless, Alex becomes the victim of his prior victims. -
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
When Sally hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her brother Franklin set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family's old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must do everything they can to escape. -
Young Frankenstein
Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein soon begins to recreate his grandfather's experiments with the help of servants Igor, Inga and Frau Blucher. After he creates his own monster, new complications ensue with the arrival of the doctor's fiancee, Elizabeth -
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
A comedic send-up of the grim circumstances of the Middle Ages as told through the story of King Arthur and framed by a modern-day murder investigation. When the mythical king of the Britons leads his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail, they face a wide array of horrors, including a persistent Black Knight, a three-headed giant, a cadre of shrubbery-challenged knights, the perilous Castle Anthrax, a killer rabbit, a house of virgins, and a handful of rude Frenchmen. -
Rocky Horror Picture Show
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named "Rocky." -
Star Wars
The Imperial Forces, under orders from cruel Darth Vader hold Princess Leia hostage, in their efforts to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, captain of the Millennium Falcon, work together with the companionable droid duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess, help the Rebel Alliance, and restore freedom and justice to the Galaxy. -
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Science fiction movie about a group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence. Roy Neary witnesses an UFO, and even has a "sunburn" from its bright lights to prove it. Roy refuses to accept an explanation for what he saw and is prepared to give up his life to pursue the truth about UFOs. -
Alien
In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma. -
The Empire Strikes Back
The adventure continues in this "Star Wars" sequel. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia and Chewbacca face attack by the Imperial forces and its AT-AT walkers on the ice planet Hoth. While Han and Leia escape in the Millennium Falcon, Luke travels to Dagobah in search of Yoda. Only with the Jedi master's help will Luke survive when the dark side of the Force beckons him into the ultimate duel with Darth Vader. -
The Shining
Jack Torrance becomes winter caretaker at the isolated Overlook Hotel in Colorado, hoping to cure his writer's block. He settles in along with his wife, Wendy, and his son, Danny, who is plagued by psychic premonitions. As Jack's writing goes nowhere and Danny's visions become more disturbing, Jack discovers the hotel's dark secrets and begins to unravel into a homicidal maniac hell-bent on terrorizing his family. -
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, is hired by the U.S. Government to find the Ark of the Covenant, which is believed to still hold the ten commandments. Unfortunately, agents of Hitler are also after the Ark. Indy, and his ex-flame Marion, escape from various close scrapes in a quest that takes them from Nepal to Cairo. -
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The second of the Lucas/Spielberg Indiana Jones epics is set a year or so before the events in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Indy needs to retrieve a precious gem and several kidnapped young boys on behalf of a remote East Indian village. This time he teams up with a night club singer and a 12-year old boy. -
Big Trouble in Little China
Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, and underneath, San Francisco's Chinatown. An ancient Chinese prince and Chinatown crime lord has kidnapped a beautiful green-eyed woman, who is the fiancee to Jack's best friend. Jack must help his friend rescue the girl before the evil Lo Pan uses her to break the ancient curse that keeps him a fleshless and immortal spirit. -
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
An art collector appeals to Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. He learns that another archaeologist has disappeared while searching for the precious goblet, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones. The artifact is much harder to find than they expected, and its powers are too much for those impure in heart.
