The best movies 1926

During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnnie Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard...

Murnau’s epic adaptation of Goethe’s tragedy stands with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis among the supreme achievements of German silent...

A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he...

An elderly man visits his mentally ill wife in a psychiatric hospital. Years earlier, she had tried to drown their child and then take her own life....

In the South Seas, Samoan village life is portrayed with a painterly eye. Blending ethnographic detail with a romanticized 'Gauguin idyll', the film...

10-episode American silent Western film serial chronicling the legendary exploits of frontier scout and showman William F. Cody. Episodes: 1....

Immediately prior to the Russian Revolution, a young shepherd Seydo and his girlfriend Zare struggle for their right to a happy love in a Yazidi...

When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station...

Taken from The Arabian Nights, a wicked sorcerer and the beautiful prince Achmed battle one against the other during a series of wondrous adventures.

A Jewish writer in Czarist Russia is forced to flee when the government comes after him for his "objectionable" writings. He emigrates to the US,...

An unrealeased comedy made in 1926 about a Bowery bum.

A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.

Baldevins bryllup (English: Baldevin's wedding) is a 1926 Norwegian comedy film directed by George Schnéevoigt, starring Einar Sissener and...

As a reporter, Dick Farrington is sent to cover an assignment that promises a big story. A lawyer has advertised for an ex-Marine who is a boxer. He...

Martin, the heroine's father is falsely believed to be in league with fur thieves, but the real villain, not content with robbing the old man of his...

Purbasari and Purbararang are sisters and in competition. Purbararang, the elder sister, teases Purbasari about the latter's lover, a lutung named...

Count Moffat becomes infatuated with Nana, a presumptuous stage actress, vulgar, hypocritical and promiscuous, willing to do anything to succeed.

A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.

Ralph attempts to elope with Thelma against her parents' wishes. Ralph disguises as a teacher to take her off to a boarding school and there is a new...

British horror drama short from 1926.

Cowboys Mutt and Jeff tangle with a bull on the ranch where they work.

A German NotoFilm system song film with a full score at the bottom of the screen only visible to live performers and musical accompaniment, allowing...

A young woman abandoned by her lover sells her body to his mentor, a renowned sculptor.

Luis Candelas, the mythical bandit, just and generous, comes to the aid of a nobleman who saved his life. Adventure film directed by José...

In the celebrations of the recruits, Don Esteban rejects José Luis, the boyfriend of his daughter Luz María, who promises to kidnap her.

All men who fall in love with Marichu die violently.

A poor fellow is dominated by his wife who is unfaitful.

Two navy ensigns, Manuel d'Astures and the Viscount of Brazza, nicknamed Boy, return to Spain after a long mission at sea. The latter is surprised to...

Made with Technicolor technique, this documentary presents to the world for the first time the terrible cycle of this endemic evil.

A priest hears in an act of confession protected by ecclesiastical secrecy the author of the crime of a powerful rancher that the townspeople...

Currito, raised in a Seville hospice, ekes out a living while trying to become a bullfighter.

Film based on the sonnet by the same name, written by Evaristo Carriego.

Adolfo, a railroad engineer, is sent to a provincial station to investigate a series of thefts from trains. The investigation uncovers the existence...

The love of a young woman, Dolorcitas (Ana Giner), descended from a less aristocratic family is disputed by her husband, an enterprising...

The children of a large landowner study in the city. The young girl travels on vacation to the countryside and there she falls in love with the...

A 1926 documentary short film.

Film adaptation of the play by the brothers Álvarez Quintero