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Amazon Prime Video
90
8.5
/214053/
81
/2894/
82
/2357/
4.3
/168203/
95
/58/
95
/1757/
99
/15/

City Lights (1931)
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
89
8.5
/282032/
82
/4436/
82
/3930/
4.3
/246885/
98
/113/
95
/1798/
96
/4/
cc age 6+

Modern Times (1936)
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
poster
Amazon Prime Video
87
8.1
/38091/
79
/840/
79
/860/
4.1
/39960/
97
/30/
93
/341/
90
/7/

The Circus (1928)
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
poster
MGM Plus
87
8.2
/143894/
80
/2565/
81
/2270/
4.2
/113601/
100
/49/
95
/774/
cc age 8+

The Kid (1921)
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
86
8.1
/126644/
79
/1931/
79
/1742/
4.2
/90331/
98
/89/
93
/1004/
90
/20/
cc age 8+

The Gold Rush (1925)
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.4
/256461/
82
/4183/
82
/3567/
4.3
/170573/
92
/52/
95
/1899/
cc age 10+

The Great Dictator (1940)
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
poster
Kanopy
83
8.0
/23602/
78
/430/
79
/566/
4.1
/21722/
88
/40/
90
/336/
84
/15/

Limelight (1952)
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
poster
Kanopy
82
81
7.8
/20301/
76
/408/
77
/452/
4.0
/19074/
97
/37/
88
/242/

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
73
7.6
/10473/
72
/278/
73
/347/
3.8
/21157/
87
/627/

A Dog's Life (1918)
The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
poster
Kanopy
76
72
7.5
/9817/
70
/259/
72
/301/
3.7
/18165/
89
/682/

The Immigrant (1917)
A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.0
/9615/
68
/169/
68
/220/
3.5
/7230/
80
/15/
73
/89/

A King in New York (1957)
A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
68
6.9
/6783/
66
/141/
67
/186/
3.5
/8385/
94
/18/
75
/61/
76
/5/

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)
When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
65
7.3
/7912/
70
/161/
68
/186/
3.6
/8897/
81
/1151/

Shoulder Arms (1918)
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
64
7.4
/5230/
69
/117/
69
/150/
3.6
/6204/
82
/498/

Pay Day (1922)
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
64
7.2
/4400/
66
/96/
67
/107/
3.6
/4826/
100
/7/
81
/26/

The Idle Class (1921)
At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
62
7.2
/6067/
67
/114/
68
/146/
3.5
/5684/
77
/466/

The Pilgrim (1923)
The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.
poster
Kanopy
71
61
7.4
/6142/
69
/148/
71
/178/
3.6
/6649/

Easy Street (1917)
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.
poster
Kanopy
69
61
7.3
/4824/
65
/126/
68
/143/
3.6
/5339/
71
/189/

The Adventurer (1917)
The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…
poster
Kanopy
71
60
7.1
/4084/
67
/97/
68
/134/
3.5
/3683/
79
/410/

The Cure (1917)
An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.
poster
Kanopy
68
60
7.0
/4580/
67
/141/
65
/137/
3.5
/7227/
72
/392/

The Rink (1916)
After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.
poster
Kanopy
67
58
7.0
/3937/
66
/119/
66
/111/
3.5
/3747/
66
/211/

The Pawnshop (1916)
A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.
poster
Kanopy
68
58
7.0
/3802/
64
/106/
67
/122/
3.6
/4391/
69
/172/

One A.M. (1916)
A drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.
poster
Kanopy
68
57
6.8
/3399/
63
/102/
67
/130/
3.5
/3493/
74
/406/

The Vagabond (1916)
A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.
poster
67
55
6.9
/3979/
63
/101/
65
/130/
3.5
/5019/
70
/30/

The Tramp (1915)
The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life. Unwilling to be a problem in their lives, he takes to the road, though he is seen skipping and swinging his cane as if happy to be back on the road where he knows he belongs.
poster
YouTube
64
53
6.6
/3557/
63
/75/
64
/95/
3.3
/3661/
61
/382/

Sunnyside (1919)
An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle.
poster
YouTube
63
53
6.6
/3879/
62
/97/
61
/110/
3.3
/5155/
60
/159/

A Day's Pleasure (1919)
A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.
poster
Kanopy
67
52
6.9
/3208/
66
/81/
65
/91/
3.5
/2797/

Behind the Screen (1916)
During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.
poster
Kanopy
65
52
6.5
/2610/
62
/82/
61
/82/
3.3
/2163/
71
/105/

The Count (1916)
A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…
poster
63
51
6.7
/2965/
62
/82/
64
/106/
3.4
/2757/
57
/350/

The Champion (1915)
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, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove and wins. The trainer prepares Charlie to fight the world champion. A gambler wants Charlie to throw the fight. He and the trainer's daughter fall in love.
poster
66
49
6.4
/2120/
55
/45/
63
/79/
3.3
/1734/
87
/39/

Police (1916)
Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.
poster
Kanopy
64
49
6.6
/2865/
61
/86/
63
/107/
3.4
/2762/

The Floorwalker (1916)
An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's safe.
poster
76
48
7.7
/1710/
64
/27/
73
/36/
3.7
/847/
93
/50/

The Chaplin Revue (1959)
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".
poster
55
48
6.1
/7475/
62
/124/
60
/172/
3.2
/5323/
43
/7/
41
/43/

A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.
poster
Kanopy
63
48
6.5
/3065/
62
/83/
62
/106/
3.2
/2874/

The Fireman (1916)
Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance.
poster
63
47
6.6
/2367/
61
/52/
63
/69/
3.4
/1977/
58
/341/

The Bank (1915)
A janitor at a bank is in love with a secretary and dreams that she has fallen in love with him too.
poster
Criterion Channel
57
45
6.4
/2586/
59
/84/
62
/88/
3.1
/3112/
41
/214/

A Night in the Show (1915)
Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours beer down on Mr. Pest and Edna. He attacks patrons, a harem dancer, the singers Dot and Dash, and a fire-eater.
poster
58
40
6.2
/1890/
57
/31/
61
/68/
3.0
/1419/
53
/281/

The Rounders (1914)
Two drunks fight with their wives and then go out and get even drunker.
poster
62
37
6.4
/2075/
60
/60/
60
/68/
3.3
/1628/
63
/11/

A Woman (1915)
Mother, father and daughter go to the park. The women doze off on a bench while the father plays a hide-and-seek game with a girl, blindfolded. Charlie leads him into a lake. Both dozing ladies on the bench fall for Charlie and invite him for dinner. The father returns home with a friend. Charlie rushes upstairs and dresses like a woman, shaving his mustache. Both men fall for Charlie.
poster
54
37
6.0
/2040/
55
/66/
58
/76/
3.1
/1456/
35
/951/

A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)
A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
poster
60
37
6.2
/1920/
56
/57/
58
/95/
3.3
/1323/

Work (1915)
Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and Charlie offers to fix it. The wife's secret lover arrives and is passed off as the workers' supervisor, but the husband doesn't buy this and fires shots. The stove explodes violently, destroying the house.
poster
53
37
6.0
/2153/
55
/49/
57
/76/
3.1
/1757/
31
/372/

His New Job (1915)
When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera and replaces the actor. While waiting, he plays in a dice game and gets on many people's nerves. When he finally gets to act, he ruins his scene, accidentally destroys the set, and tears the skirt of the star of the movie.
poster
53
36
5.6
/1549/
56
/42/
56
/60/
2.9
/1633/
45
/162/

Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
Charlie is hanging around in the park, finding problems with a jealous suitor, a man who thinks that Charlie has robbed him a watch, a policeman and even a little boy, all because our friend can't stop snooping.
poster
60
36
6.2
/1811/
57
/51/
59
/61/
3.2
/1216/

Shanghaied (1915)
A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve food during a gale.
poster
53
34
5.9
/1629/
55
/39/
57
/67/
3.1
/1366/
34
/242/

The Masquerader (1914)
Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie never makes it into the film.
poster
57
33
5.9
/1528/
52
/40/
58
/55/
3.1
/1127/

A Jitney Elopement (1915)
Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie and Edna are chased by her father, The Count, and three policeman. The pursuers drive off a pier.
poster
48
32
5.6
/1741/
53
/43/
55
/70/
2.9
/1802/
21
/172/

Laughing Gas (1914)
Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club.
poster
53
32
5.9
/1489/
54
/25/
58
/59/
3.0
/1188/
35
/132/

His New Profession (1914)
Charlie takes care of a man in a wheelchair.
poster
55
32
6.0
/1280/
59
/26/
62
/53/
3.2
/1260/
30
/139/

The New Janitor (1914)
The hero, a janitor played by Chaplin, is fired from work for accidentally knocking his bucket of water out the window and onto his boss the chief banker (Tandy). Meanwhile, one of the junior managers (Dillon) is being threatened with exposure by his bookie for gambling debts unpaid. Thus the manager decides to steal from the company.


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