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MGM Plus
86
8.1
/104807/
78
/1726/
79
/1351/
4.2
/95434/
92
/63/
92
/1077/
cc age 7+

The General (1926)
During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.
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Kanopy
84
8.1
/64261/
79
/1334/
80
/1103/
4.4
/113725/
86
/44/
95
/516/
cc age 8+

Sherlock Jr. (1924)
A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
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Kanopy
85
83
8.0
/14285/
77
/346/
78
/414/
4.1
/28860/
100
/20/
93
/131/

The Cameraman (1928)
A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.
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Kanopy
85
83
8.1
/10034/
77
/334/
79
/302/
4.2
/29574/
100
/5/
92
/70/

One Week (1920)
Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.
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Amazon Prime Video
82
7.8
/17249/
74
/441/
75
/374/
4.0
/28207/
96
/52/
91
/256/
cc age 8+

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.
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Kanopy
81
79
7.8
/12827/
75
/331/
75
/306/
3.9
/19654/
94
/17/
89
/137/

Seven Chances (1925)
Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.
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Kanopy
81
79
7.7
/13328/
75
/332/
74
/304/
3.9
/18608/
97
/31/
89
/153/

Our Hospitality (1923)
A young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
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Kanopy
80
77
7.5
/11890/
72
/275/
71
/262/
3.7
/15331/
100
/23/
89
/110/

The Navigator (1924)
The wealthy and impulsive Rollo Treadway decides to propose to his beautiful socialite neighbor, Betsy O'Brien. Although Betsy turns Rollo down, he still opts to go on the cruise that he intended as their honeymoon. When circumstances find both Rollo and Betsy on the wrong ship, they end up having adventures on the high seas.
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Kanopy
79
71
7.8
/5131/
74
/170/
74
/156/
3.9
/10474/
91
/692/

The Scarecrow (1920)
Two farmhands compete for the love of the farmer's daughter.
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Kanopy
78
70
7.7
/5419/
74
/161/
72
/160/
3.9
/11493/
90
/823/

The Goat (1921)
A series of misadventures occur when Buster is mistaken for a criminal on the lam.
poster
Kanopy
77
69
7.6
/7383/
72
/195/
72
/211/
3.8
/16266/
89
/37/

Cops (1922)
Buster Keaton gets involved in a series of misunderstandings involving a horse and cart. Eventually he infuriates every cop in the city when he accidentally interrupts a police parade.
poster
Kanopy
77
69
7.1
/5479/
70
/122/
69
/144/
3.7
/9209/
100
/12/
79
/64/

Go West (1925)
With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.
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Kanopy
78
67
7.6
/3900/
73
/117/
71
/119/
3.9
/9000/
94
/451/

The High Sign (1921)
Buster is thrown off a train near an amusement park. There he gets a job in a shooting gallery run by the Blinking Buzzards mob. Ordered to kill a businessman, he winds up protecting the man and his daughter by outfitting their home with trick devices.
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Kanopy
75
67
7.6
/4987/
70
/146/
71
/146/
3.8
/7832/
87
/773/

Neighbors (1920)
The Romeo and Juliet story played out in a tenement neighborhood with Buster and Virginia's families hating each other over the fence separating their buildings.
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Kanopy
73
67
7.0
/5670/
66
/130/
68
/131/
3.5
/9994/
92
/13/
76
/58/

Three Ages (1923)
The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry, and love play out three times as a man vies with a villain for the girl. In the Stone Age, the rivalry is set off by dinosaurs, a turtle used as a ouija board, and a round of golf with stones. In ancient Rome, the men display their brawn through a chariot race, using dogs instead of horses. In contemporary times, the man finds himself overcome by modernity, including a very fragile car.
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Amazon Prime Video
72
65
6.9
/5792/
65
/124/
67
/125/
3.4
/8560/
92
/24/
72
/92/

College (1927)
A bookish college student dismissive of athletics is compelled to try out sports to win the affection of the girl he loves.
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Kanopy
73
63
7.5
/4837/
69
/113/
68
/136/
3.6
/6158/
86
/39/

The Play House (1921)
Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.
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Kanopy
71
62
6.9
/3992/
66
/135/
66
/134/
3.6
/10143/
84
/371/

The Haunted House (1921)
A bank teller becomes involved with a hold-up, counterfeiters and a theatrical troupe posing as spooks in a haunted house.
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Kanopy
70
61
7.1
/3856/
67
/128/
67
/126/
3.6
/6547/
75
/530/

Convict 13 (1920)
A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.
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Kanopy
73
60
7.2
/3399/
68
/86/
67
/103/
3.6
/5203/
86
/506/

The Electric House (1922)
Botany major Buster mistakenly graduates in electrical engineering and is hired to wire a new home.
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Kanopy
72
59
7.0
/4308/
67
/91/
68
/95/
3.6
/7136/
85
/13/
74
/20/

Battling Butler (1926)
A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.
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Kanopy
70
57
6.9
/2883/
68
/92/
68
/93/
3.5
/4911/
77
/254/

Hard Luck (1921)
A down on his luck young man makes several attempts at committing suicide but fails them too. He then finds himself becoming more confident through a series of petty adventures, to such an extent that this becomes his undoing.
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Kanopy
72
57
7.1
/3883/
70
/97/
66
/117/
3.7
/5643/
81
/27/

The Boat (1921)
A boat builder and his family attempt to set sail in his handmade boat, 'The Damfino'.
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Kanopy
70
56
6.8
/2746/
64
/80/
67
/98/
3.5
/3444/
80
/275/

The Love Nest (1923)
In an attempt to forget his lost sweetheart, Buster takes a long trip at the sea when he's caught by pirates.
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Kanopy
70
56
6.9
/2905/
67
/69/
65
/88/
3.5
/3594/
81
/406/

Day Dreams (1922)
In order to impress the father of a girl he is keen on, a young man goes to the city in search of work. In his letters home he writes of his various jobs which her imagination expands into much nobler ones than those that he is actually attempting.
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The Roku Channel
71
55
6.9
/2747/
67
/66/
67
/58/
3.3
/3568/
100
/9/
59
/23/

Spite Marriage (1929)
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.
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Kanopy
66
54
6.6
/3452/
64
/84/
62
/95/
3.3
/4454/
72
/626/

The Balloonatic (1923)
Buster and Phyllis endure a number of outdoor adventures trying to prove to each other their survival skills. The balloon, which lands Buster in the wilderness, later proves useful as their canoe is about go over a waterfall.
poster
Kanopy
66
54
6.8
/3283/
65
/77/
65
/102/
3.5
/4467/
64
/169/

The Blacksmith (1922)
Buster clowns around in a blacksmith's shop until he and the smithy get in a fight which sends the smithy to jail. Buster helps several customers with horses, then destroys a Rolls Royce while fixing the car parked next to it.
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Kanopy
63
51
6.8
/3470/
63
/68/
61
/96/
3.2
/3316/
62
/341/

The Paleface (1922)
A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who enters their encampment because white oil tycoons are trying to force them from their land.
poster
Kanopy
63
50
6.5
/2733/
62
/70/
62
/84/
3.3
/3961/
63
/134/

The Frozen North (1922)
A mix of guns and mistaken identity leads to chaos in this satirical parody of William S. Hart's melodramatic westerns, finding Buster in the frozen north - "the last stop on the subway".
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Kanopy
66
43
6.6
/2613/
65
/78/
62
/92/
3.3
/3556/
73
/12/

My Wife's Relations (1922)
Buster and a woman are mistakenly married and her initially unfriendly family begins to treat him nicely when they come to believe he has a large inheritance awaiting him.
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50
32
5.6
/1711/
53
/57/
55
/68/
2.8
/2628/
33
/13/

The Rough House (1917)
Living under the same roof with his newly-wed wife and his mother-in-law, a careless Mr Rough sets the nuptial bedroom on fire, as the residence's cook tries to woo the maid who only has eyes for the charming delivery boy. As one thing leads to another, Mr Rough ends up preparing dinner for a pair of duplicitous guests, when, clearly, he should be staying out of the kitchen. Does Mrs Rough know the visitors' true intentions? But, above all, how will this disastrous dinner party at the Rough house end?
poster
64
11
6.6
/369/
67
/12/
58
/12/
3.3
/402/

Grand Slam Opera (1936)
Elmer Butts is a contestant in a radio amateur hour show hoping to win the first price -- by dancing and juggling!
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49
9
5.2
/323/
41
/5/
45
/11/
3.0
/472/

Hollywood Handicap (1938)
A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event.
poster
?
5.6
/77/
70
/1/

Life in Sometown, U.S.A. (1938)
A satirical visualization of strange and forgotten, but (at that time) nevertheless still existing laws in the U.S.A.
poster
49
?
5.0
/226/
25
/2/
38
/6/
3.0
/310/

Streamlined Swing (1938)
A group of African-American waiters on a railway believe they have made a deal to secure a railroad dining car that they set up on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles as a diner. To bring in customers, they sing, their voices providing most of the musical accompaniment as well. At the diner, in front of a crowd of swells, the police deliver the bad news.
poster
?

R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr (2026)
Buster Keaton’s 1924 comedy classic is reimagined with R.E.M. 's alt-rock masterpieces Monster (1994) and New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996). In this sublime comedy teetering between reality and illusion, Buster Keaton stars as a film projectionist who dreams of becoming a detective. He uses his limited skills when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend’s father’s pocket watch.
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?

Busta Keaton in COPS (2017)
Supa Commandos of Film History with VJ Emmie
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?

The Blacksmith (version B) (1922)
An alternate version of this film, a sort of remake whose last reel differs completely from the previously known version. Version B.


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