Rosita

Lyman H. Howe's Famous Ride on a Runaway Train

A runaway train speeds down the track.

1921

Into the Silver Ether

New York, 1927. An aspiring model goes to have her picture taken, but a camera can have a mind of its own.

2020

The Saragossa Manuscript

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.

1965

Lea and the Bobbin

Bess is busy reading a book when her folks come in and command her to spend more time at work. They give her a ball of yarn, a crochet needle and set

1913

A Lady and Her Maid

The photographer sends miss Ophelia a dozen photographs of her in different poses. Selecting the best one, she presents it to her favorite boarder, Bi

1913

The Miracle Water

In this sophisticated romantic comedy, healing waters are the cover for an extramarital affair that “cures” the infertility problems of a childless co

1914

The Burning Towel or A Household Quarrel

A couple’s fight over dinner leads to spiralling domestic abuse that spreads all over town. (MoMA)

1911

Don Juan

Spain in the mid-seventeenth century. A series of bloody wars has ravaged the nation. Don Juan the nobleman and his valet, Sganarelle, roam the countr

1998

The Birth of a Nation

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is capture

1915

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

1927

Battleship Potemkin

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The fi

1925

The Rink

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

1916

The Pawnshop

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,

1916

Pälsen

Doctor Henck is having bad day, and borrows a fur from a friend. It gives him new confidence, and his day immediately gets better. Hjalmar Söderberg's

1966

The Executioner

An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after

1963

The Flower of My Secret

Leo is a middle-aged writer of popular romantic novels who writes under a pseudonym, since she despises her own work. At home, her husband, who works

1995

Talk to Her

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

2002

The Passion of Joan of Arc

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'

1928

La lumière et l'amour

1912

The Assassination of the Duke de Guise

This one is modelled on the painting by Paul Delaroche and is an extension of the stage act known as “tableau vivant”.

1897