Must See Movies 1900-1950

A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.

A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.

The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.

Four historical tales depict the ongoing human struggle against prejudice and inhumanity.

Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.

A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.

The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.

A young woman marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman on her honeymoon.

Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.

Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.

A shy young man who can't talk to women ventures out to publish a book full of fictional conquests, but finds true love along the way.

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.

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

A young American soldier witnesses the horrors of the Great War.

A man learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7PM that evening.

A prospector goes to the Klondike during the 1890s gold rush in hopes of making his fortune, and is smitten with a girl he sees in a dance hall.

After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.

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

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

A sheriff's milquetoast son has a chance to prove himself when a medicine show run by con artists comes into town.

A young lady from Georgia goes to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an actress.

Hopelessly in love with a woman working at MGM Studios, a clumsy man attempts to become a motion-picture cameraman to be close to the object of his desire.

The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.

The life of a man and woman together in a large, impersonal metropolis through their hopes, struggles, and downfalls.

In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy. The ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions.