The best movies 1917

After being betrayed by her playboy lover, a heartbroken mute young woman joins a ballet company; during a performance of “The Dying...

During a violent disagreement, a miner strangles his partner and accidentally shoots the man's wife. He then deserts his own wife and son to elope...

The short film tells the story of Hamlet, who was forced to flee from the treachery of the usurper of the throne who had killed all the relatives of...

A hard-core socialite turns over a new leaf after spending time with a less fortunate family.

John Humperdink Stover, otherwise known as "The Varmint" for his pestiferousness or as "Dink" when in special favor, was expelled from a boarding...

At trial the prosecuting attorney makes a startling confession: the defendant is his son whose pitiful fate led him to murder. The attorney left the...

Italian silent film, an adaptation of La Curée by Émile Zola

The model Fede loves the writer Arte, but he is enmeshed by the beautiful Femmina. Fede takes comfort in the Faun, a mythological creature who...

A naive young girl tries to kill herself when she realizes that she risks becoming a demi-mondaine like her mother, the pseudo-marquise Obardi. She...

A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.

Count Merlin pursues an alchemical quest requiring the blood of young men to complete his rituals. An early version of the vampire on film.

A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experience in this rather fanciful silent Western. The...

A Faustian tale about an old woman who makes a pact with Mephisto to regain her youth, but in return she must stay away from love. After making the...

The jealous prince Manihiki has to go on a journey and leaves his wife in the custody of his servant. The princess Vjera escapes and meets the count...

Props, the stage man, and his assistant at the Orpheum Theater, Plunkville divide their time equally between drinking and attention to duty. Trouble...

Caroline works at a hair dressing parlor. A wealthy man falls in love with her, takes her home and proposes to her. Caroline has a dream where she...

When a cruel sea-captain named Bennett murders the mother of his child, the little girl is rescued and raised by Gale, a storekeeper. Years later,...

Gunman Chuck Connelly is hired to silence the new district attorney who has been pounding the graft organizations. Chuck goes to the D. A.'s home to...

A man (Arroyo Carrillo) is sent to Europe on a diplomatic mission. The ship in which he travels is sunk by a German submarine. In Mexico, his...

Ester escapes an orphanage and finds employment with Dr. Hoff and later with dramatist Hugo Mayerling. After reading a play of his she succeeds on...

Opal, who knows nothing about her ancestors, falls in love with G. D. Stanley, the strange young man who is her closest neighbor in the Canadian...

The National Red Cross Pageant (1917) was an American war pageant that was performed in order to sell war bonds, support the National Red Cross, and...

A man (Arroyo Carrillo) is sent to Europe on a diplomatic mission. The ship in which he travels is sunk by a German submarine. In Mexico, his...

La soñadora ("The Dreamer") is a 1917 Mexican silent film. It features Sara García as an extra.

Argentine animated film utilizing cutout animation, and the world's first animated feature film. Currently considered a lost film. Argentine...

The attractive and rapturous Eva is ready to do anything to be the protagonist of a cruel and painful romance. Determined, the young woman falls in...

The recently orphaned Enriqueta has to work to earn a living; She finds a job with the widower Julio Mancera, for whom she works as governess for her...

Members of an Afro-Cuban secret society, the ñáñigos, kidnap the daughter of a policeman for revenge.

Emilia and Villalba (Margarita Xirgu and Ricardo Puga) have had a happy marriage until the murder of the prostitute Lilí casted a shadow over...

One of the longest films ever made

A young man from a wealthy family learns mechanics on his own initiative at the School of Arts and Crafts. Unexpectedly, the family falls into...

Soul Sacrifice is a 1917 Mexican silent film. It features Sara García as an extra.