The best movies 1916

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

Robert Armstrong, falsely accused of a murder committed thirty years ago in a western gambling hall, faces the alternative of imprisonment or paying...

Miss Ledyia, daughter of American millionaire Mr. Katson, vacationing in A Toxa (Galicia, Spain), will try to abort an Anarchist assassination plot...

In the home of the stalwart young son and his mother, the girl rescued from the sea grows strong again after her fearful exposure. Her...

The wife of a wealthy stockbroker, more interested in her poodle than in having children, has an abortion when she finds herself pregnant. The...

Childhood friends Captain Weiden and Squire Born were both in love with the same girl, Lucille, but Weiden was the one to marry her. When Weiden is...

In planning to break into the house of the wealthy Bob Van Dyke, Jenny's stepfather decides that his stepdaughter should do most of the dirty work,...

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

Full length survey of highpoints in the explorer's life. Shows influencers he sought who supported his project and opposition and even indignities he...

The film was described as a “hilarious tragicomedy.” The plot is unknown, and no copies have survived.

Because Ernst feels oppressed by his wife and her mother, he fakes his suicide and hires in his own household disguised as a servant.

After an encounter with a handsome student, young Mary Blom finds herself pregnant. Her life starts to fall apart.

Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver - a man who...

The Youngloves have a cozy little apartment and a jewel of a cook, Bridget, and are happy until the landlord raises the rent. A slick agent convinces...

When an unscrupulous banker ruins his family, a young man swears to bring him to justice, so he adopts a new identity, the mysterious Judex, and...

Antamoro's CHRISTUS, epic in scale and ambition, and featuring decidedly otherworldly special effects, was released in 1916. Telling the story of the...

Whispering Smith is a virile, fearless type of the true American whoso theory of life is to give every man a chance to show what is in him. There is...

Ruth Merrill and her father both are serving prison terms but her's is lighter and she is released. She becomes the wife of the wealthy Dr. Richard...

The story follows two young students, Ładnowski and Paszkowski. Bound by honour, Ładnowski marries the woman he loves. Paszkowski, however,...

A doctor find himself in front of the corpse of a woman who was the most intense love of his life.

Rolando, head of the republican party, saves the life to the young queen Alexia when her horse bolts. Both fall in love but his principles do not let...

Carmen, Martin and Lucas, children of the Motherland, are imprisoned for protecting a fugitive indigenous person. Carmen is also really imprisoned...

After eating a full bag of popato chips, Cardo is very thirsty, but he hasn't got a penny to buy a drink.

A Spanish Charlie Chaplin wannabe (Benito Perojo/Peladilla) takes his girl to watch a football match in Madrid. Doesn't take long before Peladilla...

In 1916 the Santiago society shuddered with the crime of a wealthy businessman. Corina Rojas, his young wife, was the first woman sentenced to death...

Silvino Santos spent two months filming festivals, ceremonies, native rituals, and scenes of rubber extraction, becoming a pioneer of cinema in the...