Buster Keaton is the ultimate comedy genius of silent film.
by alexanderdavies-99382 | created - 20 Sep 2019 | updated - 11 Sep 2022 | PublicFor many years, Buster Keaton has taken his place amongst the funniest and most inventive silent comedians of all time. Even though the vision was his, he always acknowledged the contributions of his gag writers. Having had little formal education, Keaton functioned as an intuitive artist and relied upon improvisation for his films. After parting company with his mentor Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton began his own career as a solo film comedian. The result was a series of short films that included Buster in all manner of comic mayhem. In terms of creativity, these shorts include some of the finest comedy in film history. Then, there followed several successful features that are regarded as masterpieces: "The Navigator," "Sherlock Jr," "Seven Chances" and "The General." 1928 proved to be the beginning of a difficult period in Keaton's life. Having signed with "M.G.M," the comedian began to lose all creative control and was fired five years later. Fortunately, Buster Keaton lived long enough to enjoy the beginnings of what has become an exceptional legacy.
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1. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Passed | 45 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
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.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly
Votes: 56,974 | Gross: $0.98M
A masterpiece of comedy and filmmaking.
2. The Navigator (1924)
Unrated | 59 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Two spoiled rich people find themselves trapped on an empty passenger ship.
Directors: Donald Crisp, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom, Clarence Burton
Votes: 11,066 | Gross: $1.48M
One of Keaton's best!
3. Our Hospitality (1923)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Romance, Thriller
A man returns to his Appalachian homestead. On the trip, he falls for a young woman. The only problem is her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
Directors: John G. Blystone, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Natalie Talmadge, Joe Keaton, Joe Roberts
Votes: 12,494 | Gross: $1.17M
4. Seven Chances (1925)
Passed | 56 min | Comedy, Romance
A man learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7PM that evening.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards
Votes: 11,734 | Gross: $1.30M
5. Go West (1925)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Western
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.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Howard Truesdale, Kathleen Myers, Ray Thompson
Votes: 4,997
6. The General (1926)
Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
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.
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley
Votes: 98,127 | Gross: $1.03M
7. College (1927)
Not Rated | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Ronald's high-school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. Fearing to lose her to rival Jeff, he decides to go to college and pay more attentions to sports.
Directors: James W. Horne, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Flora Bramley, Harold Goodwin
Votes: 5,473
8. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Not Rated | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
Directors: Charles Reisner, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Tom Lewis
Votes: 16,187
9. The Saphead (1920)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The simple-minded son of a rich financier must find his own way in the world.
Directors: Herbert Blaché, Winchell Smith | Stars: Edward Jobson, Beulah Booker, Edward Connelly, Edward Alexander
Votes: 1,763
10. Three Ages (1923)
Not Rated | 63 min | Comedy
The misadventures of Buster in three separate historical periods.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery, Joe Roberts
Votes: 5,204
11. The Cameraman (1928)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
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.
Directors: Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey
Votes: 13,181
The last of the great Keaton movies.
12. Spite Marriage (1929)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy
An unimpressive but well intending 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.
Directors: Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian, Edward Earle, Leila Hyams
Votes: 2,501
13. Doughboys (1930)
Passed | 79 min | Comedy, Romance, War
A naive and wealthy young man seeks to impress a girl and then unwittingly signs up for army service.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Sally Eilers, Cliff Edwards, Edward Brophy
Votes: 531
Underrated, one of his few good talkies.
14. What-No Beer? (1933)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy
Two men decide to cash in on the end of Prohibition by selling watered down beer.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Roscoe Ates, Phyllis Barry
Votes: 603
15. Free and Easy (1930)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical
A bumbling manager tries to get a small town beauty contest winner into the movies.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Trixie Friganza, Robert Montgomery
Votes: 1,025
16. The Passionate Plumber (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy
To make her lover jealous, a beautiful socialite passes off a bumbling plumber as her paramour.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Polly Moran, Irene Purcell
Votes: 553
Very poor.
17. Battling Butler (1926)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Sport
A love-struck weakling must pretend to be boxer in order to gain respect from the family of the girl he loves.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Snitz Edwards, Sally O'Neil, Walter James
Votes: 3,891 | Gross: $0.70M
18. Sidewalks of New York (1931)
Passed | 74 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) by transforming their rough neighborhood into a more decent place.
Directors: Zion Myers, Jules White | Stars: Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Cliff Edwards, Frank Rowan
Votes: 559
19. Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy
A man tries passing off a socially awkward fellow as a Casanova in the hopes of marrying off his would be sister-in-law.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Charlotte Greenwood, Reginald Denny, Cliff Edwards
Votes: 1,008
20. Speak Easily (1932)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy
A timid professor inherits a large sum of money and decides to fund a terrible musical.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Ruth Selwyn, Thelma Todd
Votes: 1,160
21. The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Passed | 130 min | Comedy, Music
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
Directors: Charles Reisner, Christy Cabanne, Norman Houston | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Jack Benny, John Gilbert, Norma Shearer
Votes: 2,255
22. Limelight (1952)
G | 137 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce, Buster Keaton
Votes: 22,133 | Gross: $1.00M
23. Convict 13 (1920)
Not Rated | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline
Votes: 3,555
24. Neighbors (1920)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
A young couple who live next to each other in tenement apartments do everything they can to be together despite of their feuding families.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Jack Duffy, The Flying Escalantes
Votes: 4,683
25. One Week (1920)
TV-G | 25 min | Short, Comedy
A newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kit's component numbering.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Sybil Seely, Joe Roberts
Votes: 9,234
26. The Boat (1921)
Not Rated | 23 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Buster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Sybil Seely
Votes: 3,638
27. The 'High Sign' (1921)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Action, Comedy
A drifter at an amusement park finds himself both the bodyguard and hit man of a man targeted by a criminal gang.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Bartine Burkett, Charles Dorety, Ingram B. Pickett
Votes: 3,564
28. The Goat (1921)
Not Rated | 23 min | Comedy, Short
A series of adventures begins when an accident during photographing causes Buster to be mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the local bad guy.
Directors: Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Malcolm St. Clair
Votes: 4,951
29. The Play House (1921)
23 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
After waking up from his wacky dream, a theater stage hand inadvertently causes havoc everywhere he works.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Monte Collins, Virginia Fox
Votes: 4,590
30. The Haunted House (1921)
Unrated | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves' hideout.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Edward F. Cline
Votes: 3,650
31. Hard Luck (1921)
22 min | Short, Comedy
Strange things ensue after a young man attempts to take his own life.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Bull Montana
Votes: 2,631
32. My Wife's Relations (1922)
25 min | Short, Comedy
By accident, Buster and an intimidating woman end up married.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Wallace Beery, Monte Collins, Wheezer Dell
Votes: 2,428
33. Day Dreams (1922)
Not Rated | 28 min | Short, Comedy
A sincere young man leaves his home to win his fortune so he can marry his home town sweetheart.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Renée Adorée, Edward F. Cline, Joe Keaton
Votes: 2,705
34. The Electric House (1922)
TV-G | 23 min | Short, Comedy
After being mistakenly certified as an electrical engineer, Buster is hired to wire a house.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Keaton, Louise Keaton
Votes: 3,134
35. The Blacksmith (1922)
21 min | Comedy, Short
Buster Keaton shoes horses and repairs cars, with mixed results.
Directors: Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts
Votes: 3,048
36. Cops (1922)
Unrated | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Family
A series of mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city's entire police force.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Virginia Fox, Steve Murphy
Votes: 6,942
37. The Paleface (1922)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Western
Buster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts
Votes: 3,269
Underrated comedy.
38. The Balloonatic (1923)
Not Rated | 22 min | Short, Comedy
A hapless amusement park attendant finds his run away balloon ride has left him in a strange predicament.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, John Brown, Phyllis Haver, Babe London
Votes: 3,242
39. The Love Nest (1923)
Unrated | 20 min | Short, Comedy
In an attempt to forget his lost sweetheart, Buster takes a long trip at sea where he boards a whaling ship with a strict captain.
Directors: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline | Stars: Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox, Steve Murphy
Votes: 2,571
40. Jail Bait (1937)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short
Buster agrees to pose as a murderer to throw off the police while his room mate, a reporter, searches for the real killer.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Harold Goodwin, Matthew Betz, Bud Jamison
Votes: 320
41. Allez Oop! (1934)
Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Comedy
When Buster's girlfriend falls for a trapeze artist, Buster tries to beat him at his own game.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian, George J. Lewis, Harry Myers
Votes: 338
42. The Frozen North (1922)
Unrated | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Western
Buster plays a bumbling villain in this parody of melodrama.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Marion Harlan, Bonnie Hill
Votes: 2,544
43. The Scarecrow (1920)
Not Rated | 19 min | Comedy, Short, Family
Two inventive farmhands compete for the hand of the same girl.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Luke the Dog, Joe Keaton
Votes: 4,744
44. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Approved | 210 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of motorists witnesses a car crash in the California desert, and after the driver's dying words indicate the location of a hidden stash of loot, they turn against each in a race across the state to get to it.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 46,105 | Gross: $46.30M
45. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,408
46. The Stolen Jools (1931)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy
The boys and a Los Angeles police detective investigate the theft of actress Norma Shearer's jewelry.
Directors: William C. McGann, John G. Adolfi, Thomas Atkins, Harold S. Bucquet, Victor Heerman, Russell Mack | Stars: Norma Shearer, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wallace Beery
Votes: 1,194
47. The Gold Ghost (1934)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Western
Dumped by his girlfriend, Buster drives west and winds up in a ghost town called Vulture City, where he appoints himself sheriff.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Warren Hymer, Dorothy Dix, Roger Moore
Votes: 280
48. Allez Oop! (1934)
Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Comedy
When Buster's girlfriend falls for a trapeze artist, Buster tries to beat him at his own game.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian, George J. Lewis, Harry Myers
Votes: 338
49. Palooka from Paducah (1935)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short
A hillbilly family, hard-hit by the end of Prohibition, decide to set the biggest brother up as a professional wrestler.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Myra Keaton, Joe Keaton, Louise Keaton
Votes: 163
50. One Run Elmer (1935)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Elmer owns a gas station out in the California desert. Soon he has a business rival in Jim, who opens up another station, and is also trying to steal Elmer's girlfriend. She plays both ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Lona Andre, Dewey Robinson, Harold Goodwin
Votes: 208
51. Hayseed Romance (1935)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Elmer Doolittle, a hired hand on a farm, encounters some complications in his romancing and believes he will have to marry the farm-owner aunt of Molly, the pretty girl he loves. Further ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Jane Jones, Dorothea Kent, Robert McKenzie
Votes: 155
52. Tars and Stripes (1935)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Elmer Doolittle (Buster Keaton), an apprentice seaman doing training at the U. S. Navy's San Diego Training Station, can't seem to keep out of trouble or the brig. Most of his problems ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Vernon Dent, Dorothea Kent, Jack Shutta
Votes: 178
53. The E-Flat Man (1935)
Not Rated | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Elmer and his girlfriend run away to elope and spend their trip trying to dodge the police who are on their trail after they mistakenly make their getaway in a police car.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Dorothea Kent, Broderick O'Farrell, Charles McAvoy
Votes: 159
54. The Timid Young Man (1935)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short
A man who has sworn off women and a woman who has sworn off men must find their budding relationship threatened by aggressive romantic rivals.
Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Buster Keaton, Lona Andre, Tiny Sandford, Kitty McHugh
Votes: 144
55. Three on a Limb (1936)
Not Rated | 18 min | Comedy, Short
A Scoutmaster falls for a beautiful young carhop, but finds that a beefy traffic cop is also courting her--and he doesn't want any competition.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Lona Andre, Harold Goodwin, Grant Withers
Votes: 149
56. Grand Slam Opera (1936)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Elmer Butts is a contestant in a radio amateur hour show hoping to win the first price... by dancing and juggling!
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Diana Lewis, Harold Goodwin, John Ince
Votes: 335
57. Blue Blazes (1936)
Not Rated | 17 min | Comedy, Short
Buster becomes a fireman, but unfortunately not a particularly good one. He has a chance to prove himself, however, when three women are trapped in a burning building.
Director: Raymond Kane | Stars: Buster Keaton, Arthur L. Jarrett, Marlyn Stuart, Rose Kessner
Votes: 158
58. The Chemist (1936)
Not Rated | 19 min | Comedy, Short
A chemist's brilliant new concoction makes him a target for gangsters.
Director: Al Christie | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marlyn Stuart, Earle Gilbert, Donald MacBride
Votes: 183
59. Mixed Magic (1936)
Not Rated | 18 min | Comedy, Short
A professional magician, "The Great Spumoni", fires his male assistant and his female assistant insists that he hire another one. The young man he hires turns out to have no aptitude whatsoever for a magic act. Complications ensue.
Director: Raymond Kane | Stars: Buster Keaton, Eddie Lambert, Marlyn Stuart, Eddie Hall
Votes: 145
60. Jail Bait (1937)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short
Buster agrees to pose as a murderer to throw off the police while his room mate, a reporter, searches for the real killer.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Harold Goodwin, Matthew Betz, Bud Jamison
Votes: 320
61. Ditto (1937)
Not Rated | 17 min | Comedy, Short
Buster, an ice delivery man, falls for one of his customers, not knowing she has a twin sister living next door.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Gloria Brewster, Barbara Brewster, Harold Goodwin
Votes: 143
62. Love Nest on Wheels (1937)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Elmer, the eldest son in a family of hillbillies who manage a hotel, attempts to raise money to save the hotel from foreclosure.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Buster Keaton, Myra Keaton, Al St. John, Lynton Brent
Votes: 172
63. Pest from the West (1939)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short
A millionaire vacationing in Mexico falls for a local girl and sets out to win her.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Buster Keaton, Lorna Gray, Gino Corrado, Richard Fiske
Votes: 211
64. Mooching Through Georgia (1939)
Approved | 19 min | Comedy, Short
A man relates how he outwitted the Yankee army during the Civil War.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Buster Keaton, Monte Collins, Harley Wood, Bud Jamison
Votes: 181
65. Nothing But Pleasure (1940)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short
To save money, Buster and his wife decide to drive to Detroit to buy a new car, then drive it home.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Buster Keaton, Dorothy Appleby, Beatrice Blinn, Bobby Barber
Votes: 166
66. Pardon My Berth Marks (1940)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy
Buster, a reporter, takes a train trip and winds up innocently involved with a gangster's wife.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Buster Keaton, Dorothy Appleby, Richard Fiske, Vernon Dent
Votes: 166
67. The Taming of the Snood (1940)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short
A jewel thief uses Buster as an unsuspecting dupe.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Buster Keaton, Elsie Ames, Dorothy Appleby, Bruce Bennett
Votes: 152
68. The Spook Speaks (1940)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy
A magician hires Buster as a housekeeper while he's away.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Buster Keaton, Elsie Ames, Don Beddoe, Dorothy Appleby
Votes: 150
69. His Ex Marks the Spot (1940)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short
Buster's home life is disrupted when his ex-wife and her boyfriend move in.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Buster Keaton, Elsie Ames, Matt McHugh, Dorothy Appleby
Votes: 167
70. So You Won't Squawk? (1941)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy
The handyman is finishing getting the Island Inn Café ready for opening night: it's a speakeasy, and the owner, Louie the Wolf, has been warned by the local mob kingpin, Slugger McGraw, not... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Buster Keaton, Matt McHugh, Eddie Fetherston, Lane Chandler
Votes: 140
71. General Nuisance (1941)
Passed | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
A millionaire falls for an army nurse, who tells him she likes men in uniform. So he enlists at Camp Cluster. She still has no time for him, so he figures out how to get into the hospital ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Buster Keaton, Elsie Ames, Dorothy Appleby, Monte Collins
Votes: 172
72. She's Oil Mine (1941)
Passed | 17 min | Short, Comedy
Buster fights a duel over a girl.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Buster Keaton, Elsie Ames, Monte Collins, Eddie Laughton
Votes: 152
73. Paradise for Buster (1952)
39 min | Short, Comedy
Buster loses his job, then his home, then heads off to end it all in a lake - but does he?
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Buster Keaton, Harold Goodwin
Votes: 41
74. Un duel à mort (1947)
22 min | Short, Comedy
On the the bank of a peaceful river, two fishermen are... fishing! An idyllic scene indeed. At least until their lines get intertwined. At one of their two ends, a single fish! But whose ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Blondy | Stars: Buster Keaton, Antonin Berval
Votes: 27
75. The Triumph of Lester Snapwell (1963)
22 min | Short, Comedy
This promotional film by Kodak shows the advances in photography equipment from the 1880s, highlighting the new Instamatic camera.
Director: James Calhoun | Stars: Buster Keaton, Sigrid Nelsson, Nina Varela
Votes: 93
76. The Railrodder (1965)
Not Rated | 24 min | Comedy, Short
After literally walking to Canada from England, Buster takes a cross-country trip across Canada on a railway motorcar (speeder).
Directors: Gerald Potterton, Buster Keaton, John Spotton | Star: Buster Keaton
Votes: 1,730
77. Film (1965)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Drama
A twenty-minute, almost totally silent film (no dialogue or music, save one 'shhh!') in which Buster Keaton attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye. But, as the film is based ... See full summary »
Directors: Samuel Beckett, Alan Schneider | Stars: Buster Keaton, Nell Harrison, James Karen, Susan Reed
Votes: 2,290
78. The Scribe (1966)
30 min | Comedy, Short
Amateur journalist Buster covers a story about construction site safety regulations and gets first-hand experience in the process.
Director: John Sebert | Stars: Buster Keaton, Jack Creley, Cec Linder
Votes: 163
79. Estrellados (1930)
96 min | Comedy
A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet.
Directors: Salvador de Alberich, Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Raquel Torres, Don Alvarado, María Calvo
Votes: 64
80. De frente, marchen (1930)
96 min | Comedy
Directors: Salvador de Alberich, Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Conchita Montenegro, Romualdo Tirado, Juan de Landa
Votes: 19
81. Casanova wider Willen (1931)
76 min | Comedy
Jonny wants to marry Evelyn, who refuses to marry unless her older sister, the hard-to-please Anna, gets married first. Literally by accident he meets bill poster Reggie and tries every trick in the book to couple him with Anna.
Director: Edward Brophy | Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Lessing, Paul Morgan, Egon von Jordan
Votes: 41
82. Le plombier amoureux (1932)
90 min | Comedy
This is the French-language version of Buster Keaton's The Passionate Plumber (1932).
Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Jeannette Ferney, Polly Moran
Votes: 40
83. Le roi des Champs-Élysées (1934)
70 min | Comedy
In Paris, a stage-struck would-be actor is mistaken for an escaped convict.
Director: Max Nosseck | Stars: Buster Keaton, Paulette Dubost, Madeleine Guitty, Lucien Callamand
Votes: 133
84. The Butcher Boy (1917)
Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Comedy
Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Josephine Stevens
Votes: 1,888
85. The Rough House (1917)
19 min | Comedy, Short
Roscoe, his wife and his mother-in-law run a seaside resort. Buster plays a gardener who puts out a fire started by Roscoe, then a delivery boy who fights with the cook St. John, then a cop.
Directors: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake
Votes: 1,577
86. His Wedding Night (1917)
19 min | Short, Comedy
In a drugstore Al and Roscoe are rivals for Alice. Roscoe slings melons and operates the gas pump. Buster delivers a wedding gown for Alice, begins modeling it, is mistaken for Alice and is kidnapped by Al.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Mann
Votes: 1,270
87. Oh Doctor! (1917)
23 min | Comedy, Short
Roscoe is a doctor who falls in love with a pretty woman whose boyfriend, in turn, falls in love with Roscoe's wife's jewelry.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Mann
Votes: 1,147
88. A Country Hero (1917)
Short, Comedy
This was the film debut of Joe Keaton, Buster's dad. In one scene he kicks each of the principals into a horse trough. Roscoe owns a blacksmith shop and Joe a garage in the town of ... See full summary »
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake
Votes: 61
89. Out West (1918)
25 min | Short, Western, Comedy
After escaping from a marauding group of Indians, a wandering bartender teams up with a saloon owner, only to find themselves up against a ruthless outlaw who is after an unprotected Salvation Army girl. Can they beat him at his own game?
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake
Votes: 1,251
90. The Bell Boy (1918)
Not Rated | 33 min | Short, Comedy
At the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a real one. And there is a chase on a runaway trolley.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake
Votes: 1,492
91. Moonshine (1918)
23 min | Comedy, Short
A feud between the Owens and the Gillettes ends when the last remaining Gillette is killed, but new trouble erupts for the mountain folk with the arrival of a U.S. revenue agent and his ... See full summary »
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake
Votes: 934
92. Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
26 min | Short, Comedy
Roscoe's wife wants him committed to the No Hope Sanitarium for a cure from drink. He is greeted by blood spattered, cleaver-wielding Buster and a barely clad female patient. He eats a thermometer and must be rushed into surgery.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake
Votes: 1,324
93. The Cook (1918)
22 min | Comedy, Short
Chaos reigns at an upscale restaurant as a cook and a waiter juggle their responsibilities.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake
Votes: 1,913
94. Back Stage (1919)
Not Rated | 26 min | Short, Comedy
Working their fingers to the bone to prepare the set for an upcoming performance, the enthusiastic stagehands, Roscoe and Buster, find themselves on stage when the cast quits. However, is will alone enough to earn a big round of applause?
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Charles A. Post
Votes: 1,407
95. The Hayseed (1919)
27 min | Short, Comedy
Buster manages the store while Roscoe delivers the mail, taking time out for hide-and-seek with Molly. The constable, also interested in Molly, steals $300 while being observed by Buster.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Molly Malone, Jack Coogan Sr.
Votes: 965
96. The Garage (1920)
25 min | Short, Comedy
Roscoe and Buster operate a combination garage and fire station. In the first half they destroy a car left for them to clean. In the second half they go off on a false alarm and return to find their own building on fire.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Molly Malone, Harry McCoy
Votes: 1,544
97. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Musical
A wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford
Votes: 9,845
98. War Italian Style (1965)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy
In May 1943, two American soldiers, Joe and Frank, of Italian descent are searching the North African desert for a German general called Von Kassler, when they are captured by Von Kassler ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Scattini | Stars: Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Buster Keaton, Fred Clark
Votes: 245
99. Sergeant Dead Head (1965)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Musical
An astronaut goes into space with a chimpanzee. When they return to Earth after their orbit, it is discovered that the chimp has the brains of the astronaut, and the astronaut has the brains of the chimp. Complications ensue.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Frankie Avalon, Deborah Walley, Cesar Romero, Fred Clark
Votes: 278
100. How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Musical
Frankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana, a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating bikini, "stuffs" it with Cassandra... See full summary »
Director: William Asher | Stars: Annette Funicello, Dwayne Hickman, Brian Donlevy, Harvey Lembeck
Votes: 1,632
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