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Films from 1926 — 14 films

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The General — Momo rides a steam locomotive through a landscape built from torn paper.
The General
1926 · Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman78 min · Comedy

Keaton, a train, and perfect deadpan engineering.

FunnyEasy
Two figures turn their backs and elbows in different directions.
Carmen
1926 · Jacques Feyder110 min · Romantic tragedy

Carmen’s independence and Don José’s obsession unfold across carefully designed locations in Jacques Feyder’s adaptation of Mérimée.

RomanticTenseModerate
A single water droplet hangs from a battered leather-covered canteen above cracked dry earth.
Desert Gold
1926 · George B. Seitz70 min · Western

A borderland adventure joins pursuit, friendship, and romance in another screen adaptation of Zane Grey’s novel.

Original illustration for Faust: A tiny scholar's candle-lit desk under an immense swirling mantle of storm clouds shaped by light rather than a literal face.
Faust
1926 · F. W. Murnau106 min · Silent film

A wager over one man’s soul expands into plague, desire, flight, and tragedy under skies that seem built from shadow.

BleakBeautifulModerate
Two people stand on opposite riverbanks at dusk, with Forlorn River printed on the lower dark bank.
Forlorn River
1926 · John WatersWestern

A fugitive called Nevada is rescued by rancher Ben Ide, then caught between loyalty to his rescuer and Ina Blaine’s love.

Tense
A man's open hand reaches toward a woman who turns away among dense printed tree trunks.
Man of the Forest
1926 · John WatersWestern

A man trying to prevent an abduction takes the intended victim to his own cabin — and she has no reason to trust him. Jack Holt and Georgia Hale lead this Zane Grey adaptation.

Tense
Two hands weave pale strips of fibre into a close diagonal pattern.
Moana
1926 · Robert J. Flaherty, Frances Hubbard Flaherty77 min · Documentary

Daily life, fishing, craft, ritual, and family are staged and recorded in Samoa through Robert and Frances Flaherty’s romantic documentary method.

BeautifulGentleModerate
A woman in a long pale pink dress faces away from us between curtains, above audience silhouettes.
Nana
1926 · Jean Renoir150 min · Drama

A performer’s social ascent and destructive relationships expose the appetites and hypocrisy of the men who try to possess her.

BleakRomanticPatient
A distressed man at a table faces an impossible staircase and a shadowed portrait.
Secrets of a Soul
1926 · Georg Wilhelm Pabst97 min · Psychological drama

A man terrified by a sudden impulse to stab his wife seeks psychoanalytic treatment, leading the film into dreams, symbols, and buried jealousy.

StrangeTensePatient
A single glass pane stands in a golden wooden frame, casting a long shadow on mint green.
So's Your Old Man
1926 · Gregory La Cava67 min · Comedy

A small-town inventor’s failed demonstration leaves him humiliated, until an encounter with a visiting princess transforms his standing at home.

FunnyGentleEasy
Billowing cream sails and dark rigging stretch above the viewer against a blue-green sky.
The Black Pirate
1926 · Albert Parker94 min · Swashbuckling adventure

A nobleman infiltrates a pirate crew after his father’s death, using athletic feats and disguise to prepare revenge from within.

TenseBeautifulEasy
1926 theatrical poster for The Flying Ace
The Flying Ace
1926 · Richard E. Norman66 min · Drama

A decorated pilot returns to railway detective work and finds a missing payroll, a vanished man, and danger in the air.

MysteryTenseEasy
Two hands hold opposite ends of a striped cloth, one tightly and one loosely, beneath the title The Son of the Sheik.
The Son of the Sheik
1926 · George Fitzmaurice68 min · Romantic adventure

The son of a desert leader falls for a dancer, believes she betrayed him, and turns wounded pride into dangerous retaliation.

RomanticTenseEasy
Large distressed black and red title lettering fills ochre paper above muddy marks.
What Price Glory?
1926 · Raoul Walsh116 min · War comedy drama

Two rival Marines carry their feud and romantic competition into the First World War, where bravado meets mass violence.

FunnyBleakModerate

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