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Director Facts
Birth:
April 16, 1889
Death:
December 25, 1977
Biography:
Charles Chaplin's parents, Charles and Hannah Chaplin, were music hall entertainers. His first stage appearance, at age five, was singing a song in place of his mother who had become ill. At eight he toured in a musical, "The Eight Lancaster Lads". Nearly 11, he appeared in "Giddy Ostende" at London's Hippodrome. ...more about Charles Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
DIRECTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1920s
1.5629
5
1930s
2.6939
5
1940s
1.8892
2
1950s
1.6382
3
1960s
1.2352
1
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards for each movie.
Overall Director Score: 
2.0754
2.0754Charles Chaplin Movie Rankings
1
3.9187Charlie Chaplin is a production line worker driven insane by the monotony of his job. When he is released from the hospital he is soon arrested for being a communist. This is Chaplin's last "silent" movie; however, sound effects are used on the track. ...more about Modern Times
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
2
3.2290A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind girl. Her family is in financial trouble. The tramp's on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor. ...more about City Lights
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
3
3.0136The opening title reads: "A comedy with a smile--and perhaps a tear". As she leaves the charity hospital and passes a church wedding, Edna deposits her new baby with a pleading note in a limousine and goes off to commit suicide. ...more about Kid
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
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4
2.8507During the last days of the First World War, a clumsy soldier saves the life of devoted military pilot Schultz. Unfortunately, their flight from the advancing enemy ends in a severe crash with the clumsy soldier losing his memories. ...more about Great Dictator
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
5
2.6876Monsieur Verdoux is a bluebeard, he marries women and kills them after the marriage to get the money he needs for his family. But with two ladies he has bad luck. ...more about Monsieur Verdoux
- DVD Best Pricing:
DVDEmpire
6
2.5721Due to a revolution in his country King Shahdov comes to New York - almost broke. To get some money he goes to TV, making comercials and meets the chield from communist parents. ...more about King in New York
- DVD Best Pricing:
Overstock.com
7
2.4252US politician Ogen Mears finds in his suite on the liner heading from Hongkong to Hawaii a Russian countess, who is fed up with working as a taxi-dancer in Hongkong. ...more about Countess from Hong Kong
- DVD Best Pricing:
Newegg.com
8
2.0510Chaplin's final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian's effort to help a despondent ballet dancer learn both to walk and feel confident about life again. ...more about Limelight
- DVD Best Pricing:
Herman Street
9
2.0016Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. ...more about Chaplin Revue
- DVD Best Pricing:
Overstock.com
10
1.8721Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean when he fails to meet her at the railway station. She goes off to Paris alone. A year later, mistress of wealthy Pierre Revel, she meets Jean again. ...more about Woman of Paris
- DVD Best Pricing:
DVDEmpire
14
Chaplin plays a tramp who sneaks into a upper class golf resort. The tramp meets a rich woman (Edna Purviance) who is having an argument with her drunken husband (also played by Chaplin). Complications arise when she mistakes the tramp for her husband. ...more about Idle Class
- Not Available on DVD
16
Charlie is an expert bricklayer. He has lots of fun and work and enjoys himself greatly while at the saloon. As he leaves work his wife takes the pay he has hidden in his hat. But he steals her purse so he can go out for the evening. ...more about Pay Day
- Not Available on DVD
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