13 Movies Starring Buster Keaton

One Week

One Week

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1920-09-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

25 min

Rated:

TV-G

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (3942 Reviews)

Genres:

ShortComedy

Fullplot:

Buster and Sybil exit a chapel as newlyweds. Among the gifts is a portable house you easily put together in one week. It doesn't help that Buster's rival for Sybil switches the numbers on the crates containing the house parts.

Cops

Cops

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1922-03-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

22 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (3738 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Buster Keaton

Edward F. Cline

Fullplot:

Through a series of mistaken identities Buster winds up with a load of furniture in the middle of parade of policemen. An anarchist's bomb lands in his carriage. After lighting his cigarette with it, he tosses it into the ranks of police. When it explodes the police chase him all over town.

Three Ages

Three Ages

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1923-09-24

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

63 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (2628 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Clyde Bruckman (story)

Joseph A. Mitchell (story)

Jean C. Havez (story)

Fullplot:

In his first independently produced feature film Buster tells of love and romance through three historical ages: the Stone Age, the Roman Age, and the Modern Age.

The Navigator

The Navigator

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1924-10-13

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

59 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (6094 Reviews)

Genres:

ActionComedy

Cast:

Writer:

Clyde Bruckman (story)

Joseph A. Mitchell (story)

Jean C. Havez (story)

Fullplot:

Rollo decides to marry his sweetheart Betsy and sail to Honolulu. When she rejects him he decides to go alone but boards the wrong ship, the "Navigator" owned by Betsy's father. Unaware of this, Betsy boards the ship to look for her father. whom spies capture before cutting the ship loose. It drifts out to sea with the two socialites each unaware of there being anyone else on board.

Sherlock Jr.

Sherlock Jr.

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1924-04-21

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

45 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (19908 Reviews)

Director:

Buster Keaton

Cast:

Writer:

Jean C. Havez (story)

Joseph A. Mitchell (story)

Clyde Bruckman (story)

Fullplot:

A meek and mild projectionist, who also cleans up after screenings, would like nothing better than to be a private detective. He becomes engaged to a pretty girl but a ladies man known as the Sheik vies for her affection. He gets rid of the projectionist by stealing a pocket watch belonging to the girl's father - which he pawns to buy her an expensive box of candy. He then slips the pawn ticket into the projectionist's pocket and subsequently is found by the police. He doesn't have much luck but in his dreams, he the debonair and renowned detective Sherlock Jr. who faces danger and solves the crime. In real life, the girl solves crimes quickly.

Seven Chances

Seven Chances

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1925-03-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

56 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(5732 Reviews)

Director:

Buster Keaton

Cast:

Writer:

Roi Cooper Megrue (adapted from David Belasco's famous comedy by)

Clyde Bruckman (screen version)

Jean C. Havez (screen version)

Joseph A. Mitchell (screen version)

Fullplot:

Financial broker Jimmie Shannon is nearly bankrupt when an attorney presents grandfather's will leaving him seven million dollars. In order to inherit the money Jimmie must marry before 7 pm on his 27th birthday - today!

Battling Butler

Battling Butler

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1926-09-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

77 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (1615 Reviews)

Director:

Buster Keaton

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Paul Girard Smith (adapted by: from the stage success of the same name)

Al Boasberg (adapted by: from the stage success of the same name)

Charles Henry Smith (adapted by: from the stage success of the same name)

Lex Neal (adapted by: from the stage success of the same name)

Fullplot:

Alfred's father wants him to make of a man of himself so sends him off on a hunting and fishing trip. He doesn't catch or shoot anything, but he does fall in love with a mountain girl. When her father and brothers laugh at this they are informed that he is Alfred "Battling" Butler, the championship fighter. From there on the masquerade must be maintained.

The General

The General

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1927-02-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

67 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (47195 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Buster Keaton

Clyde Bruckman

Al Boasberg (adapted by)

Charles Henry Smith (adapted by)

Fullplot:

Johnnie loves his train ("The General") and Annabelle Lee. When the Civil War begins he is turned down for service because he's more valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it's because he's a coward. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board. Johnnie must rescue both his loves.

The Cameraman

The Cameraman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1928-09-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

69 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (6886 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Clyde Bruckman (story)

Lew Lipton (story)

Richard Schayer (continuity)

Joseph Farnham (titles)

Fullplot:

After becoming infatuated with a pretty office worker for MGM Newsreels, Buster trades in his tintype operation for a movie camera and sets out to impress the girl (and MGM) with his work.

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1928-05-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

70 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(8617 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Following through on a promise to his mother, William Canning Jr. goes to River Junction to meet his father who has not seen him since he was a child. The younger Canning isn't quite what the elder was expecting but the old man has bigger problems. He's being put out of business by J.J. King, who not only owns the local hotel and bank, but has recently introduced a new paddle wheel steamer that puts Cannings older boat, the Stonewall Jackson, to shame. Bill Jr. and Kitty King take a liking to each other much to the dismay of both of their fathers. When a fierce storm hits River Junction, Bill Jr. is forced to save Kitty, her father and his father.

Limelight

Limelight

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1952-10-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

137 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (12113 Reviews)

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Genres:

DramaMusic

Cast:

Writer:

Charles Chaplin (original story and screenplay)

Fullplot:

Chaplin'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. The highlight of the film is the classic duet with Chaplin's only real artistic film comedy rival, Buster Keaton.

The Railrodder

The Railrodder

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1965-10-02

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

24 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (822 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyShort

Cast:

Writer:

Gerald Potterton

Fullplot:

After reading an newspaper advertisement in the London Times about touring Canada, an elderly Englishman decides to do just that. Following his long walk across the Atlantic Ocean, Keaton travels along the Canadian National Railway tracks on a railway motorcar (speeder), performing a few stunts reminiscent of those in his younger days.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-10-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(6444 Reviews)

Director:

Richard Lester

Cast:

Writer:

Melvin Frank (screenplay)

Michael Pertwee (screenplay)

Burt Shevelove (book)

Larry Gelbart (book)

Titus Maccius Plautus (based on the play by)

Fullplot:

Pseudolus is the laziest slave in Rome and has but one wish, to purchase his freedom. When his master and mistress leave for the day he finds out that the young master has fallen in love with a virgin in the house of Lycus, a slave dealer specializing in beautiful women. Pseudolus concocts a deal in which he will be freed if he can procure the girl for young Hero. Of course, it can't be that simple as everything begins to go wrong.

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