# The best Buster Keaton movies

The great stone face of silent cinema: from Sherlock Jr. and The General to Steamboat Bill, Jr., the Buster Keaton films picked by Zenda and Espinof.

- 771 votes · 12 items
- Jun 28, 2022 · versionoriginal_errante
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## Top 12

1. **Sherlock Jr. (1924)** (85 · ▲90 ▼5) — A projectionist who walks into the film; Zenda's number one.
2. **The Cameraman (1928)** (78 · ▲79 ▼1) — A photographer who wants to film newsreels.
3. **Our Hospitality (1923)** (57 · ▲65 ▼8) — His first great feature, between two feuding families.
4. **The General (1926)** (54 · ▲67 ▼13) — Johnnie Gray, his locomotive and the Civil War.
5. **College (1927)** (47 · ▲60 ▼13) — A bookish student who tries to become an athlete.
6. **Seven Chances (1925)** (43 · ▲52 ▼9) — An inheritance if he marries by seven o'clock.
7. **One Week (1920)** (40 · ▲47 ▼7) — His first solo short: a house to assemble.
8. **Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)** (36 · ▲46 ▼10) — A steamboat and the famous falling house front.
9. **Spite Marriage (1929)** (33 · ▲44 ▼11) — A tailor in love with an actress.
10. **Cops (1922)** (30 · ▲40 ▼10) — A short with a chase by hundreds of policemen.
11. **The Navigator (1924)** (23 · ▲35 ▼12) — Two young people alone on a drifting liner.
12. **Battling Butler (1926)** (19 · ▲33 ▼14) — A rich young man who pretends to be a boxer.

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