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Lon Chaney

Actor · 119 credits · 24 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Frequent collaborators: Dorothy Phillips, William Stowell, Pauline Bush, Murdock MacQuarrie, Millard K. Wilson

Best Lon Chaney movies by genre

Movies (117 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Phantom of the Opera

    1925 · ★ 7.1 (414 votes)

    Horror

    1

  2. The Unknown

    1927 · ★ 7.6 (218 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Romance

    2

  3. He Who Gets Slapped

    1924 · ★ 7.6 (98 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Romance

    3

  4. Laugh, Clown, Laugh

    1928 · ★ 7.4 (37 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. The Unholy Three

    1925 · ★ 6.7 (59 votes)

    Crime, Thriller, Drama

    5

  6. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    1923 · ★ 6.5 (143 votes)

    Romance, Drama, Horror

    6

  7. West of Zanzibar

    1928 · ★ 6.8 (41 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Mystery

    7

  8. The False Faces

    1919 · ★ 5.0 (6 votes)

    Action, War

    8

  9. London After Midnight

    2002 · ★ 6.9 (15 votes)

    Horror, Drama, TV Movie

    9

  10. Riddle Gawne

    1918

    Action, Western

    10

  11. A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)

    2013

    Documentary

    11

  12. London After Midnight

    1927 · ★ 6.6 (31 votes)

    Horror, Mystery

    12

  13. If My Country Should Call

    1916 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Drama, War

    13

  14. The Road to Mandalay

    1926 · ★ 6.1 (7 votes)

    Drama

    14

  15. Tell It to the Marines

    1926 · ★ 6.5 (20 votes)

    Action, Comedy, Drama

    15

  16. Treasure Island

    1920 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Adventure

    16

  17. Universal Horror

    1998 · ★ 7.1 (20 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    17

  18. The Phantom of the Opera

    1929 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Horror

    18

  19. The Light in the Dark

    1922 · ★ 5.5 (6 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    19

  20. The Place Beyond the Winds

    1916 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Drama

    20

  21. Victory

    1919 · ★ 5.8 (11 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    21

  22. Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask

    1995 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. The Blackbird

    1926 · ★ 6.4 (24 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Romance

    23

  24. Yesterday and Today

    1953 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    24

  25. The House That Shadows Built

    1931 · ★ 8.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Richelieu

    1914

    Drama, History, Romance

    26

  27. Alas and Alack

    1915 · ★ 5.2 (4 votes)

    Drama

    27

  28. The Restless Spirit

    1913

    Drama

    28

  29. Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

    2000 · ★ 6.8 (13 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    29

  30. Oliver Twist

    1922 · ★ 6.4 (16 votes)

    Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.