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Charlie Chaplin

Actor · 257 credits · 167 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Great Dictator (1940)

Frequent collaborators: Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, Leo White, Albert Austin, Eric Campbell

Best Charlie Chaplin movies by genre

Movies (180 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Great Dictator

    1940 · ★ 8.3 (3,787 votes)

    Comedy, War

    1

  2. Modern Times

    1936 · ★ 8.3 (4,161 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    2

  3. City Lights

    1931 · ★ 8.3 (2,517 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    3

  4. The Kid

    1921 · ★ 8.1 (2,413 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    4

  5. The Gold Rush

    1925 · ★ 8.0 (1,867 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy, Drama

    5

  6. Limelight

    1952 · ★ 7.9 (608 votes)

    Romance, Drama, Music

    6

  7. The Circus

    1928 · ★ 7.9 (906 votes)

    Comedy, Romance, Drama

    7

  8. Monsieur Verdoux

    1947 · ★ 7.7 (482 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Drama

    8

  9. A Dog's Life

    1918 · ★ 7.3 (368 votes)

    Comedy

    9

  10. Hitler: A Career

    1977 · ★ 7.4 (88 votes)

    Documentary, History

    10

  11. The Immigrant

    1917 · ★ 7.3 (318 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    11

  12. A King in New York

    1957 · ★ 6.7 (241 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    12

  13. Pay Day

    1922 · ★ 7.0 (166 votes)

    Comedy

    13

  14. A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

    1923 · ★ 6.7 (203 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    14

  15. The Pilgrim

    1923 · ★ 6.9 (161 votes)

    Comedy, Western

    15

  16. Easy Street

    1917 · ★ 7.1 (184 votes)

    Comedy, Action

    16

  17. The Tramp

    1915 · ★ 6.5 (139 votes)

    Comedy

    17

  18. Shoulder Arms

    1918 · ★ 6.8 (197 votes)

    Comedy, War

    18

  19. Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    1983 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    19

  20. The Adventurer

    1917 · ★ 6.9 (152 votes)

    Comedy, Adventure

    20

  21. The Idle Class

    1921 · ★ 6.8 (117 votes)

    Comedy

    21

  22. The Pawnshop

    1916 · ★ 6.7 (121 votes)

    Comedy

    22

  23. Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

    2020 · ★ 8.0 (12 votes)

    Documentary

    23

  24. The Cure

    1917 · ★ 6.8 (142 votes)

    Comedy

    24

  25. The Real Charlie Chaplin

    2021 · ★ 7.6 (28 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. The Rink

    1916 · ★ 6.6 (147 votes)

    Comedy

    26

  27. Sunnyside

    1919 · ★ 6.6 (104 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    27

  28. Behind the Screen

    1916 · ★ 6.5 (100 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    28

  29. The Champion

    1915 · ★ 6.5 (115 votes)

    Comedy

    29

  30. The Count

    1916 · ★ 6.3 (87 votes)

    Comedy

    30

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