Top 10 Films of 1918

1. "I Don't Want To Be A Man" (Ernst Lubitsch, Germany)

2. "Stella Maris" (Marshall Neilan, USA)

3. "Tarzan Of The Apes" (Scott Sidney, First National)

4. "Blue Blazes Rawden" (William S. Hart, Paramount)

5. "Be Silent Sorrow Be Silent" (Pyotr Chardynin, Cheslav Sabinsky, Russia)

6. "The Blue Bird" (Maurice Tourneur, Paramount)

7. "The Life Story Of David Lloyd George" (Maurice Elvey, UK)

8. "Zolty paszport" (Paul L. Stein, Victor Janson, Eugen Illés, Poland)

9. "Fabiola" (Enrico Guazzoni, Italy)

10. "A Trip To Mars" (Holger-Madsen, Denmark)

Top 3 Guilty Pleasures of 1918:

1. "Outlaw And His Wife" (Victor Sjöström, Sweden)

2. "Tih Minh" (Louis Feuillade, France)

3. "Amazonas Maior Rio do Mundo" (Silvino Santos, Brazil)

Top 10 Shorts:

1. "Shoulder Arms" (Charles Chaplin, First National)

2. "A Dog's Life" (Charles Chaplin, First National)

3. "Frauds And Frenzies" (larry Semon, Vitagraph)

4. "Good Night Nurse!" (Roscoe Arbuckle, Paramount)

5. "Fireman Save My Child" (Alf Goulding, Pathe)

6. "Out West" (Roscoe Arbuckle, Paramount)

7. "The Bell Boy" (Roscoe Arbuckle, Paramount)

8. "Bathing Beauties And Big Boobs" (Larry Semon, Vitagraph)

9. "Know Thy Wife" (Al Christie, USA)

10. "Moonshine" (Roscoe Arbuckle, Paramount)

Top 3 Cartoon:

1. "The Sinking Of The Lusitania" (Winsor McCay, USA)

2. "Extra Quick Lunch" (Charles R. Bowers, Fox)

3. "Bobby Bumps Puts A Beanery On The Bum" (Earl Hurd, Bray, Paramount)

Weak films of 1918:

Amarilly Of Clothesline Alley
Carmen (Germany)
Father Sergius (Russia)
The Whispering Chorus

Weak shorts:

Are Crooks Dishonest

Blekitna Armia we Francji (Poland)
The Bond
The City Slicker
The Cook
He's In Again
Hey There
Just Rambling Along
The Non-Stop Kid
Two Gun Gussie

Tih Minh (1918) ****

Outlaw And His Wife (1918) ****

I Don't Want To Be A Man (1918) ****

Early German comedy about a tomboy (Ossi Oswalda) dressing as a man to go out. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. 44'

The Life Story Of David Lloyd George (1918) ***

Made in 1918, but only released in 1996, it's a biographical drama about Britain's Prime Minister during World War I.

Tarzan Of The Apes (1918) ***

The Blue Bird (1918) ***

Amazonas Maior Rio do Mundo (1918) ***

Blue Blazes Rawden (1918) ***

A silent western starring William S. Hart. Very interesting, but uneven, with an excellent first half and a disappointing third act.

Be Silent Sorrow Be Silent (1918) ***

Fabiola (1918) ***

Italian film about Christian martyrs in the early 4th century Rome.

A Trip To Mars (1918) ***

Zolty paszport (1918) ***

Father Sergius (1918) **

Russian melodrama inspired by the Tempation of Saint Anthony - story of a monk tempted by a woman.

Amarilly Of Clothesline Alley (1918) **

It's quite amazing just how Marxist is this Mary Pickford drama from 1918, the year the Bolshevik revolution triumphed in Russia. It's pure class warfare, early Hollywood-style, pitting the snobbish rich against the unsophisticated poor.

The Whispering Chorus (1918) *

Dreadful silent melodrama from Cecil B. DeMille. It's all about a swindler who changes his identity with a dead man and who is later sentenced to death for murdering himself.

The Bond (1918) *

One of Chaplin's worst films.

Shoulder Arms (1918) ****

A simple Allied soldier (Charlie) manages to kidnap the Kaiser during World War I. One of Chaplin's best comedies.

Frauds And Frenzies (1918) ****

Larry Semon and Stan Laurel star as a pair of convicts in this hilarious slapstick farce.

A Dog's Life (1918) ****

A poor tramp tries to survive in a ruthless world.

Bathing Beauties And Big Boobs (1918) ***

Fireman Save My Child (1918) ***

Hilarious silent comedy starring Harold Lloyd as a fireman.

The Non-Stop Kid (1918) **

Harold Lloyd pretends to be a professor.

Are Crooks Dishonest (1918) *

Harold Lloyd and Snub Pollard are crooks.

The Sinking Of The Lusitania (1918) ***

The tragic sinking of the American passenger ship by a German U-Boat in 1917 was metriculously recreated by Winsor McCay in this impressive short film.