Considering that there are plenty of elements that make a movie great, films with little to no dialogue can be just as intriguing and entertaining. The major proof is how silent movies presided over the beginning of the film industry, with many being landmarks in cinema and standing the test of time even today. While it's true that the talkies took over Hollywood, silent films — or nearly silent movies, anyway — are still made and celebrated today.
9 'The Artist' Director: Michel Hazanavicius Michel Hazanavicius' Best Picture winner takes audiences back to the silent era and depicts the life of George, a silent movie superstar played by Jean Dujardin in a very deserved Academy Award-winning performance. When he meets dancer Peppy Miller , sparks fly between the two. However, post the introduction of talking pictures, their fortunes change and inevitably affect their lovely dynamic.
7 'Modern Times' Director: Charlie Chaplin Although City Lights and The Great Dictator are also unforgettable features, Charlie Chaplin's most popular and beloved is still Modern Times, a comedy-drama starring the filmmaker as the iconic tramp and illustrating his struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman, played by PauletteGoddard.
5 'Drive' Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Ryan Gosling is the lead star of this almost effortlessly cool and atmospheric Nicolas Winding Refn film. In Drive, a mysterious man has multiple jobs, two of them being an action film stuntman and a garage mechanic. When he meets the man married to the woman he loves and tries to help him pawn a shop while serving as his getaway driver, the unnamed protagonist finds himself trapped in a web of trouble with gangsters.
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