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==Notable films released in 1926== For the complete list of US film releases for the year, see [[List of American films of 1926|United States films of 1926]] ===0-9=== *''[[3 Bad Men]]'', directed by [[John Ford]], starring [[George O'Brien (actor)|George O'Brien]] ===A=== *''[[The Adventures of Prince Achmed]]'', directed by [[Lotte Reiniger]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) *''[[Aloma of the South Seas (1926 film)|Aloma of the South Seas]]'' (lost), directed by [[Maurice Tourneur]], starring [[Gilda Gray]], [[Warner Baxter]] and [[William Powell]] *''[[Ang Tatlong Hambog]] (The Three Humbugs)'', directed by [[José Nepomuceno]], starring [[Elizabeth Cooper|Dimples Cooper]] – ([[List of Philippine films before 1940|Philippines]]) ===B=== *''[[Bardelys the Magnificent]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]], starring [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]] and [[Eleanor Boardman]] *''[[The Bat (1926 film)|The Bat]]'', directed by [[Roland West]], based on the 1920 [[The Bat (play)|play]] by [[Mary Roberts Rinehart]] and [[Avery Hopwood]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 296">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 296. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> *''[[Battling Butler]]'', a [[Buster Keaton]] film *''[[Beau Geste (1926 film)|Beau Geste]]'', directed by [[Herbert Brenon]], starring [[Ronald Colman]] *''[[The Bells (1926 film)|The Bells]]'', directed by [[James Young (director)|James Young]], starring [[Lionel Barrymore]] and [[Boris Karloff]] *''[[The Better 'Ole (1926 film)|The Better 'Ole]]'', directed by [[Charles Reisner]], starring [[Sydney Chaplin|Syd Chaplin]] *''[[Beverly of Graustark]]'', directed by [[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]], starring [[Marion Davies]] and [[Antonio Moreno]] *''[[The Black Pirate]]'', directed by [[Albert Parker (director)|Albert Parker]], starring [[Douglas Fairbanks]] and [[Billie Dove]] *''[[La Bohème (1926 film)|La Bohème]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]], starring [[Lillian Gish]], [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]] and [[Renée Adorée]] *''[[Bride of Glomdal]] (Glomdalsbruden)'', directed by [[Carl Theodor Dreyer]] – ([[Danish films of the 1920s|Denmark]]) *''[[Brown of Harvard (1926 film)|Brown of Harvard]]'', directed by [[Jack Conway (filmmaker)|Jack Conway]], starring [[William Haines]], [[Jack Pickford]] and [[Mary Brian]] *''[[Brudeferden i Hardanger]] (The Bridal Procession in Hardanger)'', directed by [[Rasmus Breistein]] – ([[Norwegian films before 1930|Norway]]) ===C=== *''[[Cab No. 13]] (Einspanner Nr 13)'', directed by [[Michael Curtiz]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) *''[[Cruise of the Jasper B]]'', directed by [[James W. Horne]], starring [[Rod La Rocque]] and [[Mildred Harris]] ===D=== *''[[Dangerous Traffic]]'', directed by [[Bennett Cohen]], starring [[Ralph Bushman]] and [[Mildred Harris]] *''[[The Devil's Circus]]'', directed by [[Benjamin Christensen]], starring [[Norma Shearer]] *''[[The Devil's Wheel]] (Chyortovo koleso)'', directed by [[Grigori Kozintsev]] and [[Leonid Trauberg]] – ([[Soviet films of 1926|U.S.S.R.]]) *''[[Don Juan (1926 film)|Don Juan]]'', directed by [[Alan Crosland]], starring [[John Barrymore]] ===F=== *''[[Falešná kočička aneb Když si žena umíní]] (Fake Woman, or When He is a She)'', directed by [[Svatopluk Innemann]] – ([[List of Czech films of the 1920s|Czechoslovakia]]) *''[[Faust (1926 film)|Faust]]'', directed by [[F. W. Murnau]], starring [[Gösta Ekman (senior)|Gösta Ekman]] and [[Emil Jannings]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) *''[[Fool's Luck]]'', directed by William Goodrich ([[Roscoe Arbuckle|Roscoe "Fatty" Arbukle]]), starring [[Lupino Lane]] *''[[For Heaven's Sake (1926 film)|For Heaven's Sake]]'', directed by [[Sam Taylor (director)|Sam Taylor]], starring [[Harold Lloyd]] and [[Jobyna Ralston]] ===G=== *''[[The General (1926 film)|The General]]'', directed by [[Clyde Bruckman]] and Buster Keaton, starring [[Buster Keaton]] *''[[The Golden Butterfly]] (Der goldene Schmetterling)'', directed by [[Michael Curtiz]], starring [[Lili Damita]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) *''[[The Great Gatsby (1926 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'' (lost), directed by [[Herbert Brenon]], starring [[Warner Baxter]], [[Lois Wilson (actress)|Lois Wilson]] and [[William Powell]] *''[[The Great K & A Train Robbery]]'', directed by [[Lewis Seiler]], starring [[Tom Mix]] ===H=== *''[[Hands Up! (1926 film)|Hands Up!]]'', directed by [[Clarence G. Badger]], starring [[Raymond Griffith]] *''[[The Holy Mountain (1926 film)|The Holy Mountain]] (Der heilige Berg)'', directed by [[Arnold Fanck]], starring [[Leni Riefenstahl]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) ===I=== *''[[Irene (1926 film)|Irene]]'', directed by [[Alfred E. Green]], starring [[Colleen Moore]] *''[[It Must Be Love (1926 film)|It Must Be Love]]'' (lost), directed by [[Alfred E. Green]], starring [[Colleen Moore]] ===J=== *''[[The Johnstown Flood (1926 film)|The Johnstown Flood]]'', directed by [[Irving Cummings]], starring [[George O'Brien (actor)|George O'Brien]] and [[Janet Gaynor]] ===K=== *''[[Kid Boots (film)|Kid Boots]]'', directed by [[Frank Tuttle]], starring [[Eddie Cantor]] and [[Clara Bow]] ===L=== *''[[The Last Days of Pompeii (1926 film)|The Last Days of Pompeii]] (Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei)'', directed by [[Carmine Gallone]] and [[Amleto Palermi]] – ([[List of Italian films of 1926|Italy]]) *''[[Loetoeng Kasaroeng]]'' (lost), directed by L. Heuveldorp – ([[List of films of the Dutch East Indies|Dutch East Indies]]) *''[[Love's Berries]] (Yagodka lyubvi)'', directed by [[Alexander Dovzhenko]] – ([[Soviet films of 1926|U.S.S.R.]]) ===M=== *''[[Madame Mystery]]'', directed by [[Richard Wallace (director)|Richard Wallace]] and [[Stan Laurel]], starring [[Theda Bara]] and [[Oliver Hardy]] *''[[The Magician (1926 film)|The Magician]]'', directed by [[Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]], starring [[Alice Terry]] and [[Paul Wegener]] *''[[Manon Lescaut (1926 film)|Manon Lescaut]]'', directed by [[Arthur Robison]], starring [[Lya De Putti]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) *''[[Mare Nostrum (1926 film)|Mare Nostrum]]'', directed by [[Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]], starring [[Alice Terry]] and [[Antonio Moreno]] *''[[Ménilmontant (1926 film)|Ménilmontant]]'', directed by [[Dimitri Kirsanoff]] – ([[List of French films of 1926|France]]) *''[[Michel Strogoff (1926 film)|Michel Strogoff]]'', directed by [[Viktor Tourjansky]], starring [[Ivan Mozzhukhin]] - ([[List of French films of 1926|France]]) *''[[Midnight Faces]]'', directed by [[Bennett Cohen]], starring [[Francis X. Bushman Jr.]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 302">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 302. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> *''[[Miss Mend]]'', directed by [[Boris Barnet]] and [[Fedor Ozep]] – ([[Soviet films of 1926|U.S.S.R.]]) *''[[Mother (1926 film)|Mother]] (Mat)'', directed by [[Vsevolod Pudovkin]] – ([[Soviet films of 1926|U.S.S.R.]]) *''[[My Stars]]'', directed by William Goodrich ([[Roscoe Arbuckle|Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle]]) ===N=== *''[[Nana (1926 film)|Nana]]'', directed by [[Jean Renoir]] – ([[List of French films of 1926|France]]) *''[[Nell Gwyn (1926 film)|Nell Gwyn]]'', directed by [[Herbert Wilcox]], starring [[Dorothy Gish]] – ([[British films of 1926|GB]]) *''[[Nelson (1926 film)|Nelson]]'', directed by [[Walter Summers]], starring [[Cedric Hardwicke]] – ([[British films of 1926|GB]]) *''[[The Non-Stop Flight]]'', directed by [[Emory Johnson]] ===O=== *''[[Old Ironsides (film)|Old Ironsides]]'', directed by [[James Cruze]], starring [[Charles Farrell]], [[Esther Ralston]], [[Wallace Beery]] and [[George Bancroft (actor)|George Bancroft]] *''[[Orphan of Lowood]] (Die Waise von Lowood)'', directed by [[Curtis Bernhardt]], based on the 1847 novel ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' by [[Charlotte Brontë]] – ([[List of German films of 1919–1932|Germany]]) *''[[The Overcoat (1926 film)|The Overcoat]] (Shinel)'', directed by [[Grigori Kozintsev]] and [[Leonid Trauberg]] – ([[Soviet films of 1926|U.S.S.R.]]) ===P=== *''[[A Page of Madness]] (Kurutta Ichipeiji)'', directed by [[Teinosuke Kinugasa]] – ([[Japanese films of the 1920s|Japan]]) ===Q=== *''[[The Quarterback (1926 film)|The Quarterback]]'', directed by [[Fred C. Newmeyer]], starring [[Richard Dix]] and [[Esther Ralston]] ===R=== *''[[Rien que les heures]] (Nothing but Time)'', directed by [[Alberto Cavalcanti]] – ([[List of French films of 1926|France]]) ===S=== *''Scared Stiff'', directed by [[James W. Horne]]<ref name="Workman, Christopher 2016 p. 303">Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 303. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> *''[[The Scarlet Letter (1926 film)|The Scarlet Letter]]'', directed by [[Victor Sjöström]], starring [[Lillian Gish]] and [[Lars Hanson]] *''[[The Sea Beast (1926 film)|The Sea Beast]]'', directed by [[Millard Webb]], starring [[John Barrymore]] and [[Dolores Costello]] *''[[Secrets of a Soul]] (Geheimnisse einer Seele)'', directed by [[G. W. Pabst]], starring [[Werner Krauss]] – ([[List of German films 1919-1933|Germany]]) *''[[Shivering Spooks]]'', directed by [[Robert F. McGowan]], an [[Our Gang]] short<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 305. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> *''[[The Show-Off (1926 film)|The Show-Off]]'', directed by [[Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker)|Mal St. Clair]], starring [[Lois Wilson (actress)|Lois Wilson]], [[Ford Sterling]] and [[Louise Brooks]] *''[[The Son of the Sheik]]'', directed by [[George Fitzmaurice]], starring [[Rudolph Valentino]] and [[Vilma Bánky]] *''[[So This Is Paris (1926 film)|So This is Paris]]'', directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]], starring [[Monte Blue]] *''[[So's Your Old Man]]'', directed by [[Gregory La Cava]], starring [[W. C. Fields]] *''[[The Sorrows of Satan (film)|The Sorrows of Satan]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]], starring [[Adolphe Menjou]] and [[Ricardo Cortez]], based on the 1895 [[The Sorrows of Satan|novel]] by [[Marie Corelli]] *''[[Sparrows (1926 film)|Sparrows]]'', directed by [[William Beaudine]], starring [[Mary Pickford]] *''[[The Strong Man]]'', directed by [[Frank Capra]], starring [[Harry Langdon]] *''[[The Student of Prague (1926 film)|The Student of Prague]] (Der Student von Prag)'', directed by [[Henrik Galeen]], starring [[Conrad Veidt]] and [[Werner Krauss]] – ([[List of German films 1919-1933|Germany]]) *''Sweeney Todd'', directed by [[George Dewhurst (director)|George Dewhurst]], based on the 1847 stage play ''The String of Pearls, or The Fiend of Fleet Street'' by [[George Dibdin-Pitt]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 307. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> – ([[British films of 1926|GB]]) ===T=== *''[[Tartuffe (1926 film)|Tartuffe]] (Herr Tartüff)'', directed by [[F. W. Murnau]], starring [[Emil Jannings]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) *''[[Tell It to the Marines (1926 film)|Tell It to the Marines]]'', directed by [[George Hill (director)|George W. Hill]], starring [[Lon Chaney]], [[Eleanor Boardman]] and [[William Haines]] *''[[The Temptress (1926 film)|The Temptress]]'', directed by [[Fred Niblo]], starring [[Greta Garbo]], [[Antonio Moreno]] and [[Lionel Barrymore]] *''[[The Three Million Trial]] (Процесс о трех миллионах)'', directed by [[Yakov Protazanov]] – ([[Soviet films of 1926|U.S.S.R.]]) *''[[Torrent (1926 film)|Torrent]]'', directed by [[Monta Bell]], starring [[Ricardo Cortez]] and [[Greta Garbo]] *''[[Tramp, Tramp, Tramp]]'', directed by [[Harry Edwards (director)|Harry Edwards]], starring [[Harry Langdon]] and [[Joan Crawford]] *''[[A Trip to Chinatown (film)|A Trip to Chinatown]]'' (lost), directed by [[Robert P. Kerr]], starring [[Margaret Livingston]] *''[[The Triumph of the Rat]]'', directed by [[Graham Cutts]], starring [[Ivor Novello]] and [[Isabel Jeans]] – ([[British films of 1926|GB]]) ===U=== *''[[Unknown Treasures]]'' (lost), directed by [[Archie Mayo]], based on the short story ''The House Behind the Hedge'' by Mary Spain Vigus ===V=== *''[[The Volga Boatman (1926 film)|The Volga Boatman]]'', directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]], starring [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]] ===W=== *''[[What Price Glory? (1926 film)|What Price Glory?]]'', directed by [[Raoul Walsh]], starring [[Edmund Lowe]], [[Victor McLaglen]] and [[Dolores del Río]] *''[[While London Sleeps]]'' (lost), directed by [[Howard Bretherton]], starring [[Rin Tin Tin]]<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 308. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> *''[[Whispering Wires]]'', directed by [[Albert Ray]], based on the novel by Henry Leverage<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 309. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> *''[[The Winning of Barbara Worth]]'', directed by [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]], starring [[Ronald Colman]], [[Vilma Bánky]] and [[Gary Cooper]] *''[[A Woman of the Sea]]'' (unreleased), directed by [[Josef von Sternberg]], starring [[Edna Purviance]] ===Y=== *''[[Young April]]'', directed by [[Donald Crisp]], starring [[Joseph Schildkraut]] and [[Bessie Love]]
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