Lon Chaney Movies

The Phantom of the Opera

77/100

A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.

The Unknown

78/100

A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

73/100

In fifteenth century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with the gypsy queen.

He Who Gets Slapped

79/100

A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.

The Penalty

75/100

A deformed criminal mastermind plans to loot the city of San Francisco as well as revenge himself on the doctor who mistakenly amputated his legs.

Laugh, Clown, Laugh

77/100

A professional clown and a self-indulgent count learn to help each other with their problems, but then become romantic rivals.

The Unholy Three

73/100

A sideshow ventriloquist, midget, and strongman form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" and commit a series of robberies.

West of Zanzibar

73/100

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.

Tell It to the Marines

79/100

A gruff Marine sergeant and a handsome new recruit compete for the affection of a nurse.

London After Midnight

69/100

The abandoned home of a wealthy man who supposedly committed suicide five years earlier is taken over by ghoulish figures - could they be vampires?

The Ace of Hearts

69/100

A romantic rivalry among members of a secret society becomes even tenser when one of the men is assigned to carry out an assassination.

The Unholy Three

68/100

"Talkie" remake of Tod Browning's 1925 silent film. A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.

The Monster

63/100

A meek clerk who doubles as an amateur detective investigates some very strange goings-on at a remote mental sanitarium.

The Blackbird

69/100

Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French nightclub performer named Fifi. Each man tries to outdo the other to win her heart.

Mr. Wu

66/100

When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.

Where East Is East

68/100

When an animal trapper in Indo-China finds that his daughter's fiancé is being successfully seduced by her estranged mother, he takes appropriate action.

Outside the Law

67/100

In this early collaboration with director Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks), Chaney delivers a dual performance of dramatic intensity, starring as Ah Wing, a kind-hearted student of Confucian ... See full summary »

Mockery

68/100

During the Russian Revolution, a mentally challenged peasant saves then obsesses over a beautiful countess.

The Shock

68/100

A gang of blackmailers sends a cripple to San Francisco to expose a banker they have been blackmailing. However, the cripple meets and falls in love with the banker's daughter.

The Wicked Darling

65/100

A slum girl is forced to steal for a living. After she swipes a rich society's matron's necklace, she hides out at the home of a man who turns out to be the socialite's former fiance.

Shadows

64/100

A dying Chinese man converts to Christianity in order to stop a friend from being blackmailed.

London After Midnight

63/100

A reconstruction, made from still photographs, of the lost 1927 Tod Browning film London After Midnight (1927) starring Lon Chaney .

Nomads of the North

59/100

A Canadian Mountie allows an innocent fugitive to escape with the women he loves.

The Road to Mandalay

67/100

While the City Sleeps

67/100

A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he's been accused of, even though the detective knows he's guilty of committing them.