what is the best Chaplin movie?

Answer 1

Modern Times, by far.

Answer 2

Chaplin won two honorary Oscars. When the first Oscars were awarded on May 16, 1929, the voting audit procedures that now exist had not yet been put into place, and the categories were still very fluid. Chaplin had originally been nominated for both Best Actor and Best Comedy Directing for his movie The Circus, but his name was withdrawn and the Academy decided to give him a special award "for versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus" instead. The other film to receive a special award that year was The Jazz Singer.

Chaplin's second honorary award came 44 years later in 1972, and was for "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century". He came out of his exile to accept his award. Upon receiving the award, Chaplin received the longest standing ovation in Academy Award history, lasting a full five minutes from the studio audience.

Chaplin was also nominated without success for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay for The Great Dictator, and again for Best Original Screenplay for Monsieur Verdoux (1947). During his active years as a filmmaker, Chaplin expressed disdain for the Academy Awards; his son Charles Jr. wrote that Chaplin invoked the ire of the Academy in the 1930s by jokingly using his 1929 Oscar as a doorstop. This might help explain why City Lights, considered by several polls to be one of the greatest of all motion pictures, was not nominated for a single Academy Award.

It is sometimes overlooked that Chaplin also won a competitive Academy Award. In 1973, he received an Oscar for the Best Music in an Original Dramatic Score for the 1952 film Limelight, which co-starred Claire Bloom. The film also features a cameo with Buster Keaton, which was the only time the two great comedians ever appeared together. Because of Chaplin's political difficulties, the film did not play a one-week theatrical engagement in Los Angeles when it was first produced. This criterion for nomination was not fulfilled until 1972.

Answer 3

The Kid. I thought it was good. In 2000, Disney released a movie based on the Chaplin version, starring Bruce Willis.

Answer 4

(Obviously you can tell who's really seen Chaplin films and who hasn't....)

Got to agree with shkspr on "City Lights" as a whole film--it's pretty consistently great all the way through. But "Modern Times" has funnier single moments--as does "The Gold Rush", which may be the funniest overall though more uneven than the others. (Just be sure you watch the original silent version, NOT the 1942 version that Chaplin added sound to--I think he wrecked it...)

Answer 5

I can never decide between my two favorites, "City Lights" (1931) and "Modern Times" (1936).

I still maintain that the final sequence of "City Lights" -- in which the Tramp is "reunited" with the blind flower seller (who, thanks to his assitance, has now regained her sight) -- is the most beautiful passage that Chaplain -- or anyone else -- ever filmed.

Answer 6

before 2000!

Answer 7

i dont remember the name but i like the movie which was about the machin life of our time.he is a company worker thitening screws...

Answer 8

Robert Downey's version,.....he was wonderful!

Answer 9

I am assuming you mean Charlie Chaplain."LIMELIGHT"

Answer 10

The Kid