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Classic films under 90 minutes
Short on time does not have to mean short on cinema. Browse 188 Film guides, ordered by the runtime of the primary presentation currently documented by Monocurator.
A note on runtimes
Restorations, projection speeds, regional releases, and home-video editions can differ. The time shown here belongs to the primary presentation described on each Film page; check the edition before buying or pressing play.
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La presa di Roma 1905
La presa di Roma
TenseBeautifulModerate
Cinderella 1922
Cinderella
FunnyGentleEasy
La légende de la fileuse 1908
La légende de la fileuse
GentleStrangeModerate
La Vie et la Passion de Jésus-Christ
GentleBeautifulModerate
Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost 1901
Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost
StrangeGentleEasy
A Trip to the Moon
StrangeBeautifulEasy
The Sealed Room 1909
The Sealed Room
TenseBleakEasy
White Fawn's Devotion 1910
White Fawn's Devotion
BleakGentleModerate
The Great Train Robbery 1903
The Great Train Robbery
TenseEasy
Ben Hur 1907
Ben Hur
TenseBeautifulModerate
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1909
A Midsummer Night's Dream
FunnyStrangeModerate
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1912
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
StrangeTenseEasy
Gertie the Dinosaur 1914
Gertie the Dinosaur
FunnyGentleEasy
A Corner in Wheat 1909
A Corner in Wheat
BleakModerate
Un Chien Andalou
StrangeBleakPatient
The Taming of the Shrew 1908
The Taming of the Shrew
FunnyTenseModerate
Ramona 1910
Ramona
RomanticBleakModerate
The Fugitive 1910
The Fugitive
TenseBleakModerate
Wilful Peggy 1910
Wilful Peggy
FunnyRomanticEasy
An Unseen Enemy 1912
An Unseen Enemy
TenseMysteryEasy
One Week 1920
One Week
FunnyGentleEasy
Big Business 1929
Big Business
FunnyTenseEasy
Black and Tan 1929
Black and Tan
BeautifulBleakEasy
Perfect Day 1929
Perfect Day
FunnyGentleEasy
The Champion 1915
The Champion
FunnyGentleEasy
The Butcher Boy 1917
The Butcher Boy
FunnyStrangeEasy
Entr'acte 1924
Entr'acte
StrangeFunnyModerate
Nicholas Nickleby 1912
Nicholas Nickleby
BleakGentleModerate
The Cure 1917
The Cure
FunnyGentleEasy
The Little Match Girl 1928
The Little Match Girl
BleakBeautifulModerate
In the Park 1915
In the Park
FunnyGentleEasy
Shoulder Arms 1918
Shoulder Arms
FunnyBleakEasy
Life and Passion of the Christ 1903
Life and Passion of the Christ
BeautifulGentleModerate
Sherlock Jr.
FunnyBeautifulEasy
The Captive 1915
The Captive
TenseGentleModerate
The Intrigue 1916
The Intrigue
MysteryTenseModerate
Arizona 1918
Arizona
RomanticTenseModerate
Alice in Wonderland 1915
Alice in Wonderland
StrangeGentleModerate
Uncle Tom's Cabin 1914
Uncle Tom's Cabin
BleakTensePatient
The Prisoner of Zenda 1913
The Prisoner of Zenda
RomanticTenseEasy
The Virginian 1914
The Virginian
TenseRomanticModerate
Riders of the Purple Sage 1925
Riders of the Purple Sage
TenseBeautifulModerate
Galloping Thru 1931
Galloping Thru
TenseGentleEasy
Riders of the Purple Sage 1931
Riders of the Purple Sage
TenseRomanticModerate
Carmen 1915
Carmen
RomanticTenseEasy
Black Girl 1966
Black Girl
BleakBeautifulModerate
Regeneration 1915
Regeneration
BleakRomanticModerate
Miss Suwanna of Siam
RomanticGentle
Moana 1926
Moana
BeautifulGentleModerate
Heritage of the Desert 1932
Heritage of the Desert
TenseRomanticEasy
Victory 1919
Victory
RomanticTenseModerate
The Navigator 1924
The Navigator
FunnyGentleEasy
The Letter 1929
The Letter
TenseBleakEasy
Freaks 1932
Freaks
StrangeBleakModerate
Three Ages 1923
Three Ages
FunnyRomanticEasy
The Taming of the Shrew 1929
The Taming of the Shrew
FunnyTenseEasy
Safety Last!
FunnyTenseEasy
The Lone Star Ranger 1930
The Lone Star Ranger
TenseRomanticModerate
Number Seventeen 1932
Number Seventeen
MysteryFunnyModerate
Der Hund von Baskerville 1914
Der Hund von Baskerville
MysteryTenseModerate
Robinson Crusoe 1927
Robinson Crusoe
TenseGentleModerate
The Doll 1919
The Doll
FunnyStrangeEasy
Zaza 1923
Zaza
RomanticTenseEasy
The Flying Ace
MysteryTenseEasy
Mockery 1927
Mockery
BleakTenseModerate
So's Your Old Man 1926
So's Your Old Man
FunnyGentleEasy
The Unknown 1927
The Unknown
StrangeTenseModerate
Man with a Movie Camera
BeautifulFunnyModerate
The Woman in White 1917
The Woman in White
MysteryTenseModerate
The Kid
GentleFunnyEasy
The Son of the Sheik 1926
The Son of the Sheik
RomanticTenseEasy
Love Affair 1932
Love Affair
RomanticFunnyEasy
The Count of Monte Cristo 1913
The Count of Monte Cristo
TenseRomanticModerate
The Cameraman 1928
The Cameraman
FunnyRomanticEasy
I Walked with a Zombie 1943
I Walked with a Zombie
MysteryBeautifulModerate
Detour
BleakStrangeEasy
Desert Gold 1919
Desert Gold
TenseRomanticModerate
Huckleberry Finn 1920
Huckleberry Finn
FunnyGentleModerate
Shadows 1922
Shadows
GentleBleakModerate
To the Last Man 1923
To the Last Man
TenseBleakModerate
The Last of the Duanes 1924
The Last of the Duanes
TenseRomanticModerate
Fifth Avenue Models 1925
Fifth Avenue Models
RomanticTenseModerate
Go West 1925
Go West
FunnyGentleEasy
The Eagle 1925
The Eagle
RomanticFunnyEasy
Desert Gold 1926
Desert Gold
TenseBeautifulModerate
13 Washington Square 1928
13 Washington Square
FunnyMysteryEasy
Easy Virtue 1928
Easy Virtue
RomanticTenseEasy
Steamboat Bill Jr. 1928
Steamboat Bill Jr.
FunnyGentleEasy
Arizona 1931
Arizona
RomanticTenseModerate
Frankenstein
StrangeBleakEasy
Duck Soup
FunnyStrangeEasy
Grass 1925
Grass
BeautifulTenseModerate
The Whirlpool of Fate 1925
The Whirlpool of Fate
GentleBleakModerate
The Seventh Victim 1943
The Seventh Victim
BleakMysteryModerate
The Hitch-Hiker
TenseBleakEasy
The Unholy Three 1930
The Unholy Three
StrangeTenseEasy
The Set-Up 1949
The Set-Up
TenseBleakModerate
The Last of the Mohicans 1920
The Last of the Mohicans
TenseBeautifulModerate
Within Our Gates 1920
Within Our Gates
BleakTenseModerate
Battleship Potemkin
TenseBleakPatient
Cat People 1942
Cat People
MysteryTenseEasy
The Squaw Man 1914
The Squaw Man
RomanticBleakPatient
Oliver Twist 1922
Oliver Twist
BleakGentleEasy
Possessed 1931
Possessed
RomanticBleakEasy
The Cheat 1931
The Cheat
TenseBleakPatient
Broken Blossoms 1919
Broken Blossoms
GentleBleakModerate
Sunrise
RomanticBeautifulEasy
The Docks of New York 1928
The Docks of New York
RomanticBleakEasy
Emil and the Detectives 1931
Emil and the Detectives
FunnyTenseEasy
American Madness 1932
American Madness
TenseGentleEasy
Treasure Island 1920
Treasure Island
TenseStrangeEasy
The Freshman 1925
The Freshman
FunnyGentleEasy
Paid to Love 1927
Paid to Love
FunnyRomanticEasy
Cairo Station 1958
Cairo Station
TenseStrangeModerate
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
StrangeBleakModerate
Foolish Wives 1922
Foolish Wives
TenseStrangeModerate
Monkey Business 1931
Monkey Business
FunnyStrangeEasy
The General
FunnyEasy
Ramona 1928
Ramona
RomanticBleakModerate
Raw Deal 1948
Raw Deal
TenseBleakEasy
The Lavender Hill Mob 1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
FunnyGentleEasy
The Italian
BleakTenseModerate
Nanook of the North 1922
Nanook of the North
BeautifulGentleModerate
Kino-Eye 1924
Kino-Eye
StrangeBeautifulPatient
The Painted Desert 1931
The Painted Desert
TenseRomanticModerate
Tess of the Storm Country 1914
Tess of the Storm Country
BleakRomanticModerate
Carmen 1918
Carmen
RomanticTenseModerate
Aelita 1924
Aelita
StrangeRomanticPatient
The Case of Lena Smith 1929
The Case of Lena Smith
BleakTensePatient
The Four Feathers 1929
The Four Feathers
TenseBeautifulModerate
Huckleberry Finn 1931
Huckleberry Finn
FunnyGentleModerate
Los Olvidados 1950
Los Olvidados
BleakTenseModerate
Pickup on South Street 1953
Pickup on South Street
TenseRomanticEasy
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1920
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
StrangeTenseEasy
Underworld 1927
Underworld
TenseRomanticEasy
The Passion of Joan of Arc
BleakBeautifulPatient
Resurrection 1931
Resurrection
BleakRomanticPatient
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas 1931
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
BeautifulBleakEasy
Sappho 1921
Sappho
RomanticBleakModerate
The White Shadow 1924
The White Shadow
MysteryBleakPatient
Applause 1929
Applause
BleakBeautifulEasy
Shanghai Express 1932
Shanghai Express
RomanticTenseEasy
Loves of a Blonde 1965
Loves of a Blonde
FunnyBleakEasy
Waxworks 1924
Waxworks
StrangeTenseModerate
Rich and Strange 1931
Rich and Strange
FunnyStrangeModerate
The Public Enemy 1931
The Public Enemy
TenseBleakEasy
The Spiral Staircase 1946
The Spiral Staircase
TenseMysteryEasy
The River 1929
The River
RomanticBleakPatient
Daddy-Long-Legs 1919
Daddy-Long-Legs
GentleRomanticEasy
Sherlock Holmes 1922
Sherlock Holmes
MysteryTenseModerate
Blackmail 1929
Blackmail
TenseMysteryEasy
Lucky Star 1929
Lucky Star
RomanticGentleEasy
Holiday 1930
Holiday
FunnyRomanticEasy
The Champ 1931
The Champ
GentleBleakEasy
High Noon 1952
High Noon
TenseBleakEasy
The Bigamist 1953
The Bigamist
BleakGentleEasy
Persona
StrangeBleakPatient
The Unholy Three 1925
The Unholy Three
StrangeTenseEasy
The Cat and the Canary 1927
The Cat and the Canary
MysteryFunnyEasy
Back Street 1932
Back Street
RomanticBleakModerate
Red Dust 1932
Red Dust
RomanticTenseEasy
A Story of Floating Weeds 1934
A Story of Floating Weeds
GentleBleakModerate
The 39 Steps 1935
The 39 Steps
TenseFunnyEasy
Brief Encounter
RomanticBleakEasy
Crossfire 1947
Crossfire
TenseBleakEasy
City Lights
RomanticGentleEasy
Modern Times
FunnyGentleEasy
Letter from an Unknown Woman 1948
Letter from an Unknown Woman
RomanticBleakEasy
Mr. Hulot's Holiday 1953
Mr. Hulot's Holiday
FunnyGentleEasy
Spartacus 1913
Spartacus
TenseBeautifulModerate
The Last Days of Pompeii 1913
The Last Days of Pompeii
TenseBeautifulModerate
The Gold Rush
FunnyGentleEasy
The Last Command 1928
The Last Command
BleakBeautifulModerate
A Farewell to Arms 1932
A Farewell to Arms
RomanticBleakEasy
Love Me Tonight 1932
Love Me Tonight
FunnyRomanticEasy
The Palm Beach Story 1942
The Palm Beach Story
FunnyRomanticEasy
Laura 1944
Laura
MysteryRomanticEasy
Rashomon
StrangeMysteryModerate
Umberto D. 1952
Umberto D.
GentleBleakEasy
Death of a Cyclist 1955
Death of a Cyclist
TenseBleakEasy
While the City Sleeps 1956
While the City Sleeps
TenseBleakEasy
Paths of Glory
BleakTenseModerate
L'Atalante
RomanticStrangeModerate
Bicycle Thieves
GentleBleakEasy
The Big Heat 1953
The Big Heat
TenseBleakEasy
Ballad of a Soldier 1959
Ballad of a Soldier
RomanticBleakEasy
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 1960
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
FunnyBleakEasy
Cléo from 5 to 7 1962
Cléo from 5 to 7
GentleBeautifulModerate