The High Sign (1921)

(7.09) based on 117 votes
Buster is thrown off a train near an amusement park. There he gets a job in a shooting gallery run by the Blinking Buzzards mob. Ordered to kill a businessman, he winds up protecting the man and his daughter by outfitting their home with trick devices.
Release Date
Apr 18, 1921
Runtime
00h 21m
Genre
Available in streaming on

Buster is thrown off a train near an amusement park. There he gets a job in a shooting gallery run by the Blinking Buzzards mob. Ordered to kill a businessman, he winds up protecting the man and his daughter by outfitting their home with trick devices.

Movies like The High Sign

Ball of Fire

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
Search similar movies
7.4
Ball+of+Fire
Ball of Fire

1941

Search similar movies
One Week

Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.
Search similar movies
7.9
One+Week
Our Hospitality

A young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
Search similar movies
7.5
Our+Hospitality
Our Hospitality

1923

Search similar movies
Steamboat Bill, Jr.

The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.
Search similar movies
7.6
Steamboat+Bill%2C+Jr.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.

1928

Search similar movies
Cops

Buster Keaton gets involved in a series of misunderstandings involving a horse and cart. Eventually he infuriates every cop in the city when he accidentally interrupts a police parade.
Search similar movies
7.2
Cops
The Paleface

A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who enters their encampment because white oil tycoons are trying to force them from their land.
Search similar movies
6.1
The+Paleface
The Paleface

1922

Search similar movies
Three Ages

The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry, and love play out three times as a man vies with a villain for the girl. In the Stone Age, the rivalry is set off by dinosaurs, a turtle used as a ouija board, and a round of golf with stones. In ancient Rome, the men display their brawn through a chariot race, using dogs instead of horses. In contemporary times, the man finds himself overcome by modernity, including a very fragile car.
Search similar movies
6.8
Three+Ages
Three Ages

1923

Search similar movies
The Goat

A series of adventures begins when Buster is mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the evil bad guy.
Search similar movies
7.2
The+Goat
The Play House

After waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.
Search similar movies
6.8
The+Play+House
The Play House

1921

Search similar movies
Day Dreams

In order to impress the father of a girl he is keen on, a young man goes to the city in search of work. In his letters home he writes of his various jobs which her imagination expands into much nobler ones than those that he is actually attempting.
Search similar movies
6.5
Day+Dreams
Day Dreams

1922

Search similar movies
Curiosa

A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th century authors Pierre Louÿs and Marie de Régnier.
Search similar movies
5.9
Curiosa
Sabrina

Sabrina Fairchild, a chauffeur's daughter, grew up at the Long Island estate of the wealthy Larrabee family enchanted with their sparkling world of privilege and wealth, but she's especially enamored of younger son David, a charming playboy. After the once plain Sabrina returns from a sojourn in Paris transformed into a glamorous young woman, she at long last catches David's eye. In a calculated effort to manipulate David away from her and into a more financially advantageous marriage, formidable older brother Linus devises a plan to keep them apart.
Search similar movies
6.2
Sabrina
Coffee and Cigarettes

Coffee And Cigarettes is a collection of eleven films from cult director Jim Jarmusch. Each film hosts star studded cast of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.
Search similar movies
6.9
Coffee+and+Cigarettes
Coffee and Cigarettes

2004

Search similar movies
Sherlock Jr.

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
Search similar movies
8.1
Sherlock+Jr.
Sherlock Jr.

1924

Search similar movies
Live by Night

A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
Search similar movies
6.3
Live+by+Night
Live by Night

2016

Search similar movies
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of a nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. Disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he decides to raid the village to steal all the Christmas things.
Search similar movies
7.5
How+the+Grinch+Stole+Christmas%21
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

1966

Search similar movies
From Paris with Love

James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realises that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.
Search similar movies
6.3
From+Paris+with+Love
From Paris with Love

2010

Search similar movies
The Fox and the Hound

When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the object of his search is his best friend!
Search similar movies
7.1
The+Fox+and+the+Hound
The Fox and the Hound

1981

Search similar movies
Thunderbolts*

After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.
Search similar movies
7.5
Thunderbolts%2A
Thunderbolts*

2025

Search similar movies
Dead Poets Society

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Search similar movies
8.3
Dead+Poets+Society
Dead Poets Society

1989

Search similar movies
2001: A Space Odyssey

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Search similar movies
8.1
2001%3A+A+Space+Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

Search similar movies
La La Land

Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Search similar movies
7.9
La+La+Land
La La Land

2016

Search similar movies
Titanic

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
Search similar movies
7.9
Titanic
Pulp Fiction

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Search similar movies
8.5
Pulp+Fiction
Pulp Fiction

1994

Search similar movies
Taxi Driver

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
Search similar movies
8.1
Taxi+Driver
Taxi Driver

1976

Search similar movies
The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.
Search similar movies
8.0
The+Grand+Budapest+Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel

2014

Search similar movies
Interstellar

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Search similar movies
8.5
Interstellar
Interstellar

2014

Search similar movies
Barbie

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
Search similar movies
7.0
Barbie
Good Will Hunting

Headstrong yet aimless, Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he secretly solves highly difficult graduate-level math problems, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. When Will is arrested for attacking a police officer, Professor Lambeau makes a deal to get leniency for him if he gets court-ordered therapy. Eventually, therapist Dr. Sean Maguire helps Will confront the demons that are holding him back.
Search similar movies
8.2
Good+Will+Hunting
Good Will Hunting

1997

Search similar movies
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
Search similar movies
7.6
The+Curious+Case+of+Benjamin+Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008

Search similar movies
City of God

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Search similar movies
8.4
City+of+God
City of God

2002

Search similar movies
Split

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.
Search similar movies
7.3
Split
Forrest Gump

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
Search similar movies
8.5
Forrest+Gump
Forrest Gump

1994

Search similar movies
In the Mood for Love

In 1962 Hong Kong, neighbors Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen discover their spouses are having an affair. As they spend time together, they develop feelings for each other, but their relationship remains chaste and unspoken, reflecting societal constraints and their own moral compass.
Search similar movies
8.1
In+the+Mood+for+Love
In the Mood for Love

2000

Search similar movies
The Lives of Others

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.
Search similar movies
8.0
The+Lives+of+Others
The Lives of Others

2006

Search similar movies
Nosferatu

The mysterious Count Orlok summons Thomas Hutter to his remote Transylvanian castle in the mountains. The eerie Orlok seeks to buy a house near Hutter and his wife, Ellen. After Orlok reveals his vampire nature, Hutter struggles to escape the castle, knowing that Ellen is in grave danger. Meanwhile Orlok's servant, Knock, prepares for his master to arrive at his new home.
Search similar movies
7.7
Nosferatu
The Intouchables

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
Search similar movies
8.3
The+Intouchables
The Intouchables

2011

Search similar movies
American Psycho

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Search similar movies
7.4
American+Psycho
American Psycho

2000

Search similar movies
Raging Bull

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Search similar movies
7.9
Raging+Bull
Raging Bull

1980

Search similar movies
Transcendence

Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
Search similar movies
6.1
Transcendence
Transcendence

2014

Search similar movies
The Quiet Man

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
Search similar movies
7.3
The+Quiet+Man
The Quiet Man

1952

Search similar movies
Audit

A young actor and his wife undergoing an IRS audit have more to worry about than the usual cheating when the IRS secretary turns out to be hot for the wife and the auditor turns out to be an ex-trick of the actor.
Search similar movies
5.0
Audit
The Blood in the Vein

Simon and Zoé meet on Tinder. They live in the same suburban town and Zoé, wasting no time, invites him right over to her house. Simon can’t believe his luck! But once he arrives, he quickly understands that his date may prove more complicated than expected.
Search similar movies
6.6
The+Blood+in+the+Vein
The Blood in the Vein

2021

Search similar movies
La mente fracturada

Carlos is a writer who is staying in an old hotel, looking for inspiration for his next story. However, he falls prey to a creative block that pits him against himself, and leads him to struggle to discern between the real and the imaginary.
Search similar movies
La+mente+fracturada
La mente fracturada

2024

Search similar movies
Modern Times

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
Search similar movies
8.3
Modern+Times
Modern Times

1936

Search similar movies
L for Loser

A lowly young trophy shop employee who has never won anything other than a participation ribbon, is in love with his manager and stages a robbery to try to prove to her that he is in fact "a winner."
Search similar movies
L+for+Loser
L for Loser

2021

Search similar movies
My Neighbor Wants Me Dead

The Tenant continuously fails to escape his deadly apartment within a 5 minute time limit as his blood-thirsty neighbor threatens him from behind the front door
Search similar movies
6.2
My+Neighbor+Wants+Me+Dead
My Neighbor Wants Me Dead

2019

Search similar movies
Train Brain Express

Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers, but their romantic fortunes do not go as smoothly. Will the awkward Kodama and the indecisive Komachi find the loves of their lives?
Search similar movies
6.0
Train+Brain+Express
Train Brain Express

2012

Search similar movies
Breakfast Wine

In Ireland they say it takes just three alcoholics to keep a small bar running in a country town. But what if you’ve only got two?
Search similar movies
7.7
Breakfast+Wine
Breakfast Wine

2013

Search similar movies
No Me Digas Wey

Plot unavailable
Search similar movies
No+Me+Digas+Wey
No Me Digas Wey

2023

Search similar movies
Train Birds

Hannes is a beer truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Timetable Contest in Inari (Finland). When his new boss cancels his extra holidays to go there, Hans goes mad… On his journey to Finland by train, followed by the police, he meets lot of folks and the love of his life.
Search similar movies
6.1
Train+Birds
Train Birds

1998

Search similar movies
Face/Off

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
Search similar movies
7.0
Face%2FOff
Home Alone

Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.
Search similar movies
7.4
Home+Alone
Home Alone

1990

Search similar movies
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.
Search similar movies
6.8
Home+Alone+2%3A+Lost+in+New+York
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992

Search similar movies
City Lights

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Search similar movies
8.3
City+Lights
City Lights

1931

Search similar movies
Pandora's Box

Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön, his musical producer son Alwa, circus performer Rodrigo Quast, and seedy old Schigolch. When Lulu's charms inevitably lead to tragedy, the downward spiral encompasses them all.
Search similar movies
7.5
Pandora%27s+Box
Pandora's Box

1929

Search similar movies
Covid Love

Plot unavailable
Search similar movies
Covid+Love
Covid Love

2021

Search similar movies
Think Like a Dog

A 12-year-old tech prodigy, whose science experiment goes awry, forges a telepathic connection with his best friend, Henry-his dog! The duo join forces and use their unique perspectives on life to comically overcome complications of family and school.
Search similar movies
6.6
Think+Like+a+Dog
Think Like a Dog

2020

Search similar movies
CHARACTERz

Life as a costumed mascot becomes a bizarre experience for a new recruit who joins an offbeat team of amusement park 'Characterz' for a summer job he'll never forget.
Search similar movies
6.0
CHARACTERz
CHARACTERz

2016

Search similar movies
Rock Dog

When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of completely unexpected events.
Search similar movies
6.2
Rock+Dog
A Night in a Dormitory

The adventures of a schoolgirl in a nightclub as related by her to her dormitory sisters.
Search similar movies
4.9
A+Night+in+a+Dormitory
A Night in a Dormitory

1930

Search similar movies
While You Were in a Coma

The first film ever created using Crowd Powered Entertainment, 'While You Were in a Coma' was voted on every step of the way, from the title to plot points, to the director and lead actor. It follows the story of Otis Reeves, a man who wakes from a coma 30 years after his prom night to find the world in shambles and the girl of his dreams still out there waiting for him.
Search similar movies
2.0
While+You+Were+in+a+Coma
While You Were in a Coma

2015

Search similar movies
The Debt Collector

A classically-trained martial artist goes to work as a debt collector for the mob. The job seems easy enough, until one “client” pulls him into a situation deeper than could ever be expected.
Search similar movies
5.8
The+Debt+Collector
The Debt Collector

2018

Search similar movies
Hot Dogs

Born in Russia, vaudeville acrobat Hank Mann acrobat accustomed without efforts towards American film comedy to become a star comic for several studios. Like Ben Turpin, his trademark was a brush moustache, too large, even for comedy standards.
Search similar movies
5.0
Hot+Dogs
Oh Boy

A rich boy gets his well-deserved punishment.
Search similar movies
Oh+Boy
A Fresh Start

Two men are released from prison and while keeping up appearances, they steal everything they can from the guards hugging them farewell.
Search similar movies
7.0
A+Fresh+Start
A Fresh Start

1920

Search similar movies
Two-Time Mama

The story involves various misunderstandings and entanglements that occur between two married couples, the Browns (Glenn Tryon & Vivien Oakland) and the Dazzles (Tyler Brooke & Anita Garvin). The two couples have apartments across the hall from one another, and all four plan to attend a costume ball together. But after each husband expresses unhappiness with his wife's costume the women angrily refuse to go to the party. The two husbands decide to go "stag" and pick up dates, but when Mrs. Brown changes her mind about attending, and Mr. Dazzle and Mr. Brown switch costumes, mix-ups result.
Search similar movies
6.0
Two-Time+Mama
Two-Time Mama

1927

Search similar movies
Meet Cute

They meet. It's Cute. Then it's not.
Search similar movies
6.0
Meet+Cute
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

A magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City and gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The Mighty Pups.
Search similar movies
7.0
PAW+Patrol%3A+The+Mighty+Movie
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

2023

Search similar movies
Bilby

Threatened daily by the deadly residents and harsh environment of Australia’s Outback, a lonesome bilby finds himself an unwitting protector, and unexpected friend, to a helpless (and quite adorable) baby bird.
Search similar movies
8.0
Bilby
Verônica

Plot unavailable
Search similar movies
Ver%C3%B4nica
Broken Bubbles

A poor chap, with only fifty cents, hesitates whether to buy a meal with it or visit a fortune teller. He chooses the latter, and gazing into a crystal globe, he is told to follow the horses. He is then shown working around a racing stable, and, of course, rides the heroine's horse to victory. That night they decide to celebrate in a cabaret, where several amusing complications ensue.
Search similar movies
Broken+Bubbles
Broken Bubbles

1920

Search similar movies
Crusoe

This sci-fi action-comedy follows the adventures of Crusoe, an astronaut stranded on an alien planet teeming with hostile life.
Search similar movies
Crusoe
Keet & Koen: The Treasure Hunt

Keet & Koen are street artists and entertainers in a theme park. In this family movie their mission is to search for missing clown Bassie and acrobat Adriaan. Bassie & Adriaan are very well known among the young and old and have received an award for their great merit as people rescuers. Their eternal enemy, the old Baron, wants to prevent this of course and he commands his cousin 'Jonkheer' to abduct Bassie & Adriaan. Keet & Koen prove to be full successors to Bassie & Adriaan as they proceed into the exciting search for the famous duo that has been kidnapped.
Search similar movies
4.9
Keet+%26+Koen%3A+The+Treasure+Hunt
Keet & Koen: The Treasure Hunt

2015

Search similar movies
Out

On an average day, Greg's life is filled with family, love and a rambunctious little dog - but despite all of this, Greg has a secret. Today is different, though. With some help from his precocious pup, and a little bit of magic, Greg might learn that he has nothing to hide.
Search similar movies
7.3
Out
Popsy

Briggs Sheridan is not that bad a guy, but he's going to have to fake it if he wants to survive the next four days. He owes Mr. Reggie fifty grand and it's time to pay up. Mr. Reggie has a solution, though . . . a job. All Sheridan has to do is complete one simple task and he will make it through the week with all of his body parts intact, as long as the job doesn't kill him first. Based on the story by Stephen King.
Search similar movies
Popsy
Skip

Tonight, Paul pops the question to Amanda. Everything is perfect; then suddenly - chaos. Now the couple find themselves stuck between two worlds.
Search similar movies
9.0
Skip
Les Contes de la rue Broca

Cartoon adaptation of tales written by Pierre Gripari.
Search similar movies
Les+Contes+de+la+rue+Broca
Les Contes de la rue Broca

1995

Search similar movies
Smile

This is the story of a woman who’s been looking cranky her whole life until the day she wakes up with a smile stuck on her face.
Search similar movies
4.0
Smile
Bromates

Longtime best friends Sid and Jonesie are dumped by their respective girlfriends. Both without a living situation, they decide to become "bromates", bros who are roommates, which puts their relationship to the ultimate test.
Search similar movies
4.7
Bromates
Push Up

Beauty and if you can own it or if it belongs to mankind.
Search similar movies
5.6
Push+Up
Naruto OVA 11: Sunny Side Battle

Sunny Side Battle! is an OVA that was released with Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution. It features Itachi making breakfast for Sasuke in their old home.
Search similar movies
7.6
Naruto+OVA+11%3A+Sunny+Side+Battle
Naruto OVA 11: Sunny Side Battle

2013

Search similar movies