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Dr Mabuse, The Gambler (1922)

Dr Mabuse, The Gambler (1922)
Rating: ★★★★
May 9, 2018Mind-Controlling Criminal Mastermind
Dr Mabuse is one of the great villains of cinema. Fritz Lang was one of the greatest directors of the silent era and his first Mabuse film is extraordinary where Lang indulges in visual tricks that still look sensational today
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Metropolis (1927)

Metropolis (1927)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 3, 2011Dystopia/Social Revolution/Mad Scientist/Android Temptress
Fritz Lang’s visionary work was something way ahead of it time and is one of the few silent films still screened today. The film’s politics are naive but Lang’s visions of the city of the future and the first screen robot are vivid.
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Woman in the Moon (1929)

Woman in the Moon (1929)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 20, 2000Expedition to the Moon
A silent film from Fritz Lang where he sets out to depict a realistic attempt (at least in terms of what was known in the era) to build and launch a rocket to The Moon. Lang directs with an epic grandeur that still takes back today.
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M (1931)

M (1931)
Rating: ★★★★
Jun 8, 2000Criminal Underworld Hunts Child Murderer
Fritz Lang was an extraordinary director of the silent era and this was his first sound film. Peter Lorre gives an amazingly craven performance as a child murderer who becomes hunted by the criminal underworld
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The Testament of Dr Mabuse (1933)

The Testament of Dr Mabuse (1933)
Rating: ★★★½
Oct 19, 2002Mind-Controlling Criminal Mastermind
The second of Fritz Lang;s films about the criminal mastermind Dr Mabuse, which was banned under the Nazi regime and forced Lang to flee the country. Not quite the equal of its predecessor, Lang is still on fine form and makes an exciting crime melodrama
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The Testament of Dr Mabuse (1962)

The Testament of Dr Mabuse (1962)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 21, 2026Mind-Controlling Criminal Mastermind
Third of the German thrillers of the 1960s featuring the criminal mastermind Dr Mabuse, a remake of the 1933 film where Mabuse continues his criminal schemes via mind control despite being confined to an asylum
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