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Best 1 Easy Street

Easy Street is a 1917 Mutual comedy starring Charlie Chaplin, notable for turning a rough urban street into a setting for social satire.

2 A Dog's Life

A Dog's Life is a 1918 First National short written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin, pairing the Tramp with the dog Scraps.

3 Shoulder Arms

Shoulder Arms is a 1918 Charlie Chaplin war comedy for First National, notable for sending the Tramp into World War I trench satire.

4 The Pawnshop

The Pawnshop is a 1916 Charlie Chaplin Mutual comedy, notable for its clock-dismantling scene and dense comic business in one workplace.

5 The Adventurer

The Adventurer is a 1917 American Mutual short by Charlie Chaplin, the last of his twelve Mutual comedies, casting him as an escaped convict.

6 The Rink
The Rink

The Rink is a 1916 Charlie Chaplin Mutual comedy, notable for its extended roller-skating routine and precise physical control by Chaplin.

7 The Tramp
The Tramp

The Tramp is a 1915 Charlie Chaplin comedy, notable for refining his Little Tramp character with a more wistful ending than earlier shorts.

8 Pay Day
Pay Day

Pay Day is a 1922 First National short written, directed, and starring Charlie Chaplin, remembered as his final two-reel comedy.

9 The Vagabond

The Vagabond is a 1916 Charlie Chaplin Mutual comedy, notable for blending slapstick with pathos in the story of a violinist and a rescued girl.

10 The Idle Class

The Idle Class is a 1921 Charlie Chaplin two-reeler in which he plays both tramp and rich husband, notable for its class satire and dual-role comedy.

11 The Pilgrim

The Pilgrim is a 1923 Charlie Chaplin short in which an escaped convict poses as a minister, notable as Chaplin's final film for First National.

12 One A.M.
One A.M.

One A.M. is a 1916 Charlie Chaplin Mutual short, notable for being almost a solo performance built around a drunken man's struggle to get home.

13 Behind the Screen

Behind the Screen is a 1916 Charlie Chaplin Mutual comedy, notable for its film-studio setting and jokes about movie production labor.

14 The Floorwalker

The Floorwalker is Charlie Chaplin's 1916 first Mutual short, famous for a department-store escalator chase and Eric Campbell's villain role.

15 The Count
The Count

The Count is a 1916 Mutual short directed by Charlie Chaplin, with Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell in a masquerade built around a false nobleman.

16 The Fireman

The Fireman is a 1916 Charlie Chaplin Mutual comedy, notable for casting Chaplin as an inept firefighter in an early disaster-parody setup.

17 The New Janitor

The New Janitor is a 1914 Keystone short directed by Charlie Chaplin, noted for giving his janitor character clearer pathos than usual studio slapstick.

18 The Rounders

The Rounders is a 1914 Keystone comedy co-directed by Charlie Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle, pairing them as drunken neighbors.

19 Sunnyside
Sunnyside

Sunnyside is a 1919 First National short by Charlie Chaplin, mixing rural slapstick with a dream ballet sequence featuring Olive Ann Alcorn.

20 A Film Johnnie

A Film Johnnie is a 1914 Keystone short by George Nichols, notable as Chaplin's first movie-studio comedy and an early Tramp vehicle.

21 His Trysting Place

His Trysting Place is a 1914 American short written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, with Mabel Normand in a coat-swap domestic farce.

22 A Day's Pleasure

A Day's Pleasure is a 1919 First National short by Charlie Chaplin, made quickly while he was preparing The Kid and featuring Jackie Coogan.

23 A Burlesque on Carmen

A Burlesque on Carmen is a 1915 Charlie Chaplin parody of Bizet's opera, notable for satirizing a prestige adaptation released the same year.

24 Mabel's Strange Predicament

Mabel's Strange Predicament is a 1914 Keystone comedy directed by Mabel Normand, notable as the film where Chaplin first wore the Tramp costume.

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