Cast: Buster Keaton

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Buster Keaton. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Sunset Boulevard

1950 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Billy Wilder

Cast William Holden · Gloria Swanson · Erich von Stroheim · Nancy Olson

Plot A bankrupt screenwriter (William Holden) takes refuge in the mansion of a faded star (Gloria Swanson) of the silent era, in order to escape the debt-collectors who are chasing after...

8.5

45K votes

8.5

45K votes

The General

1926 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Buster Keaton · Clyde Bruckman

Cast Buster Keaton · Marion Mack · Glen Cavender · Jim Farley

Plot Johnny Gray is the engineer for the Western and Atlantic Flyer, and his engine is named "The General." There are two loves in Johnny's life, "The General" and Annabelle Lee....

8.3

28K votes

8.3

28K votes

Limelight

1952 · Movie · 145 min. · United States

Direction Charles Chaplin

Cast Charles Chaplin · Claire Bloom · Nigel Bruce · Sydney Chaplin

Plot An old clown (Charles Chaplin), after preventing the suicide of a young dancer (Claire Bloom), takes care of her and tries to teach her everything he knows about theater so...

Max

8.3

13K votes

8.3

13K votes

Sherlock Jr.

1924 · Movie · 45 min. · United States

Direction Buster Keaton

Cast Buster Keaton · Kathryn McGuire · Joe Keaton · Ward Crane

Plot 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.

8.2

6K votes

8.2

6K votes

Seven Chances

1925 · Movie · 56 min. · United States

Direction Buster Keaton

Cast Buster Keaton · Ruth Dwyer · T. Roy Barnes · Snitz Edwards

Plot When Jimmie Shannon's uncle leaves him seven million dollars in his will, it seems as though his fortune is well and truly made... until he reads the small print: in...

8.1

4K votes

8.1

4K votes

The Twilight Zone (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Rod Serling · John Brahm · Douglas Heyes · Buzz Kulik

Cast Rod Serling · Burgess Meredith · Vaughn Taylor · Jack Klugman

Plot TV series (1959-1964). 5 Seasons. 156 Episodes. Rod Serling's seminal anthology series focused on ordinary folks who suddenly found themselves in extraordinary, usually supernatural, situations. The stories would typically end...

8.0

4K votes

8.0

4K votes

The Cameraman

1928 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction Edward Sedgwick · Buster Keaton

Cast Buster Keaton · Marceline Day · Harry Gribbon · Harold Goodwin

Plot Luke Shannon (Buster Keaton), is a bumbling photographer who, in order to win the favor of a beautiful woman, takes a job as a newsreel cameraman. Hilarity ensues as he...

7.9

3K votes

7.9

3K votes

Our Hospitality

1923 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Buster Keaton · John G. Blystone

Cast Buster Keaton · Joe Roberts · Ralph Bushman · Craig Ward

Plot In this silent movie, a man returns to his Appalachian homestead. On the trip, he falls for a young woman. The only problem is her family has vowed to kill...

7.8

2K votes

7.8

2K votes

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

1928 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Buster Keaton · Charles Reisner

Cast Buster Keaton · Tom McGuire · Ernest Torrence · Tom Lewis

Plot It is the story of a college-educated young man who comes home to help his father work on his Mississippi River steamboat and immediately demonstrates just what a landlubber he...

7.8

3K votes

7.8

3K votes

The Navigator

1924 · Movie · 59 min. · United States

Direction Donald Crisp · Buster Keaton

Cast Buster Keaton · Kathryn McGuire · Frederick Vroom · Noble Johnson

Plot This is the tale of a wealthy couple who find themselves cast adrift in an empty cruise liner. By themselves and away from their posh lifestyle, they have to cope...

7.8

4K votes

7.8

4K votes

One Week (S)

1920 · Movie · 19 min. · United States

Direction Buster Keaton · Edward F. Cline

Cast Buster Keaton · Sybil Seely · Joe Roberts

Plot Buster gets married, and as a wedding present his uncle gives him and his new bride some land and a house to go with it, but only when they get...

7.7

2K votes

7.7

2K votes

Neighbors (S)

1920 · Movie · 18 min. · United States

Direction Buster Keaton · Edward F. Cline

Cast Buster Keaton · Virginia Fox · Joe Roberts · Joe Keaton

Plot The Romeo and Juliet story played out in a tenement neighborhood with Buster and Virginia's families hating each other over the fence separating their buildings.

7.4

2K votes

7.4

2K votes

The Scarecrow (S)

1920 · Movie · 19 min. · United States

Direction Buster Keaton · Edward F. Cline

Cast Buster Keaton · Sybil Seely · Joe Roberts · Edward F. Cline

Plot Farmhands Keaton and Roberts share a cottage full of mechanical devices for making life easy. They are rivals for the farmer's daughter. Keaton, disguised as a scarecrow, causes troubles for...

7.3

893 votes

7.3

893 votes

The High Sign (S)

1921 · Movie · 21 min. · United States

Direction Buster Keaton · Edward F. Cline

Cast Buster Keaton · Bartine Burkett · Charles Dorety · Al St. John

Plot 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,...

7.3

632 votes

7.3

632 votes

Three Ages

1923 · Movie · 63 min. · United States

Direction Buster Keaton · Edward F. Cline

Cast Buster Keaton · Wallace Beery · Margaret Leahy · Joe Roberts

Plot Keaton spoofs D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance" in his debut feature as creator/star. He demonstrates both comic and dramatic skills as he parodies the evils of intolerance in prehistoric times, ancient Rome...

7.3

2K votes

7.3

2K votes

The Goat (S)

1921 · Movie · 24 min. · United States

Direction Buster Keaton · Malcolm St. Clair

Cast Buster Keaton · Virginia Fox · Joe Roberts · Malcolm St. Clair

Plot Buster is inadvertently identified as the notorious outlaw Dead Shot Dan. He is pursued throughout the city by the local police chief, using disguises and quick-thinking to elude the lawman....

7.3

685 votes

7.3

685 votes

Battling Butler

1926 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Buster Keaton

Cast Buster Keaton · Sally O'Neil · Walter James · Budd Fine

Plot Alfred's father wants him to make of a man of himself so sends him off on a hunting and fishing trip. He doesn't catch or shoot anything, but he does...

7.3

1K votes

7.3

1K votes

The Electric House (S)

1922 · Movie · 19 min. · United States

Direction Buster Keaton · Edward F. Cline

Cast Buster Keaton · Virginia Fox · Joe Keaton · Myra Keaton

Plot Botany major Buster mistakenly graduates in electrical engineering and is hired to wire a new home. He installs lots of fanciful gadgets. The one who should have received the degree...

7.2

999 votes

7.2

999 votes

Go West

1925 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

7.2

720 votes

7.2

720 votes

Cops (S)

1922 · Movie · 18 min. · United States

Direction Buster Keaton · Edward F. Cline

Cast Buster Keaton · Joe Roberts · Virginia Fox · Edward F. Cline

Plot Through a series of mistaken identities Buster winds up with a load of furniture in the middle of parade of policemen. An anarchist's bomb lands in his carriage. After lighting...

7.2

855 votes

7.2

855 votes