The Essential Watchlist Similar Cinematic Experiences to The Last of the Mohicans: Cult Guide

Dir: Clarence Brown

A murderer and a thief, imprisoned together, find their lives changed forever when the thief's drawing of Christ's crucifixion on the cell wall comes to life.

Dir: Clarence Brown

Fortune hunters from all over the country rush to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Trail of '98 perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Clarence Brown

When a wealthy man is found murdered in his bedroom, one of his two adopted sons is arrested and charged with the killing. However, the verdict at his trial is an acquittal. Since the police don't seem to be particularly interested in finding the real killer, the dead man's daughter-in-law--the wife of the adopted son who wasn't charged--takes it upon herself to solve the crime.

Dir: Clarence Brown

On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. But her parents disapprove. She leaves home, determined to live on her own and expects marriage.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Acquittal perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Clarence Brown

A wanted Russian lieutenant becomes a masked vigilante seeking vengeance upon the man who stole his family's land, only to fall for his charming daughter.

Dir: Clarence Brown

Young Harry is in love and wants to marry an actress, much to the displeasure of his family. Harry thinks that Bishop Armstrong knows nothing about love, so Armstrong tells him the story of Rita and himself. Rita was an opera star singing in New York, who was at a party given by Cornelius. Armstrong was a 28-year-old rector. He fell for Rita when he saw her and after six weeks he wanted to marry her. Naive as he was, he thought that all of Rita's "relationships" were in the distant past, but Rita lives for the moment and knows that she can never marry Armstrong.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Navy Blues perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Clarence Brown

Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other fiercely loves.

Dir: Clarence Brown

A young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Eagle perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Clarence Brown

Kiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a job singing and dancing at a nearby theater. While she is there, she invites herself into the life of the revue's manager, with whom she has fallen in love.

Dir: Clarence Brown

Hilary Collier sacrifices her own career to support the musical education of her younger sister, Dora (Butterfly), even giving up the man she loves to her precocious charge. When Dora decides to leave her husband for an eminent musician, Kronski--who is in love with Hilary--bitter conflict ensues; but disaster is averted when an unexpected event reunites Dora with Craig, leaving Hilary free to marry the musician.