The Essential Watchlist that Capture the Essence of The Ships That Meet: Cult Guide

Dir: Victor Sjöström

The old friends Otto Berner and Charles Von Barton stands on separate sides in a political conflict.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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

A pawnbroker, widely despised, called Mästerman is the subject of tales of terror and cruelty. In his profession, he is merciless.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on Terje's beneficence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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

A man and his adult son are caught smuggling by a customs officer, who dies in the ensuing struggle. The arrival of the dead officer's son sets a whole new chain of events in motion.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

The story of two men and their rivalry for the attention of a dancer, and the events that follow.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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

Helder is a happy family man, but one day his wife receives a letter from her brother Albert, who managed to escape from prison.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Helga is a young single lady who has a baby by a much older married man. After the older man tells Helga's father that he refuses to pay child support because he isn't the child's father, her father insists that Helga take him to court. On court day, just as the older married man is about to swear on the Bible that he is not the father of Helga's child, Helga suddenly tells the court that she's dropping the case because although the man did father her child, she doesn't want him to commit perjury, which is not only a serious crime but a mortal sin as well.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

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

Lill-Ingmar is having a troublesome love life with his bride to be Brita.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Maria lives alone with her alcoholic father in a small cabin in the woods.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

Dr Monro is found dead in his home. Three people are testifying before the police about what happened.