Murnau’s epic adaptation of Goethe’s tragedy stands with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis among the supreme achievements of German silent cinema. Gösta Ekman plays the alchemist who, his faith shaken in a time of plague, is offered the gift of healing and eternal youth… in exchange for his soul.

A Christmas Carol
1984
7.5/10

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920
7.9/10

Avalon High
2011
6.2/10

Vampyr
1932
7.2/10

Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
6.5/10

The Witches
1990
7.0/10

Snow White: A Tale of Terror
1997
6.1/10

The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
6.5/10

The Golem: How He Came into the World
1920
7.0/10

The Unhealer
2021
5.8/10

Before I Fall
2017
7.0/10

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949
6.5/10

The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It
2007
6.9/10

The Lovely Bones
2009
7.1/10

Snow White and the Huntsman
2012
6.0/10

A Dog's Purpose
2017
7.6/10

Carnival of Souls
1962
7.0/10

The Legend of Timm Thaler: or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter
2017
7.0/10

The Shepherd
2023
7.0/10

The Devil's Arithmetic
1999
6.8/10
Madame and Her Niece
1969
4.7/10