Actor
Charlie Chaplin: Movies & Box Office
- films
- 148
- on screen
- 1914–2025
- box office
- $1.65M
Biggest hits
The Best Charlie Chaplin Movies
The films of Charlie Chaplin that made the most at the worldwide box office, biggest first: The Great Dictator (1940) leads with $972K. The full ranking adds the most awarded films and the newest releases.
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Worldwide box office: $972K The Great Dictator 1940 · Comedy -
Worldwide box office: $464K Modern Times 1936 · Drama -
Worldwide box office: $82.1K The Gold Rush 1925 · Drama -
Worldwide box office: $65.7K Monsieur Verdoux 1947 · Drama -
Worldwide box office: $46.4K The Kid 1921 · Drama -
Worldwide box office: $12.9K A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate 1923 · Drama
Career at a glance
Charlie Chaplin's Career in Numbers
Charlie Chaplin's films in numbers — as an actor, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres Charlie Chaplin works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from His Prehistoric Past (1914) to Chaplin et “Les temps modernes”: La voie du silence (2024), and the 1910s were the busiest decade.
Charlie Chaplin Movies by Decade
- 1910s 74
- 1920s 8
- 1930s 3
- 1940s 4
- 1950s 5
- 1960s 4
- 2000s 2
- 2010s 4
- 2020s 1
The 1910s were Charlie Chaplin's busiest decade, with 74 films.
Charlie Chaplin Movies by Genre
- Comedy 84
- Documentary 8
- Drama 8
- Romance 2
- History 1
- Action 1
Comedy is the genre Charlie Chaplin has worked in most, with 84 films, ahead of documentary (8).
Charlie Chaplin Career Milestones
- First film
- His Prehistoric Past 1914
- Biggest box office hit
- The Great Dictator $972K worldwide
- Newest film
- Chaplin et “Les temps modernes”: La voie du silence 2024
148 credits
Charlie Chaplin Filmography: Every Movie
Every film Charlie Chaplin is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.
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Charlie Chaplin Movies as an Actor
105- 2024
Chaplin et “Les temps modernes”: La voie du silence Documentary - 2019
Hollywood’s Second World War as Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage) · Documentary - 2016
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends as (archive footage) · History - 2014
A Night at the Cinema in 1914 as (archive footage) · Documentary - 2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage) · Drama - 2008
Warner at War as (archive footage) · Documentary - 2003
Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work as (archive footage) · Documentary - 1967
A Countess from Hong Kong as An Old Steward · Comedy - 1964
The Big Parade of Comedy as Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited) · Documentary - 1963
30 Years of Fun as (archive footage) · Comedy - 1960
When Comedy Was King as edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage) · Comedy - 1959
The Chaplin Revue as Narrator / Various (archive footage) · Comedy Worldwide box office: $9.25K - 1957
A King in New York as King Shahdov · Comedy Worldwide box office: $910 - 1955
All in Good Fun as Archive Footage · Comedy - 1951
A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen as Darn Hosiery · Comedy - 1950
The Golden Twenties as (archive footage) · Documentary - 1947 Monsieur Verdoux as Henri Verdoux · Drama Worldwide box office: $65.7K
- 1942
The Gold Rush as The Lone Prospector - 1941
The Charlie Chaplin Festival as Various Roles (archive footage) · Comedy - 1940 The Great Dictator as Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber · Comedy Worldwide box office: $972K
- 1938
Chaplin Carnival as Various Roles (archive footage) · Comedy - 1936 Modern Times as The Tramp (A Factory Worker) · Drama Worldwide box office: $464K
- 1933
The Film Parade as (archive footage) (uncredited) · Documentary - 1926
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette as Mike · Drama - 1925 The Gold Rush as The Lone Prospector · Drama Worldwide box office: $82.1K
- 1923 A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate as Station Porter (uncredited) · Drama Worldwide box office: $12.9K
- 1923
The Pilgrim as The Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard · Comedy - 1922
Pay Day as Laborer · Comedy - 1922
Nice and Friendly as Tramp · Comedy - 1921 The Kid as A Tramp · Drama Worldwide box office: $46.4K
- 1920
Charlie Butts In Comedy - 1919
A Day’s Pleasure as Father · Comedy - 1919
Sunnyside as Farm Handyman · Comedy - 1919
The Professor as Professor Bosco · Comedy - 1918
Shoulder Arms as Doughboy · Comedy - 1918
The Bond as Charlie · Comedy - 1918
Triple Trouble as The Janitor · Comedy - 1918
A Dog’s Life as Tramp · Comedy - 1918
Chase Me Charlie as Charlie · Comedy - 1917
The Adventurer as The Eel / Commodore Slick · Comedy - 1917
The Immigrant as Immigrant · Romance - 1917
The Cure as The Inebriate · Comedy - 1917
Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder as A Tramp · Comedy - 1917
Easy Street as The Derelict · Action - 1916
The Rink as A Waiter · Comedy - 1916
Behind the Screen as David - Property Man's Assistant · Romance - 1916
The Pawnshop as Pawnbroker's Assistant · Comedy - 1916
The Count as Tailor's Apprentice · Comedy - 1916
One A.M. as Le bourgeois alcoolisé · Comedy - 1916
The Vagabond as The Saloon Violinist · Comedy - 1916
The Fireman as Fireman · Comedy - 1916
Police as Charlie, Convict 999 · Comedy - 1916
Police as Charlie, Convict 999 · Comedy - 1916
The Floorwalker as Impecunious Customer · Comedy - 1915
A Burlesque on Carmen as Darn Hosiery · Comedy - 1915
A Night in the Show as Mr. Pest and Mr. Rowdy · Comedy - 1915
Shanghaied as Tramp · Comedy - 1915
The Bank as Janitor · Comedy - 1915
A Woman as Gentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash' · Comedy - 1915
Work as Izzy A. Wake's assistant · Comedy - 1915
His Regeneration as A Customer · Drama - 1915
By the Sea as Stroller · Comedy - 1915
The Tramp as The Tramp · Comedy - 1915
A Jitney Elopement as Suitor, the Fake Count · Comedy - 1915
In the Park as Charlie · Comedy - 1915
The Champion as Challenger · Comedy - 1915
A Night Out as Reveller · Comedy - 1915
His New Job as Film Extra · Comedy - 1914
His Prehistoric Past as Weakchin · Comedy - 1914
Getting Acquainted as Mr. Sniffels · Comedy - 1914
Tillie’s Punctured Romance as The City Guy · Comedy - 1914
His Trysting Places as Clarence, the Husband · Comedy - 1914
His Musical Career as Charlie, Piano Mover · Comedy - 1914
Gentlemen of Nerve as Mr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic · Comedy - 1914
Dough and Dynamite as Pierre · Comedy - 1914
The New Janitor as The Janitor · Comedy - 1914
The Rounders as Mr. Full · Comedy - 1914
His New Profession as Charlie · Comedy - 1914
The Masquerader as Film actor · Comedy - 1914
Recreation as Tramp · Comedy - 1914
The Face on the Barroom Floor as Artist · Comedy - 1914
The Property Man as Property Man (uncredited) · Comedy - 1914
Laughing Gas as Dentist's assistant · Comedy - 1914
Mabel’s Married Life as Mabel's Husband · Comedy - 1914
Mabel’s Busy Day as Tipsy Nuisance · Comedy - 1914
Mabel’s Busy Day as Tipsy Nuisance · Comedy - 1914
The Knockout as Referee (uncredited) · Comedy - 1914
Her Friend the Bandit as Bandit · Comedy - 1914
The Fatal Mallet as Suitor aka The Tramp (uncredited) · Comedy - 1914
A Busy Day as Wife · Comedy - 1914
Caught in the Rain as Tipsy Hotel Guest aka The Tramp (uncredited) · Comedy - 1914
Caught in a Cabaret as Waiter · Comedy - 1914
Twenty Minutes of Love as Pickpocket · Comedy - 1914
Mabel at the Wheel as Villain (uncredited) · Comedy - 1914
The Star Boarder as The Star Boarder aka The Tramp (uncredited) · Comedy - 1914
Cruel, Cruel Love as Mr. Dovey · Comedy - 1914
His Favorite Pastime as Drunken Masher · Comedy - 1914
Tango Tangles as Tipsy Dancer · Comedy - 1914
A Film Johnnie as The Film Johnnie aka The Tramp · Comedy - 1914
Between Showers as The Tramp, a Second Gallant · Comedy - 1914
A Thief Catcher as Cop (uncredited) · Comedy - 1914
Mabel’s Strange Predicament as The Tramp (uncredited) · Comedy - 1914
Kid Auto Races at Venice as The Tramp · Comedy - 1914
Making a Living as The Swindler (uncredited) · Comedy - 1914
Making a Living as The Swindler (uncredited) · Comedy
Charlie Chaplin in Documentaries & Specials
43- 2025
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood as Self (archive footage) · Tv movie - 2021
The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy as Self (archive footage) · Tv movie - 2020
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2019
Sophia Loren, a special destiny as Self (archive footage) · Tv movie - 2019
Chaplin vs the FBI as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2018
Propaganda: Engineering Consent as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) · Documentary - 2017
Chaplin in Bali as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2017
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) · Documentary - 2014
Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2014
And the Oscar Goes To… as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2013
Birth of the Tramp as Self (archive footage) · Tv movie - 2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2007
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2003
Chaplin Today: ‘The Great Dictator’ as Self (archive footage) · Tv movie - 2003
Trip to Bali as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2003
Chaplin Today: ‘A Woman of Paris’ as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2003
Chaplin Today: ‘A King in New York’ as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2002
The Tramp and the Dictator as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · Documentary - 1998
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp’s Life as Self (archive footage) · Tv movie - 1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists as Self / Various roles (archive footage) · Documentary - 1996
Chaplin’s Goliath as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind as Self - In Clip with Paulette Goddard (archive footage) · Documentary - 1984
Going Hollywood: The ’30s as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · Comedy - 1983
Unknown Chaplin as Self & in Out-Takes · Documentary - 1982
Hollywood’s Children as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 1980
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 1977
Hitler: A Career as Self (archive footage) · History - 1977
ViennaFilm 1896-1976 as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 1976
The Gentleman Tramp as Self · Documentary - 1967
The Funniest Man in the World as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 1950
Life Begins Tomorrow as Self (archive footage) · Drama - 1940
The Eternal Jew as Self (1931) (archive footage) · Documentary - 1933
All at Sea as Self · Documentary - 1931
Charlie Chaplin in Wien as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 1928
Show People as Self (uncredited) · Comedy - 1928
The Circus: Premiere as Self · Documentary - 1923
Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Director · Comedy - 1922
Seeing Stars as Self · History - 1918
How to Make Movies as Self (uncredited) · Documentary - 1917
Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin as Self · Documentary
Works with
Who Charlie Chaplin Makes Movies With
The actors and directors Charlie Chaplin shares the most films with. Henry Bergman comes first, with 26 films together, followed by Albert Austin (25).
FAQ
Charlie Chaplin: Questions & Answers
How many movies Charlie Chaplin has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.
How many movies has Charlie Chaplin been in?
Charlie Chaplin is credited on 148 films, from 1914 to 2025. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.
What is Charlie Chaplin's highest-grossing movie?
The Great Dictator (1940) is Charlie Chaplin's biggest box office hit, with $972K worldwide, ahead of Modern Times (1936) ($464K). Across every film with box office figures, Charlie Chaplin's movies have made $1.65M.
Charlie Chaplin's biggest hits What is Charlie Chaplin's newest movie?
The most recent film on Charlie Chaplin's filmography is Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood (2025), in the role of Self (archive footage).
Who does Charlie Chaplin work with most often?
Charlie Chaplin shares the most films with Henry Bergman (26 films), Albert Austin (25 films) and John Rand (22 films).
The Best Charlie Chaplin Movies, Ranked
Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 148 credits.
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