J. Stuart Blackton

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

1. 1Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
   Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy

   1909 · United States · silent, fantasy

   National Film Registry (inducted 2003)

   0.231 citation
2. 2
   Little Nemo

   1911 · United States · silent, action, animation

   National Film Registry (inducted 2009)

   0.231 citation

Complete filmography

All 133 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

• 1898Battle of Manila Bay
• 1898Battle of Santiago Bay
• 1898Spot Filming of Windsor Hotel Fire in New York
• 1898Tearing Down the Spanish Flag
• 1899'Columbia' Winning the Cup
• 1899A Visit to the Spiritualist
• 1899Little Mischief
• 1900Hooligan assists the Magician
• 1900Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies
• 1900The Clown and the Alchemist
• 1900The Enchanted Drawing
• 1901Hooligan and the Summer Girls
• 1901Hooligan at the Seashore
• 1901Hooligan Takes His Annual Bath
• 1901Hooligan Visits Central Park
• 1901Jeffries Throwing the Medicine Ball
• 1901Mysterious Cafe, or Mr. and Mrs. Spoopendyke Have Troubles with a Waiter
• 1905A Gentleman of France
• 1905Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom
• 1906A Modern Oliver Twist
• 1906And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, The Author's Dream
• 1906The Automobile Thieves
• 1907A Curious Dream
• 1907Lightning Sketches
• 1907The Easterner
• 1907The Haunted Hotel
• 1907The Shaughraun
• 1908Antony and Cleopatra
• 1908Barbara Fritchie: The Story of a Patriotic American Woman
• 1908Cupid's Realm; or, A Game of Hearts
• 1908East Lynne; or, Led Astray
• 1908Francesca di Rimini, or The Two Brothers
• 1908Galvanic Fluid; or, More Fun with Liquid Electricity
• 1908Julius Caesar
• 1908Lady Jane's Flight
• 1908Love Laughs at Locksmiths: an 18th Century Romance
• 1908Macbeth
• 1908Richard III
• 1908Romeo and Juliet
• 1908Salome
• 1908The Airship; or, 100 Years Hence
• 1908The Dancer and the King: A Romantic Story of Spain
• 1908The Elf King: A Norwegian Fairy Tale
• 1908The Merchant of Venice
• 1908The Press Gang; or, A Romance in the Time of King George III
• 1908The Story of Treasure Island
• 1908The Thieving Hand
• 1908The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen
• 1908The Way of the Cross
• 1909A Maker of Diamonds
• 1909A Midsummer Night's Dream
• 1909A Telepathic Warning, the Story of a Child's Love for Her Father
• 1909Benedict Arnold
• 1909Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy
• 1909King Lear
• 1909Les Misérables
• 1909Oliver Twist
• 1909Onawanda; or, An Indian's Devotion
• 1909Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
• 1909Ruy Blas
• 1909Saul and David
• 1909The Bride of Lammermoor: A Tragedy of Bonnie Scotland
• 1909The Castaways
• 1909The Cobbler and the Caliph
• 1909The Duke's Jester or A Fool's Revenge
• 1909The Judgment of Solomon
• 1909The Life of Moses
• 1909The Life of Napoleon
• 1909The Magic Fountain Pen
• 1909The Oriental Mystic
• 1909Virginius
• 1909Washington Under the American Flag
• 1909Washington Under the British Flag
• 1910A Modern Cinderella
• 1910Cupid and the Motor Boat
• 1910Elektra
• 1910Francesca of Rimini
• 1910Richelieu; or, The Conspiracy
• 1910The Last of the Saxons
• 1910Uncle Tom's Cabin
• 1911Lady Godiva
• 1911Little Nemo
• 1911Paola and Francesca
• 1911Society and the Man
• 1911The Death of King Edward III
• 1912As You Like It
• 1912Cardinal Wolsey
• 1912Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
• 1912The Lady of the Lake
• 1913The Vengeance of Durand; or, The Two Portraits
• 1914Kidnapped in New York
• 1915The Battle Cry of Peace
• 1916Whom the Gods Destroy
• 1917A Spring Idyl
• 1917Satin and Calico
• 1917The Collie Market
• 1917The Diary of a Puppy
• 1917The Fairy Godfather
• 1917The Judgement House
• 1917The Little Strategist
• 1917The Message of the Mouse
• 1917Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
• 1918Life's Greatest Problem
• 1918The World for Sale
• 1919A House Divided
• 1919Dawn
• 1919The Common Cause
• 1919The Moonshine Trail
• 1920Man and His Woman
• 1920My Husband's Other Wife
• 1920Passers By
• 1920Respectable by Proxy
• 1920The Blood Barrier
• 1920The Forbidden Valley
• 1920The House of the Tolling Bell
• 1922A Gipsy Cavalier
• 1922The Glorious Adventure
• 1923On the Banks of the Wabash
• 1923The Virgin Queen
• 1924Behold This Woman
• 1924Between Friends
• 1924Let Not Man Put Asunder
• 1924The Beloved Brute
• 1924The Clean Heart
• 1925The Happy Warrior
• 1925The Redeeming Sin
• 1925Tides of Passion
• 1926Bride of the Storm
• 1926Hell-Bent for Heaven
• 1926The Gilded Highway
• 1926The Passionate Quest
• 1927The American
• 1933The Film Parade