6 Best Alma Rubens Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 13, 2026

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Alma Rubens brought a striking, dramatic presence to early Hollywood and was one of the silent era’s most promising leading ladies. Humoresque helps a poor immigrant mother’s sacrifices make her son a violinist, Cytherea leads a married man into a tragic affair, Enemies of Women complicates a Russian prince’s Monte Carlo life, and The Half-Breed finds purpose for an outcast. Intolerance and The Birth of a Nation round out the list.

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Cytherea (1924)

TMDB ★ 5.4

Alma Rubens features in this silent drama about a married man whose midlife crisis leads him toward a passionate but ultimately tragic affair.

Directed by George Fitzmaurice · 1h 20m

Enemies of Women (1923) 02

Enemies of Women (1923)

TMDB ★ 5.7

Alma Rubens features in this silent drama about a Russian prince whose decadent postwar lifestyle in Monte Carlo is complicated by conflicting loves.

Directed by Alan Crosland · 1h 45m · Rated NR

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Humoresque (1920)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Alma Rubens features in this silent drama about a poor immigrant mother whose sacrifices help her musically gifted son become a celebrated violinist.

Directed by Frank Borzage · 1h 11m

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The Half-Breed (1916)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Alma Rubens is in this silent drama about a mixed-race outcast who finds unexpected purpose protecting a group of settlers from a devastating forest fire.

Directed by Allan Dwan · 1h 12m

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) 05

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Four interwoven stories across history explore the dangers of intolerance.

Directed by D.W. Griffith · 3h 17m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, MGM+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, FlixFling, Cohen Media Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, FlixFling

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The Birth of a Nation (1915)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Alma Rubens is in this silent epic where two families' fates are intertwined across the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Directed by D.W. Griffith · 3h 15m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: FlixFling, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, FlixFling

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.