6 Best Estelle Taylor Movies

By Vlad Zakh · April 28, 2026

Estelle Taylor brought a striking, dramatic presence to Hollywood across the silent and early sound eras and memorably played seductive and imperious women. The Ten Commandments parallels a modern morality tale with Moses, Don Juan navigates jealous lovers in Renaissance Italy, Show People turns an actress into a slapstick star, and Cimarron builds a life through the Oklahoma land rush. Hollywood and Monte Cristo round out the list.

Cimarron (1931)

TMDB ★ 5.9

A restless frontiersman and his wife stake their claim in the Oklahoma land rush and build a life over decades.

Directed by Wesley Ruggles · 2h 03m

Where to watch

Stream: Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Show People (1928)

TMDB ★ 7.3

Dorothy Sebastian is in this silent comedy about an aspiring dramatic actress who accidentally becomes a beloved slapstick comedy star.

Directed by King Vidor · 1h 19m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Don Juan (1926)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Estelle Taylor is in this silent swashbuckler where the legendary womaniser navigates a web of jealous lovers and political intrigue in Renaissance Italy.

Directed by Alan Crosland · 1h 52m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Ten Commandments (1923)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Estelle Taylor features in this DeMille silent epic where a modern-day morality tale runs parallel to the biblical story of Moses and the Exodus from Egypt.

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille · 2h 16m

Where to watch

Stream: Eternal Family, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Hollywood (1923)

TMDB ★ 6.1

A small-town girl travels to Hollywood hoping to break into the movie business.

Directed by James Cruze · 1h 20m

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Monte Cristo (1922)

TMDB ★ 5.9

Estelle Taylor features in this silent adaptation about a wrongly imprisoned sailor who escapes to exact elaborate revenge on those who betrayed him.

Directed by Emmett J. Flynn · 1h 40m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

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.

6 Best Estelle Taylor Movies

Cimarron (1931)

Show People (1928)

Don Juan (1926)

The Ten Commandments (1923)

Hollywood (1923)

Monte Cristo (1922)

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