6 Best Lili Damita Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 1, 2026

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Lili Damita brought a glamorous, continental presence to Hollywood across the silent and early sound eras and often played exotic, worldly women. The Match King builds a match-manufacturing empire on fraud, This Is the Night spirals a husband’s lie into farce, Fighting Caravans guides settlers while a scout falls for a mail-order bride, and The Bridge of San Luis Rey investigates five deaths in a bridge collapse. The Rescue and The Queen Was in the Parlour round out the list.

The Match King (1932) 01

The Match King (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.4

George Meeker features in this drama about an ambitious Swedish businessman who builds a vast financial empire on match manufacturing and fraud.

Directed by Howard Bretherton & William Keighley · 1h 19m · Rated NR

This Is the Night (1932) 02

This Is the Night (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Charles Ruggles features in this comedy about a husband's elaborate lie about his wife's travelling companion that spirals into a farce.

Directed by Frank Tuttle · 1h 20m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

Fighting Caravans (1931) 03

Fighting Caravans (1931)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Lili Damita is in this western about a wagon train scout who falls for a mail-order bride while guiding settlers through dangerous territory.

Directed by Otto Brower & David Burton · 1h 32m

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus, Pure Flix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) 04

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)

TMDB ★ 5.6

Lili Damita is in this silent adaptation about a friar who investigates the lives of five people killed in a bridge collapse to understand fate's design.

Directed by Charles Brabin · 1h 27m

The Rescue (1929) 05

The Rescue (1929)

TMDB ★ 5.5

Lili Damita features in this early talkie about a trader whose loyalty to a native prince is tested when he falls for a shipwrecked European woman.

Directed by Herbert Brenon · 1h 36m

The Queen Was in the Parlour (1927) 06

The Queen Was in the Parlour (1927)

TMDB ★ 5.7

Lili Damita appears in this silent drama about a European princess who disguises her identity while falling for a revolutionary fighting against her own throne.

Directed by Graham Cutts

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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.