Modern Times

It is man vs machine in Charlie Chaplin’s beloved classic and his final film featuring his famous tramp character.

This sound/silent hybrid is Chaplin’s last non-dialogue film and a farewell to the little tramp character. Its satirical treatment of the tramp as the (literal) spanner in the works of the mechanised world is both funny and profound, and the much-loved character was accorded iconic status by modernist artists and even portrayed as a cartoon.

Ranked joint 78th in the 2022 Sight and Sound Great Films of All Time poll.