Charlie Chaplin retrospective

The ten films that show how Chaplin grew from a slapstick comedian into a filmmaker with something to say about the world.

They are ordered by year, so you can follow the Tramp from the shorts' energy to the full-length features, then to the sound era.

It begins with the Tramp learning to carry feeling as well as gags, then reaches its peak with the silent masterpieces of the late 1920s and early 1930s.

It ends when sound arrives and Chaplin finds new subjects: the machine age, dictatorship, and finally the stage and ageing.