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Modern Times

He stands alone as the greatest entertainer of modern times! No one on earth can make you laugh as heartily or touch your heart as deeply...the whole world laughs, cries and thrills to his priceless genius!

Release: 1936 Runtime: 1h 27min Rating: G Language: English

Comedy Drama Romance

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

Status: Released
Original language: EN
Production countries: United States of America
Production: Charles Chaplin Productions

Trailer for Modern Times

Modern Times (1936) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

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Audience rating

8.3 / 10 (4244 votes)

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Director

Charlie Chaplin

Main crew

Roland Totheroh — Director of Photography
Bud Thackery — Director of Photography
Ira H. Morgan — Director of Photography
Willard Nico — Editor
Charlie Chaplin — Editor
Charlie Chaplin — Original Music Composer
Charlie Chaplin — Producer
Charlie Chaplin — Screenplay

Cast

Charlie Chaplin , Paulette Goddard , Henry Bergman , Tiny Sandford , Chester Conklin , Hank Mann , Stanley Blystone , Al Ernest Garcia

Where to watch

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Themes and genres

Comedy Drama Romance factory ambulance invention mental breakdown tramp great depression industrial revolution slapstick comedy automation jail hospital black and white machine pardon silent film unemployment screwdriver police arrest wrongful conviction communism assembly line prison break attempt burglars smuggling hilarious orphans

Where to watch Modern Times in Brazil

See where to watch Modern Times in Brazil. Available on Looke, Telecine Amazon Channel and Arte Amazon Channel for streaming, rental, or digital purchase.

Updated on 19/10/2026.