Template:Year nav topic2 Template:Yearsinfilm The year 1916 in film involved some significant events.
Events[]
- October 17 - A Daughter of the Gods released - first US production with a million dollar budget also credited with first ever nude scene by a major star.
- November 19 - Samuel Goldfish (later renamed Samuel Goldwyn) and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Company (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers).
- 11 mm, an amateur film gauge, appears on the market.
Top grossing films (U.S.)[]
| Rank | Title | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Intolerance, directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish, Constance Talmadge | |
| 2. | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(1916 film) | |
| 3. | The Innocent Lie | |
| 4. | Hulda From Holland |
Films released in 1916[]
- A Daughter of the Gods, starring Annette Kellerman
- The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring, directed by Francis Ford and Jacques Jaccard, starring Grace Cunard
- Alsace
- The Americano
- The Battle of the Somme
- Behind the Screen, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin
- La Bohème, by Albert Capellani (see disambiguation)
- Cenere
- Civilization, directed by Reginald Barker and Walter Edwards, starring Howard C. Hickman and Enid Markey
- The Curse of Quon Gwon
- The Count, directed by and starring, Charlie Chaplin
- Energetic Eva, starring Eva Tanguay
- Hell's Hinges, directed by Charles Swickard and William S. Hart, starring William S. Hart
- Hoodoo Ann, starring Mae Marsh and Robert Harron
- Hulda From Holland, starring Mary Pickford
- The Innocent Lie, starring Mary Pickford
- Intolerance, directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish, Constance Talmadge
- Judex, directed by Louis Feuillade, starring Musidora
- A Life for a Life
- Lights of New York, directed by Van Dyke Brooke, starring Leah Baird and Walter McGrail
- Oliver Twist, starring Marie Doro
- One A.M., directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin
- The Phantom of the Opera
- The Reward of Patience, directed by Robert G. Vignola, starring Lottie Pickford
- Seventeen, directed by Robert G. Vignola and starring Jack Pickford
- Ultus and the Grey Lady by George Pearson
- Where Are My Children?, directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber, starring Tyrone Power, Sr. and Juan de la Cruz
Short film series[]
- Broncho Billy Anderson (1910–1916)
- Harold Lloyd (1913–1921)
- Charlie Chaplin (1914–1923)
Deaths[]
- January 17 - Arthur V. Johnson, screen actor
- September 17 - Arthur Hoops, stage & screen actor
- October 6 - Henry Woodruff, stage & screen actor
Debuts[]
- Mae Murray
- Alla Nazimova
- Billie Burke