The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.

Events

Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top six 1918 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Notable films released in 1918

Argentina

Egypt

France

Germany

Great Britain

Hungary

Italy

Japan

Sweden

Denmark

United States

U.S.S.R.

Comedy film series

Only the films of the series released in 1918 are collected

Buster Keaton (1917–1944)

Films starring Roscoe Arbuckle, featuring Buster Keaton released in 1918:

Charlie Chaplin (1914–1940)

Charlie Chaplin wrote, produced, directed, and starred in 9 films for his own production company between 1918 and 1923. These films were distributed by First National. Below the movies released in 1918: Reconstructed in 1981 by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill

Harold Lloyd (1913–1938)

Glasses character ("The Boy"):

Lupino Lane (1915–1939)

Short films acting as his character Mr. Butterbun released in 1918:

Births

Deaths

Debuts