Search results for "1928"
Verdun: Visions of History

Verdun: Visions of History

Verdun: Visions of History
IMDb: 7.3
151

A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.

Noah’s Ark

Noah’s Ark

Noah’s Ark
IMDb: 6.6
135

The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Last Warning

The Last Warning

The Last Warning
IMDb: 6.8
89

A producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the…

In Old Arizona

In Old Arizona

In Old Arizona
IMDb: 5.5
95

Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends much of his loot…

Genre: Western
L’Argent

L’Argent

L’Argent
IMDb: 7.5
165

Adapted from the novel L’Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.

Genre: Drama
You’re Darn Tootin’

You’re Darn Tootin’

You’re Darn Tootin’
IMDb: 6.6
21

Members of a municipal band, Stanley and Oliver seem to be always following someone else’s lead, rather than that of the temperamental conductor.

Genre: Comedy
Yacht of the Seven Sins

Yacht of the Seven Sins

Yacht of the Seven Sins
IMDb: 6.3
81

The ship-owner Herr Reeder Roberts organizes a world trip on his luxury liner “Yoshiwara”. Aboard are millionaires and famous artists, but also criminals. The manager of the ship-owner, Stefan Martini,…

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Woman Wise

Woman Wise

Woman Wise
IMDb: N/A
62

In Jedda, Persia, American consul George Gage, known as a woman hater, is shocked when his newly arrived assistant, “Billie Baxter,” whom he assumes will be a man, turns out…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar
IMDb: 7.2
70

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician’s wife.

The Wind

The Wind

The Wind
IMDb: 8
76

When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she…

We Faw Down

We Faw Down

We Faw Down
IMDb: 6.8
20

Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of…

Genre: Comedy
Underground

Underground

Underground
IMDb: 7.3
93

A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men – gentle Bill and brash Bert – meet and are attracted to the same…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Two Tars

Two Tars

Two Tars
IMDb: 7.2
21

Two sailors on shore leave rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered motorists….

Genre: Comedy
Tropic Madness

Tropic Madness

Tropic Madness
IMDb: N/A
65

Herbert Pomeroy’s wife Juanita spends his money extravagantly and irresponsibly, finally driving him to bankruptcy. Desperate, he sends his son Frankie to live with his friend Henderson, a South Seas…

Genre: Drama
Their Purple Moment

Their Purple Moment

Their Purple Moment
IMDb: 6.6
22

The boys sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Stan’s wife has switched her grocery coupons for Stan’s secret stash of mad money. The boys run up…

Genre: Comedy
The Trail of ’98

The Trail of ’98

The Trail of ’98
IMDb: 7
87

Fortune hunters from all over the country rushing to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.

Genre: Action, Adventure
That Certain Thing

That Certain Thing

That Certain Thing
IMDb: 6.3
64

Gold-digger Molly marries the heir to a fortune, but things go badly when he is disinherited and starts working as a ditch digger.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Street Angel

Street Angel

Street Angel
IMDb: 7.3
102

A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Steamboat Willie

Steamboat Willie

Steamboat Willie
IMDb: 7.4
8

Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie Mouse, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Spies

Spies

Spies
IMDb: 7.5
145

The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government’s secret service.

Genre: Romance, Thriller
Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Steamboat Bill, Jr.
IMDb: 7.8
70

The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he’s not seen since he was a child.

Speedy

Speedy

Speedy
IMDb: 7.6
86

A hapless young man living in New York City rallies to save his girlfriend’s grandfather’s horse-drawn trolley, the last in the city, from being put out of business by a…

Genre: Comedy
So This Is Love

So This Is Love

So This Is Love
IMDb: 5.8
56

So This is Love? was another early Frank Capra production for fledgling Columbia Pictures. The hero, dress designer Jerry McGuire (William Collier Jr.), is tired of being considered a wimp….

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Should Married Men Go Home?

Should Married Men Go Home?

Should Married Men Go Home?
IMDb: 6.7
20

Mrs. Hardy throws Ollie and Stan out of the house. They try to impress two young ladies at a golf course and end up fighting with other golfers.

Genre: Comedy
The Sex Life of the Polyp

The Sex Life of the Polyp

The Sex Life of the Polyp
IMDb: 5.4
11

Dr. Benchley is addressing the Ladies Club on the subject of the reproductive habits of the polyp, a small aquatic organism. Although he is not able to display his live…

Genre: Comedy
Shiraz: A Romance of India

Shiraz: A Romance of India

Shiraz: A Romance of India
IMDb: 7
106

A historical romance set in the Mughal Empire. Selima is a princess-foundling raised by a potter and loved by her brother, Shiraz. She is abducted and sold as a slave…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Riley the Cop

Riley the Cop

Riley the Cop
IMDb: 6
68

In this early comedy from John Ford, Riley is a New York Irish cop sent to Germany to track down a young man who stole money from a local bakery.

Genre: Comedy
The Racket

The Racket

The Racket
IMDb: 6.5
84

A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Storm Over Asia

Storm Over Asia

Storm Over Asia
IMDb: 6.9
127

In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from the trading post, he…

Genre: Drama, History, War
The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl

The Little Match Girl
IMDb: 7.1
38

An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on New Year’s Eve. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to…

Genre: Drama, Fantasy
The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc
IMDb: 8.1
81

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she’d spoken to God, Jeanne d’Arc…

Genre: Drama, History
The Pace That Kills

The Pace That Kills

The Pace That Kills
IMDb: 7.1
64

Young farmboy leaves for the big city to get a job and find his sister; both of them get involved with drug dealers and become opium/cocaine addicts.

Genre: Drama
Our Dancing Daughters

Our Dancing Daughters

Our Dancing Daughters
IMDb: 6.7
84

A flapper who’s secretly a good girl and a gold-digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie for the hand of a millionaire.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Eleventh Year

The Eleventh Year

The Eleventh Year
IMDb: 7
52

The film is dedicated to the achievements of the Ukrainian SSR for the eleventh anniversary of the October Revolution.

Genre: Documentary
Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge
IMDb: 6.6
137

An odd and tightly directed tale of a singer/dancer at the Moulin Rouge, who meets her daughter’s fiance, only to have him fall obsessively in love with her and she…

Genre: Drama, Music
A Night of Mystery

A Night of Mystery

A Night of Mystery
IMDb: N/A
60

Bound for Africa the next day, Captain Ferréol visits Gilberte Boismartel, his former sweetheart who is now married to Rochemore, a French magistrate, to return her love letters. Leaving he…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs
IMDb: 7.6
110

When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
Lonesome

Lonesome

Lonesome
IMDb: 7.7
70

Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day together….

Genre: Drama, Romance
Leave ‘Em Laughing

Leave ‘Em Laughing

Leave ‘Em Laughing
IMDb: 6.7
22

Stan complains of a toothache and he and Ollie visit the dentist. Ollie gets his teeth pulled by mistake. Under the influence of laughing gas, they leave and cause much…

Genre: Comedy
Habeas Corpus

Habeas Corpus

Habeas Corpus
IMDb: 6.6
20

Loony scientist hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.

Genre: Comedy