Drama Movies

Grand Illusion Grand Illusion
Grand Illusion
IMDb: 8.1
114

A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World…

Dodsworth Dodsworth
Dodsworth
IMDb: 7.8
101

An adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’ novel about a middle-aged American automobile tycoon who retires and goes to Europe, where he and his appearance-conscious, snobbish wife find differing sets of values……

My Man Godfrey My Man Godfrey
My Man Godfrey
IMDb: 8.0
95

Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a “forgotten man” to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the…

Show Boat Show Boat
Show Boat
IMDb: 7.4
113

Despite her mother’s objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company’s new leading lady.

The Great Ziegfeld The Great Ziegfeld
The Great Ziegfeld
IMDb: 6.6
176

Lavish biography of Flo Ziegfeld, the producer who became Broadway’s biggest starmaker.

Modern Times Modern Times
Modern Times
IMDb: 8.5
87

The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.

Mutiny on the Bounty Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutiny on the Bounty
IMDb: 7.6
132

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on avenging his captors.

The Bride of Frankenstein The Bride of Frankenstein
The Bride of Frankenstein
IMDb: 7.8
75

Bride of Frankenstein begins where James Whale’s Frankenstein from 1931 ended. Dr. Frankenstein has not been killed as previously portrayed and now he wants to get away from the mad…

Queen Christina Queen Christina
Queen Christina
IMDb: 7.5
99

Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne…

Gold Diggers of 1933 Gold Diggers of 1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
IMDb: 7.7
97

Things get tough for Carol and her showgirl pals, Trixie and Polly, when the Great Depression kicks in and all the Broadway shows close down. Wealthy songwriter Brad saves the…

42nd Street 42nd Street
42nd Street
IMDb: 7.3
89

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

Cavalcade Cavalcade
Cavalcade
IMDb: 5.8
112

A cavalcade of English life from New Year’s Eve 1899 until 1933 seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the…

Grand Hotel Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel
IMDb: 7.3
112

Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.

Scarface Scarface
Scarface
IMDb: 7.7
93

A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

Freaks Freaks
Freaks
IMDb: 7.8
62

A circus’ beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
IMDb: 7.6
98

Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men – a good and an evil side. He believes that…

Frankenstein Frankenstein
Frankenstein
IMDb: 7.8
70

Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.

M M
M
IMDb: 8.3
109

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert’s heinous crimes are so repellant and…

Dracula Dracula
Dracula
IMDb: 7.4
74

The legend of vampire Count Dracula begins here with this original 1931 Dracula film from Bela Lugosi.

Cimarron Cimarron
Cimarron
IMDb: 5.8
123

When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A…

City Lights City Lights
City Lights
IMDb: 8.5
87

City Lights is the first silent film that Charlie Chaplin directed after he established himself with sound accompanied films. The film is about a penniless man who falls in love…

All Quiet on the Western Front All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
IMDb: 8.1
134

A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. Together with several other young German soldiers, he experiences the horrors of war, such evil of…

The Blue Angel The Blue Angel
The Blue Angel
IMDb: 7.7
108

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch…

The Broadway Melody The Broadway Melody
The Broadway Melody
IMDb: 5.6
101

Harriet and Queenie Mahoney, a vaudeville act, come to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield’s shows. Eddie was in love…

The Wind The Wind
The Wind
IMDb: 8.0
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…

The Cameraman The Cameraman
The Cameraman
IMDb: 8.0
74

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

The Passion of Joan of Arc The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Passion of Joan of Arc
IMDb: 8.2
82

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…

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 little.

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
IMDb: 8.1
94

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

Wings Wings
Wings
IMDb: 7.6
141

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I….

Metropolis Metropolis
Metropolis
IMDb: 8.3
153 min

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city’s mastermind falls in love with a working class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

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Faust Faust
Faust
IMDb: 8.1
116

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
IMDb: 7.8
143

The trials and tribulations of Judah Ben-Hur, a wealthy Jewish man forced into galley slavery, is juxtaposed with the rise of a man some consider to be the Messiah.

Battleship Potemkin Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin
IMDb: 7.9
75

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the…

The Big Parade The Big Parade
The Big Parade
IMDb: 7.9
151

The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army’s Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working…

The Gold Rush The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush
IMDb: 8.1
95

A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her…

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
IMDb: 8.1
148

Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of Xanten, travels to Worms, capital of the Burgundian kingdom, to ask King Gunther for the hand of his sister, the beautiful Kriemhild.

The Kid The Kid
The Kid
IMDb: 8.3
68

A tramp cares for a boy after he’s abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her…

Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages
Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages
IMDb: 7.7
197

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.