Greatest 29 Drama Movies Worth Watching Released in 1927

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. Info on Metropolis / IMDB / YouTube

After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines. Explore The General / IMDB / YouTube

A married farmer falls under the spell of a sophisticated woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife. Check out Sunrise / IMDB / YouTube

A serial killer known as The Avenger is on the loose in London, murdering blonde women. A mysterious man arrives at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting looking for a room to rent. The Buntings' daughter is a blonde model who is seeing one of the detectives assigned to the case. The detective becomes jealous of the lodger and begins to suspect that he might be the avenger. Explore The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog / IMDB / YouTube

A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost. Learn about The Unknown / IMDB / YouTube

A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned. Get info on Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ / IMDB / YouTube

Ronald's high-school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. Fearing to lose her to rival Jeff, he decides to go to college and pay more attentions to sports. More about College / IMDB / YouTube

A sheriff's milquetoast son has a chance to prove himself when a medicine show run by con artists comes into town. Learn about The Kid Brother / IMDB / YouTube

A street cleaner saves a young woman's life, and the pair slowly fall in love until war intervenes. Look into 7th Heaven / IMDB / YouTube

Two boxers compete for the love of a woman. Learn about The Ring / IMDB / YouTube

Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend. Learn about Underworld / IMDB / YouTube

Bound by honor, a successful schoolboy takes the blame for his roommate's indiscretion, and it's all downhill from there. See more about Downhill / IMDB / YouTube

A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's Tartuffe, in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets his own inheritance. Find out about Tartuffe / IMDB / YouTube

Jesus Christ faces religious and political oppression during his ministry and in the days before his death and resurrection. Info on The King of Kings / IMDB / YouTube

After having a child out of wedlock, a young Puritan woman is pressured to reveal the name of her lover. Read about The Scarlet Letter / IMDB / YouTube

In post-WWI Vienna, Greta (Greta Garbo), her kid sister, and retired dad try to make it through tough times. Explore The Joyless Street / IMDB / YouTube

Remake of the famous novel, Trilby Info on Svengali / IMDB / YouTube

François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot. More about The Beloved Rogue / IMDB / YouTube

Performers in a Budapest sideshow encounter love, greed, and murder. Explore The Show / IMDB / YouTube

When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance. Learn about Mr. Wu / IMDB / YouTube

A wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her boyfriend in cold blood after he leaves her. Find out about Chicago / IMDB / YouTube

The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie. Explore Annie Laurie / IMDB / YouTube

A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman, but didn't marry her for fear the marriage would end in divorce, like his parents'. Complications ensue. More about Children of Divorce / IMDB / YouTube

Orphan Anna lives with her aunt Aliona in the Russian district of Ryazan. One day, they meet Wassily and his son Ivan. In order to marry off his son, Wassily organizes a meeting with all the town's single frauleins and out destiny will reunite Anna and Ivan again. Learn about Women of Ryazan / IMDB / YouTube

Among the struggling residents of a theatrical boarding-house is luckless Eric, scion of an acting dynasty. Due to an offer to star as ‚Hamlet' he takes lessons from a faded actor and scores a huge hit - but he forgets his old friends. Look into Upstream / IMDB / YouTube

The daughter of a pineapple plantation owner in Hawaii sets her sights on a married English engineer. Learn about Hula / IMDB / YouTube

A young American girl in Paris falls in love with a handsome nobleman, but he is about to wed in an arranged marriage. She hatches a plan to overcome that obstacle and get her man. Info on Get Your Man / IMDB / YouTube

An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a servicemen's home. Learn about Nell Gwyn / IMDB / YouTube

A famous Chinese story about a young couple who consummate their marriage without the approval of their parents. Find out about Xi xiang ji / IMDB / YouTube