Best 29 Drama Movies Editor's Pick Released in 1934

As an aspiring New York socialite prepares for a lavish dinner party, her guests find themselves consumed by a tangle of business, romantic, and personal crises - all of which come to a head on the big night. Learn about Dinner at Eight / IMDB / YouTube

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 and the man she loves. Details on Queen Christina / IMDB / YouTube

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold, unfeeling waitress who might ultimately destroy them both. Find out about Of Human Bondage / IMDB / YouTube

A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power. Find out about The Scarlet Empress / IMDB / YouTube

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way. Explore Imitation of Life / IMDB / YouTube

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman. Details on Manhattan Melodrama / IMDB / YouTube

The man-hungry Queen of Egypt leads Julius Caesar and Marc Antony astray, amid scenes of DeMillean splendor. Look into Cleopatra / IMDB / YouTube

A dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies. Explore The Lost Patrol / IMDB / YouTube

After greedy men have Edmond Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to get his revenge on them. Read about The Count of Monte Cristo / IMDB / YouTube

Young Jim Hawkins is torn between his loyalty to his benefactors and his affection for lovable rogue Long John Silver in their struggle to recover a buried pirate treasure. Read about Treasure Island / IMDB / YouTube

A story about a family torn apart by a worker's strike. At first, the mother wants to protect her family from the troublemakers, but eventually she realizes that her son is right and the workers should strike. Look into Mother / IMDB / YouTube

Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, uses common sense and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky. Look into Judge Priest / IMDB / YouTube

An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody. Explore Bright Eyes / IMDB / YouTube

Street walker by night, devoted mother by day, a woman fights to get her young son an education amid criminal and social injustice in China. See more about The Goddess / IMDB / YouTube

The Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love. Find out about Death Takes a Holiday / IMDB / YouTube

In this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty, the everyday trials of life on Ireland's unforgiving Aran Islands are captured with attention to naturalistic beauty and historical detail. Explore Man of Aran / IMDB / YouTube

Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning. Info on The Barretts of Wimpole Street / IMDB / YouTube

A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread! See more about Our Daily Bread / IMDB / YouTube

Charlie visits a wealthy country home in England. Suspects in the murder range from a housekeeper, to a stableman, to a lawyer. Details on Charlie Chan in London / IMDB / YouTube

When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses. Explore Fashions of 1934 / IMDB / YouTube

An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor. Learn about Jimmy the Gent / IMDB / YouTube

The neglected wife of a high profile attorney dallies with a unscrupulous womanizer and finds herself involved in blackmail and murder. More about Evelyn Prentice / IMDB / YouTube

U.S. marshal John Carruthers observes a robbery and Sheriff Jake thinks he may be the culprit. Meanwhile the town's leading citizen is planning to rob everybody blind. Find out about Blue Steel / IMDB / YouTube

A wife neglected by her husband, a medical researcher in China, falls in love with a dashing diplomatic attaché. Find out about The Painted Veil / IMDB / YouTube

A working girl's fortunes improve when she marries into money, but happiness is not so easily won. See more about Sadie McKee / IMDB / YouTube

Dill leaves Mary standing at the altar in order to marry his old flame, Connie, instead. Knowing that Mary still has feelings for Dill, Jeff keeps quiet about his own love for her. Explore Forsaking All Others / IMDB / YouTube

Union spy Gail Loveless impersonates a black maid in the early days of the Civil War, but complications arise when she falls in love with a Confederate officer. Find out about Operator 13 / IMDB / YouTube

A romantic teenage girl is adopted by a pair of elderly siblings in turn-of-the-century Canada. Info on Anne of Green Gables / IMDB / YouTube

Chorus girl Eadie is determined to marry a millionaire without sacrificing her virtue. See more about The Girl from Missouri / IMDB / YouTube