Top 25 Drama Movies Popular from 1937

A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel. Info on Sabotage / IMDB / YouTube

When a revered diplomat's plane is diverted and crashes in the peaks of Tibet, he and the other survivors are guided to an isolated monastery at Shangri-La, where they wrestle with the invitation to stay. Learn about Lost Horizon / IMDB / YouTube

Young Esther Victoria Blodgett comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom and achieves them only with the help of alcoholic leading man Norman Maine, whose best days are behind him. Explore A Star Is Born / IMDB / YouTube

A man on the run from a murder charge enlists the help of a beautiful stranger who must put herself at risk for his cause. More about Young and Innocent / IMDB / YouTube

A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship in the 1920s gets picked up by a New England fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work. More about Captains Courageous / IMDB / YouTube

An elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in. Read about Make Way for Tomorrow / IMDB / YouTube

The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfus Affair. Find out about The Life of Emile Zola / IMDB / YouTube

A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house. More about Stage Door / IMDB / YouTube

The lives of a young man, a young woman, an notorious gangster, and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum. Info on Dead End / IMDB / YouTube

A Parisian courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the callous baron who wants her, even as her own health begins to fail. More about Camille / IMDB / YouTube

The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control. Read about You Only Live Once / IMDB / YouTube

An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit. See more about Nothing Sacred / IMDB / YouTube

A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future. Look into Stella Dallas / IMDB / YouTube

Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus. Info on The Good Earth / IMDB / YouTube

An Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped. Find out about The Prisoner of Zenda / IMDB / YouTube

A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties. Look into Marked Woman / IMDB / YouTube

A plucky little orphan girl gets dumped abruptly into her gruff, hermit grandfather's care, then later gets retaken and delivered as a companion for an injured girl. Info on Heidi / IMDB / YouTube

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts after the now-named Kid Galahad falls for his sister. Read about Kid Galahad / IMDB / YouTube

A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence. Details on Black Legion / IMDB / YouTube

A charismatic thief makes friends with a bankrupt baron who comes to live in the thief's slum. Meanwhile the thief seeks the love of a young woman, who is held emotionally captive by her slumlord family. See more about The Lower Depths / IMDB / YouTube

A woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man. Explore Angel / IMDB / YouTube

When a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estate hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives. More about Night Must Fall / IMDB / YouTube

A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well. Details on The Prince and the Pauper / IMDB / YouTube

A wealthy divorcée falls for a charming Parisian, but her insanely jealous ex-husband will do anything to get her back. Details on History Is Made at Night / IMDB / YouTube

A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance. Read about The Amazing Adventure / IMDB / YouTube