Best 15 Drama Movies Releases from 1922

On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life. Explore The Phantom Carriage / IMDB / YouTube

In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle. More about Nanook of the North / IMDB / YouTube

When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate. Read about Destiny / IMDB / YouTube

Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way. Info on Orphans of the Storm / IMDB / YouTube

A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat. More about Foolish Wives / IMDB / YouTube

A shiftless young man becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman and yearns to find her again. Read about Phantom / IMDB / YouTube

A toreador's (Rudolph Valentino) familial and social life is threatened when he has an affair. Details on Blood and Sand / IMDB / YouTube

Mary Tudor, sister of England's Henry VIII, causes a stir by falling in love with a guardsman below her class. Info on When Knighthood Was in Flower / IMDB / YouTube

An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master. Details on Oliver Twist / IMDB / YouTube

A young Sherlock Holmes seeks to bring down the criminal mastermind Moriarty as he solves a crime involving a blackmailed prince. See more about Sherlock Holmes / IMDB / YouTube

The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the two countries. Info on The Loves of Pharaoh / IMDB / YouTube

A brother and sister living in the Canadian Northwest pose as husband and wife. They are suspects in the murder of a barracks inspector who was responsible for the deaths of their parents. The brother confesses to the crime to protect his sister, who he thinks actually did it--but she didn't. Complications ensue. Read about The Broken Silence / IMDB / YouTube

Wealthy Elias Graves builds his home on the top of a hill; a group of squatters have taken up residence at the bottom. Many of the men in the squatters' village have their eyes on young Tess, and one of them, Ben Letts, frames Tess' father for murder. While maintaining her father's innocence, Tess must keep her love for Graves' son a secret while caring for Elias' dau. Details on Tess of the Storm Country / IMDB / YouTube

A dying Chinese man converts to Christianity in order to stop a friend from being blackmailed. More about Shadows / IMDB / YouTube

Irene saves Herbert and the two help Princess Savitri flee the palace. Explore Mysteries of India, Part II: Above All Law / IMDB / YouTube