Top 27 Drama Movies Editor's Pick Released in 1926

The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul. Find out about Faust / IMDB / YouTube

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife. Explore A Page of Madness / IMDB / YouTube

Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other fiercely loves. Explore Flesh and the Devil / IMDB / YouTube

A couple is brutally murdered in the working-class district of Paris. Later on, the narrative follows the lives of their two daughters, both in love with a Parisian thug and leading them to separate ways. Explore Ménilmontant / IMDB / YouTube

Seeking revenge, an athletic young man joins the pirate band responsible for his father's death. Find out about The Black Pirate / IMDB / YouTube

The son of the sheik and a dancing girl fall in love, but when he is made to believe she has betrayed him he seeks revenge. More about The Son of the Sheik / IMDB / YouTube

A spiral design spins dizzily. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end: a spiral design, a disk. Each disk is labelled and can be read as it rotates. The messages, in French, feature puns and whimsical rhymes and alliteration. The final message comments on the spiral motif itself. Learn about Anemic Cinema / IMDB / YouTube

Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed. Check out 3 Bad Men / IMDB / YouTube

Molly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of. Learn about Sparrows / IMDB / YouTube

Prologue: The murderer Boss Huller - after having spent ten years in prison - breaks his silence to tell the warden his story. Boss, a former trapeze artist, and his wife own a cheap side-show that displays ''erotic sensations''. But he longs for his former glamorous life in the circus. When he meets the orphan Berta-Marie, he falls under her spell and leaves his . More about Variety / IMDB / YouTube

A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved. Info on Lady Windermere's Fan / IMDB / YouTube

A five-person team of gold prospectors in the Yukon has just begun to enjoy great success when one of the members snaps, and suddenly kills two of the others. The two survivors, a husband and wife, subdue the killer but are then faced with an agonizing dilemma. With no chance of turning him over to the authorities for many weeks, they must decide whether to exact just. Learn about By the Law / IMDB / YouTube

Claire Lescot is a famous first lady. All men want to be loved by her and among them is the young scientist Einar Norsen. When she mocks at him, he leaves her house with the declared intention to kill himself. Explore L'inhumaine / IMDB / YouTube

When the vivacious and beautiful Nana bombs at the Théâtre des Variétés, she embarks on the life of a courtesan, using her allure and charisma to entice and pleasure men. More about Nana / IMDB / YouTube

Diotima meets Karl in the mountains where they fall in love and have an affair. When Karl's friend, Vigo, meets her, he mistakenly believes she is in love with him. Karl then believes that she is betraying him with his friend. Look into The Holy Mountain / IMDB / YouTube

While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher's daughter. Look into The Winning of Barbara Worth / IMDB / YouTube

A magician/alchemist, seeking to create life, finds that he needs the blood of a virgin to continue his experiments. He sends out his dwarf assistant to pick out the right girl. Check out The Magician / IMDB / YouTube

An innkeeper murders a wealthy guest to pay off his debt, but his conscience will not allow him to get away with the crime so easily. Learn about The Bells / IMDB / YouTube

Michael Beau Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their own sadistic commander than from the rebellious Arabs. Details on Beau Geste / IMDB / YouTube

Mathias Pascal, only son of a once rich family, marries beautiful Romilde, who has a terrible mother-in-law. She controls her daughter, and soon his home life becomes a nightmare, as well as his job as assistant librarian in his home town. His only moments of lights are his mother and his baby, but both die on the same day. Shocked he leaves his hometown and gets to M. More about The Late Mathias Pascal / IMDB / YouTube

A small-town girl finds escape from her cruel home life in the arms of a handsome stranger. Soon she finds herself working as a prostitute in New Orleans, desperately clinging to the belief that he really loves her. Learn about The Red Kimono / IMDB / YouTube

Follows Tom O'Day, who is loved by two women: Anna Burger and Gloria Hamilton. He has no idea of Anna's love for him, and he becomes engaged to Gloria. Look into The Johnstown Flood / IMDB / YouTube

An American fighting ship battles Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean in the 18th century. More about Old Ironsides / IMDB / YouTube

Geoffrey, a young and impoverished writer, is desperately in love with Mavis, who lives at his boardinghouse and is also pursuing a writing career. Unable to marry her because of his poverty, in his anger he curses God for abandoning him. Soon Geoffrey meets Prince Lucio de Rimanez, a wealthy, urbane gentleman who informs Geoffrey that he has inherited a fortune, but . Get info on The Sorrows of Satan / IMDB / YouTube

The tale of two sisters with the older one pledged to look after the younger one that transpires between a department store, NYC's Central Park and a boarding house. THe older one is the sweet, old-fashioned type and the younger is a jazz-age flapper who takes whatever falls her way. Mame, the older, goes on vacation and returns home to find that her kid sister, Janie. Explore Love 'Em and Leave 'Em / IMDB / YouTube

A man is swindled out of his mill business and turns to drink. After losing his daughter who is hit in the head by a glass during a bar brawl, he is reborn and runs for mayor a couple years later More about Ten Nights in a Barroom / IMDB / YouTube

A love triangle in a circus troupe, Get info on You Never Know Women / IMDB / YouTube