Top 27 Drama Movies Fan Favorites from 1921

The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy. More about The Kid / IMDB / YouTube

A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert. Info on The Sheik / IMDB / YouTube

An extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I. Info on The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse / IMDB / YouTube

In the castle Vogeloed, a few aristocrats are awaiting baroness Safferstätt. But first count Oetsch invites himself.. Everyone thinks he murdered his brother, baroness Safferstat's first husband, three years ago. So he is rather undesirable. But Oetsch stays; arguing he is not the murderer and will find the real one... See more about The Haunted Castle / IMDB / YouTube

Ejvind and his family are in need of food. So Ejvind seeks help from the rich priest next door. He refuses to help. Ejvind then steals a sheep from the priest, he is caught. But he escapes from prison, and becomes an outlaw. Get info on The Outlaw and His Wife / IMDB / YouTube

When three thuggish men are responsible for the death of his father and the crippling of his brother, young David must choose between supporting his family or risking his life and exacting vengeance. See more about Tol'able David / IMDB / YouTube

Robert and Beth Gordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sally's superficiality, Beth strives to improve her looks. The original couple falls in love again at a summer resort. Read about Why Change Your Wife? / IMDB / YouTube

Julie Leneau, a country schoolteacher in Canada, becomes the bride of Geoffrey Arnold, but her happiness is shattered by a woman named Claire who convinces Julie that she is Arnold's lawful wife. Julie flees and nearly perishes in a blizzard before she is found by government official Hubert Randolph, with whom she is snowbound and whom she later accepts in marriage so. Read about Playthings of Destiny / IMDB / YouTube

A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained. Find out about The Wildcat / IMDB / YouTube

A courtesan and an idealistic young man fall in love, only for her to give up the relationship at his status-conscious father's request. Get info on Camille / IMDB / YouTube

The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem. Look into Sumurun / IMDB / YouTube

Kenneth Traynor goes to South Africa to investigate conditions in a diamond mine in which he is interested. He is about to return home when he meets his wayward twin brother Jack, who starts home with him. The ship is blown up and everyone reported lost. Signor Keralio, a friend of Kenneth Traynor's, suddenly surprises Kenneth's wife with the news that her husband has. See more about The Mask / IMDB / YouTube

The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England. More about Anna Boleyn / IMDB / YouTube

In this early collaboration with director Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks), Chaney delivers a dual performance of dramatic intensity, starring as Ah Wing, a kind-hearted student of Confucian philosophy, and Black Mike Sylva, a murderous rake of the San Francisco underworld. Get info on Outside the Law / IMDB / YouTube

Professor teaches unmotivated wealthy students. Neighbor Olsen is rich, Griggs family is poor. Olsen and Reverend Gates admire Amelia Griggs. Wealthy student Phil befriends Reverend, recognizes class divide, tries to help. Details on The Blot / IMDB / YouTube

Mia May has surrendered herself to a disciple of free love, and, having given birth to a child, marries the twin brother and Doppelgänger of her chosen lover. Look into The Wandering Image / IMDB / YouTube

Angela (Mary Pickford) maintains a coastal lighthouse in Italy, where she awaits the return of her brothers from the war. She learns they are casualties and takes solace in the arms of an American sailor washed ashore. Explore The Love Light / IMDB / YouTube

A once-timid young woman gains newfound confidence after a failed marriage, much to the chagrin of her miserable family. Check out Miss Lulu Bett / IMDB / YouTube

The widow of Captain Errol, youngest son of the Earl of Dorincourt, and her young son Cedric are barely subsisting in early-1880s New York City, when the Earl commissions his solicitor, Haversham, to fetch young Cedric from American to be trained for the title of Lord Fauntleroy. When they arrive at the castle, the mother (Dearest), wrongly accused of marrying for pecuniary reasons, is forced to live outside the castle while Cedric captivates the earl with his innocent, childlike wit, and wins the hearts of his royal guests. Haversham appears with a woman who claims that her son is the nearest relatives of Bevis, the eldest son, and she demands the title for him. When New York papers print the story with photographs, Cedric's friends--Dick, Hobbs, and Mrs. McGinty--journey to England to expose the conspiracy. The earl is overjoyed at the news and reconciles with Dearest, and all three live happily together in the castle. Explore Little Lord Fauntleroy / IMDB / YouTube

An orphan escapes immigration officials at Ellis Island and goes to live with an old ship's master who can't find work and can't pay the rent. More about My Boy / IMDB / YouTube

An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that gives him superpowers. Get info on Algol: Tragedy of Power / IMDB / YouTube

An insecure wife fears her husband may be straying back to an old flame. Info on Too Wise Wives / IMDB / YouTube

An immoral small-town girl steals money from her drunk lover in order to go to a big city. There she becomes a cabaret star and seduces a wealthy married entrepreneur. Get info on The Polish Dancer / IMDB / YouTube

When his long-suffering wife leaves him, the hard-driving captain of a whaling ship turns bitter and takes out his anger, resentment and frustrations on all those around him, leading to tensions with his crew that come up to the point of mutiny. Read about The Sea Lion / IMDB / YouTube

Juanita Cooper is the adopted daughter of Frank and Geraldine Cooper. Geraldine backs Manuel Romero, an unscrupulous stockbroker, on a trip to Oklahoma to secure oil leases from Freedmen allottees, who are ignorant of the real value of their holding. Romero focuses on an allotment belonging to Helen, a missing allottee. Get info on By Right of Birth / IMDB / YouTube

An inventor starts a family with his childhood sweetheart, but after he becomes successful, he becomes restless and takes up with another woman. However, the woman's true nature is revealed, he realizes his mistake. Info on What Do Men Want? / IMDB / YouTube

Corporal Jack Borden, of the Northwest Mounted Police, trails the man who killed his partner to New York City. The killer is an unscrupulous promoter who is selling worthless stock in a gold mine. Borden, with the help of Blanche Hall, locates the man in a Bowery dive, but he escapes and Borden tracks him back to Canada. Along the way, he discovers that Blanche and hi. Read about Tangled Trails / IMDB / YouTube