Top 23 Drama Movies Hits from 1929

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I. Look into Wings / IMDB / YouTube

After killing a man in self-defense, a young woman is blackmailed by a witness to the killing. Learn about Blackmail / IMDB / YouTube

A film about the French general's youth and early military career. Info on Napoleon / IMDB / YouTube

A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt. Explore The Broadway Melody / IMDB / YouTube

After falling pregnant by a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is ejected from her home and sent to a strict girls' reform school. Check out Diary of a Lost Girl / IMDB / YouTube

A fisherman and a rising young lawyer, who grew up as brothers, fall in love with the same girl. Look into The Manxman / IMDB / YouTube

A sharecropper decides to become a preacher after falling for a vamp from the city. Check out Hallelujah / IMDB / YouTube

A young Chinese woman working in the kitchen at a London dance club is given the chance to become the club's main act, which leads to a plot of betrayal, forbidden love, and murder. Find out about Piccadilly / IMDB / YouTube

Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Check out Lucky Star / IMDB / YouTube

King Louis XIII of France is thrilled when his son is born--an heir to the throne. But his Queen has actually delivered twin boys. Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France. Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D'Artagnan, off t. Check out The Iron Mask / IMDB / YouTube

Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal. See more about Disraeli / IMDB / YouTube

The trial and tribulations of a strong-willed woman who elopes and gives birth out of wedlock without telling her ex-husband. Learn about The Trespasser / IMDB / YouTube

A charming, happy-go-lucky bandit in old Arizona plays cat-and-mouse with the sheriff trying to catch him while he romances a local beauty. More about In Old Arizona / IMDB / YouTube

A bored WWI veteran helps out a young woman whose uncle is being held hostage by embezzlers. Read about Bulldog Drummond / IMDB / YouTube

An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist. Get info on The Great Gabbo / IMDB / YouTube

Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan, a policeman's daughter, to the theater, sneaked out during the intermission to commit the crime, then used her to support his alibi. The detective squad employs its most sophisti. Look into Alibi / IMDB / YouTube

Nightclub singer 'the Canary' blackmails acquaintances, ends up murdered. Only witness also killed. Detective Philo Vance investigates to uncover her killer among numerous suspects she had exploited. See more about The Canary Murder Case / IMDB / YouTube

The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War. Find out about Noah's Ark / IMDB / YouTube

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl. Learn about Thunderbolt / IMDB / YouTube

Leslie Crosbie's extramarital affair with Geoffrey Hammond spirals after Robert heads out, as Hammond abandons Leslie for the alluring native woman Li Ti. Find out about The Letter / IMDB / YouTube

On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Learn about The Mysterious Island / IMDB / YouTube

The rise of a showgirl, Gloria Hughes, culminating in a Ziegfeld extravaganza Glorifying the American Girl. Check out Glorifying the American Girl / IMDB / YouTube

Two teenagers, one an atheist and the other a Christian, fall in love at a brutal reform school. See more about The Godless Girl / IMDB / YouTube