Greatest 26 Drama Movies Highly Rated Released in 1939

A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character. Learn about Mr. Smith Goes to Washington / IMDB / YouTube

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process. Find out about Stagecoach / IMDB / YouTube

A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff. Find out about Wuthering Heights / IMDB / YouTube

Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I. See more about The Roaring Twenties / IMDB / YouTube

At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air-freight company is compelled to risk the lives of his pilots in order to win an important contract as a traveling American showgirl stops in town. Read about Only Angels Have Wings / IMDB / YouTube

A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women. Details on The Women / IMDB / YouTube

The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights. Find out about Alexander Nevsky / IMDB / YouTube

A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity. See more about Dark Victory / IMDB / YouTube

In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her. Find out about The Hunchback of Notre Dame / IMDB / YouTube

Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him. Info on Son of Frankenstein / IMDB / YouTube

In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit. Look into Jamaica Inn / IMDB / YouTube

An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades. Find out about Goodbye, Mr. Chips / IMDB / YouTube

A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a foggy, French port city. Find out about Port of Shadows / IMDB / YouTube

A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society. Check out Pygmalion / IMDB / YouTube

A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case. Look into Young Mr. Lincoln / IMDB / YouTube

A little girl is left by her father in an exclusive seminary for girls while he fights in the Second Boer War. Later, after he is presumed dead, she is forced to become a servant. Check out The Little Princess / IMDB / YouTube

Newlyweds Gil and Lana Martin try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley but are menaced by Indians and Tories as the Revolutionary War begins. More about Drums Along the Mohawk / IMDB / YouTube

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. Learn about Love Affair / IMDB / YouTube

Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire. Read about Beau Geste / IMDB / YouTube

A British Army officer resigns, burning his last-day summons to war in the Sudan. Accusing him of cowardice, his girlfriend and three friends give him white feathers. To gain redemption, he shadows his friends to save their lives. See more about The Four Feathers / IMDB / YouTube

A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Get info on The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex / IMDB / YouTube

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge. Read about Jesse James / IMDB / YouTube

While on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes. Details on Made for Each Other / IMDB / YouTube

The arrival of an ex-lover on a young woman's wedding day sets in motion a chain of events which will alter her and her cousin's lives forever. Explore The Old Maid / IMDB / YouTube

A corrupt D.A. (Thurston Hall) with political ambitions is angered by news stories implicating him in criminal activity and decides to frame the reporter (James Cagney) for manslaughter in order to silence him. Get info on Each Dawn I Die / IMDB / YouTube

After a wealthy man finds out his wife is a gold digger, he meets and falls for a widowed mother, and complications ensue. Find out about In Name Only / IMDB / YouTube