Best 28 Drama Movies Popular from 1942

The story of a young deer growing up in the forest. Find out about Bambi / IMDB / YouTube

Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie. Look into Sullivan's Travels / IMDB / YouTube

A young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence. Get info on Saboteur / IMDB / YouTube

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved. Learn about The Magnificent Ambersons / IMDB / YouTube

At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life. Find out about How Green Was My Valley / IMDB / YouTube

A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman. Get info on Now, Voyager / IMDB / YouTube

A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II. Get info on Mrs. Miniver / IMDB / YouTube

At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer. Info on Holiday Inn / IMDB / YouTube

The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan. More about Yankee Doodle Dandy / IMDB / YouTube

Sportswriter Sam Craig and columnist Tess Harding, with the same New York newspaper, overcome their initial antagonism, fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when he comes to resent her hectic lifestyle. Read about Woman of the Year / IMDB / YouTube

When assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies. More about This Gun for Hire / IMDB / YouTube

An escaped prisoner must prove his innocence to a stuffy law professor with help from a spirited schoolteacher. Info on The Talk of the Town / IMDB / YouTube

A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S. Find out about 49th Parallel / IMDB / YouTube

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign. Explore The Glass Key / IMDB / YouTube

Dr. Frankenstein's plans to replace the brain of his monster are hijacked by his scheming and malevolent assistant Ygor. Check out The Ghost of Frankenstein / IMDB / YouTube

A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. More about They Died with Their Boots On / IMDB / YouTube

This story of a ship, the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft. Get info on In Which We Serve / IMDB / YouTube

In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone. Explore Across the Pacific / IMDB / YouTube

The day before her wedding, a pampered young woman absconds with her sister's husband. Her sister begins seeing the woman's former fiancé. More about In This Our Life / IMDB / YouTube

An ex-pirate contends with rowdy buccaneers and a love/hate relationship with an aristocratic woman who's tougher than she seems. Find out about The Black Swan / IMDB / YouTube

The dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adulthood at the turn of the century. Find out about Kings Row / IMDB / YouTube

Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs. Find out about All Through the Night / IMDB / YouTube

Capt. Jim Gordon's command of the famed American volunteer fighter group in China is complicated by the recruitment of an old friend who is a reckless hotshot. Explore Flying Tigers / IMDB / YouTube

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert, Jim Corbett, uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world. Get info on Gentleman Jim / IMDB / YouTube

The ancient Egypt Mummy, Kharis, is transported from his homeland with the high priest Mehemet to wreak vengeance on the family who has defiled the sacred tomb of his beloved Princess Ananka. Read about The Mummy's Tomb / IMDB / YouTube

Florida ship salvager Loxi falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor. Check out Reap the Wild Wind / IMDB / YouTube

The step-daughter of a district attorney falls in love with a gangster on parole who her father originally imprisoned. Check out Johnny Eager / IMDB / YouTube

In Europe at the start of World War II, a woman notices that wherever her husband goes, the Germans seem to follow. Meanwhile, a charming reporter is following them. Check out Once Upon a Honeymoon / IMDB / YouTube