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Movies: Popular Movies of 1928

Movies in chronological context: 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1928th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 928th year of the 2nd millennium, the 28th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1920s decade. ()

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The Passion of Joan of Arc(1928)

NR
| 1h 22min | Drama, History
4.0/5 (with 398 votes)

A classic of the silent age, this film tells the story of the doomed but ultimately canonized 15th-century teenage warrior. On trial for claiming she'd spoken to God, Jeanne d'Arc is subjected to inhumane treatment and scare tactics at the hands of church court officials. Initially bullied into changing her story, Jeanne eventually opts for what she sees as the truth. Her punishment, a famously brutal execution, earns her perpetual martyrdom.

Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer - With Renée Jeanne Falconetti, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Michel Simon, Louis Ravet, ...
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The Circus(1928)

1h 12min | Comedy, Romance / Love
4.0/5 (with 325 votes)

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

Directed by Charlie Chaplin - With Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Henry Bergman, Charlie Chaplin, Tiny Sandford, Albert Austin, ...
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Steamboat Willie(1928)

G
| 8min | Animation, Music, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 211 votes)

Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck.

Directed by Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks

The Cameraman(1928)

PG
| 1h 16min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama, Kids & Family
4.0/5 (with 146 votes)

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.

Directed by Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton - With Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Edward Brophy, Harry Gribbon, Sidney Bracey, ...
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Steamboat Bill, Jr.(1928)

NR
| 1h 10min | Comedy, Kids & Family, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 137 votes)

The just out of college effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was little.

Directed by Charles Reisner - With Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Joe Keaton, Tom McGuire, Marion Byron

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)(1928)

1h 55min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 83 votes)

Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, it re-enacts in celebratory terms several key scenes from the revolution.

Directed by Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein - With Vladimir Uralsky, Eduard Tisse, Vladimir Popov, Boris Livanov

The Man Who Laughs(1928)

NR
| 1h 50min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
3.7/5 (with 78 votes)

Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine.

Directed by Paul Leni - With Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Brandon Hurst, Olga Baclanova, Cesare Gravina, Stuart Holmes, ...

The Crowd(1928)

NR
| 1h 38min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 71 votes)

John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.

Directed by King Vidor - With Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Dell Henderson, Freddie Burke Frederick, Bert Roach, Lucy Beaumont, ...

The Fall of the House of Usher(1928)

1h 3min | Drama, Horror
3.6/5 (with 50 votes)

A stranger called Allan goes to the House of Usher. He is the sole friend of Roderick Usher, who lives in the eerie house with his sick wife Madeleine. When she dies, Roderick does not accept her death, and in the dark night, Madeleine returns.

Directed by Jean Epstein - With Charles Lamy, Jean Debucourt, Abel Gance, Marguerite Gance, Luc Dartagnan

The Wind(1928)

1h 16min | Drama, Romance / Love, Western
3.7/5 (with 42 votes)

When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors, including neighbor Lige Hightower, leave Letty increasingly disturbed, resulting in tragedy.

Directed by Victor Sjöström - With Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming, William Orlamond, Edward Earle, ...

The Docks of New York(1928)

NR
| 1h 16min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 40 votes)

A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.

Directed by Josef von Sternberg - With George Bancroft, Betty Compson, Olga Baclanova, Gustav von Seyffertitz, George Irving, Guy Oliver, ...

Speedy(1928)

NR
| 1h 25min | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 34 votes)

Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, where he stays to see the game. When the railroad tries to run the last horse-drawn trolley (operated by his girl's grandfather) out of business, Speedy organizes the neighborhood old-timers to thwart their scheme.

Directed by Ted Wilde - With Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Babe Ruth, Jack Hill, Sam Lufkin, ...
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Spies(1928)

2h 25min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 32 votes)

The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.

Directed by Fritz Lang - With Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch, Georg John, Paul Hörbiger, Fritz Rasp, ...
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The Last Command(1928)

1h 28min | Drama, History, Romance / Love, War
3.7/5 (with 29 votes)

A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.

Directed by Josef von Sternberg - With Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Fritz Feld, Guy Oliver, Michael Visaroff, ...

Champagne(1928)

1h 33min | Comedy
2.6/5 (with 28 votes)

Betty, the rebellious daughter of a millionaire, decides to marry the penniless Jean—against her father's will—and runs away to France and lives a life of luxury on the profits from her father's business. Pretending his business is crashing, her father finally puts a stop to her behavior, which forces Betty to support herself by getting a job in a night club.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock - With Alexander D'Arcy, Betty Balfour, Jean Bradin, Gordon Harker, Ferdinand von Alten, Vivian Gibson, ...
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The Seashell and the Clergyman(1928)

40min | Mystery
3.5/5 (with 28 votes)

Obsessed with a general's woman, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own appetites.

Directed by Germaine Dulac - With Alex Allin, Génica Athanasiou, Lucien Bataille

The Farmer's Wife(1928)

2h 9min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
2.8/5 (with 28 votes)

Successful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves home. Deciding he wishes to remarry, Sweetland pursues some local women he considers prospects.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock - With Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis, Gordon Harker
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Easy Virtue(1928)

1h 25min | Romance / Love, Drama
2.6/5 (with 28 votes)

Larita Filton is named as correspondent in a scandalous divorce case. She escapes to France to rebuild her life where she meets John Whittaker. They are later married, but John's well-to-do family finds out Larita's secret.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock - With Isabel Jeans, Franklin Dyall, Eric Bransby Williams, Ian Hunter, Dorothy Boyd, Alfred Hitchcock, ...

Lonesome(1928)

1h 10min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 26 votes)

Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day together. Will they ever see each other again?

Directed by Paul Fejos - With Barbara Kent, Glenn Tryon, Fay Holderness

The Starfish(1928)

21min | Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 26 votes)

Two people stand on a road, out of focus. Seen distorted through a glass, they retire upstairs to a bedroom where she undresses. He says, "Adieu." Images: the beautiful girl, a starfish in a jar, city scenes, newspapers, tugboats. More images: starfish, the girl. "How beautiful she is." Repeatedly. He advances up the stair, knife in hand, starfish on the step. Three people stand on a road, out of focus. "How beautiful she was." "How beautiful she is." "Beautiful.".

Directed by Man Ray, Jacques-André Boiffard - With Alice Prin, Robert Desnos

Ghosts Before Breakfast(1928)

9min
3.5/5 (with 24 votes)

Hans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine.

Directed by Hans Richter - With Darius Milhaud, Hans Richter, Jean Oser, Madeleine Milhaud, Paul Hindemith

Storm Over Asia(1928)

2h 7min | Drama, War, History
3.4/5 (with 24 votes)

In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from the trading post, he escapes to the hills after brawling with the trader who cheated him. In 1920 he becomes a Soviet partisan, and helps the partisans fight for the Soviets against the occupying British army. However he is captured by the British when they try to requisition cattle from the herdsmen at the same time as the commandant meets with a reincarnated Grand Lama. After the trapper is shot, the army discovers an amulet that suggests he is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. They find him still alive, so the army restores his health and plans to use him as the head of a puppet regime. The trapper is thus thrust into prominence as he is placed in charge of the puppet government. By the end, however, the "puppet" turns against his masters in an outburst of fury.

Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin - With Valéry Inkijinoff, Boris Barnet, Anna Sten, Anel Sudakevich, Karl Gurnyak, Aleksandr Chistyakov, ...

Street Angel(1928)

NR
| 1h 42min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 21 votes)

A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter.

Directed by Frank Borzage - With Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Alberto Rabagliati, Henry Armetta, Natalie Kingston, Guido Trento, ...
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Two Tars(1928)

NR
| 21min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 21 votes)

Two sailors shore leave rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered motorists. A minor collision sets off an escalating series of retaliations.

Directed by James Parrott - With Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall, Edgar Kennedy, Charley Rogers, Baldwin Cooke, ...

The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra(1928)

14min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 20 votes)

This short experimental film tells the story of a man who comes to Hollywood to become a star, only to fail and be dehumanized. He is identified by the number 9413 written on his forehead.

Directed by Robert Florey

You're Darn Tootin'(1928)

NR
| 20min | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 19 votes)

Members of a municipal band, Stanley and Oliver seem to be always following someone else's lead, rather than that of the temperamental conductor.

Directed by Edgar Kennedy - With Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall, Ham Kinsey, Otto Lederer, Rolfe Sedan, ...

The Gallopin' Gaucho(1928)

6min | Western, Comedy, Animation, Kids & Family
2.8/5 (with 19 votes)

Mickey rides up to a cantina and does a tango with Minnie. When a big cat steals her away, Mickey gives chase, riding a drunken ostrich. At the hideout, Mickey has a swordfight with the cat.

Directed by Walt Disney

Beggars of Life(1928)

NR
| 1h 22min | Adventure, Drama
3.6/5 (with 18 votes)

After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.

Directed by William A. Wellman - With Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Roscoe Karns, Frank Brownlee, ...

The Finishing Touch(1928)

19min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 17 votes)

Stan and Ollie are hired to build a house in just one day. When they are done, a bird lands on the house and it collapses. Naturally, the owner wants his money back.

Directed by Clyde Bruckman - With Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dorothy Coburn, Edgar Kennedy, Sam Lufkin
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Show People(1928)

1h 23min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.8/5 (with 17 votes)

Peggy Pepper arrives in Hollywood, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things do not go entirely according to plan.

Directed by King Vidor - With William Haines, Marion Davies, Polly Moran, Dell Henderson, Renée Adorée, Eleanor Boardman, ...
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