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Underground
7.3

Underground

Jul. 01, 1928

Underground

A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men – gentle Bill and brash Bert – meet and are attracted ...
West of Zanzibar
7.2

West of Zanzibar

Nov. 24, 1928

West of Zanzibar

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician’s wife.
The Wind
8

The Wind

Sep. 15, 1928

The Wind

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 ...
L’Argent
7.5

L’Argent

Dec. 25, 1928

L’Argent

Adapted from the novel L’Argent by Émile Zola, the film portrays the world of banking and the stock market in Paris in the 1920s.
Street Angel
7.3

Street Angel

Apr. 09, 1928

Street Angel

A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter.
Shiraz: A Romance of India
7

Shiraz: A Romance of India

A historical romance set in the Mughal Empire. Selima is a princess-foundling raised by a potter and loved by her brother, Shiraz. She is ...
Storm Over Asia
7

Storm Over Asia

Nov. 10, 1928

Storm Over Asia

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 Racket
6.6

The Racket

Nov. 01, 1928

The Racket

A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
Our Dancing Daughters
6.7

Our Dancing Daughters

Sep. 01, 1928

Our Dancing Daughters

A flapper who’s secretly a good girl and a gold-digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie for the hand of a millionaire.
The Pace That Kills
6.8

The Pace That Kills

Dec. 01, 1928

The Pace That Kills

Young farmboy leaves for the big city to get a job and find his sister; both of them get involved with drug dealers and become opium/cocaine addicts.
The Passion of Joan of Arc
8.1

The Passion of Joan of Arc

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 ...
The Little Match Girl
7.1

The Little Match Girl

Jun. 07, 1928

The Little Match Girl

An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on NYE. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a ...
Moulin Rouge
6.6

Moulin Rouge

Mar. 21, 1928

Moulin Rouge

An odd and tightly directed tale of a singer/dancer at the Moulin Rouge, who meets her daughter’s fiance, only to have him fall obsessively ...
The Man Who Laughs
7.6

The Man Who Laughs

Apr. 27, 1928

The Man Who Laughs

Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine’s father’s ...
Motherhood: Life’s Greatest Miracle
5.4

Motherhood: Life’s Greatest Miracle

In parallel stories, a social butterfly and a lower middle-class wife brace themselves for the challenge of birthing a child in the modern era.
The Last Command
7.9

The Last Command

Jan. 21, 1928

The Last Command

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.
Lonesome
7.7

Lonesome

Jun. 20, 1928

Lonesome

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 ...
The Desert Bride
5.5

The Desert Bride

Mar. 26, 1928

The Desert Bride

Captain Maurice de Florimont, a French Army intelligence officer, is captured by Arab nationalists while on an espionage mission. His sweetheart ...
The Docks of New York
7.5

The Docks of New York

Sep. 16, 1928

The Docks of New York

A blue-collar worker on New York’s depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
The Farmer’s Wife
5.8

The Farmer’s Wife

Feb. 24, 1928

The Farmer’s Wife

Successful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves home. Deciding he wishes to remarry, ...
Four Sons
7.2

Four Sons

Feb. 13, 1928

Four Sons

A family saga in which three of a Bavarian widow’s sons go to war for Germany and the fourth goes to America, Germany’s eventual ...
The Garden of Eden
6.7

The Garden of Eden

Feb. 04, 1928

The Garden of Eden

Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Her benefactor, however, is ...
Pandora’s Box
7.7

Pandora’s Box

Jan. 30, 1929

Pandora’s Box

Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper ...
Champagne
5.4

Champagne

Aug. 17, 1928

Champagne

Betty, the rebellious daughter of a millionaire, decides to marry the penniless Jean—against her father’s will—and runs away to France and ...
Wings
7.5

Wings

Aug. 12, 1927

Wings

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying ...
Way Down West
6.1

Way Down West

Sep. 08, 1927

Way Down West

Based on the classic Chinese play Romance of the Western Chamber, Way Down West follows the love story between a poor scholar and wealthy woman. ...
Beggars of Life
7.4

Beggars of Life

Sep. 22, 1928

Beggars of Life

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 ...
White Gold
6.7

White Gold

Feb. 24, 1927

White Gold

A sheep farmer brings his new wife to his father’s ranch and the old man takes an instant dislike to her.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
6.8

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Nov. 04, 1927

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George’s owner prevents the wedding. A few ...
Underworld
7.5

Underworld

Aug. 20, 1927

Underworld

Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for ...