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Best Movies of 1928 by Rank

Rating
Rank
No
Title
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
5 Stars, Top 100
69
1
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz
Drama / History / Biography / Religion
France
French (Silent)
5 Stars
154
2
Un Chien Andalou
Luis Buñuel
Simone Mareuil, Pierre Batcheff
Short / Fantasy / Experimental / Cult
France
French (Silent)
5 Stars
410
3
The Crowd
King Vidor
Eleanor Boardman, James Murray
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
4.5 Stars
615
4
The Wind
Victor Sjöström
Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson
Drama / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
4.5 Stars
837
5
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Buster Keaton, Charles Reisner
Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence, Tom Lewis, Marion Byron
Comedy / Romance / Family / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
4.5 Stars
958
6
The Cameraman
Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick
Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey
Comedy / Romance / Family / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
4 Stars
1018
7
October (Ten Days That Shook the World)
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Vladimir Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Layaschenko, Chibisov, Boris Livanov
Drama / History / Epic
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
4 Stars
1295
8
An Italian Straw Hat
René Clair
Marise Maia, Olga Tschechowa, Albert Prejean, Paul Olivier
Comedy / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
4 Stars
1299
9
The Last Command
Josef von Sternberg
Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Jack Raymond
Adventure / Drama / Period Film
USA
English (Silent)
4 Stars
1381
10
Storm Over Asia
Vsevolod Pudovkin
I. Dedintsev, Valéry Inkijinoff, Aleksandr Chistyakov
Action / Drama / War
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
Rating
Rank
No
Title
Director
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
4 Stars
1427
11
The Docks of New York
Josef von Sternberg
George Bancroft, Betty Compson
Drama / Crime / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
3.5 Stars
1565
12
The Fall of the House of Usher
Jean Epstein
Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard
Drama / Horror
France / USA
French (Silent)
3.5 Stars
1571
13
Show People
King Vidor
Marion Davies, William Haines
Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
3.5 Stars
1672
14
The Circus
Charles Chaplin
Charles Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker
Comedy / Family / Drama / Romance / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
3.5 Stars
1808
15
The Wedding March
Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim, Fay Wray
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
3.5 Stars
1844
16
Lonesome
Pál Fejös
Barbara Kent, Glenn Tryon, Fay Holderness
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
3 Stars
2006
17
Two Tars
James Parrott
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Thelma Hill
Comedy / Short / Family
USA
English (Silent)
3 Stars
2007
18
Spies
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers, Louis Ralph
Thriller / Spy
Germany
English (Silent)
3 Stars
2017
19
Sadie Thompson
Raoul Walsh, William Cameron Menzies
Lionel Barrymore, Gloria Swanson, Blanche Friderici, Charles Lane, Florence Midgley
Drama / Romance / Religion
USA
English (Silent)
3 Stars
2104
20
Arsenal
Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Semyon Svashenko, Amvrosi Buchma, Georgi Khorkov, Dmitri Erdman
Drama / War
Soviet Union / Ukraine
Russian (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2193
21
You're Darn Tootin'
Edgar Kennedy
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wilson Benge, Chet Brandenburg, Christian J. Frank
Comedy / Short / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2276
22
Street Angel
Frank Borzage
Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Alberto Rabagliati, Cino Conti, Guido Trento
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2507
23
The Patriot
Ernst Lubitsch
Emil Jannings, Florence Vidor, Lewis Stone, Vera Veronina
Drama / History / Period Film
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2.5 Stars
2511
24
The Patsy
King Vidor
Marion Davies, Orville Caldwell, Marie Dressler, Lawrence Gray, Dell Henderson
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2511
24
Speedy
Ted Wilde
Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Babe Ruth, Bryon Douglas, Brooks Benedict
Action / Comedy / Family / Adventure / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2546
25
Beggars of Life
William A. Wellman
Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Bob Perry, Blue Washington
Adventure / Drama / Crime / Detective
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2.5 Stars
2601
26
The Beau Brummels
unknown
Al Shaw, Sam Lee
Short / Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2601
26
Fall of the House of Usher
James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber
Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, Melville Webber, Friedrich Haak, Dorthea House
Short / Horror / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2601
26
The Life and Death of 9413:
A Hollywood Extra
Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich
Voya George, Adriane Marsh, Jules Raucourt
Short / Drama / Experimental / Fantasy
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2601
26
Pass the Gravy
Leo McCarey, Fred Guiol
Max Davidson, Martha Sleeper, Spec O'Donnell
Short / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2601
26
The Sex Life of the Polyp
Thomas Chalmers
Robert Benchley
Comedy / Short
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2601
26
Steamboat Willie
Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks
Walt Disney
Animation / Family / Comedy / Musical / Short
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2672
27
Four Sons
John Ford
Margaret Mann, James Hall, Charles Morton, Ralph Bushman, George Meeker
Drama / War
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2.5 Stars
2682
28
Zvenigora
Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Mikola Nademsky, Semen Svashenko, Alexander Podorozhny
Drama / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
29
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Jack Conway
William Haines, Lionel Barrymore, Leila Hyams, Karl Dane, Tully Marshall
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2689
29
The Big City
Tod Browning
Matthew Betz, Lon Chaney, Betty Compson, Marceline Day, John George, James Murray
Crime / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
29
Dawn
Herbert Wilcox
Sybil Thorndike, Marie Ault, Mary Brough, Ada Bodart, Dacia Deane, Haddon Mason
Drama / War
UK
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
29
Dreams of Youth
Yasujiro Ozu
Junko Matsui, Kenji Oyama, Chishu Ryu, Tatsuo Saito, Takeshi Sakamoto
Comedy
Japan
Japanese (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
29
Glorious Betsy
Alan Crosland
Dolores Costello, Conrad Nagel, John Miljan, Marc McDermott, Pasquale Amato
Drama / History / Biography
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
29
Jujiro
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Akiko Chihaya, Junosuke Bando, Yukiko Ogawa, Ippei Sohma, Misao Seki
Drama / Crime
Japan
Japanese (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
29
Kit Carson
Lloyd Ingraham, Alfred L. Werker
Fred Thomson, Nora Lane, Dorothy Janis, Raoul Paoli, William Courtright
Western / Action
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
29
Les Deux timides
René Clair
Pierre Batcheff, Jim Gérald, Véra Flory, Maurice de Féraudy
Comedy
France
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
29
L'Étoile de mer
Man Ray
Kiki of Montparnasse, André de la Rivière, Robert Desnos
Short / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
29
Lights of New York
Bryan Foy
Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Mary Carr, Wheeler Oakman, Gladys Brockwell
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2689
29
Our Dancing Daughters
Harry Beaumont
Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Nils Asther, Dorothy Sebastian, Anita Page
Drama
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
29
The Singing Fool
Lloyd Bacon
Al Jolson, Betty Bronson, Josephine Dunn, Arthur Housman, Reed Howes
Musical / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2689
29
Tenderloin
Michael Curtiz
Dolores Costello, Conrad Nagel, George E. Stone, Mitchell Lewis, Dan Wolheim
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
29
Thérèse Raquin
Jacques Feyder
Gina Manès, Wolfgang Zilzer, Jeanne Marie-Laurent, Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Drama / Crime
France / Germany
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
29
Tire-au-flanc
Jean Renoir
Georges Pomiès, Michel Simon, Fridette Fatton, Félix Oudart
Comedy
France
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
29
Underground
Anthony Asquith
Brian Aherne, Elissa Landi, Cyril McLaglen, Norah Baring
Drama / Crime / Romance
UK
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2689
29
A Woman of Affairs
Clarence Brown
Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2.5 Stars
2709
30
The Racket
Lewis Milestone
Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim
Crime / Pre-Noir / Drama / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2740
31
Homecoming
Joe May
Lars Hanson, Gustav Fröhlich, Dita Parlo, Theodor Loos
Drama / War
Germany
German (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2756
32
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unknown
Daniel Joseph Jenkins
Documentary / Short / Music
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2756
32
Power of the Press
Frank Capra
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jobyna Ralston, Mildred Harris, Philo McCullough
Drama / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2756
32
Solomon Sir Jones Films (1924-1928)
Solomon Sir Jones
Documentary / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2756
32
There It Is
Harold Muller, Charles R. Bowers
Charles R. Bowers, Buster Brodie, Kathryn McGuire, Blue Washington
Short / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2789
33
L'Argent
Marcel L'Herbier
Brigitte Helm, Henry Victor, Alfred Abel, Antonin Artaud
Drama
France
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2792
34
La Petite marchande d'allumettes
Jean Renoir, Jean Tédesco
Catherine Hessling, Amy Wells, Jean Storm, Manuel Raaby
Short / Drama
France
French (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2792
34
Leave 'em Laughing
Clyde Bruckman
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall, Edgar Kennedy
Comedy / Short / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
35
The Barker
George Fitzmaurice
Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Betty Compson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sylvia Ashton
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
35
Champagne
Alfred Hitchcock
Betty Balfour, Jean Bradin, Ferdinand von Alten, Gordon Harker
Comedy / Drama / Romance
UK
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
35
The Country Gentlemen
Murray Roth
Jack Born, Elmer Lawrence
Short / Comedy / Music
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
35
The Dragnet
Josef von Sternberg
George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Fred Kohler, Francis McDonald
Crime / Drama / Detective / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
35
English as She Is Not Spoken
unknown
Val Stanton, Ernie Stanton
Short / Comedy
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
35
The Farmer's Wife
Alfred Hitchcock
Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis, Gordon Harker, Gibb McLaughlin, Maud Gill
Comedy / Drama / Romance
UK
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
35
Heart to Heart
William Beaudine
Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Louise Fazenda, Lucien Littlefield, Thelma Todd
Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
35
Hungry Hobos
Walt Disney
Animation / Short / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
35
The Last Warning
Paul Leni
Laura La Plante, Montagu Love, Roy D'Arcy, Margaret Livingston, John Boles
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
35
Limousine Love
Fred Guiol
Charley Chase, Edna Marion, Viola Richard, Edgar Kennedy, Bull Montana
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
35
Retribution
Archie Mayo
Henry B. Walthall, Tom McGuire, Ed Cane
Short / Drama
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
35
Sharps and Flats
unknown
Jimmy Conlin, Myrtle Glass
Short / Comedy / Music
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
35
The Shopworn Angel
Richard Wallace
Nancy Carroll, Gary Cooper, Paul Lukas, Roscoe Karns, Emmett King
Romance / War / Drama
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
35
The Treasurer's Report
Thomas Chalmers
Robert Benchley
Comedy / Short
USA
English
2.5 Stars
2807
35
The Way of the Strong
Frank Capra
Mitchell Lewis, Alice Day, Margaret Livingston, Theodore von Eltz, William Bailey
Drama / Crime / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
2.5 Stars
2807
35
The Woman Disputed
Henry King, Sam Taylor
Norma Talmadge, Gilbert Roland, Arnold Kent, Boris de Fast, Michael Vavitch
Drama / War
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
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