Best Movies of the Last 100 Years by Year
1797
1765
1928
Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim, Fay Wray
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
1810
1777
1928
Pál Fejös
Barbara Kent, Glenn Tryon, Fay Holderness
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
1823
1789
1928
James Parrott
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Thelma Hill
Comedy / Short / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2043
2007
1928
Raoul Walsh, William Cameron Menzies
Lionel Barrymore, Gloria Swanson, Blanche Friderici, Charles Lane, Florence Midgley
Drama / Romance / Religion
USA
English (Silent)
2089
2052
1928
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers, Louis Ralph
Thriller / Spy
Germany
English (Silent)
2139
2102
1928
Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Semyon Svashenko, Amvrosi Buchma, Georgi Khorkov, Dmitri Erdman
Drama / War
Soviet Union / Ukraine
Russian (Silent)
2150
2113
1928
Edgar Kennedy
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wilson Benge, Chet Brandenburg, Christian J. Frank
Comedy / Short / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2223
2186
1928
Frank Borzage
Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Alberto Rabagliati, Cino Conti, Guido Trento
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2395
2356
1928
Ernst Lubitsch
Emil Jannings, Florence Vidor, Lewis Stone, Vera Veronina
Drama / History / Period Film
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2459
2419
1928
King Vidor
Marion Davies, Orville Caldwell, Marie Dressler, Lawrence Gray, Dell Henderson
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2459
2419
1928
Ted Wilde
Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Babe Ruth, Bryon Douglas, Brooks Benedict
Action / Comedy / Family / Adventure / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2497
2457
1928
James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber
Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, Melville Webber, Friedrich Haak, Dorthea House
Short / Horror / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2497
2457
1928
Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich
Voya George, Adriane Marsh, Jules Raucourt
Short / Drama / Experimental / Fantasy
USA
English (Silent)
2497
2457
1928
Leo McCarey, Fred Guiol
Max Davidson, Martha Sleeper, Spec O'Donnell
Short / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2497
2457
1928
Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks
Walt Disney
Animation / Family / Comedy / Musical / Short
USA
English
2544
2504
1928
William A. Wellman
Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Bob Perry, Blue Washington
Adventure / Drama / Crime / Detective
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2574
2534
1928
John Ford
Margaret Mann, James Hall, Charles Morton, Ralph Bushman, George Meeker
Drama / War
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2616
2576
1928
Lewis Milestone
Thomas Meighan, Marie Prevost, Louis Wolheim
Crime / Pre-Noir / Drama / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
2634
2593
1928
Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Mikola Nademsky, Semen Svashenko, Alexander Podorozhny
Drama / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2639
2598
1928
Jack Conway
William Haines, Lionel Barrymore, Leila Hyams, Karl Dane, Tully Marshall
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2639
2598
1928
Tod Browning
Matthew Betz, Lon Chaney, Betty Compson, Marceline Day, John George, James Murray
Crime / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
2639
2598
1928
Herbert Wilcox
Sybil Thorndike, Marie Ault, Mary Brough, Ada Bodart, Dacia Deane, Haddon Mason
Drama / War
UK
English (Silent)
2639
2598
1928
Yasujiro Ozu
Junko Matsui, Kenji Oyama, Chishu Ryu, Tatsuo Saito, Takeshi Sakamoto
Comedy
Japan
Japanese (Silent)
2639
2598
1928
Alan Crosland
Dolores Costello, Conrad Nagel, John Miljan, Marc McDermott, Pasquale Amato
Drama / History / Biography
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2639
2598
1928
Teinosuke Kinugasa
Akiko Chihaya, Junosuke Bando, Yukiko Ogawa, Ippei Sohma, Misao Seki
Drama / Crime
Japan
Japanese (Silent)
2639
2598
1928
Lloyd Ingraham, Alfred L. Werker
Fred Thomson, Nora Lane, Dorothy Janis, Raoul Paoli, William Courtright
Western / Action
USA
English (Silent)
2639
2598
1928
René Clair
Pierre Batcheff, Jim Gérald, Véra Flory, Maurice de Féraudy
Comedy
France
French (Silent)
2639
2598
1928
Man Ray
Kiki of Montparnasse, André de la Rivière, Robert Desnos
Short / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
2639
2598
1928
Bryan Foy
Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Mary Carr, Wheeler Oakman, Gladys Brockwell
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English
2639
2598
1928
Harry Beaumont
Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Nils Asther, Dorothy Sebastian, Anita Page
Drama
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2639
2598
1928
Lloyd Bacon
Al Jolson, Betty Bronson, Josephine Dunn, Arthur Housman, Reed Howes
Musical / Drama
USA
English
2639
2598
1928
Michael Curtiz
Dolores Costello, Conrad Nagel, George E. Stone, Mitchell Lewis, Dan Wolheim
Crime / Drama / Gangster
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2639
2598
1928
Jacques Feyder
Gina Manès, Wolfgang Zilzer, Jeanne Marie-Laurent, Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Drama / Crime
France / Germany
French (Silent)
2639
2598
1928
Jean Renoir
Georges Pomiès, Michel Simon, Fridette Fatton, Félix Oudart
Comedy
France
French (Silent)
2639
2598
1928
Anthony Asquith
Brian Aherne, Elissa Landi, Cyril McLaglen, Norah Baring
Drama / Crime / Romance
UK
English (Silent)
2639
2598
1928
Clarence Brown
Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2656
2614
1928
Joe May
Lars Hanson, Gustav Fröhlich, Dita Parlo, Theodor Loos
Drama / War
Germany
German (Silent)
2672
2630
1928
unknown
Daniel Joseph Jenkins
Documentary / Short / Music
USA
English
2672
2630
1928
Dave Fleischer
Dave Fleischer, George Rufle
Animation / Short / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
USA
English (Silent)
2672
2630
1928
Frank Capra
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jobyna Ralston, Mildred Harris, Philo McCullough
Drama / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2672
2630
1928
Solomon Sir Jones
Documentary / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2672
2630
1928
Harold Muller, Charles R. Bowers
Charles R. Bowers, Buster Brodie, Kathryn McGuire, Blue Washington
Short / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1928
George Fitzmaurice
Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Betty Compson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sylvia Ashton
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2734
2691
1928
Alfred Hitchcock
Betty Balfour, Jean Bradin, Ferdinand von Alten, Gordon Harker
Comedy / Drama / Romance
UK
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1928
Murray Roth
Jack Born, Elmer Lawrence
Short / Comedy / Music
USA
English
2734
2691
1928
Josef von Sternberg
George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Fred Kohler, Francis McDonald
Crime / Drama / Detective / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1928
unknown
Val Stanton, Ernie Stanton
Short / Comedy
USA
English
2734
2691
1928
Alfred Hitchcock
Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis, Gordon Harker, Gibb McLaughlin, Maud Gill
Comedy / Drama / Romance
UK
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1928
Clyde Bruckman, Leo McCarey
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dorothy Coburn, Edgar Kennedy, Sam Lufkin
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1928
William Beaudine
Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Louise Fazenda, Lucien Littlefield, Thelma Todd
Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1928
Paul Leni
Laura La Plante, Montagu Love, Roy D'Arcy, Margaret Livingston, John Boles
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2734
2691
1928
Fred Guiol
Charley Chase, Edna Marion, Viola Richard, Edgar Kennedy, Bull Montana
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1928
Archie Mayo
Henry B. Walthall, Tom McGuire, Ed Cane
Short / Drama
USA
English
2734
2691
1928
Richard Wallace
Nancy Carroll, Gary Cooper, Paul Lukas, Roscoe Karns, Emmett King
Romance / War / Drama
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2734
2691
1928
James Parrott, Leo McCarey
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Sam Lufkin, Dorothy Coburn
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1928
Frank Capra
Mitchell Lewis, Alice Day, Margaret Livingston, Theodore von Eltz, William Bailey
Drama / Crime / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1928
Henry King, Sam Taylor
Norma Talmadge, Gilbert Roland, Arnold Kent, Boris de Fast, Michael Vavitch
Drama / War
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2763
2720
1928
Marcel L'Herbier
Brigitte Helm, Henry Victor, Alfred Abel, Antonin Artaud
Drama
France
French (Silent)
2767
2724
1928
Jean Renoir, Jean Tédesco
Catherine Hessling, Amy Wells, Jean Storm, Manuel Raaby
Short / Drama
France
French (Silent)
2767
2724
1928
Clyde Bruckman
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall, Edgar Kennedy
Comedy / Short / Family
USA
English (Silent)
25
25
1927
Fritz Lang
Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp
Sci-Fi / Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
49
49
1927
F.W. Murnau
George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing
Drama / Romance / Crime
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
218
212
1927
Abel Gance
Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële
Drama / War / Epic / History / Biography
Sweden / Italy / France / Czechoslovakia / Germany
French (Silent)
796
780
1927
Alan Crosland
Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, Otto Lederer
Drama / Music
USA
English
1154
1133
1927
Ted Wilde, J.A. Howe, Harold Lloyd, Lewis Milestone
Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Walter James, Leo Willis, Olin Francis
Comedy / Family / Romance / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
1252
1228
1927
Frank Borzage
Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Ben Bard
Drama / Romance / War
USA
English (Silent)
1507
1478
1927
William A. Wellman
Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Gary Cooper
Drama / Romance / War / Action / Adventure
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
1575
1545
1927
Alfred Hitchcock
Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June, Malcolm Keen
Crime / Thriller / Drama
UK
English (Silent)
1644
1614
1927
Clarence G. Badger, Josef von Sternberg
Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William Austin
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
1651
1621
1927
Josef von Sternberg, Arthur Rosson
George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook, Fred Kohler, Helen Lynch, Larry Semon
Crime / Drama / Pre-Noir / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
1766
1734
1927
Tod Browning
Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz, John George
Drama / Horror / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
1893
1858
1927
Paul Leni
Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar Jr., Olga Baclanova
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Horror
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
1920
1885
1927
Walter Ruttmann
Documentary / Experimental
Germany
German (Silent)
1949
1914
1927
Buster Keaton, James W. Horne
Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Flora Bramley, Harold Goodwin
Comedy / Sports / Romance / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2214
2177
1927
Ernst Lubitsch, John M. Stahl
Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Jean Hersholt, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
German (Silent)
2309
2270
1927
Alfred Hitchcock
Carl Brisson, Lillian Hall-Davis, Ian Hunter, Forrester Harvey
Drama / Romance / Sports
UK
English (Silent)
2409
2370
1927
Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Kru, Chantui, Nah, Ladah, Bimbo the Monkey
Adventure / Documentary / History
USA
English (Silent)
2459
2419
1927
Vsevolod Pudovkin, Mikhail Doller
Vera Baranovskaya, Aleksandr Chistyakov, Ivan Chuvelyov, Aleksei Davor
Drama / History
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2459
2419
1927
F. Richard Jones
Douglas Fairbanks, Lupe Velez, Joan Barclay, Eve Southern, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Adventure / Romance / Drama / Religion
USA
English (Silent)
2459
2419
1927
Frank Capra
Harry Langdon, Priscilla Bonner, Gertrude Astor, William V. Mong, Robert McKim
Comedy / Romance / Crime / Gangster
USA
English (Silent)
2459
2419
1927
Sam Taylor
Mary Pickford, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Sunshine Hart, Lucien Littlefield
Comedy / Romance / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2459
2419
1927
A.V. Bramble, Anthony Asquith
Brian Aherne, Annette Benson, Chili Bouchier, David Brooks, Donald Calthrop
Drama / Crime
UK
English (Silent)
2468
2428
1927
Cecil B. DeMille
H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, James Neill
Drama / History / Religion / Epic / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2497
2457
1927
Clyde Bruckman
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Noah Young, Eugene Pallette, Charlie Hall, Sam Lufkin
Short / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2547
2507
1927
Tod Browning
Lon Chaney, Marceline Day, Henry B. Walthall, Percy Williams, Conrad Nagel
Drama / Horror / Thriller / Detective / Crime / Mystery
USA
English (Silent)
2574
2534
1927
Victor Fleming
Emil Jannings, Belle Bennett, Phyllis Haver, Donald Keith, Fred Kohler
Drama / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2600
2560
1927
Alan Crosland
John Barrymore, Conrad Veidt, Marceline Day, Lawson Butt, Henry Victor
Adventure / Drama / History / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2600
2560
1927
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Édith Jéhanne, Uno Henning, Fritz Rasp, Brigitte Helm
Drama / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2639
2598
1927
Fred Niblo
Norma Talmadge, Gilbert Roland, Lilyan Tashman, Rose Dione, Oscar Beregi Sr.
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2639
2598
1927
Alexandre Volkoff
Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzanne Bianchetti, Diana Karenne, Jenny Jugo, Rina De Liguoro
Biography / Drama / Period Film
France
French (Silent)
2639
2598
1927
Paul Leni
Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall, Gertrude Astor
Horror / Mystery / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2639
2598
1927
Frank Lloyd, Josef von Sternberg
Clara Bow, Esther Ralston, Gary Cooper, Einar Hanson, Norman Trevor, Hedda Hopper
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2639
2598
1927
Wadad Orfi
Aziza Amir, Assia Dagher, Ahmed Galal, Wadad Orfi, Stephan Rosti
Documentary
Egypt
Arabic (Silent)
2639
2598
1927
Edmund Goulding, John Gilbert
John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, George Fawcett, Emily Fitzroy, Brandon Hurst
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2639
2598
1927
Albert Parker
Gloria Swanson, John Boles, Pauline Garon, Ian Keith, Andrés de Segurola
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
Affiliate Link
2639
2598
1927
Walter Fyrst
Tryggve Larssen, Bengt Djurberg, Julie Lampe, Tove Tellback, Harald Stormoen
Drama / Mystery
Norway
Norwegian (Silent)
2672
2630
1927
Karl Brown
Helen Mundy, Forrest James, Reb Grogan, Silas Miracle
Drama / Action / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2715
2672
1927
Herbert Brenon
H.B. Warner, Anna Q. Nilsson, Mickey McBan, Carmel Myers, Lionel Belmore
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Clyde Bruckman
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Max Davidson, Spec O'Donnell, Lillian Elliott
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
unknown
Carter DeHaven, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Jackie Coogan, Douglas Fairbanks
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Leo McCarey
Max Davidson, Spec O'Donnell, Jesse De Vorska, Lillian Elliott, James Finlayson
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Allan Dwan
George O'Brien, Virginia Valli, J. Farrell MacDonald, Dore Davidson, Sonia Nodell
Drama / Sports / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Roy Del Ruth
Russell Simpson, Frank Campeau, Gibson Gowland, Anders Randolf, William Demarest
Comedy / Drama / Adventure
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2734
2691
1927
James Parrott
Charley Chase, Martha Sleeper, Oliver Hardy, William Burress, Eugene Pallette
Short / Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Marion Norris Gleason
Romance / Adventure / Action / Comedy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Dorothy Arzner
Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Josef Swickard, Josephine Dunn, Harvey Clark
Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Marshall Neilan
Colleen Moore, Larry Kent, Hallam Cooley, Gwen Lee, Martha Mattox, Charles Giblyn
Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Harry Edwards
Harry Langdon, Natalie Kingston, Ruth Hiatt, Vernon Dent, Bud Jamison
Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Joe Francis
Josephine Baker, André Luguet, Hélène Hallier
Musical / Comedy
France
French (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
James Parrott
Charley Chase, Edna Marion, May Wallace, William Orlamond, Eugene Pallette
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Monta Bell
John Gilbert, Jeanne Eagels, Gladys Brockwell, Marc McDermott, Philip W. Anderson
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Michael Curtiz
Dolores Costello, Warner Oland, Malcolm McGregor, Betty Blythe, William Demarest
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
George Fitzmaurice
Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, Montagu Love, Natalie Kingston, John George
Action / Adventure / Romance / Drama
USA
English
2734
2691
1927
Frank R. Strayer
Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, Russell Simpson, Louise Brooks, Emile Chautard
Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Alan Crosland
Dolores Costello, Warner Oland, Charles Emmett Mack, Josef Swickard, Anders Randolf
Drama / Crime
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2734
2691
1927
James Parrott
Charley Chase, Eugenia Gilbert, Gale Henry, Vernon Dent, Burr McIntosh
Short / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Alfred Santell
Colleen Moore, Jack Mulhall, Sam Hardy, Gwen Lee, Alma Bennett, Hedda Hopper
Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Clyde Bruckman
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charles A. Bachman, Ed Brandenburg, Harvey Clark
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Gregory La Cava
W.C. Fields, Marie Shotwell, Mary Brian, Claude Buchanan, Frederick Burton
Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Fred Guiol
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Tiny Sandford
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
James Parrott
Charley Chase, Edna Marion, Bull Montana, Mickey Bennett, Louise Carver
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
John Ford
Nancy Nash, Earle Foxe, Grant Withers, Lydia Yeamans Titus, Raymond Hitchcock
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Charles Brabin
Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon, Arthur Stone, George Fawcett, Paul Hurst, Yola d'Avril
Drama / Romance
USA
English
2734
2691
1927
Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks
Animation / Family / Comedy / Documentary / Serial
USA
English (Semi-Silent)
2734
2691
1927
William K. Howard
Jetta Goudal, Kenneth Thomson, George Bancroft, George Nichols, Bob Perry
Western / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2734
2691
1927
Charles R. Bowers, Harold L. Muller
Charles R. Bowers
Short / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2746
2703
1927
Edwin Carewe
Rod La Rocque, Dolores del Rio, Rita Carewe, Marc McDermott, Lucy Beaumont
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2767
2724
1927
Jean Renoir
Catherine Hessling, Pierre Braunberger, Johnny Huggins
Short / Comedy / Drama / Musical
France
French (Silent)
2767
2724
1927
Jean Epstein
Olga Day, Suzy Pierson, René Ferté
Drama / Experimental
France
French (Silent)
Affiliate Link