1. The Crowd
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: King Vidor
Actors: Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Bert Roach, Estelle Clark, Daniel G. Tomlinson, Dell Henderson
Plot: Follows the story of a couple as they navigate life, love, hopes and
downfalls in a crowded metropolis.
2. The Circus
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Charles Chaplin
Actors: Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Al Ernest Garcia, George Davis, Harry Crocker, Tiny Sandford
Plot: The Tramp accidentally gets in trouble with the law by a pickpocket. He
then stumbles into a Circus wherein he becomes a star. Merna sees the
Tramp and eventually become friends. He falls for her but she falls for a
handsome tightrope walker.
3. Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Family/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Charles Reisner
Actors: Tom McGuire, Buster Keaton, Tom Lewis, Marion Byron, Ernest Torrence
Plot: A sailor meets his son for the first time... and he turns out to be a huge disappointment.
4. The Cameraman
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Actors: Buster Keaton, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey, Harry Gribbon, Marceline Day
Plot: Buster, a photographer who switches to becoming a cameraman, falls for Sally. A colleague of Sally also desires her. The best person with with a touch of luck wins.
5. Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Herbert Brenon
Actors: Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young, Cissy Fitzgerald, Nils Asther, Gwen Lee
Plot: A professional clown and a self-indulgent count learn to help each other
with their problems, but then become romantic rivals.
6. The Man Who Laughs
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Paul Leni
Actors: Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar Jr., Olga Baclanova, Brandon Hurst, Cesare Gravina
7. The Last Command
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Actors: Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell, Jack Raymond, Nicholas Soussanin, Michael Visaroff
8. The Wind
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Victor Sjöström
Actors: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming, Edward Earle, William Orlamond
Plot: Letty Mason, innocent and naive, moves from Virginia to her cousin's ranch in Sweet Water on the prairies of the West. Unaccustomed to the to both the incessant wind and the uncouth people, she is shunned by the family and forced into a marriage in order to survive.
9. Street Angel
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Borzage
Actors: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Alberto Rabagliati, Cino Conti, Guido Trento, Henry Armetta
10. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Year of Release: 1928
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June, Malcolm Keen, Ivor Novello
Plot: The citizens of London are in the grips of fear, because a killer known as "The Avenger" is murdering young blonde haired women on foggy evenings. This was Hitchcock's first thriller.
