Category:1928, Top Films

1924 -- 1925 -- 1926 -- 1927

-- -- 1928, Top Films -- --

>> Film Studies (1920s) <<

1929 -- 1930 -- 1931 -- 1932

Notable Mention

Ranking

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• #2. [The] Circus <YouTube>
• #1. [The] Passion of Joan d'Arc <YouTube>

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• #3. The Cameraman <YouTube>
• #4. Steamboat Bill, Jr.
• #5. The Crowd <YouTube>
• #6. Steamboat Willie <YouTube>
• #7. The Wind
• #12. October
• #18. The Last Command <YouTube>
• #28. The Wedding March <YouTube>
• #31. Show People

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• Beggars of Life (USA 1928 Wellman) <YouTube> --

• #11. The Docks of New York (1928 Sternberg) <YouTube>

• #33. Laugh, Clown, Laugh

• Lonesome (1928) <YouTube> --

• #15. [The] Man Who Laughs (1928) <YouTube>

• #14. Spies

• #20. Storm Over Asia

• 'Street Angel (1928 Borzage) <YouTube> --

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• Across to Singapore (1928) <YouTube> --

• [The] Campus Vamp (1928) <YouTube> --

• Feel My Pulse (1928) <YouTube> --

• [The] Garden of Eden (USA 1928 Milestone) <YouTube> --

• Hold 'Em Yale (USA 1928 Griffith) <YouTube> -- A young man from Argentina goes to Yale where he plays football and falls in love with a professor's beautiful daughter.

• '[A] Lady of Chance (1928) <YouTube> --

• [The] Mysterious Lady (USA 1928 Niblo) <YouTube> --

• Our Dancing Daughters (1928) <YouTube> --

• [The] Patsy (1928 Vidor) <YouTube> --

• [The] Racket Crime Drama (1928) <YouTube> --

• Tempest (1928) <YouTube> --

• West of Zanzibar (1928) <YouTube> --

• White Shadows in the South Seas (1928) <YouTube> --

• [A] Woman of Affairs (1928) <YouTube> --

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films

-- #1. The Passion of Joan d'Arc -- #2. The Circus -- #3. The Cameraman -- #4. Steamboat Bill, Jr. -- #5. The Crowd -- #6. Steamboat Willie -- #7. The Wind -- #8. The Fall of the House of Usher (Epstein) -- #9. Ghosts before Breakfast -- #10. L'Etolie de mer / The Starfish

-- #11. The Docks of New York -- #12. October -- #13. The Seashell and the Clergyman -- #14. Spies -- #15. The Man Who Laughs -- #16. Lonesome -- #17. Arsenal -- #18. The Last Command -- #19. Street Angel -- #20. Storm over Asia

-- #21. The Life and Death of 9413 -- #22. Sadie Thompson -- #23. Zvenigora -- #24. L'Argent -- #25. The Little Match Girl -- #26. The Fall of the House of Usher (Webber) -- #27. Plane Crazy -- #28. The Wedding March -- #29. The House on Trubnaya Square -- #30. The Bridge

-- #31. Show People -- #32. Jujiro / Crossroads -- #33. Laugh, Clown, Laugh -- #34. Speedy -- #35. West of Zanzibar -- #36. The Italian Straw Hat -- #37. The Gallopin' Gaucho -- #38. The Octopus -- #39. Themes and Variations -- #40. Moulin Rouge

-- #41. Inflation -- #42. Four Sons -- #43. Le nuits electriques -- #44. The Eleventh Year -- #45. Two Tars -- #46. Beggars of Life -- #47. Leave 'em Laughing -- #48. The Mysterious Lady -- #49. Underground -- #50. Maldone

Flickchart, Best Films

-- @1. The Passion of Joan d'Arc -- @2. The Circus -- @3. The Cameraman -- @4. Steamboat Bill, Jr. -- @5. The Crowd -- @6. The Wind -- @7. The Man Who Laughs -- @8. The Last Command -- @9. Speedy -- @10. The Docks of New York

-- @11. Spies -- @12. October -- @13. The Fall of the House of Usher (Epstein) -- @14. Show People -- @15. Lonesome -- @16. Steamboat Willie -- @17. The Fall of the House of Usher (Watson) -- @18. Street Angel -- @19. The Wedding March -- @20. The Tell-Tale Heart

CriticsTop10, Best Films (1928)

-- =1. The Patriot -- =2. The Last Command -- =3. Four Sons -- =4. Street Angel -- =5. The Circus -- =6. Sunrise -- =7. The Crowd -- =8. The King of Kings (1927) -- =9. Sadie Thompson -- =10. Lilac Time

-- =11. White Shadow -- =12. Our Dancing Daughters -- =13. The Racket -- =14. Ramona -- =15. Laugh, Clown, Laugh -- =16. The Man Who Laughs -- =17. The Docks of New York -- =18. The Legion of Condemned -- =19. Speedy -- =20. Mother Knows Best

-- =21. The Wedding March -- =22. Show People -- =23. Simba -- =24. Tempest -- =25. Submarine -- =26. A Woman of Affairs -- =27. The Dragnet -- =28. The Terror -- =29. Chicago (1927) -- =30. Noah's Ark

-- =31. End of St. Petersburg -- =32. Fazil -- =33. Forgotten Faces -- =34. The Shopworn Angel (1929) -- =35. Interference -- =36. Helen of Troy (1927) -- =37. The Noose -- =38. Craig's Wife (1928) -- =39. Beggars of Life -- =40. Beau Sabreur

-- =41. The Cameraman -- =42. The Wind -- =43. The Fleet's Inn -- =44. Excess Baggage -- =45. Dressed To Kill -- =46. The Cossacks -- =47. Drums of Love -- =48. We Americans -- =49. Ladies of the Mob -- =50. The Last Moment -- =51. Cardboard Lover

Silent Era, Best Films

-- +1. (#7) The Passion of Joan d'Arc -- +2. (#12) The Crowd -- +3. (#13) The Wind -- +4. (#24) Steamboat Bill, Jr. -- +5. (#37) The Cameraman -- +6. (#38) The Circus -- +7. (#39) Show People -- +8. (#40) The Andalusian Dog -- +9. (#51) The Wedding March -- +10. (#52) The Man Who Laughs

-- +11. (#55) The Last Command -- +12. (#64) Beggars of Life -- +13. (#75) Queen Kelly -- +14. (#76) October -- +15. (#79) The Docks of New York -- +16. (#83) Speedy -- +17. (#84) Sadie Thompson

Paste Magazine, Best Films

-- #2. The Crowd (Vidor) -- #5. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Keaton) -- #6. The Passion of Joan d'Arc (Dreyer) -- #10. Jujiro / Crossroads (Kinugasa) -- #12. The Man Who Laughs (Leni) -- #15. The Fall of the House of Usher (Epstein) -- #33. Maldone (Gremillon) -- #36. Zvenigora (Dovzhenko) -- #51. There it is (Muller & Bowers) -- #53. The Last Command (Sternberg) -- #54. L’Etoile de Mer / The Starfish (Ray) -- #57. The Wind (Sjostrom) -- #64. The Cameraman (Keaton) -- #67. Speedy (Wilde) -- #68. Show People (Vidor) -- #84. The Docks of New York (Sternberg)

Top Grossing Films

-- The Singing Fool -- Street Angel -- Lilac Time -- Four Sons -- Noah's Ark -- The Red Dance -- In Old Arizona -- The Terror -- Lights of New York -- My Man -- On Trial

Schneider, Best Films

-- #1.The Passion of Joan of Arc -- #5. The Crowd -- #4. Steamboat Bill, Jr. -- #11. The Docks of New York -- #12. October -- #20. Storm Over Asia

National Film Registry

-- #3. The Cameraman -- #4. Steamboat Bill, Jr. -- #5. The Crowd -- #6. Steamboat Willie <short> -- #7. The Wind -- #11. The Docks of New York -- #18. The Last Command -- #28. The Wedding March -- #31. Show People

-- The Beau Brummels <short> -- The Fall of the House of Usher <short> -- Fox Movietone News: Jenkins Orphanage Band <doc> -- Lonesome -- Pass the Gravy <short> -- The Power of the Press -- The Sex Life of the Polyp <short> -- There It Is <short>

TSPDT, Best Films

-- #1. The Passion of Joan of Arc -- #2. The Circus -- #3. The Cameraman -- #4. Steamboat Bill, Jr. -- #5. The Crowd -- #7. The Wind -- #12. October -- #14. Spies -- #28. The Wedding March

Top10ner, Best Films

-- #1. The Passion of Joan of Arc -- #2. The Circus -- #3. The Cameraman -- #4. Steamboat Bill, Jr. -- #5.. The Crowd -- #7. The Wind

Film101, Best Films

-- #1. The Passion of Joan of Arc -- #3. The Cameraman -- #4. Steamboat Bill, Jr. -- #5. The Crowd -- #7. The Wind

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #1. The Passion of Joan d'Arc -- #3. The Cameraman -- #4. Steamboat Bill, Jr. -- #15. The Man Who Laughs

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Let 'er Go, Gallegher -- Fox Movietone News: Jenkins Orphanage Band

-- The Circus Kid -- Mickey's Movies -- None But the Brave -- You're Darn Tootin' [The Music Blasters]

Best International Films

{France} -- #1. The Passion of Joan d'Arc

{Japan} -- Crossroads

TimeOut, Best French Films

-- #3. The Passion of Joan of Arc

Internet

Tubi

-- #4. Steamboat Bill, Jr.

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