By genre
Drama on disc
The best drama films to own on disc, ranked by standing.
Today We Live 1933
Today We Live
1933 · Howard Hawks
20,000 Years in Sing Sing 1932
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932 · Michael Curtiz
Ecstasy 1933
Ecstasy
1933 · Gustav Machatý
The Gorgeous Hussy 1936
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936 · Clarence Brown
The Rains Came 1939
The Rains Came
1939 · Clarence Brown
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938 · Norman Taurog
Bird of Paradise 1932
Bird of Paradise
1932 · King Vidor
Heidi 1937
Heidi
1937 · Allan Dwan
Wife vs. Secretary 1936
Wife vs. Secretary
1936 · Clarence Brown
The Youth of Maxim 1935
The Youth of Maxim
1935 · Grigori Kozintsev
By the Bluest of Seas 1936
By the Bluest of Seas
1936 · Boris Barnet
Shchors 1939
Shchors
1939 · Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Act of Violence 1948
Act of Violence
1948 · Fred Zinnemann
Northwest Passage 1940
Northwest Passage
1940 · King Vidor
Madame Bovary 1949
Madame Bovary
1949 · Vincente Minnelli
Edge of Darkness 1943
Edge of Darkness
1943 · Lewis Milestone
A Ship Bound for India 1947
A Ship Bound for India
1947 · Ingmar Bergman
Music in Darkness 1947
Music in Darkness
1947 · Ingmar Bergman
Port of Call 1948
Port of Call
1948 · Ingmar Bergman
Captain from Castile 1947
Captain from Castile
1947 · Henry King
The Invisible Man Returns 1940
The Invisible Man Returns
1940 · Joe May
State of the Union 1948
State of the Union
1948 · Frank Capra
The Glass Key 1942
The Glass Key
1942 · Stuart Heisler
A Day in the Country 1946
A Day in the Country
1946 · Jean Renoir
In This Our Life 1942
In This Our Life
1942 · John Huston
Humoresque 1946
Humoresque
1946 · Jean Negulesco
Dangerous Years 1947
Dangerous Years
1947 · Arthur Pierson
Knute Rockne, All American 1940
Knute Rockne, All American
1940 · Lloyd Bacon
Dragonwyck 1946
Dragonwyck
1946 · Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Admiral Nachimow 1947
Admiral Nachimow
1947 · Vsevolod Pudovkin
Neecha Nagar 1946
Neecha Nagar
1946 · Chetan Anand
Tokyo Joe 1949
Tokyo Joe
1949 · Stuart Heisler
Journey into Fear 1943
Journey into Fear
1943 · Orson Welles
Love Letters 1945
Love Letters
1945 · William Dieterle
The Big Clock 1948
The Big Clock
1948 · John Farrow
It Happened Tomorrow 1944
It Happened Tomorrow
1944 · René Clair
Les Visiteurs du Soir 1942
Les Visiteurs du Soir
1942 · Marcel Carné
The Shepherd of the Hills 1941
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941 · Henry Hathaway
Zoya 1944
Zoya
1944 · Lev Arnshtam
The Left Hand of God 1955
The Left Hand of God
1955 · Edward Dmytryk
It Happened in Broad Daylight 1958
It Happened in Broad Daylight
1958 · Ladislao Vajda
The Tiger of Eschnapur 1959
The Tiger of Eschnapur
1959 · Fritz Lang
In Case of Adversity 1958
In Case of Adversity
1958 · Claude Autant-Lara
Bhowani Junction 1956
Bhowani Junction
1956 · George Cukor
The Railroad Man 1956
The Railroad Man
1956 · Pietro Germi
Tiger Bay 1959
Tiger Bay
1959 · J. Lee Thompson
Kaagaz Ke Phool 1959
Kaagaz Ke Phool
1959 · Guru Dutt
The Roof 1956
The Roof
1956 · Vittorio De Sica