The best movies 1929

This silent-screen classic, like many others produced near the end of the silent era, was both a theatrical extravaganza boasting an original...

An ironic look at what it is like to be beautiful for a woman (and handsome for a few men) in the Paris of the late twenties.

After the play of same name of Jafar Jabbarli. This melodrama is about the woman who had unhappy homelife and tried to free herself from shariat...

A U.S. soldier goes after bandits in California, although it is still owned by Mexico.

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.

Based on a Finnish poem, The Kingdom of Rye is a gorgeous romantic drama set in rural northern Sweden during the harvest. It features a young couple...

A sacked workman rescues an owner's amnesiac son from a factory fire and reports him dead.

Delinquent since he was a little boy, Tjonat runs away to Batavia (Jakarta) after murdering his friend. In the city, he becomes a servant working for...

This light-hearted comedy takes place at and around a Parisien haute-couture fashion house and tells a love triangle story.

Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to...

In the Caucasus, among the picturesque mountains there is a guerrilla war between the Whites from Bicherakhov’s division and the Red Army...

Skin Deep is a 1929 American talking drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring Monte Blue. It was produced and distributed by the Warner...

A trip through Norway, visiting the biggest cities, the fjords and mountains. Visiting farming communities as well as factories on the way, with...

A story of Belarusian children that are enrolled in a special school. The orphans live in gymnasium shelter under poor conditions and high-school...

Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident...

A neglected Baroness falls in love with her oldest son's military officer friend, their adulterous romance leading the two to flee to Algeria.

A young couple marries in secret. Judy's afraid her parents won't approve of Dick and she'll lose her generous allowance. Her parents bring her home...

During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.

Karel is in love with Liza, the only daughter of Baas Ganzendonck. Ganzendonck is a snob who dreams of luxury and nobility. Although he is a farmer...

Phillip Gresson is in the employ of the British secret service, while heroine Judith is a spy for the Enemy. Hoping to gain possession of the usual...

“Mosaico criollo” is not exactly a spoken film: it is a series of filmed musical sketches of several popular genres in four scenes, each...

First spoken short film of Argentine cinema.

A walk through the landscapes of the province of Barcelona, Spain, as well as a testimony of the daily life and customs of its inhabitants.

Documentary made by Federico Valle for C.H.A.D.E. (Compañia Hispano-Americana de Electricidad).

Carlos and his girlfriend Carmen are a happy and fun couple; however, his friend León and his girlfriend Luisa are quite the opposite; so...

Record of the activities of the Fernández y Sust cigarette factory. Detailed description of the cigarette assembly, packaging and distribution...

A walk through the landscapes of the province of Salamanca, Spain, as well as a testimony of the daily life and customs of its inhabitants.

Venezuelan comedy by Max Serrano.

Film is based on the cartoon character Don Pancho Talero and his family.

Early silent Western from Ecuador.

A silent religious drama from Venezuela.