By genre
Drama on disc
The best drama films to own on disc, ranked by standing.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 · John Cromwell
Barsaat 1949
Barsaat
1949 · Raj Kapoor
Tortilla Flat 1942
Tortilla Flat
1942 · Victor Fleming
All Through the Night 1942
All Through the Night
1942 · Vincent Sherman
Devil in the Flesh 1947
Devil in the Flesh
1947 · Claude Autant-Lara
North West Mounted Police 1940
North West Mounted Police
1940 · Arthur Rosson
Saratoga Trunk 1945
Saratoga Trunk
1945 · Sam Wood
Gentleman Jim 1942
Gentleman Jim
1942 · Raoul Walsh
The Stone Flower 1946
The Stone Flower
1946 · Aleksandr Ptushko
Strange Cargo 1940
Strange Cargo
1940 · Frank Borzage
The Hasty Heart 1949
The Hasty Heart
1949 · Vincent Sherman
L'espoir 1945
L'espoir
1945 · André Malraux
Four Steps in the Clouds 1942
Four Steps in the Clouds
1942 · Alessandro Blasetti
Lady in the Lake 1946
Lady in the Lake
1946 · Robert Montgomery
Ballad of Siberia 1948
Ballad of Siberia
1948 · Ivan Pyryev
The Story of G.I. Joe 1945
The Story of G.I. Joe
1945 · William A. Wellman
Days of Glory 1944
Days of Glory
1944 · Jacques Tourneur
Girl No. 217 1945
Girl No. 217
1945 · Mikhail Romm
La perla 1947
La perla
1947 · Emilio Fernández
Caught 1949
Caught
1949 · Max Ophüls
L'Amore 1948
L'Amore
1948 · Roberto Rossellini
Prince of Foxes 1949
Prince of Foxes
1949 · Henry King
Cry of the City 1948
Cry of the City
1948 · Robert Siodmak
Golden Earrings 1947
Golden Earrings
1947 · Mitchell Leisen
Le Silence de la mer 1947
Le Silence de la mer
1947 · Jean-Pierre Melville
Stormy Waters 1941
Stormy Waters
1941 · Jean Grémillon
The Foundling 1940
The Foundling
1940 · Tatyana Lukashevich
The Russian Question 1948
The Russian Question
1948 · Mikhail Romm
Salavat Yulayev 1941
Salavat Yulayev
1941 · Yakov Protazanov
Vengeance Valley 1951
Vengeance Valley
1951 · Richard Thorpe
The Girl Who Had Everything 1953
The Girl Who Had Everything
1953 · Richard Thorpe
Sign of the Lion 1959
Sign of the Lion
1959 · Éric Rohmer
Floating Weeds 1959
Floating Weeds
1959 · Yasujirō Ozu
Soldier of Fortune 1955
Soldier of Fortune
1955 · Edward Dmytryk
A Lesson in Love 1954
A Lesson in Love
1954 · Ingmar Bergman
And Quiet Flows the Don 1957
And Quiet Flows the Don
1957 · Sergei Gerasimov
Jet Pilot 1957
Jet Pilot
1957 · Josef von Sternberg
The Mountain 1956
The Mountain
1956 · Edward Dmytryk
The Black Orchid 1959
The Black Orchid
1959 · Martin Ritt
Little Fugitive 1953
Little Fugitive
1953 · Morris Engel
Young Bess 1953
Young Bess
1953 · George Sidney
The Red Badge of Courage 1951
The Red Badge of Courage
1951 · John Huston
Edge of the City 1957
Edge of the City
1957 · Martin Ritt
Nine Lives 1957
Nine Lives
1957 · Arne Skouen
The Purple Plain 1954
The Purple Plain
1954 · Robert Parrish
La Pointe Courte 1955
La Pointe Courte
1955 · Agnès Varda
The Big Knife 1955
The Big Knife
1955 · Robert Aldrich
Love Nest 1951
Love Nest
1951 · Joseph M. Newman