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- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastStarsClara BowCharles 'Buddy' RogersRichard ArlenTwo young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.1928 edition: Winner for Best Picture
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsJanet GaynorCharles FarrellBen BardA street cleaner saves a young woman's life, and the pair slowly fall in love until war intervenes.1928 edition: Winner for Best Directing, Best Actress (Janet Gaynor), Best Adaptation, Nominated for Best Picture
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsThomas MeighanLouis WolheimMarie PrevostAn honest police captain vows to bring down a powerful bootlegger who is protected by corrupt politicians and judges.1928 edition: Nominated for Best Picture
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsWilliam BoydMary AstorLouis WolheimTwo American soldiers are captured by the Germans on the Western Front during World War One and escape a POW camp only to stumble into further life-threatening adventures when they come across an Arabian king's daughter while on the lam.1928 edition: Winner for Best Directing
- DirectorTed WildeStarsHarold LloydAnn ChristyBert WoodruffHarold "Speedy" Swift, a fan of Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees, saves from extinction the city's last horse-drawn trolley, operated by his girlfriend's grandfather.1928 edition: Nominated for Best Directing
- DirectorHerbert BrenonStarsH.B. WarnerAnna Q. NilssonMickey McBanDecorated war hero Stephen Sorrell has raised his son Kit alone after his wife deserted them in the boy's infancy. He loses a promising job offer and is forced to take work as a menial. Both his dignity and his health are damaged as he suffers under the exhausting labor and harsh treatment he receives as a hotel porter, but he thrives in the knowledge that his son will benefit from his labors. Sorrell has allowed the boy to believe that his mother is dead, but when she shows up wanting to re-enter the young man's life, Sorrell must make hard decisions.1928 edition: Nominated for Best Directing
- DirectorKing VidorStarsEleanor BoardmanJames MurrayBert RoachThe life of a man and woman together in a large, impersonal metropolis through their hopes, struggles, and downfalls.1928 edition: Nominated for Best Directing
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsEmil JanningsEvelyn BrentWilliam PowellA former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.1928 edition: Winner for Best Actor (Emil Jannings), Nominated for Best Original Story
- DirectorJohn Francis DillonStarsRichard BarthelmessMontagu LoveRobert Emmett O'ConnorA crook blackmails a governor because he knows of the governor's wife's dark past.1928 edition: Nominated for Best Actor (Richard Barthelmess)
- DirectorWilliam K. HowardStarsRudolph SchildkrautLouise DresserMilton HolmesAn immigrant family experiences life in the United States.1928 edition: Nominated for Best Actress (Louise Dresser)
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsLionel BarrymoreBlanche FridericiCharles LaneA prostitute seeking a fresh start becomes the obsession of a religious extremist.1928 edition: Nominated for Best Actress (Gloria Swanson)
- DirectorJosef von SternbergArthur RossonStarsGeorge BancroftClive BrookEvelyn BrentBoisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.1928 edition: Winner for Best Original Story
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMerna KennedyAl Ernest GarciaThe Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.1928 edition: Nominated for Best Original Story
- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsAl JolsonMay McAvoyWarner OlandThe son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.1928 edition: Nominated for Best Adaptation
- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsDolores CostelloConrad NagelJohn MiljanThe real-life courtship, marriage, and forced breakup of Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, and his rich wife from the American south, Elizabeth Patterson. Napoleon did not approve of the union and fixes him up with another girl.1928 edition: Nominated for Best Adaptation
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsBessie LoveAnita PageCharles KingA pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.1929 edition: Winner for Best Picture, Nominated for Best Directing, Best Actress (Bessie Love)
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsEmil JanningsLewis StoneFlorence VidorPaul I, the Emperor of All Russia, becomes the target of a deadly conspiracy.1929 edition: Winner for Best Writing, Nominated for Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Actor (Lewis Stone)
- DirectorIrving CummingsRaoul WalshStarsEdmund LoweWarner BaxterDorothy BurgessA charming, happy-go-lucky bandit in old Arizona plays cat-and-mouse with the sheriff trying to catch him while he romances a local beauty.1929 edition: Winner for Best Actor (Warner Baxter), Nominated for Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Writing
- DirectorRoland WestStarsChester MorrisHarry StubbsMae BuschChick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan, a policeman's daughter, to the theater, sneaked out during the intermission to commit the crime, then used her to support his alibi. The detective squad employs its most sophisticated and barbaric techniques, including planting an undercover agent in the gang, to bring him to justice.1929 edition: Nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (Chester Morris)
- DirectorCharles ReisnerChristy CabanneNorman HoustonStarsConrad NagelJack BennyJohn GilbertAn all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.1929 edition: Nominated for Best Picture
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsCorinne GriffithVictor VarconiH.B. WarnerThe story of the romance between Emma, Lady Hamilton, and British war hero Admiral Horatio Nelson.1929 edition: Winner for Best Directing, Nominated for Best Actress (Corinne Griffith)
- DirectorLionel BarrymoreStarsLewis StoneRuth ChattertonRaymond HackettA young lawyer unknowingly defends his mother who abandoned him when he was three.1929 edition: Nominated for Best Directing, Best Actress (Ruth Chatterton)
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsRichard BarthelmessLucien LittlefieldKathrin Clare WardA writer is torn between his wife, and a more sophisticated woman that he lusts after.1929 edition: Nominated for Best Directing
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsRichard BarthelmessBetty CompsonWilliam HoldenA gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the outside, he finds success elusive and temptations abound.1929 edition: Nominated for Best Directing
- DirectorWilliam K. HowardStarsPaul MuniMarguerite ChurchillJohnny Mack BrownAfter killing an unknown man for an unknown reason, a mysterious drifter turns himself to the law under a false name, intending to protect his own family's honor. But when the news of his conviction breaks, the drifter's sister considers the possibility that the man is her long-lost brother.1929 edition: Nominated for Best Actor (Paul Muni), Best Writing