A list of American films released in 1928 . The American film industry was undergoing the transition to sound and released a mixture of sound and silent films during the year.
Wings won the Academy Award for Outstanding Picture at the 1st Academy Awards, presented on May 16, 1929.
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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In Old Arizona | Irving Cummings, Raoul Walsh | Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Burgess | Western | Fox Film |
Inspiration | Bernard McEveety | George Walsh, Gladys Frazin, Marguerite Clayton | Drama | Independent |
Interference | Lothar Mendes | William Powell, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook | Drama | Paramount |
Into No Man's Land | Cliff Wheeler | Tom Santschi, Betty Blythe, Crauford Kent | War drama | Independent |
Isle of Lost Men | Duke Worne | Tom Santschi, Patsy O'Leary | Drama | Rayart |
Jazz Mad | F. Harmon Weight | Jean Hersholt, Marian Nixon | Drama | Universal |
Jazzland | Dallas M. Fitzgerald | Bryant Washburn, Vera Reynolds, Carroll Nye | Drama | Independent |
Just Married | Frank R. Strayer | James Hall, Ruth Taylor | Comedy | Paramount |
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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The Fall of the House of Usher | James Sibley Watson | Herbert Stern | Horror | |
Plane Crazy | Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney | Animated Short | First appearance of Mickey Mouse | |
Steamboat Willie | Ub Iwerks | Animated Short | ||
The Swell Head | Bryan Foy | Eddie Foy Jr., Bessie Love | Musical | Sound film |
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