Wikipedia: 1928 in film

1928 in film
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November 18 - Disney's Steamboat Willie premieres. This animated short was the first film to include a soundtrack, completely created in post production, including sound effects, music, and dialogue.

Best Actor: Emil Jannings for The Last Command and the 1927 movie The Way of All Flesh
Best Actress: Janet Gaynor for Street Angel and the 1927 movies Seventh Heaven and Sunrise

Note: Prior to 1933, awards were not based on calendar years, which is why there is no 'Best Picture' for a 1928 film.

The Cameraman, a Buster Keaton film.
Champagne, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
The Circus, starring, directed and written by Charles Chaplin.
The Crowd, directed by King Vidor.
The Docks of New York, starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson and Olga Baclanova.
Easy Virtue, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
The Farmer's Wife, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
The Last Command, starring Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent and William Powell.
Laugh, Clown, Laugh, starring Lon Chaney.
Lights of New York (a true 'talkie' with Vitaphone sound)
The Man Who Laughs, starring Mary Philbin and Conrad Veidt.
The Matinee Idol, starring Bessie Love and Johnnie Walker; directed by Frank Capra.
The Mysterious Lady,starring Greta Garbo and Conrad Nagel.
Our Dancing Daughters, starring Joan Crawford.
The Passion of Joan of Arc, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
Sadie Thompson, starring Gloria Swanson and Lionel Barrymore.
Show People, starring Marion Davies.
Speedy, starring Harold Lloyd.
Steamboat Bill, Jr, a Buster Keaton film.
Steamboat Willie, a Walt Disney Mickey Mouse short.
Street Angel, starring starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.
The Wedding March, starring Erich von Stroheim and Fay Wray.
West of Zanzibar, starring Lon Chaney and Lionel Barrymore.
West Point, starring William Haines and Joan Crawford.
The Wind, starring Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson.
A Woman of Affairs, starring Greta Garbo.