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1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold
Votes: 121,531 | Gross: $9.60M
2. The More the Merrier (1943)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy
During the World War II housing shortage in Washington, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn, Richard Gaines
Votes: 7,486
3. It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie, Edgar Kennedy
Votes: 2,870
4. Never Say Goodbye (1946)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy
After divorce, 7-year-old Flip is unhappy. She begins corresponding with a Marine, sending him a photo of Ellen pretending she wrote the flirtatious letters. When the Marine arrives to meet his pen pal, Ellen uses it to make Phil jealous.
Director: James V. Kern | Stars: Errol Flynn, Eleanor Parker, Lucile Watson, S.Z. Sakall
Votes: 1,316
5. The Sign of Zorro (1958)
G | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A masked vigilante battles a corrupt commandant by night while masquerading as an aristocrat by day.
Directors: Lewis R. Foster, Norman Foster | Stars: Guy Williams, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Romney Brent
Votes: 1,272
6. Manhandled (1949)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The secretary to a psychiatrist finds herself caught up in the murder of a patient's wife and realizes that her life is also in danger.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Dan Duryea, Dorothy Lamour, Sterling Hayden, Irene Hervey
Votes: 921
7. Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)
Not Rated | 155 min | Drama, Thriller
After a Senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining Senator and the state Governor must decide on a person who will ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Laughlin | Stars: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, E.G. Marshall, Teresa Kelly
Votes: 818
8. Crashout (1955)
Approved | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The survivors of a prison break set out on an arduous journey to retrieve some loot.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: William Bendix, Arthur Kennedy, Luther Adler, William Talman
Votes: 750
9. Can't Help Singing (1944)
Passed | 90 min | Musical, Romance, Western
A senator's daughter (who can't help singing) follows her boyfriend West in the days of the California gold rush.
Director: Frank Ryan | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff, David Bruce
Votes: 650
10. Dakota Incident (1956)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Western
Indians attack a stagecoach, and a disparate group of passengers must band together to fight them off.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Linda Darnell, Dale Robertson, John Lund, Ward Bond
Votes: 642
11. The Last Outpost (1951)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Western
Despite their fighting on opposite sides during the Civil War, brothers Vance and Jeb Britton have to set their differences aside in order to survive an Indian attack.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams
Votes: 637
12. It's in the Bag! (1945)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Don Ameche, William Bendix
Votes: 633
13. Tonka (1958)
Approved | 97 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The remarkable and ironical story of a wild colt that changes owners around the time of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Sal Mineo, Philip Carey, Jerome Courtland, H.M. Wynant
Votes: 513
14. El Paso (1949)
Approved | 103 min | Western
In El Paso, lawyer and ex-Confederate captain Clay Fletcher forms a vigilante group to bring law and order to a town where the judge is a drunk, the sheriff is corrupt and the town is run by a crooked landowner.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Gail Russell, Sterling Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 461
15. The Eagle and the Hawk (1950)
Not Rated | 104 min | Western
A Texas Ranger and a government agent team up to help Mexican patriot Juarez fend off European opposition.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Dennis O'Keefe, Thomas Gomez
Votes: 369
16. The Gaucho (1927)
Approved | 115 min | Adventure, Romance
A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site, and a whole city grows around it, rich ... See full summary »
Director: F. Richard Jones | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Lupe Velez, Joan Barclay, Eve Southern
Votes: 367
17. Some Like It Hot (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Una Merkel, Gene Krupa
Votes: 315
18. Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Musical, Western
A woman takes her four beautiful daughters to Dawson City Yukon during the Gold Rush to find their fortune.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Rhonda Fleming, Gene Barry, Agnes Moorehead, Teresa Brewer
Votes: 285
19. Hers to Hold (1943)
Passed | 94 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
The third film in the "3 Smart Girls" trilogy starring Deanna Durbin as Penny Craig, the youngest sister in the Craig Family. Now all grown up, she goes to work in a munitions factory ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Ryan | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Joseph Cotten, Charles Winninger, Ludwig Stössel
Votes: 281
20. The Bold and the Brave (1956)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, War
An assortment of American types come together in the Italian campaign of 1944.
Directors: Lewis R. Foster, Mickey Rooney | Stars: Wendell Corey, Mickey Rooney, Don Taylor, Nicole Maurey
Votes: 263
21. Hong Kong (1952)
Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The theft of a jeweled treasure is within an adventurer's grasp when he is restrained by his love for a good woman. Now he must help her and the kid he was hired to rob escape as the Chinese Civil War nears Hong Kong.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Nigel Bruce, Marvin Miller
Votes: 253
22. Tropic Zone (1953)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Ronald Reagan saves Rhonda Fleming's banana plantation and roughs up some bad guys as expatriate freedom-fighter Dan McCloud.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Estelita Rodriguez, Noah Beery Jr.
Votes: 237
23. The Vanquished (1953)
Approved | 84 min | Western
After the Civil War, unscrupulous and corrupt civilian administrators, backed by the Union Army, run Southern towns like despots, causing public outrage.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Payne, Jan Sterling, Coleen Gray, Lyle Bettger
Votes: 236
24. Passage West (1951)
Approved | 80 min | Western
In 1864, six Salt Lake prison escapees join a wagon train headed for California but tensions between inmates and settlers complicate the perilous voyage.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Dennis O'Keefe, Arleen Whelan, Frank Faylen
Votes: 233
25. Crosswinds (1951)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Adventurer tries to recover gold from sunken plane.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Forrest Tucker, Alan Mowbray
Votes: 216
26. The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
Passed | 86 min | Drama
Joe Jonathan tries to keep his business on the level after some shady dealings but will his cronies let him?
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: George Murphy, Anne Shirley, William Gargan, Richard Barthelmess
Votes: 212
27. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
Approved | 104 min | Musical
A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 February 1878 - 19 May 1961), famous songwriter of the early 20th Century. He wrote the title song, "Goodbye, My Lady Love" and "Hello, My Baby" ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: June Haver, Mark Stevens, Martha Stewart, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 205
28. By Your Leave (1934)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy
In the midst of a mid-life crisis, Henry Smith convinces his wife, Ellen, that they should take separate one-week vacations, with no questions asked. He tries to sow some wild oats with a ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Frank Morgan, Genevieve Tobin, Neil Hamilton, Marian Nixon
Votes: 197
29. Top of the World (1955)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure
A jet pilot, Dale Robertson, find himself assigned to the barren wastes of Alaska where it becomes his duty to man an observation post.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Dale Robertson, Evelyn Keyes, Frank Lovejoy, Nancy Gates
Votes: 187
30. Jamaica Run (1953)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In Jamaica, amid murder and deceit, a schooner skipper and a land developer search for the sunken ship containing proof regarding the identity of the true heirs of a legendary Jamaican estate.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Ray Milland, Arlene Dahl, Wendell Corey, Patric Knowles
Votes: 162
31. Million Dollar Legs (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy
At Middleton College, controlled by rich donor Melton, only paying sports are allowed. But Freddie Frye, conniving student body president, has to get a letter in some sport to win back his ... See full summary »
Directors: Nick Grinde, Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Betty Grable, John Hartley, Donald O'Connor, Jackie Coogan
Votes: 152
32. Captain China (1950)
Passed | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Charles Chinnough, aka Captain China, washed ashore off his ship during a storm, is later rescued, but is relieved of duty after his former first mate, Brendensen (who thought he was dead),... See full summary »
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: John Payne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey Lynn, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 141
33. The Blazing Forest (1952)
Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Kelly Hansen, the tough boss of a timber crew clearing property owned by Jessie Crain and her niece Sharon Wilks, is--unknown to anybody else--working to pay back money stolen by his ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Payne, William Demarest, Agnes Moorehead, Richard Arlen
Votes: 141
34. The Lucky Stiff (1949)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Crime
Semi-successful lawyer John Malone is intrigued by local night club singer Anna Marie St. Clair. After meeting her at the club, he is present when her boss (and more?) is killed, and she is... See full summary »
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Irene Hervey
Votes: 133
35. Special Agent (1949)
Passed | 71 min | Crime, Drama, History
Johnny Douglas investigates a train robbery, committed by brothers Paul and Edmond Devereaux, in which Lucille Peters' father was killed.
Director: William C. Thomas | Stars: William Eythe, George Reeves, Kasey Rogers, Paul Valentine
Votes: 117
36. I Live on Danger (1942)
73 min | Thriller
Eddie Nelson is wrongly accused of murder, and journalist Jeff Morrell and Nelson's sister, Susan Richards, fight to prove his innocence.
Director: Sam White | Stars: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Elisabeth Risdon, Edward Norris
Votes: 109
37. Alaska Highway (1943)
Approved | 66 min | Drama
Pop Ormsby wins the contract from the Army Engineer Corps for the construction of the Alaska Highway connecting Alaska to Canada. The elder of his two sons, Woody Ormseby, decides he had ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Ralph Sanford, William Henry
Votes: 103
38. Stolen Harmony (1935)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Musical, Romance
Bandleader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray hooks up with Jean, a dancer in the show, and... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: George Raft, Ben Bernie, Grace Bradley, Iris Adrian
Votes: 101
39. Two in a Crowd (1936)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress Julia Wayne needs the whole $1,000, ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Joan Bennett, Joel McCrea, Henry Armetta, Alison Skipworth
Votes: 94
40. Sudden Money (1939)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney and brother-in-law Archibald "Doc" Finney win a $150,000 grand prize in the sweepstakes contest.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Charles Ruggles, Marjorie Rambeau, Charley Grapewin, Broderick Crawford
Votes: 88
41. She's Dangerous (1937)
66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A beautiful woman suspected of being a jewel thief is actually a detective tracking down a ring of bond thieves.
Directors: Milton Carruth, Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Tala Birell, Walter Pidgeon, Cesar Romero, Walter Brennan
Votes: 79
42. Air Eagles (1931)
Passed | 72 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An airplane pilot and a criminal battle for the woman they love.
Director: Phil Whitman | Stars: Lloyd Hughes, Norman Kerry, Shirley Grey, Berton Churchill
Votes: 79
43. Cheating Blondes (1933)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A reporter sets out to prove that the woman who rejected his marriage proposal is a murderer. Meanwhile, she's hiding in plain sight: posing as her missing twin sister.
Director: Joseph Levering | Stars: Thelma Todd, Ralf Harolde, Inez Courtney, Milton Wallis
Votes: 77
44. The Farmer's Daughter (1940)
Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Broadway producer Nickie North, and his press agent Scoop Trimble, land a backer for a new show, but their "angel" requires that they rehearse the show out-of-town and star Clarice Sheldon,... See full summary »
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Martha Raye, Charles Ruggles, Richard Denning, Gertrude Michael
Votes: 74
45. The Magnificent Brute (1936)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Romance
The foreman of a blast furnace gets involved in a romantic triangle and stolen money.
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Binnie Barnes, Jean Dixon, William Hall
Votes: 73
46. The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama
An actor continually confesses to murders he didn't commit, figuring that the police won't believe him when he confesses to a murder that he actually does intend to commit.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Lewis Stone, Barbara Read, Tom Brown, Forrester Harvey
Votes: 70
47. Golden Gloves (1940)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
Bill Crane, an up and coming honest boxer, runs afoul of Taggerty and his fellow racketeers by fighting fair. They set out to ruin Crane but with the support of his girl Mary and newspaperman Matson the pugilist stands up to the mob.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Richard Denning, Jeanne Cagney, J. Carrol Naish, Robert Paige
Votes: 66
48. Adventure in Washington (1941)
Approved | 84 min | Drama
The senator (Herbert Marshall) works to reform a delinquent youth who is working as a Senate page boy.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Herbert Marshall, Virginia Bruce, Gene Reynolds, Samuel S. Hinds
Votes: 66
49. Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Mystery
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn help an Arkansas preacher falsely accused of murder.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Billy Cook, Donald O'Connor, Porter Hall, Phil Warren
Votes: 65
50. Comin' Round the Mountain (1940)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve relates to a W.P.A. employment advisor the story of how he lost the mayorship of the town of Monotony and became a forgotten man: Jed Blower returned to his ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Bob Burns, Una Merkel, Jerry Colonna, Don Wilson
Votes: 64