Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Curt Siodmak

51. Fireside Theatre (1949–1955)

30 min | Drama

An anthology series which became the first successful filmed series on American television.

Stars: Gene Raymond, John Warburton, Nolan Leary, Dabbs Greer

Votes: 96

52. 13 Demon Street (1959–1960)

30 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

"13 Demon Street" was a horror anthology series, set at decaying 13 Demon Street where the host, an unnerving Lon Chaney Jr., opened and closed each episode.

Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Nolte, Lorri Scott, Alan Blair

Votes: 94

53. Four Days Leave (1949)

Approved | 79 min | Drama

A sailor on leave meets a beautiful girl on the ski slopes of Switzerland.

Director: Leopold Lindtberg | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Josette Day, Simone Signoret, John Baragrey

Votes: 78

54. Pacific Blackout (1941)

Passed | 76 min | Mystery

While bombers roar overhead during a practice blackout in a large American West coast city, Robert Draper, is among the prisoners in a police van. The inventor of a new range finder for ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Robert Preston, Martha O'Driscoll, Philip Merivale, Eva Gabor

Votes: 77

55. Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands (2004 TV Movie)

54 min | Documentary, Biography

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Director: Jorge Dana | Stars: Fritz Lang, Artur Brauner, Claude Chabrol, Alfred Eibel

Votes: 76

56. The Mantrap (1943)

Approved | 57 min | Mystery

Sir Humphrey Quilp, a former chief of Scotland Yard now retired in the New York countryside, is driving in his electric automobile with his friend, Dr. Anatole Duprex, when they arrive at the scene of a terrible car accident.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Henry Stephenson, Lloyd Corrigan, Joseph Allen, Dorothy Lovett

Votes: 71

57. Ski Fever (1966)

M | 98 min | Comedy

An American student at an Austrian resort disapproves of the games of seduction played by his fellow ski instructors.

Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Claudia Martin, Martin Milner, Toni Sailer, Vivi Bach

Votes: 67

58. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)

30 min | Adventure, Family

A TV series adaptated from the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the ... See full summary »

Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Robert Cawdron, Henry Corden

Votes: 65

59. The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955)

30 min | Drama

An anthology series with episodes split between comedies and drama. Anita Colby and Arlene Dahl shared hosting duties the first season that was originally filmed live but switched to film. ... See full summary »

Stars: Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl, Anita Colby, Dorothy Green

Votes: 65

60. Der Schuß im Tonfilmatelier (1930)

73 min | Thriller

During the shooting of a jealousy scene on a soundstage, one actress is murdered. Due to the fact that the male star of the movie had a relation with the victim and the female star is now his fiance, he is suspected by the police.

Director: Alfred Zeisler | Stars: Gerda Maurus, Harry Frank, Berthe Ostyn, Erwin Kalser

Votes: 61

61. Hey, Jeannie! (1956–1957)

30 min | Comedy

Jeannie MacLennan, a cheerful and carefree Scottish woman, arrives in New York without a job or knowing anyone. Cabbie Al Murray is one of the first people she meets and he agrees to ... See full summary »

Stars: Jeannie Carson, Allen Jenkins, Jane Dulo, Jack Kirkwood

Votes: 60

62. Big Town (1950–1956)

TV-MA | 30 min | Drama

"Big Town" was a long-running, highly-successful network radio series (1937- 1952) and film series ("I Cover the Underworld," "Underworld After Dark," and "Underworld Scandal") before ... See full summary »

Stars: Patrick McVey, Mark Stevens, Jane Nigh, Mary K. Wells

Votes: 58

63. Front Page Detective (1951–1953)

30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A newspaper columnist who helps police solve especially difficult mysteries. The title derived from a popular mystery magazine of the same name.

Stars: Edmund Lowe, Paula Drew, George Pembroke, Norman Budd

Votes: 55

64. Girls Will Be Boys (1934)

70 min | Comedy

The Duke of Bridgewater sends for the heir he's never seen. His heir is Patricia, and the Duke is a woman-hater, so Patricia disguises herself as a boy.

Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Dolly Haas, Cyril Maude, Esmond Knight, Irene Vanbrugh

Votes: 47

65. Le bal (1931)

75 min | Comedy, Drama

Two middle-class notions dealers live happily with their girl.But an inheritance turns these nice people into snob Nouveaux Riches;although the aristocracy invites them,the 'Tout-Paris ' laughs behind their back.

Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Germaine Dermoz, Danielle Darrieux, André Lefaur, Pierre de Guingand

Votes: 46

66. It's a Bet (1935)

69 min | Comedy

A young English reporter makes a bet with a wealthy publisher that he can disappear for a month. In his absence the publisher makes much of the mysterious disappearance in an attempt to boost the circulation of his newspaper.

Director: Alexander Esway | Stars: Gene Gerrard, Helen Chandler, Judy Kelly, Allen Vincent

Votes: 44

67. 13 Demon Street (1959–1960)
Episode: The Black Hand (1959)

23 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A doctor and his wife are involved in a head on accident. The doctor's hand is caught in the steering column of his burning car. After freeing himself of the vehicle and doing necessary ... See full summary »

Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Pat Clavin, Sheldon Lawrence, Louise Grant

Votes: 43

68. Captain Fathom (1965– )

30 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

The adventures of Captain Fathom and his submarine, the Argonaut. His crew-members are Cookie, Ronnie, Scotty, Miss Perkins and Flip the porpoise. Like Cambria's earlier series, Space Angel... See full summary »

Star: Warren Tufts

Votes: 40

69. False Faces (1943)

Approved | 58 min | Mystery

A district attorney sets out to vindicate his son who's been accused of murdering a nightclub singer.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Stanley Ridges, William Henry, Rex Williams, Veda Ann Borg

Votes: 37

70. 13 Demon Street (1959–1960)
Episode: Fever (1959)

25 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A doctor becomes obsessed with a painter's model, with tragic consequences.

Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Alf Kjellin, Karen Kadler, Jill Donohue

Votes: 37

71. 13 Demon Street (1959–1960)
Episode: The Vine of Death (1959)

25 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

An archaeologist plants calcified bulbs dating back nearly 4000 years, with deadly consequences.

Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Pat Clavin, Lauritz Falk, Don Molin

Votes: 37

72. Mashup at the Movies (2021)

73 min | Comedy, Horror

Directors from all over the world come together to take two films they enjoy and mash them up together for a crazy new scene in a film they love.

Directors: Lukas Bailey, Scott E. Brosius, John Catheline, Christopher Cayen Cyr, Joe Filippone, Dean Houlihan, Matthew Mark Hunter, Zachary Keane, Daniel Mart, Sammy Simmans | Stars: Joe Filippone, Kevin Michael Shiley, Lukas Bailey, Matthew Mark Hunter

Votes: 36

73. Weekend am Wannsee (2000 TV Movie)

30 min | Documentary

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Director: Gerald Koll | Stars: Brigitte Borchert, Curt Siodmak

Votes: 36

74. 13 Demon Street (1959–1960)
Episode: The Girl in the Glacier (1959)

Crime, Drama, Fantasy

An archaeologist becomes obsessed with the beautiful naked female found frozen in time inside a glacier.

Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Frank Taylor, Sara Harts, Jason Lindsay

Votes: 33

75. Frisco Sal (1945)

Approved | 94 min | Action, Drama, Music

Sal comes to the Barbary Coast from New England to find out who murdered her brother. She gets a job signing in Dude's saloon, falls in love with Dude, then wonders if he might be involved in the murder.

Director: George Waggner | Stars: Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Alan Curtis, Andy Devine

Votes: 32

76. 13 Demon Street (1959–1960)
Episode: The Photograph (1959)

Crime, Drama, Fantasy

While vacationing in snowy Maine, photographer Donald Powers takes a number of powerful images, none more so than a lonely farmhouse framed by a bleak landscape. When a beautiful woman ... See full summary »

Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., John Crawford, Ralph Brown, Inga Edwards

Votes: 32

77. Shady Lady (1945)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

A professional gambler is caught cheating and sent to prison. Eventually paroled, he decides to make a fresh start and takes his niece, an aspiring singer, to Chicago. Once there, however, ... See full summary »

Director: George Waggner | Stars: Charles Coburn, Robert Paige, Ginny Simms, Alan Curtis

Votes: 31

78. The Making of an Englishman (1995 TV Movie)

51 min | Documentary

This documentary follows filmmaker 'Kevin Macdonald' across Europe in search of the grandfather he never really knew, Emeric Pressburger, the Oscar winning screen writer. Emeric was born in... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Adolf Aczél, József Bé, Christopher Challis, Andre Deutsch

Votes: 30

79. Das Feuerschiff (1963)

84 min | Crime, Drama

Religiously principled Captain Freytag must choose between his morals and the safety of his crew and his young son, when three ruthless criminals on the run take over his lighthouse.

Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: James Robertson Justice, Helmut Wildt, Dieter Borsche, Pinkas Braun

Votes: 26

80. 13 Demon Street (1959–1960)
Episode: Condemned in the Crystal (1959)

Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A man obsessed by an uncertain future has his fears exacerbated by a fortune teller predicting a dire fate.

Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Michael Hinn, Gunnel Broström, Chalmers Goodlin

Votes: 25

81. The Moon, The Bat, The Monster (2019)

Short, Horror

A physics student's thesis project a time machine goes haywire summoning old Universal Monsters Dracula, Wolfman, and Frankenstien's Monster. The Monsters take down a small police station while hunting the student.

Director: Robbie Dias | Stars: Emily Schlachter, Cinthya Brasil, Chris Gehrt, Jimmy Espinosa

Votes: 23

82. 13 Demon Street (1959–1960)
Episode: A Gift of Murder (1959)

Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A voodoo doll offers up vengeance for a determined businessman.

Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Nolte, Doreen Denning, Birgitta Ander

Votes: 22

83. Unterwegs zur Familie Mann (2001– )

255 min | Drama

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Stars: Heinrich Breloer, Elisabeth Mann-Borgese, Hilde Kahn Reach, Hans Abich

Votes: 21

84. 13 Demon Street (1959–1960)
Episode: Green Are the Leaves (1959)

Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A film crew doing a live broadcast from a haunted castle are convinced that a strangling was committed by a real ghost.

Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., John Crawford, Anne Wakefield, Jason Lindsay

Votes: 21

85. The Purple V (1943)

Approved | 58 min | War, Drama

An anti-Nazi German schoolmaster (Fritz Kortner) helps a U.S. pilot (John Archer) get vital data to the Allies.

Director: George Sherman | Stars: John Archer, Mary McLeod, Fritz Kortner, Rex Williams

Votes: 20

86. 13 Demon Street (1959–1960)
Episode: Murder in the Mirror (1959)

Crime, Drama, Fantasy

An antique mirror reflects the image of a long ago murder committed before its gaze.

Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Ben Breen, Doreen Denning, Vernon Young

Votes: 19

87. 13 Demon Street (1959–1960)
Episode: The Book of Ghouls (1959)

Crime, Drama, Fantasy

An ancient book of incantations holds the key to untold wealth.

Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Nolte, Vernon Young, Berit Lind

Votes: 19

88. Captain Fathom (1955 TV Movie)

26 min | Adventure

While traveling in enemy waters, Captain Fathom and his crew detect an anomalous reading of radioactivity. The submariners investigate and discover a huge bomb lying on the ocean bottom. ... See full summary »

Directors: Maurice Kline, Gustav Della Valle | Stars: Don Megowan, Richard H. Cutting, Barbara Wilson, Kenneth Tobey

Votes: 18

89. 13 Demon Street (1959–1960)
Episode: Never Steal a Warlock's Wife (1959)

Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A husband plots to prevent his unfaithful wife from leaving with her lover.

Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Alan Blair, Lorri Scott, Robert Kanter

Votes: 18

90. 13 Demon Street (1959–1960)
Episode: The Secret of the Telescope (1959)

Crime, Drama, Fantasy

A man believes that a telescope containing magical powers will make him rich, only to receive a dire prediction instead.

Director: Curt Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Charles Nolte, Lorri Scott, Hortensia Hedström

Votes: 17

91. The Loves of Madame Dubarry (1935)

90 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Jeanne works at a millinery shop. She is sent to Louis XV's palace with a hat for Madame de Pompadour, then meets a musician at the park and they fall in love, despite the fortune-teller announcing she will become rich and live in luxury.

Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Gitta Alpar, Patrick Waddington, Owen Nares, Arthur Margetson

Votes: 16

92. Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1991 Video)

75 min | History

Join "Mr. Science Fiction", Forrest J. Ackerman, on a star-studded romp through 75 years of classic sci-fi and fantasy film magic.

Director: Ray Ferry | Stars: Forrest J. Ackerman, John Agar, Rick Baker, Ray Bradbury

Votes: 13

93. The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth (2010 Video)

10 min | Documentary, Short

In this documentary short, a slew of horror film experts and aficionados discuss how Universal Studios used the folklore phenomenon of the werewolf to create their successful 'Wolf Man' franchise.

Stars: Rick Baker, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, Steve Haberman

Votes: 10

94. Front Page Detective (1951–1953)
Episode: Alibi for Suicide (1951)

26 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Don Lawton needs to spend the night with David and Sharon to establish an alibi. He needs the alibi because he says someone is going to die and he knows he will be a suspect. He is serious enough to hold them at gunpoint.

Director: Arnold Wester | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Paula Drew, Barbra Fuller, Jack Daly

Votes: 10

95. Der Kampf mit dem Drachen oder: Die Tragödie des Untermieters (1930)

14 min | Comedy, Short

A meek clerk can no longer abide the nastiness of his boarding house proprietress and takes drastic action.

Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Hedwig Wangel, Felix Bressart

Votes: 9

96. Marion, That's Not Nice (1932)

82 min

A young painter in the academy hires as a model the daughter of a rich soap manufacturer and has her pose for a work based on the biblical Susannah and the Elders, which almost causes a scandal.

Director: E.W. Emo | Stars: Magda Schneider, Hermann Thimig, Otto Wallburg, Julius Falkenstein

Votes: 7

97. The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
Episode: The Black Death (1956)

Adventure, Family

A doctor tries to stem the spread of a plague in Paris but is thwarted by forces of greed and ignorance. The Count lends his support to the doctor and many lives are then saved.

Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: George Dolenz, Nick Cravat, Herbert Rudley, Thomas Browne Henry

Votes: 6

98. Godzilla vs. Wolfman

Unrated | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi | Announced

Godzilla vs. Wolfman consists of a werewolf appearing in Japan, which becomes irradiated and grows to enormous size. This giant Wolfman encounters Godzilla in the countryside, and the two monsters battle.

Director: Shizuo Nakajima | Stars: Shitosi Shima, Ema Ishihara

99. I.F.1 ne répond plus (1933)

100 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

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Director: Karl Hartl | Stars: Charles Boyer, Danièle Parola, Jean Murat, Pierre Brasseur

100. Der Ball (1931)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

The daughter of a nouveau riche family, invited to an upper class ball meant to launch her in society, rejects the offer.

Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Lucie Mannheim, Reinhold Schünzel, Dolly Haas, Gertrud Wolle