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1. A Night at the Opera (1935)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

Directors: Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle

Votes: 34,782 | Gross: $2.54M

2. The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

Passed | 176 min | Drama, Musical

The ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan

Votes: 8,998

3. Libeled Lady (1936)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy

Votes: 8,924

4. Fury (1936)

Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

When a wrongly-accused prisoner barely survives a lynch-mob attack and is presumed dead, he vindictively decides to fake his death and frame the mob for his supposed murder.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot

Votes: 13,731

5. Mannequin (1937)

Passed | 95 min | Drama

Affluent Hennessey falls for Jessie who is married to good-for-nothing Eddie. To provide a better life for Jessie Hennessey wants to marry her, and Eddie even approves of the plan, hoping to profit from it financially.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 1,497

6. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)

Passed | 73 min | Drama

A professional clown and a self-indulgent count learn to help each other with their problems, but then become romantic rivals.

Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young, Cissy Fitzgerald

Votes: 2,148

7. Double Wedding (1937)

Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Romance

Two sisters of differing temperaments, the younger's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice, John Beal

Votes: 2,526

8. The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)

Passed | 130 min | Comedy, Music

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.

Directors: Charles Reisner, Christy Cabanne, Norman Houston | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Jack Benny, John Gilbert, Norma Shearer

Votes: 2,257

9. Free and Easy (1930)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical

A bumbling manager tries to get a small town beauty contest winner into the movies.

Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Anita Page, Trixie Friganza, Robert Montgomery

Votes: 1,025

10. Our Blushing Brides (1930)

Passed | 102 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Three department-store girls--Connie, Franky, and Jerry--share an apartment on West 91st Street in New York City. Each earns little more than $20 per week. Jerry is the sensible one, but ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, Dorothy Sebastian

Votes: 927

11. Pretty Ladies (1925)

74 min | Comedy, Drama

Comedienne Maggie falls for musician Al Cassidy. They get married, Al becomes a songwriter and Maggie a housewife. Al is hired to write a number for one of the Follies' most beautiful stars and falls for her. Complications ensue.

Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Tom Moore, Ann Pennington, Lilyan Tashman

Votes: 268

12. Paid (1930)

Passed | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Mary Turner goes up for three years on a crime she didn't commit. Once out she and former prison mates plan a scam in which old men can be sued for breach of promise - the "heart balm" ... See full summary »

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong, Marie Prevost, Douglass Montgomery

Votes: 805

13. The Plastic Age (1925)

Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to go to parties. He finds that it is impossible to please ... See full summary »

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Donald Keith, Clara Bow, Mary Alden, Henry B. Walthall

Votes: 376

14. Lady of the Night (1925)

TV-G | 70 min | Drama, Romance

A world-weary prostitute yearns after respectability and the love of an inventor.

Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Norma Shearer, Malcolm McGregor, George K. Arthur, Fred Esmelton

Votes: 795 | Gross: $0.21M

15. Untamed (1929)

Passed | 86 min | Drama

When her rich oilman father is killed, Bingo, raised in the wilds of South America, inherits the company. Her guardians Ben and Howard send her to New York for civilizing but on the way she... See full summary »

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Ernest Torrence, Holmes Herbert

Votes: 722 | Gross: $0.71M

16. The Intruder (1933)

Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A murder is committed aboard a cruise ship just before it sinks in a storm. The survivors, including the killer, land on a mysterious jungle island.

Director: Albert Ray | Stars: Lila Lee, Monte Blue, Gwen Lee, Arthur Housman

Votes: 146

17. Meet the Baron (1933)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Romance

The famous Baron Munchausen dumps two dimwits in the African jungle. A rescue team mistakes one of them for the missing Baron, and returns them to the US, where they're greeted as heroes. ... See full summary »

Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Zasu Pitts, Ted Healy

Votes: 331

18. Inspiration (1931)

Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance

Yvonne is a beautiful model who loves frequenting the Parisian bohemian life, because she loves hobnobbing with artists.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Greta Garbo, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau

Votes: 631 | Gross: $0.73M

19. Corruption (1933)

Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A young lawyer is elected mayor of the city and promises to rid it of the corruption it's famous for. The problem is that most of the corruption he's vowed to eliminate is caused by the crooked political machine that helped elect him.

Director: Charles E. Roberts | Stars: Evalyn Knapp, Preston Foster, Charles Delaney, Tully Marshall

Votes: 186

20. Twelve Miles Out (1927)

85 min | Drama

Jerry always wins in his rivalry with Red over women, gunrunning, and diamond smuggling. While running booze into the U.S. during Prohibition, Jerry seizes Jane's seaside home. When she ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence, Joan Crawford, Eileen Percy

Votes: 679 | Gross: $0.45M

21. Man-Proof (1938)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mimi has tried everything to become the bride to Alan, but he chooses Elizabeth instead. The ironic part is that Mimi's mother writes romance novels and neither one has had any luck with ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Myrna Loy, Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon

Votes: 679

22. Estrellados (1930)

96 min | Comedy

A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet.

Directors: Salvador de Alberich, Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Raquel Torres, Don Alvarado, María Calvo

Votes: 65

23. Traveling Husbands (1931)

73 min | Comedy, Crime

Several traveling salesmen get involved with business, booze, romance, party girls and a lot more while staying at a hotel Detroit.

Director: Paul Sloane | Stars: Evelyn Brent, Frank Albertson, Constance Cummings, Hugh Herbert

Votes: 106

24. The Man and the Moment (1929)

79 min | Comedy, Romance

Relentlessly pursued by gold digger Viola Hatfield (Gwen Lee), millionaire Michel Towne (Rod La Rocque) decides to put her off through a marriage of convenience. Based on a story by Elinor Glyn.

Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Billie Dove, Rod La Rocque, Gwen Lee, Robert Schable

Votes: 42

25. Orchids and Ermine (1927)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance

A telephone operator at an opulent hotel falls in love with a young man who turns out to be a rich oil millionaire.

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Colleen Moore, Jack Mulhall, Sam Hardy, Gwen Lee

Votes: 182

26. Lucky Boy (1929)

77 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A young Jewish man works in his father's jewelry business, but he doesn't like it at all--he wants to be an entertainer, something he knows that his father would never approve of. He comes ... See full summary »

Directors: Norman Taurog, Charles C. Wilson | Stars: George Jessel, Gwen Lee, Richard Tucker, Gayne Whitman

Votes: 116

27. West of Broadway (1931)

Passed | 73 min | Drama, Romance, War

Jerry Seevers returns from World War I service broken in health and his doctor tells him he has only six months to live. His fiancée jilts him and he sets out to drink himself to death. In ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: John Gilbert, El Brendel, Lois Moran, Madge Evans

Votes: 646

28. Absolute Quiet (1936)

Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama

Businessman Gerald Axton goes to his ranch to rest, having had a near-heart-attack due to business worries. But while there (with his female assistant who makes his heart flutter as much as... See full summary »

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Irene Hervey, Raymond Walburn, Stuart Erwin

Votes: 432

29. A Night at the Movies (1937)

Passed | 10 min | Comedy, Short

A man and his wife have a less-than-enjoyable time at the movies.

Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Robert Benchley, King Baggot, Jack Baxley, Sidney Bracey

Votes: 482

30. Broadway to Cheyenne (1932)

Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western

A cowboy detective goes up against a gang of big-city thugs trying to set up a protection racket out west.

Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Rex Bell, Marceline Day, Matthew Betz, Huntley Gordon

Votes: 162

31. Chasing Rainbows (1930)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is happening back stage of the production. ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Bessie Love, Charles King, Jack Benny, George K. Arthur

Votes: 271

32. After Midnight (1927)

70 min | Drama

When Joe, a hold-up man, tries to rob Mary, a nightclub hostess, she winds winds up knocking him out. She takes pity on him, however, and nurses him back to health. He decides to go ... See full summary »

Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Norma Shearer, Lawrence Gray, Gwen Lee, Eddie Sturgis

Votes: 88 | Gross: $0.40M

33. Pagan Lady (1931)

Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A free-spirited bartender on a tropical island has a reputation as a "pagan lady", who hops from man to man and bed to bed. The young son of the island's fire-and-brimstone evangelist ... See full summary »

Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Evelyn Brent, Conrad Nagel, Charles Bickford, Roland Young

Votes: 64

34. Extravagance (1930)

Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance

When spoiled Alice Kendall marries Fred Garlan, an up-and-coming entrepreneur, she expects her wealthy lifestyle to remain the same, causing problems in their marriage.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Owen Moore, June Collyer, Lloyd Hughes, Dorothy Christy

Votes: 176

35. A Lady of Chance (1928)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Seasoned grifter Dolly Crandall returns to the 'badger game' but has a change of heart when she falls in love with a young man she believes is a rich Southerner.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Norma Shearer, Lowell Sherman, Gwen Lee, Johnny Mack Brown

Votes: 541

36. The Actress (1928)

70 min | Comedy, Drama

A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady (Rose Trelawny) when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town (Arthur Gower). The rest of ... See full summary »

Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Norma Shearer, Owen Moore, Gwen Lee, Lee Moran

Votes: 30

37. His Secretary (1925)

70 min | Comedy

When a secretary overhears her boss disparaging her looks, she decides to show him how wrong he is.

Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Norma Shearer, Lew Cody, Willard Louis, Karl Dane

Votes: 18 | Gross: $0.32M

38. My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)

Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When the owner of the New York Globe-Leader dies without making a will, the paper is inherited by his only living relative, an "old maid schoolteacher" from Nebraska. Martha Aldrich, along ... See full summary »

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson

Votes: 418

39. Penny's Party (1938)

Documentary, Short

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Director: David Miller | Stars: Gwen Lee, Prudence Penny, Pete Smith

40. The Duke Steps Out (1929)

Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Millionaire's son Duke wants to be a champion boxer but takes time out to enroll in college when he sees co-ed Susie. The students wonder about his having a chauffeur and house full of ... See full summary »

Director: James Cruze | Stars: William Haines, Joan Crawford, Karl Dane, Tenen Holtz

Votes: 219

41. Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)

Passed | 80 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A tunesmith, a user and an out-and-out heel, puts the stories of his broken romances into song, turning old love letters into lyrics, and capitalizing on the death of his best friend to ... See full summary »

Directors: Harry Beaumont, William Nigh | Stars: Charles Kaley, Ethelind Terry, Marion Shilling, Cliff Edwards

Votes: 178

42. Give Till It Hurts (1937)

Approved | 21 min | Crime, Short, Drama

This entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on charity fraud. Two scam artists set themselves up as 'philanthropists' to help raise money for a local clinic, but the funds they raise never get to help the people who need it.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Janet Beecher, Clay Clement, Howard Hickman, King Baggot

Votes: 92

43. Her Wild Oat (1927)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy

Mary Lou Smith, owner of a food wagon, decides to take her hard-earned money and splurge on a vacation where the rich and famous gather for fun. The guests at this beach treat her badly, so her reporter friend decides to help with matters.

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Colleen Moore, Larry Kent, Hallam Cooley, Gwen Lee

Votes: 60

44. The Galloping Ghost (1931)

Passed | 226 min | Drama

A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, whose thugs try to eliminate ... See full summary »

Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Harold 'Red' Grange, Dorothy Gulliver, Walter Miller, Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Votes: 169

45. The Lone Wolf Returns (1926)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

A thief operating solo romances a lady at a masked ball and later helps the police by bringing a gang of fellow crooks to justice.

Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Bert Lytell, Billie Dove, Freeman Wood, Gustav von Seyffertitz

Votes: 20

46. Song of the Eagle (1933)

Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A German American family from 1916 thru 1933. After the losses of the Great War, what will happen to the family patriarch and his lager business under Prohibition?

Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Charles Bickford, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Jean Hersholt

Votes: 25

47. Women Love Diamonds (1927)

70 min | Drama

A young woman can't marry a millionaire because she was born illegitimately.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Pauline Starke, Owen Moore, Lionel Barrymore, Cissy Fitzgerald

Votes: 14

48. Show Girl (1928)

68 min | Comedy, Drama

Alice White plays an aspiring dancer who fakes her own kidnapping as a publicity stunt. Her newfound fame causes trouble with her boyfriend (Charles Delaney).

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Alice White, Donald Reed, Lee Moran, Charles Delaney

Votes: 57

49. Upstage (1926)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance

Dolly Havens, a small-town girl with big-town ambitions that are larger than her talents, hooks up with Johnny Storm, a vaudeville performer, whose talents make the act a success. Dolly, ... See full summary »

Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Norma Shearer, Oscar Shaw, Tenen Holtz, Gwen Lee

Votes: 104

50. Fast Company (1929)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Sport

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Directors: A. Edward Sutherland, Edwin H. Knopf | Stars: Evelyn Brent, Jack Oakie, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Sam Hardy

Votes: 26