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1. Modern Times (1936)

G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford

Votes: 259,599 | Gross: $0.16M

2. A Star Is Born (1937)

Passed | 111 min | Drama, Romance

A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.

Directors: William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Victor Fleming | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson

Votes: 10,898 | Gross: $4.36M

3. Stand-In (1937)

Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

A New York bank plans to sell a Hollywood studio at a big loss. But the head accountant is suspicious and goes to investigate. He finds chicanery, romance, and help to save the studio.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell, Alan Mowbray

Votes: 1,315

4. The Big House (1930)

Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.

Directors: George W. Hill, Ward Wing | Stars: Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Robert Montgomery

Votes: 2,594

5. This Is My Affair (1937)

Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, History

Navy Lt. Richard Perry becomes an undercover man out to discover the leaders of a group of well connected men who pull off bank robberies during the McKinley administration (early 20th century).

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy

Votes: 685

6. The Unholy Three (1930)

Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

"Talkie" remake of Tod Browning's 1925 silent film. A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Lon Chaney, Lila Lee, Elliott Nugent, Harry Earles

Votes: 1,402

7. Alibi (1929)

Passed | 91 min | Action, Crime, Romance

Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took ... See full summary »

Director: Roland West | Stars: Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch, Eleanor Griffith

Votes: 953

8. Give Me a Sailor (1938)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Romance

Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfriend, Nancy Larkin to marry him. But Jim ... See full summary »

Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Betty Grable, Jack Whiting

Votes: 480

9. The Sins of the Children (1930)

Passed | 67 min | Drama, Romance

A German immigrant to a small American town is a barber with four children. He has saved enough money to invest in a savings-and-loan company with a friend. Unfortunately, one of his sons ... See full summary »

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Louis Mann, Robert Montgomery, Elliott Nugent, Leila Hyams

Votes: 277

10. It's All Yours (1937)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Jimmy Barnes arrives from Europe to be educated by his multi-millionaire uncle, Edward J. Barnes and in five years the extravagant escapes of Jimmy, now a lawyer, are the talk of San ... See full summary »

Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Francis Lederer, Mischa Auer, Grace Bradley

Votes: 106

11. The Millionaire (1931)

Passed | 80 min | Drama, Comedy

A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a gas station and works it on the sly.

Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: George Arliss, Florence Arliss, David Manners, Evalyn Knapp

Votes: 591

12. Midnight Intruder (1938)

Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is a suspect.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Louis Hayward, Eric Linden, J.C. Nugent, Barbara Read

Votes: 151

13. Men Without Names (1935)

Approved | 66 min | Action, Crime, Drama

This story about the U.S. Department of Justice and its agents begins with a daring mail-truck robbery by a ruthless gang that flees to the western U.S. after the robbery. When money from ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Madge Evans, David Holt, Lynne Overman

Votes: 62

14. Love in the Rough (1930)

Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

When shipping clerk Jack Kelly is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he conceal his humble identity at the country club.

Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Dorothy Jordan, Benny Rubin, J.C. Nugent

Votes: 247

15. Local Boy Makes Good (1931)

Passed | 68 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

John is a timid student who works at the University Bookstore. He is studying to be a botanist and has a secret crush on the lovely Julia. One day, one of his letters gets mailed ... See full summary »

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Dorothy Lee, Ruth Hall, Edward Woods

Votes: 243

16. Love in Bloom (1935)

Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A young girl runs away from her carnival family to make it in New York City and becomes involved with a handsome young songwriter.

Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joe Morrison, Dixie Lee

Votes: 149

17. Life Begins in College (1937)

Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

When a wealthy Indian student endows the college so that they can keep the football coach, rumor has it that the Indian has played professionally and can't be on the team.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Joan Davis

Votes: 137

18. Virtuous Husband (1931)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Romance

When a rich young man marries, he lets the books and letters left him by his dead mother guide his life.

Director: Vin Moore | Stars: Elliott Nugent, Betty Compson, Jean Arthur, Tully Marshall

Votes: 34

19. Many a Slip (1931)

64 min | Comedy, Romance

Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.

Director: Vin Moore | Stars: Joan Bennett, Lew Ayres, Slim Summerville, Ben Alexander

Votes: 24

20. Follies Girl (1943)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Music

An Army private falls for his father's employee, a dress designer working on a burlesque show.

Director: William Rowland | Stars: Wendy Barrie, Doris Nolan, Gordon Oliver, Anne Barrett

Votes: 44

21. Wise Girls (1929)

Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

The father of three grown daughters tries to keep his sanity, even after his free-spirited middle daughter rebelliously marries a poor plumber.

Directors: E. Mason Hopper, Elliott Nugent | Stars: Elliott Nugent, Norma Lee, Roland Young, J.C. Nugent

Votes: 132

22. Remote Control (1930)

Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A radio announcer suspects a cohort of sending coded messages over the air to his bank-robber friends.

Directors: Nick Grinde, Malcolm St. Clair, Edward Sedgwick | Stars: William Haines, Charles King, Mary Doran, John Miljan

Votes: 652

23. They Learned About Women (1930)

Passed | 95 min | Musical, Drama

When Jack and Jerry are not playing professional baseball with the Blue Sox, they are packing them in on the Vaudeville circuit. Jack is engaged to Mary, but a gold digger named Daisy has ... See full summary »

Directors: Jack Conway, Sam Wood | Stars: Gus Van, Joe Schenck, Bessie Love, Mary Doran

Votes: 266

24. Navy Blues (1929)

Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Drama

On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don't approve of him. Their daughter takes offense at ... See full summary »

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: William Haines, Anita Page, Karl Dane, J.C. Nugent

Votes: 568

25. L'athlète incomplet (1932)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

Simultaneously filmed French language version of the Joe E Brown college comedy Local Boy Makes Good, in which Douglas Fairbanks Jr. stars instead.

Director: Claude Autant-Lara | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jeannette Ferney, Barbara Leonard, Carrie Daumery

26. The Poor Nut (1927)

70 min | Comedy, Drama

A shy botany student is infatuated with a girl but gives her the wrong impression of what he is really like.

Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Jack Mulhall, Charles Murray, Jean Arthur, Jane Winton

Votes: 25

27. Opening Day (1938)

Approved | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Sport

Sneeversport is excited for opening day home game taking place in new Municipal Park baseball field. But first they must endure monotonous and rambling speech by City Treasurer Benchley, who surprises when he finally throws the first ball.

Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Robert Benchley, King Baggot, Harlan Briggs, John Butler

Votes: 124

28. The Rounder (1930)

20 min | Comedy, Short

A drunkard climbs a ladder into a bedroom in the wrong house and gets romantically involved with the woman who lives there.

Director: J.C. Nugent | Stars: Jack Benny, Dorothy Sebastian, George K. Arthur, Polly Moran

Votes: 250