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1. The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The Falcon and reporter Ann Riordan try to solve a string of murders after an ex-wrestler, released from jail, goes looking for his girl friend.
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 1,191
2. Life with Father (1947)
Passed | 118 min | Comedy, Family
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 6,400
3. State Fair (1945)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Each member of the Frake clan has his/her own reason for attending the annual Iowa State Fair.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine
Votes: 4,504
4. The Spider Woman (1943)
Passed | 63 min | Mystery, Thriller
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey
Votes: 5,140
5. Don Juan (1926)
Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Romance
In 16th-century Italy, devil-may-care playboy Don Juan runs afoul of the despotic Borgias.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Jane Winton, John Roche, Warner Oland, Estelle Taylor
Votes: 964 | Gross: $1.92M
6. Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)
Passed | 144 min | Drama, History
Slavery tears apart a Black family in the South before the start of the Civil War.
Director: Harry A. Pollard | Stars: Margarita Fischer, James B. Lowe, Arthur Edmund Carewe, George Siegmann
Votes: 503
7. Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
Approved | 91 min | Musical, Romance
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, John Payne, Cesar Romero
Votes: 754
8. Kid Galahad (1937)
Passed | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris
Votes: 3,935
9. My Gal Sal (1942)
Passed | 103 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
At the end of the 19th century, the young Indiana boy Paul Dresser left his hometown for a long adventure that would eventually place him at the pinnacle of American music as a songwriter.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Victor Mature, John Sutton, Carole Landis
Votes: 884
10. Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Romance
A plain secretary works for a womanizing divorce lawyer who only dates married women. To avoid having to deal with the matrimonial pursuits of any of his potential romances, he offers her financial support if she marries him in name only.
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna, Basil Rathbone, Rita La Roy
Votes: 760
11. The Brute Man (1946)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A facially-deformed and mentally-unhinged man wreaks his revenge, with a series of brutal murders, on those who deformed him.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Rondo Hatton, Tom Neal, Jan Wiley, Jane Adams
Votes: 1,563
12. The Iron Mistress (1952)
Passed | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
The life of nineteenth-century pioneer Jim Bowie is portrayed.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Joseph Calleia, Phyllis Kirk
Votes: 983
13. City of Bad Men (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Western
After six years spent in Mexico a penniless Brett Stanton and his gang return to Carson City intending to make a quick dishonest buck.
Director: Harmon Jones | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson, Richard Boone, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 434
14. It's a Pleasure (1945)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Don Martin is a star hockey player with the Wildcats until he is barred from the game for hitting a referee. Through the actions of Chris, Don is able to get a job with Buzz Fletcher's ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Sonja Henie, Michael O'Shea, Marie McDonald, Bill Johnson
Votes: 248
15. Monte Carlo (1930)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A countess flees to Monte Carlo on the day of her wedding, where she is courted by a count posing as a hairdresser.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan, Claud Allister, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 1,429
16. Where Do We Go from Here? (1945)
Approved | 74 min | Fantasy, Musical
Bill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends Bill everywhere in history, but not to WWII.
Directors: Gregory Ratoff, George Seaton | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Joan Leslie, June Haver, Gene Sheldon
Votes: 301
17. The Unholy Night (1929)
Passed | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an Englishman's estate.
Director: Lionel Barrymore | Stars: Ernest Torrence, Roland Young, Dorothy Sebastian, Natalie Moorhead
Votes: 404
18. Night Song (1947)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Music
When a beautiful socialite falls in love with an embittered composer who is blind, she feigns blindness herself in order to get closer to him.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon, Ethel Barrymore, Hoagy Carmichael
Votes: 679
19. Destination Murder (1950)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When Laura Mansfield's father is killed by a delivery man, the police has few clues and the investigation drags on but Laura decides to find the killer on her own.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Joyce Mackenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield, Albert Dekker
Votes: 1,024
20. This Thing Called Love (1929)
72 min | Comedy, Romance
Ann Marvin, who is thoroughly disillusioned about marital bliss because of the turbulence in her sister Clara's marriage, meets Robert Collings, a millionaire gold miner, while visiting her... See full summary »
Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Constance Bennett, Roscoe Karns, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 37
21. Polly of the Circus (1932)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Romance
After a trapeze performer is injured during an accident, she is moved to a minister's house where they both fall in love.
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Marion Davies, Clark Gable, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Hatton
Votes: 1,234
22. We Were Dancing (1942)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Two titled aristocrats support themselves by being professional house guests in the homes of star-struck American nouveau riche.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick, Lee Bowman
Votes: 528
23. The Donovan Affair (1929)
Passed | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The lights go out at a high-society dinner party and one of the guests is murdered. The police are summoned and Inspector Killian shows up with his assistant Carney. In order to get a clear... See full summary »
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, William Collier Jr., Agnes Ayres
Votes: 121
24. Klondike Fury (1942)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A neurosurgeon is thrown out of the medical profession after he performs a daring but unsuccessful surgery. He flees to Alaska, where his plane crashes in the frozen wilderness.
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Lucile Fairbanks, William Henry, Ralph Morgan
Votes: 112
25. The Clinging Vine (1926)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy
Mannish ultra-efficient A.B. is the real force behind the Bancroft paint business. But on a weekend house-party when she overhears the boss's grandson Jimmy's unflattering opinion of her ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Sloane | Stars: Leatrice Joy, Tom Moore, Toby Claude, Robert Edeson
Votes: 125
26. Redheads on Parade (1935)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A film star finds herself in trouble with her co-star when she has to flirt with the backer to prevent him withdrawing his support. But all ends well.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: John Boles, Dixie Lee, Jack Haley, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 45
27. Beauty for Sale (1933)
87 min | Drama, Romance
A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Her contact with these men leads to a series of affairs.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Madge Evans, Alice Brady, Otto Kruger, Una Merkel
Votes: 449
28. Her Primitive Man (1944)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman sets out to prove that a writer's ideas about "savages" are wrong. She goes to the jungle and finds a "primitive" man to bring back, unaware that it is actually the writer himself disguised as a "savage."
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Louise Allbritton, Robert Paige, Robert Benchley, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 39
29. Winner Take All (1932)
Passed | 66 min | Drama
Young boxer Jim Kane, resting at a New Mexico "health ranch," meets and falls for Peggy Harmon, former nightclub table singer...who needs $600 more for her sickly son to stay in the place. ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Cagney, Marian Nixon, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore
Votes: 608
30. Prosperity (1932)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1925, John becomes President of the prosperous Warren Bank when Maggie retires. Six years later, John, Helen and the two children are happy in their home, but the two mother-in-laws are ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page, Norman Foster
Votes: 293
31. Lady with a Past (1932)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wealthy, proper society girl finds that she's much more popular with men when she pretends to be a "bad" girl.
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, David Manners, Don Alvarado
Votes: 407
32. The Awful Truth (1929)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Ina Claire, Henry Daniell, Theodore von Eltz, Paul Harvey
Votes: 24
33. Atlantic City (1944)
Approved | 87 min | Musical, Romance
Vaudeville acts are re-created in the story of how Atlantic City became a famous resort.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Constance Moore, Stanley Brown, Charley Grapewin, Jerry Colonna
Votes: 121
34. Nobody's Fool (1936)
Approved | 75 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A naive country boy goes to New York City, where he gets mixed up with real estate swindlers.
Director: Arthur Greville Collins | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Glenda Farrell, Cesar Romero, Warren Hymer
Votes: 28
35. Kiss Me Again (1925)
80 min | Comedy
Gaston Fleury's (Monte Blue) wife, Loulou (Marie Prevost), takes a perfunctory interest in music but a deeper one in a musician named Maurice (John Roche). Although Gaston has no intention ... See full summary »
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Marie Prevost, Monte Blue, John Roche, Clara Bow
Votes: 91
36. The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932)
75 min | Comedy, Romance
The Cohens and the Kellys invade a Hollywood studio after Kitty becomes the darling of the studio.
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: George Sidney, Charles Murray, June Clyde, Norman Foster
Votes: 66
37. Lucretia Lombard (1923)
70 min | Drama
An emotional drama with a love triangle. A man gets engaged, but soon after falls in love with another woman.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Irene Rich, Monte Blue, Marc McDermott, Norma Shearer
Votes: 47
38. Bobbed Hair (1925)
80 min | Comedy
Connemara Moore, heiress to millions, cannot decide between two suitors: one wants her to get her hair bobbed; the other does not. Furthermore, her wealthy aunt will disown her if she bobs ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Marie Prevost, Kenneth Harlan, Louise Fazenda, John Roche
Votes: 90
39. Her Marriage Vow (1924)
70 min | Drama
A man sees his wife flirting with a former boyfriend. Enraged, he decides to end the marriage. After cooling down, though, he has second thoughts about the separation, especially since children are involved.
Director: Millard Webb | Stars: Monte Blue, Willard Louis, Beverly Bayne, Margaret Livingston
40. Just My Luck (1935)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Comedy
Homer Crow, fired from his laboratory job at the Dunn-Wright Rubber Company, is sure that his formula for an indestructible rubber, called Durex, will be a success. Others are also, and ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Heinz | Stars: Charles Ray, Anne Grey, Edward J. Nugent, Quentin Smith
Votes: 20
41. My Wife and I (1925)
70 min | Drama, Romance
In a wealthy society family, the mother is forced to sit by and watch while her husband and son both compete for the affections of a pretty young temptress.
Director: Millard Webb | Stars: Irene Rich, Huntley Gordon, John Harron, John Roche
42. The Dark Horse (1946)
Approved | 59 min | Comedy
George Kelly (Phillip Terry), World-War-Two vet returning home from the war, is persuaded by a local politician, John Rooney (Donald McBride), assuming that Kelly would fall in line with ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Phillip Terry, Ann Savage, Allen Jenkins, Jane Darwell
Votes: 35
43. Idea Girl (1946)
Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Larry Brewster, partner in the music publishing firm of Brewster and Crow, returns from a trip to find that his partner, J.C. Crow has hired Pat O'Rourke as a song plugger. Larry doesn't ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Jess Barker, Julie Bishop, Alan Mowbray, George Dolenz
Votes: 25
44. Her Big Night (1926)
80 min | Comedy
Tom Barrett, a motion picture press agent, noting Frances Norcross' resemblance to film star Daphne Dix, offers her passes to the star's personal appearance. While waiting for her fiancé, ... See full summary »
Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Laura La Plante, Einar Hanson, Zasu Pitts, Tully Marshall
45. Midnight Lovers (1926)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance, War
During World War I, a young woman marries a famous flying ace. After the honeymoon, he is called back into service and leaves for the battlefield. Not long afterwards she discovers evidence... See full summary »
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Lewis Stone, Anna Q. Nilsson, John Roche, Chester Conklin
Votes: 18
46. Flowing Gold (1924)
80 min | Drama
Soldier of fortune Calvin Gray finds work in a Texas oil town aiding the Briskows, a family of homesteaders who have become rich from the discovery of oil on their property. The Briskows ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph De Grasse | Stars: Anna Q. Nilsson, Milton Sills, Alice Calhoun, Crauford Kent
Votes: 13
47. Their Hour (1928)
60 min | Comedy
Director: Alfred Raboch | Stars: John Harron, Dorothy Sebastian, June Marlowe, John Roche
48. The Return of Peter Grimm (1926)
70 min | Fantasy
The fondest wish of Peter Grimm, elderly patriarch of a famous tulip growing family, is that his ward Kate will marry his nephew and primary heir, Fredrick. Though she loves another, she ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Alec B. Francis, John Roche, Janet Gaynor, Richard Walling
Votes: 27
49. The Man Upstairs (1926)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
Geoffrey West, a traveler and adventurer, sees a girl in a London hotel and uses the personals column of a newspaper to get in touch with her. The girl, Marion Larnard, then sets a test for... See full summary »
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Monte Blue, Dorothy Devore, Helen Dunbar, John Roche
50. The Love Hour (1925)
70 min | Drama
Two shop girls, Lizzie and Betty, meet a millionaire and a plumber at a beach resort and fall in love with them. However the villain is conspiring to steal Betty away from her husband and obtain his wealth.
Director: Herman C. Raymaker | Stars: Huntley Gordon, Louise Fazenda, Willard Louis, Ruth Clifford