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1. The Great Dictator (1940)
G | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 237,601 | Gross: $0.29M
2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama, Mystery
Series of unrelated short stories covering elements of crime, horror, drama, and comedy about people of different backgrounds committing murders, suicides, thefts, and other sorts of crime caused by certain motivations, perceived or not.
Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Harry Tyler, Lillian O'Malley, John Williams
Votes: 19,350
3. Since You Went Away (1944)
Approved | 177 min | Drama, Romance, War
With her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife must care for their two daughters alone.
Directors: John Cromwell, Edward F. Cline, Tay Garnett, David O. Selznick | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple
Votes: 5,097
4. Pot o' Gold (1941)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Jimmy goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: James Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt, Charles Winninger
Votes: 2,092
5. The Great Flamarion (1945)
Approved | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Part of an entertainment act, a beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Erich von Stroheim, Mary Beth Hughes, Dan Duryea, Steve Barclay
Votes: 1,460
6.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1962)
Episode:
The Cheney Vase
(1955)
TV-14 | 25 min | Drama, Mystery
When Lyle Endicott is fired from his job at an art museum, he comes up with a plan to take advantage of a trusting invalid whom he befriended at the museum.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Patricia Collinge, Darren McGavin, Carolyn Jones
Votes: 1,324
7. Hitler's Madman (1943)
Passed | 84 min | Drama, History, War
Story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi SS commander, by Czech partisans and the reprisals inflicted by the Nazis on the Czechs.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Patricia Morison, John Carradine, Alan Curtis, Howard Freeman
Votes: 919
8. Let Us Live (1939)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Two innocent men are wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The fiancée of one of them convinces a police detective of their innocence, and together they try to find the real killer before the men's execution date.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Baxter
Votes: 677
9. General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
An American anthology series, with a new episode and different actors and actresses each week. Hosted by Ronald Reagan, the series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Stars: Ronald Reagan, Don Herbert, Nancy Reagan, Lee Marvin
Votes: 433
10. Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Blondie takes over Dagwood's job while he goes off on a fishing trip.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Jonathan Hale
Votes: 408
11. Woman Who Came Back (1945)
Approved | 68 min | Horror, Mystery
After a bus accident, a woman comes to believe that she's actually a 300-year-old witch.
Director: Walter Colmes | Stars: John Loder, Nancy Kelly, Otto Kruger, Ruth Ford
Votes: 397
12. Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)
Passed | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The owner of a seedy dive and brothel on a South Seas island meets two treasure hunters looking for a sunken ship with a $3-million cargo of gold. She persuades them to let her in on the ... See full summary »
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: John Carradine, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler, Frank Fenton
Votes: 369
13. Love from a Stranger (1947)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A newly married woman begins to suspect that her husband is a killer. Even worse, she soon comes to believe that she will be his next victim.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: John Hodiak, Sylvia Sidney, Ann Richards, John Howard
Votes: 294
14. Voice in the Wind (1944)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A concert pianist has lost his memory, the result of his being arrested and tortured by the Germans during the war for playing a banned song. He journeys to the island of Guadelupe to try to regain his memory and his health.
Director: Arthur Ripley | Stars: Francis Lederer, Sigrid Gurie, J. Edward Bromberg, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 280
15. Studio 57 (1954–1958)
30 min | Drama, Family
This dramatic anthology series went into open syndication when the DuMont Television Network ceased operations.
Stars: Joel Aldrich, Tim Graham, Jean Byron, Marguerite Chapman
Votes: 244
16. So This Is Washington (1943)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy
Lum and Abner go to Washington to aid in the war effort by giving the government what they think is a good substitute for rubber--Abner's homemade licorice.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Alan Mowbray, Mildred Coles
Votes: 240
17. Jealousy (1945)
Passed | 71 min | Film-Noir, Mystery
The wife of an alcoholic writer must take a job as a taxi driver to make ends meet. A young man she picks up as a fare befriends her, but after her husband is found murdered, the police suspect she and her new friend committed the murder.
Director: Gustav Machatý | Stars: John Loder, Karen Morley, Jane Randolph, Nils Asther
Votes: 237
18. Philo Vance Returns (1947)
Passed | 64 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Playboy Larry Blendon (Damian O'Flynn) introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon (Clara Blandick) to his fiancee, radio singer Virginia Berneaux (Ramsay Ames). Despite Larry's record of ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: William Wright, Vivian Austin, Leon Belasco, Clara Blandick
Votes: 200
19. My Friend Flicka (1955–1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Western
Set in Wyoming about 1900, this was a story about young Ken McLaughlin and his horse Flicka. Ken lived on a ranch with his parents Rob and Nell and the ranch-hand Gus and had many an adventure.
Stars: Gene Evans, Anita Louise, Johnny Washbrook, Frank Ferguson
Votes: 188
20. Northwest Stampede (1948)
Approved | 79 min | Western
When his father dies, rodeo star Dan Bennett returns to his ranch but hires on as a ranch hand. A horse known as the White Outlaw is the leader of a herd of wild horses and Dan's obsession ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Joan Leslie, James Craig, Jack Oakie, Chill Wills
Votes: 156
21. The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1960)
30 min | Western
Kit and his pal El Toro go all over the west securing justice for all (absolutely no connection with the historical character).
Stars: Bill Williams, Don Diamond, John Cason, Peter Mamakos
Votes: 134
22. That's My Baby! (1944)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Father runs a big corporation but is suffering from a severe case of melancholia. Daughter and persona non-grata boyfriend cook up a plan to have every ex-vaudevillian and dancer on the ... See full summary »
Director: William Berke | Stars: Richard Arlen, Ellen Drew, Leonid Kinskey, Minor Watson
Votes: 132
23. Heartaches (1947)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Up-and-coming Hollywood actor/crooner, Vic Morton, has a secret. He starts receiving death threats in the mail and an attempt on his life is made. Soon after, two of his associates are murdered. Who is behind it all?
Director: Basil Wrangell | Stars: Sheila Ryan, Edward Norris, Chill Wills, Kenneth Farrell
Votes: 125
24. The Man from Texas (1948)
Approved | 71 min | Western
Tobias is torn between his criminal career as the masked bandit named ‚El Paso Kid', and the life of a law-abiding citizen with his long-suffering wife Zoe. When he is caught he accepts his sentence only to prove himself a hero in chains.
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: James Craig, Lynn Bari, Johnny Johnston, Una Merkel
Votes: 124
25. Public Defender (1954–1955)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Bart Matthews defends the poor and others who cannot afford an attorney. All episodes are based on actual cases from across the country.
Stars: Reed Hadley, John Close, Herschel Graham, Brick Sullivan
Votes: 113
26. Miss V from Moscow (1942)
Approved | 73 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Vera Marova is a Soviet spy impersonating a dead German spy whom she closely resembles. Her ally is Steve Worth, an American serving in the British armed services, and the two work with the... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Lola Lane, Noel Madison, Howard Banks, Paul Weigel
Votes: 109
27. The Big Show-Off (1945)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Joe Bagley, owner of the Blue Heaven Club, tries to foster a romance between shy pianist Sandy Elliott and band vocalist June Mayfield. Joe tells June that Sandy is really a professional, ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Arthur Lake, Dale Evans, Lionel Stander, George Meeker
Votes: 107
28. Bells of San Fernando (1947)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, History, Western
Mendoza ruthlessly controls the valley of San Fernando and his men guard the only entrance. When Mendoza announces he will marry Michael's girl friend Maria, Michael plans an escape. He ... See full summary »
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Donald Woods, Gloria Warren, Byron Foulger, Shirley O'Hara
Votes: 101
29. Prisoner of Japan (1942)
Passed | 64 min | Drama, War
On a small tropical island in the South Pacific, David Bowman (Alan Baxter), a young American planter, finds himself pitted against a ruthless Japanese agent, Matsuru (Ernst Deutsch). He ... See full summary »
Directors: Arthur Ripley, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Alan Baxter, Gertrude Michael, Ernst Deutsch, Corinna Mura
Votes: 87 | Gross: $0.35M
30. Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1958)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series hosted by Jane Wyman.
Stars: Jane Wyman, Paul Bryar, Tim Graham, Simon Scott
Votes: 69
31. Avalanche (1946)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two Treasury agents after an income-tax evader track him to a ski resort high in the mountains, and wind up getting involved in a series of murders.
Director: Irving Allen | Stars: Bruce Cabot, Roscoe Karns, Helen Mowery, Veda Ann Borg
Votes: 69
32. The Cobra Strikes (1948)
Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Hard-boiled reporter Mike Kent investigates the murder of a prominent scientist and stumbles upon a sinister plot to steal a fortune in jewels.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Sheila Ryan, Richard Fraser, Leslie Brooks, Herbert Heyes
Votes: 68
33. Don Ricardo Returns (1946)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Western
After being shanghaied in a plot to have him declared dead and take over his ranchero and other properties, Don Ricardo, disguised as a peon, returns to Old California, and begins the fight... See full summary »
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Fred Coby, Lita Baron, Paul Newlan, Anthony Warde
Votes: 66
34. 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
35. Three of a Kind (1944)
Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Two vaudeville acrobats adopt the son of an actor friend.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard, Maxie Rosenbloom, Helen Gilbert
Votes: 59
36. Three Is a Family (1944)
81 min | Comedy
Ruggles isn't providing enough money to have his family live well. His wife takes over and goes to work.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Ruggles, Fay Bainter, Helen Broderick
Votes: 57
37. Flying G-Men (1939)
Passed | 257 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Three government aviators called the "Flying G-Men", one of whom is disguised as "The Black Falcon", fight to protect the US and its allies from an enemy spy ring and to avenge the death of the fourth Flying G-Man.
Directors: James W. Horne, Ray Taylor | Stars: Robert Paige, Richard Fiske, James Craig, Lorna Gray
Votes: 43
38. Partners in Time (1946)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Drama
Squire Skimp has a new plan to swindle the people of Pine Ridge. However, Lum has something more important on his mind. He has to tell a young engaged couple on the verge of breaking up the... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Pamela Blake, John James
Votes: 41
39.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
The Face Is Familiar
(1954)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
A man who has a face no one can remember is suckered into serving as the stooge for a bank robbery.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Jack Benny, Otto Kruger, Jesse White, Kem Dibbs
Votes: 32
40. Goin' to Town (1944)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy
While stranded in the small town of Pine Ridge, M. A. Parker, who purports to be an oil tycoon, visits the general store owned by Lum Edwards and Abner Peabody, and offers them $20,000 in ... See full synopsis »
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Barbara Hale, Florence Lake
Votes: 29
41. Detour to Danger (1946)
56 min | Drama
Two young men set out on a fishing trip. They run into a gang of criminals who are menacing two young women.
Directors: Harvey Parry, Richard Talmadge | Stars: Britt Wood, John Daheim, Nancy Brinckman, Eddie Kane
Votes: 26
42. Red River Shore (1953)
Approved | 54 min | Drama, Western
When an oil discovery is reported at Paxton, Oklahoma, Marshal Rex Allen immediately suspects that where there is oil, there is trouble. Rex arrives just as a band of desperadoes stage a ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Rex Allen, Koko, Slim Pickens, Lyn Thomas
Votes: 25
43. Susie Steps Out (1946)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
After her father, Papa Russell (Percival Vivian), loses his job because of illness, adolescent Susie Russell (played by newcomer and top-billed Nita Hunter) poses as older than she is in ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: David Bruce, Cleatus Caldwell, Nita Hunter, Howard Freeman
Votes: 19
44. Strange Voyage (1946)
80 min | Adventure, Drama
A group of men go on an expedition seeking sunken treasure, and wind up battling bad weather, rough seas and each other.
Director: Irving Allen | Stars: Eddie Albert, Forrest Taylor, Ray Teal, Matt Willis
Votes: 19
45. Girl in the Case (1935)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy
Director: Eugene Frenke | Stars: Jimmy Savo, Eddie Lambert, Dorothy Darling, M. Ivanoff
Votes: 17
46.
Public Defender (1954–1955)
Episode:
The Last Appeal
(1954)
30 min | Crime, Drama
A young man is about to be executed and his priest makes one final attempt to prove his innocence by going to the Public Defender with the story.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Reed Hadley, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Armstrong, Emile Meyer
Votes: 17
47.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
Committed
(1954)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
Newspaper reporter turned novelist Dan Holiday is kidnapped, framed for murder, and held in an asylum before he escapes and proves his innocence.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Alan Ladd, John Howard, Virginia Gibson, Frank Ferguson
Votes: 16
48.
Public Defender (1954–1955)
Episode:
The Big Race
(1954)
Not Rated | 30 min | Crime, Drama
Jockey refuses to throw a race and is framed on assault charge.
Director: Harve Foster | Stars: Reed Hadley, Frankie Darro, Martha Hyer, Stanley Clements
Votes: 15
49.
My Friend Flicka (1955–1960)
Episode:
A Case of Honor
(1955)
TV-G | 30 min | Western
After Rob McLaughlin has a fight with a sheepherder over grazing land, he is accused of poisoning a waterhole.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Gene Evans, Anita Louise, Johnny Washbrook, Frank Ferguson
Votes: 14
50.
My Friend Flicka (1955–1960)
Episode:
Act of Loyalty
(1955)
TV-G | 30 min | Western
Ken is accused of helping his friend, a man falsely accused of robbing the general store, escape from jail.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Gene Evans, Anita Louise, Johnny Washbrook, Frank Ferguson
Votes: 14