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1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 499,011
2. Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
60 min | Drama
A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Vaughn Taylor, Valerie Cossart, Dan Morgan
Votes: 222
3. The Thin Man (1934)
TV-PG | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 32,528
4. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 TV Movie)
Drama
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Director: Mirjana Samardzic | Stars: Milena Dapcevic, Rada Djuricin, Dejan Djurovic, Bozidar Drnic
Votes: 12
5. After the Thin Man (1936)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Private detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when there is a murder. The obvious suspect is his wife, Nora's cousin, Selma.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi
Votes: 12,116 | Gross: $4.34M
6. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Approved | 180 min | Biography, Drama, Family
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Millie Perkins, Shelley Winters, Joseph Schildkraut, Richard Beymer
Votes: 13,686 | Gross: $5.01M
7. The Diary of Anne Frank (1985 TV Movie)
140 min | Drama, War
Directors: Jeroen Krabbé, Hank Onrust | Stars: Jip Wijngaarden, Jeroen Krabbé, Truus te Selle, Edith Andriesse
Votes: 99
8. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Approved | 102 min | Musical, Romance, Western
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn
Votes: 27,085 | Gross: $9.40M
9. Easter Parade (1948)
G | 103 min | Musical, Romance
A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller
Votes: 11,080 | Gross: $9.03M
10. Another Thin Man (1939)
Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
An explosives manufacturer suspects a young man is out to kill him. He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger
Votes: 8,159 | Gross: $3.32M
11. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
G | 133 min | Documentary, Family, Musical
The second installment in the "That's Entertainment" trilogy features more classic scenes from MGM's vast musical library with the addition of comedy and drama films.
Director: Gene Kelly | Stars: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 2,435 | Gross: $6.54M
12. Father of the Bride (1950)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor
Votes: 12,531 | Gross: $8.84M
13. In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
In turn-of-the century America, Andrew and Veronica are co-workers in a music shop who dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. Sakall, Spring Byington
Votes: 4,309 | Gross: $6.30M
14. The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
Nicky and Tacy are going to be married. Nicky wants to save up money for a house, but Tacy dreams of starting off with their own home on wheels--a trailer.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 5,500
15. The Pirate (1948)
Approved | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
A girl is engaged to the local rich man, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper
Votes: 5,612 | Gross: $2.96M
16. The Diary of Anne Frank (1967 TV Movie)
124 min | Drama
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Director: Alex Segal | Stars: Diana Davila, Max von Sydow, Viveca Lindfors, Peter Beiger
Votes: 122
17. Hide-Out (1934)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Farmers take in an injured racketeer and try to reform him.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edward Arnold, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 881
18. Ah Wilderness! (1935)
Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Story of small-town life in turn-of-the-century America, and a young boy's problems facing adolescence.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Aline MacMahon, Eric Linden
Votes: 881
19. Penthouse (1933)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A lawyer's fiancée leaves him after he defends a racketeer accused of murder, but she needs his help when her new beau is accused of killing an old flame.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth, Mae Clarke
Votes: 1,380
20. The Firefly (1937)
Passed | 131 min | History, Musical, Romance
Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful, alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French Officers so they will reveal Napolean's intentions toward Spain... See full summary »
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 419
21. Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948)
Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
After an idiot heir's accidental death, a stuntman is hired to impersonate him when the family gathers to determine the disbursement of Miss Tatlock's fortune. But complications soon line ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Haydn | Stars: John Lund, Wanda Hendrix, Barry Fitzgerald, Monty Woolley
Votes: 359
22. The Diary of Anne Frank (1980 TV Movie)
109 min | Biography, Drama
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Joan Plowright, James Coco, Doris Roberts
Votes: 633
23. Rose-Marie (1936)
Passed | 113 min | Adventure, Drama, Musical
An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Reginald Owen, Allan Jones
Votes: 1,402
24. The Hitler Gang (1944)
101 min | Biography, Drama, History
The film depicts the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi movement from a small radical political adventurer and cell to the dictatorial regime of Germany in the genre of a gangster film. The ... See full summary »
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Bobby Watson, Roman Bohnen, Martin Kosleck, Victor Varconi
Votes: 169
25. Father of the Bride (1991)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
With his oldest daughter's wedding approaching, a father finds himself reluctant to let go.
Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Votes: 84,196 | Gross: $89.33M
26. Small Town Girl (1936)
Passed | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
Kay lives in a small rural time and thinks that her life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night she meets young, handsome, rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while ... See full summary »
Directors: William A. Wellman, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes, Andy Devine
Votes: 970
27. Father's Little Dividend (1951)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Shortly after coming to terms with his daughter's marriage, a father faces the prospect of becoming a grandfather.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor
Votes: 4,292 | Gross: $6.81M
28. Naughty Marietta (1935)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.
Directors: Robert Z. Leonard, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 1,537
29. Fugitive Lovers (1934)
82 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hoping to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York bound for Los Angeles--with Legs close on her heels. Along the way the bus picks up escaped convict ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans, Ted Healy, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 228
30. The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
Passed | 84 min | Drama, History, Romance
Showgirl Sally meets young playboy Leonard St. John; they fall in love and are secretly married. When Leonard's father discovers this he sets out to break them apart, and following a bitter... See full summary »
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Irene Dunne, Lionel Atwill, Phillips Holmes, Una Merkel
Votes: 361
31. The Virginian (1946)
Passed | 87 min | Western
In Medicine Bow, a newly arrived eastern schoolteacher is courted by two cowpokes but their courtship is interrupted by violent incidents involving local cattle rustlers.
Director: Stuart Gilmore | Stars: Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Sonny Tufts, Barbara Britton
Votes: 1,285
32. Thanks for the Memory (II) (1938)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Bob Hope is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Hope's publisher who is still carrying a torch for her.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Charles Butterworth, Otto Kruger
Votes: 377
33. Give a Girl a Break (1953)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Broadway choreographer Ted Sturgis auditions dancers for a new musical after the lead walks out, with talent ranging from a ballerina to an untrained novice and his former partner, a retired star.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Debbie Reynolds, Helen Wood
Votes: 854
34. Five Finger Exercise (1962)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
A long-married couple are at war with each other and with their teenage son and daughter. The presence of a handsome young tutor complicates and sensitizes the savage domestic tensions ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Jack Hawkins, Maximilian Schell, Richard Beymer
Votes: 265
35. Chained (1934)
Not Rated | 76 min | Drama, Romance
A mistress of one man has a shipboard romance with another and is torn between both men.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Otto Kruger, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 1,114
36. Society Lawyer (1939)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is arrested for the murder of an ex-girlfriend. With the help of nightclub singer Pat Abbott and ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce, Leo Carrillo, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 283
37. 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: 291
38. Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
George Banks must deal not only with his daughter's pregnancy, but also with his wife's.
Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Votes: 41,657 | Gross: $76.59M
39. Too Young to Kiss (1951)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
Eric Wainwright (Van Johnson), a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter (June Allyson), a talented pianist... See full summary »
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: June Allyson, Van Johnson, Gig Young, Paula Corday
Votes: 622
40. The Diary of Anne Frank (1962 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, War
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Stars: Kitty Courbois, Martine Crefcour, Rob de Vries, Hans Tiemeijer
Votes: 13
41. Gaby (1956)
Approved | 96 min | Drama
A French ballerina (Leslie Caron) in 1944 London falls for an American soldier (John Kerr) who is sent to France in the Normandy Invasion.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Leslie Caron, John Kerr, Cedric Hardwicke, Taina Elg
Votes: 389
42. Lady in the Dark (1944)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Liza Elliott, "Allure" magazines editor-in-chief, suffers from headaches and continuous daydreams and undergoes psychoanalysis to determine why.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall
Votes: 563
43. Summer Holiday (1948)
Passed | 93 min | Musical
Dannville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the girl next door Muriel, but her father ... See full summary »
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Gloria DeHaven, Walter Huston, Frank Morgan
Votes: 644
44. A Certain Smile (1958)
Approved | 104 min | Drama
Dominique, a law student at the Sorbonne, is engaged to a fellow classmate. Unfortunately, she's more attracted to his philandering Uncle Luc, who's married to the charming Françoise. Dominique and Luc begin a tawdry affair.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Joan Fontaine, Bradford Dillman, Christine Carère
Votes: 356
45. Up Pops the Devil (1931)
74 min | Comedy
The marriage of an advertising man is jeopardized when he gets a chance to sell a novel he's been working on and quits his job to concentrate on writing. In order to support the family, the... See full summary »
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Stuart Erwin, Carole Lombard, Lilyan Tashman
Votes: 109
46. Clarence (1990 TV Movie)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy
The protecting angel Clarence is again returning to Earth to help another human.
Director: Eric Till | Stars: Robert Carradine, Kate Trotter, Louis Del Grande, Richard Fitzpatrick
Votes: 150
47. The Diary of Anne Frank (1958 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Emil Stöhr | Stars: Ursula Burg, Karola Ebeling, Wolfgang Heinz, Ostara Körner
48. The Diary of Anne Frank (1982 TV Movie)
80 min | Drama
Director: Mirjana Erceg | Stars: Rainer Büttner, Petra Kelling, Juliane Korén, Hans Oldenbürger
49. The Diary of Anne Frank (1957 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Karl Guttmann | Stars: Chariklia Baxevanos, Helli Servi, Michael Lenz, Guido Wieland
50. El diari d'Anna Frank (1996 TV Movie)
Drama
During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
Director: Tamzin Townsend | Stars: Alex Brendemühl, Imma Colomer, Santi Ibáñez, Lluïsa Mallol