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1. The Lost Weekend (1945)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 40,254 | Gross: $9.46M
2. Wilson (1944)
Passed | 154 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Alexander Knox, Charles Coburn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 1,698 | Gross: $2.00M
3. Son of Dracula (1943)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When Katherine, a beautiful Southern girl obsessed with thoughts of eternal life, invites Count Alucard to come to her mansion in the U.S., she unleashes a Pandora's box of horror on unsuspecting relatives and neighbors.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Paige, Louise Allbritton, Evelyn Ankers
Votes: 6,208
4. Girl Crazy (1943)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Musical
A philandering young playboy is sent to college somewhere in the American West, and organizes a show, together with his sweetheart, to save the college from closure due to falling enrollments.
Directors: Norman Taurog, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Gil Stratton, Robert E. Strickland
Votes: 2,245 | Gross: $3.77M
5. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Passed | 127 min | Comedy, Musical
Two producers are putting together a wartime charity show with an all-star cast, but the egotism of radio personality Eddie Cantor disrupts their plans.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Dennis Morgan, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis
Votes: 2,137
6. Mr. and Mrs. North (1942)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Jerry North (William Post Jr.) and his wife, Pam (Gracie Allen) return home after a night away in a holiday spirit. That soon vanishes when the body of a man falls out of the liquor closet.... See full summary »
Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Gracie Allen, William Post Jr., Paul Kelly, Rose Hobart
Votes: 339
7. Lucky Ghost (1942)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Thriller
Two down-on-their luck friends suddenly hit the "jackpot" when they win the clothes, car and chauffeur of a rich man in a game of dice.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Mantan Moreland, F.E. Miller, Maceo Bruce Sheffield, Arthur Ray
Votes: 245
8. Jungle Siren (1942)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure
A woman who was raised in the jungle helps a man fight Nazis who are trying to start a native uprising.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Ann Corio, Buster Crabbe, Evelyn Wahl, Paul Bryar
Votes: 220
9. Drums of the Congo (1942)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A safari sets out to find a meteorite that fell in the African jungle.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Ona Munson, Stuart Erwin, Peggy Moran, Don Terry
Votes: 67
10. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest
Votes: 28,559
11. The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
In old New Orleans, a beautiful adventuress juggles the attentions of a rich banker and a dashing sea captain.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Bruce Cabot, Roland Young, Mischa Auer
Votes: 1,302
12. Hit the Road (1941)
Approved | 61 min | Drama
Kids look to get revenge when their fathers are all killed in a mob war.
Director: Joe May | Stars: Gladys George, Barton MacLane, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall
Votes: 64
13. Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, War, Western
In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan
Votes: 4,168
14. Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
82 min | Comedy, Musical
Jack Benny is preparing his New Year's Eve radio broadcast but takes time out to take his valet Rochester to meet his girlfriend Josephine arriving on a steamer. Fred Allen and his sister ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Mary Martin, Verree Teasdale
Votes: 165
15. Broken Strings (1940)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Music
After noted violinist Arthur Williams suffers a hand injury which ends his playing career, his hopes are transferred to his son, who prefers swing music to classical.
Director: Bernard B. Ray | Stars: Clarence Muse, Sybil Lewis, William Washington, Tommie Moore
Votes: 170
16. Am I Guilty? (1940)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young black doctor sets out to establish a free clinic in Harlem.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Ralph Cooper, Sybil Lewis, Sam McDaniel, Laurence Criner
Votes: 17
17. Gang War (1940)
Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Two mobs fight for control of the jukebox racket.
Director: Leo C. Popkin | Stars: Ralph Cooper, Gladys Snyder, Reginald Fenderson, Laurence Criner
Votes: 141
18. Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, War
At the outset of World War II, June McCarthy meets Carl Cutler aboard the S.S.Aleria, a British vessel en route to New York from London, where she has been dancing. The ship is sunk in ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Carole Landis, Henry Wilcoxon, Onslow Stevens, Kathleen Howard
Votes: 75
19. Mystery in Swing (1940)
Passed | 68 min | Action, Adventure, Music
In and around some great blues, swing and jazz music, a very unpopular band-leader. Prince Ellis, is killed in a Harlem nightclub, and, in and around some more great music, a detective ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Monte Hawley, Marguerite Whitten, Tommie Moore, Edward Thompson
Votes: 118
20. Four Shall Die (1940)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Horror
Heiress Helen Fielding has dumped the shady Lew Covey for reporter Bill Summers. Chomping at the bit to get his hands on Helen's inheritance, Covey comes up with a scheme to do just that, ... See full summary »
Directors: Leo C. Popkin, William Beaudine | Stars: Niel Webster, Mantan Moreland, Laurence Criner, Dorothy Dandridge
Votes: 20
21. The Sun Never Sets (1939)
Passed | 97 min | Drama
After Clive Randolph finally returns home from Gold Coast colony, younger brother John balks at following the family Colonial Service tradition. But back in Gold Coast, one Zurof, nominally... See full summary »
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Basil Rathbone, Virginia Field, Lionel Atwill
Votes: 135
22. Midnight Shadow (1939)
Approved | 54 min | Mystery
In a quiet, all-black Oklahoma community live the Wilsons, whose pretty daughter Margaret is courted by awkward Buster and suave stage mentalist Prince Alihabad. On one busy night, Mr. ... See full summary »
Director: George Randol | Stars: Frances Redd, Buck Woods, Richard Bates, Ollie Ann Robinson
Votes: 204
23. Risky Business (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: George Murphy, Dorothea Kent, Eduardo Ciannelli, Leon Ames
Votes: 35
24. Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938)
Approved | 65 min | Action, Drama, Music
A cowboy is wrongfully accused of murder. He winds up in Harlem, where he assumes the identity of a preacher-turned-gangster who looks like him. He infiltrates the gang to catch the men who framed him.
Director: Richard C. Kahn | Stars: Herb Jeffries, Marguerite Whitten, Clarence Brooks, Mantan Moreland
Votes: 165
25. Spirit of Youth (1938)
Approved | 66 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of the rise of boxer Joe Thomas, which paralleled the life of Joe Louis.
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Joe Louis, Clarence Muse, Edna Mae Harris, Mae Turner
Votes: 162
26. Life Goes On (1938)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The husband of Sally Weston dies, and she decides to move to New York City where she feels her two young sons, Bob and Henry, can get a better education. Bob grows up to be a brilliant ... See full summary »
Director: William L. Nolte | Stars: Louise Beavers, Edward Thompson, Reginald Fenderson, Laurence Criner
Votes: 9
27. Dark Manhattan (1937)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama
A low-level gangster determines to let nothing stand in the way of his gaining control of the numbers rackets in Harlem.
Directors: Harry L. Fraser, Ralph Cooper | Stars: Ralph Cooper, Cleo Herndon, Clarence Brooks, Jess Lee Brooks
Votes: 84