Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "1940s", "crystal-ball"

1. Nightmare Alley (2021)

R | 150 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychologist bent on exposing him.

Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe

Votes: 165,508 | Gross: $11.34M

2. L.A. Noire (2011 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Drama

Cole Phelps, a war hero and rookie cop, moves up the ranks and solves dark cases in 1940s Los Angeles.

Director: Brendan McNamara | Stars: Aaron Staton, Michael McGrady, Adam J. Harrington, Sean McGowan

Votes: 16,641

3. For Your Consideration (2006)

PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy

Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.

Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey, Christopher Guest

Votes: 15,898 | Gross: $5.54M

4. Eureka (1983)

R | 130 min | Drama, Thriller

In 1925, a lone and obsessed Arctic prospector Jack McCann finally strikes gold. Twenty years later, he begins spiraling out of control when his only daughter becomes engaged to a man he strongly dislikes.

Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Jane Lapotaire

Votes: 3,762 | Gross: $0.12M

5. Playmates (1941)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music

For the sake of a lucrative radio contract, John Barrymore agrees to turn bandleader Kay Kyser into a Shakespearian actor.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Kay Kyser, John Barrymore, Lupe Velez, Ginny Simms

Votes: 355

6. Dick Tracy (1945)

Passed | 61 min | Action, Crime, Family

Police detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface.

Director: William Berke | Stars: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki, Jane Greer

Votes: 1,634

7. Seven Crystal Balls and the Prisoners of the Sun (1969)

77 min | Adventure, Family, Mystery

Tintin travels to Peru to rescue some archaeologists from an old inca curse.

Director: Eddie Lateste | Stars: Philippe Ogouz, Claude Bertrand, Georges Atlas, Albert Augier

Votes: 2,198

8. Black Magic (1944)

Approved | 67 min | Horror, Mystery

Charlie searches for a murderer amidst numerous ghosts conjured up by a strange variety of spiritualists and occultists.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Frances Chan, Joseph Crehan

Votes: 1,567

9. Calling Dr. Death (1943)

Approved | 63 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Mystery

A doctor is not sure if he murdered his beautiful but wicked wife, and has his attractive nurse try to find the truth by hypnotizing him.

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, David Bruce

Votes: 1,262

10. Weird Woman (1944)

Passed | 63 min | Horror, Mystery

While on a South Seas trip, a professor falls in love and marries an exotic native woman. What he doesn't know is that she was raised by superstitious natives who believe her to be some ... See full summary »

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Gwynne, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 1,153

11. Bowery Bugs (1949)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Bugs Bunny recounts a story of how he tricked a man so much so that he jumped off a bridge.

Director: Arthur Davis | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher

Votes: 795

12. Bunco Squad (1950)

Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A detective goes after a ring of phony "mediums" who are trying to swindle a rich widow out of her fortune.

Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon, Ricardo Cortez, Douglas Fowley

Votes: 322

13. The Phantom Thief (1946)

Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Blackie tricks a blackmailer-murderer into a confession. Story involves sinister seances and ghostly apparitions.

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Chester Morris, Jeff Donnell, Richard Lane, Dusty Anderson

Votes: 288

14. Le furet (1950)

95 min | Crime, Drama

A mysterious "Le Furet" (the Ferret) sends letters to the Parisian Police telling them when murders are going to be perpetrated, and in which Paris district. Each time nothing is stolen, ... See full summary »

Director: Raymond Leboursier | Stars: Jany Holt, Colette Darfeuil, Pierre Renoir, Jacqueline Delubac

Votes: 53

15. The Crystal Gazer (1941)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy

A theatre-crowd is gathered to listen to Zaza Raja, a renowned mystic, who answers all questions regarding people's life and future. In response to a question from a young girl in the ... See full summary »

Director: Sid Marcus | Stars: Sara Berner, Mel Blanc

16. The Crackpot King (1946)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short

The Little King wants a wife, so his court magician, using foul means for a devious purpose, brings him Sweet Suzette, who has no interest in marrying the King. Mighty Mouse rescues yet ... See full summary »

Director: Eddie Donnelly | Stars: Dayton Allen, Roy Halee

Votes: 56