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1. The Jazz Singer (1927)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Music, Musical
The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 11,025 | Gross: $7.63M
2. Othello (1965)
Unrated | 165 min | Drama
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
Director: Stuart Burge | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Robert Lang, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 1,630
3. The Dresser (1983)
PG | 118 min | Drama
Personal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a difficult performance of King Lear.
Director: Peter Yates | Stars: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Edward Fox, Zena Walker
Votes: 5,671 | Gross: $5.31M
4. Billy Liar (1963)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.
Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne
Votes: 7,080 | Gross: $0.04M
5. Downhill (1927)
Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Bound by honor, a successful schoolboy takes the blame for his roommate's indiscretion, and it's all downhill from there.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ivor Novello, Ben Webster, Norman McKinnel, Robin Irvine
Votes: 3,033
6. Seven Chances (1925)
Passed | 56 min | Comedy, Romance
A man learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7PM that evening.
Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards
Votes: 11,668 | Gross: $1.30M
7. The Littlest Rebel (1935)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Shirley Temple's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his family and is arrested. A Yankee takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the ... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: Shirley Temple, John Boles, Jack Holt, Karen Morley
Votes: 1,670
8. The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
Approved | 57 min | Comedy
A compassionate lawyer pretends to be heartless in order to boost his clientele, but it jeopardizes his romantic life.
Directors: Sidney Lanfield, Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Jack Benny, Priscilla Lane, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Edmund Gwenn
Votes: 346
9. Otello (1986)
PG | 118 min | Drama, Music
Verdi's famous opera is brought to life in this production. The immortal tale of the noble Moor and his beautiful young wife, and of his lieutenant, whose jealousy and lust for power lead him to commit the ultimate treason.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Díaz, Petra Malakova
Votes: 614 | Gross: $0.19M
10. Lemonade Joe (1964)
84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Straight shooting Lemonade Joe cleans up Stetson City, in this musical parody of early Westerns, after shooting the pants off villain Old Pistol. Joe's endorsement of Kolaloka lemonade as ... See full summary »
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Karel Fiala, Rudolf Deyl, Milos Kopecký, Kveta Fialová
Votes: 3,047
11. The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
In 1902, medicine show con man Dan Thompson settles down with the daughter he hardly knows in a New York theatrical boarding house full of eccentric characters. Forced to take a job in an ... See full summary »
Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Frank Morgan, Mary Howard, Billie Burke, Donald Meek
Votes: 200
12. Smart Philip (2003)
95 min | Comedy, Crime
Inspired by the stories of the American writer Raymond Chandler, the classical hero is private detective Phil Marlowe, a romantic cowboy, who takes the law into his own hands in the rough ... See full summary »
Director: Václav Marhoul | Stars: Tomás Hanák, Vilma Cibulková, Pavel Liska, Bohumil Klepl
Votes: 515
13. Synthetic Sin (1929)
72 min | Comedy
Famed playwright Donald's latest work flopped because fiancée Betty is too unsophisticated to play the lead. It's time for the flower of Magnolia Gap, Virginia to travel to Gotham for some ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Colleen Moore, Antonio Moreno, Edythe Chapman, Kathryn McGuire
Votes: 52
14. Big Boy (1930)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Musical
Gus, the trusty family retainer, has hopes of riding his boss' horse, Big Boy, to victory at the Kentucky Derby.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Al Jolson, Claudia Dell, Louise Closser Hale, Lloyd Hughes
Votes: 129
15. The Medicine Man (1930)
Not Rated | 66 min | Comedy, Romance
The son and daughter of an abusive shopkeeper turn to a medicine show salesman for help.
Director: Scott Pembroke | Stars: Jack Benny, Betty Bronson, George E. Stone, Tom Dugan
Votes: 277
16. Kouzelná zeme (2021 Video)
107 min | Drama
Director: Jan Mikulásek | Stars: Johana Tesarová, Lucie Juricková, Eva Stanislavova, Tereza Vilisová
17. The White Slave; or, the Octoroon (1913)
Drama, Short
Part One: The estate of Terrebonne, in Louisiana, had been heavily mortgaged by the owner, Judge Payton, who, when he died, left the estate to his brother's widow and her son George, making... See full summary »
Director: James Young | Stars: Clara Kimball Young, Earle Williams, Herbert Barry, Lillian Walker
18. Prisel na veceri (1981 TV Movie)
113 min | Comedy
Directors: Anna Procházková, Stanislav Remunda | Stars: Milos Kopecký, Iva Janzurová, Jirina Jirásková, Jana Stepánková
Votes: 19