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1. Odd Thomas (2013)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

6.8

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45 Metascore

In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces.

Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Ashley Sommers, Leonor Varela, Matthew Page

Votes: 57,422

2. Afraid of the Dark (1991)

R | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

5.8

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A little boy, obsessed with blindness and violence, slowly gets trapped in his own delusions.

Director: Mark Peploe | Stars: James Fox, Fanny Ardant, Paul McGann, Clare Holman

Votes: 1,321

3. Sex Madness (1934)

Not Rated | 57 min | Drama

2.9

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This exploitation film belongs to the social guidance genre of quasi-documentary narratives, which exhort young adults to follow particular moral and social prescriptions related to sexuality and drug use.

Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: Vivian McGill, Rose Tapley, Al Rigali, Mark Daniels

Votes: 990

4. I Shot Jesse James (1949)

Passed | 81 min | Western

6.8

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Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self-disgust.

Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland, Reed Hadley

Votes: 2,501

5. Barefoot Boy (1938)

Approved | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

5.5

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Other than a statement in the opening credits that the story owes its origin to a John Greenleaf Whittier poem, this film has little or no connection to the poem for which it shares its ... See full summary »

Director: Karl Brown | Stars: Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, Ralph Morgan, Claire Windsor

Votes: 104

6. Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Sport

5.7

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Manager Knobby Walsh discovers young hunk Joe Palooka and trains him to fight the champ. Mobsters try to make life tough for Joe and his socialite girlfriend Anne. Cameos by several boxing stars.

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Elyse Knox, Eduardo Ciannelli

Votes: 52

7. The Viking (1931)

Passed | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

6.0

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Luke, a young sailor and fisherman, who thinks he is jinx-ridden, has to be persuaded, and taunted,before he will join a sealing-expedition in the Artic; first by his sweetheart, so he can ... See full summary »

Directors: Varick Frissell, George Melford | Stars: Charles Starrett, Louise Huntington, Arthur Vinton, Bob Bartlett

Votes: 186

8. Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

6.6

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The third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with Knobby Walsh (Leon Errol), the manager of Joe Palooka (Joe Kirkkwood), trying to talk his way ... See full summary »

Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Morris Carnovsky, Elyse Knox

Votes: 28

9. Calypso Joe (1957)

Approved | 76 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

5.5

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Juile, an airline hostess, has her mind made up to marry South American millionaire Rico Vargas, in spite of the efforts made by her former boyfriend, Lee Darling, a television star, to win... See full summary »

Director: Edward Dein | Stars: Herb Jeffries, Angie Dickinson, Ed Kemmer, Stephen Bekassy

Votes: 33

10. Badmen of Tombstone (1949)

Approved | 75 min | Western

6.1

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A marshal goes up against a collection of vicious outlaws terrorizing his town.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Marjorie Reynolds, Broderick Crawford, Fortunio Bonanova

Votes: 145

11. Wild Stallion (1952)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Western

5.8

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Young Dan Light (Orley Lindgren), an orphan, is taken in hand by Johnny Wintergreen (Edgar Buchanan),hunter of wild horses for selling to the U. S. cavalry. Dan's grief over the death of ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Martha Hyer, Hayden Rorke

Votes: 206

12. Swing It, Sailor! (1938)

Passed | 57 min | Adventure, Comedy

4.7

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Husky Stone (Ray Mayer), strongest man in the Navy, and as short on brains as he is as long on muscle, has an urge to get married, as his enlistment is up. The object of his affection is ... See full summary »

Director: Raymond Cannon | Stars: Wallace Ford, Ray Mayer, Isabel Jewell, Mary Treen

Votes: 88

13. He Loved an Actress (II) (1938)

Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

4.3

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Carla de Hulvea is a rumba dancer who makes news by posing as a South-American heiress. She is doing fine with her hoax until she meets American Peter Jackson, a high-pressure promoter who ... See full summary »

Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Lupe Velez, Ben Lyon, Wallace Ford, Jean Colin

Votes: 41

14. Yellow Fin (1951)

Approved | 74 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

6.2

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WWII veteran Mike Donovan decides to sell his fishing boat after suffering a a series of accidents, the worst of which sends his father, Captain John Donovan, to the hospital suffering from... See full summary »

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Wayne Morris, Lorna Gray, Gloria Henry, Gordon Jones

Votes: 25