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1. Woman Without a Face (1947)
102 min | Drama
Martin and Frida married solely because she was pregnant. Later he would have a passionate side-affair with Rut. Rut's sexual feelings were highly neurotic because she had been sexually ... See full summary »
Director: Gustaf Molander | Stars: Alf Kjellin, Gunn Wållgren, Anita Björk, Stig Olin
Votes: 399
2. Annamária (1942)
84 min
Director: Dezsõ Ákos Hamza | Stars: Gábor Rajnay, Éva Szörényi, László Szilassy, Mariska Vízváry
3. Emberek a havason (1942)
88 min | Drama
A woodcutter moves his wife and son onto a mountain for an attempt at a better life but tragedy soon sets in.
Director: István Szöts | Stars: Alice Szellay, János Görbe, Péterke Ferency, József Bihari
Votes: 798
4. Balkezes angyal (1941)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Ákos Ráthonyi | Stars: Clara Tabody, Pál Jávor, Gerö Mály, Juliska Ligeti
Votes: 30
5. Dankó Pista (1940)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A Budapest gypsy musician has to sell his beloved family violin and later searches for it in Russia, where he reconnects with his first girlfriend, now a member of high society.
Director: László Kalmár | Stars: Pál Jávor, Erzsi Simor, Margit Lukács, Sándor Tompa
Votes: 55
6. A szerelem nem szégyen (1940)
87 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Ákos Ráthonyi | Stars: Klári Tolnay, Pál Jávor, Gerö Mály, Gyula Gózon
Votes: 65
7. Párbaj semmiért (1940)
82 min | Comedy
Director: Emil Martonffi | Stars: Gyula Csortos, Lili Berky, Alice Nagy, Artúr Somlay
8. Házasság (1942)
88 min
A busy surgeon forgets his wife Mária's birthday. He does not even attend the dinner in her honor. Mária is offended and, in her desperation, accepts the courting of a pianist. But when he ... See full summary »
Director: János Vaszary | Stars: Lili Muráti, Antal Páger, László Perényi, Margit Zsilley
Votes: 22
9. A tökéletes család (1942)
74 min | Drama
Director: László Sipos | Stars: Lili Muráti, Piroska Vaszary, Margit Zsilley, Miklós Hajmássy
Votes: 23
10. Kölcsönadott élet (1943)
89 min | Drama, Romance, War
Mária, a beautiful lady living a carefree, happy life, is on the brink of tragedy and cannot find a way out. At the request of her seamstress, in her name and role, she visits a wounded ... See full summary »
Director: Viktor Bánky | Stars: Lili Muráti, Katalin Ilosvay, Margit Lánczy, Zoltán Szakáts
Votes: 28
11. Az éjszaka lánya (1943)
72 min | Drama
A young woman is made to forget her past, the men, and that she was 'The Girl of the Night'.
Director: Frigyes Bán | Stars: Lili Muráti, Andor Ajtay, László Perényi, Zoltán Greguss
Votes: 23
12. Ez történt Budapesten (1944)
95 min | Comedy
Dr. Erzsebet Szikszay, lawyer, finds herself in an impossible situation. For the sake of her client, she is forced to play the role of a complete stranger's wife, and to continue the ... See full summary »
Director: Dezsõ Ákos Hamza | Stars: Lili Muráti, Miklós Hajmássy, Margit Ladomerszky, Manyi Kiss
Votes: 77
13. Egy nap a világ (1944)
81 min | Drama, Romance, War
Director: János Vaszary | Stars: Tivadar Bilicsi, Lili Muráti, Antal Páger, Miklós Szakáts
14. Vissza az úton (1941)
77 min | Drama
Director: Ákos Ráthonyi | Stars: Gyula Csortos, Klári Tolnay, Mária Mezei, Béla Mihályffi
Votes: 19
15. Díszmagyar (1949)
91 min | Comedy
Director: Viktor Gertler | Stars: Gyula Benkö, Zsuzsa Bánki, Iván Darvas, Mária Kovács
Votes: 17
16. It Happened in Europe (1947)
100 min | Drama
A band of runaways and orphans of the war scour the countryside in search of food and shelter. They invade and then taken in by a musician and former concert pianist who's hiding out in a ... See full summary »
Director: Géza von Radványi | Stars: Artúr Somlay, Miklós Gábor, Zsuzsa Bánki, György Bárdy
Votes: 1,075
17. Bercsenyi huszárok (1940)
81 min | Adventure
Director: Sándor Szlatinay | Stars: Zita Szeleczky, László Szilassy, Margit Makay, Gyula Csortos
Votes: 21
18. Pepita kabát (1940)
85 min
Director: Emil Martonffi | Stars: Kálmán Latabár, Manyi Kiss, Zoltán Makláry, Mária Egry
Votes: 25
19. Zenélö malom (1943)
82 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Director: István ifj. Lázár | Stars: Zita Szeleczky, László Szilassy, Kálmán Latabár, Gyula Csortos
Votes: 25
20. Afrikai völegény (1944)
88 min | Comedy
Director: István Balogh | Stars: Piroska Vaszary, Valéria Hidvéghy, Mici Haraszti, Lenke Egyed
Votes: 32
21. Makacs Kata (1943)
71 min | Comedy
Director: Viktor Bánky | Stars: Emmi Buttykay, Miklós Hajmássy, Béla Mihályffi, Mariska Vízváry
Votes: 36
22. Szabóné (1949)
102 min | Drama
Director: Félix Máriássy | Stars: János Bagyinszky, Miklós Bellák, László Bánhidi, László Ferencz
23. Igen vagy nem? (1940)
73 min | Comedy
How did a beautiful American divorcee get into the bed of her best friend's fiancé right after returning to Budapest?
Director: Viktor Bánky | Stars: Lili Muráti, Éva Szörényi, Piroska Vaszary, Manyi Kiss
Votes: 19
24. Miért? (1941)
Drama
Director: József Daróczy | Stars: Lili Muráti, Antal Páger, Miklós Hajmássy, Piroska Vaszary
Votes: 21
25. Az elsö (1944)
87 min
Director: László Cserépy | Stars: Zita Szeleczky, Ilona Kiss, Antal Páger, Lajos Rajczy
Votes: 25
26. Három csengö (1941)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directors: Imre Apáthi, Félix Podmaniczky | Stars: Pál Jávor, Klári Tolnay, Gerö Mály, Ida Turay
Votes: 20
27. Férjet keresek (1940)
87 min | Romance
Director: Emil Martonffi | Stars: Ida Turay, Éva Szaplonczay, Livia Kollár, Kálmán Rózsahegyi
Votes: 38
28. Lelki klinika (1941)
85 min | Comedy
Director: László Cserépy | Stars: Ida Turay, Pál Jávor, Mariska Halassy, Artúr Somlay
Votes: 31
29. Megálmodtalak (1943)
80 min | Romance
Director: János Vaszary | Stars: Lili Muráti, Tivadar Bilicsi, Gertrúd Romváry, Ernö Mihályi
Votes: 16
30. Hazajáró lélek (1940)
95 min | Drama
Director: Lajos Zilahy | Stars: Katalin Karády, Antal Páger, Artúr Somlay, Gyula Csortos
Votes: 36
31. Ének a búzamezökröl (1947)
81 min | Drama, Romance
Director: István Szöts | Stars: Alice Szellay, János Görbe, József Bihari, Marcsa Simon
Votes: 138
32. Jelmezbál (1942)
91 min | Crime
Director: Endre Rodríguez | Stars: Éva Szörényi, Ida Turay, Andor Ajtay, Zoltán Greguss
Votes: 16
33. Boldog idök (1943)
PG | 91 min
Director: Endre Rodríguez | Stars: Katalin Karády, Andor Ajtay, Ernö Mihályi, Ibolya Bilinszky
Votes: 18
34. Heten, mint a gonoszok (1943)
93 min | Comedy
Director: Endre Rodríguez | Stars: János Sárdy, Tivadar Bilicsi, Ági Mednyánszky, Manyi Kiss
Votes: 14
35. Alkalom (1942)
78 min | Drama
Director: Endre Rodríguez | Stars: Katalin Karády, László Szilassy, Artúr Somlay, Gyula Csortos
Votes: 14
36. Egy pofon, egy csók (1944)
77 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Emil Martonffi | Stars: Gyula Csortos, Piroska Vaszary, Mária Egry, Sári Déry
Votes: 21
37. Egy bolond százat csinál (1942)
80 min | Comedy
Director: Emil Martonffi | Stars: Mária Egry, Valéria Hidvéghy, Gábor Rajnay, Tibor Halmay
Votes: 340
38. A tanítónö (1945)
70 min | Drama
This literary adaptation from a well known Hungarian author is the story of a schoolmistress.
Director: Márton Keleti | Stars: Éva Szörényi, Pál Jávor, Kálmán Rózsahegyi, Zoltán Várkonyi
Votes: 20
39. Könnyü múzsa (1947)
86 min | Drama
Director: Zoltán Kerényi | Stars: Éva Szörényi, Ida Turay, Mária Mezei, János Sárdy
Votes: 27
40. Bob herceg (1941)
98 min | Drama, Music
Director: László Kalmár | Stars: Sári Fedák, László Szilassy, Erzsi Simor, Kató Kovács
Votes: 33
41. Janika (1949)
80 min | Comedy
Director: Márton Keleti | Stars: Ida Turay, Sándor Szabó, Mária Mezei, Gyula Gózon
Votes: 89
42. Lángok (1941)
90 min | Drama
Barbara did not marry bank manager Gábor Bogáti out of love. The unhappy woman meets Peter, the world-famous pianist, in the middle of a forest storm, and their passionate relationship ... See full summary »
Director: László Kalmár | Stars: Pál Jávor, Ferenc Kiss, Mária Mezei, Valéria Hidvéghy
Votes: 21
43. Halálos csók (1942)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Director: László Kalmár | Stars: Katalin Karády, István Nagy, Gábor Rajnay, László Perényi
Votes: 30
44. Bünös vagyok! (1942)
97 min
Klári is already a bride when she realizes that she loves not her fiancé, but the young engineer who is building her house, but she feels she has no strength to cancel the wedding. In his ... See full summary »
Director: Dezsõ Ákos Hamza | Stars: Mária Mezei, Gyula Kamarás, Zsófia Koós, Gyula Csortos
Votes: 24
45. Szíriusz (1942)
98 min | History, Romance, Sci-Fi
Based on the Hungarian writer Ferenc Herczeg's novel written in 1894, this film takes the viewers to the past of Hungary. Professor Sergius (Elemér Baló) insists that he invented a machine ... See full synopsis »
Director: Dezsõ Ákos Hamza | Stars: Katalin Karády, László Szilassy, Elemér Baló, Géza Berczy
Votes: 53
46. Külvárosi örszoba (1943)
91 min | Drama
Director: Dezsõ Ákos Hamza | Stars: Katalin Karády, István Nagy, Rózsi Csikós, Imre Toronyi
Votes: 49
47. Egy tál lencse (1941)
82 min | Comedy, Musical
Margit takes a job on a rabbit farm in her friend's name and with her papers. She soon earns the trust of the owner the wealthy Mr. Kuglits and falls in love with his fired secretary, ... See full summary »
Director: Zoltán Farkas | Stars: Katalin Karády, Pál Jávor, Gyula Csortos, Manyi Kiss
Votes: 35
48. Aranypáva (1943)
91 min
Director: László Cserépy | Stars: Antal Páger, Mária Sulyok, Artúr Somlay, Alice Szellay
Votes: 28
49. Cserebere (1940)
87 min | Comedy
Director: László Cserépy | Stars: Bella Bordy, László Szilassy, Manyi Kiss, Kálmán Latabár
Votes: 27
50. Régi keringö (1941)
100 min
Director: Viktor Bánky | Stars: Éva Szörényi, Antal Páger, Margit Zsilley, Margit Lánczy
Votes: 25
51. Dr. Kovács István (1942)
94 min | Drama
Dr. István Kovács is a young university professor, the son of peasant parents. Adored by his students, he is popular in the small-town community, and everyone knows he has a big career ... See full summary »
Directors: Viktor Bánky, István Básthy | Stars: Antal Páger, Erzsi Simor, Júlia Tóth, Margit Ladomerszky
Votes: 34
52. András (1941)
83 min
Petty Officer András Laczkó is mistaken for a nobleman after a tie change at a reception, where an influential man takes a liking to him. His bosses, in order not to offend the guest of ... See full summary »
Director: Viktor Bánky | Stars: Antal Páger, Bella Bordy, Valéria Hidvéghy, Gyula Csortos
Votes: 13
53. A Night in Transylvania (1941)
80 min | Comedy
Set during the reign of Emperor Joseph II, the story centers on a Transylvanian widow who welcomes the gentle advances of her country-loving monarch, but when she is ordered to the castle, ... See full summary »
Director: Frigyes Bán | Stars: Zita Szeleczky, Mária Lázár, Antal Páger, Mária Mezei
Votes: 36
54. Ne kérdezd ki voltam (1941)
102 min | Drama
Director: Béla Balogh | Stars: Katalin Karády, László Baksa Soós, Mariska Vízváry, József Juhász
Votes: 15
55. Forró mezök (1949)
94 min | Drama
Director: Imre Apáthi | Stars: Katalin Karády, Vera Szemere, Éva Kelemen, Sándor Szabó
Votes: 24
56. Zárt tárgyalás (1940)
92 min | Drama
Dr. Gábor Benedek, the famous lawyer, defends a murderer who killed his wife out of jealousy. Gábor's marriage is fine, he loves his wife Anna. Then, one day, Péter Szentgyörgyi, her former... See full summary »
Director: Géza von Radványi | Stars: Mária Tasnádi Fekete, Antal Páger, József Timár, Artúr Somlay
Votes: 47
57. Katyi (1942)
89 min | Comedy, Musical
Director: Ákos Ráthonyi | Stars: Klári Tolnay, Manyi Kiss, Tivadar Bilicsi, Gerö Mály
Votes: 153
58. Fény és árnyék (1943)
99 min | Drama
Director: Klára Tüdõs | Stars: Elma Bulla, Ilona Nagykovácsi, Andor Ajtay, Imre Apáthi
Votes: 37
59. Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An anthology of three loosely connected occult tales, with ironic and romantic twists.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Field
Votes: 1,151
60. Uncertain Glory (1944)
Approved | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After a career criminal is recaptured and knows he faces the guillotine, he offers to exchange his life for 100 hostages slated for execution by the Germans.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Paul Lukas, Lucile Watson, Faye Emerson
Votes: 1,494
61. Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Passed | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A formal tailcoat that gets passed from one owner to another affects each life in a significant way.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda
Votes: 2,513
62. The Fabulous Suzanne (1946)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Romance
Suzanne, a waitress, comes up with a sure-fire method for winning at the racetrack and, later, when she inherits a fortune from a customer of the restaurant, she use the same system for ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Barbara Britton, Rudy Vallee, Otto Kruger, Richard Denning
Votes: 45
63. Red Roses (1940)
65 min | Comedy
A man poses as a mysterious admirer to find out whether his wife would cheat on him.
Directors: Giuseppe Amato, Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Renée Saint-Cyr, Umberto Melnati, Vivi Gioi
Votes: 125
64. Shoeshine (1946)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama
Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Rinaldo Smordoni, Franco Interlenghi, Annielo Mele, Bruno Ortensi
Votes: 8,112
65. 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: 11,090 | Gross: $9.03M
66. 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
67. 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: 4,308 | Gross: $6.30M
68. Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Passed | 97 min | Drama, Mystery
A jockey has been shot dead at the race track. Famous detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora happen to be on the scene and Lt. Abrahams asks for Nick's expert help.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed
Votes: 6,887
69. The Human Comedy (1943)
Passed | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig, Marsha Hunt
Votes: 2,451
70. They Were Expendable (1945)
Approved | 135 min | Drama, War
A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.
Directors: John Ford, Robert Montgomery | Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt
Votes: 9,262
71. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Director: Albert Lewin | Stars: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 14,450
72. The Mortal Storm (1940)
Passed | 100 min | Drama
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. When the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan
Votes: 6,038
73. His Butler's Sister (1943)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Music
A young girl visits New York for two reasons: to see her half-brother, and to try to start a musical career.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Pat O'Brien, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 557
74. Till We Meet Again (1944)
Passed | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Occupied France, World War II. The American pilot John is shot down and taken to a convent by the Resistance. The young novice Clothilde is interested in him and is willing to help him ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Ray Milland, Barbara Britton, Walter Slezak, Lucile Watson
Votes: 232
75. Moonrise (1948)
Passed | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Danny is despised by his schoolmates because his father was accused of killing another man and sentenced to death.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore, Allyn Joslyn
Votes: 2,968
76. Angels of Sin (1943)
80 min | Drama
Anne-Marie joins a Dominican convent as a novice where she knows Therese. After shooting a man for which she was imprisoned, Therese protests her innocence, reluctant to tell her secret.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Renée Faure, Jany Holt, Sylvie, Mila Parély
Votes: 1,774
77. The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A society lady engineers a marriage between her lover and a cabaret dancer who is essentially a prostitute.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: Paul Bernard, María Casares, Elina Labourdette, Lucienne Bogaert
Votes: 4,836
78. Nászinduló (1944)
101 min | Drama
The memory of the first, unfulfilled love still haunts Miklós, the once poor schoolboy, and Éva, the mayor's daughter, who were separated by social barriers in the past, and now by family ties.
Director: Zoltán Farkas | Stars: Zita Szeleczky, László Szilassy, Margit Lánczy, György Kürthy
Votes: 33
79. Rózsafabot (1940)
86 min | Drama, Romance
Viktor Pálos spent 22 months prison. After his release he moves to his mother's brother's house in the countryside. But his past follows him here, too. When a robbery occurs in the village,... See full summary »
Director: Béla Balogh | Stars: Zita Szeleczky, József Timár, Kálmán Rózsahegyi, Lili Berky
Votes: 40
80. Notorious (1946)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
The daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern
Votes: 107,283 | Gross: $10.46M
81. Lifeboat (1944)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, War
Several survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak, Walter Slezak, William Bendix
Votes: 31,179
82. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Passed | 108 min | Film-Noir, Thriller
A teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers
Votes: 70,503
83. Port of Call (1948)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A suicidal factory girl out of reformatory school, anxious to escape her overbearing mother, falls in love with a sailor who can't forgive her past.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Nine-Christine Jönsson, Bengt Eklund, Mimi Nelson, Berta Hall
Votes: 2,760
84. Music in Darkness (1948)
87 min | Drama
A blind musician falls in love with a kindhearted girl.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Mai Zetterling, Birger Malmsten, Olof Winnerstrand, Naima Wifstrand
Votes: 1,512
85. A Ship to India (1947)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
A sailor returns to his hometown after 7 years and remembers the dark and the light moments of his past.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Holger Löwenadler, Anna Lindahl, Birger Malmsten, Gertrud Fridh
Votes: 2,202
86. Crisis (1946)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
A small-town piano teacher is shocked by the arrival of her foster daughter's real mother, whose young lover soon follows and causes further disruption.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Inga Landgré, Stig Olin, Marianne Löfgren, Dagny Lind
Votes: 3,497
87. Torment (1944)
95 min | Drama, Romance
An idealistic adolescent suffering under the thumb of a sadistic schoolmaster falls in love with a loose girl who is bullied and tormented by another lover.
Director: Alf Sjöberg | Stars: Stig Järrel, Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling, Olof Winnerstrand
Votes: 3,769
88. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre
Votes: 166,592 | Gross: $2.11M
89. Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Passed | 120 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders
Votes: 23,718 | Gross: $3.48M
90. Spellbound (1945)
Approved | 111 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance
A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll
Votes: 52,246 | Gross: $7.00M
91. Rope (1948)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Dick Hogan
Votes: 153,648
92. A Foreign Affair (1948)
Approved | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Millard Mitchell
Votes: 8,558
93. 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: 40,197 | Gross: $9.46M
94. Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
Passed | 96 min | Thriller, War
In the North African campaign a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Fortunio Bonanova
Votes: 6,832
95. The Major and the Minor (1942)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
A frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley
Votes: 7,642 | Gross: $6.38M
96. Ball of Fire (1941)
Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Romance
A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka, Henry Travers
Votes: 14,060
97. Oliver Twist (1948)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L. Sullivan
Votes: 13,656
98. Great Expectations (1946)
Approved | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman, with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Director: David Lean | Stars: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Jean Simmons
Votes: 26,406
99. Brief Encounter (1945)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama, Romance
Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey
Votes: 44,239
100. Blithe Spirit (1945)
96 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford
Votes: 8,013
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