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1. Beau Geste (1939)
Passed | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 6,524
2. The Great McGinty (1940)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy
Dan McGinty has great success in his chosen field of crooked politics, but he endangers it all in one crazy moment of honesty.
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff, Allyn Joslyn
Votes: 4,410
3. Casablanca (1942)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Votes: 606,235 | Gross: $1.02M
"We'll always have Paris"
4. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson
Votes: 53,277 | Gross: $4.36M
Elsa Lanchester as Mary Shelley , tells us the story ( then pops up as the title character , sic. )
5. The Power and the Glory (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Drama
The tragic life story of a power-hungry industrialist is recounted in the aftermath of his death.
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Colleen Moore, Ralph Morgan, Helen Vinson
Votes: 734
6. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Romance
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet
Votes: 13,647
Louis Jourdan reads the letter , and we go into the past , at various times ( Joan Fontaine even plays herself as a child ! ).
7. Rashomon (1950)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Votes: 180,557 | Gross: $0.10M
Multiple flashbacks of the same incident .
8. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
PG-13 | 197 min | Drama, Romance, War
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger
Votes: 82,108 | Gross: $111.72M
9. Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Passed | 116 min | Drama, Romance
Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen
Votes: 2,806
10. Roxie Hart (1942)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy
Roxie Hart signs a murder confession in order to attract publicity for her dancing career as dames don't swing in Cook County. Will everything go as planned?
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Lynne Overman
Votes: 1,915 | Gross: $2.40M
George Montgomery as an old man tells the story to a young reporter , with a punchline at the end .
11. Passage to Marseille (1944)
Passed | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Michèle Morgan, Philip Dorn
Votes: 5,040
Claude Rains tells a reporter the story , then multiple flashbacks tell the back story of the main characters .
12. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Crime
A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood
Votes: 39,729
13. An Inspector Calls (1954)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wealthy family is visited by a police inspector, who questions the family about the suicide of a young working-class woman.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Alastair Sim, Arthur Young, Olga Lindo, Brian Worth
Votes: 5,242
14. Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
Approved | 101 min | Drama, Western
After an 11-year absence, a buffalo hunter returns home with lots of money in his saddlebags only to be robbed at gunpoint by a trio of no-good town citizens, prompting an eventual revenge quest.
Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Chuck Connors, Michael Rennie, Kathryn Hays, Joan Blondell
Votes: 772
Starts and ends with a lame framing device about a census taker .
15. Little Big Man (1970)
PG-13 | 139 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Native Americans and fighting with General Custer.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Chief Dan George, Martin Balsam
Votes: 37,908 | Gross: $31.56M
Told to us by Dustin Hoffman a hundred years later .
16. Death of a Salesman (1951)
115 min | Drama
An over-the-hill salesman faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy, Cameron Mitchell
Votes: 1,193
17. Road to Utopia (1945)
Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Two vaudeville flops pose as bad guys and join the Klondike gold rush with a saloon singer.
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Hillary Brooke
Votes: 3,752
Told to us by Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in old age , with a punchline at the end .
18. Spook Louder (1943)
Unrated | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
The stooges are salesman selling a weight reducing machine. They have no luck until they show up at the house of an eccentric inventor where they are hired as caretakers. When the scientist... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Stanley Blystone
Votes: 595
Professor J. O. Dunkfeather tells the story to a reporter , but , who threw those pies ?
19. The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The ancient Egypt Mummy, Kharis, is transported from his homeland with the high priest Mehemet to wreak vengeance on the family who has defiled the sacred tomb of his beloved Princess Ananka.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Dick Foran, John Hubbard, Elyse Knox
Votes: 3,853
Dick Foran as an old man relates the story of The Mummy's Hand 1940 , as an excuse to show footage from the film and save a few quid .
20. Beau Ideal (1931)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Romance, War
An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Frank McCormick, Ralph Forbes, Lester Vail, Otto Matieson
Votes: 247
Starts in the penal colony dungeon , flashes back to childhood , then to just before the film starts , with a flashback in a flashback by Loretta Young , then the events up to the beginning .
21. Road to Bali (1952)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Two unemployed show-biz pals accept treasure-diving work in Bali for a local princess and they find treasure, love and trouble.
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Murvyn Vye
Votes: 5,249
Dorothy Lamour flashes back to when she had a chimp that looks just like Bob Hope ...
22. Angel on the Amazon (1948)
Approved | 86 min | Adventure, Romance
An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them--and apparently has found the secret of eternal youth.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: George Brent, Vera Ralston, Brian Aherne, Constance Bennett
Votes: 163
Several mysterious flashbacks
23. Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Passed | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A young trumpet player is torn between an honest singer and a manipulative heiress.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael
Votes: 3,891
24. Jungle Woman (1944)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Paula the ape woman (Acquanetta) is alive and well, and running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher (J. Carrol Naish), also reverting to her true gorilla form every once in a while to kill somebody.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Evelyn Ankers, J. Carrol Naish, Samuel S. Hinds, Lois Collier
Votes: 547
Told in flashback in court , using lots of footage from the previous episode , Captive Wild Woman 1943 .
25. The Mark (1961)
Approved | 127 min | Drama
A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: Maria Schell, Stuart Whitman, Rod Steiger, Brenda de Banzie
Votes: 996
26. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
Quick-tempered yet likable Biff Grimes falls for the beautiful Virginia Brush, but he is not the only young man in the neighborhood who is smitten with her.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale
Votes: 4,270
27. Wuthering Heights (1939)
Passed | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson
Votes: 19,776 | Gross: $0.76M
28. The Woman in Red (1984)
PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
On his way to work, Teddy spots Charlotte, an incredibly beautiful Woman in Red. He really wants to meet her, but what would his wife say?
Director: Gene Wilder | Stars: Gene Wilder, Kelly LeBrock, Charles Grodin, Joseph Bologna
Votes: 17,365 | Gross: $25.31M
29. Souls at Sea (1937)
Passed | 92 min | Action, Adventure, History
Cooper and Raft save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about slave trade on the high seas in 1842.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Gary Cooper, George Raft, Frances Dee, Henry Wilcoxon
Votes: 862
30. Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Approved | 120 min | Drama, Romance
A drifter and a faded film star, both traumatized by Hollywood, arrive to the guy's hometown, where the old bitter memories revive again.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley
Votes: 8,478
31. Blonde Savage (1947)
Passed | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
An expedition into the deep jungle discovers a native tribe led by a tall white blonde woman.
Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Leif Erickson, Gale Sherwood, Veda Ann Borg, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 215
32. The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man is warned by a captain about a temptress; nonetheless, he finds himself falling in love with her.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Edward Everett Horton, Alison Skipworth
Votes: 3,956
33. Blondie's Holiday (1947)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Family
Dagwood gets in trouble with bookies and winds up in jail. Bank manager Samuel Breckinridge comes to his rescue to thank Dagwood for getting compulsive gambler Mrs. Breckinridge out of the casino just before the police raid.
Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie
Votes: 201
34. Golden Earrings (1947)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
On the eve of WW2, a British spy goes to Germany to obtain a secret poison-gas formula from a scientist but things go awry and he is saved by a beautiful nomadic gypsy woman.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Ray Milland, Marlene Dietrich, Murvyn Vye, Bruce Lester
Votes: 1,275 | Gross: $7.00M
35. The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.
Directors: Bruce Manning, Jean Renoir | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Treacher
Votes: 393
36. From This Day Forward (1946)
Approved | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Incidents of a marriage are recalled in flashback.
Director: John Berry | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Mark Stevens, Rosemary DeCamp, Harry Morgan
Votes: 474
37. Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948)
76 min | Comedy, Romance
A would-be playwright and a young woman escaping from a job at a gas station meet cute and fall in love.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Guy Madison, Diana Lynn, James Dunn, Michael Chekhov
Votes: 429
38. The Hurricane (1937)
Approved | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Polynesian sailor unjustly imprisoned after defending himself against a colonial bully is relentlessly persecuted by his island's martinet French governor.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 3,042
39. The Affairs of Susan (1945)
Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Joan Fontaine, George Brent, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel
Votes: 426
40. A Stranger in My Arms (1959)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, War
After the Korean War, an Air Force pilot meets the family of his KIA navigator and recalls, in flashbacks, the circumstances of their ordeal after being shot down.
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: June Allyson, Jeff Chandler, Sandra Dee, Charles Coburn
Votes: 240
41. Ladies Courageous (1944)
Approved | 88 min | Adventure, Drama, War
The story of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, a unit of female pilots during WW II who flew bombers from the factories to their final destinations.
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Loretta Young, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Diana Barrymore, Anne Gwynne
Votes: 155
42. Tender Comrade (1943)
Passed | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War
Jo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same situation.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Robert Ryan, Ruth Hussey, Patricia Collinge
Votes: 973
43. Edge of Darkness (1943)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, War
After two years under German rule, a small Norwegian fishing village rises up and revolts against the occupying Nazis.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston, Nancy Coleman
Votes: 3,012
44. A House Is Not a Home (1964)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, History
Biopic of notorious New York City Madam Polly Adler, set during the Roaring Twenties.
Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Shelley Winters, Robert Taylor, Cesar Romero, Ralph Taeger
Votes: 261
45. The Falcon in Danger (1943)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
After a passenger plane crash lands at a local airport, the rescue crew is shocked to find there is no one aboard.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard, Amelita Ward
Votes: 792
46. Midnight Alibi (1934)
Not Rated | 58 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A gambler hides out from some gangsters in an old lady's house. Later he's arrested for murder, but the old woman provides him with an alibi by saying he was with her on the night of the murder.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Ann Dvorak, Helen Chandler, Helen Lowell
Votes: 361
47. Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
Underworld king Lee Lother has been killed aboard a ocean liner, several people could have been the murderer. There is his mistress Anya Roysen, a married woman, who was jealous of his ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Jack Benny, Gene Raymond, Nancy Carroll, Sydney Howard
Votes: 212
48. The Second Face (1950)
Passed | 77 min | Drama
From her hospital bed a woman recounts her life as a "plain Jane" while awaiting plastic surgeries for the injuries she has sustained in an automobile accident.
Director: Jack Bernhard | Stars: Ella Raines, Bruce Bennett, Rita Johnson, John Sutton
Votes: 219
49. From Headquarters (1933)
TV-G | 64 min | Mystery, Drama
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette, Robert Barrat
Votes: 367
50. Midnight Mary (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Ricardo Cortez, Andy Devine
Votes: 1,616
51. The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
Passed | 66 min | Mystery
A bedridden eccentric millionaire, anticipating his own murder, hires Mason to help him rewrite his will, and the lawyer ends up defending the caretaker's cat.
Directors: William C. McGann, Alan Crosland | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Jane Bryan, Craig Reynolds
Votes: 786
52. The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Mystery
Jenny Wren is found dead after threatening to blackmail some prominent men, and it's up to a detective to find out what happened to Jenny.
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Anita Louise, Pauline Frederick
Votes: 847
53. Cynara (1932)
75 min | Drama, Romance
London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shop-girl who is out to have him. Told in flashback.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, Phyllis Barry, Henry Stephenson
Votes: 849
54. Joe Smith, American (1942)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Romance, War
Joe Smith is an average American citizen, working in an aircraft factory. He has access to the plans for a new bomb-sight and is kidnapped by enemy agents who unsuccessfully torture him to ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Young, Marsha Hunt, Harvey Stephens, Darryl Hickman
Votes: 312
55. Thunder in the Night (1935)
69 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
On a windy evening in Budapest, police Captain Karl Torok meets with his superior, the prefect of police, who has just lost the position of president of the cabinet to Torok's friend since ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Karen Morley, Paul Cavanagh, Una O'Connor
Votes: 94
56. Larceny in Her Heart (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
In the second of the PRC "Michael Shayne" series,civic crusader Burton Stallings hires private detective Michael Shayne to locate the former's missing step-daughter Helen. Shayne discovers ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, Ralph Dunn, Paul Bryar
Votes: 80
57. Lancer Spy (1937)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and returns to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Dolores Del Río, George Sanders, Peter Lorre, Virginia Field
Votes: 210
58. Singapore Woman (1941)
Passed | 64 min | Drama, Romance
A switched-locale remake of "Dangerous (1935)" about a jinxed, hard-luck dame , Vicki Moore (Brenda Marshall), and the men who show her that life is worth living no matter how ponderous and complicated.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Brenda Marshall, David Bruce, Virginia Field, Jerome Cowan
Votes: 149
59. Pilot #5 (1943)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance, War
In March 1942, on the island of Java, Indonesia, a Dutch major selects a pilot for a dangerous mission from the five U.S. Army airmen under his command. While waiting for word from the pilot, the others tell his life story to the major.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Franchot Tone, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly, Van Johnson
Votes: 380
60. Reno (1939)
Approved | 73 min | Drama
Richard Dix portrays Reno lawyer who helps women get a fast divorce but can he keep his wife (Gail Patrick) from divorcing him.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Anita Louise, Paul Cavanagh
Votes: 161
61. The Silent Witness (1932)
73 min | Mystery
A British nobleman takes the blame and stands trial after his son strangles her lover.
Directors: R.L. Hough, Marcel Varnel | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Greta Nissen, Weldon Heyburn, Helen Mack
Votes: 71
62. The Inside Story (1948)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hotel for safe keeping. However, it is ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Marsha Hunt, William Lundigan, Charles Winninger, Gail Patrick
Votes: 301
63. Twilight for the Gods (1958)
Approved | 120 min | Adventure, Drama
The sailing vessel Cannibal has a leaking hull. The captain (Rock Hudson) reluctantly changes course for Honolulu, where one passenger (Cyd Charisse) is wanted by the law. The water rising, everyone struggles against nature to survive.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Rock Hudson, Cyd Charisse, Arthur Kennedy, Leif Erickson
Votes: 306
64. The Daltons Ride Again (1945)
Passed | 72 min | Western
The four Dalton brothers learn that a friend of their father has been murdered by a group of land-grabbers and swindlers. They clean up the gang leaders and members, and then proceed to rob... See full summary »
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Alan Curtis, Lon Chaney Jr., Kent Taylor, Noah Beery Jr.
Votes: 85
65. Klondike Fury (1942)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A neurosurgeon is thrown out of the medical profession after he performs a daring but unsuccessful surgery. He flees to Alaska, where his plane crashes in the frozen wilderness.
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Lucile Fairbanks, William Henry, Ralph Morgan
Votes: 111
66. The Ware Case (1938)
79 min | Drama, Mystery
Sir Hubert Ware (Clive Brook) an apparently wealthy businessman is in fact on the verge of bankruptcy. When his boorish well-healed brother is found dead on the family estate he finds himself on trial for murder.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Clive Brook, Jane Baxter, Barry K. Barnes, C.V. France
Votes: 164
67. Sinister Journey (1948)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Western
Lee Garvin has eloped with the daughter of a railroad man who didn't approve of the marriage. Hoppy steps in when the young man is framed for murder.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Rand Brooks, Elaine Riley
Votes: 173
68. The Golden Idol (1954)
Approved | 71 min | Adventure
It's Bomba the Jungle Boy to the rescue when the evil Arab chieftain Ali Ben Mamoud steals a golden idol from the Watusi tribe.
Director: Ford Beebe | Stars: Johnny Sheffield, Anne Kimbell, Paul Guilfoyle, Leonard Mudie
Votes: 167
69. Why Girls Leave Home (1945)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A young woman leaves home to become a night club singer, but her job is nearly fatal when she learns about mobsters' operations, leading to her boss's suicide.
Director: William Berke | Stars: Lola Lane, Sheldon Leonard, Pamela Blake, Elisha Cook Jr.
Votes: 74
70. Frisco Waterfront (1935)
66 min | Drama
As California gubernatorial candidate Burton is about to cast his vote a truck crashes into the polling booth, critically injuring him and his opponent. A flashback traces his career from ... See full summary »
Directors: Arthur Lubin, Joseph Santley | Stars: Ben Lyon, Helen Twelvetrees, Rod La Rocque, Russell Hopton
Votes: 32
71. The Crimson Key (1947)
Passed | 76 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A red key to a public locker is also the key to solving a string of mysterious murders investigated by private eye Larry Morgan.
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Kent Taylor, Doris Dowling, Dennis Hoey, Louise Currie
Votes: 145
72. The Secret Bride (1934)
Approved | 64 min | Drama
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Warren William, Glenda Farrell, Grant Mitchell
Votes: 634
73. Secrets of a Sorority Girl (1945)
Approved | 58 min | Crime, Drama
Linda Hamilton is told that she has only one year to live. She hesitates to tell her father, who is devoting his energies to wiping out illegal gambling.
Directors: Frank Wisbar, Lew Landers | Stars: Mary Ware, Rick Vallin, Addison Richards, Ray Walker
Votes: 27
74. Lady in the Iron Mask (1952)
78 min | Adventure
A female version of 'The Man in the Iron Mask'. In this version, the mask is put on a princess (Patricia Medina) rather than a prince as in the original book by Alexandre Dumas.
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, John Sutton, Steve Brodie
Votes: 89
75. Murder at the Vanities (1934)
Passed | 89 min | Crime, Music, Musical
A homicide detective with an eye for the ladies, investigating a murder in Earl Carroll's Vanities, allows the music revue to continue during the investigation.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Carl Brisson, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlisle
Votes: 976
76. The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1935)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
The head of a drug company mysteriously disappears, after taking credit for a new anesthetic that actually resulted from the work of several doctors, and his surgeon is found strangely murdered by a surgical instrument.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Kay Linaker, John Eldredge, Mary Astor
Votes: 294
77. Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Sport
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
78. Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)
Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Joe Kirkwood Jr., Leon Errol, Elyse Knox, John Hubbard
Votes: 34
79. Murder in the Big House (1942)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A Death Row inmate vows to reveal damaging information about corrupt politicians on the day of his electric chair execution but he is found dead in his cell, prompting an investigation by a local reporter.
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Faye Emerson, Van Johnson, George Meeker, Frank Wilcox
Votes: 278
80. The Unholy Night (1929)
Passed | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an Englishman's estate.
Director: Lionel Barrymore | Stars: Ernest Torrence, Roland Young, Dorothy Sebastian, Natalie Moorhead
Votes: 403
81. Flat Top (1952)
Approved | 83 min | Drama, War
During the Korean War, aboard the U.S.S. Princeton, Navy Commander Dan Collier reminisces about his first assignment on the same aircraft carrier in the war against Japan.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Richard Carlson, William Phipps, John Bromfield
Votes: 542
82. Living Dangerously (1936)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Doctor Stanley Norton finds his partner, Doctor Henry Pryor, has been illegally selling drugs to addicts, he dissolves the partnership. Seeking revenge, Pryor accuses Norton of ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Otto Kruger, Leonora Corbett, Francis Lister, Aileen Marson
Votes: 26
83. Nightmare in Wax (1969)
M | 96 min | Horror
The disfigured curator of a wax museum murders his enemies and then uses their bodies as exhibits in his museum.
Director: Bud Townsend | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Anne Helm, Scott Brady, Berry Kroeger
Votes: 880
84. Night Work (1930)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
As assistant window-dresser, Willie is the lowest man on the totem pole at a department store. To add insult to injury, he is also the store's designated "Fired Man": when a disgruntled ... See full summary »
Director: Russell Mack | Stars: Eddie Quillan, Sally Starr, Frances Upton, Tom Keene
Votes: 127
85. The Body Disappears (1941)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Comedy about an invisible man.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Jeffrey Lynn, Jane Wyman, Edward Everett Horton, Herbert Anderson
Votes: 574
86. College Scandal (1935)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Julie Fresnel is a co-ed at Redgate University and her father, Dr. Henri Fresnel, is the new French professor. Julie's attraction from the male students drops a bit when two of her admirers... See full summary »
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Arline Judge, Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie, William Frawley
Votes: 40
87. North to the Klondike (1942)
Approved | 60 min | Drama, Western
Two friends in the Klondike come to the aid of settlers who are being terrorized by an outlaw gang.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Evelyn Ankers, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 69
88. Men on Her Mind (1944)
67 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A famous singer reflects on her life, including her journey from being an orphan to her fame as a singer, as she tries to decide which of her three suitors she will choose.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Mary Beth Hughes, Edward Norris, Ted North, Alan Edwards
Votes: 52
89. Sky Liner (1949)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Crime, Drama
FBI Agent Steve Blair finds himself caught up in Cold War espionage when he boards a plane heading west. Some sensitive papers have disappeared and Steve must keep tabs on a suspect without giving himself away.
Director: William Berke | Stars: Richard Travis, Pamela Blake, Rochelle Hudson, Steven Geray
Votes: 253
90. Jungle Goddess (1948)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe.
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: George Reeves, Wanda McKay, Ralph Byrd, Armida
Votes: 857
91. The Great Moment (1944)
Passed | 83 min | Biography, Drama
The biography of Dr. W. T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment.
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, William Demarest
Votes: 1,076
92. The Bamboo Blonde (1946)
Passed | 67 min | Music, Romance, War
A beautiful blonde singer who has a one-time fling with an engaged pilot, is confused by his B-29 bomber crew to be his real fiancée, and her image ends up being painted on the nose of their aircraft, for good luck, as the "Bamboo Blonde".
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Frances Langford, Ralph Edwards, Russell Wade, Iris Adrian
Votes: 446
93. If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama
An escaped convict goes to a small town to clear his name; to pull off his plan, he becomes part of a murder plot.
Director: Charles Martin | Stars: Dana Wynter, Raymond St. Jacques, Kevin McCarthy, Barbara McNair
Votes: 168
94. This Love of Ours (1945)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Romance
At a convention, medical researcher Michel Touzac goes with colleagues to see stage caricaturist Targel, whose assistant Florence recognizes him--and attempts suicide. Saved by Touzac's new... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Merle Oberon, Charles Korvin, Claude Rains, Carl Esmond
Votes: 159
95. The French Key (1946)
Approved | 64 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Returning to their hotel room, private detective Johnny Fletcher and his partner Sam Cragg find a dead man clutching a gold coin and they try to solve this case involving murder and gold smuggling.
Director: Walter Colmes | Stars: Albert Dekker, Evelyn Ankers, Mike Mazurki, John Eldredge
Votes: 93
96. The Female Animal (1958)
Approved | 84 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
An aging film star and her alcoholic daughter compete for a handsome extra.
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Jane Powell, Jan Sterling, George Nader
Votes: 616
97. Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
An aspiring actress finds herself in a jam when a gangster, who is backing the show she is in, is found dead in her apartment.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Betty Hutton, Victor Mature, William Demarest, June Havoc
Votes: 302
98. Under Fire (1957)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, War
On the same day that he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary valor in the European campaign during World War II, Sergeant Joe Dusak is charged with desertion during... See full summary »
Director: James B. Clark | Stars: Rex Reason, Harry Morgan, Steve Brodie, Peter Walker
Votes: 50
99. The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
Passed | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe
Votes: 1,102
100. I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A soldier suffering from combat fatigue meets a young woman on Christmas furlough from prison and their mutual loneliness blossoms into romance.
Directors: William Dieterle, George Cukor | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple, Spring Byington
Votes: 2,522
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