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1. American Experience (1987– )
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt
Votes: 2,210
2. We Want Our Mummy (1939)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
The stooges go to Egypt in search of the mummy of king Rutentuten for which a museum will pay a $5000 prize. They wind up in the mummy's tomb where they are harassed by some criminals ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dick Curtis
Votes: 646
3.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Goin' Back to T-Town
(2021)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Goin' Back to T-Town tells the story of Greenwood, an extraordinary Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that prospered during the 1920s and 30s despite rampant and hostile segregation. Torn... See full summary »
Stars: Currie Ballard, Charles Bate, Joe R. Burns, Ossie Davis
Votes: 33
4. The Awful Truth (1937)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A married couple file an amicable divorce, but find it harder to let go of each other than they initially thought.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy
Votes: 21,408
5. Lost Horizon (1937)
Approved | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
When a revered diplomat's plane is diverted and crashes in the peaks of Tibet, he and the other survivors are guided to an isolated monastery at Shangri-La, where they wrestle with the invitation to stay.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard
Votes: 14,474
6. End of the Trail (1936)
Approved | 70 min | Drama, War, Western
In the battle of San Juan Hill, Rough Rider Dale Brittenham saves the life, at the expense of losing the sight of one eye, of Bob Hildreth. Invalided to a hospital they meet nurse Belle ... See full summary »
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Jack Holt, Louise Henry, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 16
7. Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001)
117 min | Documentary
Director: William Greaves | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Ralph Bunche
Votes: 28
8. Craig's Wife (1936)
Passed | 73 min | Drama
A domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.
Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Billie Burke, Jane Darwell
Votes: 1,015
9. Wee Wee Monsieur (1938)
Passed | 18 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are artists living in Paris. When the landlord comes after the overdue rent, the boys skip out and wind up joining the French Foreign Legion. Posted to the desert, their ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Eugene Borden
Votes: 548
10. Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
The author of a controversially racy best-selling book tries to hide her celebrity status from her provincial small-town neighbors, who would be scandalized if they knew.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell, Thurston Hall
Votes: 2,956
11. St. Louis Blues (1958)
Not Rated | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of W. C. Handy, the undisputed father of the blues.
Director: Allen Reisner | Stars: Nat 'King' Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald
Votes: 727
12. The Secret Seven (1940)
Passed | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Scientists, assembled to prove their methods are effective in criminal investigation, try to solve a series of murders.
Director: James Moore | Stars: Florence Rice, Barton MacLane, Bruce Bennett, Joseph Crehan
Votes: 21
13. The Wrong Miss Wright (1937)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Charley tries to get out of an arranged marriage so he can marry another girl. What he doesn't realize is that they are one and same girl.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Charley Chase, Peggy Stratford, John T. Murray, Bud Jamison
Votes: 38
14. Woman in Distress (1937)
Approved | 58 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A painting in the possession of an old lady, Phoebe Tuttle, is rumored to be a genuine Rembrandt, and Fred Stevens, ace reporter of the "Dispatch" newspaper, is sent to cover the story. The... See full summary »
Director: Lynn Shores | Stars: May Robson, Irene Hervey, Dean Jagger, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 32
15. Superman (1948)
Approved | 244 min | Sci-Fi
Superman comes to Earth as a child and grows up to be his home's first superhero with his first major challenge being to oppose The Spider Lady.
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Stars: Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Tommy Bond, Carol Forman
Votes: 1,220
16. The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Unrated | 64 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
When Dr. Savaard's experiment in cryonics is interrupted by the short-sighted authorities, his volunteer dies, and he is condemned to death. He vows vengeance if he can survive his own hanging.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Boris Karloff, Lorna Gray, Robert Wilcox, Roger Pryor
Votes: 1,966
17. Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
Passed | 69 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson threatens.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Daisy
Votes: 425
18. Desert Vigilante (1949)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Silver is being smuggled across the border and the secret passage goes through Betty Long's basement. When Steve arrives he gets tangled up with the rustlers who are now going to have the Durango Kid to contend with.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Charles Starrett, Peggy Stewart, Tristram Coffin, Mary Newton
Votes: 66
19. They Met in a Taxi (1936)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A cab driver takes in a young woman who claims to be a reluctant bride, and becomes involved in the search for a stolen necklace.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Chester Morris, Fay Wray, Raymond Walburn, Lionel Stander
Votes: 110
20. The Blazing Trail (1949)
Approved | 59 min | Western
Old Mike Brady built Brady Town and was a leader, but a bullet from an unknown assailant has ended his life. When the will is read, it leaves the bulk of the property to Kirk, the gambling ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Marjorie Stapp, Fred F. Sears, Steve Darrell
Votes: 64
21. Tunisian Victory (1944)
Approved | 75 min | Documentary, War
Documentary made by the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
Directors: John Boulting, Roy Boulting, Frank Capra, Hugh Stewart, John Huston | Stars: Leo Genn, Burgess Meredith, Bernard Miles, Jacques Duchesne
Votes: 695
22. Blind Spot (1947)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A mystery writer accused of murdering his publisher sets out to discover the real killer.
Director: Robert Gordon | Stars: Chester Morris, Constance Dowling, Steven Geray, James Bell
Votes: 206
23. It's All Yours (1937)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Jimmy Barnes arrives from Europe to be educated by his multi-millionaire uncle, Edward J. Barnes and in five years the extravagant escapes of Jimmy, now a lawyer, are the talk of San ... See full summary »
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Francis Lederer, Mischa Auer, Grace Bradley
Votes: 106
24. I Promise to Pay (1937)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Eddie Lang (Chester Morris), a decent family man making $27.50 a week, borrows fifty-dollars from Richard Farra (Leo Carrillo) in order to take his wife, Mary (Helen Mack) and two small ... See full summary »
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Chester Morris, Leo Carrillo, Helen Mack, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 187
25. Pennies from Heaven (1936)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promise an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Bing Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows, Louis Armstrong
Votes: 795
26. Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
Passed | 73 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A reporter meets an actress whose producer is a presumed-dead thief, and stakes his reputation on predicting the next crime.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Reginald Owen, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 842
27. The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)
Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama
A criminal has plastic surgery done to change his identity. However, during the operation, he loses his memory; when he comes to after the surgery, he has a change of heart and decides to help people by becoming a doctor.
Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Marian Marsh, Thurston Hall, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 180
28. Lady of Secrets (1936)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Romance
Because of a very unhappy affair she had earlier in her life, a woman shuts herself off from the rest of the world.
Director: Marion Gering | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Otto Kruger, Lionel Atwill, Marian Marsh
Votes: 78
29. Saginaw Trail (1953)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Hamilton's Rangers, led by our hero Gene, must keep the Indians in the northern Michigan territory from attacking the settlers.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Connie Marshall, Eugene Borden
Votes: 104
30. Women of Glamour (1937)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A triangle romance involving Gloria Hudson (Virginia Bruce), a gold-digger from the wrong side of the tracks, a socialite, Carol Coulter (Leona Maricle), and Richard Stark (Melvyn Douglas),... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Virginia Bruce, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny, Pert Kelton
Votes: 69
31. Extortion (1938)
61 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
In this B potboiler, a college professor finds himself suspected of a murder on his school's campus.
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Scott Kolk, Mary Russell, Thurston Hall, Arthur Loft
Votes: 13
32. City Streets (1938)
Approved | 68 min | Drama
Little Tommy Francis Devlin accidentally hits a baseball through the shop window of "Uncle" Joe Carmine, a well-loved shopkeeper in a lower-class New York City neighborhood. When the mother... See full synopsis »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Edith Fellows, Leo Carrillo, Tommy Bond, Mary Gordon
Votes: 34
33. The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)
Approved | 66 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
A princess in distress calls upon reformed jewel thief Michael Lanyard to aid her against villainous opposition.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Francis Lederer, Frances Drake, Olaf Hytten, Walter Kingsford
Votes: 108
34. More Than a Secretary (1936)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs through secretaries, she's mistaken for an applicant. Drawn to him, she accepts the position.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Jean Arthur, George Brent, Lionel Stander, Ruth Donnelly
Votes: 653
35. Under Suspicion (1937)
Approved | 61 min | Mystery, Romance
When auto magnate Robert Bailey announces he is going to retire and turn his plant over to the employees he incurs the enmity of K.Y. Mitchell, a large stockholder in the company; Carey ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Jack Holt, Katherine DeMille, Luis Alberni, Rosalind Keith
Votes: 12
36. Let's Get Married (1937)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy
Political kingmaker Joe Quinn (Walter Connally) attempts to elevate his daughter's ambitious suitor, George Willoughby (Reginald Denny), into the the higher echelons of politics by getting ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Ida Lupino, Walter Connolly, Ralph Bellamy, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 60
37. Back in Circulation (1937)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that a wealthy old man was ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel
Votes: 425
38. Phantom Valley (1948)
Passed | 53 min | Drama, Music, Western
The Durango Kid--with "unable" assistance from Smiley "Sherlock Holmes" Burnette--investigates a pair of murders that threaten to fuel a range war.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Virginia Hunter, Ozie Waters, Colorado Rangers
Votes: 95
39. Mooching Through Georgia (1939)
Approved | 19 min | Comedy, Short
A man relates how he outwitted the Yankee army during the Civil War.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Buster Keaton, Monte Collins, Harley Wood, Bud Jamison
Votes: 183
40. Pest from the West (1939)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short
A millionaire vacationing in Mexico falls for a local girl and sets out to win her.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Buster Keaton, Lorna Gray, Gino Corrado, Richard Fiske
Votes: 214
41. Cyclone Fury (1951)
Passed | 53 min | Drama, Music, Western
Johnny is a young Indian boy who falls heir to thousands of wild horses when his adoptive white father is murdered by henchmen of the town's leading citizen, Grat Hanlon. With the aid of ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Fred F. Sears, Clayton Moore, Robert J. Wilke
Votes: 75
42. South of Death Valley (1949)
Passed | 54 min | Drama, Music, Western
Steve Downing, aka The Durango Kid, comes to Nugget City to investigate the murder of his brother-in-law, owner of the Carr Mine. Molly Tavish warns him to leave town or get killed because ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Gail Davis, Fred F. Sears, Lee Roberts
Votes: 78
43. The Missing Juror (1944)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
In a major murder case, jurors are threatened and attacked. One of them disappears, and the detective Joe Keats looking for the guilty.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Jim Bannon, Janis Carter, George Macready, Jean Stevens
Votes: 327
44. Blazing Across the Pecos (1948)
Passed | 55 min | Western
The Durango Kid and Marshal Smiley Burnette complicate a corrupt mayor and his henchman's efforts to take over a town.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, Patricia Barry, Paul Campbell, Charles C. Wilson
Votes: 122
45. Romance of the Redwoods (1939)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
June Martin is a dishwasher in a California logging camp boarding house. Steve Blake fights Jed Malone for her and loses, thus casting suspicion on himself when Malone dies under cloudy circumstances.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Charles Bickford, Jean Parker, Al Bridge, Gordon Oliver
Votes: 29
46. Bandits of El Dorado (1949)
Approved | 58 min | Western
Outlaws along the Texas-Mexican border are mysteriously disappearing without a trace, so the Durango Kid adopts a second fake outlaw identity to expose the scheme.
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Charles Starrett, George J. Lewis, Fred F. Sears, John Dehner
Votes: 77
47. Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
Approved | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Chester Morris, Maylia, Richard Lane, Don McGuire
Votes: 350
48. Rim of the Canyon (1949)
Passed | 70 min | Western
Gene Autry's stolen horse turns up in a ghost town where Gene goes after he is left stranded during a stagecoach race.
Director: John English | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Nan Leslie, Thurston Hall
Votes: 181
49. The Millerson Case (1947)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Mystery
In the 8th film of Columbia's "Crime Doctor" series, Dr. Robert Ordway is vacationing in the Blue Ridge Mountains district of West Virginia when a typhoid epidemic breaks out. Three deaths ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Warner Baxter, Nancy Saunders, Clem Bevans, Griff Barnett
Votes: 304
50. Nothing But Pleasure (1940)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short
To save money, Buster and his wife decide to drive to Detroit to buy a new car, then drive it home.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Buster Keaton, Dorothy Appleby, Beatrice Blinn, Bobby Barber
Votes: 169