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1. Black Swan (2010)
R | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
Nina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder
Votes: 825,311 | Gross: $106.95M
2. It Happened One Night (1934)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 112,338 | Gross: $4.36M
3. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance, War
During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart
Votes: 43,061
4. The Uninvited (1944)
Passed | 99 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Cornelia Otis Skinner
Votes: 12,470
5. The Broadway Melody (1929)
Passed | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Bessie Love, Anita Page, Charles King, Eddie Kane
Votes: 8,021 | Gross: $6.12M
6. The Boys Club (1996)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In Ontario, Canada, three fourteen-year-old boys, Kyle, Brad and Eric are forced to perform an ordeal when they find a wounded mysterious fugitive named Luke, who has a gun and claiming to be a cop, has taken a hiding in their clubhouse.
Director: John Fawcett | Stars: Chris Penn, Dominic Zamprogna, Stuart Stone, Devon Sawa
Votes: 1,345
7. Son of Dracula (1943)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When Katherine, a beautiful Southern girl obsessed with thoughts of eternal life, invites Count Alucard to come to her mansion in the U.S., she unleashes a Pandora's box of horror on unsuspecting relatives and neighbors.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Robert Paige, Louise Allbritton, Evelyn Ankers
Votes: 6,202
8. Up in Arms (1944)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Musical
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted into the army and makes life miserable for his fellow GIs. He's also lovesick when it comes to pretty Mary Morgan, unaware that she's in love with his best friend Joe.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Danny Kaye, Dana Andrews, Dinah Shore, Constance Dowling
Votes: 1,122
9. Lady in the Dark (1944)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Liza Elliott, "Allure" magazines editor-in-chief, suffers from headaches and continuous daydreams and undergoes psychoanalysis to determine why.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall
Votes: 565
10. Behind That Curtain (1929)
Passed | 91 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Eve Mannering realizes too late that her abusive husband is a philanderer and murderer and seeks protection with her true love, explorer John Beetham.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Warner Baxter, Lois Moran, Gilbert Emery, Claude King
Votes: 548
11. As Deusas (1972)
95 min | Drama
A psychiatrist lends her country house to a patient, expecting she would repose. But she meets a neurotic former lover, and the psychiatrist gets so involved in the couple's problems that she ends up getting dependent of them.
Director: Walter Hugo Khouri | Stars: Lilian Lemmertz, Mário Benvenutti, Kate Hansen
Votes: 130
12. Song of Russia (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Propaganda film from WW2, designed to raise the awareness of the American public regarding USSR's fight against Nazi Germany.
Directors: Gregory Ratoff, Laslo Benedek | Stars: Robert Taylor, Susan Peters, John Hodiak, Robert Benchley
Votes: 317
13. Standing Room Only (1944)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Romance, War
During World War II, Lee Stevens travels to Washington D.C. with his secretary Jane Rogers in order to secure a government contract. Not thinking it through, Jane cancels their hotel ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Edward Arnold, Hillary Brooke
Votes: 232
14. Upstage (1926)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance
Dolly Havens, a small-town girl with big-town ambitions that are larger than her talents, hooks up with Johnny Storm, a vaudeville performer, whose talents make the act a success. Dolly, ... See full summary »
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Norma Shearer, Oscar Shaw, Tenen Holtz, Gwen Lee
Votes: 104
15. Hula-La-La (1951)
Passed | 16 min | Short, Comedy
The stooges are dance instructors sent by a movie company to a tropical island to teach the natives how to dance so they can appear in a movie. The boys run into trouble with the local ... See full summary »
Director: Hugh McCollum | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Jean Willes
Votes: 323
16. Seven Days' Leave (1942)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Soldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Harold Peary, Mapy Cortés
Votes: 391
17. After Hours: Fran Lebowitz Talks with Martin Scorsese (2023 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
A conversation between director Martin Scorsese and writer Fran Lebowitz about the making of "After Hours" on the Criterion Collection Blu-Ray of the film.
Director: Angie Bucknell | Stars: Fran Lebowitz, Martin Scorsese
18. The Bellamy Trial (1929)
Passed | 95 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
When a wealthy Long Island society woman is discovered dead in an abandoned cottage, suspicion falls on her husband, an ex-boyfriend, and a romantic rival.
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Leatrice Joy, Betty Bronson, Edward J. Nugent, George Barraud
Votes: 16
19. Strange Cargo (1929)
Passed | 75 min | Mystery
Directors: Benjamin Glazer, Arthur Gregor | Stars: Lee Patrick, June Nash, George Barraud, Cosmo Kyrle Bellew
Votes: 45
20. The Cobra Strikes (1948)
Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Hard-boiled reporter Mike Kent investigates the murder of a prominent scientist and stumbles upon a sinister plot to steal a fortune in jewels.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Sheila Ryan, Richard Fraser, Leslie Brooks, Herbert Heyes
Votes: 67
21. Waiting for Woody (1998)
30 min | Short, Comedy
An unlucky actor named Josh Silver is hopeful when his agent gets him an audition with his idol Woody Allen.
Director: Grant Heslov | Stars: Grant Heslov, Robert Katims, Samantha Mathis, Carol Ann Susi
Votes: 221
22. Matsumoto Seichô sasupensu 'Naikai no wa': Daigaku jokyôju no furin no kessan Hôraikyô ni kieta shitai (1982 TV Movie)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Akira Inoue | Stars: Sakae Takita, Mayumi Oka, Hisashi Igawa, Masayo Utsunomiya
23. Hardboiled Rose (1929)
Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A bank officer steals valuable securities from his bank to pay off debts owed to a notorious gambler, but the disgrace is more than he can bear and does himself in. His loyal secretary, a ... See full summary »
Director: F. Harmon Weight | Stars: Myrna Loy, William Collier Jr., John Miljan, Gladys Brockwell
Votes: 24
24. Smashing the Vice Trust (1937)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
A gang boss sees a new way to make money--kidnapping high school girls and forcing them to work in the brothels he owns.
Director: Melville Shyer | Stars: Willy Castello, Veola Vonn, Dean Benton, Selmer Jackson
25. Kiri to kage (1961)
83 min
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Yayoi Furusato, Seiichirô Kameishi, Tomo'o Nagai, Junkichi Orimoto
26. The White Black Sheep (1926)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, War, Romance
Robert Kincairn, the dissolute son of a British colonel, is gallant enough to take the blame for a robbery perpetrated by his fiancee Enid. Thrown out of his home, he changes his name and join the army.
Director: Sidney Olcott | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Patsy Ruth Miller, Constance Howard, Erville Alderson
27. Past Tense (1993)
11 min | Animation, Short
High Anxiety follows the job interview of a chef and his dog as he goes after his dream job.
Director: Temah Nelson | Stars: Patrick Breen, George St. Maurice, Hector Tulier
28.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson
(1997)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Unstable housewife Becka Paulson accidentally shoots herself in the head, survives and suddenly becomes more intelligent. And strangely, a photo is talking to her.
Director: Steven Weber | Stars: Catherine O'Hara, John Diehl, Bill Dow, Marilyn Norry
Votes: 410
29.
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode:
Realm of Fear
(1992)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Overcoming his fear of transporter, Lt. Barclay joins an away team, only to find something in the beam with him.
Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
Votes: 3,007
30.
The Ben Shapiro Sunday Exclusive (2018– )
Tai Lopez
(2018 Podcast Episode)
61 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Ben Shapiro, Tai Lopez