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1. Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Approved | 134 min | Drama, Romance, War

A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, May Whitty

Votes: 19,479 | Gross: $13.50M

2. Robin Hood (1922)

Not Rated | 143 min | Adventure, Family, Romance

A nobleman becomes the vigilante Robin Hood who protects the oppressed English people from the tyrannical Prince John.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett

Votes: 2,482 | Gross: $5.45M

3. A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)

Passed | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.

Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton, Reginald Gardiner

Votes: 1,572

4. Slightly Dangerous (1943)

Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

Peggy is 21 and bored. She has just been awarded a certificate for starting work on time for 1000 days. She decides that she needs a change so she leaves a note, which is taken to be ... See full summary »

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, May Whitty

Votes: 882

5. Vanity (1927)

60 min | Drama

Barbara Fiske, a beautiful girl of social standing, is about to be married to Lloyd Van Courtland. On the eve of their marriage, she foolishly pays a visit to a colorful steamship captain ... See full summary »

Director: Donald Crisp | Stars: Leatrice Joy, Charles Ray, Alan Hale, Mayme Kelso

Votes: 12

6. Rio Rita (1942)

Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, War

Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson, John Carroll

Votes: 1,283

7. Ladies Should Listen (1934)

Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Romance

The switchboard operator in an apartment building falls in love with a businessman who lives in the building, whom she has gotten to know only over the phone. When she discovers that the ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Cary Grant, Frances Drake, Edward Everett Horton, Nydia Westman

Votes: 506

8. The Garden of Eden (1928)

Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Drama

Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Her benefactor, however, is actually a baroness incognito. Toni falls in ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Corinne Griffith, Louise Dresser, Lowell Sherman, Maude George

Votes: 497

9. An American Romance (1944)

Passed | 151 min | Drama

Stefan Dangos immigrates to America and works his way up from the iron mines and steel mills to become a great American success story as an industrialist.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Ann Richards, Walter Abel, John Qualen

Votes: 574

10. The Magnificent Dope (1942)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Romance

Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is... See full summary »

Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Henry Fonda, Lynn Bari, Don Ameche, Edward Everett Horton

Votes: 461

11. Tennessee Johnson (1942)

Passed | 103 min | Biography, Drama

Biography of Andrew Johnson, who followed Abraham Lincoln into office and became the first President of the United States ever to be impeached.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main

Votes: 673

12. The Vanishing Virginian (1942)

Passed | 97 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Biography of Robert Yancey, long-term district attorney in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Frank Morgan, Kathryn Grayson, Spring Byington, Natalie Thompson

Votes: 324

13. The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)

Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

How a liberated teacher brought women's suffrage to Wyoming in 1869.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Loretta Young, Robert Preston, Edward Arnold, Frank Craven

Votes: 167

14. School for Girls (1934)

Passed | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Annette Eldrige is sentenced to three years in a reformatory after being caught with stolen jewels. The sadistic woman in charge of the reformatory makes life terrible for everyone; ... See full summary »

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Sidney Fox, Paul Kelly, Lois Wilson, Lucille La Verne

Votes: 30

15. Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, Romance

With a full Hollywood background and settings, but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: John Halliday, Marsha Hunt, Robert Cummings, C. Henry Gordon

Votes: 132

16. Just My Luck (1935)

Approved | 70 min | Action, Comedy

Homer Crow, fired from his laboratory job at the Dunn-Wright Rubber Company, is sure that his formula for an indestructible rubber, called Durex, will be a success. Others are also, and ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Heinz | Stars: Charles Ray, Anne Grey, Edward J. Nugent, Quentin Smith

Votes: 20

17. Appointment for Love (1941)

Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Romance

Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly after Jane voices her progressive views on marriage, which include ... See full summary »

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Rita Johnson, Eugene Pallette

Votes: 174

18. The Weaker Sex (1917)

50 min | Drama

Jack Harding, a wealthy ne'er-do-well, becomes involved with a Broadway vamp. When she is murdered, Jack is falsely accused of the crime and must turn for help to his lawyer--his wife.

Director: Raymond B. West | Stars: Dorothy Dalton, Louise Glaum, Charles Ray, Robert McKim

19. The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)

72 min | Comedy

John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some good in his new role.

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Brian Aherne, Kay Francis, Henry Stephenson, S.Z. Sakall

Votes: 120

20. Sunday Punch (1942)

Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The routine of a group of fledgling boxers all living in Ma Galestrum's boarding house is interrupted when Ma allows her roving niece, beautiful Judy Galestrum, to move in. Especially ... See full summary »

Director: David Miller | Stars: William Lundigan, Jean Rogers, Dan Dailey, Guy Kibbee

Votes: 243

21. The Sheriff's Son (1919)

50 min | Western

Sheriff's son Royal Beaudry is thought a coward, even by the young woman he has his heart set on. But he disproves cowardice when he rescues his father's friend from kidnappers.

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Charles Ray, Seena Owen, J.P. Lockney, Charles K. French

22. Paris (1926)

67 min | Drama, Romance

The power of love in the violent underground world of the Apaches in Paris in the early 20th century.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Charles Ray, Joan Crawford, Douglas Gilmore, Michael Visaroff

Votes: 196

23. Peggy (1916)

70 min | Comedy

Peggy, a rambunctious young American girl, goes to Scotland to visit her uncle. Her American ways both shock and eventually delight the people of the old village--especially the handsome young minister.

Directors: Charles Giblyn, Thomas H. Ince | Stars: Billie Burke, William H. Thompson, William Desmond, Charles Ray

Votes: 29

24. Dynamite Smith (1924)

70 min | Drama

Fearful young reporter Gladstone Smith gets on the wrong side of a murderous criminal and flees to Alaska with the killer's wife, who is equally frightened of her husband. But the murderer ... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Charles Ray, Jacqueline Logan, Bessie Love, Wallace Beery

Votes: 16

25. A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)

Passed | 87 min | Musical

A 12-year-old singing sensation loses her voice when her parents refuse to give in to her harebrained schemes.

Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Gloria Jean, Robert Stack, Hugh Herbert, C. Aubrey Smith

Votes: 44

26. The Courtship of Myles Standish (1923)

90 min | Drama, History

A dramatization of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem 'The Courtship of Miles Standish,' this is the story of the Pilgrims who fled religious persecution in England and came to America ... See full summary »

Director: Frederick Sullivan | Stars: Charles Ray, Enid Bennett, E. Alyn Warren, Joseph J. Dowling

Votes: 44

27. Harvard, Here I Come! (1941)

Approved | 64 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

After being publicly humiliated by an undergraduate humor publication, a dim-witted nightclub owner decides to enroll at Harvard University and become an educated man.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Maxie Rosenbloom, Arline Judge, Stanley Brown, Don Beddoe

Votes: 58

28. The Fire Brigade (1926)

90 min | Drama

Terry O'Neill is the youngest of a family of Irish firefighters. He falls in love with Helen Corwin, but complications ensue when Terry learns that her father, a wealthy contractor, has cut costs by putting his buildings in danger of fire.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: May McAvoy, Charles Ray, Holmes Herbert, Tom O'Brien

Votes: 70 | Gross: $0.51M

29. By Your Leave (1934)

Passed | 82 min | Comedy

In the midst of a mid-life crisis, Henry Smith convinces his wife, Ellen, that they should take separate one-week vacations, with no questions asked. He tries to sow some wild oats with a ... See full summary »

Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Frank Morgan, Genevieve Tobin, Neil Hamilton, Marian Nixon

Votes: 196

30. Ticket to a Crime (1934)

Approved | 67 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A Man is found murdered at the Lido Country Club and, although several people are under suspicion, including Elaine and Willis Purdy, the police can not find the murderer; but private ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Ralph Graves, Lois Wilson, Lola Lane, James Burke

Votes: 52

31. Getting Gertie's Garter (1927)

74 min | Comedy

Attorney Ken Walrick, not quite realizing the difference between a garter and a bracelet, gives Gertie Darling a bejewelled garter with his photograph in miniature attached. But then he ... See full summary »

Director: E. Mason Hopper | Stars: Marie Prevost, Charles Ray, Harry Myers, Sally Rand

Votes: 95

32. Married Bachelor (1941)

Passed | 81 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

A man's marriage suffers when he pretends to be a bachelor while promoting "his" best-selling book about married life (actually written by an eccentric professor) in order to pay off a debt to a gangster.

Directors: Edward Buzzell, Norman Taurog | Stars: Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, Felix Bressart, Lee Bowman

Votes: 292

33. The Wolf Woman (1916)

50 min | Drama

An narcissistic woman with the ability to charm, Leila Aradella reaps delight from preying upon weak men. Her first victim is John Morton, a talented lawyer, whom she ruins both morally and... See full summary »

Director: Raymond B. West | Stars: Louise Glaum, Charles Ray, Howard Hickman, Marjory Temple

34. An Old Fashioned Boy (1920)

50 min | Comedy, Romance

David Harrington plans to marry Betty Graves. He is an old-fashioned boy, believing in marriage, having children, and living a suburban life. Betty is more ultra-modern, and independent. ... See full summary »

Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: Charles Ray, Ethel Shannon, Alfred Allen, Wade Boteler

Votes: 30

35. A Tailor-Made Man (1922)

90 min | Comedy

John Paul Bart, a presser who has high respect for the favorable impression created by expensive clothes, "borrows" a suit to wear to an exclusive reception. There he attracts the attention... See full summary »

Director: Joseph De Grasse | Stars: Charles Ray, Tom Ricketts, Ethel Grandin, Victor Potel

36. The Village Sleuth (1920)

50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A bumbling would-be detective always seems to reach the wrong conclusion, but one day accidentally stumbles across a real crook, guilty of a real crime.

Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: Charles Ray, Winifred Westover, Dick Rush, Donald MacDonald

37. The Conversion of Frosty Blake (1915)

20 min | Western, Short

Rev. Horace Brightray, pastor of a New England village church, is ordered by his physician to seek another climate. He goes to Agua Caliente, where he attempts to hold services in the hotel... See full summary »

Director: William S. Hart | Stars: William S. Hart, Louise Glaum, Charles Ray

38. Hurry, Charlie, Hurry (1941)

Passed | 65 min | Comedy

A banker urges his daughter to elope and pretends to know the U.S. vice president.

Director: Charles E. Roberts | Stars: Leon Errol, Mildred Coles, Kenneth Howell, Cecil Cunningham

Votes: 55

39. The Cup of Life (1915)

50 min | Drama

Sisters Helen and Ruth Fiske work in a department store and live in an East Side tenement. While Ruth is satisfied with her "regular fellow," a mechanic, Helen yearns for fine clothes, ... See full summary »

Directors: Thomas H. Ince, Raymond B. West | Stars: Bessie Barriscale, Enid Markey, Charles Ray, Frank Borzage

40. The Bride's Bereavement; or, the Snake in the Grass (1932)

20 min | Comedy, Short

This satire of melodramas features many tired tropes of the genre: the daughter disinherited because she married for love,

Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Charles Ray, Aileen Pringle, Montagu Love, Jed Prouty

Votes: 15

41. Two Minutes to Go (1921)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

A star of the college football team is forced to work as a milkman when his father's business begins to fail.

Director: Charles Ray | Stars: Charles Ray, Mary Anderson, Lionel Belmore, Lincoln Stedman

42. The Coward (I) (1915)

Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, History, War

Confederate soldier Frank Winslow is terrified of the war and eventually runs away from battle. But when he finds himself behind enemy lines with vital information, he must decide between his fear and his conscience.

Directors: Reginald Barker, Thomas H. Ince | Stars: Frank Keenan, Charles Ray, Gertrude Claire, Patricia Palmer

Votes: 333

43. The Busher (1919)

Not Rated | 63 min | Drama, Sport

A young baseball pitcher in the bush leagues is discovered by a big-league manager and given his chance in the major leagues. But will he be up to the challenge?

Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, John Gilbert, Jay Morley

Votes: 733

44. The Mad Martindales (1942)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In 1900 San Francisco, two sisters, one responsible and one flighty, deal with their love interests and the late mortgage payments of their squandering father who only wants to pursue his bungalow development project.

Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Jane Withers, Marjorie Weaver, Alan Mowbray, Jimmy Lydon

Votes: 36

45. 45 Minutes from Broadway (1920)

60 min | Comedy

Kid Burns vicariously enjoys life with his wealthy playboy pal. But complications ensue when Kid falls in love with a girl who just happens to be his friend's housemaid.

Director: Joseph De Grasse | Stars: Charles Ray, Dorothy Devore, Hazel Howell, Eugenie Besserer

46. The Postman Didn't Ring (1942)

Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Romance

A government mail sack, missing for fifty years, is now being delivered. Stamp collector Julie Martin follows postal inspector Brennon on his delivery tour, hoping to find some rare stamps ... See full summary »

Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Richard Travis, Brenda Joyce, Spencer Charters, Stanley Andrews

Votes: 32

47. Homer Comes Home (1920)

50 min | Comedy, Drama

Ne'er-do-well Homer Cavender ventures to the city from Mainsville in an effort to find fame and fortune. Both elude him, and after clerking for two years, Homer returns home for a vacation.... See full summary »

Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: Charles Ray, Otto Hoffman, Priscilla Bonner, Ralph McCullough

Votes: 16

48. Skinner's Dress Suit (1917)

50 min | Comedy

Skinner is afraid to strike his employer for a raise for fear he will be discharged. Mrs. Skinner scoffs at his fears, however, and finally induces him to demand an increase. Her humble ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Bryant Washburn, Hazel Daly, Virginia Valli, Harry Dunkinson

49. The Gangsters and the Girl (1914)

21 min | Short, Crime, Drama

Molly Ashley, a child of the slums, is charged with being an accomplice to a shoplifter. Although innocent, she is convicted of shoplifting and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Jim ... See full summary »

Director: Scott Sidney | Stars: Charles Ray, Betty Burbridge, Arthur L. Jarrett, Margaret Thompson

Votes: 14

50. Hay Foot, Straw Foot (1919)

50 min | Comedy

Ulysses S. Grant Briggs, raised by his grandfather Thaddeus, who served under General Grant, grows up with the General as his hero even though his neighbor, former Confederate soldier Jeff ... See full summary »

Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: Charles Ray, Doris May, William Conklin, Spottiswoode Aitken