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51. The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)

Not Rated | 101 min | Biography, Crime, History

Neo-noir about a small-time New York City criminal whose ambition is to become a big-time crime boss during the Prohibition era.

Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Jesse White

Votes: 1,345

52. The Locket (1946)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Just before a wedding, the bridegroom hears a complex tale painting his lovely bride as devilish and unbalanced.

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond

Votes: 3,070

53. The Caddy (1953)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Sport

Although gifted golfer Harvey Miller is too nervous to golf in public tournaments, he acts as coach and caddy for friend Joe Anthony.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Donna Reed, Barbara Bates

Votes: 2,388

54. The Rogues (1964–1965)

50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Cousins St. Clair and Fleming are con-men so successful they no longer need to con. They can be persuaded, however, to use their skills: in a just cause, where a mark deserves it very, very much.

Stars: Robert Coote, Gig Young, Charles Boyer, David Niven

Votes: 370

55. Mohawk (1956)

Approved | 80 min | Western

In 1700s New York, a Boston artist working in the remote Fort Alden is torn between his love for 2 women and thrown into the middle of a Mohawk-Iroquois-American war.

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Scott Brady, Rita Gam, Neville Brand, Lori Nelson

Votes: 632

56. The Hucksters (1947)

Passed | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou

Votes: 1,997

57. Dial 1119 (1950)

Passed | 75 min | Film-Noir, Thriller

An escaped psychiatric patient causes havoc.

Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Andrea King, Sam Levene

Votes: 1,588

58. Sam Benedict (1962–1963)

60 min | Drama

Sam Benedict is the go to lawyer in the San Francisco area with a reputation for winning impossible cases. Trudy has his office running efficiently while Hank keeps things from getting too serious as Benedict's right hand man.

Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Richard Rust, Joan Tompkins, Alexander Lockwood

Votes: 93

59. Something to Live For (1952)

Approved | 89 min | Drama

An actress becomes an alcoholic after being jilted. She is aided by an Alcoholics Anonymous member with whom she has an affair; however, he is married.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Richard Derr

Votes: 437

60. The Miracle of the Bells (1948)

Approved | 120 min | Drama

A press agent brings a dead actress home for burial. To promote her one film, he asks churches to ring bells for 3 days, hoping to get the studio head to release it.

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Alida Valli, Frank Sinatra, Lee J. Cobb

Votes: 1,128

61. The Brothers Rico (1957)

Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A retired mob accountant is drawn back in when his brothers, who have recently made a hit for the organization, decide to go to the authorities.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant, Larry Gates

Votes: 1,621

62. Ain't Misbehavin' (1955)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

A rowdy young girl crashes high society when a wealthy older man falls for her.

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, Jack Carson, Mamie Van Doren

Votes: 169

63. Journey for Margaret (1942)

Passed | 81 min | Drama, Romance, War

John Davis, a married American newspaper reporter in London, covers the story of a home for children displaced by the war and meets two kids who grow attached to him.

Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Herbert Kline | Stars: Robert Young, Laraine Day, Fay Bainter, Nigel Bruce

Votes: 968

64. Please Believe Me (1950)

Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

An English woman, inherits a Texas Ranch and heads to America. A gambler in debt pursues her, so does a bachelor on the hunt, who is traveling with his lawyer, to whom Kirbe is most attracted. Unfortunately, he thinks she's running a scam.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Robert Walker, Mark Stevens, Peter Lawford

Votes: 651

65. Of Human Bondage (1946)

Approved | 105 min | Drama

A medical student with a club foot falls for a beautiful but ambitious waitress. Based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker, Alexis Smith, Edmund Gwenn

Votes: 756

66. The Green Years (1946)

Passed | 127 min | Drama

An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stands in his way.

Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler, Hume Cronyn

Votes: 1,080

67. Kitty (1945)

Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, Romance

An 18th-century London wench gets involved with the nobility.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Patric Knowles, Reginald Owen

Votes: 794

68. The Missing Corpse (1945)

Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Mystery

A feud between rival newspapermen Kruger (Bromberg) and McDonald (Guilfoyle) goes deadly when blackmailing McDonald ends up murdered and his corpse planted in the trunk of Kruger's car.

Director: Albert Herman | Stars: J. Edward Bromberg, Isabel Randolph, Frank Jenks, Eric Sinclair

Votes: 272

69. Gambling House (1950)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In New York, a small-time hood, who took the rap for a murder committed by his crime-boss in exchange for 50 G's, faces deportation because he doesn't hold American citizenship.

Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Victor Mature, Terry Moore, William Bendix, Zachary Charles

Votes: 503

70. A Ticklish Affair (1963)

Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

When the kids of a young widow inadvertently send an SOS while playing with their uncle Cy's Navy Signal Lamp, the Navy sends their top man to investigate and he falls for their mother.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Shirley Jones, Gig Young, Red Buttons, Carolyn Jones

Votes: 583

71. Return of the Bad Men (1948)

Approved | 90 min | Western

When part of Oklahoma Territory becomes officially part of the U.S., Vance Cordrell is forced to deal with some of the most infamous outlaws of the Old West.

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, George 'Gabby' Hayes

Votes: 912

72. Passport to Danger (1954–1958)

30 min | Adventure

The adventures of a U.S. diplomatic courier, as he travels to distant countries with important communiques to America's allies and dodges enemy agents.

Stars: Cesar Romero, Charles Horvath, Victor Romito, Steven Geray

Votes: 56

73. Tennessee Champ (1954)

Approved | 73 min | Drama

A little B-picture that M-G-M tossed out, barely promoted and forgot about but one that is better than some of the A-dross from Leo in the same era. Shelley Winters, after an absence of 15 ... See full summary »

Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Shelley Winters, Keenan Wynn, Dewey Martin, Earl Holliman

Votes: 269

74. O.S.S. (1946)

Approved | 108 min | Drama, War

During WW2, the O.S.S. sends teams of spies and saboteurs into Nazi-occupied France.

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Alan Ladd, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Patric Knowles, John Hoyt

Votes: 575

75. Gaby (1956)

Approved | 96 min | Drama

A French ballerina (Leslie Caron) in 1944 London falls for an American soldier (John Kerr) who is sent to France in the Normandy Invasion.

Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Leslie Caron, John Kerr, Cedric Hardwicke, Taina Elg

Votes: 392

76. Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Musical

Tired of her boyfriend's gambling, a young woman joins two vaudeville performers on a trek to Las Vegas to search for millionaires to marry.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Lucille Norman

Votes: 241

77. A Millionaire for Christy (1951)

Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

A secretary is sent on a business trip to inform a radio personality he's just inherited two million dollars. She falls for him instantly, but he's on his way to get married.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Eleanor Parker, Richard Carlson, Una Merkel

Votes: 542

78. Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)

Passed | 72 min | Comedy

In 1940, Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham (Charles Coburn), a retired Army officer, returns to his home town of Fredericksville, Georgia, and is disturbed at the lack of civic pride. He ... See full summary »

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Charles Coburn, Joan Bennett, William Eythe, Allyn Joslyn

Votes: 448

79. Sky Full of Moon (1952)

Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

Harley 'Tumbleweeds' Williams is a mellow rodeo competitor who lacks entry fee cash. He enters a casino owned by Al and increases, then loses his money. Club employee Dixie hatches a plan to get both her and Harley a small fortune.

Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Carleton Carpenter, Jan Sterling, Keenan Wynn, Robert Burton

Votes: 206

80. One Step Beyond (1959–1961)
Episode: The Dream (1959)

Not Rated | 30 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In 1940, a fearful Britain awaits invasion by Nazi forces. A husband and his wife, separated by their wartime assignments, suddenly dream that each is in danger, and both try frantically to see if their dream has come true.

Director: John Newland | Stars: John Newland, Reginald Owen, Richard Lupino, Philip Tonge

Votes: 223

81. The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968)
Episode: The Bazaar (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Andy's eager new deputy jails Aunt Bee and her friends for illegal gambling when they have a bingo game at their church bazaar.

Director: Sheldon Leonard | Stars: Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Frances Bavier, Jack Burns

Votes: 224

82. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967)
Episode: The Montori Device Affair (1966)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

THRUSH agents attack an UNCLE outpost in Rome and make off with a Montori device. With this device in their possession all of UNCLE's transmissions are compromised. Conrad Rossano, a famous... See full summary »

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Stefanie Powers, Noel Harrison, Leo G. Carroll, Edward Andrews

Votes: 38

83. I Spy (1965–1968)
Episode: There Was a Little Girl (1966)

60 min | Action, Adventure

Robinson and Scott are assigned to chaperone the spoilt teenage daughter of a powerful advisor to the President. Things go seriously wrong when she gets mixed-up in a drug smuggling ring.

Director: John Rich | Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Mary Jane Saunders, Harry Raybould

Votes: 61

84. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968)
Episode: The Five Daughters Affair: Part I (1967)

TV-G | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A scientist, Dr. True, has developed a process for extracting gold from seawater. He dies just as he is performing a demonstration for Solo and Kuryakin. His death has been arranged by ... See full summary »

Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Herbert Lom

Votes: 246

85. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968)
Episode: The Prince of Darkness Affair: Part II (1967)

TV-G | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Solo, Kuryakin and Annie narrowly escape a deathtrap set by Luther Sebastian, whose Third Way cult now has the "thermal prism" developed by the late Dr. Kharmusi. Sebastian next intends to ... See full summary »

Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Carol Lynley

Votes: 82

86. Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971)
Episode: Andy and Helen Get Married (1968)

30 min | Comedy, Family

With Andy getting married, Aunt Bee is planning to leave Mayberry and live with her sister out-of-state. Sam suggests she move onto the farm with him and his son, Mike. Various members of ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Ken Berry, Frances Bavier, George Lindsey, Andy Griffith

Votes: 96

87. Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971)
Episode: Help on the Farm (1968)

26 min | Comedy, Family

Sam is concerned with the corn crop ready for harvest. Sherriff Andy hears of a scheme to help rehabilitate released prisoners. With some reservation Sam agrees to take on two of the men to... See full summary »

Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Ken Berry, Frances Bavier, George Lindsey, Andy Griffith

Votes: 38

88. Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971)
Episode: New Couple in Town (1969)

26 min | Comedy, Family

The town is a buzz when news spreads that a new couple have moved into the area. The town is further intrigued when they discover one of the couple is a writer. But as is always in Mayberry, nothing is ever what it seems.

Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Ken Berry, Frances Bavier, George Lindsey, Jack Dodson

Votes: 33

89. Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971)
Episode: The Race Horse (1968)

26 min | Comedy, Family

Sam's cousin, Vince is coming to visit after not seeing him for 5 years. Vince reveals he has a horse that has not lived up to its potential as a race horse and is looking to sell the ... See full summary »

Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Ken Berry, Frances Bavier, George Lindsey, Arlene Golonka

Votes: 43

90. Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971)
Episode: The Sculptor (1970)

30 min | Comedy, Family

A famous sculptor comes to Mayberry for a vacation and decides to give the town his newest work. However, the people of Mayberry aren't sure what to make of his abstract sculpture.

Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Frances Bavier, Ken Berry, Jack Dodson, Buddy Foster

Votes: 29

91. Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971)
Episode: Youth Takes Over (1968)

26 min | Comedy, Family

Sam pushes for a new youth initiative that will allow students to take up the major role in running the town for a day. The children embrace their roles with far more enthusiasm than anyone thought.

Director: Hal Cooper | Stars: Ken Berry, George Lindsey, Andy Griffith, Jack Dodson

Votes: 41

92. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Lover's Knot (1970)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In the midst of delicate operations to identify the chief of an espionage ring, Jim Phelps realizes that Paris has fallen in love with an enemy agent.

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Votes: 163

93. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode: The Case of the Crying Cherub (1960)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a Matisse painting is stolen from a museum, the finger is pointed at an assistant in the museum whose boyfriend is an artist as well as his estranged wife. The wife tries to blackmail the museum owner but is murdered after a fight.

Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins

Votes: 305

94. Rawhide (1959–1965)
Episode: Incident of His Brother's Keeper (1961)

Not Rated | 52 min | Western

Pete Nolan takes an injured Wishbone to Mineral Springs for some rest only to find himself in the middle of a romantic feud between a paralyzed rancher, his wife and brother when Pete is asked to escort the wife to a barn dance.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Sheb Wooley, Paul Brinegar

Votes: 92

95. The Rogues (1964–1965)
Episode: The Boston Money Party (1964)

60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

In Boston, a friend of Tony's loses his business to a wheeler-dealer named Mannix. Tony schemes to raise the money to buy it back for him by selling Mannix a company he doesn't own.

Director: Robert Ellis Miller | Stars: Gig Young, Charles Boyer, Robert Coote, Gladys Cooper

Votes: 13

96. Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode: Clothes Make the Boy (1969)

30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

The sometimes outlandish clothing that the students are wearing to school, especially one boy named Jerry Shaffer, has become an issue at Walt Whitman, with some complaining that Principal ... See full summary »

Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine

Votes: 29

97. Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode: Funny Boy (1969)

30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

One of Pete Dixon's fellow history teachers complains about a boy named Harvey Butcher, who continually disrupts his American history class. When Principal Kaufman suggests that they may ... See full summary »

Director: Gene Reynolds | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine

Votes: 45

98. Room 222 (1969–1974)
Episode: Triple Date (1969)

30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Jason Allen becomes smitten with a girl from the school named Elaine Harris. Elaine and Jason hit it off, but their attempt at a first date is spoiled by her uptight, somewhat conservative ... See full summary »

Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Michael Constantine, Karen Valentine

Votes: 27

99. Sam Benedict (1962–1963)
Episode: Image of a Toad (1963)

60 min | Drama

A prisoner falls in love with Alcatraz's psychologist who is trying to help him earn parole.

Director: Don Richardson | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Richard Rust, Nehemiah Persoff, Beverly Garland

100. The Thin Man (1957–1959)
Episode: Maine Thing (1959)

30 min | Mystery

Nick and Nora drive into a small town where Nick is arrested for a minor traffic violation. While Nick is in the town jail, Nora and Asta wander around the town and find no one there.

Director: Andrew McCullough | Stars: Peter Lawford, Phyllis Kirk, Asta, Eddie Firestone

Votes: 13