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1. Chinatown (1974)
R | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez
Votes: 349,731
2. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
Director: Charles Laughton | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason
Votes: 97,308 | Gross: $0.65M
3. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Directors: Orson Welles, Fred Fleck, Robert Wise | Stars: Tim Holt, Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter
Votes: 26,746
4. Since You Went Away (1944)
Approved | 177 min | Drama, Romance, War
With her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife must care for their two daughters alone.
Directors: John Cromwell, Edward F. Cline, Tay Garnett, David O. Selznick | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple
Votes: 5,096
5. Let There Be Light (1980)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary, War
A group of mentally traumatized veteran patients is followed as they go through psychiatric treatment.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Walter Huston, Benjamin Simon
Votes: 2,026
6. Shock Corridor (1963)
Approved | 101 min | Drama, Mystery
Bent on winning a Pulitzer Prize, a journalist commits himself to a mental institution to solve a strange and unclear murder.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans, James Best
Votes: 13,053
7. The Naked Kiss (1964)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama
A former prostitute relocates to a buttoned-down suburb, determined to fit in with mainstream society. But perverse secrets simmer beneath the wholesome surface.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante, Virginia Grey
Votes: 8,750
8. The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Mystery
A doctor treats a woman suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder.
Director: Nunnally Johnson | Stars: Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb, Edwin Jerome
Votes: 8,772
9. Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
Approved | 94 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An anthology of three loosely connected occult tales, with ironic and romantic twists.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Field
Votes: 1,151
10. The Underworld Story (1950)
Passed | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The story of the fight of a small-town newspaper to free an innocent girl of a murder charge, with the publisher of a metropolitan city newspaper heading, by forced circumstances, the opposing forces.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 1,329
11. South Pacific (1958)
Approved | 157 min | Musical, Romance, War
On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Ray Walston
Votes: 9,799
12. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Approved | 133 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Two couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.
Directors: William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt | Stars: James Cagney, Dick Powell, Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale
Votes: 3,885
13. Hawaiian Nights (1939)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Bandleader Tim Hartley's father objects strongly to his son's occupation choice and packs him off to Hawaii to manage the family hotel holdings. This proves to be a wrong move as Hawaiia has more bands than it does pineapples.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Johnny Downs, Constance Moore, Mary Carlisle, Eddie Quillan
Votes: 20
14. San Antonio Rose (1941)
63 min | Musical
A crooked night club owner tries to eliminate the competition. Introduces 'The Hut Sut Song.'
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Jane Frazee, Robert Paige, Eve Arden, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 67
15. The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
R | 115 min | Action, Drama, War
As the Allied armies close in, the Germans decide to blow up the last Rhine bridge, trapping their own men on the wrong side. But will it happen?
Director: John Guillermin | Stars: George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 10,542
16. Black Tuesday (1954)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.
Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Parker, Peter Graves, Milburn Stone
Votes: 639
17. Back Street (1961)
Passed | 107 min | Drama, Romance
In Lincoln, the ambitious aspirant-designer Rae Smith has an incident with a wolf department store businessman and is rescued by the Marine Paul Saxon. They immediately fall in love with ... See full summary »
Director: David Miller | Stars: Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake
Votes: 1,290
18. Secret Beyond the Door... (1947)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
After a lovely woman and her new husband settle in an ancient mansion on the East coast, she discovers that he may want to kill her.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 5,711
19. The Powers Girl (1943)
Approved | 93 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Two sisters living in New York City aspire to become high-profile models.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: George Murphy, Anne Shirley, Carole Landis, Dennis Day
Votes: 99
20. Shanghai Madness (1933)
68 min | Drama
In the 1920s Pat Jackson destroys a Chinese post and is discharged from the Navy. Li Po Chang hires him to run a gunboat up the river. He drops Wildeth off at a mission for safety, but when... See full summary »
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Fay Wray, Ralph Morgan, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 48
21. Man from Del Rio (1956)
Approved | 82 min | Romance, Western
A fast Mexican-American gunman kills a few notorious gunfighters and is hired to replace Mesa's dead sheriff but a crooked saloon-keeper wants him on his payroll or out-of-the-way.
Director: Harry Horner | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Katy Jurado, Peter Whitney, Douglas Fowley
Votes: 891
22. It's a Date (1940)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 669
23. Eagle Squadron (1942)
Approved | 109 min | Drama, War
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Robert Stack, Diana Barrymore, Jon Hall, Eddie Albert
Votes: 146
24. Panama Flo (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A New York chorus girl is coerced into keeping house for an oil man in South America to pay off a debt. Her boyfriend comes to get her but she finds out that he is only out for the oil man's money.
Directors: Ralph Murphy, Tay Garnett | Stars: Helen Twelvetrees, Robert Armstrong, Charles Bickford, Marjorie Peterson
Votes: 210
25. Apache (1954)
Passed | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Refusing to let himself be re-settled on a Florida reservation, Massai, an Apache warrior, escapes his captors and returns to his homeland to become a peaceful farmer.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters, John McIntire, Charles Bronson
Votes: 4,899 | Gross: $6.00M
26. Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A successful nightclub singer weds a struggling songwriter, but when his fame eclipses hers, she delves into alcoholism.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Susan Hayward, Lee Bowman, Marsha Hunt, Eddie Albert
Votes: 1,699
27. The Bat Whispers (1930)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion.
Director: Roland West | Stars: Chester Morris, Una Merkel, William Bakewell, Grayce Hampton
Votes: 1,147
28. Danger on the Air (1938)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Caesar Kluck, soft-drink magnate, is found dead in the office of a big radio-broadcasting company. Benjamin Franklin Butts, a sound engineer, discovers that Kluck met his death from ... See full summary »
Director: Otis Garrett | Stars: Nan Grey, Donald Woods, Jed Prouty, Berton Churchill
Votes: 226
29. Armored Car (1937)
Approved | 64 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A detective goes undercover to break up a hijacking ring.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Robert Wilcox, Judith Barrett, Cesar Romero, Irving Pichel
Votes: 37
30. Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940)
Passed | 59 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
In despair after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man hires a thug he has never seen to kill him. However, he changes his mind when he falls in love with another woman--but he can't stop ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Donald Woods, Kathryn Adams, Wallace Ford, Mona Barrie
Votes: 42
31. Damien: Omen II (1978)
R | 107 min | Horror
Damien the Antichrist, now about to turn thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity.
Directors: Don Taylor, Mike Hodges | Stars: William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor, Robert Foxworth
Votes: 35,819 | Gross: $3.88M
32. Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
Passed | 136 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The story of gaining the West with dedication of the people that built it. All framed up in a photograph of a couple's legacy.
Director: Claude Lelouch | Stars: James Caan, Geneviève Bujold, Francis Huster, Susan Tyrrell
Votes: 636
33. Broadway (1929)
Passed | 104 min | Crime, Music, Romance
A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.
Director: Pál Fejös | Stars: Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent, Merna Kennedy, Thomas E. Jackson
Votes: 460
34. Top Secret Affair (1957)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy
Unhappy about the appointment of an army general to the chairmanship of an atomic energy committee, a publishing empire female tycoon invites the general to her country estate in an effort to entrap him and ruin his reputation.
Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Paul Stewart, Jim Backus
Votes: 567
35. Smart Woman (1948)
Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A crusading district attorney, Robert Larrimore, butts heads in court with defense attorney Paula Rogers.
Director: Edward A. Blatt | Stars: Brian Aherne, Constance Bennett, Barry Sullivan, Michael O'Shea
Votes: 259
36. Devotion (1931)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The poor, downtrodden (beautiful, of course) "dutiful" daughter of a London society family falls for a barrister, disguises herself, and takes a job as governess to his son. Adapted from the novel, "A Little Flat in the Temple"
Director: Robert Milton | Stars: Ann Harding, Leslie Howard, Robert Williams, O.P. Heggie
Votes: 261
37. Meet the Wildcat (1940)
Approved | 66 min | Mystery
Magazine photographer Ann Larkin is snapping photos at Mexico's National Museum when she sees Brod Williams steal a painting from its frame. Convinced that Brod is the notorious art thief ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Joseph Schildkraut, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 85
38. Risky Business (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: George Murphy, Dorothea Kent, Eduardo Ciannelli, Leon Ames
Votes: 35
39. Margie (1940)
Approved | 59 min | Comedy
A struggling husband-wife songwriting team try to sell a radio program in the midst of crooked producers, song-stealing friends, repo men, and an overly amorous sponsor.
Directors: Otis Garrett, Paul Gerard Smith | Stars: Tom Brown, Nan Grey, Mischa Auer, Joy Hodges
Votes: 26
40. For Love or Money (1939)
Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ted Frazier and Sleeper work for a gambler, Foster, who takes racetrack bets over the telephone. A mysterious millionaire, J.C. Poindexter always wins Foster "lays off" his most recent bet ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: June Lang, Robert Kent, Edward Brophy, Etienne Girardot
Votes: 21
41. Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)
PG | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The story of three wildly neurotic characters: A facially disfigured girl, a homosexual paraplegic and an introvert epileptic who, after leaving the hospital, set up housekeeping together in a cottage where they support each other.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Ken Howard, Robert Moore, James Coco
Votes: 1,028 | Gross: $0.39M
42. Blue (1968)
TV-14 | 113 min | Romance, Western
A young American who was raised by Mexican bandits, now must choose sides when his Mexican gang carries out violent murderous raids into U.S. border towns.
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Terence Stamp, Joanna Pettet, Karl Malden, Stathis Giallelis
Votes: 604
43. The Black Cat (1941)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Mystery
Elderly Henrietta Winslow lives in an isolated mansion with her housekeeper and beloved cats. As her health fails, her greedy relatives gather in anticipation of her death.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi
Votes: 2,082
44. Fort Defiance (1951)
Approved | 82 min | Western
A former Civil War solider bent on killing the man whose surrender got his brother killed, later finds out a rancher wants that same man and his blind brother killed.
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Dane Clark, Ben Johnson, Peter Graves, Tracey Roberts
Votes: 498
45. Models Inc. (1952)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young woman gets involved in a racket in which beautiful young models marry for money.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Howard Duff, Coleen Gray, John Howard, Marjorie Reynolds
Votes: 98
46. Sealed Lips (1942)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A detective begins to suspect that a man may be in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: William Gargan, June Clyde, John Litel, Anne Nagel
Votes: 98
47. Bombay Clipper (1941)
Passed | 54 min | Mystery
An American foreign correspondent, Jim Wilson, and his wife Frankie, who wishes he would give up his traveling job and settle down in one location, get involved with some foreign spies of ... See full summary »
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: William Gargan, Irene Hervey, Charles Lang, Maria Montez
Votes: 89
48. Lady with a Past (1932)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wealthy, proper society girl finds that she's much more popular with men when she pretends to be a "bad" girl.
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, David Manners, Don Alvarado
Votes: 407
49. Continental (1989)
104 min | Crime, Thriller
In the late 1950s, after assassinating the mythical kingpin Goncalves and dividing their domains, Ventura and Otálora, rival bosses and old friends, fight with their gangs for control of ... See full summary »
Director: Xavier Villaverde | Stars: Eusebio Poncela, Jorge Sanz, Cristina Marcos, Féodor Atkine
Votes: 83
50. Badlands of Dakota (1941)
Approved | 74 min | Western
Indian raids are being perpetrated by an outlaw gang in disguise.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Robert Stack, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix, Frances Farmer
Votes: 265