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1. The Killers (1946)
Passed | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker
Votes: 23,702
2. Naked City (1958–1963)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The cases of the N.Y.P.D.'s 65th Precinct.
Stars: Harry Bellaver, Horace McMahon, Paul Burke, Nancy Malone
Votes: 1,437
3. High Sierra (1940)
Passed | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy
Votes: 19,296
4. The Naked City (1948)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor
Votes: 15,544
5. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Passed | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane, Gladys George
Votes: 15,593
6. They Drive by Night (1940)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino
Votes: 8,858
7. Brother Orchid (1940)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sothern, Donald Crisp
Votes: 3,197
8. Brute Force (1947)
Passed | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo
Votes: 11,584
9. The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An artist forms an attachment with a woman on holiday in the country. As the relationship develops, his behavior and information about his past cause her increasing concern.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 4,916
10. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy
Votes: 338
11. Moontide (1942)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In California, Bobo and his mooching pal Tiny are doing odd jobs and getting drunk and they hide a secret about the unsolved murder of sailor Pop Kelly but suicidal waitress Anna, saved by Bobo, unravels the mystery.
Directors: Archie Mayo, Fritz Lang | Stars: Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell, Claude Rains
Votes: 2,236
12. Between Two Worlds (1944)
Approved | 112 min | Mystery, Drama, Fantasy
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got on board or where they are going yet, oddly enough, it soon becomes apparent that they all have something in common.
Director: Edward A. Blatt | Stars: John Garfield, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Eleanor Parker
Votes: 2,352
13. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Passed | 127 min | Comedy, Musical
Two producers are putting together a wartime charity show with an all-star cast, but the egotism of radio personality Eddie Cantor disrupts their plans.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Dennis Morgan, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis
Votes: 2,138
14. Manpower (1941)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
Two friends, who are members of a road crew employed by a Los Angeles power company, battle the elements to restore electrical power, and trade punches over the same woman.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,701
15. It All Came True (1940)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After crooked nightclub owner Chips Maguire murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Humphrey Bogart, Jeffrey Lynn, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 1,471
16. The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran, Allyn Joslyn
Votes: 1,521
17. Danger (1950–1955)
30 min | Drama
Live psychological and murder mystery dramas, and one of the first U.S. television dramas to make effective use of background music.
Stars: Dick Stark, Edward Binns, Richard Kiley, Joseph Anthony
Votes: 102
18. Broadway Bill (1934)
Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A runaway heiress and her sister's husband join forces to race the latter's fast horse, Broadway Bill.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly, Helen Vinson
Votes: 1,164
19. Riding High (1950)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray, Charles Bickford, Frances Gifford
Votes: 595
20. Hell's Kitchen (1939)
Passed | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A group of tough city kids have 'graduated' from reform school and are assigned to a "Boy's Town" type of inmate self-government city shelter. The shelter is run by Hiram Krispan (Grant ... See full summary »
Directors: Ewald André Dupont, Lewis Seiler | Stars: The Dead End Kids, Margaret Lindsay, Ronald Reagan, Stanley Fields
Votes: 388
21. Torrid Zone (1940)
Passed | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Plagued by revolutionaries that harass his plantation in a banana republic, fruit company exec Steve Case rehires former nemesis Nick Butler to restore order and profits.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Andy Devine
Votes: 1,495
22. British Intelligence (1939)
Approved | 61 min | Romance, Thriller, War
Although the home of cabinet minister Arthur Bennett is a hotbed of spies, moles, and double agents, no one knows the true identity of notorious German spymaster Strendler.
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie
Votes: 1,323
23. Racket Busters (1938)
Passed | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Manhattan gangster John "Czar" Martin enters the trucking business in an effort to control the produce market. When he catches popular trucker Danny Jordan robbing the gang's office to ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, George Brent, Gloria Dickson, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 809
24. Night Court (1932)
Passed | 92 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance
Judge and his mistress are investigated on suspicions of corruption.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Phillips Holmes, Walter Huston, Anita Page, Lewis Stone
Votes: 433
25. The Doughgirls (1944)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy
While sharing a hotel suite during the World War II housing shortage in Washington, D.C., three friends discover that their respective marriages are not legally valid.
Director: James V. Kern | Stars: Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman
Votes: 776
26. Rise and Shine (1941)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
Stupid football player is kidnapped by gangsters. Lunatics abound: former footballer now dancer, professor interested in magic, gangster who makes horse noises when excited.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Jack Oakie, George Murphy, Linda Darnell, Walter Brennan
Votes: 158
27. Affectionately Yours (1941)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females. He's in Lisbon attempting his latest "conquest" when ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Merle Oberon, Dennis Morgan, Rita Hayworth, Ralph Bellamy
Votes: 652
28. Kid Nightingale (1939)
Passed | 57 min | Comedy, Music, Sport
A singing waiter gets into an argument with some obnoxious customers and winds up knocking them out. The incident is witnessed by a shady boxing promoter who sees an opportunity to cash in ... See full summary »
Director: George Amy | Stars: John Payne, Jane Wyman, Walter Catlett, Edward Brophy
Votes: 246
29. Swell Guy (1946)
Approved | 87 min | Drama
After the war, famed war correspondent Jim Duncan receives a hero's welcome from his hometown of Carmelita, California. Unknown to all but his mother Sarah, Jim is actually a dishonest heel... See full synopsis »
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Sonny Tufts, Ann Blyth, Ruth Warrick, William Gargan
Votes: 55
30. The Elgin Hour (1954–1955)
60 min | Drama
A drama series that ran every other week, attracted top notch actors and actresses, and was broadcast from New York City.
Stars: John Cassavetes, William Redfield, Polly Bergen, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 51
31. Walking Down Broadway (1938)
Approved | 75 min | Drama
Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many different turns, often for the worse.
Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Claire Trevor, Phyllis Brooks, Leah Ray, Dixie Dunbar
Votes: 78
32. Women in the Wind (1939)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A pilot enters an aviation race in order to win enough money to pay for her brother's medical treatment, and encounters difficulty with a rival pilot.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Kay Francis, William Gargan, Victor Jory, Maxie Rosenbloom
Votes: 283
33. The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939)
Passed | 58 min | Crime, Drama
Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is discovered early on by one of the gang leaders.
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Rosella Towne, William Gargan, James Stephenson, Benny Rubin
Votes: 273
34. Rebound (1952–1953)
30 min | Drama, Mystery
A dramatic anthology series, one of many on television at the time. Lee Marvin made his television debut on this program.
Stars: John Doucette, Ned Glass, Elisabeth Fraser, Russ Conway
Votes: 25
35. The Hundred Pound Window (1944)
84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An accountant is forced by circumstances to take a job at the racetrack. He is working at the betting window when he is drawn into a gang of criminals and their illegal schemes.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Anne Crawford, David Farrar, Frederick Leister, Mary Clare
Votes: 37
36. Comet Over Broadway (1938)
Approved | 70 min | Drama, Romance
Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.
Directors: Busby Berkeley, John Farrow | Stars: Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, John Litel, Donald Crisp
Votes: 437
37. The Cowboy Quarterback (1939)
Approved | 56 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runner. Harry won't leave his home town without his girlfriend Maizie Williams. He gets ... See full summary »
Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Marie Wilson, Gloria Dickson, William Demarest
Votes: 146
38. I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket (1933)
20 min | Musical, Short
Walter Winchell befriends a sassy pickpocket and then gets blamed for missing money.
Director: Monte Brice | Stars: Walter Winchell, Paul Whiteman, Ruth Etting, Arthur Tracy
Votes: 53
39. At the Round Table (1930)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: James J. Corbett, Damon Runyon, Mark Hellinger, DeWolf Hopper Sr.
41.
Danger (1950–1955)
Episode:
The Paper Box Kid
(1952)
30 min | Drama
The Kid gets mixed up in a barroom holdup and, in trying to demonstrate what a brave guy he is, forces his companion to shoot the bartender dead.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Floyd Ennis, Joe Mantell, Grant Richards, Martin Ritt
42.
The Elgin Hour (1954–1955)
Episode:
The $1,000 Window
(1955)
60 min | Drama
The pompous and dapper gentleman behind a race-track window is himself taken in by his bank president manner.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Mary Astor, Patricia Barry, Malcolm Lee Beggs, Larry Blyden
43.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
Fire Island
(1959)
TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The detectives hunt down bootleggers on Fire Island after they shoot a revenue agent.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: John McIntire, James Franciscus, Henry Hull, Harry Bellaver
Votes: 90
44.
Naked City (1958–1963)
Episode:
Violent Circle
(1958)
TV-14 | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Det Halloran goes undercover as a mental ward patient in an attempt to identify the murderer of a patient who witnessed a gang killing.
Director: Douglas Heyes | Stars: John McIntire, James Franciscus, Harry Bellaver, Suzanne Storrs
Votes: 89
45.
Rebound (1952–1953)
Episode:
The Cheat
(1952)
30 min | Drama, Mystery
A crook's attempt to execute the perfect crime backfires unexpectedly.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Rico Alaniz, Marjorie Bennett, Barbara Billingsley, Nan Boardman
46.
Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
Episode:
Fear
(1952)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
After the escape of three convicts, a woman home alone fears they might harm her.
Star: Geraldine Fitzgerald