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1. Stage Door (1937)
Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick
Votes: 9,027
2. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie
Votes: 11,696
3. Calling Philo Vance (1940)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Despite an exclusive contract with the U.S. government, designer Archer Coe's design is being bid on by German, Japanese, and Italian agents - until he's murdered.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: James Stephenson, Margot Stevenson, Henry O'Neill, Edward Brophy
Votes: 495
4. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Approved | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp
Votes: 6,166
5. Twentieth Century (1934)
91 min | Comedy, Romance
A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 7,254
6. Studio One (1948–1958)
60 min | Drama
A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.
Stars: Betty Furness, Paul Branson, Charlton Heston, Mary Sinclair
Votes: 329
7. Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Passed | 125 min | Drama, Romance
Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Conway Tearle
Votes: 2,231
8. Christopher Strong (1933)
Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A famous female flier and a member of Parliament drift into a potentially disastrous affair.
Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, Billie Burke, Helen Chandler
Votes: 1,672
9. Tower of London (1939)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, History
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King ... See full summary »
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O'Neil, Ian Hunter
Votes: 2,233
10. The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
Passed | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 2,129
11. Mary of Scotland (1936)
Approved | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.
Directors: John Ford, Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Douglas Walton
Votes: 2,795
12. Daniel Boone (1936)
Approved | 75 min | Biography, Drama, Family
In 1775, Daniel Boone settles Kentucky, despite menacing Indians and renegade whites.
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Heather Angel, John Carradine, Ralph Forbes
Votes: 325
13. Smilin' Through (1932)
Approved | 98 min | Drama, Romance
The adoptive father of a young woman is horrified to learn she plans to marry the son of the man who accidentally killed her aunt years before.
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard, O.P. Heggie
Votes: 1,555 | Gross: $2.19M
14. Mr. Wu (1927)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Lon Chaney, Louise Dresser, Renée Adorée, Holmes Herbert
Votes: 712 | Gross: $0.47M
15. Piccadilly Jim (1936)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
In London, an American street caricaturist falls in love with a young woman who suddenly disappears, prompting him to develop a comic strip based on a "From Rags to Riches" family, that he does not know is hers, causing her embarrassment.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Frank Morgan, Madge Evans, Eric Blore
Votes: 448
16. Age of Indiscretion (1935)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Romance
A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert him for a society millionaire, leaving him with their young son. The publisher's ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Paul Lukas, Madge Evans, Helen Vinson, May Robson
Votes: 177
17. If I Were King (1938)
Passed | 101 min | Adventure, History
Vagabond poet François Villon rises to high office in 1463 Paris.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew
Votes: 1,020
18. The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two English aristocrats pursue a rich American widow who may not be quite the person she claims to be.
Directors: Richard Boleslawski, Dorothy Arzner, George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford, William Powell, Frank Morgan
Votes: 1,642
19. Beau Geste (1926)
101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes, Alice Joyce
Votes: 471 | Gross: $1.71M
20. Frenchman's Creek (1944)
Approved | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
An English lady falls madly in love with a French pirate.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 818
21. Kidnapped (1938)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama
In 1747, young David Balfour's life is threatened by his greedy uncle Ebenezer who wishes to become heir to the considerable Balfour estate.
Directors: Alfred L. Werker, Otto Preminger | Stars: Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, Arleen Whelan, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 338
22. Riptide (1934)
Passed | 92 min | Drama, Romance
Mary is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford on a whim. Their marriage is successful, though, and they grow closer over the years.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Herbert Marshall, Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Votes: 683
23. Enchanted April (1935)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
For Lotty Wilkins, romance is no longer part of her marriage. In an effort to find what's missing from her life, she and three other women rent an Italian villa for the month of April, ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Ann Harding, Frank Morgan, Katharine Alexander, Reginald Owen
Votes: 279
24. The Trail of '98 (1928)
Passed | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Fortune hunters from all over the country rush to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Ralph Forbes, Karl Dane, Harry Carey
Votes: 446
25. The Three Musketeers (1935)
Approved | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, ... See full summary »
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Walter Abel, Paul Lukas, Margot Grahame, Heather Angel
Votes: 405
26. The Glorious Adventure (1922)
70 min | Adventure, History
An Earl's cousin survives drowning and saves a lady from the Great Fire of London.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Diana Manners, Gerald Lawrence, Cecil Humphreys, Victor McLaglen
Votes: 44
27. Inside the Lines (1930)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, War
During World War 1, German spies will stop at nothing to spy on the allied war plans stored at Gibraltar.
Director: Roy Pomeroy | Stars: Betty Compson, Ralph Forbes, Montagu Love, Ivan F. Simpson
Votes: 175
28. I'll Name the Murderer (1936)
66 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a nightclub singer is murdered, a local gossip columnist begins his own investigation.
Director: Raymond K. Johnson | Stars: Ralph Forbes, Marion Shilling, Malcolm McGregor, James Guilfoyle
Votes: 199
29. Her Wedding Night (1930)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
An American movie star vacationing in France gets mixed up with a songwriter, mistaken identity, and winds up married to someone she doesn't know.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Clara Bow, Ralph Forbes, Charles Ruggles, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Votes: 68
30. Make a Wish (1937)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
While at summer camp in the Maine woods, little Bobby Breen befriends composer Basil Rathbone, who left the city to try and break his creative block, and is soon playing matchmaker for his widowed singer mother and Rathbone.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone, Marion Claire, Henry Armetta
Votes: 210
31. The Thirteenth Chair (1937)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama
Inspector Marney of Scotland Yard travels to Calcutta to investigate the murder of Leonard Lee, a generally despised man in these parts. John Wales, who considered Lee his best friend, is a... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: May Whitty, Madge Evans, Lewis Stone, Elissa Landi
Votes: 328
32. The Goose and the Gander (1935)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Wife #1 wants ex-husband to catch second wife being unfaithful.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Kay Francis, George Brent, Genevieve Tobin, John Eldredge
Votes: 489
33. Lilies of the Field (1929)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Mother-love drama, with songs.
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes, John Loder, Eve Southern
Votes: 86
34. The Bachelor Father (1931)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Old man invites three of his illegitimate children to live with him.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Marion Davies, Ralph Forbes, C. Aubrey Smith, Ray Milland
Votes: 1,235
35. The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A jewel thief suspected of being a local serial killer targeting police officers decides to solve the mystery himself to clear his name.
Directors: Edgar Selwyn, Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allan, Lewis Stone, Ralph Forbes
Votes: 496
36. Beau Ideal (1931)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Romance, War
An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Frank McCormick, Ralph Forbes, Lester Vail, Otto Matieson
Votes: 248
37. The Fountain (1934)
Approved | 83 min | Drama, Romance
Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned British officer, is paroled to the castle of Baron Von Leyden and finds living there, but now ... See full summary »
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Ann Harding, Brian Aherne, Paul Lukas, Jean Hersholt
Votes: 124
38. The Green Goddess (1930)
Passed | 73 min | Adventure
An airplane carrying three Brits--Major Crespin, his wife Lucille, and Dr. Trahern--crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh. The Rajah holds them prisoner because the British are about to ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: George Arliss, Ralph Forbes, H.B. Warner, Alice Joyce
Votes: 441
39. Adventure in Diamonds (1940)
Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama
Starring George Brent, Isa Miranda, John Loder, Nigel Bruce, Elizabeth Patterson. Directed by George Fitzmaurice. Print: black/white. Runtime: 76 min. Genre: drama. British army pilot ... See full summary »
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: George Brent, Isa Miranda, John Loder, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 69
40. La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Hollywood stars participate in a Mexican-themed revue and festival in Santa Barbara. Andy Devine, the "World's Greatest Matador", engages in a bullfight with a dubious bovine supplied by ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Lewyn | Stars: Eduardo Durant's Rhumba Band, The Spanish Troubadors, Warner Baxter, Ralph Forbes
Votes: 321
41. The Enemy (1927)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance, War
Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. When World War I breaks out, Carl is drafted. Pauli and her family and friends are left ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Lillian Gish, Ralph Forbes, Ralph Emerson, Frank Currier
Votes: 129 | Gross: $0.47M
42. The Actress (1928)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady (Rose Trelawny) when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town (Arthur Gower). The rest of ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Norma Shearer, Owen Moore, Gwen Lee, Lee Moran
Votes: 30
43. The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1950)
30 min | Drama
This was an anthology series which aired live. It often featured adaptations of one-act stage plays.
Stars: Guy Kibbee, Faye Emerson, John Conte, Vicki Cummings
Votes: 53
44. The Legion of Missing Men (1937)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Bob Carter, a member of the Foreign Legion, is glad to see his brother, Don, for the first time in ten years but is sorry that Don has joined the Legion. Bob, Don and Bob's buddies, Muggsy ... See full summary »
Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Ralph Forbes, Ben Alexander, Hala Linda, Paul Hurst
Votes: 111
45. Streamline Express (1935)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A disparate group of people meet as passengers on a super-speed train crossing the U.S. Aboard are a seductive confidence man, a stage director masquerading as a steward.
Director: Leonard Fields | Stars: Victor Jory, Evelyn Venable, Esther Ralston, Erin O'Brien-Moore
Votes: 211
46. Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)
Passed | 67 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Movie star Annabel Allison has further comic adventures with her wacky publicity agent.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Jack Oakie, Lucille Ball, Ruth Donnelly, Bradley Page
Votes: 339
47. The Phantom Broadcast (1933)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Music, Mystery
A handsome radio singer has it all--fame, money, adoring fans--but what no one knows is that his accompanist, a hunchbacked piano player, is actually the voice behind the arrogant, abusive "singer"'s fame.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Ralph Forbes, Vivienne Osborne, Arnold Gray, Gail Patrick
Votes: 174
48. Women Are Like That (1938)
Passed | 79 min | Drama
Domestic strife results when a man refuses to involve his wife in his struggling business.
Director: Stanley Logan | Stars: Kay Francis, Pat O'Brien, Ralph Forbes, Melville Cooper
Votes: 226
49. Love Letters of a Star (1936)
Approved | 66 min | Mystery
A half-demented blackmailer named Sigurd Repellen confronts Jenny Aldrich with a stack of intimate fan letters she wrote to stage star Meredith Landers. Initially Jenny submits to ... See full summary »
Directors: Milton Carruth, Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Henry Hunter, Polly Rowles, C. Henry Gordon, Walter Coy
Votes: 12
50. The Masks of the Devil (1928)
80 min | Drama
Baron Reiner, a charming though unscrupulous Viennese aristocrat, becomes infatuated with Virginia, an innocent schoolgirl who is engaged to his best friend Manfred. To seduce Virginia, ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: John Gilbert, Alma Rubens, Theodore Roberts, Frank Reicher
Votes: 78