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1. The Sea Hawk (1940)

Approved | 127 min | Action, Adventure, History

7.6

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Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp

Votes: 10,751

2. A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)

Approved | 90 min | Biography, Drama

6.9

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Starting with a small flock of carrier pigeons, nineteenth-century entrepreneur Julius Reuter turns his small company into Europe's most respected news wire service.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Edna Best, Eddie Albert, Albert Bassermann

Votes: 672

3. Went the Day Well? (1942)

Approved | 92 min | Thriller, War

7.5

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An English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion.

Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Leslie Banks, C.V. France, Valerie Taylor, Marie Lohr

Votes: 4,343 | Gross: $0.02M

4. Shoot First (1953)

Approved | 88 min | Adventure, Thriller

6.1

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A retired U.S. Army Colonel living in England stumbles upon a spy ring when he shoots buckshot at a poacher during a hunt.

Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Joel McCrea, Laurence Naismith, Denis Lehrer, Marius Goring

Votes: 357

5. The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

Passed | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

6.5

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The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.

Director: Joe May | Stars: Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey, John Sutton

Votes: 5,305

6. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

7.0

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An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.

Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence

Votes: 94

7. The House of the Seven Gables (1940)

Approved | 89 min | Drama, Thriller

7.0

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54 Metascore

Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this classic film follows a family feud between two brothers and an ancient curse that haunts them.

Director: Joe May | Stars: George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price, Dick Foran

Votes: 1,519

8. Pool of London (1951)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama

7.1

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When their ship docks the crew disembark as usual to pick up their lives in postwar London. For one of them his petty smuggling turns more serious when he finds himself caught up with a robbery in the City.

Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Bonar Colleano, Susan Shaw, Renée Asherson, Earl Cameron

Votes: 1,184

9. Captains of the Clouds (1942)

Approved | 114 min | Action, Drama, War

6.4

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Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF but are deemed too old to be fliers.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale

Votes: 1,770

10. Query (1945)

Approved | 87 min | Thriller

6.8

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Dock worker Tom Masterick is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to show that his alleged victim is still alive.

Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: William Hartnell, Jimmy Hanley, Chili Bouchier, John Slater

Votes: 268

11. Arise, My Love (1940)

Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.8

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A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel

Votes: 1,037

12. As You Like It (1936)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance

5.8

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A Duke usurps his brother's land and power, banishing him and his entourage into the forest of Arden. The banished Duke's daughter, Rosalind, remains with her cousin Celia. She has fallen ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Czinner | Stars: Elisabeth Bergner, Laurence Olivier, Sophie Stewart, Henry Ainley

Votes: 857

13. Florian (1940)

91 min | Drama

7.2

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This film is (very) loosely based on the book by Austrian author Felix Salten. It follows the life of the Lippizaner stallion Florian. Of special notice is the time when he pulled Emperor Franz Joseph's carriage.

Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Robert Young, Helen Gilbert, Charles Coburn, Lee Bowman

Votes: 100

14. Theatre Night (1957–1961)

45 min | Drama

8.8

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A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.

Stars: Cicely Courtneidge, Evelyn Laye, Dora Bryan, Hugh Williams

Votes: 69

15. Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960–1965)

60 min | Drama, Mystery

8.1

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Armchair Mystery Theatre is a 60-minute United Kingdom television anthology mystery series. Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960-65. It was hosted by Donald Pleasence and produced by Leonard White.

Stars: Donald Pleasence, Ian Hendry, Thomas Heathcote, Charles Gray

Votes: 19

16. The Root of All Evil (1947)

110 min | Drama

6.7

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A girl from an impoverished family is jilted by her rich fiancé, whose father doesn't approve. She decides to take revenge against them, and determines to let nothing or no one stop her from getting to the top.

Director: Brock Williams | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, Michael Rennie, John McCallum, Brefni O'Rorke

Votes: 212

17. I'll Turn to You (1946)

97 min | Musical

4.5

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When a soldier returns from the Far East after the war, he and his wife have to adjust to life at home.

Director: Geoffrey Faithfull | Stars: Terry Randall, Don Stannard, Harry Welchman, Ann Codrington

Votes: 46

18. Murder at Monte Carlo (1935)

70 min | Crime, Drama

7.5

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A professor comes up with a system to win at roulette, and goes to the famous casino at Monte Carlo to try it out. When he turns up murdered and his "system" missing, a reporter sets out to find the killer--and the system.

Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Errol Flynn, Eve Gray, Paul Graetz, Molly Lamont

Votes: 47

19. The Earl of Chicago (1940)

Approved | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

6.2

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Silky has always moved booze. During prohibition, he smuggled it from Canada, but now that it is legal, he produces his own brand. Seven years before, he sent Doc to prison because Doc was ... See full summary »

Directors: Richard Thorpe, Victor Saville | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold, Reginald Owen, Edmund Gwenn

Votes: 408

20. Strictly Confidential (1959)

Not Rated | 62 min | Comedy

4.9

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Two con-men are released from prison, but get straight back up to their old tricks.

Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Richard Murdoch, William Kendall, Maya Koumani, Neil Hallett

Votes: 51

21. Green Fingers (1947)

83 min | Drama

6.1

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A fisherman discovers he has a gift for healing and becomes an osteopath.

Director: John Harlow | Stars: Robert Beatty, Carol Raye, Nova Pilbeam, Felix Aylmer

Votes: 126

22. Open All Night (1934)

62 min | Drama

5.9

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Anton (Frank Vosper) is an exiled Russian Grand-duke but works in a hotel as a night manager with tragic consequences. Also starring Lessee Perrin and Margaret Vines.

Director: George Pearson | Stars: Frank Vosper, Gillian Lind, Lewis Shaw, Margaret Vines

Votes: 62

23. The Bermondsey Kid (1933)

75 min | Drama

8.2

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A news-vendor is forced into fighting a sick friend for the championship.

Director: Ralph Dawson | Stars: Esmond Knight, Pat Peterson, Ellis Irving, Ernest Sefton

Votes: 10

24. Variety Jubilee (1943)

92 min | Musical

5.6

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1943. Musical. Kit (Ellis Irving) and Joe Swann (Reginald Purdell) are variety stars. Kits' son is killed in the First World War but the grandson revives the music hall and joins the RAF musical.

Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: Reginald Purdell, Lesley Brook, Ellis Irving, George Merritt

Votes: 57

25. The Black Mask (1935)

67 min | Crime, Drama

6.8

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Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Wylie Watson, Aileen Marson, Ellis Irving, Wyndham Goldie

Votes: 40

26. Member of the Jury (1937)

61 min | Crime, Drama

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Director: Bernard Mainwaring | Stars: Ellis Irving, Marjorie Hume, Franklyn Bellamy, Arnold Lucy

27. The Patriots (1962)

30 min | Drama, History

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William Charles Wentworth gets into trouble with the governor who believes Sydney is still British when he starts a newspaper called "The Australian".

Stars: James Condon, Allan Trevor, Nigel Lovell, Beverley Phillips

28. Lace on Her Petticoat (1952 TV Movie)

90 min | Drama

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Director: Andrew Osborn | Stars: Margaret Boyd, Ellis Irving, David Keir, Christine Lindsay

29. Strawberry Roan (1944)

84 min | Drama

5.7

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A farmer marries a beautiful city girl and tries to help her become more settled on the farm by buying her a calf to look after. She begins to spend their money so fast that the farmer goes broke, Then she runs away on her horse.

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: William Hartnell, Carol Raye, Walter Fitzgerald, Sophie Stewart

Votes: 46

30. Nine Forty-Five (1934)

59 min | Crime, Drama

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Director: George King | Stars: Binnie Barnes, Donald Calthrop, Violet Farebrother, Malcolm Tod

31. Jonah (1962–1964)

30 min | Adventure, Drama, History

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"Jonah" is a historical drama series about Jonah Locke, a merchant trader in the early Australian colony.

Stars: Hilary Bamberger, Neil Fitzpatrick, Brian James, Harry Dearth

32. Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960–1965)
Episode: Flag Fall (1960)

Drama, Mystery

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The only clue to a series of apparently motiveless murders of Sydney's taxi drivers is found in a café.

Director: Royston Morley | Stars: Patrick Barr, Ray Barrett, Betty Berrell, Leila Blake

33. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode: A Room with a View (1958)

Comedy, Drama

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When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting... See full summary »

Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Joan Benham, Dorothy Bromiley, Winifred Evans, Trader Faulkner