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1. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Approved | 210 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of motorists witnesses a car crash in the California desert, and after the driver's dying words indicate the location of a hidden stash of loot, they turn against each in a race across the state to get to it.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 46,199 | Gross: $46.30M
2. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Approved | 179 min | Drama, War
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich
Votes: 85,691
3. The Window (1949)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9-year-old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him.
Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart
Votes: 4,874
4. Inherit the Wind (1960)
Passed | 128 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York
Votes: 32,809
5. On the Beach (1959)
Approved | 134 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins
Votes: 14,447 | Gross: $11.00M
6. The Defiant Ones (1958)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama
Two chained-together escaped convicts, White and Black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Cara Williams, Theodore Bikel
Votes: 17,899
7. The Pride and the Passion (1957)
132 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
During the Napoleonic Wars, a British captain is sent to Spain to help prevent the French from stealing a powerful cannon.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren, Theodore Bikel
Votes: 3,216 | Gross: $8.75M
8. Born to Be Bad (1950)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman's attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover, who sees through her act, and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Mel Ferrer, Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott
Votes: 2,778
9. On Dangerous Ground (1951)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.
Directors: Nicholas Ray, Ida Lupino | Stars: Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper
Votes: 8,082
10. Pressure Point (1962)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
A black prison psychiatrist is assigned the distasteful task of helping a paranoid American Nazi charged with sedition.
Director: Hubert Cornfield | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk, Carl Benton Reid
Votes: 2,046
11. His Kind of Woman (1951)
Approved | 120 min | Action, Crime, Film-Noir
A deported gangster's plan to re-enter the USA involves skulduggery at a Mexican resort, and gambler Dan Milner is caught in the middle.
Directors: John Farrow, Richard Fleischer | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Tim Holt
Votes: 4,967
12. Jet Pilot (1957)
Approved | 113 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR.
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix
Votes: 2,720
13. Angel Face (1952)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall
Votes: 9,039
14. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A high school girl falls for a playboy artist, with screwball results.
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, Rudy Vallee
Votes: 9,620
15. Not as a Stranger (1955)
Passed | 135 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
An ego-driven, aspiring physician, intolerant of the weaknesses of others, especially those closest to him, comes to grips with his own imperfections.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum, Gloria Grahame
Votes: 2,589
16. Strange Bargain (1949)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In order to cash-in a life insurance policy, a failing business owner asks one of his employees, who has financial woes of his own, to aid him in disguising his suicide into a robbery-murder.
Director: Will Price | Stars: Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan, Katherine Emery
Votes: 866
17. The Great Impostor (1960)
Approved | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. is a versatile man who gets his kicks out of impersonating a marine, a monk, a navy surgeon and a prison warden, eventually getting in trouble with the law for it.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Tony Curtis, Karl Malden, Edmond O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 1,712
18. Underwater! (1955)
Approved | 99 min | Adventure, Drama
Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure. However, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland, Richard Egan, Lori Nelson
Votes: 1,088
19. This Land Is Mine (1943)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, War
A mild-mannered school teacher in a German-occupied town during World War II finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, George Sanders, Walter Slezak
Votes: 3,736
20. Run for the Sun (1956)
Approved | 99 min | Adventure, Thriller
In Central America, an action-adventure novelist and a journalist for a magazine find themselves at the mercy of Nazi war criminals.
Director: Roy Boulting | Stars: Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard, Jane Greer, Peter van Eyck
Votes: 1,519
21. Son of Sinbad (1955)
PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Legendary pirate and adventurer Sinbad is in single-minded pursuit of two things: beautiful women and a substance called Greek Fire--an early version of gunpowder.
Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Dale Robertson, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, Lili St. Cyr
Votes: 662 | Gross: $1.00M
22. The Las Vegas Story (1952)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The arrival in Las Vegas of a businessman and his glamorous wife creates a complex web of murder and deceit.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Jane Russell, Victor Mature, Vincent Price, Hoagy Carmichael
Votes: 1,614
23. What Price Hollywood? (1932)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
The career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, Gregory Ratoff
Votes: 2,591
24. Station West (1948)
Approved | 97 min | Western
After two U.S. cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, U.S. Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Dick Powell, Jane Greer, Agnes Moorehead, Tom Powers
Votes: 1,517
25. Triple Justice (1940)
Approved | 66 min | Romance, Western
A rancher trying to do the right thing unwittingly gets mixed up with bank robbers.
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Peggy Shannon, Harry Woods
Votes: 94
26. Robbers of the Range (1941)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Western
Rancher Jim Drummond is framed for murder by crooked railroad agent J. R. Rankin, who will stop at nothing to gain valuable properties in the path of the future railroad.
Director: Edward Killy | Stars: Tim Holt, Virginia Vale, Ray Whitley, Emmett Lynn
Votes: 142
27. Posse from Hell (1961)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Western
Banner Cole is a tough sheriff's deputy who forms a small posse to go after 4 death cell escapees who killed the sheriff , along with 3 other men, and kidnapped a woman with rape in mind.
Director: Herbert Coleman | Stars: Audie Murphy, John Saxon, Zohra Lampert, Vic Morrow
Votes: 1,307
28. Dangerous Mission (1954)
Approved | 75 min | Action, Crime, Film-Noir
A policeman tries to protect a young woman against a hit man, when she flees New York after witnessing a mob killing.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, William Bendix, Vincent Price
Votes: 922
29. The Silver Streak (1934)
Passed | 72 min | Drama
The crew of the Pioneer Zephyr diesel train has only a few hours to deliver an iron lung to an injured man at the Boulder Dam construction site.
Director: Thomas Atkins | Stars: Burlington Zephyr, Sally Blane, Charles Starrett, William Farnum
Votes: 236
30. Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An ex-hood hopes to start a new life under an assumed name in a small town but his past catches up with him when an old crime-buddy asks him to help with a casino heist.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington, Paul Stewart
Votes: 1,313
31. A Dangerous Profession (1949)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
LA ex-cop Vince Kane is a bail-bondsman who bails out the suspect of a securities bonds robbery but his client disappears, prompting Vince to investigate.
Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O'Brien, Bill Williams
Votes: 746
32. Crack-Up (1946)
Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which may not have actually happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a wicked plot?
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins
Votes: 1,629
33. Easy Living (1949)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Sport
Pete Wilson is on top. He is the highest paid professional football player in the league. He has seen other players come and go, but he was MVP last year and the future looks rosy. His wife... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Victor Mature, Lizabeth Scott, Lucille Ball, Sonny Tufts
Votes: 1,015
34. The Man Who Died Twice (1958)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Nightclub owner T.J. Brennon dies in a car accident and two narcotics agents are killed in his apartment, prompting an investigation by the local police aided by Brennon's cop brother.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Rod Cameron, Vera Ralston, Mike Mazurki, Gerald Milton
Votes: 200
35. Wagon Train (1940)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Western
Pecos businessman Matt Gardner is buying up freighters, or wagon trains of food supplies, at cheap prices through intimidation, and charging high prices by deliberately causing phony food ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Killy | Stars: Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Emmett Lynn, Martha O'Driscoll
Votes: 278
36. Scarlet River (1933)
Passed | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film. Tom soon learns her foreman has been rustling and poisoning ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Brower | Stars: Tom Keene, Dorothy Wilson, Lon Chaney Jr., Betty Furness
Votes: 224
37. The Fargo Kid (1940)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Western
Follows the Fargo Kid as he rides into town on an outlaw's horse and is mistaken for him. He then gets hired to kill a man.
Director: Edward Killy | Stars: Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Emmett Lynn, Jane Drummond
Votes: 167
38. Cry Tough (1959)
Not Rated | 83 min | Crime, Drama
Puerto Rican ex-con tries to go straight, but is tempted back to his old life by his former gang.
Director: Paul Stanley | Stars: John Saxon, Linda Cristal, Joseph Calleia, Harry Townes
Votes: 163
39. Devil's Canyon (1953)
Approved | 92 min | Western
In 1897 Arizona, an ex-marshal is sent to the territorial prison where many of his enemies, among guards and inmates alike, are eager for a chance at payback.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Dale Robertson, Stephen McNally, Arthur Hunnicutt
Votes: 488
40. The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
After a long absence from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Charles Laughton, Jon Hall, Peggy Drake, Victor Francen
Votes: 395
41. The Crooked Circle (1957)
72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young prizefighter finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: John Smith, Fay Spain, Steve Brodie, Don Kelly
Votes: 57
42. The Fighting Gringo (1939)
Approved | 59 min | Western
Ben Wallace is after Don Aliso's rancho. After falsifying his land survey, he frames him for murder. But Wallace has a dull-witted accomplice in Rance Potter and this is who Wade Barton thinks he can trick into a confession.
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Lupita Tovar, Lucio Villegas, William Royle
Votes: 110
43. The Sea Around Us (1953)
Approved | 62 min | Documentary
Oscar-winning documentary based on Rachel L. Carson's pioneering study of ocean life chronicled in her award-winning and best-selling 1951 book of the same name.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Don Forbes, Theodore von Eltz
Votes: 379
44. The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
Passed | 85 min | Adventure, History, Romance
A Russian courier struggles to deliver a message to the troops fighting Tartar invaders.
Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Anton Walbrook, Elizabeth Allan, Akim Tamiroff, Margot Grahame
Votes: 265
45. Bride for Sale (1949)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy
Tax expert Nora Shelley thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting clients' tax documents.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Robert Young, George Brent, Max Baer
Votes: 140
46. She's Got Everything (1937)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Romance
Carol Rogers returns from Europe to discover that her recently deceased father has left her with huge debts and no resources to pay them. Aunt Jane suggests that Carol marry a South ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Gene Raymond, Ann Sothern, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick
Votes: 285
47. Gunfire at Indian Gap (1957)
Approved | 70 min | Romance, Western
A Thrilling and Romantic Story of the Great West!
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Vera Ralston, Anthony George, George Macready, Barry Kelley
Votes: 60
48. Lawless Valley (1938)
Passed | 59 min | Western
On parole (he was framed of course), Larry Rhodes can't carry a gun. And his sweetheart is in danger of a forced marriage...
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Kay Sutton, Walter Miller, Fred Kohler
Votes: 158
49. The Marshal of Mesa City (1939)
Passed | 62 min | Western
A former lawman comes to Mesa City and puts a damper on the corrupt activities of the local sheriff.
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Virginia Vale, Leon Ames, Henry Brandon
Votes: 204
50. Riding the Wind (1942)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
It's the ranchers whose cattle are dying of thirst versus Henry Dodge whose dam holds all the water. When windmills are built and they start pumping water, Dodge has them blown up. When a ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Killy | Stars: Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Joan Barclay, Lee 'Lasses' White
Votes: 104