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1. The Old Dark House (1932)
Passed | 72 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart
Votes: 13,099 | Gross: $0.03M
2. Blackmail (1929)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After killing a man in self-defense, a young woman is blackmailed by a witness to the killing.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton
Votes: 11,950
3. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
4. 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: 328
5. Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
60 min | Drama
A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Vaughn Taylor, Valerie Cossart, Dan Morgan
Votes: 222
6. Waterloo Bridge (1931)
81 min | Drama, Romance
A prostitute's self-loathing makes her reluctant to marry an idealistic soldier during World War I.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Doris Lloyd, Frederick Kerr
Votes: 3,163
7. ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Comedy, Drama
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Stars: Michael Bryant, William Simons, Katherine Barker, Geoffrey Palmer
Votes: 87
8. BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Drama
Series of television plays performed live.
Stars: Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown, Michael Brennan
Votes: 179
9. Kaleidoscope (1967)
Horror, Thriller | Abandoned
Young bodybuilder, a serial killer, lures women to their deaths near water. The New York police uses an undercover policewoman to try and trap him.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
10. Evergreen (1934)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Harriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, has a guilty secret: She has a baby daughter, born out of wedlock. Harriet leaves her public and flees to South ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Betty Balfour, Barry MacKay
Votes: 633
11. Desire (1936)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
An automotive engineer bound for a holiday in Spain meets a sultry jewel thief.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, John Halliday, William Frawley
Votes: 2,807
12. Devil and the Deep (1932)
Passed | 78 min | Drama
A man sets out for revenge after learning of his wife's affair.
Director: Marion Gering | Stars: Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, Cary Grant
Votes: 821
13. The Gay Diplomat (1931)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Romance
Captain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy, but many different women fit the bill and are attractive enough to make one question one's allegiance.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Genevieve Tobin, Betty Compson, Ivan Lebedeff, Ilka Chase
Votes: 208
14. Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A daily anthology show, featuring original material, as well as adaptations of literary classics.
Stars: John Conte, Peter Hansen, Sarah Churchill, Johnny Crawford
Votes: 132
15. ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
60 min | Drama
Richard O. Sullivan as a child genius in the play "Honour Bright".
Stars: Campbell Singer, Thomas Heathcote, Richard Caldicot, June Brown
Votes: 66
16. Topaze (I) (1933)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Drama
An honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's name and outstanding reputation in a crooked business scheme.
Director: Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast | Stars: John Barrymore, Myrna Loy, Reginald Mason, Jobyna Howland
Votes: 1,029
17. Remember Last Night? (1935)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Mystery
After a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's host has been murdered in his bed. A detective is called in to investigate, but his ... See full summary »
Director: James Whale | Stars: Edward Arnold, Robert Young, Constance Cummings, Sally Eilers
Votes: 603
18. The Informer (1929)
83 min | Drama
In 1920s Ireland, an IRA man betrays his best friend to the police, mistakenly believing him to be his mistress's lover.
Director: Arthur Robison | Stars: Lya De Putti, Lars Hanson, Warwick Ward, Carl Harbord
Votes: 288
19. Loves of a Dictator (1935)
Approved | 81 min | History, Romance
The story opens in Copenhagen in the year 1776 on the wedding night of the King and Princess Caroline Mathilde. But the marriage was a political alliance, and the Princess felt only repugnance for her dissolute husband. On the night of their marriage the King leaves Copenhagen on a pleasure trip abroad, but his fast life proves too much for his weak constitution. Summoned to attend him, an ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Clive Brook, Madeleine Carroll, Emlyn Williams, Helen Haye
Votes: 58
20. Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Stars: Lilli Palmer, Roddy Hughes, Ian Fleming, Brian Wilde
Votes: 25
21. Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1954)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
This syndicated show presented adaptations of Broadway shows.
Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Edward Everett Horton, Melville Cooper, Ernest Truex
Votes: 37
22. Unfinished Symphony (1934)
84 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Composer Franz Schubert--broke, struggling and unhappy--gets a break when a wealthy friend wangles him an invitation to a command performance in front of a princess of the royal family. ... See full summary »
Directors: Anthony Asquith, Willi Forst | Stars: Mártha Eggerth, Helen Chandler, Hans Jaray, Eliot Makeham
Votes: 36
23. Transgression (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
Elsie sets out for a holiday in Paris and develops an affair while her husband spends a year working in India.
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Kay Francis, Paul Cavanagh, Ricardo Cortez, Nance O'Neil
Votes: 375
24. The Temporary Widow (1930)
84 min | Comedy, Mystery
A woman pretends her artist husband has died in a drowning accident, so that his paintings will finally find buyers.
Director: Gustav Ucicky | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Laurence Olivier, Athole Stewart, Gillian Dean
Votes: 36
25. Melody in Spring (1934)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Charlie Ruggles plays a souvenir-buff in quest of a real Swiss cowbell.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Lanny Ross, Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Ann Sothern
Votes: 43
26. Lord Camber's Ladies (1932)
80 min | Drama
In order to win back an old flame whom he jilted to marry a singer, a British lord resorts to skulduggery. When his wife enters the hospital for treatment of a serious ailment, he finds that his old flame is now a nurse there.
Director: Benn W. Levy | Stars: Gerald du Maurier, Gertrude Lawrence, Benita Hume, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 81
27. Hour of Mystery (1957)
60 min | Mystery
Hour of Mystery is an hour-long UK mystery anthology television series. Donald Wolfit introduced each of the episodes, which aired on the ITV (TV Network) in 1957.
Stars: Donald Wolfit, Kevin Stoney, Gladys Henson, Tony Quinn
28. Brian Rix Presents ... (1960–1971)
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Brian Rix, Leo Franklyn, Sheila Mercier, Derek Royle
29. Springtime for Henry (1934)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
Springtime for Henry is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Otto Kruger, Nancy Carroll and Nigel Bruce. It was based on a play of the same name by Benn W. Levy which enjoyed an eight-month run on Broadway.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Otto Kruger, Nancy Carroll, Nigel Bruce, Heather Angel
Votes: 29
30. Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier and a Gala Hollywood Premiere.
Stars: George Bancroft, Mary Boland, Leo Carrillo, Charles Chaplin
Votes: 51
31. The Hate Ship (1929)
70 min | Mystery
The son of a murdered Russian count invites the suspects on a revenge cruise.
Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Jameson Thomas, Jean Colin, Jack Raine, Henry Victor
Votes: 22
32. Kitty (1929)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A shopgirl loves a paralysed amnesiac and kidnaps him from his interfering mother.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Estelle Brody, John Stuart, Dorothy Cumming, Marie Ault
Votes: 15
33. Clutterbuck (1960 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy
Deborah and Jane are two old school friends on a sea cruise with their dissimilar and discordant husbands, one a businessman and the other a novelist. The wives soon espy a tourist named ... See full summary »
Director: Ole Walbom | Stars: Christa Rasmusen, Ole Monty, Lillian Tillegreen, Poul Thomsen
34. Rape of the Belt (1964 TV Movie)
70 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Comedy based on Hercules.
Director: Henri Safran | Stars: Tony Ward, Reg Livermore, Fernande Glynn, Arlene Dorgan
Votes: 9
35. De roof van de gordel (1964 TV Movie)
84 min | Drama
Director: Jan Retèl | Stars: Femke Boersma, Hans Croiset, Lies de Wind, Diana Dobbelman
36.
Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1954)
Episode:
Mrs. Moonlight
(1952)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
A bride makes a wish on her wedding day to never look a day older than she does at that moment. Her wish becomes a curse as everyone and everything around her ages and she stays as youthful as ever.
37.
Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
Episode:
Mrs. Moonlight
(1950)
60 min | Drama
A bride makes a wish on her wedding day to never look a day older than she does at that moment. Her wish becomes a curse as everyone and everything around her ages and she stays as youthful as ever.
Stars: E.G. Marshall, Ethel Remey, Mary Sinclair
38.
Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955–1956)
Episode:
The Great Healer
(1955)
Drama
In Victorian times, two women meet up, it comes out that they hadn't seen each other for over fifty years, from when they worked together as chorus girls. They have a chat about old times ... See full summary »
Director: Leonard Brett | Stars: Pamela Brown, Dora Bryan, Hilda Barry, Geoffrey Sumner
39.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Topaze
(1957)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A mild-mannered schoolteacher gradually abandons all his principles - and finds the success which has always hitherto eluded him.
Director: Vincent J. Donehue | Stars: Roxanne Arlen, Richard Haydn, Ernie Kovacs, Sheree North
40.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
Mrs. Moonlight
(1949)
60 min | Drama
A bride makes a wish on her wedding day to never look a day older than she does at that moment. Her wish becomes a curse as everyone and everything around her ages and she stays as youthful as ever.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Katharine Bard, James MacColl, Una O'Connor, Betty Furness
41.
ITV Playhouse (1967–1982)
Episode:
Public and Confidential
(1968)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Dennis Vance | Stars: Grace Arnold, Dawn Beret, Constance Cummings, Alexis Kanner
42.
Hour of Mystery (1957)
Episode:
The Man with Red Hair
(1957)
Mystery
Director: Royston Morley | Stars: Peter Halliday, Henry Oscar, Roy Purcell, Robert Robinson
43.
ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1967)
Episode:
Clutterbuck
(1959)
Drama
Director: Lionel Harris | Stars: Constance Cummings, Miriam Karlin, Derek Francis, David Stoll
44.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Three Plays by Benn W. Levy
(1952)
Drama
Director: Dennis Vance | Stars: Muriel Aked, Hilda Barry, Hugh Burden, Anne Crawford
45.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Mrs. Moonlight
(1956)
Drama
A bride makes a wish on her wedding day to never look a day older than she does at that moment. Her wish becomes a curse as everyone and everything around her ages and she stays as youthful as ever.
Stars: George Benson, Jean Cadell, Alexander Harris, Sarah Lawson
46.
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Return to Tyassi
(1956)
Drama
Director: Harold Clayton | Stars: Constance Cummings, Robert Harris, Michael Gough, Margaret Anderson
47.
Brian Rix Presents ... (1960–1971)
Episode:
Clutterbuck
(1970)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Wallace Douglas | Stars: Brian Rix, Sylvia Syms, Elspet Gray, Moray Watson
48.
Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode:
Mrs. Moonlight
(1958)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
A charmed necklace worn on her wedding day, keeps a young bride from growing old.
Stars: John Conte, Scott Forbes, Margaret O'Brien