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1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
PG | 129 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Encouraged by her idealistic if luckless father, a bright and imaginative young woman comes of age in a Brooklyn tenement during the early 1900s.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 8,410
2. A Double Life (1947)
Approved | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Ronald Colman, Edmond O'Brien, Signe Hasso, Shelley Winters
Votes: 3,973
3. Father Knows Best (1954–1960)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
The popular radio show comes to life in this hit sitcom about a wise family man, Jim Anderson, his common-sense wife Margaret and their children Betty, Bud and Kathy.
Stars: Robert Young, Lauren Chapin, Jane Wyatt, Billy Gray
Votes: 2,641
4. Lady on a Train (1945)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Film-Noir
In New York, a woman who partially witnesses a killing from a train window seeks the aid of a crime novelist to solve the murder.
Director: Charles David | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce, George Coulouris
Votes: 2,566
5. The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
A minority stockholder takes on the crooked board of directors at a billion dollar corporation.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Judy Holliday, John Williams, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark
Votes: 2,288
6. The Milky Way (1936)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Family, Sport
Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan (Lloyd), somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in a series of fixed fights and ... See full summary »
Directors: Leo McCarey, Ray McCarey, Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou, Verree Teasdale, Helen Mack
Votes: 1,843 | Gross: $1.17M
7. Love Letters (1945)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ann Richards, Cecil Kellaway
Votes: 1,783
8. Fancy Pants (1950)
Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Western
An American actor impersonating an English butler is hired by a woman from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter. The complications increase when the town believes Arthur... See full summary »
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot, Jack Kirkwood
Votes: 1,493 | Gross: $2.60M
9. An Act of Murder (1948)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A hard-line judge is tempted toward mercy-killing by his wife's terminal cancer.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Florence Eldridge, Geraldine Brooks
Votes: 872
10. Kitty (1945)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, History, Romance
An 18th-century London wench gets involved with the nobility.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Patric Knowles, Reginald Owen
Votes: 791
11. Take One False Step (1949)
Approved | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During a conference-trip to L.A., an academic runs into an old-flame and into trouble with the police when she disappears, presumed murdered.
Director: Chester Erskine | Stars: William Powell, Shelley Winters, Marsha Hunt, Dorothy Hart
Votes: 730
12. Sincerely Yours (1955)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama, Musical, Mystery
Tony Warrin has it all: a popular pianist who plays any style, he has money, great clothes, a penthouse overlooking Central Park, a rich blond fiancée, a loyal brunette secretary secretly ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Liberace, Joanne Dru, Dorothy Malone, Alex Nicol
Votes: 458
13. Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A Manhattan career woman tries to resist a man who wants her to be his wife.
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Allan Jones, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 452
14. Because of Him (1946)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
A young woman who wants to break into the theater schemes to become the protege of a famous Broadway star.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Helen Broderick
Votes: 428
15. 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
16. The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy
Ma and Pa do their bit to hook lumberman Brad Johnson up with spoiled socialite Sally Flemming. Ma teaches Sally how to behave like a hick so she'll be compatible with Brad.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Marjorie Main, Parker Fennelly, Gloria Talbott, John Smith
Votes: 322
17. I'll Be Yours (1947)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A small-town girl tells a small fib to a wealthy businessman; complications ensue.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Tom Drake, William Bendix, Adolphe Menjou
Votes: 282
18. Standing Room Only (1944)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Romance, War
During World War II, Lee Stevens travels to Washington D.C. with his secretary Jane Rogers in order to secure a government contract. Not thinking it through, Jane cancels their hotel ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Edward Arnold, Hillary Brooke
Votes: 232
19. The Night Runner (1957)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
A mental patient with a violent past is released from the institution, against the advice of his doctors, and sent back to his old neighborhood. Realizing that he can't handle the pressures... See full summary »
Director: Abner Biberman | Stars: Ray Danton, Colleen Miller, Merry Anders, Willis Bouchey
Votes: 210
20. Enter Arsene Lupin (1944)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She doesn't realize it, but a gang of jewel thieves does.
Director: Ford Beebe | Stars: Charles Korvin, Ella Raines, J. Carrol Naish, George Dolenz
Votes: 196
21. Man of Conquest (1939)
Passed | 105 min | History, War, Western
The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.
Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine, Edward Ellis
Votes: 194
22. Island of Lost Men (1939)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Chinese general, who disappeared in the Malaysian jungles with stolen government funds, is sought by his cabaret-singing daughter who wants to clear his name.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Anna May Wong, J. Carrol Naish, Eric Blore, Ernest Truex
Votes: 179
23. Katie Did It (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Romance
Katherine Standish, who has been brought up in a strict manner in a prudish New England town, falls in love with a city slicker commercial artist, Peter Van Arden. The romance blossoms ... See full summary »
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Ann Blyth, Mark Stevens, Cecil Kellaway, Jesse White
Votes: 155
24. A Scream in the Dark (1943)
Approved | 55 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Newspaper reporter turned detective Mike, along with his partner Eddie Tough (who used to be his photographer on the paper), and Mike's girlfriend Joan go after some business. She's the ... See full summary »
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Robert Lowery, Marie McDonald, Edward Brophy, Elizabeth Russell
Votes: 135
25. Colt .45 (1957–1960)
30 min | Western
Christopher Colt appeared to be a gun salesman, but he was actually a government agent tracking down notorious bad guys. His cousin Sam took the lead when the studio had contract disputes with the original star.
Stars: Wayde Preston, Donald May, Kenneth MacDonald, Don 'Red' Barry
Votes: 133
26. The Way of All Flesh (1940)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, the happy husband of Anna, and the father of four children. He is sent to New York to deliver some securities for the bank. There, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: Akim Tamiroff, Gladys George, William Henry, Muriel Angelus
Votes: 122
27. My Kingdom for a Cook (1943)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Romance
Rudyard Morley, an eccentric ambassador from the Court of Saint James, is on a goodwill lecture tour of the United States. His English gourmet cook is unable to accompany him, and this ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Charles Coburn, Marguerite Chapman, Bill Carter, Isobel Elsom
Votes: 120
28. Old Los Angeles (1948)
Approved | 88 min | Western
Old Los Angeles finds Bill Stockton leaving Missouri to join his brother Larry, and prospect for gold in California. Bill and his pal, Sam Bowie, arrive in the picturesque town of old Los ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Bill Elliott, John Carroll, Catherine McLeod, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 102
29. Prison Farm (1938)
Approved | 67 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A young woman falls in love with with an armed robber. She gets arrested while visiting him in prison, and winds up in prison herself.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Shirley Ross, Lloyd Nolan, John Howard, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 98
30. Hazard (1948)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
As part of a bet, a compulsive gambler agrees to marry the winner, a professional gambler. Before he can "collect," she skips town. The gambler hires a private detective to track her down so he can collect his "winnings."
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey, Fred Clark, Stanley Clements
Votes: 96
31. She Wrote the Book (1946)
Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
An unassuming professor is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under a pseudonym. While in the city, she receives a bump on the head and begins to believe that she is the author.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Joan Davis, Jack Oakie, Mischa Auer, Kirby Grant
Votes: 88
32. The Fabulous Texan (1947)
Passed | 95 min | Western
A couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed into an armed camp with a quasi-dictator gathering up land and power as fast as he can. The two ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Bill Elliott, John Carroll, Catherine McLeod, Albert Dekker
Votes: 88
33. Our Leading Citizen (1939)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Romance
Lem Schofield practices law in a formerly small-town that has grown to be an industrialized big city, He bases his ideals on the examples set by Abraham Lincoln and never waivers in them ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Bob Burns, Susan Hayward, Joseph Allen, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 68
34. Little Egypt (1951)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
A belly dancer causes a scandal with her "suggestive" and "immoral" dancing at a Worlds Fair exhibition at the turn of the 20th century.
Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Mark Stevens, Rhonda Fleming, Nancy Guild, Charles Drake
Votes: 59
35. Cross My Heart (1946)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery
A compulsive liar admits to a killing she didn't commit so her husband, a lawyer, can clear her and build a reputation for himself.
Director: John Berry | Stars: Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts, Ruth Donnelly, Rhys Williams
Votes: 58
36. I'll Remember April (1945)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
The daughter of a formerly wealthy man tries to get a job singing on a radio show, but gets involved in a feud and murder.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Gloria Jean, Kirby Grant, Milburn Stone, Edward Brophy
Votes: 45
37. Forgotten Girls (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama
A young woman is sentenced to prison for a murder she didn't commit. Her stepmother's gangster friends break her out, but it turns out that her problems are only beginning.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Louise Platt, Donald Woods, Wynne Gibson, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 43
38.
Father Knows Best (1954–1960)
Episode:
Safety First
(1957)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Bud's unsafe driving habits get him into trouble with the law. To make matters worse, his father has just been appointed chairman of the city's safe driving campaign.
Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray
Votes: 38
39. The Dark Horse (1946)
Approved | 59 min | Comedy
George Kelly (Phillip Terry), World-War-Two vet returning home from the war, is persuaded by a local politician, John Rooney (Donald McBride), assuming that Kelly would fall in line with ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Phillip Terry, Ann Savage, Allen Jenkins, Jane Darwell
Votes: 35
40. Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (1941)
Passed | 56 min | Western
The Cherokee Strip is off limits to the Rangers, so that is where badman Lemar operates from. When the Rangers capture his brother and the jury sentences him to hang, Lemar starts killing ... See full summary »
Director: Lester Orlebeck | Stars: Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Rufe Davis, Lois Collier
Votes: 28
41. Reckless Age (1944)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Linda Wadsworth (Gloria Jean) rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth (Henry Stephenson), and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one of his many five-and-ten-cents stores as a clerk.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Gloria Jean, Henry Stephenson, Kathleen Howard, Franklin Pangborn
Votes: 24
42. Heroes of the Saddle (1940)
Passed | 56 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Montana Bill Bell, a friend of the Three Mesquiteers, Stony Brooke, Rusty Joslin and Rico Renaldo, is killed in a rodeo accident and the trio reluctantly places his young daughter Peggy in ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Patsy Parsons
Votes: 22
43. Slightly Scandalous (1946)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Two identical brothers with radically different personalities, with one involved in television. The insurance salesman brother invests money in his brother's show, and in the process of protecting his investment, woos his brother's girl.
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Frederick Brady, Sheila Ryan, Paula Drew, Walter Catlett
Votes: 22
44. Three Little Sisters (1944)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Romance, War
One loved a soldier. One loved a sailor and one...loved a Marine.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Mary Lee, Ruth Terry, Cheryl Walker, William Terry
Votes: 21
45. Easy to Look At (1945)
Approved | 65 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Upon arriving in New York City, 19-year-old Judith Dawson, who hopes to gain fame and fortune as a costume designer, goes to the design house of Tylers, Ltd. looking for a job. After ... See full synopsis »
Director: Ford Beebe | Stars: Gloria Jean, Kirby Grant, J. Edward Bromberg, Eric Blore
Votes: 18
46. Thou Shalt Not Kill (1939)
Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A Reverend tries to help a youth who has moved to a small town ,where he is ostracized for frequenting a waitress, he is later accused of murdering her when he tries to see an apparently more wholesome girl instead.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Charles Bickford, Owen Davis Jr., Doris Day, Paul Guilfoyle
47. Michael O'Halloran (1948)
Approved | 79 min | Drama
The story of a young crippled girl and her love for a teenage newsboy despite her over-protective and alcoholic mother's objections.
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Scotty Beckett, Allene Roberts, Tommy Cook, Isabel Jewell
48. Showboat Serenade (1944)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Music
A southern colonel runs away in an attempt to lead the life of a showboat performer, a romance between the ship's captain and the colonel's daughter, and a curtain-closing reunion between ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Salven | Stars: Johnny Johnston, Barbara Britton, Cecil Kellaway, Isabel Randolph
49.
Colt .45 (1957–1960)
Episode:
The Gypsies
(1957)
30 min | Western
Chris attempts to smooth things out between a Lawman and his girlfriend when she runs off with a Gypsy leader.
Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Wayde Preston, Lyn Thomas, Paul Picerni, Don Megowan
50.
Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
Episode:
Night Drive
(1957)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
A drive with an old lady over a lonely road turns out to be a nightmare for a young woman when the old lady proves to be a man with a gun.
Director: Frederick Stephani | Stars: Constance Cummings, Ethyl May Halls, Thomas E. Jackson, Vivi Janiss