Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Oscar Polk

1. Gone with the Wind (1939)

Passed | 238 min | Drama, Romance, War

A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil

Votes: 334,438 | Gross: $198.68M

2. Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Passed | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Florida ship salvager Loxi falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey

Votes: 3,548

3. Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.

Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong

Votes: 3,414

4. The Green Pastures (1936)

Approved | 93 min | Drama

God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.

Directors: Marc Connelly, William Keighley | Stars: Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Frank H. Wilson

Votes: 919

5. White Cargo (1942)

Passed | 88 min | Adventure, Drama

The story takes place at a British plantation in Africa where Tondelayo entices all the Brits, especially Harry Witzel.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Walter Pidgeon, Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson

Votes: 819

6. Birth of the Blues (1941)

Passed | 87 min | History, Music, Romance

Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. ... See full summary »

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy, Carolyn Lee

Votes: 457

7. Out of the Inkwell (1938)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

At the Fleischer studio, a black janitor, learning to hypnotize, conjures Betty Boop out of the inkwell and tries some suggestions on her. But two can play at that game...

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Bonnie Poe, Oscar Polk

Votes: 398

8. Underworld (1937)

95 min | Crime, Drama

A young college student falls under the influence of a murderous gambler.

Director: Oscar Micheaux | Stars: Bee Freeman, Sol Johnson, 'Slick' Chester, Ethel Moses

Votes: 48

9. Big Town Czar (1939)

Passed | 66 min | Mystery

When gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can buy, except the respect of his parents and his sweetheart Susan Warren. His younger brother ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Barton MacLane, Tom Brown, Eve Arden, Jack La Rue

Votes: 29

10. It's a Great Life (1935)

Approved | 64 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Desperate for work, Johnny Barclay leaves Ma and Grandpop to join the newly formed Civilian Conversation Corps. On the way he meets cynical young hobo Roscoe "Rockie" Johnson, and, although... See full summary »

Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Joe Morrison, Paul Kelly, Rosalind Keith, William Frawley

Votes: 12

11. The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940)

107 min | Drama

Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.

Director: Oscar Micheaux | Stars: Gladys Williams, Robert Earl Jones, Carman Newsome, Edna Mae Harris

Votes: 12

12. World's Champ (1933)

Short, Drama, Musical

After losing the title fight, the world's champ goes into show business; to save his show, he must fight again, and wins the bout, and the hand of his trainer's daughter.

Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: Jack Dempsey, June Gale, David Burns, Gene Morgan