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1. We're No Angels (1989)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Crime
Two fugitives pass themselves off as priests in the hope of evading capture and passing the police blockade at the border with Canada.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Demi Moore, Hoyt Axton
Votes: 24,686 | Gross: $10.56M
2. My Favorite Wife (1940)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the day of her husband's second marriage.
Director: Garson Kanin | Stars: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick
Votes: 11,522
3. Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Passed | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 6,819 | Gross: $4.38M
4. Move Over, Darling (1963)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
After being lost at sea for several years, a missing wife thought long dead returns just after her husband has remarried.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Thelma Ritter
Votes: 6,494
5. Naughty Marietta (1935)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.
Directors: Robert Z. Leonard, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 1,539
6. Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
Passed | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The misadventures of a group of diverse guests at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson
Votes: 1,342 | Gross: $9.51M
7. Rendezvous (1935)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, War
Powell plays an American cryptologist who tangles with German spies while falling in love.
Directors: William K. Howard, Sam Wood | Stars: William Powell, Rosalind Russell, Binnie Barnes, Lionel Atwill
Votes: 1,012
8. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 897
9. Boy Meets Girl (1938)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Romance
Two screenwriters in a rut come up with a story idea starring a bankable cowboy and the baby of the studio's waitress.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Marie Wilson, Ralph Bellamy
Votes: 809
10. The Gay Bride (1934)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy
After the adversary of a bootlegger has him killed, he takes up with his widow, a gold-digging chorus girl, but a handsome bodyguard is also determined to win her over.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Zasu Pitts, Leo Carrillo
Votes: 660
11. Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery, Franchot Tone, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 515
12. The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
Directors: William K. Howard, Sam Wood | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Jeanette MacDonald, Frank Morgan, Charles Butterworth
Votes: 471 | Gross: $0.99M
13. The Nuisance (1933)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An ambulance-chasing lawyer gets tangled up with a female investigator out to end his shyster ways.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Lee Tracy, Madge Evans, Frank Morgan, Charles Butterworth
Votes: 335
14. 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: 329
15. Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Passed | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The blueblooded Van Kletterings are broke; debutante Wendy, slated to remedy this by marrying rich bore Henry Morgan, instead leaves him at the altar and goes to work as a model for ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Helen Vinson, Mischa Auer
Votes: 321
16. The Solitaire Man (1933)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Romance
Oliver Lane is "The Solitaire Man," a renowned jewel thief who is ready to retire and marry Helen, his partner in crime and his one true love. Their plans are shattered when another member ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Herbert Marshall, Mary Boland, Lionel Atwill, May Robson
Votes: 313
17.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
Kiss Me Kate
(2003)
TV-G | 147 min | Music, Musical
A live performance of the 1999 revival, taped in London in the theatre in which it was staged, and in front of a live audience.
Director: Chris Hunt | Stars: Brent Barrett, Rachel York, Nancy Kathryn Anderson, Michael Berresse
Votes: 249
18. Should Ladies Behave (1933)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
An unhappy couple watch as their daughter throws herself at an older man because he is a sophisticated artist. The daughter doesn't know that her aunt is the man's lover. At a weekend ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Alice Brady, Conway Tearle, Katharine Alexander
Votes: 235
19. Startime (I) (1959–1961)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The Ford Motor Company sponsored this hour-long program which rotated between variety shows, dramatic productions, and musical comedies. One of the offerings was turned into a regular series, Sing Along with Mitch (1961).
Stars: Ethel Merman, Dean Martin, William Hickey, Alice Backes
Votes: 230
20. Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
This program aired once every fourth week, and was one of the most costly live shows of the 1950s. Many stars appeared on this show.
Stars: Cyril Ritchard, Claire Bloom, Mary Martin, David Wayne
Votes: 186
21. Clear All Wires! (1933)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being rescued from his alleged kidnappers, he ... See full summary »
Director: George W. Hill | Stars: Lee Tracy, Benita Hume, Una Merkel, James Gleason
Votes: 184
22. The Chaser (1938)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
While the county bar association discusses ambulance chasing by unscrupulous attorneys, one of its members, Thomas Z. Brandon, leaves when he learns the location of an accident. After ... See full synopsis »
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Ann Morriss, Lewis Stone, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 140
23. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
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
24. Kiss Me, Kate (1958 TV Movie)
90 min | Musical
An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and a gangster looking for some money owed to them.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Julie Wilson, Bill Hayes
Votes: 73
25. Mr. Broadway (1957 TV Movie)
90 min | Musical
A musical television special chronicling the early career of playwright George M. Cohan, focusing primarily on his vaudeville years as part of his family singing group "The Four Cohans."
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Mickey Rooney, James Dunn, Roberta Sherwood, Gloria DeHaven
Votes: 38
26. Kiss Me Kate (1968 TV Movie)
90 min | Comedy, Musical
Armstrong presents Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate, broadcast by ABC-TV 0n March 25, 1968.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Jessica Walter, Michael Callan
Votes: 28
27. Kiss Me Kate (1964 TV Movie)
95 min | Musical, Romance
The real-life marriage of theater stars Lily and Fred resembles that of Petruchio and Katharina in "The Taming Of The Shrew", in which they are performing.
Director: David Askey | Stars: Patricia Morison, Howard Keel, Millicent Martin, Eric Barker
Votes: 26
28. Küß mich Kätchen (1961 TV Movie)
150 min | Musical
Director: Imo Moszkowicz | Stars: Hannelore Schroth, Gerhard Riedmann, Christiane Maybach, Harald Leipnitz
Votes: 20
29. Something's Got to Give (1962)
37 min | Short, Comedy | Announced
Remake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and sudden August 1962 death.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, Cyd Charisse, Tom Tryon
30. Kiss Me Kate (1975 TV Movie)
Musical
Television registration of a one-off all star performance of a Dutch version of Kiss Me Kate.
Directors: Nico Knapper, Guus Oster | Stars: Willeke Alberti, Coen Flink, Hetty Verhoogt, Maxim Hamel
31. Bill Slater Show (1949–1951)
60 min | Talk-Show
Entertainment talk show held at Sardi's restaurant in New York. This show was AKA Dinner at Sardi's. This is mainly a "tourist joint", but this circa-1921 "showbiz institution" is touted as... See full summary »
Stars: Bill Slater, Bela Lugosi, Ann Rutherford, Vicki Cummings
32. My Three Angels (1962 TV Movie)
75 min
Director: Alan Burke | Stars: Gordon Chater, Richard Davies, Murray Rose, Laurier Lange
33. Kiss Me Kate (1967 TV Movie)
110 min | Musical
A 1967 Dutch television performance of a Kiss Me Kate.
Directors: Juul Claes, Lode Hendrickx | Stars: Robert Arditti, London Ballet, Jean Bonato, Marina Candael
34. The Enchanted Nutcracker (1961 TV Movie)
50 min | Musical
A little girl gets the wooden Christmas gift, she places it under her pillow and that night it comes to life to take her on a tour of the Kingdom of Sweets.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Pierre Olaf, Patrick Adiarte
35. Mit navn er ... (1963–1964)
20 min | Music, Musical
In four episodes, significant characters from four popular musicals are highlighted by four different constellations of singers, orchestras and dancers.
Stars: Hans Kurt, Mette Marit Sem-Andersen, Arne Dalring, Ellen Winther Lembourn
36.
Startime (1959–1961)
Episode:
My Three Angels
(1959)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Three convicts hoping to escape from Devil's Island take refuge with a struggling storekeeper and his family, and are able to help them out of their difficulties.
Directors: Gordon Rigsby, Bretaigne Windust | Stars: Henry Daniell, Peter Donat, George Grizzard, Ruth Hammond
37.
Studio One (1948–1958)
Episode:
Boy Meets Girl
(1949)
60 min | Drama
A pair of screenwriters are ordered to concoct a comeback screenplay for a cowboy star whose star is on the wane.
Director: George Zachary | Stars: Hume Cronyn, Michael Harvey, Edward Andrews, Francis Compton
38.
ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode:
Boy Meets Girl
(1957)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Pamela Binns, Phil Brown, Alfred Burke, John Crawford
39.
Bill Slater Show (1949–1951)
Episode:
Episode dated 13 December 1950
(1950)
Talk-Show
Stars: Bill Slater, Cliff Edwards, Russell Nype, Bella Spewack
40.
Producers' Showcase (1954–1957)
Episode:
Mr. Broadway
(1957)
90 min | Drama, Musical, Comedy
Biography of Broadway impresario George M. Cohan.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Mickey Rooney, James Dunn, Roberta Sherwood, Gloria DeHaven
41.
ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
Episode:
My Three Angels
(1962)
Comedy, Drama
Three Devil's Island escapees hide out in the house of a kindly merchant and repay his kindness by helping him and his family out of several crises.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Daphne Anderson, Isobel Black, Joan Hickson, Gary Hope
42.
Mit navn er ... (1963–1964)
Episode:
Mit navn er ... Kate (Kiss Me, Kate)
(1964)
Music, Musical
Highlights from Cole Porter's musical "Kiss Me, Kate" performed by Gaby Stenberg and Hans Kurt, accompanied by Willy Grevelund's orchestra and a solo piano.
Director: Poul Due | Stars: Gaby Stenberg, Hans Kurt, Arne Dalring