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1. Citizen Kane (1941)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery
Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 466,146 | Gross: $1.59M
2. The Seventh Cross (1944)
Passed | 112 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
In 1936, seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp. The Nazis put up seven crosses for demonstrative executions. This story about one of the fugitives, who relies on own courage and compassion of people to avoid the seventh cross.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy
Votes: 2,996
3. The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
Approved | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History
The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Anne Baxter, Thomas Mitchell, Selena Royle, Edward Ryan
Votes: 2,361
4. Shockproof (1949)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A parole officer falls in love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Esther Minciotti
Votes: 2,293
5. Command Decision (1948)
Passed | 112 min | Action, Drama, War
Army generals struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing the German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 2,169
6. The Ape (1940)
Approved | 62 min | Horror
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs spinal fluid from a human to complete the formula for his experimental serum.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gene O'Donnell, Dorothy Vaughan
Votes: 2,063
7. The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran, Allyn Joslyn
Votes: 1,519
8. Destination Murder (1950)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When Laura Mansfield's father is killed by a delivery man, the police has few clues and the investigation drags on but Laura decides to find the killer on her own.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Joyce Mackenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield, Albert Dekker
Votes: 1,023
9. One Minute to Zero (1952)
Approved | 105 min | Drama, War
During the early days of the Korean War, U.S. Army colonel Steve Janowski is one of the military advisers training the South Korean army and he's tasked with evacuating American civilians from the war zone.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, William Talman, Charles McGraw
Votes: 834
10. Centennial Summer (1946)
Approved | 102 min | History, Music, Romance
In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, William Eythe
Votes: 429
11. 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
12. Strange Affair (1944)
Approved | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A comic strip artist and his wife investigate a murder at a banquet honoring war refugees.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Allyn Joslyn, Evelyn Keyes, Marguerite Chapman, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 310
13. Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
Passed | 76 min | Musical, Romance
After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to move on to their next engagement at a military camp, when a kid, Tony Birch, ... See full summary »
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Benny Goodman, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie
Votes: 300
14. Gallant Journey (1946)
Passed | 85 min | Biography, Drama, History
This historical drama is a biopic of the U.S. aviation pioneer John J. Montgomery who was the first American to fly a glider in 1883.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Glenn Ford, Janet Blair, Charles Ruggles, Henry Travers
Votes: 289
15. The Soul of a Monster (1944)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
As famous surgeon, George Winson, lies on his deathbed, his wife Ann calls on unknown powers to save him. A strange woman (Lilyan) appears from nowhere and takes control. George recovers, ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Rose Hobart, George Macready, Jim Bannon, Jeanne Bates
Votes: 275
16. Scared Stiff (1945)
Approved | 65 min | Mystery, Comedy
The jumpy chess editor at a newspaper accidentally gets involved in some murders at a sleazy tavern run by a pair of bizarre brothers.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Jack Haley, Ann Savage, Barton MacLane, Veda Ann Borg
Votes: 230
17. Haunted House (1940)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, George Cleveland, Christian Rub
Votes: 175
18. Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang (1950)
Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Two military academy majors clash over their differing approaches to the four juvenile delinquents assigned to their institution.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Stanley Clements, Danny Welton, Gene Collins, Leon Tyler
Votes: 28
19. Roaring Westward (1949)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Cowhand Jimmy Wakely gives a stallion, "Spooky," to 16-year-old Perry, vacationing with rancher Aunt Jesica, who has taken the boy from the Sheriff's Association School. Prospector "Mossy" ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Drake | Stars: Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Dennis Moore, Lois Hall
Votes: 25
20. A Modern Marriage (1950)
Approved | 66 min | Drama
"A Modern Marriage" was a 1960 drama about a newly woman.
Directors: Paul Landres, Ben Parker | Stars: Reed Hadley, Margaret Field, Robert Clarke, Nana Bryant
Votes: 15
21. Prejudice (1949)
58 min | Drama
Joe Hanson, who believes himself to be tolerant of other races and religions, gradually comes to realise that he is prejudiced against many of them.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: David Bruce, Mary Marshall, Tommy Ivo, Bruce Edwards
22. What Happened to Jo Jo? (1950)
36 min | Short, Drama
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Sue England, Shirley Mills, Bill Edwards, Chris Munson
23.
Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
Episode:
Manhattan Robin Hood
(1953)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Edward Binns, Preston Foster, Robert Osterloh, Dorothy Patrick