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1. Sonny Boy (I) (1929)
70 min | Comedy
On the eve of her divorce, a mother enlists her sister's aid in smuggling her young son out of the house, fearing that she will lose custody of him and hides out in the apartment of her ... See full summary »
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Davey Lee, Edward Everett Horton, Betty Bronson, Gertrude Olmstead
Votes: 18
2. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander
Votes: 23,198
3. The Gay Old Bird (1927)
70 min | Comedy
A maid is forced to take the place of the lady of the house when she is temporarily incapacitated.
Director: Herman C. Raymaker | Stars: Louise Fazenda, John T. Murray, Jane Winton, William Demarest
Votes: 13
4. Lost Horizon (1937)
Approved | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
When a revered diplomat's plane is diverted and crashes in the peaks of Tibet, he and the other survivors are guided to an isolated monastery at Shangri-La, where they wrestle with the invitation to stay.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard
Votes: 14,438
5. Sally (1925)
90 min | Comedy
Sally works at a cafe resort in Paris. After dancing at the cafe, Otis, an American theatrical agent, convinces her to pose as a Russian dancer. After being unmasked, she is offered a contract on Broadway.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Colleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes, Leon Errol, Dan Mason
Votes: 21 | Gross: $0.21M
6. Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Passed | 120 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders
Votes: 23,681 | Gross: $3.48M
7. Madonna of the Streets (1924)
80 min | Drama
John Morton, director of the fashionable parish of St. Andrews, resigns his wealthy charge to open a mission in the Limehouse district of London. His uncle, dying, leaves penniless his ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Alla Nazimova, Milton Sills, Claude Gillingwater, Courtenay Foote
Votes: 12 | Gross: $0.24M
8. Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Passed | 102 min | Musical
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to gives him the name of his partner.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan
Votes: 2,779
9. Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
In the reign of King Louis XIII, dashing rogue and libertine Marquis de Bardelys is entranced by Roxalanne de Lavedan. Against a background of knavery and intrigue he sets out to woo and win her.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Roy D'Arcy, Lionel Belmore
Votes: 1,311 | Gross: $0.49M
10. Winds of Chance (1925)
122 min | Adventure, Drama
A love triangle set against the turn-of-the-century gold rush.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Anna Q. Nilsson, Ben Lyon, Viola Dana, Hobart Bosworth
Votes: 64
11. Redheads on Parade (1935)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A film star finds herself in trouble with her co-star when she has to flirt with the backer to prevent him withdrawing his support. But all ends well.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: John Boles, Dixie Lee, Jack Haley, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 43
12. Techno-Crazy (1933)
19 min | Comedy, Short
Jimmy will be rich when the world adopts Technocracy. He wants to marry the mayor's daughter but he thinks Technocracy is thinly veiled communism. When asking for the mayor's daughter's ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Billy Bevan, Monte Collins, Eleanor Hunt, John T. Murray
Votes: 17
13. Many Sappy Returns (1938)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Charley mistakes a lunatic as the father of the girl he's interested in.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Charley Chase, Ann Doran, John T. Murray, Fred Kelsey
Votes: 27
14. Boom Town (1940)
Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a ten-year period both love the same woman.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr
Votes: 3,778 | Gross: $9.17M
15. The Wrong Miss Wright (1937)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Charley tries to get out of an arranged marriage so he can marry another girl. What he doesn't realize is that they are one and same girl.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Charley Chase, Peggy Stratford, John T. Murray, Bud Jamison
Votes: 37
16. Small Town Deb (1941)
73 min | Comedy
The youngest in a family of five is fed up with receiving the short end of the stick--so she spends the summer trying to get on her siblings' good sides in order to finally work things to her own advantage.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Bruce Edwards, Cobina Wright
Votes: 12
17. The Sap Takes a Wrap (1939)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Charley gives his girlfriend a mink coat he was supposed to be guarding for three showgirls; when the ladies want their coat back, Charley goes to great lengths to recover it.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Charley Chase, Gloria Blondell, Ethel Clayton, Loring Sisters
Votes: 31
18. Call of the Wild (1935)
Passed | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
During the Klondike Gold Rush, a traveler purchases a dog to lead the way toward the treasure, but reconsiders his journey when he finds a jilted married woman.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie, Reginald Owen
Votes: 2,527
19. Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)
76 min | Mystery
Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu, and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking.
Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Warner Oland, John Garrick, Marguerite Churchill, Warren Hymer
Votes: 544
20. The Gay Deception (1935)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mirabel wins a $5, 000 lottery which will enable her to live like a queen in New York. There she meets Sandro, a bellboy who is really a prince, so she does get to be a queen after all.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Francis Lederer, Frances Dee, Benita Hume, Alan Mowbray
Votes: 458
21. Star of Midnight (1935)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
When a dancer disappears from a theater, her former lover asks lawyer Clay Dalzell to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.
Director: Stephen Roberts | Stars: William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Paul Kelly, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 1,758
22. Young as You Feel (1931)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy
Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor inclination to eat with him. Billy is obsessed ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Will Rogers, Fifi D'Orsay, Lucien Littlefield, Don Dillaway
Votes: 48
23. Calling All Doctors (1937)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Charley is a hypochondriac who is driving his family, his friends and his doctor crazy.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Charley Chase, Lucille Lund, John T. Murray, Bobby Watson
Votes: 42
24. Reveille with Beverly (1943)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Beverly Ross moderates a 5:30 AM radio show with swing music, dedicated to the local servicemen. Two buddies of her brother have a chance to meet her and both fall in love. One of them is a... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Ann Miller, Bob Crosby Orchestra, Freddie Slack and His Orchestra, Ella Mae Morse
Votes: 481
25. True Confession (1937)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
A lawyer defends his wife, a pathological liar, in a murder trial.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore, Una Merkel
Votes: 1,773
26. The Hardys Ride High (1939)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Family
Judge Hardy and family travel to Detroit to claim an inheritance where they experience life as millionaires and learn the cost of riding high.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
Votes: 469
27. Ever Since Eve (1937)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
Lecherous bosses make it difficult for an attractive secretary to keep jobs, so she decides to appear considerably more homely in hopes of holding onto work.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Frank McHugh, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 1,577
28. Good Sport (1931)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Romance
When her husband (Alan Dinehart) sails for a three-month business trip in Europe, an unsophisticated wife ('Linda Watkins (I)') sublets a Manhattan apartment so she can occupy herself with ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth MacKenna | Stars: Linda Watkins, John Boles, Greta Nissen, Minna Gombell
Votes: 55
29. Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. Meanwhile, Judge Hardy has his own problems after he gets conned into forming a phony aluminum corporation.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
Votes: 704
30. Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ambassador's daughter.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker
Votes: 478
31. Caught in the Act (1936)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Andy is mistaken for "Jack the Kisser," a man who grabs women on the street and kisses them.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Andy Clyde, William Irving, Bud Jamison, James C. Morton
Votes: 7
32. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama
In the doomed Roman city, a gentle blacksmith becomes a corrupt gladiator, while his son leans toward Christianity.
Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper | Stars: Preston Foster, Basil Rathbone, David Holt, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,203
33. High, Wide and Handsome (1937)
Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Music, Musical
Pennsylvania, 1859. Railroad tycoon Brennan (Alan Hale) is muscling in on oil-drilling farmers, led by Peter Cortland (Randolph Scott). Cortland must try to save their oil business, while also saving his marriage to Sally (Irene Dunne).
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, Dorothy Lamour, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 407
34. Skinny the Moocher (1939)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Deep in debt, Charley must marry a wealthy society girl, and attends an afternoon party to announce the engagement.Trouble is, he's menaced by two thuggish creditors and must take his kleptomaniac butler along, passing him off as an uncle.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Charley Chase, Ann Doran, John T. Murray, Stanley Brown
Votes: 29
35. The Mind Needer (1938)
18 min | Comedy, Short
Charley's memory is so poor he forgets who some people are, and must be told things repeatedly. He mistakes the home next door for his, and takes a bath there.The jealous neighbor thinks he's having an affair with his wife.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Charley Chase, Ann Doran, Bess Flowers, Beatrice Curtis
Votes: 31
36. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Passed | 61 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach
Votes: 5,254
37. Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
Passed | 83 min | Drama
It is a week before Dr. Kildare's wedding to pretty Nurse Mary Lamont. The hospital is a-buzz with preparation for the big day. Good old Dr. Gillespie, despite fatigue, has agreed to help a... See full summary »
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Red Skelton
Votes: 380
38. Night Work (1930)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
As assistant window-dresser, Willie is the lowest man on the totem pole at a department store. To add insult to injury, he is also the store's designated "Fired Man": when a disgruntled ... See full summary »
Director: Russell Mack | Stars: Eddie Quillan, Sally Starr, Frances Upton, Tom Keene
Votes: 124
39. Girl Without a Room (1933)
78 min | Comedy
Young Tennessee painter Tom Duncan is thrilled to receive an art scholarship to Paris. When he arrives, he finds himself surrounded by a group of eclectic characters, as well as his ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Charles Farrell, Charles Ruggles, Marguerite Churchill, Gregory Ratoff
Votes: 84
40. The Golden Arrow (1936)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
It's the Florida party season for heiresses, with both Oklahoma oil heiress Hortense Burke-Meyers and New York face cream heiress Daisy Appleby in the state. And where the single American ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Bette Davis, George Brent, Eugene Pallette, Dick Foran
Votes: 1,155
41. Men with Wings (1938)
105 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Plot #1 is the love triangle between two guys and one girl as they grow into adults and affiliate themselves in the new aircraft industry. Plot #2 is aircraft evolution from the days of Wilbur and Orville Wright to just prior to WWII.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, Louise Campbell, Andy Devine
Votes: 198
42. The Arkansas Traveler (1938)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A folksy drifter (Bob Burns) helps an old friend's widow (Fay Bainter) and daughter (Jean Parker) save their newspaper.
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Bob Burns, Fay Bainter, John Beal, Jean Parker
Votes: 74
43. High Steppers (1926)
70 min | Drama
Julian Perryam gets thrown out of Oxford University and returns to the family estate outside of London. He discovers that his sister and his mother are caught up in the "jazz" life and ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Lloyd Hughes, Mary Astor, Dolores Del Río, Rita Carewe
Votes: 13
44. Housewife (1934)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Romance
Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: George Brent, Bette Davis, Ann Dvorak, John Halliday
Votes: 1,138
45. Symphony of Six Million (1932)
Approved | 94 min | Drama
Boy grows up to become a successful doctor at the expense of family relationships.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Irene Dunne, Anna Appel, Gregory Ratoff
Votes: 422
46. I Married a Doctor (1936)
Passed | 83 min | Drama, Romance
When small-town doctor Will P. Kennicott marries Carol, a Chicago woman, the townspeople are displeased that he has married an outsider. Carol is determined to make friends, but the town's ... See full summary »
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Ross Alexander, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 123
47. Bought! (1931)
92 min | Drama, Romance
Working-class girl Stephanie Dale dreams of living a better life and a chance to break into high society is more important than anything else for her.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, Richard Bennett, Dorothy Peterson
Votes: 87
48. Cheating Cheaters (1934)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
The Palmers, an apparently wealthy family, move into the house next door to the Lazarres. However, the Palmers are actually a gang of thieves plotting to rob the Lazarres. What the Palmers ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Fay Wray, Cesar Romero, Minna Gombell, Henry Armetta
Votes: 26
49. Man Bites Lovebug (1937)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short
To test his wife, Charley's friend puts him up to making a play for her, but she's on to it and pretends she's fallen for him, infuriating the friend.Charley must stay overnight, and unexpected complications put him in the wife's bedroom.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Charley Chase, Mary Russell, John T. Murray, Bud Jamison
Votes: 51
50. Winner Take All (1932)
Passed | 66 min | Drama
Young boxer Jim Kane, resting at a New Mexico "health ranch," meets and falls for Peggy Harmon, former nightclub table singer...who needs $600 more for her sickly son to stay in the place. ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Cagney, Marian Nixon, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore
Votes: 605