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1. Female Jungle (1955)
73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Several persons, including an off duty policeman and a weird rich guy, are suspects in the murder of a beautiful actress.
Director: Bruno VeSota | Stars: Lawrence Tierney, Jayne Mansfield, John Carradine, Burt Kaiser
Votes: 600
2. Christmas Hymns (1954)
8 min | Music, Short
Directors: Edgar Fairchild, Charles Previn | Star: Deanna Durbin
3. Journey Into Light (1951)
Passed | 87 min | Drama
A minister embittered by his wife's suicide turns away from God. He ends up among the bums of skid row before he finds meaning again through the love of a missionary's blind daughter.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Viveca Lindfors, Thomas Mitchell, Ludwig Donath
Votes: 141
4. The Inspector General (1949)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 3,549
5. Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Passed | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
The great lover Don Juan comes to the assistance of his queen.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas, Alan Hale
Votes: 3,527 | Gross: $4.72M
6. Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
Romantic misunderstandings abound when spouses suspect each other of being unfaithful, and a nightclub singer takes a cruise under a false identity.
Directors: Michael Curtiz, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Doris Day, Don DeFore
Votes: 2,724
7. The Unsuspected (1947)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Claude Rains, Joan Caulfield, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett
Votes: 3,627
8. The Killers (1946)
Passed | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker
Votes: 23,545
9. Tangier (1946)
Approved | 74 min | Adventure, Drama
A war-weary newsman (Robert Paige) joins a Spanish dancer (Maria Montez) hunting down a Nazi puppet in North Africa.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Maria Montez, Robert Paige, Sabu, Preston Foster
Votes: 209
10. Smooth as Silk (1946)
Passed | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An attorney engaged to an actress gains acquittal for a wealthy playboy accused of manslaughter. The actress, anxious to play the lead in a production backed by the playboy's uncle, ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Kent Taylor, Virginia Grey, Milburn Stone, John Litel
Votes: 233
11. 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: 2,556
12. The Beautiful Cheat (1945)
Passed | 59 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A sociologist sends his friend, a psychologist, to a local detention center to obtain a delinquent teenager for a book he is writing.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bonita Granville, Noah Beery Jr., Margaret Irving, Sarah Selby
Votes: 25
13. Phantom Lady (1944)
Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda
Votes: 5,736
14. Christmas Holiday (1944)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A young femme fatale-type woman realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf, Dean Harens
Votes: 1,638
15. Can't Help Singing (1944)
Passed | 90 min | Musical, Romance, Western
A senator's daughter (who can't help singing) follows her boyfriend West in the days of the California gold rush.
Director: Frank Ryan | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff, David Bruce
Votes: 648
16. The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.
Directors: Bruce Manning, Jean Renoir | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Treacher
Votes: 391
17. His Butler's Sister (1943)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Music
A young girl visits New York for two reasons: to see her half-brother, and to try to start a musical career.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Pat O'Brien, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 555
18. Hers to Hold (1943)
Passed | 94 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
The third film in the "3 Smart Girls" trilogy starring Deanna Durbin as Penny Craig, the youngest sister in the Craig Family. Now all grown up, she goes to work in a munitions factory ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Ryan | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Joseph Cotten, Charles Winninger, Ludwig Stössel
Votes: 275
19. So's Your Uncle (1943)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not approve of their relationship.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Billie Burke, Donald Woods, Elyse Knox, Frank Jenks
Votes: 29
20. Follow the Band (1943)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A farmer goes to New York to become a singer, has success and marries his neighbor's girl-friend.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Leon Errol, Mary Beth Hughes, Eddie Quillan, Samuel S. Hinds
Votes: 47
21. How's About It? (1943)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Music
A song publisher gets sued for stealing lyrics.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: The Andrews Sisters, Robert Paige, Grace McDonald, Shemp Howard
Votes: 38
22. Cowboy in Manhattan (1943)
Approved | 56 min | Action, Comedy, Music
Bob Allen, a struggling songwriter poses as a millionaire cowboy to win Broadway star Babs Lee.
Director: Frank Woodruff | Stars: Frances Langford, Robert Paige, Leon Errol, Walter Catlett
Votes: 18
23. The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr. Frankenstein's plans to replace the brain of his monster are hijacked by his scheming and malevolent assistant Ygor.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney Jr., Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill
Votes: 7,060
24. Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A detective tries to unravel the strange circumstances surrounding the death of a young actress.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Patric Knowles, Maria Montez, Maria Ouspenskaya, John Litel
Votes: 277
25. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
Passed | 65 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a German saboteur jeeringly predicts to the nation new depredations, via their radio "Voice of Terror", the Intelligence Inner Council summons Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to help in the crisis.
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, Reginald Denny
Votes: 5,171
26. Private Buckaroo (1942)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Musical
A Universal Army enlistment promotion, produced as a musical showcase for Harry James, the Andrews Sisters, Joe E. Lewis, and Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan. The film's thin plot has James ... See full summary »
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Harry James, Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Laverne Andrews
Votes: 571
27. The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)
Approved | 66 min | Horror, Mystery
A mysterious vigilante known as "Dr. Rx" strikes again. Assigned to the case is private detective Jerry Church but the crimes are baffling and involve strangulation and a possible attempt to implant a gorilla's brain into a human body.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne, Samuel S. Hinds
Votes: 602
28. Strictly in the Groove (1942)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery
In order to keep their band together, Ozzie Nelson and his orchestra have been flunking their college final examinations for years. Bob Saunders, the new pianist in the band, agrees to fail... See full synopsis »
Director: Vernon Keays | Stars: Mary Healy, Leon Errol, Richard Davies, Franklin Pangborn
Votes: 35
29. Tough As They Come (1942)
Passed | 61 min | Drama
The 'Little Tough Guys' are working as collectors for a finance company, when they discover the company's illegal activities.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Billy Halop, Paul Kelly, Helen Parrish, Ann Gillis
Votes: 50
30. Butch Minds the Baby (1942)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy
The Broadway citizen Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan is known far and wide to be involved with criminal activities. Butch is motivated to pursue a life of crime in order to provide the lovely widow... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Virginia Bruce, Broderick Crawford, Dick Foran, Porter Hall
Votes: 48
31. Jail House Blues (1942)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Comedy, Musical
A prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his fellow inmates.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Nat Pendleton, Anne Gwynne, Robert Paige, Horace McMahon
32. Escape from Hong Kong (1942)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Mystery, War
Three American vaudeville entertainers become involved with spies in Hong Kong, just before Pearl Harbor.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Don Terry, Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine, Marjorie Lord
Votes: 43
33. Hold That Ghost (1941)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
After inheriting a fortune from a gangster, two dim-witted service station attendants find themselves stranded in a haunted house.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Richard Carlson, Joan Davis
Votes: 4,252
34. Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Approved | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Musical
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Martha Raye, Hugh Herbert
Votes: 3,466
35. Man Made Monster (1941)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Nagel, Frank Albertson
Votes: 1,871
36. Horror Island (1941)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A down-on-his-luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Peggy Moran, Fuzzy Knight
Votes: 982
37. Tight Shoes (1941)
68 min | Comedy
A crook with big feet buys shoes that are too tight, then decides to use the shoe store as a front for illegal gambling.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: John Howard, Binnie Barnes, Broderick Crawford, Anne Gwynne
Votes: 40
38. South of Tahiti (1941)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure
An airplane crashes in an uncharted Pacific island, south of Tahiti. Three men survive, and one gets in love with a beautiful native girl. She is the the daughter of the tribe's leader, who may inherit the throne after the tragic death of her brother, and she is as savage as her pet leopard. The other men prefer to think about how to rob the tribe's gold treasure.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Broderick Crawford, Andy Devine, Maria Montez
Votes: 81
39. Mob Town (1941)
Approved | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A young street kid idolizes his brother, a gangster who was sent to death row for murder. Frank, a local cop, tries to ensure that the boy and his gang don't wind up the same way as his ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall
Votes: 59
40. Meet the Chump (1941)
60 min | Comedy
A comedy about a man who tries to avoid giving up the $10,000,000 trust he's been administering so well that there's hardly any money left.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Lewis Howard, Jean Brooks, Anne Nagel
Votes: 24
41. Swing It Soldier (1941)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A DJ on radio station, who's husband is in the Army, gives her job to her twin sister, without letting anybody know about this.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Ken Murray, Frances Langford, Don Wilson, Blanche Stewart
Votes: 41
42. Is Everybody Happy? (1941)
Approved | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Music
This 1941 Universal short is not the same film as the 1943 Columbia feature film/bio, although both films starred Ted Lewis and had the same title. This short, in addition to Lewis and his ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Ceballos | Stars: Ted Lewis, Kay Katya and Kay, Charles 'Snowball' Whittier, LeAhn Sisters
43. The Invisible Woman (1940)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
An attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 3,337
44. The Mummy's Hand (1940)
Approved | 67 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Archaeologists defile the tomb of mummified Kharis, who was buried alive for falling in love with an Egyptian princess.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 4,683
45. Black Friday (1940)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges, Anne Nagel
Votes: 2,866
46. 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: 3,763 | Gross: $9.17M
47. You're Not So Tough (1940)
Approved | 65 min | Drama
The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny valleys of California looking for a way to make a quick buck. The idea of working never enters ... See full summary »
Director: Joe May | Stars: The Dead End Kids, Nan Grey, Rosina Galli, Henry Armetta
Votes: 55
48. Gangs of Chicago (1940)
66 min | Crime, Drama
A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Barton MacLane, Lola Lane, Ray Middleton
Votes: 99
49. Double Alibi (1940)
Approved | 60 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Wayne Morris, Margaret Lindsay, William Gargan, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 61
50. Dark Streets of Cairo (1940)
Approved | 59 min | Adventure, Mystery
Jewel smugglers in Cairo try to pin their crimes on a kidnapped baron.
Director: László Kardos | Stars: Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Byrd, Eddie Quillan, George Zucco
Votes: 67