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1. Plainsman and the Lady (1946)
Passed | 87 min | Drama, Romance, Western
St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1859, is divided by a railroad track that separates the richer and poorer classes of people. From the richer side comes Ann Arnesen, daughter of Michael Arnesen, ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Bill Elliott, Vera Ralston, Gail Patrick, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 97
2. Higher and Higher (1943)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
With their employer bankrupt, servants scheme to marry maid Millie to a rich husband. But Frank Sinatra lives across the street...
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Jack Haley, Frank Sinatra, Leon Errol
Votes: 815
3. Around the World (1943)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Musical
Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Kay Kyser, Mischa Auer, Joan Davis, Marcy McGuire
Votes: 243
4. The Fleet's In (1942)
Passed | 93 min | Musical, Romance
After a shy sailor is kissed by a female starlet as part of a publicity stunt, he becomes known as a stud; his friends then bet that he'll be able to defrost an icy nightclub singer.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton
Votes: 428
5. Seven Days' Leave (1942)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Soldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Harold Peary, Mapy Cortés
Votes: 391
6. The Smiling Ghost (1941)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
An heiress seems to be cursed as each of her intended grooms meets with a horrible end.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Wayne Morris, Brenda Marshall, Alexis Smith, Alan Hale
Votes: 804
7. Down Argentine Way (1940)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 1,365
8. The Flying Deuces (1939)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Family, War
Ollie has fallen in love with the innkeeper's daughter in Paris. The only problem - she's very much in love with her husband. To forget her he joins the Foreign Legion with Stan. Bad idea.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 5,745
9. The Gorilla (1939)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Horror
When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: The Ritz Brothers, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Al Ritz
Votes: 1,673
10. The Amazing Mr. Forrest (1939)
71 min | Comedy
John Forrest (Jack Buchanan) ace investigator for an insurance company retires, only to be promptly recalled following the theft of a priceless collection of jewels belonging to Prince Homouska (Walter Rilla).
Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Jack Buchanan, Googie Withers, Edward Everett Horton, Syd Walker
Votes: 80
11. Hey! Hey! U.S.A! (1938)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy
Dr Twist has to pose on a liner as a famous professor and is asked to tutor Bernie, the son of a millionaire. To avoid awkward US immigration questions, Twist enlists the help of a gangster... See full summary »
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Edgar Kennedy, David Burns, Edmon Ryan
Votes: 244
12. Sweet Devil (1938)
71 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Two business partners are having woman trouble. One wants to marry his secretary and the other is set to marry a wealthy aristocrat. When the partner who wants to marry his secretary lets ... See full summary »
Director: René Guissart | Stars: Bobby Howes, Jean Gillie, William Kendall, Syd Walker
Votes: 54
13. Sh! The Octopus (1937)
Approved | 54 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Comedy-mystery finds Detectives Kelly and Dempsey trapped in a deserted lighthouse with a group of strangers who are being terrorized by a killer octopus AND a mysterious crime figure named... See full summary »
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Marcia Ralston, John Eldredge
Votes: 663
14. King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Not Rated | 77 min | Action, Adventure, Family
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
Directors: Robert Stevenson, Geoffrey Barkas | Stars: Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young, John Loder
Votes: 1,449
15. Larceny Street (1937)
73 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Super-rich London toffs amuse themselves playing private detective to solve a series of smash and grab jewellery thefts.
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Jack Buchanan, Elsie Randolph, Arthur Margetson, Anthony Holles
Votes: 66
16. Silent Barriers (1937)
Approved | 83 min | Action, Drama
The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Directors: Milton Rosmer, Geoffrey Barkas | Stars: Richard Arlen, Barry MacKay, Antoinette Cellier, Roy Emerton
Votes: 106
17. Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Approved | 79 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The daughter of a wealthy businessman becomes lost in the city while traveling to a new school, and is taken in by a pair of down-on-their-luck performers.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Gloria Stuart, Jack Haley
Votes: 1,590
18. Strangers on a Honeymoon (1936)
66 min | Comedy, Drama
Instead of accepting a well-to-do suitor, an orphan marries a tramp as a bet, but he turns out to be an English peer on the run for a murder he did not commit.
Director: Albert de Courville | Stars: Constance Cummings, Hugh Sinclair, Noah Beery, Beatrix Lehmann
Votes: 11
19. Everybody Dance (1936)
74 min | Musical
When her sister dies, a nightclub singer is left with her children. In order to raise the children properly, she leaves her singing career and takes her new family to a farm. However, her ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Cicely Courtneidge, Ernest Truex, Percy Parsons, Alma Taylor
Votes: 36
20. Top Hat (1935)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes
Votes: 20,721 | Gross: $3.88M
21. The Casino Murder Case (1935)
Passed | 82 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, and although he recovers, his wife is murdered by the same killer.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Paul Lukas, Alison Skipworth, Donald Cook, Rosalind Russell
Votes: 796
22. The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
97 min | Comedy, Musical
Spud Miller hopes to save his struggling radio station by winning a broadcast competition, with the help of the Radio Eye, an invention that can display live events from anywhere in the world.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Jack Oakie, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Lyda Roberti
Votes: 347
23. West Point of the Air (1935)
Passed | 89 min | Drama
A father-and-son aviation drama in which a gruff sergeant wants to make a man and a flyer out of his young son.
Director: Richard Rosson | Stars: Wallace Beery, Robert Young, Lewis Stone, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 237
24. Here Comes the Band (1935)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The songwriter Ollie Watts goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by the unscrupulous music publisher Mr. Simmonds. Ollie brings his girlfriend and singer Margaret ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Sloane | Stars: Ted Lewis and His Orchestra, Ted Lewis, Virginia Bruce, Harry Stockwell
Votes: 83
25. The Winning Ticket (1935)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
An Italian-American barber, Joe Thomasello, buys a sweepstakes ticket but doesn't tell his wife, Nora, as she takes a dim view of gambling in any form. The ticket turns out to be the prize ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Louise Fazenda, Ted Healy, Irene Hervey
Votes: 131
26. Going Highbrow (1935)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Romance
A social-climbing couple throw a lavish party for a stranger they persuaded to pose as their daughter.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts, Edward Everett Horton, Ross Alexander
Votes: 297
27. Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A little girl's (Shirley Temple) toe-tapping musical numbers uplift the nation during the Depression in this charming classic that includes Temple's rendition of "Baby Take a Bow.
Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Warner Baxter, Madge Evans, James Dunn, Sylvia Froos
Votes: 578
28. Murder in the Private Car (1934)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A sleuth has to figure out who is threatening an heiress while she's aboard a train.
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel, Mary Carlisle, Russell Hardie
Votes: 678
29. Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Musical
Two yokels try to crash royal society by posing as the King's physicians.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Thelma Todd, Dorothy Lee
Votes: 302
30. Death on the Diamond (1934)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Mystery, Sport
Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Evans to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Robert Young, Madge Evans, Nat Pendleton, Ted Healy
Votes: 338
31. I'll Tell the World (1934)
Approved | 77 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Stanley Brown, ace reporter for a news syndicate, is on a date when he receives a summons from Hardwick, his editor, to report to work and begin trailing Grand Duke Ferdinand, a visiting ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart, Roger Pryor, Onslow Stevens
Votes: 75
32. Strictly Dynamite (1934)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Music
A struggling writer finds success writing scripts for a radio comic at the expense of his high-brow ambitions.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Norman Foster, William Gargan
Votes: 172
33. Student Tour (1934)
Passed | 84 min | Musical
A college rowing team's world tour is in jeopardy because a philosophy professor plans to flunk the entire crew. Ann, the instructor's niece, convinces him to tutor the team on the ocean ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Jimmy Durante, Charles Butterworth, Maxine Doyle, Phil Regan
Votes: 159
34. The Loudspeaker (1934)
67 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man from a small town heads to New York, determined to become a radio star. He achieves his goal but in the process alienates those around him.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Ray Walker, Julie Bishop, Charley Grapewin, Noel Francis
Votes: 49
35. The Band Plays On (1934)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, Sport
A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.
Director: Russell Mack | Stars: Robert Young, Stuart Erwin, Leo Carrillo, Betty Furness
Votes: 73
36. The Warrior's Husband (1933)
75 min | Comedy
In Pontus, the land of the Amazons, gender roles and natures are completely reversed: men stay at home and take care of the children and women are the strong sex, thanks to the sacred ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Elissa Landi, David Manners, Ernest Truex, Lionel Belmore
Votes: 80
37. Mr. Skitch (1933)
70 min | Comedy, Adventure, Romance
The Missouri Skitches (Will Rogers, ZaSu Pitts, Rochelle Hudson) drive to California via Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon.
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Will Rogers, Rochelle Hudson, Zasu Pitts, Florence Desmond
Votes: 127
38. Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace."
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Chester Morris, Vivienne Osborne, Frank McHugh, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 408
39. Sailor Be Good (1933)
Passed | 58 min | Comedy, Romance
A Navy boxer meets a dance-hall hostess who tries to sober him up for his fight.
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Jack Oakie, Vivienne Osborne, George E. Stone, Lincoln Stedman
Votes: 17
40. Her Bodyguard (1933)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Romance
The "sugar daddy" of a Broadway star hires a bodyguard to protect her from thieves out to steal the jewels he's given her and also from the attentions of other men, most notably the ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Wynne Gibson, Edward Arnold, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 26
41. Speak Easily (1932)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy
A timid professor inherits a large sum of money and decides to fund a terrible musical.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Ruth Selwyn, Thelma Todd
Votes: 1,163
42. The Crooked Circle (1932)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Mystery
A group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occultists.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Zasu Pitts, James Gleason, Ben Lyon, Irene Purcell
Votes: 381
43. The Passionate Plumber (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy
To make her lover jealous, a beautiful socialite passes off a bumbling plumber as her paramour.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Polly Moran, Irene Purcell
Votes: 554
44. Blondie of the Follies (1932)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Musical
Two young women find their friendship strained when one wins a role in a Broadway show, and the other's boyfriend begins to fall for her.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Billie Dove, Jimmy Durante
Votes: 1,348 | Gross: $1.61M
45. Fast Life (1932)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Two sailors are leaving the US Navy after 10 years. In their spare time, one of them (Haines) invents a carburetor that should increase the speed that powered boats will run, but all that ... See full summary »
Directors: Harry A. Pollard, Sam Wood | Stars: William Haines, Madge Evans, Conrad Nagel, Arthur Byron
Votes: 557
46. Prosperity (1932)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
In 1925, John becomes President of the prosperous Warren Bank when Maggie retires. Six years later, John, Helen and the two children are happy in their home, but the two mother-in-laws are ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page, Norman Foster
Votes: 291
47. Caught Plastered (1931)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Musical
Wheeler and Woolsey play two unemployed vaudevillians who get involved in helping an old lady save her moribund drug store. Problems and laughs begin when the villain spikes the Lemon Sodas they are selling.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Lucy Beaumont
Votes: 266
48. Laugh and Get Rich (1931)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy
Man takes his wife's stashed money and is conned into investing it in an oil well.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Edna May Oliver, Hugh Herbert, Dorothy Lee, Russell Gleason
Votes: 294
49. Cracked Nuts (1931)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
To impress his fiancee's aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people there have already crowned one, who has won this honor by gambling. So he plans a coup ... See full summary »
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Edna May Oliver
Votes: 395
50. Everything's Rosie (1931)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Romance
A carnival huckster and his 17-year-old foster daughter try to be accepted by the townspeople when she and a handsome lad fall in love.
Director: Clyde Bruckman | Stars: Robert Woolsey, Anita Louise, John Darrow, Florence Roberts
Votes: 175