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1. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Hollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest
Votes: 28,535
2. The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Explosive drama and action when two sexy girls go on a bank robbing binge.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Claudia Jennings, Tara Strohmeier, Jocelyn Jones, Miles Watkins
Votes: 761
3. The Inside Story (1948)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hotel for safe keeping. However, it is ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Marsha Hunt, William Lundigan, Charles Winninger, Gail Patrick
Votes: 301
4. Man of Evil (1944)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Returning to 1870's London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny witnesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Wilfrid Lawson, Stewart Granger
Votes: 636
5. Hard Luck (1921)
22 min | Short, Comedy
Strange things ensue after a young man attempts to take his own life.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Bull Montana
Votes: 2,634
6. Road Movie (1973)
88 min | Drama
Gil and Hank are two independent truckers who run into problems when they are forced to pay off traffic managers to get loads. They also have to pay off highway cops when their rigs are ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Strick | Stars: Robert Drivas, Regina Baff, Barry Bostwick, David Bauer
Votes: 178
7. Gold Rush Maisie (1940)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Maisie Ravier finds herself stranded in an Arizona ghost town with a family of migrant dust bowl refugees. The ghost town, it turns out, may have a gold mine.
Directors: Edwin L. Marin, J. Walter Ruben, Norman Taurog | Stars: Ann Sothern, Lee Bowman, Slim Summerville, Virginia Weidler
Votes: 433
8. Song o' My Heart (1930)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Broken hearts in Ireland. Sean is a great tenor, in semi-retirement, living in a village close to Mary, the woman he's always loved. Mary's aunt convinced her to marry a man for his money; ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: John McCormack, Alice Joyce, Maureen O'Sullivan, Tommy Clifford
Votes: 206
9. Road to Happiness (1941)
Passed | 84 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Jeff Carter, a struggling singer, pursues radio acting to support his son Danny. Aided by his son and agent Charley Grady, Jeff finds success in radio and achieves his professional goals through this medium.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: John Boles, Mona Barrie, Billy Lee, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 138
10. Rain or Shine (1930)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Woman inherits a traveling circus which brings financial difficulties.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Joe Cook, Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers, William Collier Jr.
Votes: 459
11. His Ex Marks the Spot (1940)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short
Buster's home life is disrupted when his ex-wife and her boyfriend move in.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Buster Keaton, Elsie Ames, Matt McHugh, Dorothy Appleby
Votes: 168
12. Undercover Agent (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama
A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Russell Gleason, Shirley Deane, J.M. Kerrigan, Maude Eburne
Votes: 85
13. The Rainmakers (1935)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spell and to save the community from an unscrupulous businessman who stands to profit from the drought.
Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Berton Churchill
Votes: 142
14. Orphans of the Street (1938)
Approved | 64 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Orphaned Tommy Ryan is informed that the money from his father's estate has run out, and he will have to leave the Holbrook Military Academy. Bunting, the dour superintendent,forces Tommy ... See full summary »
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Tommy Ryan, Robert Livingston, June Storey, Ralph Morgan
Votes: 18
15. We're Going to Be Rich (1938)
78 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A drifter Dobbie and his wife Kit leave Australia in the 1880s for South African gold fields. She discovers happiness is where her husband is.
Director: Monty Banks | Stars: Gracie Fields, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Coral Browne
Votes: 35
16. Lucky Jo (1964)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jo the gangster has the formidable gift of bringing down the worst kind of catastrophes on the heads of his best friends. Thus everything would be perfect if Simon hadn't lent his car to Jo.
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Pierre Brasseur, Georges Wilson, Christiane Minazzoli
Votes: 292
17. The Outcast (1934)
74 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
When the box-office manager takes off with all the money belonging to a traveling theatre-troupe, the show's promoters and leading performers, Bill Potter and Jim Truman, have to sell off ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Lee | Stars: Leslie Fuller, Mary Glynne, Hal Gordon, Jane Carr
Votes: 37
18.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode:
Loco Motives
(2006)
TV-PG | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Gil finds a third miniature crime-scene replica at a murder site, and CSI tries to find a link between the three otherwise-unrelated murders.
Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads
Votes: 888