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1. The Sound of Fury (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man who is down on his luck falls in with a criminal.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 1,945
2. Goodbye, Children (1987)
PG | 104 min | Drama, War
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin to form a bond.
Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö, Francine Racette, Stanislas Carré de Malberg
Votes: 36,127 | Gross: $4.54M
3. A Song Is Born (1948)
Approved | 113 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
With her gangster boyfriend under investigation by the police, a nightclub singer hides out in a musical research institution staffed by bachelor professors - one of whom begins to fall for her.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey
Votes: 2,800
4. My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
An agent must search for a new personality to replace a popular singer who refuses to renew his radio contract. He finds one in the form of a single mother, but complications soon occur.
Directors: Michael Curtiz, Friz Freleng | Stars: Jack Carson, Doris Day, Lee Bowman, Adolphe Menjou
Votes: 1,676
5. Cool Cat Saves the Kids (2015)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
In Hollywood, California, Cool Cat, alongside his human father Daddy Derek, embarks on his most challenging journey yet: saving the kids from Butch the Bully. Can he do it?
Director: Derek Savage | Stars: Vivica A. Fox, Erik Estrada, Derek Savage, Connor Dean
Votes: 6,252
6. Variety Lights (1950)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A beautiful, ambitious young woman joins a traveling troupe of third-rate vaudevillians and inadvertently causes jealousy and emotional crises.
Directors: Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, Giulietta Masina, John Kitzmiller
Votes: 3,862
7. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Romance, War
After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl with an awkward boyfriend wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity.
Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, Diana Lynn, William Demarest
Votes: 7,944
8. Girl Gang (1954)
Not Rated | 63 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A sleazy gangster has a gang of young girls commit robberies and prostitution for him by getting them hooked on drugs.
Director: Robert C. Dertano | Stars: Gloria Victor, Timothy Farrell, Harry Keaton, Lou Monson
Votes: 352
9. Blues in the Night (1941)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Music
"Jigger' Pine forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit ... See full summary »
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 1,307
10. 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: 573
11. Suspense (1946)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
Frank Leonard, the proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes Joe Morgan, a peanut vendor at the show, to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Belita, Barry Sullivan, Bonita Granville, Albert Dekker
Votes: 890
12. Variety Girl (1947)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Musical
Almost everyone under contract to Paramount Pictures at the time make cameos or perform songs, with particularly large amounts of screen time featuring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Mary Hatcher, Olga San Juan, DeForest Kelley, Frank Ferguson
Votes: 503
13. Rhapsody Rabbit (1946)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
When Bugs attempts to perform Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody, he is troubled by a mouse.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 1,474
14. Syncopation (1942)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, History, Music
Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie) from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock market crash, the depression and the ... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, George Bancroft, Todd Duncan, Connee Boswell
Votes: 331
15. Scusi, lei è normale? (1979)
90 min | Comedy
A moralistic judge declares war on pornography. His gay nephew, who lives with a transvestite, tries to save himself and also protect his friend Ana, a porn actress.
Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Renzo Montagnani, Ray Lovelock, Anna Maria Rizzoli, Salvatore Jacono
Votes: 128
16. Mickey's Birthday Party (1942)
Passed | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The gang gives Mickey a surprise party that turns into a jam session with everyone playing instruments while Goofy has problems baking a cake.
Directors: Hamilton Luske, Riley Thomson | Stars: Thelma Boardman, Walt Disney, Florence Gill, George Johnson
Votes: 1,042
17. 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: 482
18. Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (2018)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History, Music
A revelatory, thrilling and emotional journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the finest jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Director: Sophie Huber | Stars: Robert Glasper, Ambrose Akinmusire, Marcus Strickland, Lionel Loueke
Votes: 626
19. The Disco Exorcist (2011)
Unrated | 80 min | Comedy, Horror
Rex Romanski, a suave playboy with all the right moves and undisputed Disco King, is in for a wild ride as a perfect one-night stand triggers a curse and a visit from hell's blackest demons. Now, make way for the Disco Exorcist.
Director: Richard Griffin | Stars: Shadow Faye, Andre Boudreau, Kevin Killavey, Ruth Mahala Sullivan
Votes: 291
20. Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat (1941)
Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The black residents of Lazy Town are bored one day until a sultry light-skinned woman shows up to teach them what rhythm is.
Director: Walter Lantz | Stars: Ivie Anderson, Mel Blanc, Leroy Hurte Chorus, Nellie Lutcher
Votes: 551
21. Make Believe Ballroom (1949)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Liza Lee, fast-talking press agent for Al Jarvis, persuades Jarvis to stage a Musical Mystery Contest, with a $5000 prize to the person who can first name the most musical numbers and their... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Jerome Courtland, Ruth Warrick, Ron Randell, Virginia Welles
Votes: 64
22. Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Four struggling musicians lose their vocalist at the insistence of her gangster boyfriend. They find a replacement in an innocent young woman being courted by a cabbie pretending to be a king.
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Ray Bolger, Anne Shirley, June Havoc, Desi Arnaz
Votes: 225
23. Youth on Parade (1942)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Music
Gerald Payne, a psychology professor at Cotchatootamee College, irritates the students with a teaching experiment in which all students are referred to as numbers. Payne's system, which ... See full synopsis »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: John Hubbard, Ruth Terry, Martha O'Driscoll, Tom Brown
Votes: 73
24. What's Cookin' (1942)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
A group of entertainers visit a radio singer's home to try to get her to book them on her show.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: The Andrews Sisters, Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Laverne Andrews
Votes: 94
25. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company 'B' (1941)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Hot Breath Harry is a hot trumpeter at a jazz club. He finds himself drafted into the Army, where he's assigned to be the bugler of an African-American company. But everyone hates the ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lantz | Stars: Willie Best, Danny Webb
Votes: 222
26. Sarge Goes to College (1947)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A Marine Sergeant wounded in overseas combat service, requires an operation, and Navy psychiatrist Captain R. S. Handler, recommends to Marine Captain Russ Morgan and Colonel Winters that "... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, Frankie Darro, Warren Mills
Votes: 39
27. Heavenly Music (1943)
Passed | 22 min | Short, Fantasy, Music
A bandleader must prove he is worthy of entry into the the Hall of Music in heaven.
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Frederick Brady, Mary Elliott, Eric Blore, Steven Geray
Votes: 327
28. Night Club Girl (1945)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Two show-business wannabees get their big chance to show off their big-time act and talents in a nightclub,and bomb. Othet acts come on---endlessly---and do well, but the kids will be back.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Vivian Austin, Edward Norris, Maxie Rosenbloom, Minna Gombell
Votes: 17
29. South of Dixie (1944)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bll "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-story about his partner, Danny Lee, representing him as a descendant of Louisiana's famous ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Anne Gwynne, David Bruce, Jerome Cowan, Ella Mae Morse
Votes: 13
30. Hawaiian Nights (1939)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Bandleader Tim Hartley's father objects strongly to his son's occupation choice and packs him off to Hawaii to manage the family hotel holdings. This proves to be a wrong move as Hawaiia has more bands than it does pineapples.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Johnny Downs, Constance Moore, Mary Carlisle, Eddie Quillan
Votes: 21
31. Samba-Mania (1948)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Musical, Romance
Night club owner Russ Vincent hires boogie-woogie dancer Betty Hannon for a spot in a South American revue which is headed by Lita Baron (as Isabelita). The latter is wary of Hannon's ... See full summary »
Director: Billy Daniel | Stars: Lita Baron, Russ Vincent, Billy Daniel, Betty Hannon
32. Mary Lou (1948)
Approved | 65 min | Music, Romance
Airline hostess Ann Parker is fired for being undignified when she sang to calm the passengers during a storm. Mike Connors, publicity man for Frankie Carle's orchestra, invites her to try ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Robert Lowery, Joan Barton, Glenda Farrell, Abigail Adams
Votes: 10
33. He's My Guy (1943)
Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Music
The former members of a vaudeville team meet up again in a defense plant during WW II.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Dick Foran, Irene Hervey, Joan Davis, Fuzzy Knight
Votes: 28
34. Susie Steps Out (1946)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
After her father, Papa Russell (Percival Vivian), loses his job because of illness, adolescent Susie Russell (played by newcomer and top-billed Nita Hunter) poses as older than she is in ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: David Bruce, Cleatus Caldwell, Nita Hunter, Howard Freeman
Votes: 19
35. Glamour Girl (1948)
Approved | 68 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The marriage of Ray Royle (Jack Leonard) to recording company talent scout Lorraine (Virginia Grey) ends in divorce after she tries to dictate both his personal and professional life. Her ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Gene Krupa and His Orchestra, Gene Krupa, Virginia Grey, Michael Duane
Votes: 23
36. Moments in Music (1950)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Using clips from several unidentified films of the preceding decade, featuring many well-known stars of the day, this short demonstrates that an endless variety of music to entertain all tastes can be heard when you go to the movies.
Director: Carey Wilson | Stars: Bing Crosby, Xavier Cugat, Nelson Eddy, Judy Garland
Votes: 86
37. Cow-Cow Boogie (1942)
3 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Soundie of Dorothy Dandridge performing the cowboy classic.
Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Dorothy Dandridge, Dudley Dickerson, Eugene Jackson, Artie Young
Votes: 64
38. Boogie-Woogie Dream (1944)
13 min | Musical, Short
After hours at a nightclub, the hired help have a jam session, which proves to be just what a couple of belated customers wanted to hear.
Director: Hans Burger | Stars: Lena Horne, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Teddy Wilson
Votes: 68
39. Rose of Santa Rosa (1947)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
Angry because his father, Don Manuel Ortega (Fortunio Bonanova), had arranged a marriage with a girl he has never met, Dolores de Garfias (Patricia Barry as Patricia White), Ramon Ortega (... See full summary »
Director: Ray Nazarro | Stars: Patricia Barry, Eduardo Noriega, Fortunio Bonanova, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 13
40. Swingtime Johnny (1943)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Musical
The Andrews Sisters take a hiatus from show business to aid the war effort. They take on jobs at a pipe-organ plant now making artillery shells. But they still find time for plenty of singing and dancing.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Laverne Andrews, Harriet Nelson
Votes: 34
41. Maria Venera (2007)
111 min | Drama
Sicily, 1951. A young literature teacher secretly falls in love with Maria Venera, the most beautiful girl in town who lives in the decrepit palace of her grandfather, an old aristocrat who squandered his fortune.
Director: Beppe Cino | Stars: Giovanni Argante, Dario Costa, Sara Emmolo, Sergio Friscia
Votes: 9
42. Melody Lane (1941)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
J. Roy Thomas, the head of an advertising agency, is getting headaches from trying to find a name-band for a wacky client, McKenzie, who insists on sitting in with the band. As a last ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Judd McMichael, Ted McMichael, Joe McMichael, Mary Lou Cook
Votes: 19
43. Abou Ben Boogie (1944)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short
In this Swing Symphony cartoon things are hopping on an Arabian desert when local tribesmen gather at the Adobe Club for an evening of middle-eastern jitterbugging, boogie-woogie and ... See full summary »
Director: Shamus Culhane | Stars: Patricia Kay, Harry Lang, Dick Nelson
Votes: 87
44. Boogie Woogie Man Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Musical
Director: Shamus Culhane | Stars: The Loumell Morgan Trio, Sara Berner, Dick Nelson
Votes: 57
45. Sliphorn King of Polaroo (1945)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Shipwrecked Jackson, a trombone player, is washed up on an arctic island. His solid technique on the sliding brass captivates the native seals and penguins, who elect him King of Polaroo.
Director: Dick Lundy | Stars: Jack Teagarden, Lee Sweetland, Hans Conried
Votes: 65
46. Cow-Cow Boogie (1943)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The foreman of the "Lazy S Ranch" is getting much work out of his shiftless cowhands until a black cowboy on a donkey comes riding' along singing "Cow Cow Boogie." While his version doesn't... See full summary »
Director: Alex Lovy | Star: King Jackson
Votes: 33
47. Bumble Boogie (1948)
3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A bumblebee (to a boogie-woogie version of Flight of the Bumblebee) is being attacked by flowers made of piano keys, flowers made of trumpets, snakes made of piano keys, the piano hammers ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Kinney
Votes: 287
48. Variety Time (1948)
Approved | 59 min | Comedy, Music
After master of ceremonies Jack Paar introduces himself to the audience, pianist and composer Frankie Carle plays an original jazz number with his band. Paar then jokes about the post-war ... See full synopsis »
Director: Hal Yates | Stars: Jack Paar, Edgar Kennedy, Leon Errol, Frankie Carle
Votes: 60
49. Sing for Your Supper (1941)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Evelyn Palmer, a débutante society girl who also is a property landlord, becomes interested in the plight of one of her tenants, a struggling bandleader, to the extent she becomes a hostess... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Jinx Falkenburg, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Bert Gordon, Eve Arden
Votes: 21
50. Jazz Greats (1982 Video)
90 min | Documentary, History, Music
Stars: Albert Ammons, Cab Calloway, Nat 'King' Cole, Sammy Davis Jr.