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1. The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
PG | 105 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Miss Jane Marple comes to solve the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Director: Guy Hamilton | Stars: Angela Lansbury, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Geraldine Chaplin
Votes: 9,487
2. Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Passed | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 6,834 | Gross: $4.38M
3. Deadly Seduction (2021 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Maggie and her husband Richard are both college professors and have a daughter, 17-year-old Jenny. Their marriage is falling apart, and when Richard admits to having an affair with a student at the college they both work at.
Director: Tom Shell | Stars: Lindsay Hartley, Andrew Rogers, Katie Kelly, Reynada Robinson
Votes: 166
4. Pretty Ladies (1925)
74 min | Comedy, Drama
Comedienne Maggie falls for musician Al Cassidy. They get married, Al becomes a songwriter and Maggie a housewife. Al is hired to write a number for one of the Follies' most beautiful stars and falls for her. Complications ensue.
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Tom Moore, Ann Pennington, Lilyan Tashman
Votes: 269
5. Lady Killer (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay, Leslie Fenton
Votes: 1,890
6. The Matinee Idol (1928)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Romance
A Broadway matinee idol famous for his black-face portrayals anonymously joins an amateur acting troupe and falls in love with the leading lady.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard, Lionel Belmore
Votes: 627
7. His New Job (1915)
TV-G | 31 min | Short, Comedy
Charlie is trying to get a job in a movie. After causing difficulty on the set, he is told to help the carpenter. When one of the actors doesn't show, Charlie is given a chance to act but ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Billy Armstrong, Agnes Ayres, Arthur W. Bates
Votes: 2,044
8. The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
Directors: William K. Howard, Sam Wood | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Jeanette MacDonald, Frank Morgan, Charles Butterworth
Votes: 472 | Gross: $0.99M
9. Swingtime in the Movies (1938)
Approved | 20 min | Musical, Short, Comedy
In this musical short, a director named Nitvitch, unhappy with the lead actress in his Western, makes an unexpected discovery in the studio cafe where some big stars are being served by a bevy of beautiful singing, dancing waitresses.
Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Fritz Feld, Kathryn Kane, John Carroll, Charley Foy
Votes: 388
10. Elaine Stritch at Liberty (2002 TV Special)
Not Rated | 140 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
Elaine Stritch's one-woman show which won her a 2002 Tony. Filmed at the Old Vic Theatre in London, she traces her roots from The New School to Broadway star.
Directors: Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Rick McKay, D.A. Pennebaker, Andy Picheta | Stars: Elaine Stritch, Rick Borutta, Rob Bowman, John Lahr
Votes: 321
11. A Tribute to Priscilla Alden (2012 Video)
13 min | Documentary, Short
A featurette remembering the late but, not forgotten 'Priscilla Alden'. Nick Millard takes you back to his working relationship with Priscilla and how she beat some Hollywood Actresses for ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Millard | Stars: Priscilla Alden, Lisa Farros, Michael Flood, Lisa Milano
12. The Toad (2019)
84 min | Thriller
Three short stories connect in a funny, fierce and at times tragic way laced together through the themes of dreams, reincarnation and the supernatural.
Directors: Al Rios-Hannon, Gabriel Rios-Hannon | Stars: Dustin Mills, Kenzie Phillips, Kayla Elizabeth, Bailey Flint
Votes: 17
13. The House of Fear (1939)
Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play. The actor's body disappeared shortly after the crime, and his ghost is rumored to be haunting the theater.
Director: Joe May | Stars: William Gargan, Irene Hervey, Dorothy Arnold, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 146
14. On Her Majesty's Secret Service: Diana Rigg Named for Leading James Bond Film Role (1968)
1 min | Documentary, Short, News
Stars: Diana Rigg, George Lazenby
15. Thunderball: The London Pavillion Premiere (1965)
1 min | Documentary, Short, News
Stars: Claudine Auger, Honor Blackman, Adolfo Celi, Maurice Kaufmann
16. Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to (1990 TV Movie)
46 min | Documentary
Kathleen Turner hosts a retrospective look at the life and career of actress Myrna Loy through photographs and many clips of her roles, from early bit parts in silent films to her final appearance in a made-for-TV movie.
Director: Richard Schickel | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Warner Baxter, Dolores Costello, Melvyn Douglas
Votes: 236
17. The Misleading Lady (1920)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy
Jack Craigen, an engineer who has just finished a construction job in South Africa, returns to New York. There, at the home of his Uncle Cannell, he meets stage-struck society girl Helen ... See full summary »
Director: George Irving | Stars: Bert Lytell, Lucy Cotton, Frank Currier, Stephen Grattan
18. James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002 TV Special)
85 min
Michael Parkinson hosts a celebration of forty years of the most successful movie series ever. Tribute is paid to the talent behind the stunts, gadgets, music and design, while Pierce ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart McDonald | Stars: Michael Parkinson, Shirley Bassey, Ken Adam, Maud Adams
Votes: 104
19. On Location (1921)
11 min | Short, Comedy
Snub is the gardener for a couple, and while they are away, a motion picture company comes and for five dollars Snub allows them to use the grounds for a war play. What they do to the house and grounds is a plenty.
Director: Charley Chase | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marie Mosquini, Noah Young, George Rowe
Votes: 16
20. Publicity Pays (1924)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Jimmy Jump's young wife goes in strongly for amateur theatricals. After one of her performances a theater manager signs her up. He opens a publicity campaign by having her appear in public ... See full summary »
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Beth Darlington, Eddie Baker, Noah Young
Votes: 46
22.
Hollywood Hist-o-Rama (1961– )
Episode:
Myrna Loy
(1961)
4 min | Documentary, Biography
Using photographs and an off-screen narrator, this breezy biography takes us quickly through Myrna Loy's film career and ends with a salute to her charity work for the United Nations and on... See full summary »
Director: Joseph R. Juliano
Votes: 11
23.
Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959–1962)
Episode:
Davey Cricket/Strange Objects/The Capture of Tear-a-Long the Dotted Lion
(1962)
29 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Davey Cricket
Pie-N-Ear Pictures is offering $100,000 to anyone who can bring back Davey Cricket - the coonskin-capped, gun-toting hero of the west - so that they can star him in his own ... See full synopsis »
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Jim MacGeorge, Irv Shoemaker
24.
The Undateables (2012– )
Episode:
Rory, Roland & Molly
(2018)
47 min | Documentary, Reality-TV, Romance
Dating newbie Rory from Coventry hopes to meet a girl who shares his love of horror films. Roland wants a leading lady to serenade. Animal lover Molly wants someone to cuddle other than her cat.
Directors: Danny Beck, Al Edirisinghe, George Vernon, Alice Wylie | Star: Sally Phillips