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1. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price
Votes: 14,786
2. House of the Damned (1963)
Approved | 62 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An architect and his wife encounter bizarre occurrences as they survey a mansion built by an eccentric heiress.
Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Ron Foster, Merry Anders, Richard Crane, Erika Peters
Votes: 689
3. The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Assistant district attorney Cleve Marshall falls for the mysterious Thelma Jordon when she seeks help solving robberies of her aunt's estate.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel
Votes: 3,183
4. The Heart of Me (2002)
R | 96 min | Drama, Romance
1930's London. Two sisters - Madeleine and Dinah - One marries Rickie, the other falls in love with him. He begins an affair which is to have repercussions throughout their lives.
Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams, Paul Bettany, Eleanor Bron
Votes: 2,656 | Gross: $0.20M
5. Love Nest (1951)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two married New Yorkers purchase an old, run-down building full of colorful tenants.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: June Haver, William Lundigan, Frank Fay, Marilyn Monroe
Votes: 1,451
6. Christopher Strong (1933)
Passed | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A famous female flier and a member of Parliament drift into a potentially disastrous affair.
Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, Billie Burke, Helen Chandler
Votes: 1,672
7. The Long Haul (1957)
Approved | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After leaving his U.S. Army job in Germany, a trucker takes a long-haul driver job in Britain where he runs into an organized-crime syndicate that controls the trucking industry.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Victor Mature, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen, Gene Anderson
Votes: 992
8. Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The wife of a publishing executive mistakenly believes that her husband's relationship with his attractive secretary is more than professional.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, May Robson
Votes: 3,871
9. Your Cheatin' Heart (1964)
Not Rated | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.
Director: Gene Nelson | Stars: George Hamilton, Susan Oliver, Red Buttons, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 865
10. The Constant Nymph (1943)
Passed | 112 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
The daughter (Joan Fontaine) of a musical mentor (Montagu Love) is hopelessly in love with her cousin's husband (Charles Boyer), a handsome composer.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Brenda Marshall, Alexis Smith
Votes: 1,584
11. Violent Road (1958)
Unrated | 86 min | Adventure, Drama
Truck drivers take cargo of explosives over bumpy mountain road.
Director: Howard W. Koch | Stars: Brian Keith, Dick Foran, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Merry Anders
Votes: 382
12. Employees' Entrance (1933)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance
A working girl is menaced by her tyrannical employer.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Warren William, Loretta Young, Wallace Ford, Alice White
Votes: 1,639
13. The Wedding Night (1935)
Passed | 83 min | Drama, Romance
Because his finances are low and he is seeking background for a new book, author Tony Barratt and his wife Dora return to his country home in Connecticut. While he is finding material for ... See full summary »
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Gary Cooper, Anna Sten, Ralph Bellamy, Helen Vinson
Votes: 1,078
14. When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A concert pianist unhappily married to a mentally ill woman falls in love with a waitress.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O'Neil, Onslow Stevens
Votes: 755
15. Robbery Under Arms (1957)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Two brothers join their father in Captain Starlight's bush ranger gang in 19th Century Australia.
Director: Jack Lee | Stars: Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis, David McCallum, Maureen Swanson
Votes: 302
16. Our Wife (1941)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
Jerry Marvin, a talented musician and composer, wallows in drunken self-pity after he is divorced by his wife Babe. Along comes new love Susan, who rescues Jerry and provides him with fresh... See full summary »
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Ruth Hussey, Ellen Drew, Charles Coburn
Votes: 292
17. Where the Truth Lies (1962)
83 min | Thriller
François is a vet surgeon on the Noirmoutier island. He is married to Catherine. One day, he is called by a mysterious attractive woman, Myriam, whose leopard is sick. They become lovers. ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Juliette Gréco, Liselotte Pulver, Jean-Marc Bory, Georges Chamarat
Votes: 120
18. Divorce (1945)
Not Rated | 71 min | Drama, Romance
A woman who has been married and divorced five times comes back to her small hometown, where she proceeds to complicate, and potentially destroy, the marriage of her childhood boyfriend.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Kay Francis, Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack, Jerome Cowan
Votes: 383
19. Is Money Everything? (1923)
58 min | Drama
A farmer, unhappy with his life, decides to go the city to try and make his fortune. He takes a friend along with him. The two of them become successful, but that success brings other, unforeseen problems into their lives.
Director: Glen Lyons | Stars: Norman Kerry, Miriam Cooper, Andrew Hicks, John Sylvester
Votes: 37
20.
Goodnight Sweetheart (1993–2016)
Episode:
Turned Out Nice Again
(1996)
Not Rated | 29 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Gary bumps into his former talent agent, Sidney Wix, which leads to an unwelcome collaboration with superstar ukulele player, George Formby.
Director: Terry Kinane | Stars: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Michelle Holmes, Dervla Kirwan, Victor McGuire
Votes: 49
21.
The Knick (2014–2015)
Episode:
Wonderful Surprises
(2015)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, History
Abby's worsening condition persuades Thackery to test out his novel syphilis treatment. Edwards comes clean to Opal, but does not get the response he expects. Cleary makes a last-ditch ... See full summary »
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Clive Owen, André Holland, Jeremy Bobb, Juliet Rylance
Votes: 871