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1. Born to Kill (1947)

Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with the hotheaded murderer romancing her foster sister.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak, Phillip Terry

Votes: 6,087

2. North by Northwest (1959)

Approved | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis

Votes: 346,324 | Gross: $13.28M

3. Strangers on a Train (1951)

PG | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A psychopathic man tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll

Votes: 141,073 | Gross: $7.63M

4. The Lost Valentine (2011 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 87 min | Drama, Romance

Lucas Thomas's grandmother Caroline returns every Valentine's Day to the station where, at their first wedding anniversary, she waved off to the Pacific Theater of War in 1944 her husband ... See full summary »

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Betty White, Sean Faris, Billy Magnussen

Votes: 6,499

5. The Narrow Margin (1952)

Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against potential assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.

Directors: Richard Fleischer, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Gordon Gebert

Votes: 8,661

6. Cairo Station (1958)

Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama

A newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Hind Rustum, Youssef Chahine, Hassan el Baroudi

Votes: 5,357

7. The Palm Beach Story (1942)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

A New York inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire with a capricious high-society sister.

Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee

Votes: 12,882 | Gross: $0.44M

8. Night Train to Terror (1985)

R | 98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

"Night Train to Terror" is a 1985 horror anthology movie where God and Satan are on a train discussing the fate of three individuals.

Directors: John Carr, Phillip Marshak, Tom McGowan, Jay Schlossberg-Cohen, Gregg G. Tallas | Stars: Barbara Wyler, Jamie Scoggin, Stacey Lyons, Linda Maderas

Votes: 2,826

9. Terror by Night (1946)

Approved | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey

Votes: 6,922

10. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)

Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Romance

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.

Director: William Keighley | Stars: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Richard Travis

Votes: 8,976

11. No Man of Her Own (1950)

Passed | 98 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

A pregnant woman adopts the identity of a railroad-crash victim and starts a new life with the woman's wealthy in-laws, but is soon blackmailed by her devious ex.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Phyllis Thaxter

Votes: 2,904

12. Lady on a Train (1945)

Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Film-Noir

In New York, a woman who partially witnesses a killing from a train window seeks the aid of a crime novelist to solve the murder.

Director: Charles David | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce, George Coulouris

Votes: 2,566

13. Strangers in the Night (1944)

Approved | 56 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A lonely, mentally-unbalanced woman invents a fictitious daughter and has the "daughter" write to a Marine stationed in the South Pacific. When the soldier returns to the States, he goes to... See full summary »

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: William Terry, Virginia Grey, Helene Thimig, Edith Barrett

Votes: 813

14. Blue Skies (1946)

Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

An ex-dancer and New York radio star narrates his love story for a band singer who loved a self-centered man who was unable to commit to his nightclub business or his family.

Directors: Stuart Heisler, Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, Billy De Wolfe

Votes: 1,570

15. Thirst (1949)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama

A needy couple in a bad marriage travel back to Stockholm after a trip to Italy. Meanwhile, a widow resists seductions from two different persons - her psychiatrist and a lesbian friend.

Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Eva Henning, Birger Malmsten, Birgit Tengroth, Hasse Ekman

Votes: 2,830

16. Cross Fire (1989 TV Movie)

R | 200 min | Biography, Drama

Story of the rise and fall of 1920s' Ku Klux Klan leader D.C. Stephenson.

Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: John Heard, Mel Harris, David Morse, George Dzundza

Votes: 333

17. Experiment Perilous (1944)

Approved | 91 min | Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller

In 1903, a doctor suspects murder in the gothic Bederaux family.

Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, George Brent, Paul Lukas, Albert Dekker

Votes: 2,126

18. Hit the Ice (1943)

Passed | 82 min | Comedy

Two newspaper photographers get mixed up with gangsters at a ski resort.

Directors: Charles Lamont, Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Ginny Simms, Patric Knowles

Votes: 1,717

19. Do You Love Me (1946)

Approved | 91 min | Musical, Romance

The woman dean of a music school undergoes a glamorous transformation after she meets a swing bandleader.

Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Dick Haymes, Harry James, Reginald Gardiner

Votes: 298

20. The Emperor Jones (1933)

Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, Music

Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

Directors: Dudley Murphy, William C. de Mille | Stars: Paul Robeson, Dudley Digges, Frank H. Wilson, Fredi Washington

Votes: 1,262

21. Suddenly It's Spring (1947)

Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Romance

Fred wants to start a new life with a new wife, but it isn't easy to give Paulette the gate for another mate.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Macdonald Carey, Arleen Whelan

Votes: 295

22. Alice in Movieland (1940)

Approved | 22 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Joan Leslie, Nana Bryant, Clara Blandick, Clarence Muse

Votes: 418

23. Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)

Unrated | 57 min | Adventure, Mystery

Captain Drummond travels to Switzerland in order to marry his girlfriend but the disappearance of a dangerous cargo of explosives makes him delay his plans.

Director: Louis King | Stars: John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny

Votes: 738

24. Tell It to the Judge (1949)

Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Romance

Marsha Meredith, an attorney-at-law, is nominated for a Federal judgeship but her nomination is opposed by a 'Good-Government' group who think her divorce makes her unfit for the job. This ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings, Gig Young, Marie McDonald

Votes: 451

25. Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)

Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A paroled embezzler skips town with his $100K loot and boards the Chicago-New York train, followed by an assortment of shady characters who want the money, but en-route to NYC the embezzler is murdered and his loot disappears.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Marjorie Main, James Whitmore, Ann Dvorak, Phyllis Kirk

Votes: 624

26. Fog Over Frisco (1934)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

The lifestyles of Arlene and Valkyr Bradford, half-sisters from a respected San Francisco family, diverge markedly as Arlene takes up with criminals.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot

Votes: 1,750

27. She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)

Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Romance

Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her practice in Chicago, she spends time back East with war veterans, building their self-esteem,... See full summary »

Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Lee Bowman, Adele Jergens, Charles Winninger

Votes: 578

28. Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Nightclub singer Joan Warren's agent Nicky puts her into situations designed to advance her career.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Alice Faye, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Ted Healy

Votes: 148

29. Triple Threat (1948)

Passed | 71 min | Action, Drama, Romance

American football script number one-through 101 is the usual one about an egotistical college football star (amatuer) who is drafted into the National Football League (professional), and he... See full summary »

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Richard Crane, Gloria Henry, Mary Stuart, John Litel

Votes: 18

30. This Is the Life (1944)

Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

18-year-old Angela, reared in a New England town by her Aunt Betsy, receives an inheritance which she uses to go to New York, ostensibly for voice training, but she is pursuing the object ... See full summary »

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Susanna Foster, Peggy Ryan, Louise Allbritton

Votes: 73

31. Curley (1947)

Approved | 53 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A mischievous kid and his friends torment their school teachers.

Director: Bernard Carr | Stars: Larry Olsen, Frances Rafferty, Eilene Janssen, Dale Belding

Votes: 120

32. Once in a Lifetime (1932)

Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.

Director: Russell Mack | Stars: Jack Oakie, Sidney Fox, Aline MacMahon, Russell Hopton

Votes: 215

33. Secret Service Investigator (1948)

Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A returning war hero who looks like a forger gets mixed up with gangsters and the Secret Service.

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Lynne Roberts, Lloyd Bridges, George Zucco, June Storey

Votes: 53

34. The Good Fellows (1943)

Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Romance

The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim "Pop" Helton so involved and distracted that he forgets to pay the family's bills, nearly ... See full summary »

Director: Jo Graham | Stars: Cecil Kellaway, Helen Walker, Mabel Paige, James Brown

Votes: 41

35. The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)

Approved | 66 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

The Falcon and his friend Goldie Locke check into what appears to be a silk-smuggling racket in San Francisco.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Tom Conway, Paula Corday, Edward Brophy, Sharyn Moffett

Votes: 802

36. Blonde Trouble (1937)

Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Fred Stevens, on his way to New York City with hopes of succeeding as a songwriter, meets and falls in love with Edna Baker, an employee in a dentist's office. In New York, Fred meets Paul ... See full summary »

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Eleanore Whitney, Johnny Downs, Lynne Overman, Terry Walker

Votes: 22

37. Wall Street Cowboy (1939)

Passed | 66 min | Drama, Music, Western

Roy Rogers and his pals go to New York City to prevent a Wall Street conglomerate from taking their land. The land is rich in a mineral used for making steel and some greedy power brokers will stop at nothing to get it.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Raymond Hatton, Ann Baldwin

Votes: 139

38. Train to Alcatraz (1948)

Approved | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A group of prisoners being transported by train to Alcatraz prison plot an escape.

Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Don 'Red' Barry, Janet Martin, William Phipps, Roy Barcroft

Votes: 70

39. Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021)

80 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A look at the life and work of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry.

Director: Francesco Zippel | Stars: Gian Luca Farinelli, Chuck D, Amma Asante, Kwame Kwei-Armah

Votes: 204

40. Last Train from Bombay (1952)

Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Martin Viking, an American diplomat in India, is falsely accused on the killing of an Indian dignitary and sets out to prove his innocence while trying to find the location of explosions planed on a Bombay train by a group of terrorists.

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Jon Hall, Christine Larson, Lisa Ferraday, Douglas Kennedy

Votes: 113

41. Let's Live Tonight (1935)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Nick Kerry (Tullio Carminati) is a rich rounder who holds tremendous fascination over women......mainly because he is rich and has his own yacht. At Monte Carlo one evening he romances Kay ... See full summary »

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Lilian Harvey, Tullio Carminati, Janet Beecher, Hugh Williams

Votes: 28

42. Lady Bodyguard (1943)

Approved | 69 min | Comedy

A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a proposition that in return for using his picture and endorsement he will get a ... See full summary »

Director: William Clemens | Stars: Eddie Albert, Anne Shirley, Raymond Walburn, Roger Pryor

Votes: 66

43. You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943)

Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A young woman marries a soldier to fulfill the conditions of a will. However, when she gets ready to divorce him, she realizes that she actually loves him, and determines to find a way to stay married to him.

Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Allan Jones, Evelyn Ankers, Billie Burke, David Bruce

Votes: 30

44. The Awakening of Jim Burke (1935)

Approved | 57 min | Drama

After his divorced wife dies, Jim Burke takes their son who she had been raising and he hasn't seen in many years. Jim Burke is a tough, hard-nosed construction boss on engineering projects... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Jack Holt, Florence Rice, Jimmy Butler, Kathleen Burke

Votes: 12

45. Casey Jones, Jr. (1923)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Action, Comedy

Casey Jones, Jr. (Lige Conley), assistant to the president of the railroad, is sent to speed up the Speed-Ball Express, Celeryville's month-late arrival. Casey has things going reasonably ... See full summary »

Director: Del Lord | Stars: Lige Conley, Peggy O'Neil, Violet Oliver, Jack Lloyd

46. The Broadway Hoofer (1929)

Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

While taking a vacation in the country Broadway star Adele (Marie Saxon) inadvertently as a prank finds herself auditioning for a chorus job in the midwest Gay GIrlies Burlesque touring ... See full summary »

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Marie Saxon, Jack Egan, Louise Fazenda, Howard Hickman

47. Mysterious Crossing (1936)

Approved | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Reporter tries to solve the murder of a man killed on a boat in Mississippi.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: James Dunn, Jean Rogers, Andy Devine, Hobart Cavanaugh

Votes: 19

48. Moon Over Las Vegas (1944)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A beautiful woman goes to Las Vegas in a scheme to make her husbnd jealous, but once she gets there she becomes involved with another man.

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Anne Gwynne, David Bruce, Barbara Jo Allen, Vivian Austin

Votes: 24

49. A Dangerous Adventure (1937)

Passed | 58 min | Drama

At the Gale Steel and Iron Works in Galesburg, Tim Sawyer, known as "Shoulders," is the tough production manager frustrated by the company's refusal to spend money for repairs. The plant is... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Don Terry, Rosalind Keith, Russell Hicks, John Gallaudet

50. Show Business (1932)

20 min | Comedy, Short

The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.

Director: Jules White | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd, Anita Garvin, Monte Collins

Votes: 151