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51. Alleged (2010)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, History, Romance
When a teacher is arrested in Tennessee for trying to teach evolution in 1925, a young ambitious reporter must choose whether to take advice from his sweetheart or the notorious columnist when it comes to his approach to the story.
Director: Tom Hines | Stars: Nathan West, Colm Meaney, Ashley Johnson, Brian Dennehy
Votes: 307
52. Balzac: A Passionate Life (1999 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 240 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A man who created great literature from the adventures of his own life--and the women at the heart of it. Although gruff, unsophisticated, and far from handsome, Balzac exerts an irresistible fascination on women.
Director: Josée Dayan | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Jeanne Moreau, Fanny Ardant, Virna Lisi
Votes: 658
53. Count the Hours! (1953)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Lawyer defends migrant worker falsely accused of two murders.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Dolores Moran, Adele Mara
Votes: 607
54. Struggle for Life (2016)
Not Rated | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy
Marc Châtaigne, a trainee at the Ministry of the Standrard, is sent to French Guyana to prepare the construction of Guyaneige, the first indoor ski station of Amazonia.
Director: Antonin Peretjatko | Stars: Vincent Macaigne, Vimala Pons, Pascal Légitimus, Mathieu Amalric
Votes: 1,190
55. I Only Want You to Love Me (1976 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
A man is interviewed by a sympathetic woman. His tale unfolds, of hard work that never pleases his parents, of a father who denigrates his efforts, of an indifferent mother. He builds them ... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Vitus Zeplichal, Elke Aberle, Alexander Allerson, Erni Mangold
Votes: 1,462
56. Guilty (2011)
102 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A family man battles to prove his innocence after being accused of a heinous crime.
Director: Vincent Garenq | Stars: Philippe Torreton, Wladimir Yordanoff, Noémie Lvovsky, Raphaël Ferret
Votes: 2,036
57. My Pal Gus (1952)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dave Jennings is a successful, self-made man in the business world, but he can't control his son, Gus, who is primarily a brat fond of throwing temper-tantrums and misbehaving. Dan enrolls ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Richard Widmark, Joanne Dru, Audrey Totter, George Winslow
Votes: 214
58. Ladies of the Jury (1932)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Mystery
Society matron Mrs. Crane (Edna May Oliver) is selected as a juror in the trial of ex-chorus girl Yvette Gordon (Jill Esmond), who's accused of murdering her rich elderly husband. In court,... See full summary »
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Edna May Oliver, Jill Esmond, Roscoe Ates, Ken Murray
Votes: 427
59. Go for Zucker (2004)
Unrated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A Journalist of Jewish descent in Berlin feels that he is a loser of the political changes in Germany after 1989. When his mother dies, he has to meet his brother to whom he has not talked ... See full summary »
Director: Dani Levy | Stars: Henry Hübchen, Hannelore Elsner, Udo Samel, Golda Tencer
Votes: 2,886 | Gross: $0.09M
60. Meet Miss Mozart (1936)
90 min | Comedy
This French musical comedy was based on the stage play Mademoiselle Mozart, written by Yvan Noe, who also co-directed the screen version. Danielle Darrieux plays Denise, the owner of a ... See full summary »
Director: Yvan Noé | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Mingand, Louis Baron fils, Pauline Carton
Votes: 33
61. This Side of the Law (1950)
Approved | 74 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A drifter is bailed out of jail by a lawyer, who hires him to impersonate a millionaire until the man can be declared legally dead and the estate settled. However, the man soon finds out that things are not exactly how they seem.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Viveca Lindfors, Kent Smith, Janis Paige, Robert Douglas
Votes: 405
62. Freestyle (2010)
PG-13 | 86 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Leon is a tough, rebellious freestyle basketball player from the wrong side of the tracks. When Ondene, a stunning girl from an upper class background falls for him, their two contrasting worlds combine.
Director: Kolton Lee | Stars: Lucy Konadu, Arinzé Kene, Alfie Allen, Suzann McLean
Votes: 455
63. Painted Faces (1929)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A vaudeville performer is murdered backstage and another performer is tried for the crime.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Helen Foster, Barton Hepburn, Dorothy Gulliver
Votes: 92
64. The Jury's Secret (1938)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Bill Sheldon has a grudge against Midland City newspaper publisher Brandon Williams as Sheldon blames the city's recent flood against Williams for using his power and influence to hold up ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: Kent Taylor, Fay Wray, Jane Darwell, Nan Grey
Votes: 38
65. The Cost of Living (2003)
110 min | Comedy
Some of French cinema's best known faces appear in this light hearted comedy about people's relationships with money.
Director: Philippe Le Guay | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Vincent Lindon, Camille Japy, Géraldine Pailhas
Votes: 671
66. Les cracks (1968)
110 min | Comedy, Sport
Story talks about inventor. Inventor inventes cool bike and goes on racing competition. But on his way he has problems.
Director: Alex Joffé | Stars: Bourvil, Robert Hirsch, Gianni Bonagura, Monique Tarbès
Votes: 407
67. You're a Sweetheart (1937)
Approved | 96 min | Music, Romance
Hal Adams tries to win the heart of Broadway star Betty Bradley.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Alice Faye, George Murphy, Ken Murray, Charles Winninger
Votes: 145
68. Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy
Gildersleeve gets himself into trouble while on jury duty.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Harold Peary, Jane Darwell, Nancy Gates, Charles Arnt
Votes: 319
69. Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
Passed | 86 min | Family
A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Yvette Duguay, Gene Lockhart, Nancy Guild
Votes: 392
70. Something for the Birds (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Romance
Enviromentalist Anne Richards goes to Washington D. C. to fight for getting legislation passed to save the last remaining sanctuary of the almost-extinct California Condor. She enlists the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Victor Mature, Patricia Neal, Edmund Gwenn, Larry Keating
Votes: 233
71. Bartleby (I) (1976)
96 min | Drama
A bailiff's study engages a young man, Bartleby, pale, stiff, not speaking and expressing no emotion. One fine day Bartleby refuses certain tasks, then all work.
Director: Maurice Ronet | Stars: Michael Lonsdale, Maxence Mailfort, Maurice Biraud, Dominique Zardi
Votes: 96
72. We the People with Gloria Allred (2011– )
TV-PG | Crime, Reality-TV, Talk-Show
Courtroom show that features famous attorney Gloria Allred in the judge's seat.
Stars: Gloria Allred, Brian Isom, Brent Duffey, Melody Baha
Votes: 114
73. The Man Who Dared (1946)
Passed | 66 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A crusading reporter plans his own arrest and conviction for first degree murder, trying to show that the death sentence should be outlawed when based on circumstantial evidence alone, but his plan goes awry.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Leslie Brooks, George Macready, Forrest Tucker, Charles D. Brown
Votes: 89
74. Criminal Lawyer (1951)
Approved | 74 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Alcoholic lawyer sobers up to defend friend in murder case.
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Jane Wyatt, Carl Benton Reid, Mary Castle
Votes: 129
75. Offroad (2012)
98 min | Action, Comedy
A young woman who had her future planned as junior manager of her father's company encounters life-changing events.
Director: Elmar Fischer | Stars: Nora Tschirner, Elyas M'Barek, Maximilian von Pufendorf, Tonio Arango
Votes: 1,016
76. Who Is Hope Schuyler? (1942)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, which involves three murder and that many failed attempts. A prosecuting attorney in the ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Z. Loring | Stars: Joseph Allen, Mary Howard, Sheila Ryan, Ricardo Cortez
Votes: 51
77. False Faces (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Drama
Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital, primarily for a lack of ethics, and goes to Chicago and sets himself up as a plastic surgeon (unqualified) and seducer of ... See full summary »
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Lowell Sherman, Peggy Shannon, Lila Lee, Berton Churchill
Votes: 87
78. Herr Ober! (1992)
93 min | Comedy
Ernst Held is managing a hotel together with his posh, suppressive wife, but is more interested in writing poetry. When Ernst is apparently "caught in the act" with a woman who he was just ... See full summary »
Directors: Gerhard Polt, Fred Unger | Stars: Gerhard Polt, Christiane Hörbiger, Ulrike Kriener, Robert Meyer
Votes: 328
79. Father, Mother, My Wife and I (1955)
105 min | Comedy
Robert Langlois is now married to Catherine, the former housemaid. And they would live happily ever after if the housing crisis did not force them to live together with Gabrielle and ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Stars: Robert Lamoureux, Gaby Morlay, Fernand Ledoux, Nicole Courcel
Votes: 190
80. Ginger (1935)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ginger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down Shakesperian actor. Although denied the love of a mother and father, Ginger looks after her uncle, ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Jane Withers, O.P. Heggie, Jackie Searl, Katharine Alexander
Votes: 75
81. Under Your Spell (1936)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to bring him back. They fall in love.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Lawrence Tibbett, Wendy Barrie, Gregory Ratoff, Arthur Treacher
Votes: 74
82. Headline Hunters (1955)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
City Editor Ned Powers assigns student reporter David Flynn to veteran newsman Hugh Woodruff, primarily to get on Woodruff's nerves. David has long admired Woodruff, but is saddened to see ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Rod Cameron, Julie Bishop, Ben Cooper, Raymond Greenleaf
Votes: 192
83. Les nuits blanches de Saint-Pétersbourg (1938)
85 min | Drama
Pozdnycheff, a young party animal, destroyed by his lightness the marital happiness of one of his childhood friends who committed suicide. Since then, he is haunted by the memory.
Director: Jean Dréville | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Jean Yonnel, Jacques Erwin, Pierre Renoir
Votes: 36
84. O anthropos pou espage plaka! (1972)
94 min | Comedy
The story of a man whose greatest pleasure is to set pranks and find ways to tease other people.
Director: Kostas Karagiannis | Stars: Labros Konstadaras, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Aimilia Ypsilanti, Stavros Xenidis
Votes: 459
85. Criminal Lawyer (1937)
Passed | 72 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Criminal lawyer Barry Brandon visits the nightclub of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with spoiled society girl Betty Walker. The police raid the club and Brandon pleads that the whole ... See full summary »
Directors: Christy Cabanne, Edward Killy | Stars: Lee Tracy, Margot Grahame, Eduardo Ciannelli, Erik Rhodes
Votes: 224
86. The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama
An actor continually confesses to murders he didn't commit, figuring that the police won't believe him when he confesses to a murder that he actually does intend to commit.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Lewis Stone, Barbara Read, Tom Brown, Forrester Harvey
Votes: 70
87. Unknown Woman (1935)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young attorney, Larry Condon, is on a retainer by a nightclub-owning gangster, to carry and deliver what he thinks are legal papers but he is innocently carrying around millions of ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Richard Cromwell, Marian Marsh, Douglass Dumbrille, Henry Armetta
Votes: 19
88. Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis! (1960)
81 min | Comedy
Director: Ville Salminen | Stars: Eemeli, Tarja Nurmi, Jaana Saarinen, Vesa Enne
Votes: 81
89. Bolero (1983)
103 min | Drama, Music
Pete is a musician, his wife Lena has a gallery in Schwabing. They have a son, Benni. Pete gets into a creative crisis: He separates from his rock group and tries to be a solo artist, but can't find a producer.
Director: Rüdiger Nüchtern | Stars: Katja Rupé, Michael König, Maxi Nüchtern, Kurt Raab
Votes: 59
90. L'air de rien (2012)
91 min | Comedy
An officer of the court meets his father's idol, a singer that stopped performing years ago, while seizing his assets and takes it upon himself to help him with his creditors.
Directors: Grégory Magne, Stéphane Viard | Stars: Grégory Montel, Michel Delpech, Christophe Miossec, Frédéric Scotlande
Votes: 85
91. Le cancre (2016)
116 min | Drama, Romance
Laurent is seeking a path in life after living his childhood and teenage years in laziness. He has a conflictual relationship with Rodolphe, his father, and both are too emotional to ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Vecchiali | Stars: Paul Vecchiali, Pascal Cervo, Catherine Deneuve, Mathieu Amalric
Votes: 127
92. Alles im Eimer (1981)
99 min | Comedy
Director: Ralf Gregan | Stars: Dieter Hallervorden, Rainer Brandt, Dirk Dautzenberg, Lisa Helwig
Votes: 135
93. Only Need to Win Once (2020)
23 min | Short, Drama
A short film following a young man as he deals with his gambling and debt problems.
Director: Mohammed Qulqass | Stars: Harry Rowland, Will Dermietzel, Michele Olivia, Richard Teasdale
Votes: 5
94. Romance of the Redwoods (1939)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
June Martin is a dishwasher in a California logging camp boarding house. Steve Blake fights Jed Malone for her and loses, thus casting suspicion on himself when Malone dies under cloudy circumstances.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Charles Bickford, Jean Parker, Al Bridge, Gordon Oliver
Votes: 30
95. Portia on Trial (1937)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama
Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon (Neil Hamilton).
Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Walter Abel, Frieda Inescort, Neil Hamilton, Heather Angel
Votes: 88
96. Midnight Court (1937)
Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Victor Shanley had once been New York City's most-acclaimed crime-fighting, crusading District Attorney and the scourge of the underworld. But the workaholic demands of the job led him to ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Ann Dvorak, John Litel, Carlyle Moore Jr., Joseph Crehan
Votes: 129
97. Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941)
Approved | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Assistant District Attorney P. Cadwallader Jones (James Ellison) and his sweetheart Terry Parker (Virginia Gilmore), a newspaper reporter, are about to be married when news comes that ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: James Ellison, Virginia Gilmore, Franklin Pangborn, Paul Harvey
Votes: 29
98. The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance
Evelyn and Ken Blake are about to break up their marriage and get a divorce. While she still loves him, she can not forgive his infidelity. Their son, 12-year-old Christopher, is hurt and ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Alexis Smith, Robert Douglas, Cecil Kellaway, Ted Donaldson
Votes: 82
99. The First Degree (1923)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
Sam Purdy, a banker-turned-politician-turned-sheep farmer is repeatedly blackmailed by his half-brother because of their love for a woman named Mary.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Frank Mayo, Sylvia Breamer, Philo McCullough, George A. Williams
Votes: 100
100. Hurricane Smith (1941)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Rodeo rider Hurricane Smith is wrongly convicted of murder and robbery, but escapes and creates a new and happy life for himself. But one of the real criminals shows up to claim the loot ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Ray Middleton, Jane Wyatt, Harry Davenport, J. Edward Bromberg
Votes: 44