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51. The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who becomes his accomplice.
Director: Bud Yorkin | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Jacqueline Bisset, Warren Oates, Jill Clayburgh
Votes: 1,253 | Gross: $0.68M
52. Assignment: Paris (1952)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
Cold war intrigue in France and Hungary.
Directors: Robert Parrish, Phil Karlson | Stars: Dana Andrews, Märta Torén, George Sanders, Audrey Totter
Votes: 695
53. Gaily, Gaily (1969)
R | 107 min | Comedy
To escape sinful impulses, Ben Harvey, a callow youth, leaves his small town for Chicago in 1910. A pickpocket promptly relieves him of his money, and he nearly starves before Queen Lil ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Beau Bridges, Melina Mercouri, Brian Keith, George Kennedy
Votes: 431
54. Navigating the Heart (2000 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 91 min | Drama, Romance
An unlikely romance between a cosmopolitan career woman and a small town fisherman.
Director: David Burton Morris | Stars: Jaclyn Smith, Tim Matheson, David Andrews, Tantoo Cardinal
Votes: 376
55. My Little Chickadee (1940)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Western
After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Mae West, W.C. Fields, Joseph Calleia, Dick Foran
Votes: 3,073
56. 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: 306
57. Judith Therpauve (1978)
125 min | Drama
The widow of a resistance leader, Judith Therpauve, agrees to take over a large daily, established after the liberation of France. But she is soon under pressure from dirty dealings, on the one hand, and labor demands, on the other.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Simone Signoret, Philippe Léotard, Robert Manuel, François Simon
Votes: 185
58. Hitched for the Holidays (2012 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Drama, Romance
An attractive pair agrees to be each other's supposed significant other throughout the holidays to keep their meddling families at bay.
Director: Michael M. Scott | Stars: Joey Lawrence, Emily Hampshire, Linda Darlow, Marilu Henner
Votes: 2,320
59. The Kindergarten Teacher (2014)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama
A kindergarten teacher discovers in a five year-old child a prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired by this young boy, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone.
Director: Nadav Lapid | Stars: Sarit Larry, Avi Shnaidman, Lior Raz, Hamuchtar
Votes: 1,404
60. Tension at Table Rock (1956)
Passed | 93 min | Western
A reluctant gunslinger tires of having to defend himself at every cow town he visits, so he adopts an alias and continues his wandering. At an outpost run by a father and young son, he gets... See full summary »
Director: Charles Marquis Warren | Stars: Richard Egan, Dorothy Malone, Cameron Mitchell, Billy Chapin
Votes: 691
61. Five Star Final (1931)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama
The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Anthony Bushell
Votes: 2,546
62. Picture Snatcher (1933)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama
Ex-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. He falls in love with Patricia, the daughter of the policeman who arrested him. Mr Nolan, her father, doesn't ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy, Patricia Ellis, Alice White
Votes: 1,751
63. Ambush at Dark Canyon (2012)
R | 90 min | Drama, Western
U.S. Marshall Duke Donovan is imprisoned, accused of being an accomplice in a bank robbery. After discovering that his partner is planning to kill his wife, he must escape prison in time to save his wife and clear his name.
Director: Dustin Rikert | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Sydney Penny, Courtney Gains, Andrew W. Walker
Votes: 518
64. Come Fill the Cup (1951)
113 min | Crime, Drama
Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Cagney, Phyllis Thaxter, Raymond Massey, James Gleason
Votes: 547
65. Heatwave (1982)
R | 91 min | Drama
A planned housing development in the mid 70's designed for an upstart Cockney immigrant developer, becomes the centre of controversy as tenants and squatters in the older houses refuse to move.
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Judy Davis, Richard Moir, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter
Votes: 421
66. Kala Pani (1958)
164 min | Crime, Musical, Romance
Based on A.J.Cronin's 'Beyond This Place', this movie narrates the story of an untiring crusade for justice. A young man, learning about his father's wrongful implication in a ... See full summary »
Director: Raj Khosla | Stars: Dev Anand, Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant, Agha
Votes: 358
67. So Well Remembered (1947)
Passed | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Mayor George Boswell recalls events of the previous 25 years in his home town of Browdley. As councilman and newspaper editor George has fought hard to better working and living conditions in the bleak Lancashire mill town.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: John Mills, Martha Scott, Patricia Roc, Trevor Howard
Votes: 587
68. The Steam Experiment (2009)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
A deranged scientist locks 6 people in a steam room and threatens to turn up the heat if the local paper doesn't publish his story about global warming.
Director: Philippe Martinez | Stars: Val Kilmer, Armand Assante, Eric Roberts, Megan Brown Martinez
Votes: 2,834
69. Query (1945)
Approved | 87 min | Thriller
Dock worker Tom Masterick is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to show that his alleged victim is still alive.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: William Hartnell, Jimmy Hanley, Chili Bouchier, John Slater
Votes: 270
70. Janie Gets Married (1946)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
Married life isn't as blissful as either Dick or Janie had hoped. Dick is hired to write filler for his father-in-law's newspaper, but is never allowed to prove his real worth. Janie has to... See full summary »
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Edward Arnold, Ann Harding
Votes: 275
71. -30- (1959)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A managing editor of a LA newspaper must put together headlines for the next day in a way that'll attract the potential readers, deal with hectic going-ons at the workplace and have a serious talk with his wife about her wish to adopt.
Director: Jack Webb | Stars: Jack Webb, William Conrad, David Nelson, Whitney Blake
Votes: 440
72. Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, resulting... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: John Garfield, Priscilla Lane, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh
Votes: 966
73. Man-Proof (1938)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mimi has tried everything to become the bride to Alan, but he chooses Elizabeth instead. The ironic part is that Mimi's mother writes romance novels and neither one has had any luck with ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Myrna Loy, Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon
Votes: 680
74. The Black Widow (1947)
Approved | 180 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt to investigate the deaths of a group of scientists working on an atomic rocket development project. Behind the killings is fortune ... See full summary »
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Bruce Edwards, Virginia Lee, Carol Forman, Anthony Warde
Votes: 402
75. When the Sky Falls (2000)
R | 107 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Irish crime-investigating reporter Sinead Hamilton invades the Irish underworld and attempts to expose the illegitimate activities that she has found. Hampered by the system, a police ... See full summary »
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McNally
Votes: 783
76. Front Page Woman (1935)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman reporter tries to prove she's just as good as any man, but runs into trouble along the way.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns, Wini Shaw
Votes: 1,732
77. Grievous Bodily Harm (1988)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not die in a car accident, as everyone else thinks.
Director: Mark Joffe | Stars: Colin Friels, John Waters, Bruno Lawrence, Shane Briant
Votes: 282
78. Murder on the Campus (1933)
Passed | 73 min | Mystery
A popular young student finds herself accused of a series of murders that have occurred on the college campus. Her boyfriend, a reporter for the local newspaper, knows she didn't do it, and sets out to prove her innocence and catch the real killer.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Shirley Grey, Charles Starrett, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ruth Hall
Votes: 311
79. Hot Summer Night (1957)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An out-of-work journalist honeymooning in the Ozarks stumbles on a lead that a notorious bank robber is in town and tries to get his story.
Director: David Friedkin | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Colleen Miller, Edward Andrews, Jay C. Flippen
Votes: 432
80. Shinbone Alley (1970)
G | 85 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A newspaper man is reincarnated as a cockroach and makes friends with a free-spirited female alley cat.
Directors: John Wilson, David Detiege | Stars: Carol Channing, Eddie Bracken, Alan Reed, John Carradine
Votes: 261
81. The Bomber (2001)
128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Victoria stadium is totally destroyed in a bomb attack and Christina Furhage, head-responsible for the Olympic Games in Stockholm, dies with it. Why did someone destroy the stadium and ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Nutley | Stars: Helena Bergström, Pernilla August, Reine Brynolfsson, Örjan Ramberg
Votes: 2,117
82. Indrudu Chandrudu (1989)
Not Rated | 158 min | Comedy, Drama
A corrupt mayor decides to live honest life.
Director: Suresh Krishna | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Vijayshanti, Charan Raj, Narayana P.L.
Votes: 377
83. The Gossip Columnist (1980 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on amoral characters.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Bobby Vinton, Robert Vaughn, Dick Sargent, Kim Cattrall
Votes: 76
84. Air Raid Wardens (1943)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Jacqueline White
Votes: 1,226
85. Life Begins at 40 (1935)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy
In small-town America the easy-going publisher of the local paper finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Will Rogers, Richard Cromwell, George Barbier, Rochelle Hudson
Votes: 197
86. The Sparrow (1972)
105 min | Drama
Set shortly before and during the Six-Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Salah Qabil, Ali El Sherif, Mahmoud Al Meleji, Seif Abdelrahman
Votes: 395
87. Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy
In 1940, Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham (Charles Coburn), a retired Army officer, returns to his home town of Fredericksville, Georgia, and is disturbed at the lack of civic pride. He ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Charles Coburn, Joan Bennett, William Eythe, Allyn Joslyn
Votes: 448
88. Bluff Master (1963)
Not Rated | 135 min | Romance
An inveterate con man falls in love and realizes the error of his ways after his mother comes to know the truth about him.
Director: Manmohan Desai | Stars: Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Niranjan Sharma, Mohan Choti
Votes: 142
89. It's Love Again (1936)
83 min | Comedy, Musical
Elaine Bradford is a young singer and dancer, looking for her big break. Peter Carlton is a gossip columnist facing a deadline and a blank page. So, Peter invents "Mrs. Smythe-Smythe", a ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Jessie Matthews, Robert Young, Sonnie Hale, Ernest Milton
Votes: 334
90. Brown Eyed Girl (2001)
36 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A college student falls in love with a coed who causes him to re-think his life plan.
Director: Jackson Douglas | Stars: Jon Wellner, Lindsay Mechanic, Irene White, Alex Borstein
Votes: 14
91. Behind the News (1940)
75 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
It's Jeff Flavin's first day on the job as a cub reporter for the Enquirer. The boss, Archer, places him with lazy reporter Stu Woodrow. Stu detests cubs and treats Jeff badly. Jeff saves a... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Doris Davenport, Frank Albertson, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 97
92. I'm Much Obliged (1936)
Approved | 22 min | Comedy, Musical, Short
The Morning Daily newspaper's Mr. Inquisitive column - which has the tagline "I'm Much Obliged" - is holding a contest: tell Mr. Inquisitive what you would like to do, and those stories ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: George Dobbs, Ian Maclaren, Vera Van, Lester Cole & His Texas Rangers
Votes: 156
93. Riding on Air (1937)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Smugglers are using a device for controlling airplanes in flight, and newspaper reporters from Chicago are vying for the story. Reporter Elmer Lane is out to scoop rival reporter Betty Harrison, and capture her heart in the process.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Guy Kibbee, Florence Rice, Vinton Hayworth
Votes: 144
94. Graft (1931)
54 min | Crime, Thriller
Cub reporter Dusty investigates the murder of the District Attorney and stumbles into a plot involving a kidnapping and a crooked election.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Regis Toomey, Sue Carol, Dorothy Revier, Boris Karloff
Votes: 110
95. Des lendemains qui chantent (I) (2014)
94 min | Comedy
During 80s and 90s,Noemie is unable to choose between Olivier and Léon who came to Paris to make a fortune for themselves.
Director: Nicolas Castro | Stars: Pio Marmaï, Laetitia Casta, Ramzy Bedia, Gaspard Proust
Votes: 399
96. The Reckless Age (1924)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lord Harrowby, an English nobleman about to marry American heiress Cynthia Meyrick, takes out a $100,000 insurance policy against the loss of his wealthy bride. Sent to usher at the ... See full summary »
Director: Harry A. Pollard | Stars: Reginald Denny, Ruth Dwyer, John Steppling, May Wallace
Votes: 69
97. Paradiset (2003)
115 min | Drama, Mystery, Action
Tabloid journalist Annika Bengtzon is writing about a murder in the port of Stockholm and she suspects that the Yugoslav mafia is involved. However, she also finds links to a foundation ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Nutley | Stars: Helena Bergström, Suzanna Dilber, Georgi Staykov, Niklas Hjulström
Votes: 1,019
98. Bowery Champs (1944)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy
Copy boys Muggs and Glimpy investigate a murder. They locate the ex-wife of the murdered man and become convinced she is innocent. They hide her from the police while they investigate.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William 'Billy' Benedict, Bobby Jordan
Votes: 412
99. Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An investigative crime reporter helps the cops solve the case of a missing tycoon who's later found dead in a cheap boarding house.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry, James Gleason, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 370
100. One Jump Ahead (1955)
66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A hard-boiled reporter tries to solve a mysterious crime despite an increasingly complicated love life.
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Paul Carpenter, Diane Hart, Jill Adams, Freddie Mills
Votes: 164