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51. Brown of Harvard (1926)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Tom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew, not only in football and rowing crew, but also for the affections of Mary Abbott, a professor's daughter.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: William Haines, Jack Pickford, Mary Brian, Francis X. Bushman Jr.
Votes: 1,532
52. Zotz! (1962)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A professor comes into possession of an amulet with magical powers.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Tom Poston, Julia Meade, Jim Backus, Fred Clark
Votes: 927
53. The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this classic film follows a family feud between two brothers and an ancient curse that haunts them.
Director: Joe May | Stars: George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, Vincent Price, Dick Foran
Votes: 1,523
54. The Benson Murder Case (1930)
Passed | 65 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Vance just happens to be there. He decides to find out who killed him.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: William Powell, William 'Stage' Boyd, Eugene Pallette, Paul Lukas
Votes: 466
55. Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
Passed | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Richard Todd, Ruth Roman, Mercedes McCambridge, Zachary Scott
Votes: 1,451
56. Behind Green Lights (1946)
Passed | 64 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Police lieutenant Sam Carson investigates a political murder after the victim is dumped at the door of police headquarters.
Director: Otto Brower | Stars: Carole Landis, William Gargan, Richard Crane, Mary Anderson
Votes: 1,112
57. Undersea Kingdom (1936)
Approved | 226 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Crash Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter, join Professor Norton for a search for the source of a string of earthquakes, Atlantis. They ride Prof. ... See full summary »
Directors: B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane | Stars: Ray Corrigan, Lois Wilde, Monte Blue, William Farnum
Votes: 635
58. Once Upon a Time (1944)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A cash-strapped theater producer promotes a nine-year-old boy's dancing caterpillar.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Cary Grant, Janet Blair, James Gleason, Ted Donaldson
Votes: 1,105
59. Stavisky (1974)
PG | 120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A swindler's activity indirectly caused a political crisis in France in the last years before World War II.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, François Périer, Anny Duperey
Votes: 2,512 | Gross: $0.01M
60. The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.
Directors: Bruce Manning, Jean Renoir | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Treacher
Votes: 397
61. The Mad Doctor (1940)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance
A crazed physician marries a wealthy women and, with the help of his demented assistant, murders them for their money.
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Ellen Drew, John Howard, Barbara Jo Allen
Votes: 306
62. Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957)
Passed | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A brave longshoreman lingers on after being gunned down by 3 racketeers, as a determined assistant D.A. searches hard for fearful witnesses against the men.
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams
Votes: 478
63. Brief Moment (1933)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A dissolute rich society boy marries a worldly nightclub singer, and she begins to have a wholly unexpected effect on him.
Director: David Burton | Stars: Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond, Donald Cook, Monroe Owsley
Votes: 367
64. A Man Betrayed (1941)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A small-town attorney comes to the city to investigate the murder of a friend and falls in love with the daughter of the head of the crime ring he hopes to expose.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: John Wayne, Frances Dee, Edward Ellis, Wallace Ford
Votes: 624
65. Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WW2 hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.
Directors: Gordon Douglas, Henry Levin | Stars: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 1,264
66. Mister Cinderella (1936)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
Automotive mogul Peter Randolph needs backers for his diesel engine. Eccentric millionaire Aloysius P. Merriweather is invited to dinner, but he sends barber Joe Jenkins in his place.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Jack Haley, Betty Furness, Arthur Treacher, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 102
67. The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
Approved | 113 min | Comedy, Sport
After a timid milkman knocks unconscious a boxing champion who was accosting his sister, he decides to take up boxing himself in order to impress a beautiful nightclub singer.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran
Votes: 1,293
68. The Death Kiss (1932)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Murder during film shoot sparks search for a killer.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Adrienne Ames, John Wray
Votes: 1,423
69. It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
A New York couple takes over a small town newspaper.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Loretta Young, John Forsythe, Frank McHugh, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 312
70. It Grows on Trees (1952)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Fantasy
What happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Irene Dunne, Dean Jagger, Joan Evans, Richard Crenna
Votes: 368
71. 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: 401
72. Girls Can Play (1937)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Foy Harris (John Gallaudet) is a bootlegger selling illegal booze and also running a girl's professional softball team and is romancing the team's catcher Sue Collins (Rita Hayworth). The ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Julie Bishop, Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, John Gallaudet
Votes: 158
73. The American Venus (1926)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy
Mary Gray, whose father manufactures cold cream, is engaged to sappy Horace Niles, the son of Hugo Niles, the elder Gray's most competitive rival in the cosmetics business. Chip Armstrong, ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Esther Ralston, Lawrence Gray, Ford Sterling, Fay Lanphier
Votes: 54
74. One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady, Leopold Stokowski
Votes: 1,243 | Gross: $2.27M
75. A Stranger in Town (1943)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In a small corrupt town, an honest crusading lawyer running for mayor gets unexpected help from a tourist who happens to be a Supreme Court judge.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson, Jean Rogers, Porter Hall
Votes: 1,023
76. The Return of October (1948)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
This is the warm-hearted story of a wholesome Terry Moore, whose late uncle Willie (James Gleason) is reincarnated as a thoroughbred horse. At least, as far as Ms. Moore is concerned, he is... See full summary »
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Glenn Ford, Terry Moore, Albert Sharpe, James Gleason
Votes: 244
77. Lights of New York (1928)
Passed | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A gangster frames two bootleggers for the shooting of a police officer in New York during the prohibition.
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Mary Carr, Wheeler Oakman
Votes: 949 | Gross: $1.20M
78. Start Cheering (1938)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Fed up with movie life, film star Ted Crosley quits pictures to enroll in Midland College, much to the horror of his manager Sam Lewis and his stooge-friend Willie Gumbatz. Ted wishes to ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Jimmy Durante, Walter Connolly, Joan Perry, Charles Starrett
Votes: 267
79. Raiders of Ghost City (1944)
Passed | 225 min | Western
During the latter stages of the Civil War, a gang of supposed Confederates, headed by Alex Morel (Lionel Atwill), raid all gold shipments destined for Washington from Oro Grande, California... See full summary »
Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Dennis Moore, Wanda McKay, Lionel Atwill, Joe Sawyer
Votes: 86
80. Spy Smasher (1942)
Passed | 215 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Alan Armstrong, aka Spy Smasher, battles a Nazi villain known as The Mask, who heads a gang of saboteurs determined to spread destruction across America.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Kane Richmond, Marguerite Chapman, Sam Flint, Hans Schumm
Votes: 415
81. Meet the People (1944)
Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Musical
An idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Lucille Ball, Dick Powell, Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr
Votes: 488
82. The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Passed | 65 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: David Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, George Zucco, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 893
83. So This Is Paris (1926)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy
Georgette lives in Paris with her unexciting, effeminate husband, an actor and interpretive dancer. Meanwhile, Suzanne lives across the street and reads romance novels while dreaming of ... See full summary »
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Monte Blue, Patsy Ruth Miller, Lilyan Tashman, George Beranger
Votes: 757 | Gross: $0.11M
84. Starlift (1951)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie gets out, chaos ensues.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson
Votes: 589
85. Canon City (1948)
Approved | 82 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Twelve inmates plan a prison break from the Colorado State Penitentiary but one of them reluctantly joins the group.
Director: Crane Wilbur | Stars: Scott Brady, Jeff Corey, Whit Bissell, Stanley Clements
Votes: 444
86. Easy to Wed (1946)
Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Romance
To prevent a libel case against the paper, a reporter tries to compromise the reputation of a tycoon's slandered daughter.
Directors: Edward Buzzell, Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 944
87. Fort Apache Napoli (2009)
108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985.
Director: Marco Risi | Stars: Libero De Rienzo, Valentina Lodovini, Michele Riondino, Massimiliano Gallo
Votes: 1,169
88. Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)
Approved | 211 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Using a diabolical disguise, Harry Crowel embarks on a vengeful career of destruction...opposed by three heroic daredevils.
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Charles Quigley, Bruce Bennett, David Sharpe, Carole Landis
Votes: 254
89. Remember the Day (1941)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance, War
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Claudette Colbert, John Payne, Shepperd Strudwick, Ann E. Todd
Votes: 633
90. Thanks for the Memory (II) (1938)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Bob Hope is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Hope's publisher who is still carrying a torch for her.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Charles Butterworth, Otto Kruger
Votes: 381
91. Harry (1993–1995)
50 min | Drama
Harry Salter is the ruthless owner of a news agency in Darlington who will resort to any under-hand means or exploit anyone in order to get a story that he can sell to a newspaper. He is ... See full summary »
Stars: Michael Elphick, Ian Bartholomew, Julie Graham, Tom Hollander
Votes: 51
92. The Case of the Red Monkey (1955)
Approved | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A US agent protects a defecting Russian scientist in London as scientists are murdered. The agent finds the killers' hideout, is captured with a policeman's niece, escapes, and stops the killings.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Richard Conte, Rona Anderson, Russell Napier, John Horsley
Votes: 192
93. Blondie Johnson (1933)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama
The story of a Depression-downtrodden waif who uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.
Directors: Ray Enright, Lucien Hubbard | Stars: Joan Blondell, Chester Morris, Allen Jenkins, Earle Foxe
Votes: 789
94. Scandal at Scourie (1953)
Passed | 90 min | Drama
After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to Manitoba. All of them are available for adoption and at a stop at Scourie, Ontario little Patsy ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Agnes Moorehead, Donna Corcoran
Votes: 591
95. Thirty Day Princess (1934)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Romance
A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her.
Director: Marion Gering | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold, Henry Stephenson
Votes: 1,131
96. We Faw Down (1928)
Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of a jealous boxer.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Vivien Oakland, Bess Flowers
Votes: 1,062
97. Frisco Jenny (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Music
The San Francisco earthquake shakes up the life of Jenny, a madam who gives birth to an illegitimate son and gives him up to protect him.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern, Helen Jerome Eddy, Donald Cook
Votes: 1,191
98. This Day and Age (1933)
Passed | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
High school students band together to dispense vigilante justice against a vicious gangland boss.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Charles Bickford, Judith Allen, Richard Cromwell, Harry Green
Votes: 238
99. The Affairs of Susan (1945)
Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Joan Fontaine, George Brent, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel
Votes: 426
100. The Silk Noose (1948)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama
In post- WW2 Britain, an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancé, and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym attempt to bring black market organized crime to justice.
Director: Edmond T. Gréville | Stars: Carole Landis, Joseph Calleia, Derek Farr, Stanley Holloway
Votes: 408