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51. Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, History
While King Richard is away at the Crusades, some Nottingham nobles and their Sheriff plot to confiscate estates of fallen Crusaders but Robin Hood and Maid Marian foil their plan.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Richard Greene, Peter Cushing, Niall MacGinnis, Richard Pasco
Votes: 1,490
52. Horatio Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999 TV Movie)
93 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Lt. Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess who has secrets of her own.
Director: Andrew Grieve | Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Cherie Lunghi, Christopher Fulford
Votes: 4,208
53. Malaya (1949)
Passed | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, War
Newspaperman Royer convinces government officials of a plan to obtain rubber by smuggling it out from under the Japanese. Carnahan is let out of prison to help.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Valentina Cortese, Sydney Greenstreet
Votes: 1,450
54. A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1967)
R | 118 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In Tuscosa, New Mexico, the Governor offers amnesty papers to all outlaws but gunfighter Clay McCord's appearance triggers a violent confrontation between the local marshal, McCord, and other outlaws.
Director: Franco Giraldi | Stars: Alex Cord, Arthur Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Enzo Fiermonte
Votes: 637 | Gross: $0.92M
55. Jump! (II) (2007)
118 min | Biography, Drama
Police in 1928 Austria arrest Phillippe Halsman, of Jewish origin, for patricide and allege that he killed his father, Morduch, while on a hiking trip. Phillippe is defended by a Jewish ... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Sinclair | Stars: Ben Silverstone, Patrick Swayze, Martine McCutcheon, Heinz Hoenig
Votes: 661
56. I Shot Jesse James (1949)
Passed | 81 min | Western
Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self-disgust.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland, Reed Hadley
Votes: 2,515
57. The Stranger Beside Me (2003 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, aspiring crime writer, Ann Rule, unwittingly becomes friends with serial killer Ted Bundy.
Director: Paul Shapiro | Stars: Billy Campbell, Barbara Hershey, Suki Kaiser, Brenda James
Votes: 1,038
58. 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: 690
59. The Mystery of Oberwald (1980)
129 min | Drama, Romance
One long decade after the assassination of her husband, a reclusive queen comes face-to-face with the deceased's doppelgänger and anarchist poet, and strikes a three-day pact; however, fate has other plans. What is the mystery of Oberwald?
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Monica Vitti, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Branciaroli, Luigi Diberti
Votes: 979
60. The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Western
In this western remake of Kiss of Death (1947), a convicted bank robber serving his sentence, and wishing nothing more than to finish his time and get back to his family, gets involved with... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Robert Evans, Dolores Michaels, Linda Cristal
Votes: 264
61. The Lady and the Duke (2001)
PG-13 | 129 min | Drama, History, Romance
During the French Revolution, a Scottish aristocrat and her former lover, the Duke of Orleans, find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.
Director: Éric Rohmer | Stars: Lucy Russell, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Alain Libolt, Charlotte Véry
Votes: 2,876 | Gross: $0.33M
62. Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Irvin S. Cobb, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 1,347
63. Arise, My Love (1940)
Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel
Votes: 1,043
64. Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
74 min | Drama
With few options, newly pardoned convict Leila agrees to work as an assistant to a blind pastor. Father Jacob spends his days answering the letters of the needy, which Leila finds pointless... See full summary »
Director: Klaus Härö | Stars: Kaarina Hazard, Heikki Nousiainen, Jukka Keinonen, Esko Roine
Votes: 2,502
65. Tad (1995 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, History
The story of Abraham Lincoln's presidency told from the perspective of his son, Tad.
Director: Rob Thompson | Stars: Kris Kristofferson, Jane Curtin, Bug Hall, Jean Louisa Kelly
Votes: 210
66. The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, History, Romance
A male Polish secret agent and a female Russian secret-police spy smuggle messages to St. Petersburg in candlesticks. While chasing after stolen candlesticks they discover each other's identity and fall in love.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: William Powell, Luise Rainer, Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 831
67. Grown Up Movie Star (2009)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
The story of Ruby, 13, determined to grow up fast after her mother runs away to become a movie star, leaving Ruby with her hopelessly rural father.
Director: Adriana Maggs | Stars: Shawn Doyle, Tatiana Maslany, Julia Kennedy, Jonny Harris
Votes: 434
68. Hard Ground (2003 TV Movie)
93 min | Western
Billy Bucklin escapes while being transported to Yuma prison and plans to form an army of desperadoes to control the Mexican border. To finance his band, he robs a stagecoach, kidnaps a ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Q. Dobbs | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Bruce Dern, Amy Jo Johnson, Seth Peterson
Votes: 433
69. The Legend of Butch & Sundance (2004 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Drama, Western
Just before the turn of the Century two young outlaws team up for a historic ride. Based on historical references, the "True Story" of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | Stars: David Clayton Rogers, Ryan Browning, Rachelle Lefevre, Blake Gibbons
Votes: 390
70. Before I Hang (1940)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett, Edward Van Sloan
Votes: 1,425
71. The Wolves (1971)
131 min | Crime, Drama
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, a gangster gets released early - only to find that his ex-gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, bloodshed is bound to begin anew.
Director: Hideo Gosha | Stars: Rumi Aiki, Hideyo Amamoto, Noboru Andô, Mitsuko Aoi
Votes: 619
72. Devil's Canyon (1953)
Approved | 92 min | Western
In 1897 Arizona, an ex-marshal is sent to the territorial prison where many of his enemies, among guards and inmates alike, are eager for a chance at payback.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Dale Robertson, Stephen McNally, Arthur Hunnicutt
Votes: 489
73. In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941)
18 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are convicts about to be executed for some murders they didn't commit. The day before the execution they are tricked into marrying three rich girls who need husbands to collect ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dorothy Appleby
Votes: 592
74. Red Hot Tires (1935)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Crime
Auto racing teammates Wally and Robert compete for the romantic attentions of a sponsor's daughter. Their intense rivalry turns tragic when their in-race wheel lock-up result in Robert's death and nets Wally a homicide conviction.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Lyle Talbot, Mary Astor, Roscoe Karns, Frankie Darro
Votes: 223
75. The Safecracker (1958)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama, War
A British safe cracker goes to prison but when World War II starts he's recruited by army intelligence and is sent to German-occupied Belgium to crack the safe of a German Abwehr unit located in a chateau.
Director: Ray Milland | Stars: Ray Milland, Barry Jones, Jeanette Sterke, Victor Maddern
Votes: 451
76. The Perfect Killer (1977)
85 min | Crime, Drama
A hitman is allowed out of prison on the condition he continues killing for an organization, but he also becomes the target of a treacherous woman.
Director: Mario Siciliano | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Carmen Cervera, John Ireland, Alberto Dell'Acqua
Votes: 161
77. Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Passed | 103 min | Biography, Drama
Biography of Andrew Johnson, who followed Abraham Lincoln into office and became the first President of the United States ever to be impeached.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main
Votes: 673
78. Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 120 min | Western
Duell McCall visits his old girlfriend, Nora, and learns that she gave birth to his child. He wants to stay but he is still a wanted man. So, Sheriff Campbell suggests that if he brings in ... See full summary »
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Alex McArthur, Richard Farnsworth, James Remar, Brad Dourif
Votes: 232
79. Sharja To Sharja (2001)
Action, Comedy, Drama
Nandhan comes to Kapithan family as Sheikh Jasim Khalidh Mehbani, their relative from Sharjah in order to save his brother's life.
Director: Venugopan | Stars: Jayaram, Jagadish, Aishwariyaa Bhaskaran, Rajan P. Dev
Votes: 198
80. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Drama, Romance
A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the life of each of the victims.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Lynn Bari, Akim Tamiroff, Francis Lederer, Alla Nazimova
Votes: 219
81. Fugitive Lovers (1934)
82 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hoping to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York bound for Los Angeles--with Legs close on her heels. Along the way the bus picks up escaped convict ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans, Ted Healy, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 231
82. The Missing Juror (1944)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
In a major murder case, jurors are threatened and attacked. One of them disappears, and the detective Joe Keats looking for the guilty.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Jim Bannon, Janis Carter, George Macready, Jean Stevens
Votes: 327
83. Pardon My Past (1945)
Approved | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
An ex-GI wants to open a mink farm in Wisconsin, but is mistaken for a look-alike gambler who owes a lot of money.
Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Marguerite Chapman, Akim Tamiroff, William Demarest
Votes: 276
84. Long Fliv the King (1926)
Passed | 22 min | Short, Comedy
A princess must find a husband in 24 hours or forfeit her throne. She quickly marries a condemned man--but the man is pardoned.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy, Martha Sleeper, Max Davidson
Votes: 198
85. Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (2000)
84 min | Documentary, History
The history of the "Scottsboro Boys," a group of African American men who were victims of a racist miscarriage of justice that became a national controversy.
Directors: Barak Goodman, Daniel Anker | Stars: Frances McDormand, Stanley Tucci, Andre Braugher, Nesbitt Blaisdell
Votes: 365
86. Nippu (2012)
Not Rated | 159 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The story begins with Surya (Ravi Teja) who owns a gym center and he also has a good friend Sriram (Srikanth). Surya is in love with his friend's sister Meghna (Deeksha Seth) and after some... See full summary »
Director: Gunasekhar | Stars: Ravi Teja, Deeksha Seth, Rajendra Prasad, Srikanth
Votes: 439
87. The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
Passed | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Promising politician John Shadwell is married to Laura but in love with Vergie Winters, a milliner from his hometown. As Shadwell's political career blooms, gossip and rumors begin to cause... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Ann Harding, John Boles, Helen Vinson, Betty Furness
Votes: 291
88. Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)
65 min | Crime, Drama
After robbing a bank, a criminal is wrongfully pardoned from prison.
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Robert Warwick, Robert Cummings, Alec B. Francis, Frederick Truesdell
Votes: 284
89. Ann Vickers (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance
A prison reformer and a controversial judge fall in love and have a child out of wedlock.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Irene Dunne, Walter Huston, Conrad Nagel, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 662
90. Hell's Crossroads (1957)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Western
An imprisoned gunfighter is offered parole on one condition--that he track down and bring in Jesse James.
Director: Franklin Adreon | Stars: Stephen McNally, Peggie Castle, Robert Vaughn, Barton MacLane
Votes: 175
91. Grepor Butch Belgica Story (1995)
110 min | Action
Director: Toto Natividad | Stars: Joko Diaz, Ronaldo Valdez, Boots Anson-Roa, Albert Martinez
Votes: 33
92. Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
Passed | 57 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Margot Stevenson, Eddie Foy Jr., Joe Downing
Votes: 271
93. Rustom-E-Rome (1964)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When the kingdom of Jamah is attacked, the emperor is killed, his wife, Anam flees with her two infant sons, but ends up getting separated from them. She tries to kill herself, but Daresh ... See full summary »
Director: Radhakant | Stars: Dara Singh Randhawa, Azaad Irani, Vijaya Choudhury, Rajan Kapoor
Votes: 14
94. Escape from Crime (1942)
Approved | 51 min | Crime, Drama
Ex-con Red O'Hara becomes a daring news photographer, but his old ways get him into trouble.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Richard Travis, Julie Bishop, Jackie Gleason, Frank Wilcox
Votes: 277
95. Rabbit in the Moon (1999)
85 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This documentary is about the internment of Japanese Americans in camps during World War II.
Director: Emiko Omori | Stars: Emiko Omori, Chizuko Omori, Frank Emi, Aiko Yoshinaga-Herzig
Votes: 128
96. The Secret of St. Ives (1949)
Approved | 75 min | Action, Adventure, History
Anatole de Keroual is captured by the British in the Napoleonic war and imprisoned in the dungeon of Edinburgh Castle with six companions. Floria Gilchrist, coveted by the fortress ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Richard Ney, Vanessa Brown, Henry Daniell, Edgar Barrier
Votes: 50
97. New Year Baby (2006)
PG | 80 min | Documentary
Born on Cambodian New Year in a Thai refugee camp, Socheata never knew how she got there. After her birth, the family left the past behind and became American. Her parents hid the story of ... See full summary »
Director: Socheata Poeuv
Votes: 78
98. The Washington Masquerade (1932)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
US senator (Lionel Barrymore) falls in love with a young woman (Karen Morley), without realizing she's using him to back the lobbyist she works for.
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, Diane Sinclair, Nils Asther
Votes: 176
99. Malliswari (1951)
Not Rated | 194 min | Drama, History, Musical
Nagaraju and Malliswari want to get married. The mother of Malliswari, Nagamma, sends her to rani vasam at Krishnadevaraya palace. Nagaraju tries to get her back at the risk of getting beheaded if caught in the palace.
Director: B.N. Reddi | Stars: Doraiswamy, Subba Rao K.V., Surabhi Kamalabai, Miss Kumari
Votes: 179
100. You Can't Escape Forever (1942)
Passed | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When Laurie goes to the execution of Varney and faints, she does not know that Varney gets a full pardon minutes before he is to die. She calls in a story about his death and gets ... See full summary »
Director: Jo Graham | Stars: George Brent, Brenda Marshall, Gene Lockhart, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 257