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1. The Color Purple (1985)

PG-13 | 154 min | Drama

A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery

Votes: 97,586 | Gross: $98.47M

2. Scream 4 (2011)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Ten years have passed, and Sidney Prescott, who has put herself back together thanks in part to her writing, is visited by the Ghostface Killer.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Lucy Hale

Votes: 171,551 | Gross: $38.18M

3. Stage Door Canteen (1943)

Passed | 132 min | Comedy, Romance, War

A young soldier arrives in NYC and, before heading overseas to WWII, visits Stage Door Canteen, where famous actresses and entertainers volunteer to entertain soldiers.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Cheryl Walker, William Terry, Judith Anderson, Kenny Baker

Votes: 1,835

4. Klown (2010)

R | 93 min | Comedy

In order to prove his fatherhood potential to his pregnant girlfriend, Frank 'kidnaps' her 12-year-old nephew and tags along on his best friend Casper's debauched weekend canoe trip.

Director: Mikkel Nørgaard | Stars: Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Marcuz Jess Petersen, Mia Lyhne

Votes: 11,687 | Gross: $0.07M

5. Anne of Green Gables (1934)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A romantic teenage girl is adopted by a pair of elderly siblings in turn-of-the-century Canada.

Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Anne Shirley, Tom Brown, O.P. Heggie, Helen Westley

Votes: 1,444

6. Yesterday (I) (2004)

R | 90 min | Drama

After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.

Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Leleti Khumalo, Lihle Mvelase, Pepi Khambule, Harriet Lenabe

Votes: 2,485

7. Go, Johnny, Go! (1959)

G | 75 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Rock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find the elusive, mystery contestant (Jimmy Clanton) who doesn't know he has won.

Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Alan Freed, Jimmy Clanton, Sandy Stewart, Chuck Berry

Votes: 483

8. The Powers Girl (1943)

Approved | 93 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Two sisters living in New York City aspire to become high-profile models.

Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: George Murphy, Anne Shirley, Carole Landis, Dennis Day

Votes: 100

9. Paramount on Parade (1930)

Passed | 102 min | Comedy, Music

A musical revue that basically has Paramount stars and contract-players doing things some had never done on screen, and wouldn't again; such as Ruth Chatteron , in a French-café setting ... See full summary »

Directors: Dorothy Arzner, Otto Brower, Edmund Goulding, Victor Heerman, Edwin H. Knopf, Rowland V. Lee, Ernst Lubitsch, Lothar Mendes, Victor Schertzinger, A. Edward Sutherland, Frank Tuttle | Stars: Jean Arthur, Clara Bow, Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper

Votes: 383

10. Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)

Passed | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Musical in which two singing sisters set up a canteen to entertain soldiers, their enterprise funded by a mysterious wealthy admirer

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, José Iturbi

Votes: 933

11. The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)

Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Allen's uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. When the two go out to a ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Gracie Allen, Warren William, Ellen Drew, Kent Taylor

Votes: 257

12. The Spooks (2016)

Comedy, Fantasy

A young clerk is delegated to sort out the affairs of a certain property. It is an old castle belonging to the city with a garden, in which nobody is really interested, but the tenants of ... See full summary »

Director: Zdenek Troska | Stars: Bronislav Kotis, Tereza Kostková, Carmen Mayerová, Jirí Dvorák

Votes: 77

13. College Humor (1933)

Passed | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Music

A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard Arlen, Mary Carlisle

Votes: 243

14. Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944)

Approved | 81 min | Comedy

In 1923, two young ladies depart unescorted for a tour of Europe, meeting two eligible men aboard ship. Their great naivety and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadventures.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Gail Russell, Diana Lynn, Charles Ruggles, Dorothy Gish

Votes: 181

15. Nashville Rebel (1966)

Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Down a dusty road in the deep South, wanders a young man, Arlin Grove, with a guitar and his earthly belongings on his back, just released from the U.S. Army, with no place to go. When a ... See full summary »

Director: Jay Sheridan | Stars: Waylon Jennings, Mary Frann, Tex Ritter, Sonny James

Votes: 126

16. Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, Romance

With a full Hollywood background and settings, but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: John Halliday, Marsha Hunt, Robert Cummings, C. Henry Gordon

Votes: 132

17. From Nashville with Music (1969)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Music

In this FICTIONAL film, filled with FICTIONAL people doing FICTIONAL things, Mabel (Marilyn Maxwell) and Arnold (Leo G. Carroll), a couple of sophisticated swells from New York City, are on... See full summary »

Directors: Eddie Crandall, Robert Patrick | Stars: Marilyn Maxwell, Leo G. Carroll, Jose Gonzales-Gonzales, Marty Robbins

Votes: 22

18. Ice Capades Revue (1942)

Passed | 79 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Promoter Ann Porter (Ellen Drew) decides to start her own ice show despite the efforts of ex-racketeer Duke Baldwin (Harold Huber) who owns a rival show. Jeff Stewart (Richard Denning), a ... See full summary »

Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Ellen Drew, Richard Denning, Jerry Colonna, Barbara Jo Allen

Votes: 28

19. Lay That Rifle Down (1955)

Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Crime, Music

Judy works for a pittance as a char in her aunt's hotel. To add spice to her life she enrolls in a charm course but it's a scam. Soon the swindlers show up and plan to use her to con her aunt out of her money.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Judy Canova, Robert Lowery, Jil Jarmyn, Jacqueline deWit

Votes: 126

20. Mr. Music (1950)

Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary conspire to get him back on track.

Director: Richard Haydn | Stars: Bing Crosby, Nancy Olson, Charles Coburn, Ruth Hussey

Votes: 261

21. The Big Beat (1958)

Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Young man just out of college tries to persuade his father, who owns a record company, to start signing up rock 'n' roll acts.

Director: Will Cowan | Stars: William Reynolds, Andra Martin, Gogi Grant, Jeffrey Stone

Votes: 66

22. A Song for Miss Julie (1945)

Approved | 69 min | Music, Romance

A Broadway writing team visits the granddaughter and great-great-granddaughters of a songwriter for his life story. An old diary holds interesting stories, but granny is protective of the family reputation. New romance complicates things.

Director: William Rowland | Stars: Shirley Ross, Barton Hepburn, Jane Farrar, Roger Clark

Votes: 55

23. Sitting Pretty (1933)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Chick Parker and Pete Pendleton are songwriters en route from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune, joined by lunch-wagon proprietor Dorothy.

Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Ginger Rogers, Gregory Ratoff

Votes: 195

24. Babes on Swing Street (1944)

Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Barber Joe Costello prefers to let his teenage daughter Trudy shave his customers while he plays the accordion. One day, Trudy's wealthy heiress friend, Carol Curtis, arrives at the ... See full synopsis »

Director: Edward C. Lilley | Stars: Ann Blyth, Peggy Ryan, Andy Devine, Leon Errol

Votes: 45

25. Country Boy (1966)

G | 84 min | Comedy, Music

Singer Link Byrd, Jr. wants to join the Grand Ole Opry, and hooks up with a slippery-slick agent named "Fats" Jackson. Jackson makes him a star but ruins his reputation along the way.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Randy Boone, Sheb Wooley, Paul Brinegar, Paul Crabtree

Votes: 13

26. Black and Tan (1929)

Not Rated | 19 min | Short, Drama, Music

Duke Ellington in a jazz musical short with a tragic plotline.

Director: Dudley Murphy | Stars: Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Fredi Washington, Hall Johnson Choir

Votes: 598

27. National Barn Dance (1944)

Approved | 76 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Made at the time when the National Barn Dance program, on radio station WLS (for World's Largest Store and owned by Sears & Roebuck) in Chicago, was as big on a national scale listening ... See full summary »

Director: Hugh Bennett | Stars: Jean Heather, Charles Quigley, Robert Benchley, Mabel Paige

Votes: 19

28. Cuban Pete (1946)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Music

Unable to complete the deal by telephone, advertising executive Roberts sends his assistant Ann to Cuba to lure a Cuban band, led by Desi Arnaz, on to an American radio program. Attracted ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Desi Arnaz, Ethel Smith, Joan Shawlee, Beverly Simmons

Votes: 50

29. Scarlet River (1933)

Passed | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film. Tom soon learns her foreman has been rustling and poisoning ... See full summary »

Director: Otto Brower | Stars: Tom Keene, Dorothy Wilson, Lon Chaney Jr., Betty Furness

Votes: 226

30. St. Louis Blues (1929)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Drama, Music

In her only known film appearance, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith witnesses her lover's betrayal, then sings a powerful rendition of the title song.

Director: Dudley Murphy | Stars: Bessie Smith, Jimmy Mordecai, Isabel Washington, Hall Johnson Choir

Votes: 472

31. Roar of the Press (1941)

Approved | 71 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Jean Parker, Wallace Ford, Jed Prouty, Suzanne Kaaren

Votes: 151

32. Sunny Side of the Street (1951)

Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Ted Mason is a studio guide at CBS Television in Hollywood. His ambition is to get a break and become a headline singer such as 'Frankie Laine (I)', Toni Arden, and Billy Daniels, whom he ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels, Terry Moore, Jerome Courtland

Votes: 107

33. Campus Rhythm (1943)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A radio songstress runs away from her sponsor and guardian to enroll in college under an assumed name.

Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Johnny Downs, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Douglas Leavitt

Votes: 138

34. You're the One (1941)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

In this 100% fictional film, in which not a single performer plays "Himself" nor "Herself" but the two lead performers use their own name as a character, a singer named Bonnie Baker (Bonnie... See full summary »

Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Bonnie Baker, Orrin Tucker, Albert Dekker, Edward Everett Horton

35. Always a Bridesmaid (1943)

Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Music

A detective working undercover joins a Lonely Hearts Club in order to to expose a swindler using it for nefarious reasons.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: The Andrews Sisters, Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Laverne Andrews

Votes: 49

36. Purple Heart Diary (1951)

Approved | 73 min | Drama

A trio of singers is entertaining wounded American soldiers during World War II. They encourage a mutilated soldier in his love for a nurse.

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Frances Langford, Judd Holdren, Ben Lessy, Tony Romano

Votes: 31

37. The Great Jewel Robber (1950)

Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Escaping from a Canadian prison farm, master thief Gerard Dennis (David Brian) makes his way to Buffalo with Peggy Arthur (Perdita Chandler), who supplies him with money needed for forged ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: David Brian, Marjorie Reynolds, John Archer, Jacqueline deWit

Votes: 196

38. Larceny with Music (1943)

Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Music

A former bootlegger is now the prosperous owner of a popular nightclub. A hustling promoter manages to pass off a young singer as the heir to a fortune and gets her booked at the club.

Director: Edward C. Lilley | Stars: Allan Jones, Kitty Carlisle, Leo Carrillo, William Frawley

Votes: 34

39. The Right Approach (1961)

Approved | 92 min | Drama, Music

The story of five fun-loving young bachelors who live together in a converted nightclub in the Hollywood Hills. Newcomer Leo Mack is a young Hollywood hopeful who stirs up trouble when he ... See full summary »

Director: David Butler | Stars: Frankie Vaughan, Martha Hyer, Juliet Prowse, Gary Crosby

Votes: 122

40. Trocadero (1944)

Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

In this musical, two young people inherit their father's nightclub. The joint teeters on the brink of bankruptcy until they bring in exciting jazz music and entertaining acts ranging from comedy to cartoonists.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Rosemary Lane, Johnny Downs, Ralph Morgan, Dick Purcell

Votes: 145

41. Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)

Passed | 66 min | Action, Comedy, Music

Maggie is resentful of being pointed out and laughed at in public because she resembles the cartoon character in the George McManus comic strip "Bringing Up Father." She visits McManus in ... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Joe Yule, Renie Riano, George McManus, June Harrison

Votes: 23

42. A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940)

Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical

Newly-elected reform Mayor Jones celebrates his victory over the crooked political machine with a party at Earl Carroll's night club. Steve Kalkus, the defeated racketeer-politician, has ... See full summary »

Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Ken Murray, Rose Hobart, Elvia Allman, Blanche Stewart

Votes: 93

43. Jive Junction (1943)

Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Classically-trained young musician Peter Crane transfers from the Conservatory to Clinton High School, where he discovers that his music is in conflict to that of the high school's world of... See full summary »

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Dickie Moore, Tina Thayer, Gerra Young, John Michaels

Votes: 116

44. Hi, Buddy (1943)

Approved | 66 min | Music, Romance, War

A military-flavored, World War Two, song-and-dance B-feature in which a fund-raising effort save a boys club from being closed.

Director: Harold Young | Stars: Dick Foran, Harriet Nelson, Robert Paige, Marjorie Lord

Votes: 21

45. Make Believe Ballroom (1949)

Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Liza Lee, fast-talking press agent for Al Jarvis, persuades Jarvis to stage a Musical Mystery Contest, with a $5000 prize to the person who can first name the most musical numbers and their... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Jerome Courtland, Ruth Warrick, Ron Randell, Virginia Welles

Votes: 64

46. The Hard-Boiled Canary (1941)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A young girl fresh out of reform school who is singing in a burlesque show is offered a scholarship to a famous music camp by the camp's owner. She must overcome the suspicions of the other students in order to prove herself.

Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Allan Jones, Susanna Foster, Margaret Lindsay, Lynne Overman

Votes: 62

47. Smoky River Serenade (1947)

Passed | 67 min | Action, Adventure, Musical

Developer J. Bricket Armstrong is out to buy up all the land in Hondo Valley. but rancher "Pop" Robinson won't sell his because of a promise he made his son, killed in WWII, and he also is ... See full summary »

Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Ruth Terry, Paul Campbell, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Virginia Hunter

Votes: 23

48. Adventure Girl (1934)

Approved | 69 min | Adventure, Drama

Young adventurer, Joan Lowell, with her elderly father, Nicholas Wagner, and two crew members, ex-marine William Sawyer and Otto Siegler, sail from New York to the Caribbean in their 48-... See full synopsis »

Director: Herman C. Raymaker | Stars: Joan Lowell, Ula Holt, Bill Sawyer, Otto Siegler

Votes: 163

49. Disc Jockey (1951)

Passed | 77 min | Music

A radio disc jockey is about to lose his program's sponsor because the sponsor believes that television viewing is cutting down the size of the listening audience for radio programs, and ... See full summary »

Director: Will Jason | Stars: Ginny Simms, Tom Drake, Jane Nigh, Michael O'Shea

50. Hi Ya, Sailor (1943)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Bob Jackson and his three Merchant Marine shipmates have each invested $50 in a song Bob has written and which he thinks will be published for a fee of $200. In a taxicab driven by Pat ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Donald Woods, Elyse Knox, Eddie Quillan, Frank Jenks

Votes: 23