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1. Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

Passed | 68 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

During WWII, several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from... See full summary »

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Arthur Margetson

Votes: 5,170

2. King Lear (2008 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 156 min | Drama

Sir Ian McKellen gives a tour-de-force performance as Shakespeare's tragic monarch, in this special television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company production of one of the playwright's most enduring and haunting works.

Director: Trevor Nunn | Stars: Ian McKellen, William Gaunt, Philip Winchester, Ben Meyjes

Votes: 662

3. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

In 1818 Alabama, French settlers are pitted against greedy land-grabber Blake Randolph but Kentucky militiaman John Breen, who's smitten with French gal Fleurette De Marchand, comes to the settlers' aid.

Director: George Waggner | Stars: John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy

Votes: 3,601

4. 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: 1,520

5. Old San Francisco (1927)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, History, Romance

In San Francisco, a villainous land owner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of an old Spanish family.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Dolores Costello, Josef Swickard, Anders Randolf, Charles Emmett Mack

Votes: 413

6. The Raiders (1952)

Approved | 80 min | Western

A rancher who has staked a claim during the California gold rush goes after the gang of murderous claim-jumpers who have stolen his claim and murdered his wife.

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Richard Conte, Viveca Lindfors, Barbara Britton, Morris Ankrum

Votes: 170

7. Dhoop (2003)

126 min | Drama

Right from Peon to Principal, and from the most lowly menial staff to the office of the Prime Minister, modern secular India is embedded in corruption by officials who brag that even if ... See full summary »

Director: Ashwini Chaudhary | Stars: Om Puri, Revathi, Gul Panag, Preeti Dayal

Votes: 277

8. Cattle Town (1952)

Approved | 71 min | Western

Post-civil-war Texas sells lands to wealthy Northerners but some of them are crooks bent on cheating the locals, prompting an investigation headed by the governor's envoy.

Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Philip Carey, Amanda Blake, Rita Moreno

Votes: 222

9. Daughter of Don Q (1946)

Approved | 167 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

When unscrupulous Carlos Manning discovers an old Spanish land grant recently unearthed will leave a huge section of California real estate to heirs of Don Quantero.

Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Lorna Gray, Kirk Alyn, LeRoy Mason, Roy Barcroft

Votes: 71

10. West of Wyoming (1950)

Approved | 57 min | Drama, Western

With a crew of killers masquerading as ranch hands, Simon Miller runs a large ranch near Mesatown, while his henchmen carry out his plan to steal all of gold-bearing property of his ... See full summary »

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Gail Davis, Myron Healey, Dennis Moore

Votes: 32

11. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King (1992)

Approved | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The personal development of George Washington is the focus as Producer David Sutherland brings to life a uniquely human Washington who transformed himself from social climber into a patriot willing to give up everything for a higher cause.

Director: David Sutherland | Stars: David McCullough, Robert Dawidoff, Thad Tate, Paul Longmore

Votes: 51

12. Cimarron City (1958–1960)
Episode: A Legacy for Ossie Harper (1959)

Approved | 60 min | Western

Saloon singer and town drunk Ossie Harper shows shyster lawyer Addison a land grant his father earned in 1859 deeding him the land on which Cimarron City was built. Ossie only wants to be ... See full summary »

Director: Jules Bricken | Stars: George Montgomery, Audrey Totter, John Smith, Morris Ankrum

Votes: 14

13. A Haunting (2005– )
Episode: The Haunting of Summerwind (2005)

TV-PG | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A young family moves into an old mansion in West Bay Lake, Wisconsin. The stepfather quickly goes mad as the family learns the house is haunted.

Director: Stuart Taylor | Stars: Anthony D. Call, Joshua P Karev, Meagan Rose, Shirley Becker

Votes: 132

14. Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992)
Episode: Rumpole and the Age of Miracles (1988)

Not Rated | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rumpole defends Hilda's nephew, a canon who has accused of adultery in an ecclesiastical court.

Director: Mike Vardy | Stars: Leo McKern, Marion Mathie, Peter Blythe, Julian Curry

Votes: 88

15. Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
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