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1. Mesa of Lost Women (1953)
Approved | 70 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad scientist named Arana is creating giant spiders and dwarfs in his lab on Zarpa Mesa in Mexico. He wants to create a master race of superwomen by injecting his female subjects with spider venom.
Directors: Ron Ormond, Herbert Tevos | Stars: Jackie Coogan, Allan Nixon, Richard Travis, Lyle Talbot
Votes: 1,888
2. Dark Alibi (1946)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A public defender enlists Charlie to exonerate one of his clients, an ex-con falsely accused of bank robbery and murder, scheduled for execution in nine days.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter, Benson Fong
Votes: 1,452
3. Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
Passed | 86 min | Adventure, Family
Mary Brooks' father, who has been studying ancient tribes, falls into the hands of the people of Zar, god of the Emerald Fingers. Tarzan helps Mary locate her father, rescues everyone from the High Priest of Zar and takes Mary to his cave.
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Julie Bishop, Edward Woods, Philo McCullough
Votes: 826
4. Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Horror
Hot rods, monsters and rock'n'roll... In this teen-oriented picture, a gang of greasers hole up in a reputedly haunted mansion after getting evicted from their clubhouse.
Director: William J. Hole Jr. | Stars: Jody Fair, Russ Bender, Henry McCann, Martin Braddock
Votes: 743
5. The Return of Chandu (1934)
Approved | 208 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The cult of Ubasti, headquartered on the isle of Lemuria, believes that Princess Nadji of Egypt is a reincarnation of their long-dead goddess, Ossana, and intend to sacrifice her so that Ossana may be resurrected.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Clara Kimball Young, Lucien Prival
Votes: 435
6. Docks of New Orleans (1948)
Approved | 64 min | Mystery
After the partners in the LaFontaine Chemical Co. sign a legal agreement leaving their share to the surviving partner(s), two of them are murdered.
Director: Derwin Abrahams | Stars: Roland Winters, Virginia Dale, Mantan Moreland, John Gallaudet
Votes: 422
7. Bowery Bombshell (1946)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey and Chuck unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car to a street cleaner for a fabulous amount, so they can get enough money to save Louie's Malt Shop.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, William 'Billy' Benedict
Votes: 418
8. Live Wires (1946)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Crime
Slip, who has difficulties in keeping any job for long, is hired by the District Attorney's office to serve summons and warrants to problematic citizens.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Mike Mazurki, Bobby Jordan
Votes: 418
9. The Face of Marble (1946)
Approved | 72 min | Horror
Dr. Randolph is so obsessed with re-animating the dead in his isolated old dark house and lab that he doesn't realize his wife is in love with his younger assistant.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: John Carradine, Claudia Drake, Robert Shayne, Maris Wrixon
Votes: 378
10. Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
Passed | 302 min | Mystery
A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Irving Pichel, Ted Pearson, Jennifer Jones
Votes: 363
11. In Fast Company (1946)
Passed | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Slip confronts a monopolizing taxicab company whose criminal tactics aim to drive its rivals out of business.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Jane Randolph, Judy Clark
Votes: 336
12. Sudden Danger (1955)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman who heads a sportswear manufacturing company is found dead. Although it is ruled a suicide, the police detective in charge believes she was murdered, and his subsequent ... See full summary »
Director: Hubert Cornfield | Stars: Bill Elliott, Tom Drake, Beverly Garland, Dayton Lummis
Votes: 243
13. The Whispering Shadow (1933)
Passed | 225 min | Action, Crime, Family
A mysterious criminal known as The Whispering Shadow commits crimes by means of a gang he controls by television and radio rays. Jack Norton, whose brother was murdered by The Whispering ... See full summary »
Directors: Colbert Clark, Albert Herman | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Viva Tattersall, Malcolm McGregor, Henry B. Walthall
Votes: 242
14. No Hands on the Clock (1941)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Mystery
The first of three Pine-Thomas productions for Chester Morris finds him as wise-cracking private detective Humphrey Campbell who impresses his boss, Oscar Flack, no end by not only finding ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Rose Hobart, Dick Purcell
Votes: 237
15. The Frontiersmen (1938)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Western
A pretty and gentle schoolteacher from Boston transforms the lives of a spoiled boy and the other residents at 'Bar 20' Ranch, and is courted by Crockett city's Mayor, who is really a livestock thief.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hayden, Evelyn Venable
Votes: 229
16. Behind the Mask (1946)
Passed | 68 min | Mystery
Lamont Cranston, aka the Shadow, has his hands full as the murder of blackmailing reporter Jeff Mann is blamed on him. Not only does the real murderer seem one step ahead of him as Lamont ... See full summary »
Directors: Phil Karlson, William Beaudine | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler, Dorothea Kent
Votes: 228
17. Texas Trail (1937)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
Hopalong Cassidy and his gang battle sabotaging crooks as they gather more horses for the Spanish-American war.
Director: David Selman | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Judith Allen
Votes: 225
18. The Missing Lady (1946)
Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A jade statue, "The Missing Lady", is stolen and its owner killed. Lamont Cranston, alias the Shadow, sets out to catch the killer but is blamed for the murders himself as each time he ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler, James Flavin
Votes: 217
19. Heart of Arizona (1938)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Western
Belle Starr has returned from time in prison only to face a hail of bullets, along with rescue by Hoppy and the Bar 20 gang.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hayden, Natalie Moorhead
Votes: 216
20. Chandu on the Magic Island (1935)
Not Rated | 70 min | Fantasy, Adventure
On the mystic island of Lemuria, the cult of Ubasti seek the Egyptian Princess Nadji to sacrifice so that their goddess Ossana, whose soul resides in Nadji's body, may be resurrected by Black Magic.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Clara Kimball Young, Dean Benton
Votes: 214
21. Silver on the Sage (1939)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Western
Hoppy goes undercover as an Eastern gambler to rein in the fraternal perpetrators of a cattle-rustling scheme.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Ruth Rogers
Votes: 205
22. Hopalong Rides Again (1937)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Western
On a cattle drive Hoppy, camp cook Windy, companion Lucky, and young Artie Peters encounter an eccentric professor. The professor professes to be searching for the evolutionary missing link... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hayden, Nora Lane
Votes: 204
23. Bar 20 Justice (1938)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Western
Outlaw miners have been stealing ore from Ann Dennis' mine. Hoppy spends much of his time running around in the mine shafts tracking down the crooks.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hayden, Gwen Gaze
Votes: 200
24. Partners of the Plains (1938)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Western
Lorna Drake has inherited a ranch. Hoppy teaches her a bit about ranching and handles Scar Lewis, the bad guy, in the process.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Harvey Clark, Gwen Gaze
Votes: 198
25. Heart of the West (1936)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Western
Ranch owner Sally Jordan is engaged in a fence war with rancher Big John Trumbull. Hoppy and Johnny, along with trusty sidekick Windy, side with Sally Jordan. They control a huge cattle stampede by using dynamite.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: William Boyd, James Ellison, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Sidney Blackmer
Votes: 196
26. In Old Mexico (1938)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Western
Escaped criminal "The Fox" hates Hoppy and a Rurales colonel for imprisoning him and lures Cassidy to Mexico in order to exact his vengeance.
Director: Edward D. Venturini | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hayden, Paul Sutton
Votes: 194
27. Sunset Trail (1938)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Western
Disguising himself as a milquetoast Easterner who writes Western novels, Hoppy enrolls in a dude ranch in order to unmask the murderer of the owner's husband.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hayden, Charlotte Wynters
Votes: 192
28. Renegade Trail (1939)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
Hoppy goes to town to help Marshal Windy with some rustlers and winds up helping the widow Joyce when confidence men try to take her herd.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Charlotte Wynters
Votes: 188
29. Pride of the West (1938)
Approved | 56 min | Drama, Western
Caldwell and Nixon have their men rob the stage and then critcize the Sheriff for not catching the robbers. With her father the Sheriff under pressure, Mary sends for Hoppy who finds the ... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Russell Hayden, Earle Hodgins
Votes: 186
30. Cassidy of Bar 20 (1938)
Passed | 56 min | Western
Against a background of exceptional mountain photography, Hoppy rushes to rid former sweetheart Nora Blake and Pappy's range of rustlers and bad guys.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Frank Darien, Nora Lane
Votes: 177
31. Motorcycle Gang (1957)
Approved | 78 min | Drama
A troublemaker returns to town only to find his old tearaway pals have joined a supervised motorcycle club. Friction erupts between him and the new leader about this goody-goody setup, and about the charms of gang moll Terry.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Anne Neyland, Steven Terrell, John Ashley, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Votes: 157
32. King of the Wild (1931)
Passed | 248 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
American adventurer Richard Grant is falsely accused of murdering an Indian noble and escapes to Africa in search of diamond field and the real culprit.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Walter Miller, Nora Lane, Tom Santschi, Boris Karloff
Votes: 137
33. Wife Wanted (1946)
Approved | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond (Kay Francis) buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell (Paul Cavanagh). As it happens, through his secretary Nola Reed (Veda Ann Borg), ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: Kay Francis, Paul Cavanagh, Robert Shayne, Veda Ann Borg
Votes: 133
34. Star Reporter (1939)
Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
John Randolph (Warren Hull), an idealistic young newspaper owner who uses his paper as an instrument for the public good, uses a campaign against crime to successfully run grafting ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Warren Hull, Marsha Hunt, Wallis Clark, Clay Clement
Votes: 124
35. Street Corner (1948)
73 min | Drama
Naive small-town girl gets pregnant on her prom night, and winds up in the clutches of the local abortionist.
Director: Albert H. Kelley | Stars: Joseph Crehan, Marcia Mae Jones, Jean Fenwick, Don Brodie
Votes: 121
36. Heritage of the Desert (1939)
Passed | 73 min | Western
John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance, he is befriended by rancher Andrew Naab and his son, Marvin. Naab's daughter, Marian, ... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Donald Woods, Evelyn Venable, Russell Hayden, Robert Barrat
Votes: 116
37. The Mysterious Rider (1938)
Approved | 74 min | Drama, Western
Ben Wade and his partner Frosty return to Bellounds' ranch where twenty years earlier Wade was wanted for murder. Unrecognized, he gets a job on the ranch and soon becomes involved in ... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Douglass Dumbrille, Sidney Toler, Russell Hayden, Stanley Andrews
Votes: 107
38. Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Military Academy instructor Oliver Yates is 4-F and losing the respect of his students. He quits to join up but ends up working in a shipyard. His rival Charlie for girlfriend Ruth uses the... See full summary »
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Claire Trevor, Jess Barker, Edgar Buchanan, Tom Neal
Votes: 106
39. Before Morning (1933)
Passed | 56 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A night of love, intrigue, death, and blackmail leaves stage-star Elsie Manning's fate at stake in a conflict with the unscrupulous Doctor Gruell. A rejected lover dies in Miss Manning's ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Hoerl | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Lora Baxter, Taylor Holmes, Blaine Cordner
Votes: 105
40. When a Man's a Man (1935)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Western
A man who has spent all his inheritance, finds meaning in life, and love, at ranch where his ingenuity is put to good use.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: George O'Brien, Dorothy Wilson, Paul Kelly, Harry Woods
Votes: 104
41. The Texas Kid (1943)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Western
Marshals Nevada and Sandy are after Scully and his gang who have been robbing stage-coaches. The Texas Kid is part of the gang and Sandy thinks he is bad but Nevada knows him and thinks he may be good.
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Raymond Hatton, Marshall Reed, Shirley Patterson
Votes: 103
42. They Never Come Back (1932)
Passed | 64 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Prizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when he sustains what is apparently a permanent injury to his arm. From there, Nolan's path leads... See full summary »
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Regis Toomey, Dorothy Sebastian, Edward Woods, Greta Granstedt
Votes: 101
43. Day of Triumph (1954)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, History
An inspiring and ground breaking film on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
Directors: John T. Coyle, Irving Pichel | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Robert Holton, James Griffith, Joanne Dru
Votes: 86
44. Undercover Agent (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama
A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Russell Gleason, Shirley Deane, J.M. Kerrigan, Maude Eburne
Votes: 85
45. The Last Frontier (1932)
Passed | 213 min | Drama, Western
A frontier newspaper editor Kirby battles outlaw Tiger Morris who is causing indian uprisings to drive away settlers so that he will can claim a gold deposit as his own. With the help of ... See full summary »
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Storey | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Dorothy Gulliver, Francis X. Bushman Jr., William Desmond
Votes: 76
46. Female Fugitive (1938)
Approved | 58 min | Drama, Romance
Insurance investigators go after a ring of truck hijackers.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Evelyn Venable, Craig Reynolds, Reed Hadley, John Kelly
Votes: 75
47. Family Theatre (1949–1958)
60 min | Drama
Crucifixion parable set during Korean War.
Stars: Tudor Owen, Raymond Burr, Richard Hale, Ruth Hussey
Votes: 73
48. The Phantom of the West (1930)
Passed | 172 min | Western
A young man's father is murdered and the man convicted of the crime escapes prison, leaving a note intimating that seven local men know the real killer's true identity. The murdered man's ... See full summary »
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Tom Tyler, William Desmond, Tom Santschi, Dorothy Gulliver
Votes: 72
49. Don't Gamble with Strangers (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Drama
Two card sharks, pretending to be brother and sister, clean out a small-town banker, then take over a crooked gambling joint.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Kane Richmond, Bernadene Hayes, Peter Cookson, Gloria Warren
Votes: 67
50. Arizona Cyclone (1941)
Passed | 59 min | Western
Crenshaw and Randolph are competing freight haulers and Randolph's lead man Tom Baxter has given him an advantage. A big hauling contract is coming up that requires a large deposit. ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day, Kathryn Adams
Votes: 64