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51. Turnabout (1940)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.
Director: Hal Roach | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, John Hubbard, William Gargan
Votes: 763
52. Luxury Liner (1948)
Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A young girl stows away aboard a luxury liner which is full of musical stars--and which her father just happens to be the captain.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: George Brent, Jane Powell, Lauritz Melchior, Frances Gifford
Votes: 598
53. Exposed (1947)
Approved | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A beautiful female private detective is hired by a wealthy businessman to check up on his stepson--the heir to the family fortune--who has been withdrawing large amounts of money from his bank account.
Director: George Blair | Stars: Adele Mara, Mark Roberts, Lorna Gray, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 219
54. Pillow to Post (1945)
Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
A traveling saleswoman convinces an army lieutenant to pose as her husband so that she can rent an apartment during the World War II housing shortage.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Ida Lupino, Sydney Greenstreet, William Prince, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 648
55. Luxury Liner (1933)
70 min | Drama, Romance
Having tracked down his estranged wife, an obsessed husband gets himself appointed as the ship's doctor on a cross-Atlantic luxury liner in order to confront her and the millionaire with ... See full summary »
Director: Lothar Mendes | Stars: George Brent, Zita Johann, Vivienne Osborne, Alice White
Votes: 147
56. Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy
Marriage counselor (Sutton) advises his bored wife (Bari) to take up painting through which she meets a hubbie-rival yachtsman (Dailey).
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Lynn Bari, John Sutton, Dan Dailey, Alan Mowbray
Votes: 27
57. Spring Madness (1938)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Romance
In their last semester at Harvard, Sam Thatcher and his roommate, who is nicknamed "The Lippencott", have grand ideas of seeing the remote corners of the world, having booked passage on a ... See full summary »
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Maureen O'Sullivan, Lew Ayres, Ruth Hussey, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 295
58. Murder with Pictures (1936)
Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photographer Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for the news men where Murdock ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Lew Ayres, Gail Patrick, Paul Kelly, Benny Baker
Votes: 408
59. Danger Signal (1945)
Passed | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A very romantic murderer has plans to seduce, marry and kill a beautiful woman for her wealth, but finds her younger sister to be even better prey.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Richard Erdman, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 1,115
60. Caravan (1934)
Approved | 101 min | Musical
Member of royal family is forced to marry a vagabond.
Director: Erik Charell | Stars: Charles Boyer, Loretta Young, Jean Parker, Phillips Holmes
Votes: 150
61. Bedtime Story (1941)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
A playwright attempts to stop his wife from retiring so she can star in his next play.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Fredric March, Loretta Young, Robert Benchley, Allyn Joslyn
Votes: 715
62. Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's ... See full summary »
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 143
63. A Southern Yankee (1948)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, History, War
A hapless bellboy in a St. Louis hotel near the end of the Civil War is recruited by the Union secret service to impersonate a notorious Confederate spy.
Directors: Edward Sedgwick, S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl, George Coulouris
Votes: 545
64. Sky Murder (1940)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A body is found in a locked airplane compartment and a German female refugee is a suspect. Passenger, detective Nick Carter, is convinced she didn't do it and works to solve the mysterious murder.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek, Karen Verne, Edward Ashley
Votes: 461
65. Sing Sinner Sing (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance
A singer on a gambling ship is married to a wealthy playboy. When he is found murdered, all evidence points to her as the culprit, and she is put on trial for the crime.
Director: Howard Christie | Stars: Paul Lukas, Leila Hyams, Don Dillaway, Ruth Donnelly
Votes: 93
66. The Trumpet Blows (1934)
72 min | Drama
In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. His younger brother also comes home after having spent years in the U.S., and falls in love ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Roberts | Stars: George Raft, Adolphe Menjou, Frances Drake, Sidney Toler
Votes: 61
67. The Spider (1931)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
At the end of his magic show at the Tivoli theater, Chatrand the Great announces over a radio broadcast that he is trying to establish the identity of an amnesia victim, his assistant "... See full summary »
Directors: Kenneth MacKenna, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Lois Moran, El Brendel, John Arledge
Votes: 161
68. Let 'em Have It (1935)
Passed | 96 min | Crime, Drama
Young Federal gang-busters in action, with pauses for romance.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Richard Arlen, Virginia Bruce, Alice Brady, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 223
69. Suicide Squad (1935)
Passed | 58 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Larry Baker is a young fireman whose daring exploits have led him to receiving a lot of newspaper publicity which goes to his head.
Director: Raymond K. Johnson | Stars: Norman Foster, Joyce Compton, Robert Homans, Aggie Herring
Votes: 137
70. Trapped by Television (1936)
Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot, Nat Pendleton, Joyce Compton
Votes: 357
71. Up Pops the Devil (1931)
74 min | Comedy
The marriage of an advertising man is jeopardized when he gets a chance to sell a novel he's been working on and quits his job to concentrate on writing. In order to support the family, the... See full summary »
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Stuart Erwin, Carole Lombard, Lilyan Tashman
Votes: 109
72. Too Many Women (1942)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy
Richard Sutton and Linda Pearson are secretly engaged but unable to marry because of financial problems. Crooked promoter Gibbons offers Richard a deal but, in order to get rid of him, ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard B. Ray | Stars: Neil Hamilton, June Lang, Joyce Compton, Barbara Read
Votes: 98
73. Women of All Nations (1931)
72 min | Comedy, Drama
Marines Flagg and Quirt fought together in WWI and Panama. After some time in New York they go to Sweden and compete for the love of Else. Next they go to Nicaragua and help earthquake ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Greta Nissen, El Brendel
Votes: 172
74. A Parisian Romance (1932)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Romance
Octave Feuillet's play about an elderly Parisian rake who romances a parade of sophisticated women without falling for any of them. He meets his match when he tries to win a young girl away from her fiance, a struggling young artist.
Director: Chester M. Franklin | Stars: Lew Cody, Marion Shilling, Gilbert Roland, Joyce Compton
Votes: 66
75. Westward Passage (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Drama, Romance
A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.
Director: Robert Milton | Stars: Ann Harding, Laurence Olivier, Zasu Pitts, Irving Pichel
Votes: 368
76. Lightnin' (1930)
Passed | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Lightnin' has the young man come to his hotel to find his wife who is seeking a divorce. He talks to the two who obviously are in love but they get in a tiff and the young man says "OK, I ... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea, Helen Cohan
Votes: 59
77. Silver Skates (1943)
Approved | 78 min | Musical
Claire (Patricia Morison), owner of an ice-show, faces bankruptcy because Belita (Belita), star of the show, is about to leave and marry her sweetheart Tom (Henry Wadsworth). Danny (Kenny ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Kenny Baker, Patricia Morison, Belita, Frick and Frack
Votes: 127
78. Hat Check Girl (1932)
64 min | Comedy
Gerry Marsh is a hat-check girl in a nightclub surrounded by bootleggers, blackmailers and others before she falls in love with millionaire playboy Buster Collins. Gerry is supported by her girlfriend Jessie.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Sally Eilers, Ben Lyon, Ginger Rogers, Monroe Owsley
Votes: 83
79. Women Are Like That (1938)
Passed | 79 min | Drama
Domestic strife results when a man refuses to involve his wife in his struggling business.
Director: Stanley Logan | Stars: Kay Francis, Pat O'Brien, Ralph Forbes, Melville Cooper
Votes: 226
80. Three Girls Lost (1931)
80 min | Drama
Architect Gordon Wales finds fellow apartment house resident Joan Marsh locked out and flirts with her. When she is murdered evidence points to him. He and Joan's roommate Noreen become involved.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Loretta Young, Lew Cody, John Wayne, Joan Marsh
Votes: 144
81. The Three Sisters (1930)
77 min
Director: Paul Sloane | Stars: Louise Dresser, Tom Patricola, Kenneth MacKenna, Joyce Compton
Votes: 12
82. The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy
A widow and her daughter are threatened with eviction by an unscrupulous lawyer.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Anita Louise, Alan Mowbray, Buster Keaton
Votes: 359
83. The Persuader (1957)
Approved | 72 min | Western
Oklahoma Territory rancher Mark Bonham is killed for his law-and-order convictions in a community that is terrorized by rancher Bick Justin and his gang of henchmen. Minister Matt Bonham, ... See full summary »
Director: Dick Ross | Stars: William Talman, James Craig, Kristine Miller, Darryl Hickman
Votes: 44
84. Ankles Preferred (1927)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Romance
Department store clerk Nora, is determined to succeed on the basis of her brain power despite her attractive ankles. She soon gets a job as model at the shop of McGuire and Goldberg, and ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Madge Bellamy, Lawrence Gray, Barry Norton, Allan Forrest
Votes: 8 | Gross: $0.43M
85. Unholy Love (1932)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama
An adaptation of Madame Bovary transported to Rye, New York in the 1930's. All characters have been renamed.
Director: Albert Ray | Stars: H.B. Warner, Lila Lee, Beryl Mercer, Joyce Compton
Votes: 149
86. Affairs of a Gentleman (1934)
68 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When a novelist is murdered, suspicion falls on all the women he had affairs with--and then wrote about in his books.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Paul Lukas, Leila Hyams, Patricia Ellis, Phillip Reed
Votes: 49
87. The Golden Bed (1925)
Passed | 90 min | Drama
Femme fatale Flora marries a titled European to save the family plantation. Her husband and a rival fall to their deaths in a glacier. Next Flora weds her sister Margaret's love Admah and ... See full summary »
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Lillian Rich, Vera Reynolds, Henry B. Walthall, Rod La Rocque
Votes: 44 | Gross: $0.20M
88. Good Sport (1931)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Romance
When her husband (Alan Dinehart) sails for a three-month business trip in Europe, an unsophisticated wife ('Linda Watkins (I)') sublets a Manhattan apartment so she can occupy herself with ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth MacKenna | Stars: Linda Watkins, John Boles, Greta Nissen, Minna Gombell
Votes: 56
89. Madison Square Garden (1932)
74 min | Drama, Sport
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Jack Oakie, Thomas Meighan, Marian Nixon, William Collier Sr.
Votes: 35
90. High Society Blues (1930)
Passed | 102 min | Music, Romance
When the high class Divine family meet the newly rich Grangers from Iowa as neighbors in New York and Eleanor Divine is attracted to Eddie Granger instead of the aristocratic pairing her ... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, William Collier Sr., Hedda Hopper
Votes: 31
91. Lena Rivers (1932)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Romance
Young Lena Rivers, who was born out of wedlock, goes to live with a rich uncle. Unfortunately, her uncle's wife and daughter make no secret of their dislike of Lena and that they don't want her in their family.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Charlotte Henry, Morgan Galloway, Beryl Mercer, James Kirkwood
Votes: 106
92. Cheer Up and Smile (1930)
76 min | Musical
When a popular radio singer is knocked unconscious during a robbery, a squeaky-voiced college boy fills in for him. To everyone's amazement, especially his recent girlfriend, who just broke up with him, he becomes an overnight sensation.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Arthur Lake, Dixie Lee, Olga Baclanova, 'Whispering' Jack Smith
Votes: 88
93. China Passage (1937)
Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Tommy Baldwin and Joe Dugan are entrusted to carry a fabulous diamond. If they succeed, they will be well paid. If they fail, they will be well buried. When they go to pick up the diamond, ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Killy | Stars: Constance Worth, Vinton Hayworth, Leslie Fenton, Gordon Jones
Votes: 164
94. False Faces (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Drama
Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital, primarily for a lack of ethics, and goes to Chicago and sets himself up as a plastic surgeon (unqualified) and seducer of ... See full summary »
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Lowell Sherman, Peggy Shannon, Lila Lee, Berton Churchill
Votes: 87
95. Silver Spurs (1943)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Music, Western
Roy's boss has inherited a very large ranch, but the will keeps him from selling it--although his widow could. Lucky Miller is out to get control of the ranch, so he has a girl come West to... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Smiley Burnette, John Carradine
Votes: 177
96. Wild Company (1930)
71 min | Crime, Drama
The son of a wealthy politician falls in with a notorious gangster planning to rob a night club.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Frank Albertson, Joyce Compton, Sharon Lynn, H.B. Warner
Votes: 87
97. Star for a Night (1936)
Approved | 76 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Blind Mrs. Lind comes to American to visit her three children whom she thinks are successful.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Claire Trevor, Jane Darwell, Arline Judge, Evelyn Venable
Votes: 43
98. Under Your Spell (1936)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to bring him back. They fall in love.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Lawrence Tibbett, Wendy Barrie, Gregory Ratoff, Arthur Treacher
Votes: 74
99. Wings Over Honolulu (1937)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Romance
A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.
Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Wendy Barrie, Ray Milland, Kent Taylor, William Gargan
Votes: 107
100. The Last Warning (1938)
Approved | 63 min | Mystery
In their third and last teaming, Bill Crane and Doc Williams visit a country estate to investigate threatening letters from the mysterious 'Eye.'
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Kay Linaker, E.E. Clive
Votes: 50