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1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

PG | 102 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.

Directors: Victor Fleming, King Vidor | Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr

Votes: 429,631 | Gross: $2.08M

2. Greed (1924)

Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Thriller, Western

The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.

Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller

Votes: 10,790 | Gross: $0.16M

3. That's Entertainment! (1974)

G | 135 min | Documentary, Family, Musical

Various MGM stars from yesteryear present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50-year history.

Director: Jack Haley Jr. | Stars: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, Peter Lawford

Votes: 5,439 | Gross: $26.89M

4. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.

Directors: Fred Niblo, Charles Brabin, Christy Cabanne, J.J. Cohn, Rex Ingram | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson

Votes: 7,988 | Gross: $12.45M

5. He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

95 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.

Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ruth King

Votes: 4,309 | Gross: $0.19M

6. The Unholy Three (1925)

Passed | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A sideshow ventriloquist, a midget, and a strongman form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" and commit a series of robberies.

Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lon Chaney, Mae Busch, Matt Moore, Victor McLaglen

Votes: 2,221 | Gross: $0.70M

7. Lady of the Night (1925)

TV-G | 70 min | Drama, Romance

A world-weary prostitute yearns after respectability and the love of an inventor.

Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Norma Shearer, Malcolm McGregor, George K. Arthur, Fred Esmelton

Votes: 796 | Gross: $0.21M

8. I Take This Woman (1940)

Passed | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A doctor (Spencer Tracy) marries a suicidal woman (Hedy Lamarr) but begins to doubt her fidelity.

Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Frank Borzage, Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Verree Teasdale, Kent Taylor

Votes: 717

9. West of Zanzibar (1928)

TV-G | 65 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.

Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan, Warner Baxter

Votes: 1,966 | Gross: $0.92M

10. His Hour (1924)

70 min | Drama

Gritzko (John Gilbert) is a Russian nobleman and Tamara (Aileen Pringle) is the object of his desire.

Directors: King Vidor, Elinor Glyn | Stars: Aileen Pringle, John Gilbert, Emily Fitzroy, Lawrence Grant

Votes: 36 | Gross: $0.20M

11. Thy Name Is Woman (1924)

90 min | Comedy, Romance

Spanish soldier Juan Ricardo is assigned to obtain evidence against Pedro the Fox, an old smuggler. His acquaintance with Pedro's wife Guerita ripens into mutual love.

Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Barbara La Marr, William V. Mong, Wallace MacDonald

Votes: 23 | Gross: $0.21M

12. Wine of Youth (1924)

72 min | Comedy, Drama

Unlike earlier generations of Marys who used every trickery to secure husbands, Mary the Third questions the validity of marriage in her search for adventure. Unable to decide between quiet... See full summary »

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, James Morrison, Johnnie Walker, Niles Welch

Votes: 414

13. Proud Flesh (1925)

70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An aristocrat who was raised in Spain returns to the United States and falls in love with a plumber.

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Pat O'Malley, Harrison Ford, Trixie Friganza

Votes: 210

14. The Red Lily (1924)

Passed | 81 min | Drama

Two young lovers escape their past lives to Paris until fate separates them.

Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Enid Bennett, Ramon Novarro, Wallace Beery, Frank Currier

Votes: 502

15. The Wife of the Centaur (1924)

81 min | Drama

Gifted but neurotic novelist Jeffrey Dwyer is attracted to young, innocent Joan Converse, but neglects her when he meets sultry Inez Martin. After a short, passionate affair, Inez discards ... See full summary »

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, John Gilbert, Aileen Pringle, Kate Lester

Votes: 40 | Gross: $0.20M

16. So This Is Marriage? (1924)

70 min | Comedy, Drama

After 5 years of marriage, Beth and Peter Marsh's life together is a series of rows and reconciliations. Beth is frivolous and extravagant; Peter is domineering and ambitious and has ... See full summary »

Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Boardman, Lew Cody, Clyde Cook

17. Excuse Me (1925)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy

When Lieutenant Mallory is ordered to report immediately for duty in Honolulu, he persuades his fiancée, Marjorie Newton, a beautiful society debutante, to marry him immediately, enabling ... See full summary »

Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Norma Shearer, Conrad Nagel, Renée Adorée, Walter Hiers

Gross: $0.22M

18. Hearts Aflame (1922)

90 min | Drama

A retired lumberman sends his son to Michigan to clear a logjam, where he promptly falls in love with a woman who refuses to sell her land.

Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Frank Keenan, Anna Q. Nilsson, Craig Ward, Richard Headrick

19. 1925 Studio Tour (1925)

Unrated | 32 min | Documentary, Short

A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 is given to meet the people who make the movies there and see how movies are made.

Stars: Mrs. M.F. Lee, Carey Wilson, Howard Hawks, Agnes Christine Johnston

Votes: 430

20. Human Desire (1919)

56 min | Drama, Romance

Inspired by a statue of the infant Christ in the hands of the Madonna, Bernice who lives in a convent in Naples, Italy conceives of a deep passion for babies. Learning that there are ... See full summary »

Director: Wilfrid North | Stars: Anita Stewart, Conway Tearle, Vernon Steele, Eulalie Jensen

Votes: 26

21. Married Flirts (1924)

Passed | 70 min | Drama

Nellie Wayne loses her husband Pendleton to Jill Wetherell by neglecting him and her appearance to pursue her literary ambitions. She goes to Europe, where she becomes fashionable and a ... See full summary »

Director: Robert G. Vignola | Stars: Pauline Frederick, Conrad Nagel, Mae Busch, Huntley Gordon

22. Confessions of a Queen (1925)

64 min | Drama

The King of Illyris marries a neighboring princess, who finds out he has a mistress.

Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Alice Terry, Lewis Stone, John Bowers, Eugenie Besserer

Votes: 84

23. The Wanters (1923)

Passed | 70 min | Drama

Elliot Worthington falls in love with Myra, the maid in his sister's household. Myra is dismissed; Elliot finds her, proposes marriage, and returns home with his new bride. She is snubbed ... See full summary »

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Marie Prevost, Robert Ellis, Norma Shearer, Gertrude Astor

24. A Midnight Romance (1919)

60 min | Drama, Romance

Marie, a hotel maid, falls in love with millionaire's son Roger, but Roger cannot marry her because of her inferior station and his unwillingness to make his family unhappy thereby. They ... See full summary »

Director: Lois Weber | Stars: Anita Stewart, Jack Holt, Edwin B. Tilton, Elinor Hancock

25. Why Men Leave Home (1924)

80 min | Comedy, Drama

John and Irene Emerson's marriage begins well enough, but it is not long before John becomes less attentive. Feeling neglected, Irene spends more time with her girl friends, and John, ... See full summary »

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Lewis Stone, Helene Chadwick, Mary Carr, William V. Mong

26. The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923)

80 min | Drama

Highly decorated for her service as a wartime nurse, Mrs. Nancy Fair returns home after the hostilities to find her family falling apart. Nevertheless, she goes on a lecture tour in hopes ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Myrtle Stedman, Huntley Gordon, Marguerite De La Motte, Cullen Landis

27. Memory Lane (1926)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance

On the day of her wedding to Jimmie, Mary finds she has not lost her affection for another sweetheart, Joe. A confrontation arises when Jimmie discovers that Joe has come along on their honeymoon.

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Conrad Nagel, William Haines, John Steppling

Votes: 26

28. The Snob (1924)

70 min | Drama

Just as Nancy Claxton finished at a convent school, her wealthy father Sherwood is killed in a roadhouse brawl. Stung by the disgrace, she disappears and her sweetheart, Herrick, tries to find her.

Director: Monta Bell | Stars: John Gilbert, Norma Shearer, Conrad Nagel, Phyllis Haver

29. Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924)

80 min | Drama, Romance

A young girl is seduced and raped by an older middle class man in Victorian England. After moving on with her path, she gets married. All is well until her husband discovers her past. ... See full summary »

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Conrad Nagel, Stuart Holmes, George Fawcett

Votes: 22

30. Virtuous Wives (1918)

Passed | 60 min | Drama

The story of a happily married woman, Amy, who is greeted with temptation of riches beyond belief after her husband, Andrew, accepts a position at a Colorado Steel Mill.

Director: George Loane Tucker | Stars: Anita Stewart, Conway Tearle, Hedda Hopper, Edwin Arden

Votes: 54

31. The Fighting Shepherdess (1920)

50 min | Romance, Western

A young woman fights to keep her Wyoming sheep ranch from being overrun and destroyed by cattle ranchers.

Directors: Edward José, Millard Webb | Stars: Anita Stewart, Wallace MacDonald, Noah Beery, Walter Long

32. Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)

Approved | 9 min | Short, Documentary

This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle ... See full summary »

Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Don Wilson, Judy Garland, Freddie Bartholomew, Una Merkel

Votes: 127

33. Old Dad (1920)

50 min | Drama

Mr. Bretton's wife decides she would rather pursue an opera career, so they separate, leaving him to raise their young daughter Daphne (Mildred Harris). She is expelled from boarding school... See full summary »

Director: Lloyd Ingraham | Stars: Mildred Harris, George Stewart, John St. Polis, Myrtle Stedman

34. Women Who Give (1924)

80 min | Drama

Jonathan Swift, stern Cape Cod businessman, has ambitions for his children, Emily and Noah, which are thwarted when they take romantic interests in Capt. Joe Cradlebow and Becky Keeler, ... See full summary »

Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Barbara Bedford, Frank Keenan, Renée Adorée, Robert Frazer

35. The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (1937)

Approved | 17 min | Documentary, Short

This short chronicles, in a semihumorous way, events associated with MGM's 1937 convention for the studio's national sales and distribution staff. First the delegates arrive by train in San... See full summary »

Stars: Louis B. Mayer, Al Lichtman, William F. Rodgers, James E. Davis

Votes: 44

36. Harriet and the Piper (1920)

60 min | Drama

Living the Bohemian life in Greenwich Village, Harriet Field is entrapped into a mock marriage with the unscrupulous Royal Blondin. She leaves him and later accepts a job as companion to ... See full summary »

Director: Bertram Bracken | Stars: Anita Stewart, Ward Crane, Charles Richman, Myrtle Stedman

37. Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance

A young girl living a secluded and unsophisticated life is suddenly thrust into a great wealth and a frightening social whirl.

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Anita Stewart, Spottiswoode Aitken, Frank Currier, Mahlon Hamilton

38. The Invisible Fear (1921)

60 min | Drama, Mystery

Sylvia Langdon is haunted by the memory of a would be rapist, whom she believes she has killed.

Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Anita Stewart, Walter McGrail, Allan Forrest, Hamilton Morse

39. The Song of Life (1922)

70 min | Drama

A city writer hires a restaurant drudge, a woman who had left her desert tedium several decades before, to help out his wife who has wanted to continue her singing. An attempted killing and a dramatic family revelation await in the works.

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gaston Glass, Grace Darmond, Georgia Woodthorpe, Richard Headrick

Votes: 13

40. Barbara Frietchie (1915)

50 min | Drama

An old woman in Frederick, Maryland during the U.S. Civil War displays her American flag in defiance of the armies of Confederate general Thomas J. Jackson. Based on the folk tale that grew from the poem by John Greenleaf Whittier.

Director: Herbert Blaché | Stars: Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, Mary Miles Minter, Guy Coombs, Fraunie Fraunholz

41. The Eternal Struggle (1923)

80 min | Crime, Drama, Western

Believing she's responsible for the death of her would-be seducer, a young woman flees to North Vancouver.

Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Renée Adorée, Earle Williams, Barbara La Marr, Pat O'Malley

42. Playthings of Destiny (1921)

70 min | Drama, Romance

Julie Leneau, a country schoolteacher in Canada, becomes the bride of Geoffrey Arnold, but her happiness is shattered by a woman named Claire who convinces Julie that she is Arnold's lawful... See full summary »

Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Anita Stewart, Herbert Rawlinson, Walter McGrail, Grace Morse

43. The Yellow Typhoon (1920)

60 min | Drama

Hilda and Berta Nordstrom, although identical in appearance, are opposites in temperament. Berta weds naval engineer Robert Hallowell, deserts him in Europe, and travels to the Orient in ... See full summary »

Director: Edward José | Stars: Anita Stewart, Ward Crane, Donald MacDonald, Joseph Kilgour

44. The Great Divide (1925)

Passed | 80 min | Western

Alone and unprotected in an isolated wilderness cabin, Ruth Jordan is discovered by three drunken brutes who begin to barter for her. In desperation, she appeals to Stephen Ghent, the least... See full summary »

Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Alice Terry, Conway Tearle, Wallace Beery, Huntley Gordon

45. Rose o' the Sea (1922)

70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Tells of a waif from the sea, who on the death of her guardian and protector, is forced to make her own way in New York. Her lack of guile and sophistication wins her a place and esteem. ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Anita Stewart, Rudolph Cameron, Thomas Holding, Margaret Landis

46. Sowing the Wind (1921)

90 min | Drama

When Rosamond, a convent girl, discovers that her mother is Baby Brabant, a notorious queen of Petworth's gambling house, her ideals are shattered and she denounces her mother's life. ... See full summary »

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Anita Stewart, James Morrison, Myrtle Stedman, Ralph Lewis

Votes: 22

47. The Dixie Handicap (1924)

70 min | Drama

Judge Roberts hides his true financial condition from his daughter, Virginia, whom he brings up in luxury by selling his estate a little at a time. After years of living this magnificent ... See full summary »

Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Claire Windsor, Frank Keenan, Lloyd Hughes, John St. Polis

Gross: $0.18M

48. The Woman He Married (1922)

50 min | Drama, Romance

Natalie Lane, an artist's model, marries Roddy Warren, son of a steel magnate, who has been a persistent suitor and idler; but because she is considered an unsuitable match by his family, ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Anita Stewart, Darrell Foss, Donald MacDonald, William Conklin

49. Strangers of the Night (1923)

80 min | Comedy, Mystery

A rousing fusion of satire, mystery and action. Aristrocrat Ambrose Applejohn is aching for excitement. He gets more than he bargained for when the two Russian thieves Anna Valeska and her ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Matt Moore, Enid Bennett, Barbara La Marr, Robert McKim

Gross: $0.21M

50. The Sporting Venus (1925)

66 min | Drama, Romance

A rich heiress falls in love with a medical student despite being engaged to a foreign prince.

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Ronald Colman, Lew Cody, Josephine Crowell

Votes: 129