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51. A Ducking They Did Go (1939)
G | 17 min | Comedy, Short
Con men hire the Stooges to sell memberships to a phony duck hunting club.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Lynton Brent
Votes: 618
52. Three Smart Saps (1942)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Short
Weddings are paused for the stooges who are engaged to the daughters of a prison warden. He has been framed by criminals and convicted. They make entry to the prison and find the crooks running a casino. They need photos to expose them.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Julie Gibson
Votes: 477
53. False Alarms (1936)
18 min | Comedy, Short
Three inept firemen try to avoid being fired by their increasingly exasperated chief.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Beatrice Blinn
Votes: 684
54. Three Little Pigskins (1934)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
The stooges are mistaken by a gangster for the "Three Horsemen of Boulder Dam", famous football players. Hired to play for his team, they blow the big game and get it in the end. Lucille Ball has a nice part as a gun moll.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Lucille Ball
Votes: 1,079
55. Cash and Carry (1937)
Not Rated | 18 min | Comedy, Short
The Stooges find a crippled boy and his sister living in their dumpyard shack. To raise money to pay for the little boy's operation, they buy a phony treasure map from two con men. Thinking... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Sonny Bupp
Votes: 601
56. Playing the Ponies (1937)
Passed | 15 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
The stooges are cheated into trading their restaurant for Thunderbolt, a washed-up race horse, and enter the horse racing industry. When Curly feeds Thunderbolt some chili pepperinos, he ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 558
57. The Sitter Downers (1937)
G | 16 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are suitors who go on a sit down strike when their prospective father-in-law refuses to consent the marriages. The strike wins them fame and they receive numerous gifts ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Charles Dorety
Votes: 594
58. Goofs and Saddles (1937)
Not Rated | 19 min | Comedy, Western, Short
Set in the old west, the stooges are spies for US Cavalry; "Buffalo Bilious", "Wild Bill Hiccup" and "Just Plain Bill". Sent by General "Muster" to catch a gang of cattle rustlers, they ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Hank Bell
Votes: 562
59. All the World's a Stooge (1941)
Approved | 16 min | Short, Comedy
Three bumbling window washers are mistaken for dentists and run amok at an affair in the home of a rich socialite.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Lelah Tyler
Votes: 588
60. Yes, We Have No Bonanza (1939)
Approved | 16 min | Comedy, Western, Short
Set in a western town, the stooges are working as waiters in a saloon with the three girls they hope to marry. The proprietor of the saloon is a crook who, with his partner, has buried ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dick Curtis
Votes: 584
61. Back from the Front (1943)
19 min | Short, Comedy, War
Set in WW II, the stooges are the only survivors of an American ship sunk by an enemy torpedo. Adrift on a raft, they come upon a German battleship and by various means, such as Moe ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Stanley Blystone
Votes: 508
62. Horses' Collars (1935)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Western, Short
The Stooges are private detectives in the Old West trying to help a girl recover an IOU from a bad guy. Their attempts to steal the IOU from the villain's wallet, then from a safe, meet ... See full summary »
Director: Clyde Bruckman | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dorothea Kent
Votes: 760
63. Three Missing Links (1938)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
The stooges are janitors working in a movie studio. After wrecking the bosses office, they get jobs as actors in an African movie. Curly plays a gorilla and Moe and Larry are primitive ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Monte Collins
Votes: 547
64. Monkey Businessmen (1946)
17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are bumbling electricians who decide to go away for a rest after they are fired for their incompetence. The rest home they choose is run by Dr. Mallard, a quack who cheats the ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Wade Crosby
Votes: 462
65. Three Pests in a Mess (1945)
15 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are three inventors trying to a get a patent on their preposterous fly catching invention. When they learn they'll have to catch 100,000 flies to earn enough to get a patent, ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Christine McIntyre
Votes: 455
66. Cactus Makes Perfect (1942)
17 min | Comedy, Western, Short
The stooges are living with their mother who persuades them its time to leave home and seek their fortune. After a con man sells them a phony deed to a lost gold mine, the boys head west to... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Ernie Adams
Votes: 494
67. Nutty But Nice (1940)
18 min | Comedy, Short
Three bumbling waiters try to help a clinically depressed little girl by locating her kidnapped father.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Lynton Brent
Votes: 512
68. Booby Dupes (1945)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are three fish peddlers who decide to cut out the middleman by catching their own fish. They trade their car and $300 for a "new" boat which turns out to be a piece of junk that... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Rebel Randall
Votes: 483
69. Mutts to You (1938)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges, professional dog washers, find a baby on a doorstep and, thinking it to be abandoned, take it home. When they read in the paper the baby is believed to have been kidnapped, ... See full summary »
Director: Charley Chase | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Bess Flowers
Votes: 540
70. So Long Mr. Chumps (1941)
17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are street cleaners who find some valuable bonds and return them to their owner. The man is so grateful that he offers them a big reward if they can find an honest man with ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dorothy Appleby
Votes: 493
71. Phony Express (1943)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Western, Short
Set in the old west, the stooges are three tramps wanted for vagrancy. After ruining a medicine peddlers show, they arrive in Peaceful Gulch where a picture has been printed declaring them ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Shirley Patterson
Votes: 443
72. Three Little Sew and Sews (1939)
TV-G | 19 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are sailors working in a ships' tailor shop. When they can't get passes to go ashore, they steal officers uniforms and go to a party with Curly passing himself off as Admiral ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Phyllis Barry
Votes: 494
73. Matri-Phony (1942)
Approved | 17 min | Short, Comedy
The stooges are potters in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Octopus Grabus. When the emperor orders all beautiful red-headed women to be brought before him so he can select a wife, ... See full summary »
Directors: Harry Edwards, Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Marjorie Deanne
Votes: 433
74. Half Shot Shooters (1936)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy, War
The stooges are discharged from the army after WW I, and promptly administer some revenge to their mean sergeant. Years later they wind up in the army again, and of course the same sergeant... See full summary »
Director: Jack White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Stanley Blystone
Votes: 644
75. Myrt and Marge (1933)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Myrt has a show chock-full of talented performers who deserve to be on Broadway, but can't raise the necessary money. Jackson, a lecherous "producer", provides the money in order to get his... See full summary »
Director: Al Boasberg | Stars: Myrtle Vail, Donna Damerel, Ray Hedge, Eddie Foy Jr.
Votes: 118
76. 3 Dumb Clucks (1937)
Not Rated | 17 min | Comedy, Short
The Stooges escape from jail in order to save their father from gangsters and a beautiful gold-digger.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Frank Austin
Votes: 635
77. The Three Troubledoers (1946)
17 min | Comedy, Western, Short
Set in the old west, the stooges become marshals in a town with a high death rate for lawmen. The boys set out prevent a marriage between the villain Blackie and the heroine Nell, who's ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Christine McIntyre
Votes: 455
78. Wee Wee Monsieur (1938)
Passed | 18 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are artists living in Paris. When the landlord comes after the overdue rent, the boys skip out and wind up joining the French Foreign Legion. Posted to the desert, their ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Eugene Borden
Votes: 547
79. G.I. Wanna Home (1946)
15 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are discharged from the army and go to see their fiancées, but find they have been dispossessed and the weddings are off until they find a home. The boys have trouble finding a ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Doris Houck
Votes: 417
80. Busy Buddies (1944)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Short
To save their debt-ridden diner, the Stooges enter a cow milking contest.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Nick Arno
Votes: 480
81. Higher Than a Kite (1943)
18 min | Short, Comedy, War
After being accidentally dropped behind enemy lines, the Stooges disguise themselves and steal important plans from the Nazi high command.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dick Curtis
Votes: 553
82. Sock-a-Bye Baby (1942)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges mistakenly kidnap a baby they find on their doorstep. When the cops and the baby's mother come looking for the baby, the boys panic and flee into the country with the cops (one ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent
Votes: 462
83. No Dough Boys (1944)
17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are dressed as Japanese soldiers for their job as magazine models. On their lunch break they go into a restaurant with their Japanese uniforms on causing the proprietor to ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent
Votes: 460
84. Flat Foot Stooges (1938)
Approved | 16 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are firemen at a station that still uses horses to pull the engines. A salesman who wants to sell the chief some modern equipment plants gun powder in one of the engines. The ... See full summary »
Director: Charley Chase | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dick Curtis
Votes: 532
85. Three Loan Wolves (1946)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Short
Told in flashback, the stooges tell their son how he came to have 3 dads. They own a pawn shop and owe money to a "protection" group, a bunch of loan sharks. Also, a lady leaves a baby in the shop as part of a plan to sell a phony diamond.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Beverly Warren
Votes: 450
86. Uncivil War Birds (1946)
17 min | Comedy, Short
After initially joining the Union army, Moe and Larry switch allegiances to their Southern home state and Confederate brother Curley.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Eleanor Counts
Votes: 437
87. Three Little Twirps (1943)
15 min | Comedy, Short
The Stooges get a job putting up posters for a circus but discover that instead of money, their pay is tickets to the show. When trying to scalp their tickets gets them in trouble, they ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Chester Conklin
Votes: 398
88. Rockin' Thru the Rockies (1940)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Western, Short
The Stooges are frontier guides leading a minstrel show west. When hostile Indians run the horses off they are stranded. They must contend with a snow storm and a marauding bear as well the... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dorothy Comingore
Votes: 462
89. Jailbirds of Paradise (1934)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Prison inmates stage a musical.
Director: Al Boasberg | Stars: Dorothy Appleby, Moe Howard, Shirley Ross, Muriel Evans
Votes: 29
90. Some More of Samoa (1941)
17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are tree surgeons who are enlisted by a rich old man to find a mate for his rare puckerless persimmon tree. The boys sail to the tropical island of Rhum-Boogie to find the tree.... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Mary Ainslee
Votes: 425
91. My Sister Eileen (1942)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy
Two sisters move from Ohio to New York with hopes of stardom.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Janet Blair, George Tobias
Votes: 1,734
92. A Bird in the Head (1946)
Approved | 16 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are working as paperhangers in the home of Professor Panzer, a mad scientist looking for a brain to use in his experiments. The professor wants to put a human brain into a ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent
Votes: 478
93. Beer Barrel Polecats (1946)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges make a whole batch of homemade beer, but get tossed in jail when Curly sells some to a policeman. Their minor indiscretion turns into a forty year sentence when a barrel of beer... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Robert B. Williams
Votes: 518
94. Rhythm and Weep (1946)
17 min | Short, Comedy, Music
The stooges are actors who can't seem to find a job, so they decide to jump off a high building and end it all. On the roof top they meet three girl dancers with the same idea. Before they ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Gloria Patrice
Votes: 435
95. Even as IOU (1942)
16 min | Comedy, Short
A destitute mother and child move into the stooge's vacant lot home and the boys decide to help them. They steal the kids piggy bank and sneak into the race track. They bet on a long shot ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Ruth Skinner
Votes: 373
96. Back to the Woods (1937)
Not Rated | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Western
A 17th Century English judge orders three miscreants to defend the new British colonies in New England against its residential Native Americans.
Director: Jack White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Beatrice Curtis
Votes: 596
97. Whoops, I'm an Indian! (1936)
17 min | Comedy, Western, Short
In the Old West, the Stooges are crooked gamblers gypping the resident of a frontier town. They are discovered and must escape into the woods. To elude the sheriff, they disguise themselves... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Gail Arnold
Votes: 627
98. Restless Knights (1935)
Approved | 17 min | Short, Comedy
In Medieval times, the Stooges learn they are of royal blood and vow to save the kingdom. They become the Queen's royal guards but are sentenced to die when the Queen is abducted on the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Geneva Mitchell
Votes: 700
99. Dancing Lady (1933)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, May Robson
Votes: 2,665
100. Turn Back the Clock (1933)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Joe and Mary barely get by with their tobacco store. After an old friend returns now married to wealthy Elvina, Joe wishes he married her instead when he had the chance. Will he be happy when his wish comes true?
Director: Edgar Selwyn | Stars: Lee Tracy, Mae Clarke, Otto Kruger, George Barbier
Votes: 543