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1. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.

Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis

Votes: 8,775

2. Shane (1953)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Western

A weary gunfighter in 1880s Wyoming begins to envision a quieter life after befriending a homestead family with a young son who idolizes him, but a smoldering range war forces him to act.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon De Wilde

Votes: 44,222 | Gross: $20.00M

3. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

Passed | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air-freight company is forced to risk his pilots' lives in order to win an important contract as a traveling American showgirl stops in town.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barthelmess

Votes: 15,678

4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama

A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold

Votes: 121,497 | Gross: $9.60M

5. You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Passed | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The son of a snobbish Wall Street banker becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family not realizing that his father is trying to force her family from their home for a real estate development.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold

Votes: 27,930 | Gross: $4.66M

6. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander

Votes: 23,240

7. This Is Your Life (1955–2003)

30 min | Documentary, Biography

The UK version of the popular US show. Eamonn Andrews (later Michael Aspel) surprises celebrities by presenting them with the Big Red Book before taking them into the studio to tell viewers... See full summary »

Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Aspel, Elizabeth Dawn, June Whitfield

Votes: 324

8. The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)

Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Mystery

A wealthy mystery writer uses her doctor ex-husband's non-payment of alimony to coerce him into a reconciliation.

Director: Stephen Roberts | Stars: William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason, Eric Blore

Votes: 2,200

9. The Talk of the Town (1942)

Approved | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An escaped prisoner has to prove his innocence to a stuffy law professor with the help of a spirited school teacher.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Edgar Buchanan

Votes: 9,137

10. The More the Merrier (1943)

Passed | 104 min | Comedy

During the World War II housing shortage in Washington, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two.

Director: George Stevens | Stars: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn, Richard Gaines

Votes: 7,483

11. A Foreign Affair (1948)

Approved | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the U.S. congresswoman investigating her.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund, Millard Mitchell

Votes: 8,563

12. The Canary Murder Case (1929)

Passed | 82 min | Crime, Mystery

A beautiful showgirl, nicknamed 'the Canary', is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and soon ends up dead. But who killed 'the Canary'. All the suspects who knew her had ... See full summary »

Directors: Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle | Stars: William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Hall, Louise Brooks

Votes: 834

13. History Is Made at Night (1937)

Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A wealthy divorcée falls for a charming Parisian, but her insanely jealous ex-husband will do anything to get her back.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo, Colin Clive

Votes: 2,521

14. The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

A tycoon goes undercover to ferret out agitators at a department store, but gets involved in their lives instead.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Edmund Gwenn

Votes: 4,779

15. The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1986)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music

Merv Griffin invites a series of actors, actresses, writers, and directors to discuss the progressive work they have done and current culture, arts, and entertainment surrounding the numerous projects.

Stars: Merv Griffin, Mort Lindsey, Mort Lindsey Orchestra, Arthur Treacher

Votes: 608

16. Easy Living (1937)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

When a wealthy banker throws his wife's expensive fur coat off a roof and it lands on the head of a stenographer, everyone assumes she is his mistress and has access to his millions.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland, Luis Alberni

Votes: 4,176

17. Seven Chances (1925)

Passed | 56 min | Comedy, Romance

A man learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7PM that evening.

Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards

Votes: 11,746 | Gross: $1.30M

18. The Plainsman (1936)

Passed | 113 min | Drama, Western

Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody attempt to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison, Charles Bickford

Votes: 2,431

19. The Whole Town's Talking (1935)

Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A meek milquetoast clerk is mistaken for public enemy N° 1, and the notorious killer takes advantage of the situation.

Director: John Ford | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl, James Donlan

Votes: 3,216

20. Arizona (1940)

Passed | 125 min | Drama, Western

In Tucson of the 1860s, a pioneer woman struggles to succeed in the freight and cattle business while at risk at the hands of corrupt and violent local businessmen and rampaging Indians.

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William, Porter Hall

Votes: 1,494

21. A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)

Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Romance, Western

Facing forty, a NYC spinster on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her unsuitable city suitors.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Jean Arthur, John Wayne, Charles Winninger, Phil Silvers

Votes: 1,459

22. Too Many Husbands (1940)

Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Romance

Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray, Melvyn Douglas, Harry Davenport

Votes: 1,699

23. Paramount on Parade (1930)

Passed | 102 min | Comedy, Music

A musical revue that basically has Paramount stars and contract-players doing things some had never done on screen, and wouldn't again; such as Ruth Chatteron , in a French-café setting ... See full summary »

Directors: Dorothy Arzner, Otto Brower, Edmund Goulding, Victor Heerman, Edwin H. Knopf, Rowland V. Lee, Ernst Lubitsch, Lothar Mendes, Victor Schertzinger, A. Edward Sutherland, Frank Tuttle | Stars: Jean Arthur, Clara Bow, Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper

Votes: 381

24. The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930)

Passed | 73 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

The villainous master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu sets out to destroy the people he holds responsible for the death of his family.

Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Warner Oland, O.P. Heggie, Jean Arthur, Neil Hamilton

Votes: 314

25. The Greene Murder Case (1929)

Passed | 69 min | Crime, Mystery

At the end of each year, the extremely wealthy but odious Greene family gets together at the spooky old family castle to establish terms of a will, though they despise each other. This year... See full summary »

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: William Powell, Florence Eldridge, Ullrich Haupt, Jean Arthur

Votes: 478

26. The Saturday Night Kid (1929)

Passed | 63 min | Comedy

Mayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department Store. Mayme is in love with store clerk Bill, but Janie tries to steal him from her. Hazel, another salesgirl, is Jean Harlow's first credited role.

Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Clara Bow, Jean Arthur, James Hall, Edna May Oliver

Votes: 305

27. The Jean Arthur Show (1966)

30 min | Comedy

Widowed Patricia Marshall is a successful attorney who welcomes her newly graduated son Paul into her law firm. She uses her chauffeur Morton as a sounding board and occasionally dates the eligible Richie Wells.

Stars: Jean Arthur, Ron Harper, Leonard Stone, Richard Conte

Votes: 56

28. If You Could Only Cook (1935)

Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Romance

An executive lets an attractive cook talk him into taking a job as butler.

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Herbert Marshall, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo, Lionel Stander

Votes: 1,426

29. The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929)

Passed | 80 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller

During the Boxer Rebellion in China during the early 20th century, in which a Chinese secret society attacked all westerners and anyone who associated with them, Dr. Fu Manchu's wife and ... See full summary »

Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Warner Oland, Neil Hamilton, Jean Arthur, O.P. Heggie

Votes: 389

30. The Silver Horde (1930)

Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance

A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.

Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Evelyn Brent, Louis Wolheim, Jean Arthur, Raymond Hatton

Votes: 630

31. The Impatient Years (1944)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

To rekindle their love, a divorce judge orders a couple whose marriage is on the rocks to re-enact their four-day breakneck courtship.

Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Jean Arthur, Lee Bowman, Charles Coburn, Edgar Buchanan

Votes: 434

32. Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

Passed | 73 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A reporter meets an actress whose producer is a presumed-dead thief, and stakes his reputation on predicting the next crime.

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Reginald Owen, Thomas Mitchell

Votes: 842

33. Street of Chance (1930)

Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A big-time, but honest gambler has to prevent his younger brother from following in his footsteps, and taking up gambling.

Director: John Cromwell | Stars: William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis, Regis Toomey

Votes: 418

34. George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)

110 min | Documentary, Biography

Biography of the Academy Award winning director including dramatic color footage of WWII.

Director: George Stevens Jr. | Stars: Fred Astaire, Warren Beatty, Pandro S. Berman, Frank Capra

Votes: 466

35. Danger Lights (1930)

Passed | 74 min | Adventure, Drama

The tough boss of a railroad yard befriends a young hobo, and unwittingly places in jeopardy his relationship with the woman he loves.

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Louis Wolheim, Jean Arthur, Robert Armstrong, Hugh Herbert

Votes: 638

36. More Than a Secretary (1936)

Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Romance

When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs through secretaries, she's mistaken for an applicant. Drawn to him, she accepts the position.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Jean Arthur, George Brent, Lionel Stander, Ruth Donnelly

Votes: 653

37. Get That Venus (1933)

65 min | Comedy

Wealthy Georgina Van Aster, whose primary interest in life is horses, decides to sell the celebrated "Asterville Venus," a painting that has attracted people from around the world to the ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Varney | Stars: Ernest Truex, Jean Arthur, Tom Howard, Molly O'Day

Votes: 51

38. The Defense Rests (1934)

Passed | 70 min | Drama

The assistant (Arthur) of a sleazy lawyer (Holt) is determined to end his cheating ways.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Jack Holt, Jean Arthur, Nat Pendleton, Arthur Hohl

Votes: 198

39. Whirlpool (1934)

Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Carnie owner Buck Rankin marries local girl Helen and plans to go straight, but after a brawl ends up with a twenty-year sentence for manslaughter. When a pregnant Helen vows to wait for ... See full summary »

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Jack Holt, Jean Arthur, Donald Cook, Allen Jenkins

Votes: 446

40. Horse Shoes (1927)

60 min | Comedy

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Director: Clyde Bruckman | Stars: Monty Banks, Ernest Wood, Henry A. Barrows, John Elliott

Votes: 22

41. Public Hero Number 1 (1935)

Passed | 89 min | Crime, Drama

A G-man goes undercover to infiltrate a gang, helping the group's leader escape from prison to gain his trust.

Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Jean Arthur, Chester Morris, Joseph Calleia

Votes: 675

42. Cameo Kirby (1923)

70 min | Drama

Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man's daughter.

Director: John Ford | Stars: John Gilbert, Gertrude Olmstead, Alan Hale, Eric Mayne

Votes: 377

43. The Drug Store Cowboy (1925)

Passed | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

Mortimer Grandon, clerk in a drug store, is ambitious to get into pictures. He travels to the company's location in a freight car, and is forced to change clothes with an outlaw. He ... See full summary »

Director: Park Frame | Stars: Franklyn Farnum, Robert Walker, Jean Arthur, Malcolm Denny

Votes: 45

44. Young Eagles (1930)

70 min | Drama

Lt. Robert Banks (Charles Rogers) shoots down and captures a German ace and is betrayed by the woman he loves.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Jean Arthur, Paul Lukas, Stuart Erwin

Votes: 57

45. 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

46. Diamond Jim (1935)

Approved | 88 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The story of legendary gambler Diamond Jim Brady and his romance with entertainer Lillian Russell.

Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Binnie Barnes, Cesar Romero

Votes: 254

47. The Lawyer's Secret (1931)

Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama

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Directors: Louis J. Gasnier, Max Marcin | Stars: Clive Brook, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray

Votes: 75

48. The Public Menace (1935)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Non-citizen Arthur marries reporter Murphy for a bogus gangster's confession. A divorce is needed, and Murphy is fired. The gangster wants her to be his girlfriend, the police are outside, and only one who can save her is Murphy.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Jean Arthur, George Murphy, Douglass Dumbrille, George McKay

Votes: 296

49. The Masked Menace (1927)

The mill of an old woman and her ward, Faith Newton (Jean Arthur), is being terrorized by the masked menace of the title known as "Still Face". The women are helped by a man named Keats ... See full summary »

Director: Arch Heath | Stars: Larry Kent, Jean Arthur, Thomas Holding, Laura Alberta

Votes: 10

50. The Gang Buster (1931)

Passed | 65 min | Comedy

Naïve insurance agent 'Cyclone' Case falls in love with Sylvia Martine, whose father has a dispute with gangster Mike Slade. When Sylvia is kidnapped by Slade and his gang, 'Cyclone' ... See full summary »

Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Jack Oakie, Jean Arthur, William 'Stage' Boyd, Wynne Gibson

Votes: 90