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1. 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: 7,982 | Gross: $12.45M

2. Cleopatra (1917)

125 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Cleopatra, the fabulous queen of Egypt, and the epic romances between her and the greatest men of Rome, Julius Caesar and Antony.

Director: J. Gordon Edwards | Stars: Theda Bara, Fritz Leiber, Thurston Hall, Alan Roscoe

Votes: 395

3. Roman Scandals (1933)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold

Votes: 805 | Gross: $5.33M

4. Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Western

Two peanut vendors at a traveling rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne

Votes: 1,736

5. Carson City (1952)

Approved | 87 min | Western

When a banker finds his stagecoach shipments of gold from Carson City are vulnerable to holdups, he commissions the building of a railroad through the mountains.

Director: André De Toth | Stars: Randolph Scott, Lucille Norman, Raymond Massey, Richard Webb

Votes: 1,194

6. Keep 'Em Flying (1941)

Passed | 86 min | Comedy

When a barnstorming stunt pilot joins the Air Corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him.

Directors: Arthur Lubin, Ralph Ceder | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Martha Raye, Carol Bruce

Votes: 1,752

7. There's One Born Every Minute (1942)

60 min | Comedy

The advertising slogans of Jimmy Hanagan (Tom Brown) and the lab reports reveal that the patented prepared pudding invented by Lemuel P. Twine (Hugh Herbert) has a treasure of Vitamin Z and... See full summary »

Director: Harold Young | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, Tom Brown, Guy Kibbee

Votes: 197

8. The Queen of Sheba (1921)

90 min | Adventure, Drama

The story of the ill-fated romance between Solomon, king of Israel, and the Queen of Sheba.

Director: J. Gordon Edwards | Stars: Betty Blythe, Fritz Leiber, Claire de Lorez, George Siegmann

Votes: 67

9. Song of the Open Road (1944)

Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Child film star Jane Powell, fed up with her every move being stage managed by her stage mother, runs away and joins the U.S. Crop Corps, a small army of young folks staying at youth ... See full summary »

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Bonita Granville, W.C. Fields

Votes: 165

10. 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: 629

11. Big Town (1950–1956)

TV-MA | 30 min | Drama

"Big Town" was a long-running, highly-successful network radio series (1937- 1952) and film series ("I Cover the Underworld," "Underworld After Dark," and "Underworld Scandal") before ... See full summary »

Stars: Patrick McVey, Mark Stevens, Jane Nigh, Mary K. Wells

Votes: 58

12. Northwest Stampede (1948)

Approved | 79 min | Western

When his father dies, rodeo star Dan Bennett returns to his ranch but hires on as a ranch hand. A horse known as the White Outlaw is the leader of a herd of wild horses and Dan's obsession ... See full summary »

Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Joan Leslie, James Craig, Jack Oakie, Chill Wills

Votes: 156

13. Jack London (1943)

Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Biography, War

Episodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).

Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Michael O'Shea, Susan Hayward, Osa Massen, Harry Davenport

Votes: 449

14. 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

15. Salome (1918)

80 min | Drama

When Herodias divorces her husband and marries his brother Herod Antipas, governor of Judea, the prophet John the Baptist protests and is imprisoned. Salome, daughter of Herodias and both ... See full summary »

Director: J. Gordon Edwards | Stars: Theda Bara, G. Raymond Nye, Alan Roscoe, Herbert Heyes

Votes: 54

16. The Fall of a Nation (1916)

75 min | Drama

Three acts and a prologue. Act 1: A nation falls. Act 2: The heel of the conqueror. Act 3: The uprising two years later.

Director: Thomas Dixon Jr. | Stars: Lorraine Huling, Percy Standing, Arthur Shirley, Flora Macdonald

Votes: 106

17. Dark Sands (1937)

Not Rated | 77 min | Adventure, Drama, Musical

During WWI, action hero Robeson escapes an unjust death sentence to ramble around Arabia.

Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Paul Robeson, Henry Wilcoxon, Wallace Ford, Kouka

Votes: 343

18. The Dentist (1932)

Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short

An unconventional dentist deals with a variety of eccentric and difficult patients in slapstick fashion.

Director: Leslie Pearce | Stars: W.C. Fields, Marjorie Kane, Arnold Gray, Dorothy Granger

Votes: 1,764

19. 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

20. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)

Passed | 107 min | Drama, Romance

A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the life of each of the victims.

Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Lynn Bari, Akim Tamiroff, Francis Lederer, Alla Nazimova

Votes: 217

21. Madame Du Barry (1917)

Passed | 105 min | Drama, History

Jeanette (Theda Bara), unknown in Paris but of great beauty and wit, attracts the attention of Louis XV (Charles Clary) who expresses a desire to meet her to Jean Du Barry (Herschel Mayall)... See full synopsis »

Director: J. Gordon Edwards | Stars: Theda Bara, Charles Clary, Fred Church, Herschel Mayall

Votes: 23

22. Keep Fit (1937)

82 min | Comedy, Musical

A weak, cowardly barber (George Formby)gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match.

Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: George Formby, Kay Walsh, Guy Middleton, Gus McNaughton

Votes: 192

23. Gang Busters (1942)

Approved | 251 min | Drama

Detective lieutenant Bill Bannister is assigned to run down an unknown gang of terrorists who have spread a net of crime over the city.

Directors: Noel M. Smith, Ray Taylor | Stars: Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan, Robert Armstrong

Votes: 130

24. Here Comes Trouble (1948)

Approved | 55 min | Comedy

A newspaper publisher sends his future son-in-law to handle a job that ends up with unexpected trouble.

Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Emory Parnell, Betty Compson

Votes: 302

25. Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (1931)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy

A mad scientist creates a time travel pill, which two goofballs volunteer to test, transporting them to ancient Egypt as Marc Antony and Julius Caesar vying for the beautiful Cleopatra's love in a chariot race.

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Burgess, Robert Frazer

Votes: 38

26. The Fabulous Joe (1947)

Approved | 59 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy

The adventures of a talking dog, Joe, who advises henpecked Milo Terkel to muster the courage to confront his dominating wife Emily and assorted in-laws while tackling a buxom blonde who just happens to undress in the Terkels' apartment.

Director: Harve Foster | Stars: Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Marie Wilson, Donald Meek

Votes: 142

27. Keep Your Seats, Please! (1936)

82 min | Comedy, Musical

A fortune in gems is hidden in one of six chairs, and it's up to the prospective heir to find it.

Director: Monty Banks | Stars: George Formby, Florence Desmond, Gus McNaughton, Alastair Sim

Votes: 267

28. Mystery of the White Room (1939)

Approved | 58 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

In the middle of an eye-surgery operation in a large hospital, the lights in the operating room go out and the chief surgeon is murdered. It is the job of Police-Detective Spencer to figure... See full summary »

Director: Otis Garrett | Stars: Bruce Cabot, Helen Mack, Joan Woodbury, Constance Worth

Votes: 81

29. The Perfect Sap (1927)

60 min | Comedy, Mystery

Wealthy young Herbert Alden, a would-be detective, is practicing housebreaking with his valet, an ex-convict, when he meets George and Polly, two real thieves; they are discovered and, ... See full summary »

Director: Howard Higgin | Stars: Ben Lyon, Virginia Lee Corbin, Lloyd Whitlock, Diana Kane

30. The Restless Breed (1957)

Approved | 86 min | Western

A very bright young lawyer with a very quick temper travels to Mission, a small Texas border town to even the score for the murder of his father, a secret service operator at the hands of gun-runners.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Scott Brady, Anne Bancroft, Jay C. Flippen, Jim Davis

Votes: 442

31. Gallant Bess (1946)

Passed | 100 min | Drama, War

An orphaned young man, Tex, has loved and trained his loyal horse, keeping alive his father's dream of starting a ranch. He decides to put his life on hold to serve the United States during... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Marshall Thompson, George Tobias, Clem Bevans, Donald Curtis

Votes: 219

32. Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1941)

Approved | 62 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music

The brash, opinionated owner of a nightclub manages to drive everybody crazy on a boat trip to Havana.

Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Charles Lang, Leon Errol, Helen Parrish, Lupe Velez

Votes: 52

33. Midshipman Easy (1935)

73 min | Adventure

A young man runs away to sea but finds more adventures than he was expecting.

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Hughie Green, Margaret Lockwood, Harry Tate, Robert Adams

Votes: 211

34. The She Devil (1918)

60 min | Drama, Romance

Lolette (Theda Bara), an exotic and spirited peasant girl lives In the small Spanish village of Juanguera. Although ardently courted by the native swains, and particularly a bandit called ... See full summary »

Director: J. Gordon Edwards | Stars: Theda Bara, Alan Roscoe, Fred Bond, George A. McDaniel

Votes: 20

35. The Keeper of the Bees (1925)

60 min | Drama

World War hero James Lewis MacFarlane, tired of being shunted from one government hospital to another for a wound that will not heal, runs away when he learns that he has but a year to live... See full summary »

Director: James Leo Meehan | Stars: Robert Frazer, Josef Swickard, Martha Mattox, Clara Bow

Votes: 28

36. When a Woman Sins (1918)

Passed | 60 min | Drama, Romance

Bara is unusually cast as a nearly virginal nurse and actress. She does manage to get one man to blow his brains out before she reforms and marries an Episcopal priest.

Director: J. Gordon Edwards | Stars: Theda Bara, Josef Swickard, Alan Roscoe, Al Fremont

37. Double Date (1941)

Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Family

Penny Kirkland's (Peggy Moran) Aunt Elsie (Una Merkel) and Jerry Bladwin's (Rand Brooks) widower father Roger Baldwin (Edmund Lowe) are attracted to each other. Preventing the pending ... See full summary »

Director: Glenn Tryon | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Una Merkel, Peggy Moran, Rand Brooks

Votes: 41

38. Mickey (1948)

Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama

Young girl is constantly getting into trouble and embarrassing her father, who finally puts his foot down.

Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Lois Butler, Bill Goodwin, Irene Hervey, John Sutton

Votes: 142

39. Always a Bridesmaid (1943)

Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Music

A detective working undercover joins a Lonely Hearts Club in order to to expose a swindler using it for nefarious reasons.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: The Andrews Sisters, Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Laverne Andrews

Votes: 48

40. Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin? (1948)

Passed | 55 min | Comedy, Crime, Family

A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla.

Director: Bernard Carr | Stars: Larry Olsen, Eilene Janssen, Peter Miles, Ardda Lynwood

Votes: 356

41. Curley (1947)

Approved | 53 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A mischievous kid and his friends torment their school teachers.

Director: Bernard Carr | Stars: Larry Olsen, Frances Rafferty, Eilene Janssen, Dale Belding

Votes: 121

42. Love in Jalisco (1942)

Approved | 128 min | Drama, Romance

Due to a debt, Lupe is forced to work as a housekeeper for Luis, owner of Santa Rosa's Ranch an who is madly in love with her. However, Luis feelings are unrequited because Lupe is in love ... See full summary »

Director: Fernando de Fuentes | Stars: Jorge Negrete, María Elena Marqués, Carlos López Moctezuma, Florencio Castelló

Votes: 44

43. Wild Oranges (1924)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance

Millie Stope lives with her grandfather on a remote island. Her grandfather fled there for political reasons. But they're not alone. An escaped prisoner, Nicholas, is terrorizing them, and ... See full summary »

Director: King Vidor | Stars: Frank Mayo, Virginia Valli, Ford Sterling, Nigel De Brulier

Votes: 565

44. Hi, Buddy (1943)

Approved | 66 min | Music, Romance, War

A military-flavored, World War Two, song-and-dance B-feature in which a fund-raising effort save a boys club from being closed.

Director: Harold Young | Stars: Dick Foran, Harriet Nelson, Robert Paige, Marjorie Lord

Votes: 21

45. Halfway to Shanghai (1942)

Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Mystery

A murder occurs on a train bound for Shanghai during World War II.

Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Henry Stephenson, J. Edward Bromberg

Votes: 75

46. The Greater Glory (1926)

Passed | 110 min | Drama, Romance, War

A story of Vienna following World War I, in which the butchers became millionaires and the aristocrats became beggars, told against a background of mother-love and sacrifice.

Director: Curt Rehfeld | Stars: Conway Tearle, Anna Q. Nilsson, May Allison, Ian Keith

Votes: 23

47. Topsy and Eva (I) (1927)

80 min | Drama

A broad, slapsticky farce using characters from "Uncle Tom's Cabin". It's not a satire on that venerable work, rather a "further adventures of" story, provided Eva didn't die after all. In ... See full summary »

Directors: Del Lord, D.W. Griffith, Lois Weber | Stars: Rosetta Duncan, Vivian Duncan, Gibson Gowland, Noble Johnson

Votes: 71

48. Miss Nobody (1926)

70 min | Drama

Youthful and beautiful, Barbara Brown finds her charms a curse. With just one dime left, she goes to a New Year's party given by mysterious Nan Adams. Here she attracts the wealthy host, J.... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Anna Q. Nilsson, Walter Pidgeon, Louise Fazenda, Mitchell Lewis

49. Hypnotized (1932)

58 min | Comedy

A circus worker wins a sweepstakes prize of $150,000 and must travel to England to present his ticket and collect his winnings. He books passage on a transatlantic liner, but on board is a ... See full summary »

Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: George Moran, Charles Mack, Ernest Torrence, Charles Murray

Votes: 38

50. Treason (1933)

Passed | 63 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

It's just after the Civil War in Kansas and Joan Randall and her troops are continuing the struggle. Jeff Conners is sent to bring her in and when he does she is found guilt and sentenced ... See full summary »

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Buck Jones, Shirley Grey, Robert Ellis, Ivor McFadden

Votes: 51