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1. Studio One (1948–1958)

60 min | Drama

A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.

Stars: Betty Furness, Paul Branson, Charlton Heston, Mary Sinclair

Votes: 328

2. A Guy Named Joe (1943)

Passed | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A dead World War II bomber pilot, Pete Sandidge becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's memory.

Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond

Votes: 2,913

3. Marihuana (I) (1936)

Not Rated | 57 min | Crime, Drama

A young girl slowly becomes a dope pusher.

Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: Harley Wood, Hugh McArthur, Pat Carlyle, Paul Ellis

Votes: 967

4. The Human Comedy (1943)

Passed | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in small-town Ithaca to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig, Marsha Hunt

Votes: 2,452

5. Two-Faced Woman (1941)

Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

After a ski instructor catches her husband flirting with an old flame, she decides to pose as her (fictitious) twin sister in an attempt to keep him faithful.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Constance Bennett, Roland Young

Votes: 1,977 | Gross: $0.88M

6. Omnibus (1952–1961)

55 min | Drama, History, Music

Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.

Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes

Votes: 218

7. Sex Madness (1934)

Not Rated | 57 min | Drama

This exploitation film belongs to the social guidance genre of quasi-documentary narratives, which exhort young adults to follow particular moral and social prescriptions related to sexuality and drug use.

Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: Vivian McGill, Rose Tapley, Al Rigali, Mark Daniels

Votes: 990

8. Winged Victory (1944)

Approved | 130 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Pinkie Scariano, Alan Ross and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the ... See full summary »

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Mark Daniels, Edmond O'Brien, Lon McCallister, Don Taylor

Votes: 228

9. Goodyear Playhouse (1951–1957)

60 min | Drama

The show featured original plays plus plays adapted from works.

Stars: Walter Matthau, David White, Constance Ford, Kim Stanley

Votes: 111

10. The Youngest Profession (1943)

Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Romance

Joan Lyons and her friend Patricia Drew are autograph hounds spending most of their day bumping into, and having tea, with the likes of Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Based on ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Virginia Weidler, Edward Arnold, John Carroll, Ann Ayars

Votes: 484

11. I Dood It (1943)

Passed | 102 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A bumbling pants presser at an upscale hotel's valet service nurses an unrequited crush on a Broadway star. He gets more than he bargained for when she agrees to marry him, to spite her womanizing fiance, and encounters Nazi saboteurs.

Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell, Richard Ainley, Patricia Dane

Votes: 676

12. Ship Ahoy (1942)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, Bert Lahr, Virginia O'Brien

Votes: 716

13. Whistling in the Dark (1941)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford, Virginia Grey

Votes: 1,098

14. Tennessee Johnson (1942)

Passed | 103 min | Biography, Drama

Biography of Andrew Johnson, who followed Abraham Lincoln into office and became the first President of the United States ever to be impeached.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main

Votes: 673

15. Grand Central Murder (1942)

Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Classic whodunit mystery film about a gold-digging variety show actress who has many enemies and is found dead in her private railroad car at Grand Central Station in New York.

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Van Heflin, Patricia Dane, Cecilia Parker, Virginia Grey

Votes: 1,067

16. The Web (1950–1954)

30 min | Drama

Live dramas based on stories by members of the Mystery Writers of America

Stars: John Shellie, Tom Gorman, E.G. Marshall, Audra Lindley

Votes: 57

17. The Life of Riley (1949)

90 min | Comedy, Romance

A factory worker's family is thrown into an uproar when his teenage daughter starts to date his boss' son.

Director: Irving Brecher | Stars: William Bendix, Rosemary DeCamp, James Gleason, Bill Goodwin

Votes: 284

18. Kid Glove Killer (1942)

Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Crime lab expert Gordon McKay uses the latest forensic techniques to solve murders in a city plagued by political corruption and mob rackets.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt, Lee Bowman, Samuel S. Hinds

Votes: 1,158

19. Joe Smith, American (1942)

Passed | 63 min | Drama, Romance, War

Joe Smith is an average American citizen, working in an aircraft factory. He has access to the plans for a new bomb-sight and is kidnapped by enemy agents who unsuccessfully torture him to ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Young, Marsha Hunt, Harvey Stephens, Darryl Hickman

Votes: 312

20. Invisible Avenger (1958)

Not Rated | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Lamont Cranston, aka The Shadow, investigates the murder of a New Orleans bandleader.

Directors: James Wong Howe, Ben Parker, John Sledge | Stars: Richard Derr, Mark Daniels, Helen Westcott, Jack Donner

Votes: 262

21. Nazi Agent (1942)

Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama

A story of German-born identical twins (both played by Conrad Veidt), one a loyal American, and the other, a Nazi official.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Ann Ayars, Frank Reicher, Dorothy Tree

Votes: 803

22. Pilot #5 (1943)

Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance, War

In March 1942, on the island of Java, Indonesia, a Dutch major selects a pilot for a dangerous mission from the five U.S. Army airmen under his command. While waiting for word from the pilot, the others tell his life story to the major.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Franchot Tone, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly, Van Johnson

Votes: 379

23. Wives Under Suspicion (1938)

Passed | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A prosecutor trying a case where a husband shot his adulterous wife begins to suspect that his own wife is having an affair, and starts to have his own thoughts about killing her.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Warren William, Gail Patrick, Ralph Morgan, William Lundigan

Votes: 533

24. Bury Me Dead (1947)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Barbara Carlin attends her own funeral and returns home suspecting that her husband, Rod Carlin, had tried to do away with her, and is also (rightfully) curious as to just who was the woman... See full summary »

Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Cathy O'Donnell, June Lockhart, Hugh Beaumont, Mark Daniels

Votes: 403

25. Letter of Introduction (1938)

Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

From a "letter of introduction" aging actor John learns that he has a grown daughter, aspiring actress Katherine. They keep their secret, but he agrees to star with her in a play to further her career on Broadway.

Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds, George Murphy, Edgar Bergen

Votes: 430

26. Little Tough Guy (1938)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama

After his father is sentenced to death for accidentally killing a cop, Johnny's family is left to fight for survival. His sister becomes a burlesque performer for money while Johnny joins a local gang and turns to a life of street crime.

Director: Harold Young | Stars: Robert Wilcox, Helen Parrish, Marjorie Main, Jackie Searl

Votes: 223

27. The Feminine Touch (1941)

Approved | 97 min | Comedy

An author writing a book on jealousy discovers his wife is an expert on the subject.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Don Ameche, Kay Francis, Van Heflin

Votes: 970

28. Salute to the Marines (1943)

Passed | 101 min | Drama, Romance, War

Wallace Beery stars in this patriotic World War II drama about a tough retired Marine who is caught in the middle of the Philippines campaign, experiencing action, heroics and tragedy. ... See full summary »

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Wallace Beery, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Keye Luke

Votes: 271

29. The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942)

Passed | 86 min | Drama

A Washington official courts a society matron who is trying to ignore the effects of World War II.

Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Edward Arnold, Fay Bainter, Richard Ney, Jean Rogers

Votes: 491

30. The Spirit of Culver (1939)

Approved | 89 min | Drama

Tom Allen, the son of a decorated war hero who is feared to have died in battle, wins a scholarship to the Culver military academy. His arrogance and unwillingness to comply with the ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Freddie Bartholomew, Andy Devine, Henry Hull

Votes: 36

31. Undercover Maisie (1947)

Passed | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Streetwise but kind-hearted Maisie Ravier has put her vaudeville life behind her, but not its associated outward good looks, flash and glamor. Trying to get to New York for a job, she ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Ann Sothern, Barry Nelson, Mark Daniels, Leon Ames

Votes: 273

32. The Vanishing Virginian (1942)

Passed | 97 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Biography of Robert Yancey, long-term district attorney in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Frank Morgan, Kathryn Grayson, Spring Byington, Natalie Thompson

Votes: 323

33. The House of Fear (1939)

Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play. The actor's body disappeared shortly after the crime, and his ghost is rumored to be haunting the theater.

Director: Joe May | Stars: William Gargan, Irene Hervey, Dorothy Arnold, Alan Dinehart

Votes: 146

34. The Last Round-up (1947)

Approved | 77 min | Western

Gene is assigned to round up a tribe of Indians squatting on barren land.

Director: John English | Stars: Gene Autry, Champion, Jean Heather, Ralph Morgan

Votes: 120

35. Fingers at the Window (1942)

Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An unemployed actor in Chicago aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of axe murders, apparently committed by a "lunatic".

Director: Charles Lederer | Stars: Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone, Walter Kingsford

Votes: 1,146

36. Whistling in Dixie (1942)

Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Mystery, Crime

Radio sleuth Wally "The Fox" Benton forgoes his honeymoon to help his wife's old friend solve a murder and hunt for Civil War gold inside a spooky mansion and fort.

Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, George Bancroft, Guy Kibbee

Votes: 707 | Gross: $0.22M

37. Swing Shift Maisie (1943)

Approved | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Ann Sothern, James Craig, Jean Rogers, Connie Gilchrist

Votes: 430

38. This Time for Keeps (1942)

Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Romance

Lee White, recently married to Katherine Bryant, eyes a vacation from marital responsibilities when Katherine goes out of town to attend a friend's wedding. But he soon becomes bored and ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Ann Rutherford, Robert Sterling, Guy Kibbee, Irene Rich

Votes: 177

39. Freshman Year (1938)

Passed | 65 min | Musical, Romance, Sport

Among the freshmen beginning their education at Carlton College are Marian Stuart, the daughter of a judge; Bob Potter, the son of a Carlton alumnus whose family has lost its money; Jay ... See full synopsis »

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Dixie Dunbar, William Lundigan, Constance Moore, Mark Daniels

Votes: 24

40. A Yank on the Burma Road (1942)

Passed | 67 min | Adventure, Drama, War

A hero New York cabbie accepts a job to lead a convoy of trucks up the Burma Road from Rangoon to Chungking. Along the way he crosses paths with a beautiful yet mysterious American woman and he ends up fighting the Japanese.

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Laraine Day, Barry Nelson, Stuart Crawford, Keye Luke

Votes: 196

41. Code of the Streets (1939)

Approved | 72 min | Drama

Hoodlum Tommy Shay is sentenced to die for the murder of Police Lieutenant Carson, although Tommy was in a poker game at the time with a man calling himself "Denver" Collins who has ... See full summary »

Director: Harold Young | Stars: Harry Carey, Frankie Thomas, James McCallion, Juanita Quigley

Votes: 55

42. Don't Talk (1942)

Approved | 22 min | Drama, Short

This MGM short, part of the Crime does not Pay series, focuses on industrial sabotage during wartime. After a valuable shipment of manganese is blown up at a plant, the FBI try to find out ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Donald Douglas, Gloria Holden, Barry Nelson, Harry Worth

Votes: 291

43. Calling All Kids (1943)

11 min | Comedy, Family, Short

The Our Gang kids salute the armed forces in a stage show featuring songs, skits and impersonations of celebrities of the time.

Director: Sam Baerwitz | Stars: Robert Blake, Janet Burston, Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas

Votes: 59

44. Main Street on the March! (1941)

Approved | 20 min | Short, History

The film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people... See full summary »

Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: John Nesbitt, Raymond Gram Swing, Neville Chamberlain, H.V. Kaltenborn

Votes: 176

45. Felicia (1964)

Drama

The wealthy widow of a famed humanitarian blames herself for his accidental death and becomes an alcoholic recluse.

Director: David E. Durston | Stars: Louise Allbritton, Chet Sommers, Mark Daniels, Mona Martí

46. For the Common Defense! (1942)

Approved | 22 min | Crime, Drama, Short

This Crime Does Not Pay short shows how cooperation among all the nations of the Americas helps the war effort. In this case, a US government agent travels to Chile and Colombia. He works ... See full summary »

Director: Allan Kenward | Stars: John Litel, Douglas Fowley, Stephen McNally, Van Johnson

Votes: 222

47. The Woman in the House (1942)

Approved | 11 min | Short

The story of a woman who cannot bear to leave her house for 40 years because she has anthropophobia, the fear of people, triggered by the death of her fiancé.

Director: Sammy Lee | Stars: Ann Richards, Mark Daniels, John Nesbitt

Votes: 159

48. Secrets of a Nurse (1938)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, Mystery, Sport

When battered prize-fighter Lee Burke is taken to the West Side hospital, nurse Katherine MacDonald leaves her romantically-inclined patient, wealthy attorney John Dodge to take care of ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Helen Mack, Dick Foran, Samuel S. Hinds

Votes: 22

49. The Storm (1938)

Approved | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A passenger ship unexpectedly runs into a typhoon.

Director: Harold Young | Stars: Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Preston Foster, Tom Brown

Votes: 36

50. The Family Next Door (1939)

Passed | 64 min | Comedy

About a plumber (a Rodney Dangerfield type) and the misadventures of his family.

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Joy Hodges, Eddie Quillan, Ruth Donnelly

Votes: 79