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1. Reefer Madness (1936)

PG | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Cautionary tale that features a fictionalized take on marijuana use. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to "reefer" cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music.

Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien

Votes: 9,361

2. Superman (1948)

Approved | 244 min | Sci-Fi

Superman comes to Earth as a child and grows up to be his home's first superhero with his first major challenge being to oppose The Spider Lady.

Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Stars: Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Tommy Bond, Carol Forman

Votes: 1,220

3. Young Dillinger (1965)

102 min | Crime, Drama

John Dillinger first goes to jail after attempting to rob his girlfriend's father at her suggestion. Falling in with the likes of "Baby Face" Nelson and "Pretty Boy" Floyd, he arranges ... See full summary »

Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Nick Adams, Robert Conrad, John Ashley, Dan Terranova

Votes: 196

4. The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)

Passed | 60 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

A woman of twenty-one opens her grandfather's will left to her thirteen years earlier, per his instructions. Murder soon follows.

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Helen Parrish, Dick Purcell, Tim Ryan, Frank Faylen

Votes: 855

5. Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954)

26 min | Family, Sci-Fi

Cruising the galaxy in his space ship "The Orbit Jet" Space Ranger, Rocky Jones, Vena Ray, and 10 year-old Bobby defend the Earth and themselves against space-bound evil doers.

Stars: Richard Crane, Sally Mansfield, Scotty Beckett, Robert Lyden

Votes: 237

6. The Stu Erwin Show (1950–1955)

30 min | Comedy

Stu Erwin played a mild-mannered high-school principal, with June Collyer as his wife.

Stars: Stuart Erwin, June Collyer, Ann E. Todd, Sheila James Kuehl

Votes: 136

7. The Thirteenth Guest (1932)

Passed | 69 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Thirteen years ago, somebody murdered the wealthy host of a dinner party. Now, the guests from that event reunite at the creepy house where the crime took place to figure out who inherited the victim's estate.

Director: Albert Ray | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, J. Farrell MacDonald, Paul Hurst

Votes: 919

8. Waterfront (1954–1956)

30 min | Adventure, Crime

John Herrick was the Captain of the tug "Cheryl Ann" in Los Angeles harbor. His family consisted of wife May, Police Detective son Jim, and the crew of the tug, his son Carl, Tip, and ... See full summary »

Stars: Preston Foster, Douglas Dick, Lois Moran, Willie Best

Votes: 114

9. The Pay Off (1942)

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

The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.

Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Lee Tracy, Tom Brown, Tina Thayer, Evelyn Brent

Votes: 267

10. For Singles Only (1968)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy

Anne and Helen move into a California apartment complex for singles only where all the occupants are looking to hook up with Milton Berle as the building manager.

Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: John Saxon, Mary Ann Mobley, Lana Wood, Peter Mark Richman

Votes: 110

11. Wild Weed (1949)

Not Rated | 70 min | Drama

A chorus girl's career is ruined and her brother is driven to suicide when she starts smoking marijuana.

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Lila Leeds, Alan Baxter, Lyle Talbot, Mary Ellen Popel

Votes: 504

12. Grief Street (1931)

Passed | 64 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

Alvin Merle, a womanizing Broadway matinée idol, is found strangled in his dressing room. The door is locked from the inside and there is no possible other way into the room. Merle is ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Barbara Kent, John Holland, Dorothy Christy, Crauford Kent

Votes: 167

13. Manhunt in Space (1956 TV Movie)

78 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Not a feature film, but several episodes of the TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954) edited together and released as a feature.

Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Richard Crane, Sally Mansfield, Robert Lyden, Maurice Cass

Votes: 609

14. Killer Ape (1953)

Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Nasty white hunters are testing out their germ warfare weapons using wild animals in Africa ... until they run into Jungle Jim.

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Carol Thurston, Max Palmer, Burt Wenland

Votes: 290

15. The Sixth Commandment (1924)

60 min

John Brant, a devoted minister, is in love with Marian Calhoun, but must keep it a secret because she is engaged to Robert Fields--who, unbeknownst to Marian, is playing around with a ... See full summary »

Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: William Faversham, Charlotte Walker, John Boles, Kathleen Martyn

Votes: 15

16. Isle of Destiny (1940)

Approved | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Society glamor girl/aviatrix Virginia Allerton decides to alter her around-the-world flight by stopping off on the Pacific isle of Palo Pango where her brother, Lieutenant Allerton is ... See full summary »

Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: William Gargan, Wallace Ford, June Lang, Gilbert Roland

Votes: 109

17. Jungle Menace (1937)

Passed | 308 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In the Asian province of Seemang where the Bay of Bengal meets the jungle, Chandler Elliott (John St. Polis) owns a large and prosperous rubber plantation. His attractive daughter, Dorothy (... See full summary »

Directors: Harry L. Fraser, George Melford | Stars: Frank Buck, Sasha Siemel, Reginald Denny, Esther Ralston

Votes: 46

18. Brick Bradford (1947)

Approved | 257 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An adventurer travels to the moon to stop a madman from getting hold of the Interceptor Ray, a weapon that could destroy Earth.

Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Stars: Kane Richmond, Rick Vallin, Linda Leighton, Pierre Watkin

Votes: 96

19. The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West (1947)

Approved | 285 min | Drama, Mystery

The Vigilante, a masked government agent, is assigned to investigate the case of the "100 Tears of Blood", a cursed string of rare blood red pearls sought by a gang led by the unknown X-1 that may have been smuggled into the country.

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Ramsay Ames, Lyle Talbot, George Offerman Jr.

Votes: 129

20. The Devil Plays (1931)

Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A murder mystery evolves during a weekend at an exclusive mansion.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Jameson Thomas, Florence Britton, Thomas E. Jackson, Richard Tucker

Votes: 191

21. Texas to Bataan (1942)

Approved | 56 min | Drama, War, Western

In the 17th of the 24 films in Monogram's "Range Buster" series, Texas ranch owner Conroy returns from Washington with an order for horses to be shipped to the Philippines. The Range ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: John 'Dusty' King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Elmer

Votes: 110

22. Behind the Mask (1946)

Passed | 68 min | Mystery

Lamont Cranston, aka the Shadow, has his hands full as the murder of blackmailing reporter Jeff Mann is blamed on him. Not only does the real murderer seem one step ahead of him as Lamont ... See full summary »

Directors: Phil Karlson, William Beaudine | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler, Dorothea Kent

Votes: 229

23. Congo Bill (1948)

Approved | 270 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

A girl is about to inherit a fortune, but she is missing in Africa. Only then, family charges Congo Bill, an adventurer, to find her, and bring her back to civilization. He follows a legend about some White Queen, but his path is full of difficulties, by an inhospitable jungle, and the man who will lose the fortune if the girl is found alive.

Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Stars: Don McGuire, Cleo Moore, Jack Ingram, I. Stanford Jolley

Votes: 113

24. Night Life in Reno (1931)

Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A story of love, humor, and drama against the background of America's "Biggest Little City." An (interrupted) indiscretion by John Wyatt with a floozy prompts his wife June to travel to ... See full summary »

Director: Raymond Cannon | Stars: Virginia Valli, Jameson Thomas, Dorothy Christy, Arthur Housman

Votes: 151

25. Mark Saber (1951–1953)

30 min | Drama

A late 1950s British detective show starring an inspector solving crimes with help of subordinates. Focuses on cases tackled by Scotland Yard.

Stars: Tom Conway, James Burke, Willie Best, Frank J. Scannell

Votes: 25

26. Haunted Ranch (1943)

Approved | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western

Both the Range Busters and Rance and his outlaw gang are looking for stolen gold bullion. To scare people away from the ranch where the gold is hidden, Rance has his man imitating ghosts. ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: John 'Dusty' King, David Sharpe, Max Terhune, Elmer

Votes: 121

27. The Phantom in the House (1929)

Passed | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man is blamed for a murder that was actually committed by his wife.

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Nancy Welford, Henry B. Walthall, Grace Valentine

Votes: 154

28. Drums of Africa (1963)

Approved | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

David Moore is in East Africa to get to his employer's railway construction site. He's accompanied by the owner's son Brian and they've lined up Jack Cuortemayn, reputedly the best guide ... See full summary »

Director: James B. Clark | Stars: Frankie Avalon, Mariette Hartley, Lloyd Bochner, Torin Thatcher

Votes: 186

29. Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954)

Approved | 315 min | Action, Adventure, Western

White Horse Rebels, under the command of a mystery villain known only as The Leader, attempt to create an independent "White Horse Republic" in Canada's north west. Funded by gold from the ... See full summary »

Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Charles S. Gould | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Clayton Moore, Phyllis Coates, Don C. Harvey

Votes: 34

30. The Lost Planet (1953)

Approved | 246 min | Family, Sci-Fi

Two newspaper reporters battle a plot by the evil Dr. Grood to conquer the world.

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Judd Holdren, Vivian Mason, Ted Thorpe, Forrest Taylor

Votes: 89

31. The Beachcomber (1962)

30 min | Adventure

Rich executive chucks it all for the good life on a South Pacific beach.

Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Don Megowan, Sebastian Cabot, Santy Josol

Votes: 40

32. Sunset Murder Case (1938)

Approved | 59 min | Mystery

Small-time showgirl, loved by two decent men, poses as a stripper to infiltrate a nightclub whose owner is believed responsible for her father's murder.

Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: Sally Rand, Henry King, Esther Muir, Lona Andre

Votes: 197

33. A Strange Adventure (1932)

Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders comitted by a hooded killer in an old dark house.

Directors: Phil Whitman, Hampton Del Ruth | Stars: Regis Toomey, June Clyde, Lucille La Verne, Jason Robards Sr.

Votes: 236

34. The Boss of Big Town (1942)

Approved | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A criminal plot to control produce and dairy products during the wartime emergency is foiled by a courageous undercover city market official.

Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: John Litel, Florence Rice, H.B. Warner, John Miljan

Votes: 117

35. Reg'lar Fellers (1941)

Passed | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Based on the comic strip by Gene Byrnes, the "Reg'lar Fellers", and one girl-feller, tinker with building a land/water machine, form a kid-band and go on the radio, celebrate a birthday, ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Billy Lee, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Buddy Boles, Janet Dempsey

Votes: 84

36. King of the Congo (1952)

Approved | 252 min | Adventure

An Air Force captain is assigned to find some missing top-secret microfilm.

Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Wallace Grissell | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Gloria Dea, Leonard Penn, Jack Ingram

Votes: 43

37. Jack Armstrong (1947)

Passed | 279 min | Drama

Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, battles the evil Dr. Grood, who has placed a death ray aboard his spaceship orbiting Earth.

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: John Hart, Rosemary La Planche, Claire James, Joe Brown Jr.

Votes: 79

38. Sarong Girl (1943)

Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A crusading D.A. orders the police to shut down a South Seas themed girly show and arrest its participants. The lead dancer eludes jail time when her attorney persuades the judge that she ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Ann Corio, Tim Ryan, Irene Ryan, Mantan Moreland

Votes: 67

39. There's a Girl in My Heart (1949)

Passed | 79 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A Gay-Nineties musical set in New York City's Bowery and East Side explores the life of its inhabitants--an Irish policeman and his tap-dancing daughter and music-hall wife; a German ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Lee Bowman, Elyse Knox, Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan

Votes: 23

40. Cipher Bureau (1938)

Passed | 64 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Joan Woodbury, Don Dillaway

Votes: 99

41. Jungle Adventures (1921)

50 min | Documentary

A feature-length documentary on life and conditions in Borneo, as recorded by Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson.

Director: Martin E. Johnson | Stars: Martin E. Johnson, Osa Johnson

42. Criminals Within (1941)

Approved | 70 min | Drama

A scientist is murdered by foreign agents after having developed a powerful new explosive. The scientist's brother, an army corporal, goes AWOL to discover the identities of the killers. ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Eric Linden, Ann Doran, Constance Worth, Donald Curtis

Votes: 105

43. The Lost Tribe (1949)

Passed | 72 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Jungle Jim fights a lion and sharks trying to save an African village from those who would despoil it.

Director: William Berke | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Myrna Dell, Elena Verdugo, Joseph Vitale

Votes: 393

44. Before Morning (1933)

Passed | 56 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

A night of love, intrigue, death, and blackmail leaves stage-star Elsie Manning's fate at stake in a conflict with the unscrupulous Doctor Gruell. A rejected lover dies in Miss Manning's ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Hoerl | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Lora Baxter, Taylor Holmes, Blaine Cordner

Votes: 105

45. Ride 'em, Cowgirl (1939)

Approved | 53 min | Drama, Music, Western

Sandy Doyle, gambler and political chief of a small border town, seeks to gain control of the Bar-X Ranch, owned by Rufe Rickson, to further some undercover activities of his own. He counts... See full summary »

Director: Samuel Diege | Stars: Dorothy Page, Vince Barnett, Milton Frome, Lynn Mayberry

Votes: 51

46. The Lady in Scarlet (1935)

Approved | 65 min | Mystery, Romance

When a wealthy art dealer is murdered, the private investigator hired for the case discovers a web of blackmail, corruption and stolen bonds.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Reginald Denny, Patricia Farr, Jameson Thomas, Dorothy Revier

Votes: 190

47. Cross-Examination (1932)

Passed | 74 min | Drama, Mystery

Defense Atorney Gerald Waring uses great skill and ingenuity in his efforts to save the life of a boy charged with the murder of his father. Witness after witness piles up damaging evidence... See full summary »

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: H.B. Warner, Sally Blane, Natalie Moorhead, Edmund Breese

Votes: 139

48. Ellis in Freedomland (1952)

Not Rated | 82 min

Westinghouse claims its electric appliances "freed women from the drudgery of housework." The first half involves a dream salesman at work; the second half is focused on the "Spring Sales Event," called "Freedomland."

Director: Abby Berlin | Stars: Betty Furness, Edward Arnold, James Mason, Percy Kilbride

Votes: 16

49. The Power of God (1942)

58 min | Drama

As the elderly man visiting his wife's grave remembers how a renewed faith in Christianity help a shady businessman, a juvenile delinquent a young couple and a shiftless man find the way to righteousness.

Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: John Barclay, Thomas Louden, Selmer Jackson, Sarah Padden

50. The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953)

Approved | 230 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The British Admirality assigns two officers, Richard Dale and Alan Duncan, to gather evidence to convict Captain Kidd of piracy in the English courts. They sail for New York to learn the ... See full summary »

Directors: Derwin Abrahams, Charles S. Gould | Stars: Richard Crane, David Bruce, John Crawford, George D. Wallace

Votes: 55