Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With John Miljan
- Job Types
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1. The Ten Commandments (1956)
G | 220 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Moses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson
Votes: 78,011 | Gross: $93.74M
2. Samson and Delilah (1949)
Approved | 134 min | Drama, Family, History
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 9,017 | Gross: $28.80M
3. Possessed (1931)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance
An ambitious factory girl meets a handsome, wealthy lawyer, but he's interested in her as a mistress, not a wife.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Wallace Ford, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Votes: 2,326
4. The Killers (1946)
Passed | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Hit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker
Votes: 23,680
5. The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Passed | 93 min | Horror
A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.
Directors: Rupert Julian, Lon Chaney, Ernst Laemmle, Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe
Votes: 20,135 | Gross: $3.75M
6. The Jazz Singer (1927)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Music, Musical
The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 11,092 | Gross: $7.63M
7. M (1951)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious serial killer who preys on little girls.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Luther Adler
Votes: 2,370
8. Unconquered (1947)
Passed | 146 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff
Votes: 2,900
9. The Unholy Three (1930)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Professor Echo, a ventriloquist, forms a burglary ring. He disguises himself as an elderly pet store owner selling talking birds to the wealthy, using his skills to make the birds seem to talk while casing the homes for robberies.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Lon Chaney, Lila Lee, Elliott Nugent, Harry Earles
Votes: 1,410
10. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
11. Broken Arrow (1956–1958)
30 min | Western
Indian Agent Tom Jeffords makes friends with Chief Cochise, becoming a blood brother of the Apache. Together they fight white schemers and renegade Indians.
Stars: John Lupton, Michael Ansara, Steven Ritch, Steve Conte
Votes: 271
12. 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: 2,434
13. Sinbad, the Sailor (1947)
Approved | 116 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In medieval Persia, during the rule of Caliph Harun-Al-Rashid, Sinbad the Sailor boasts about his latest adventures to his friends.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 2,245
14. Back to Bataan (1945)
Approved | 95 min | Drama, War
In 1942, after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese, U.S. Army Col. Joseph Madden stays behind to organize the local resistance against the Japanese invaders.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi, Fely Franquelli
Votes: 4,374
15. Juarez (1939)
Approved | 125 min | Biography, Drama, History
Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains
Votes: 2,556
16. The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956–1958)
30 min | Adventure, Western
The adventures of frontier hero Jim Bowie are brought to life in this popular children's television series.
Stars: Scott Forbes, William Schallert, John Laing, Joyce Vanderveen
Votes: 279
17. The Big Street (1942)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A busboy in unrequited love with a nightclub performer grows closer to her after she is paralyzed in an attack by her gangster boyfriend.
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton MacLane, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 1,664
18. Schlitz Playhouse (1951–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Originally billed as "Playhouse of the Stars" this long running anthology series was originally presented live from New York City. Irene Dunne was briefly the hostess in 1952, and the show frequently used Broadway performers in classic stories.
Stars: James Mason, Irene Dunne, Robert Paige, Walter Coy
Votes: 338
19. The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Western
During the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Donald Crisp
Votes: 2,655
20. The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
Passed | 94 min | Film-Noir, Mystery
In 1940, an American former Republican prisoner during the Spanish Civil War, John McKittrick, is determined to find the killer of NYPD Lieutenant Louie Lepetino, who had helped him escape.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: John Garfield, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Patricia Morison
Votes: 1,991
21. Private Number (1936)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A maid secretly marries the son of her wealthy boss.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Robert Taylor, Loretta Young, Basil Rathbone, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 539
22. Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
Approved | 72 min | Mystery
Hired to investigate forged bonds, Charlie is thwarted by the murder of his undercover agent, but the arrival of son Lee helps him uncover the true culprits.
Directors: Lewis Seiler, Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Warner Oland, Mary Brian, Thomas Beck, Erik Rhodes
Votes: 1,751
23. If I Were King (1938)
Passed | 101 min | Adventure, History
Vagabond poet François Villon rises to high office in 1463 Paris.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew
Votes: 1,021
24. The Flame (1947)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman falls for the victim of an intended blackmail plot.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige, Broderick Crawford
Votes: 408
25. Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
Approved | 76 min | Drama, Romance
Fleeing her cruel uncle and an arranged marriage Susan Lenox falls in love with a kind stranger but circumstances force her to become a woman of easy virtue.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan
Votes: 1,363 | Gross: $0.81M
26. The Savage (1952)
Passed | 95 min | Action, Drama, Romance
A white boy raised by the Sioux must choose sides when the Sioux threaten to go to war against the Whites.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Charlton Heston, Susan Morrow, Peter Hansen, Joan Taylor
Votes: 684
27. Run for Cover (1955)
Approved | 93 min | Drama, Western
Mistaken for train robbers, Matt Dow and Davey Bishop are shot at by the sheriff and his posse but they are cleared and hired as lawmen.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: James Cagney, Viveca Lindfors, John Derek, Jean Hersholt
Votes: 1,796
28. The Terror (1928)
85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as 'The Terror.'
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: May McAvoy, Louise Fazenda, Edward Everett Horton, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 69 | Gross: $1.22M
29. Untamed (1929)
Passed | 86 min | Drama
When her rich oilman father is killed, Bingo, raised in the wilds of South America, inherits the company. Her guardians Ben and Howard send her to New York for civilizing but on the way she... See full summary »
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Ernest Torrence, Holmes Herbert
Votes: 723 | Gross: $0.71M
30. Hell Divers (1931)
Passed | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Rival fighter-pilots train in the art of dive bombing while teasing each other about their bravery and manliness. They wind up stranded and must work together for a common goal.
Director: George W. Hill | Stars: Clark Gable, Wallace Beery, Conrad Nagel, Dorothy Jordan
Votes: 660
31. Belle of the Nineties (1934)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Ruby Carter, the American Beauty queen of the night club-sporting world, shifts her operations from St. Louis to New Orleans, mostly to get away from prizefighter Tiger Kid. Installed as ... See full summary »
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Mae West, Roger Pryor, Johnny Mack Brown, John Miljan
Votes: 922
32. Frontier (1955–1956)
30 min | Western
An unglamorized look at the settling of the American West with pioneers dealing with the elements, beset with nefarious characters and other problems that test their fortitude.
Stars: Walter Coy, Scott Forbes, Dabbs Greer, Jack Kelly
Votes: 61
33. The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold (1958)
Approved | 81 min | Western
Three Indians are murdered. Each was wearing a medallion when he died. Together the medallions form a puzzle whose solution points to gold.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Douglas Kennedy, Charles Watts
Votes: 706
34. The Ghost Walks (1934)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
During a stormy night at an old dark mansion, people who claim to see ghosts roaming the halls are later found murdered.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: John Miljan, June Collyer, Richard Carle, Henry Kolker
Votes: 635
35. The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
Passed | 65 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A young woman with a difficult past is sentenced for a murder she didn't commit, but revealing the truth could hurt people she loves.
Director: Phil Goldstone | Stars: Zita Johann, John Miljan, Alan Dinehart, Paul Cavanagh
Votes: 782
36. The Criminal Within (1936)
Approved | 67 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is over he finds himself involved with gangsters, blackmail and murder.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: John Miljan, Irene Ware, Iris Adrian, Noel Madison
Votes: 306
37. The Beast of the City (1932)
Passed | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, Wallace Ford, Jean Hersholt
Votes: 1,419 | Gross: $0.89M
38. Lost City of the Jungle (1946)
Approved | 265 min | Action, Adventure
Following the end of WWII, war-monger Sir Eric Hazarias (Lionel Atwill) sets the wheel in motion for WWIII. His search for Meteorium 245, the only practical defense against the atomic bomb, leads him to mythical Pendrang.
Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Russell Hayden, Jane Adams, Lionel Atwill, Keye Luke
Votes: 203
39. Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An ex-hood hopes to start a new life under an assumed name in a small town but his past catches up with him when an old crime-buddy asks him to help with a casino heist.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington, Paul Stewart
Votes: 1,313
40. The Devil's Circus (1926)
70 min | Drama
Mary (Shearer) and Carlstop (Mack) are lovers. The former is a trapeze artist, while the latter is a pickpocket. Mary gets entangled in a nearly fatal situation with Lieberkind (Miljan), a ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Norma Shearer, Charles Emmett Mack, Carmel Myers, John Miljan
Votes: 177 | Gross: $0.24M
41. Our Blushing Brides (1930)
Passed | 102 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Three department-store girls--Connie, Franky, and Jerry--share an apartment on West 91st Street in New York City. Each earns little more than $20 per week. Jerry is the sensible one, but ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, Dorothy Sebastian
Votes: 927
42. I Accuse My Parents (1944)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama
James "Jimmy" Wilson, a young man neglected by his parents, goes to work for a bunch of gangsters to impress his nightclub-singer girlfriend.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Mary Beth Hughes, Robert Lowell, John Miljan, Vivienne Osborne
Votes: 3,070
43. White Tie and Tails (1946)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy
A wealthy family goes on vacation, leaving their butler in charge of their house. The butler meets a beautiful woman, and soon gets himself in all sorts of trouble.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Dan Duryea, Ella Raines, William Bendix, Frank Jenks
Votes: 100
44. Public Defender (1954–1955)
30 min | Crime, Drama
Bart Matthews defends the poor and others who cannot afford an attorney. All episodes are based on actual cases from across the country.
Stars: Reed Hadley, John Close, Herschel Graham, Brick Sullivan
Votes: 113
45. The Iron Man (1931)
73 min | Drama, Romance
Prizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. Rose comes back and wants Mason to dump his manager Regan and replace him with her secret lover Lewis.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lew Ayres, Robert Armstrong, Jean Harlow, John Miljan
Votes: 344
46. Mississippi (1935)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy, Musical
Crosby plays a Philadelpia Quaker engaged to a Southern belle. He becomes a social outcast when he refuses to fight a duel. Fields then hires him to perform on his riverboat, promoting him ... See full summary »
Directors: A. Edward Sutherland, Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, Joan Bennett, Queenie Smith
Votes: 592
47. New Moon (1940)
Passed | 105 min | Adventure, Musical, Romance
On a Louisiana-bound ship, a nobleman planning a campaign for liberty encounters an heiress.
Directors: Robert Z. Leonard, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Mary Boland, George Zucco
Votes: 641
48. Queen of the Amazons (1946)
Approved | 61 min | Adventure
A woman's husband has disappeared on an expedition into the jungle. She hires a guide to take her into the jungle to find him. However, they discover that he has been captured by a savage female tribe.
Director: Edward Finney | Stars: Robert Lowery, Patricia Morison, J. Edward Bromberg, John Miljan
Votes: 881
49. Adventure in Baltimore (1949)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
The liberated daughter of a 1905 minister innocently starts a scandal.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Robert Young, Shirley Temple, John Agar, Albert Sharpe
Votes: 531
50. Arsène Lupin (1932)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A detective is tasked to capture an elusive thief called Arsene Lupin.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, John Miljan
Votes: 1,279