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1. Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir

A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.

Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson

Votes: 236,711

2. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Approved | 102 min | Musical, Romance, Western

When a backwoodsman in 1850s Oregon brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Jane Powell, Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn

Votes: 27,133 | Gross: $9.40M

3. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

Approved | 140 min | War, Western

A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Charley Grapewin

Votes: 6,923

4. An American in Paris (1951)

Passed | 114 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.

Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary

Votes: 36,916 | Gross: $4.50M

5. Show Boat (1951)

Approved | 108 min | Drama, Family, Musical

The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown

Votes: 5,385

6. Adam's Rib (1949)

Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Romance

Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.

Director: George Cukor | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell

Votes: 22,932

7. The Farmer's Daughter (1947)

Unrated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

Director: H.C. Potter | Stars: Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Charles Bickford

Votes: 2,885

8. In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

In turn-of-the century America, Andrew and Veronica are co-workers in a music shop who dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. Sakall, Spring Byington

Votes: 4,310 | Gross: $6.30M

9. The Valley of Decision (1945)

Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance

An Irish maid falls for the son of her wealthy boss, though their disapproving fathers and a bitter strike at the steel mill complicate matters.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore

Votes: 2,376

10. Crossroads (1942)

Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An amnesiac French diplomat is blackmailed for crimes that he committed before he lost his memory.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor, Basil Rathbone

Votes: 1,699

11. The Boy with Green Hair (1948)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

This parable looks at public reaction when the hair of an American war orphan mysteriously turns green.

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale, Dean Stockwell

Votes: 3,261

12. Malaya (1949)

Passed | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, War

Newspaperman Royer convinces government officials of a plan to obtain rubber by smuggling it out from under the Japanese. Carnahan is let out of prison to help.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Spencer Tracy, James Stewart, Valentina Cortese, Sydney Greenstreet

Votes: 1,446

13. Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A willful woman concocts an elaborate scheme to trap a handsome pediatrician into marriage.

Director: Don Hartman | Stars: Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Franchot Tone, Diana Lynn

Votes: 2,650

14. It Had to Be You (1947)

98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A woman is noted for leaving her bridegrooms at the altar until a dashing fireman walks into her life.

Directors: Don Hartman, Rudolph Maté | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Cornel Wilde, Percy Waram, Spring Byington

Votes: 824

15. Cry 'Havoc' (1943)

Passed | 97 min | Drama, War

A chronicle of the experiences of a mixed group of Army hospital volunteers stationed in Bataan during World War II.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, Ann Sothern, Joan Blondell, Fay Bainter

Votes: 1,219

16. Hollywood (1923)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama

Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves Grandma, an aunt, her brother, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. ... See full summary »

Director: James Cruze | Stars: Hope Drown, Luke Cosgrave, George K. Arthur, Ruby Lafayette

Votes: 91 | Gross: $0.31M

17. Cynthia (1947)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Sickly girl finds an outlet in music.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, George Murphy, S.Z. Sakall, Mary Astor

Votes: 696

18. Paradise for Three (1938)

Passed | 78 min | Romance, Comedy

A wealthy business man, out of touch with real folks, decides to mingle and see what it is really all about.

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Frank Morgan, Robert Young, Mary Astor, Edna May Oliver

Votes: 631

19. Souls for Sale (1923)

Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.

Director: Rupert Hughes | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Mae Busch, Barbara La Marr, Richard Dix

Votes: 1,109

20. Fireside Theatre (1949–1955)

30 min | Drama

An anthology series which became the first successful filmed series on American television.

Stars: Gene Raymond, John Warburton, Nolan Leary, Dabbs Greer

Votes: 97

21. The Little Minister (1934)

Approved | 110 min | Drama, Romance

In rural 1840s Scotland, Gavin Dishart arrives to become the new "little minister" of Thrums' Auld Licht church. He meets a mysterious young gypsy girl in the dens and to his horror Babbie ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, John Beal, Alan Hale, Donald Crisp

Votes: 854

22. The Big Hangover (1950)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy

A law school graduate is hired by a top law firm, but hides from them a secret about a problem he has. He is so allergic to alcohol that one whiff of it and he passes out like a light.

Director: Norman Krasna | Stars: Van Johnson, Elizabeth Taylor, Percy Waram, Fay Holden

Votes: 578

23. The Great Man's Lady (1941)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A 100-year-old pioneer woman tells her story in flashbacks.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, K.T. Stevens

Votes: 850

24. The Secret Heart (1946)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance

Brillant pianist Larry Addams allows his frustrated ambitions to ruin his life and commits suicide, leaving his wife, Lee, and two small children, Penny and Chase, under the stigma of ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon, June Allyson, Lionel Barrymore

Votes: 721

25. Auction of Souls (1919)

80 min | Drama, History, Romance

The story about the Armenian Genocide based on the account of survivor Aurora Mardiganian.

Director: Oscar Apfel | Stars: Aurora Mardiganian, Irving Cummings, Anna Q. Nilsson, Henry Morgenthau

Votes: 1,242

26. The Law and the Lady (1951)

Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Film-Noir

A beguiling international jewel thief loses her heart.

Director: Edwin H. Knopf | Stars: Greer Garson, Michael Wilding, Fernando Lamas, Marjorie Main

Votes: 577

27. The Regeneration (1915)

Passed | 72 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A boy surrounded by violence grows up to become an infamous gangster.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Rockliffe Fellowes, Anna Q. Nilsson, William Sheer, Carl Harbaugh

Votes: 1,432

28. Riders of the Timberline (1941)

Passed | 59 min | Drama, Western

Some Easterners intend to seize a tract of valuable timber land. Hoppy must try to stop them before they blow up a major dam.

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Brad King, Victor Jory

Votes: 186

29. The Unknown Man (1951)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An attorney successfully defends a young hoodlum charged with murder but later has doubts about his client's innocence and starts investigating his background and associations.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Ann Harding, Barry Sullivan, Keefe Brasselle

Votes: 456

30. Fearless Fagan (1952)

Approved | 79 min | Comedy

A man brings his devoted pet with him when he is drafted into the army. The pet happens to be an adult lion, named Fearless Fagan. Based on a true story.

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Janet Leigh, Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn, Richard Anderson

Votes: 380 | Gross: $0.95M

31. Sorrell and Son (1927)

100 min | Drama

Decorated war hero Stephen Sorrell has raised his son Kit alone after his wife deserted them in the boy's infancy. He loses a promising job offer and is forced to take work as a menial. ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: H.B. Warner, Anna Q. Nilsson, Mickey McBan, Carmel Myers

Votes: 86

32. Adam's Rib (1923)

102 min | Drama

Michael Ramsay only has time for gathering his fortune in wheat. His wife seeks comfort elsewhere and, to avoid a scandal, her daughter Mathilda assumes her mother's guilt. Ramsay nearly goes broke but gets rich again; his wife returns.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Milton Sills, Elliott Dexter, Theodore Kosloff, Anna Q. Nilsson

Votes: 130 | Gross: $0.25M

33. The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)

Passed | 78 min | Drama

Kildare saves the life of an ice skater who was in an auto accident. But even though her broken leg has knit, she can't walk, and she tries to sue Kildare for malpractice, and Kildare's ... See full summary »

Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Bonita Granville

Votes: 413

34. The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945)

Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Romance

While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen and meets a USO hostess. They immediately fall for each other and get married that night. ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Robert Walker, June Allyson, Hume Cronyn, Audrey Totter

Votes: 270

35. Babe Comes Home (1927)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Sport

Babe Dugan, star player of the Angels baseball team, chews tobacco and gets his uniform dirtier than any of his teammates. Vernie, the laundress who cleans his uniform every week, becomes ... See full summary »

Director: Ted Wilde | Stars: Babe Ruth, Anna Q. Nilsson, Louise Fazenda, Ethel Shannon

Votes: 26

36. Winds of Chance (1925)

122 min | Adventure, Drama

A love triangle set against the turn-of-the-century gold rush.

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Anna Q. Nilsson, Ben Lyon, Viola Dana, Hobart Bosworth

Votes: 66

37. The 13th Juror (1927)

Passed | 60 min | Mystery

Richard Marsden is a long-time friend of Henry Desmond, a powerful and successful attorney. The district attorney plan to break Desmond by having George Quinn infer that Marsden's wife is having an affair with the lawyer.

Director: Edward Laemmle | Stars: Anna Q. Nilsson, Francis X. Bushman, Walter Pidgeon, Martha Mattox

38. The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)

Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Crime

A diamond cutter in search of his birth parents gets caught up with con men who want to get their hands on a rare diamond.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Red Skelton, Cara Williams, James Whitmore, Kurt Kasznar

Votes: 283

39. School for Girls (1934)

Passed | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Annette Eldrige is sentenced to three years in a reformatory after being caught with stolen jewels. The sadistic woman in charge of the reformatory makes life terrible for everyone; ... See full summary »

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Sidney Fox, Paul Kelly, Lois Wilson, Lucille La Verne

Votes: 31

40. Prison Farm (1938)

Approved | 67 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A young woman falls in love with with an armed robber. She gets arrested while visiting him in prison, and winds up in prison herself.

Director: Louis King | Stars: Shirley Ross, Lloyd Nolan, John Howard, J. Carrol Naish

Votes: 98

41. The World Changes (1933)

Passed | 91 min | Drama, Romance

An ambitious farmer becomes a pioneer in the meat-packing business, finding financial success but private disappointment over the course of many decades.

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Paul Muni, Mary Astor, Aline MacMahon, Donald Cook

Votes: 527

42. The Hazards of Helen (1914)

1,428 min | Action

Helen, informed of the danger which menaces an excursion train because another engine on the same track is running wild, mounts a motorcycle and speeds down the track to warn the passengers of their imminent peril.

Directors: J. Gunnis Davis, J.P. McGowan, Robert G. Vignola, Helen Holmes, Paul Hurst, Leo D. Maloney | Stars: Helen Holmes, Helen Gibson, J.P. McGowan, Ethel Clisbee

Votes: 122

43. The Confederate Ironclad (1912)

Unrated | 16 min | Drama, War, Short

Lieutenant Yancey's southern sweetheart, Rose, is jealous of Elinor, a northern girl, who is visiting her aunt Mary de Lane. This jealousy is excited by an invitation which Yancey receives ... See full summary »

Director: Kenean Buel | Stars: Guy Coombs, Anna Q. Nilsson, Hal Clements, Miriam Cooper

Votes: 239

44. The Lotus Eater (1921)

70 min | Drama, Romance

Disillusioned in marriage, Jacques Leroi attempts an airship flight across the Pacific Ocean, but crashes and washes ashore on an island populated by a peaceful tribe of completely happy ... See full summary »

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: John Barrymore, Colleen Moore, Anna Q. Nilsson, Ida Waterman

Votes: 51

45. 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

46. Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917)

Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

A writer bets a friend that he can write a 10,000-word novel in 24 hours. The friends takes the bet, and gives him the keys to his Baldpate Inn, which has been closed for the winter, so he ... See full summary »

Director: Hugh Ford | Stars: George M. Cohan, Anna Q. Nilsson, Hedda Hopper, Corene Uzzell

Votes: 126

47. The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)

87 min | Drama

The Trial of Mary Dugan is a 1941 American drama/thriller directed by Norman Z. McLeod and written by Bayard Veiller. The film stars Laraine Day, Robert Young, Tom Conway, Frieda Inescort, ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Laraine Day, Robert Young, Tom Conway, Frieda Inescort

Votes: 61

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. The Siege of Petersburg (1912)

Short, Thriller, War

Lieutenant Van Dorn, C.S.A., obtains permission to visit his betrothed, Charlotte Pemberton. While he is being entertained by her family at their home near Petersburg, Dan Frost, a young ... See full summary »

Director: Kenean Buel | Stars: Henry Hallam, Helen Lindroth, Anna Q. Nilsson, Guy Coombs

50. Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)

Passed | 62 min | Western

Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not commit. He wanders into the desert wastelands and joins an outlaw gang who prey on gold ... See full summary »

Director: Otho Lovering | Stars: Dean Jagger, Gail Patrick, Edward Ellis, Monte Blue

Votes: 37