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1. The 39 Steps (1935)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle
Votes: 61,607
2. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Drama
A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 4,774
3. The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Passed | 97 min | Biography, Drama
King Henry VIII marries five more times after his divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon.
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Franklin Dyall, Miles Mander
Votes: 4,876
4. Three Silent Men (1940)
72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Foreign scientist is selling a secret weapon to the British. He is badly injured in a car accident and is operated on by a surgeon, after the operation he dies mysteriously. An investigation follows.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Sebastian Shaw, Derrick De Marney, Patricia Roc, Arthur Hambling
Votes: 98
5. Rembrandt (1936)
Not Rated | 85 min | Biography, Drama
The respected painter takes to drink and faces down scandal after his wife dies.
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester, Edward Chapman
Votes: 1,993
6. The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy
Chaos ensues for staff and students alike after an all-boys and an all-girls school are amalgamated into one.
Director: Frank Launder | Stars: Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford, John Turnbull, Richard Wattis
Votes: 1,886
7. Man of Evil (1944)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Returning to 1870's London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny witnesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Wilfrid Lawson, Stewart Granger
Votes: 636
8. The Amazing Adventure (1936)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Romance, Comedy
A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance.
Director: Alfred Zeisler | Stars: Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Peter Gawthorne, Henry Kendall
Votes: 2,183
9. So Well Remembered (1947)
Passed | 114 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Mayor George Boswell recalls events of the previous 25 years in his home town of Browdley. As councilman and newspaper editor George has fought hard to better working and living conditions in the bleak Lancashire mill town.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: John Mills, Martha Scott, Patricia Roc, Trevor Howard
Votes: 585
10. A Place of One's Own (1945)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Barbara Mullen, Dennis Price
Votes: 959
11. The Lad (1935)
72 min | Comedy
An ex-con searching for a hidden jewel is assumed, by various parties, to be investigating their indiscretions.
Director: Henry Edwards | Stars: Gordon Harker, Betty Stockfeld, Gerald Barry, Jane Carr
Votes: 59
12. The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
Straightforward biography of the Russian Empress, up to her assumption of the throne.
Directors: Paul Czinner, Alexander Korda | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Elisabeth Bergner, Flora Robson, Gerald du Maurier
Votes: 741
13. Murder at the Baskervilles (1937)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he's got to ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding, John Turnbull
Votes: 786
14. Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
77 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
It comes as no surprise when Inspector Hornleigh and his assistant, Sergeant Bingham, go to enjoy the winds and rains on their annual seaside vacation, when they run into a "busman's ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Linden Travers, Wally Patch
Votes: 241
15. The Lady Is Willing (1934)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy
A private detective is hired by three men to kidnap a wealthy man's wife in order to get a ransom, but he soon falls for her.
Director: Gilbert Miller | Stars: Leslie Howard, Cedric Hardwicke, Binnie Barnes, Nigel Playfair
Votes: 55
16. Lord Edgware Dies (1934)
80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A talented American actress enlists the help of the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to negotiate a divorce from her husband, Lord Edgware, only to find him the next day stabbed to death in his library. Who would want him dead?
Director: Henry Edwards | Stars: Austin Trevor, Jane Carr, Richard Cooper, John Turnbull
Votes: 125
17. Nine Days a Queen (1936)
TV-PG | 80 min | Drama, History
A dramatization of Lady Jane Grey's short life, from her forced marriage (which she resisted), to her brief reign as monarch of England, and finally to her beheading. This movie portrays ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Nova Pilbeam, Cedric Hardwicke, John Mills, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 236
18. The Terror (1938)
64 min | Crime, Mystery
A criminal mastermind robs gold, frames his gang, keeps loot. Freed gang searches for ex-boss for revenge and their share.
Director: Richard Bird | Stars: Wilfrid Lawson, Bernard Lee, Arthur Wontner, Linden Travers
Votes: 281
19. The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The tenants of an old boarding house are terrorized by an evil slumlord. One day a strange man arrives at the house and begins to help them with their problems.
Director: Berthold Viertel | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Rene Ray, Frank Cellier, Anna Lee
Votes: 339
20. Daybreak (1948)
Approved | 75 min | Drama
A hangman conceals his true identity when he falls in love, and sets up home with his girl on a barge in the river Thames. Tragedy strikes when the hangman's assistant tries to seduce his ... See full summary »
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Eric Portman, Ann Todd, Maxwell Reed, Edward Rigby
Votes: 285
21. The Shadow (1933)
63 min | Mystery
A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.
Director: George A. Cooper | Stars: Henry Kendall, Elizabeth Allan, Felix Aylmer, Jeanne Stuart
Votes: 233
22. 77 Park Lane (1931)
82 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When a 'man about town' takes a young lady back to his house they are both surprised to find that it has been turned into an illegal casino in his absence.
Director: Albert de Courville | Stars: Dennis Neilson-Terry, Betty Stockfeld, Malcolm Keen, Ben Welden
Votes: 21
23. Don't Take It to Heart! (1944)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
The castle ghost helps the lady and the lawyer beat off developers.
Director: Jeffrey Dell | Stars: Richard Bird, Edward Rigby, Esma Cannon, Ivor Barnard
Votes: 212
24. The Common Touch (1941)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
On his father's death, an 18-year-old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realizing that the other directors want to keep him in the dark, he starts to ask... See full summary »
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt, Joyce Howard
Votes: 150
25. The Black Abbot (1934)
56 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A gang of crooks uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a rich man.
Director: George A. Cooper | Stars: John Stuart, Richard Cooper, Edgar Norfolk, Ben Welden
Votes: 128
26. The Conquest of the Air (1931)
Not Rated | 71 min | Drama, History
This documentary traces man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.
Directors: Alexander Esway, Zoltan Korda, John Monk Saunders, Alexander Shaw, Donald Taylor | Stars: Frederick Culley, Laurence Olivier, Franklin Dyall, Henry Victor
Votes: 278
27. Detective Lloyd (1932)
Passed | 216 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A detective matches wits with a group of thieves out to steal a priceless amulet.
Directors: Henry MacRae, Ray Taylor | Stars: Jack Lloyd, Wallace Geoffrey, Muriel Angelus, Lewis Dayton
Votes: 39
28. The Murder Party (1934)
61 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect, but the Inspector isn't so sure ...
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Malcolm Keen, Jane Baxter, Leslie Banks, Ian Hunter
Votes: 165
29. Strange Boarders (1938)
74 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Mason | Stars: Tom Walls, Renée Saint-Cyr, Googie Withers, Ronald Adam
Votes: 91
30. Matinee Idol (1933)
75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A well-known actor is murdered. Another performer becomes an amateur sleuth so she can prove her sister is innocent of the crime.
Director: George King | Stars: Camilla Horn, Miles Mander, Marguerite Allan, Viola Keats
Votes: 33
31. Spare a Copper (1940)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Musical
A brave wartime copper (policeman) becomes a hero when he thwarts a plot to destroy a battleship. But then the rest of the police get the idea that he is one of the enemy agents.
Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: George Formby, Dorothy Hyson, George Merritt, John Warwick
Votes: 199
32. Once in a New Moon (1934)
63 min | Sci-Fi
When the small town of Shrimpton-on-Sea is dragged out into space by the force of a 'dead star' passing Earth, the populace try to organise a local government based on equal rights for all,... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: Eliot Makeham, Rene Ray, Morton Selten, Wally Patch
Votes: 161
33. The Phantom Strikes (1938)
58 min | Drama, Mystery
The ex-partner of a master criminal is protected by the police after his life is threatened. The criminal--a master of disguise--tracks down and kills him anyhow, in spite of the police protection.
Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Sonnie Hale, Wilfrid Lawson, Louise Henry, Alexander Knox
Votes: 137
34. Badger's Green (1934)
68 min | Comedy
A picturesque village is threatened with redevelopment by a speculative builder, leading to widespread protest. In the end the builder agrees to settle the future of the village on the result of a cricket match.
Director: Adrian Brunel | Stars: Valerie Hobson, Bruce Lester, David Horne, Sebastian Smith
Votes: 17
35. Wolves of the Underworld (1933)
Passed | 57 min | Crime, Drama
An escaped convict blackmails a murderous doctor into helping him.
Director: George A. Cooper | Stars: Godfrey Tearle, Isla Bevan, Russell Thorndike, Fred Groves
36. Where There's a Will (1936)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy
An incompetent solicitor unwittingly becomes party to a bank robbery.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, H.F. Maltby, Norma Varden
Votes: 344
37. Music Hall (1934)
73 min | Musical
A group of theatre workers and artistes come together to organize a Variety Benefit evening for an ailing Music Hall.
Director: John Baxter | Stars: George Carney, Ben Field, Mark Daly, Helena Pickard
Votes: 43
38. The Man Outside (1933)
50 min | Crime, Drama
A murder at a country house centres around the whereabouts of a horde of stolen diamonds and the unmasking of people who are not as they at first seem.
Director: George A. Cooper | Stars: Henry Kendall, John Turnbull, Cyril Raymond, Louis Hayward
Votes: 68
39. Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy
Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, John Longden, Edgar Driver
Votes: 64
40. Gas Light (1948 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
A controlling husband tries to drive his wife mad, but why?
Stars: Sebastian Shaw, Angela Baddeley, Margaret Boyd, Jennifer Gray
41. Dangerous Masquerade (1939)
69 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A down-and-out writer being hounded by collectors stumbles upon dead man lying under a fallen tree limb. Little did he know the man had been murdered, and he concocts a scheme of exchanging... See full summary »
Director: Harold French | Stars: Robert Newton, Betty Lynne, Peter Gawthorne, John Warwick
Votes: 79
42. Man of Affairs (1936)
73 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A complicated adventure involving twin brothers and the Foreign Office trying to thwart the ambitions of a hostile sheikh.
Director: Herbert Mason | Stars: George Arliss, Romilly Lunge, Rene Ray, Jessie Winter
Votes: 68
43. The Tempest (1939 TV Movie)
90 min | Fantasy
Exiled Prospero lives on a desolate island with his daughter, Miranda. When Prospero's usurping brother sails by the island, Prospero conjures a storm that wrecks the ship and changes all of their lives.
Directors: Dallas Bower, Antony Tudor | Stars: Alan Wheatley, Oliver Burt, John Abbott, Basil Langton
Votes: 9
44. Return to Yesterday (1940)
69 min | Drama
Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood or working with a small theatre company in England. When she falls in love with Maine, Carol has the same dilemma.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Clive Brook, Anna Lee, May Whitty, Hartley Power
Votes: 156
45. The Shipbuilders (1943)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A generation of shipbuilders is nearly wiped out by the Great Depression, but a second Great War gets them back to work.
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Clive Brook, Morland Graham, Nell Ballantyne, Finlay Currie
Votes: 84
46. Radio Pirates (1935)
89 min | Musical
A music composer, disheartened by the failure of BBC radio to play any of his compositions, decides to set up his own pirate radio station.
Director: Ivar Campbell | Stars: Leslie French, Mary Lawson, Warren Jenkins, Enid Stamp-Taylor
Votes: 73
47. Line Engaged (1935)
68 min | Drama
Director: Bernard Mainwaring | Stars: Bramwell Fletcher, Jane Baxter, Arthur Wontner, Mary Clare
48. Spies of the Air (1939)
Unrated | 62 min | Adventure
Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in 1940, war had been declared.
Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Barry K. Barnes, Joan Marion, Roger Livesey, Basil Radford
Votes: 130
49. The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934)
Approved | 72 min | Mystery, Crime, Drama
A mad scientist devises a formula that puts people into a zombie-like trance to do his bidding.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Gerald du Maurier, George Curzon, Grete Natzler, Belle Chrystall
Votes: 65
50. Passing Shadows (1934)
67 min | Mystery
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Barry MacKay, Aileen Marson, D.A. Clarke-Smith
Votes: 15