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1. A Star Is Born (1954)
Passed | 154 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford
Votes: 19,686 | Gross: $14.93M
2. A Star Is Born (1937)
Passed | 111 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, and achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
Directors: William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Victor Fleming | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson
Votes: 10,897 | Gross: $4.36M
3. Saboteur (1942)
Passed | 109 min | Thriller, War
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter
Votes: 27,994
4. The Little Foxes (1941)
Approved | 116 min | Drama, Romance
The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the Deep South at the turn of the twentieth century.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Richard Carlson
Votes: 13,125
5. The Flower of My Secret (1995)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
Leo writes trashy romance novels under a pseudonym but as she struggles in her relationship with her husband, she finds her output becoming darker.
Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Carme Elias, Rossy de Palma
Votes: 12,789 | Gross: $1.16M
6. ITV Play of the Week (1955–1974)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology series from the U.K., from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television.
Stars: Derek Francis, Alfred Burke, Arthur Hewlett, Esther Lawrence
Votes: 93
7. Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A successful nightclub singer weds a struggling songwriter, but when his fame eclipses hers, she delves into alcoholism.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Susan Hayward, Lee Bowman, Marsha Hunt, Eddie Albert
Votes: 1,702
8. Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (2009 Video)
211 min | Music, Musical
A collection of videos spanning Madonna's career, from 1983 to 2009.
Directors: Reed Barker, Fabien Baron, Steve Barron, Harold Becker, Luc Besson, Chris Cunningham, Jonas Euvremer, David Fincher, James Foley, Michael Haussman, Alek Keshishian, Jamie King, Mary Lambert, Mats Lindberg, Pontus Löwenhielm, Melodie McDaniel, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Tom Munro, Arthur Pierson, Brett Ratner, Johan Renck, Eugene Riecansky, Nathan Rissman, Guy Ritchie, Herb Ritts, Matthew Rolston, Mark Romanek, Peter Rosenthal, François Rousselet, Ole Sanders, Earle Sebastian, Susan Seidelman, Philipp Stölzl, Traktor, Egbert van Hees, Bobby Woods, Jonas Åkerlund | Stars: Madonna, Danny Aiello, Cameron Alborzian, Deke Anderson
Votes: 726
9. Trade Winds (1938)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Kay Kerrigan commits a murder and then changes her hair color, assumes a new identity and flees the country by ship. She's unaware that she's being followed by Sam Wye, a skirt chasing detective. The two soon develop a shipboard romance.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, Ann Sothern
Votes: 706
10. Grande Teatro Tupi (1951–1964)
Drama
A tele theater where famous plays were adapted and staged, during the days before videotaped Brazilian television, and performed by a cast of accomplished actors.
Stars: Wanda Kosmo, Rita Cléos, Nydia Lícia, Rildo Gonçalves
Votes: 31
11. Hands Across the Table (1935)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
A loafer and a manicurist, both planning to marry money, meet and form an uneasy alliance.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy, Astrid Allwyn
Votes: 2,152
12. The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Approved | 91 min | Western
A lonely socialite masquerades as a maid and meets an unpretentious, plain-spoken cowboy who is unaware of her true identity.
Directors: H.C. Potter, Stuart Heisler, William Wyler | Stars: Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Walter Brennan
Votes: 1,820
13. Suzy (1936)
Passed | 93 min | Drama, Romance, War
Believing that a German spy has killed her new husband (Franchot Tone), a struggling chorus girl (Jean Harlow) flees to Paris where she meets and marries a World War I pilot (Cary Grant), whose carefree ways bring unexpected results.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone, Cary Grant, Lewis Stone
Votes: 1,722
14. The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962)
105 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
Originally airing during late-night, Tonight Starring Jack Paar was an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. After 1959, it was officially known as The Jack Paar Show.
Stars: Hugh Downs, Jose Melis, Jack Paar, Cliff Arquette
Votes: 324
15. Sweethearts (1938)
Passed | 114 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger
Votes: 705
16. The Moon's Our Home (1936)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
A comedy about marriage and everything relating to it. New York novelist Henry Fonda meets up with an actress, Margaret Sullavan, and the two date and later marry, though neither knows of ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, Henry Fonda, Charles Butterworth, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 315
17. Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990 TV Movie)
R | 83 min | Romance, Drama
Three short stories, each focused on a man and a woman. The first is set in the 1940s, the other two in the 1920s. In "The Man in a Brooks Brothers Suit," a businessman of about 40 plies a ... See full summary »
Directors: Frederic Raphael, Tony Richardson, Ken Russell | Stars: Melanie Griffith, James Woods, Carmen Segarra, Felipe García Vélez
Votes: 357
18. The Fan (1949)
89 min | Comedy, Romance
Lord Windermere appears to all, including his young wife Margaret, as the perfect husband. But their happy marriage is placed at risk after Lord Windermere starts spending his afternoons ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders, Richard Greene
Votes: 760
19. 2nd House (1973–1976)
45 min | Talk-Show
BBC Arts program derived from Full House (1972).
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Edwin Mullins, Roger McGough, Struan Rodger
Votes: 19
20. Woman Chases Man (1937)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Romance
Former millionaire B.J. Nolan is useless with money, having lost most of his fortune on crazy schemes. His son, Kenneth, has the opposite problem thanks to good sense and a large ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Charles Winninger, Erik Rhodes
Votes: 480
21. Candide (1988 TV Movie)
165 min | Musical
Innocent, optimistic Candide grows up in the secluded paradise of a German castle, illegitimate nephew of a wealthy baron. His tutor Dr Pangloss instils in him the doctrine that 'All is for... See full summary »
Director: Humphrey Burton | Stars: Nickolas Grace, Mark Beudert, Marilyn Hill Smith, Ann Howard
Votes: 10
22. The David Susskind Show (1958–1987)
Talk-Show
Stars: David Susskind, Mel Brooks, Norman Mailer, Groucho Marx
Votes: 38
23. Here Is My Heart (1934)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a European princess.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Bing Crosby, Kitty Carlisle, Roland Young, Alison Skipworth
Votes: 181
24. Remodeling Her Husband (1920)
50 min | Comedy
After she marries Jack Valentine, Janie Wakefield ( Dorothy Gish ) discovers that her husband's reputation as a flirt is well deserved when she sees him riding in a taxi with a strange ... See full summary »
Directors: Lillian Gish, D.W. Griffith | Stars: Dorothy Gish, James Rennie, Marie Burke, Downing Clarke
Votes: 72
25. Queen for a Day (1951)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Drama
A series of vignettes linked together with the popular radio show of the same name, where women publicly reveal why they deserve to be Queen for the Day.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Jack Bailey, Jim Morgan, Fort Pearson, Melanie York
Votes: 61
26. Big Blonde (1980 TV Movie)
75 min | Drama
Based on Dorothy Parker's short story, Big Blonde is about a free-spirited young woman in 1920s New York who marries a traveling salesman, only discover that she's made a terrible mistake.
Director: Kirk Browning | Stars: Sally Kellerman, Victor Griffin, Harris Laskawy, Trey Wilson
Votes: 35
27. Weekend for Three (1941)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy
A young married couple's weekend is interrupted by the arrival of a brash, loud-mouthed acquaintance of the wife, who knew her before her marriage. He immediately proceeds to turn their ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Jane Wyatt, Phillip Reed, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 238
28. Ladies of the Corridor (1975 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Mabel Albertson, Ed Arnold, Gary Barton, Barbara Baxley
Votes: 8
29. Candide
Musical | Post-production
Leonard Bernstein's best-known operetta brings levity to spring in Atlanta. The innocent Candide discovers that human beings aren't all they are cracked up to be and ultimately focuses on ... See full summary »
Directors: Felipe Barral, Tomer Zvulun | Stars: Deborah Bowman, Tyler Nelson, Deanna Breiwick, Victor Ryan Robertson
30. The Plymouth Playhouse (1953– )
30 min | Drama
ABC, which had a reputation for producing shows that were not as good as their competitors CBS and NBC, used this program to audtition possible series in the hope of gaining sponsorship for... See full summary »
Stars: Donald Cook, Boris Karloff, Wendell Corey, Wanda Hendrix
Votes: 33
31. Shoestring Theatre (1959–1964)
Drama
Stars: Kay Tremblay, Powys Thomas, Gerald Rowan, Margaret Cunningham
32. Lady Be Careful (1936)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Comedy and Romance amongst American sailors in a pre-WWII tale of antics during shore leave chasing high society ladies. It's a common tale where a confident sailor bets he can get the girl but inevitably falls in love with her.
Director: Theodore Reed | Stars: Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle, Benny Baker, Buster Crabbe
Votes: 39
34. Three Married Men (1936)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Romance
Two families arrive for their children's wedding and try to prove their superiority to each other.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Lynne Overman, William Frawley, Roscoe Karns, Mary Brian
Votes: 22
36. Dorothy and Alan at Norma Place (1982)
118 min | Biography, Drama
In 1963, living a routine life on Norma Place in Los Angeles, recluse writer Dorothy Parker and bisexual husband Alan Campbell recall their often-rocky relationship, started thirty years earlier.
Director: John Dorr | Stars: Strawn Bovee, George LaFleur, Pat O'Hara, John Dorr
Votes: 6
37. The Sexes (2008)
8 min | Short, Comedy
At the height of the Roaring Twenties in upper class Manhattan, Adam insists on knowing why Evelyn is giving him the silent treatment. Could the seductive Florence Leaming be to blame? ... See full summary »
Director: Bridget Savage Cole | Stars: Mario Brassard, Darlene Violette, Stephanie Szostak, Tah von Allmen
Votes: 6
38. In the Pink (1982 TV Movie)
30 min | Musical
Director: Barbara Derkow | Stars: Anna Carteret, Sue Jones-Davies, Frances Viner, Millie Gervasi
39. The Lovely Leave (1999)
Drama, Short
A couple in the early 1940's tries to cope with the fear and separation brought on by the war.
Director: Claire Stansfield | Stars: Lisa Zane, Richmond Arquette
Votes: 6
40. T'odio, amor meu (1996 TV Movie)
126 min | Musical
Directors: Joan Lluís Bozzo, Lluís Maria Güell | Stars: Montse Pérez, Carme Cuesta, Carlos Gramaje, Òscar Mas
41. Something to Read (1959–1961)
Documentary
Stars: Brian Redhead, Elizabeth Jane Howard, June Lancelyn Green, Yvonne Mitchell
42. The Night Before Christmas (1957 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy, Music
Stars: Marcia Ashton, Denny Bettis, Judy Garland, The George Mitchell Singers
43. A Telephone Call (2014)
11 min | Short, Drama, Romance
An infatuated, obsessed young woman waits anxiously for her lover to call. As she continues to wait, the minutes spin to hours and her optimism quickly takes a dark turn. Written by Dorothy Parker in the 1930's.
Director: Avram Ludwig | Star: Syrie Moskowitz
44. Madonna Feat. Massive Attack: I Want You (1995 Music Video)
7 min | Music
Madonna is waiting for a phone call she knows she shouldn't take in the music video for a Marvin Gaye tribute from her ballads compilation album 'Something To Remember'.
Director: Earle Sebastian | Star: Madonna
Votes: 123
45. The Ben Hecht Show (1958–1959)
30 min | Talk-Show
Due to its sometimes controversial subject matter, the show only ran for 22 weeks. Hecht discussed a variety of subjects; often enraging some, engaging many. His comments were often entertaining, defiant, realistic and iconoclastic.
Stars: Ben Hecht, Monique van Vooren, Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig, Hy Stierman
46. The Game (2004)
35 min | Short, Mystery
A group of friends meet in order to pass judgment on the rich young woman one of them married, and sift out secrets long buried.
Director: Bob J. Koester | Stars: Toni Adam, Lorri Hamm, Michael Klug, Meredith Leslie
48. You Were Perfectly Fine (2009)
7 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Director: Josiah Signor | Stars: Dave Rosenberg, Melaena Cadiz, Amy Sokal-Canino, Stephen Canino