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1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
Directors: Victor Fleming, King Vidor | Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr
Votes: 428,825 | Gross: $2.08M
2. City Lights (1931)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers
Votes: 196,128 | Gross: $0.02M
3. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Passed | 129 min | Drama
An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 100,002 | Gross: $0.06M
4. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Romance, War
During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart
Votes: 43,055
5. Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Passed | 70 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad doctor conducts ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor who finds himself trapped there.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams
Votes: 10,909
6. March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Opposing the evil Barnaby, Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try and fail to pay-off Mother Peep's mortgage and mislead his attempts to marry Little Bo. Enraged, Barnaby's Bogeymen are set on Toyland.
Directors: Gus Meins, Charley Rogers | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Virginia Karns, Charlotte Henry
Votes: 7,563
7. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
When a troupe of danseuses becomes unemployed, one of them takes up burlesque dancing while another dreams of performing ballet.
Directors: Dorothy Arzner, Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Virginia Field
Votes: 3,081
8. Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Passed | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A formal tailcoat that gets passed from one owner to another affects each life in a significant way.
Director: Julien Duvivier | Stars: Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda
Votes: 2,514
9. 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: 1,662
10. The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran, Allyn Joslyn
Votes: 1,519
11. New Orleans (1947)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, and others.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Dorothy Patrick, Marjorie Lord, Irene Rich
Votes: 672
12. Can't Help Singing (1944)
Passed | 90 min | Musical, Romance, Western
A senator's daughter (who can't help singing) follows her boyfriend West in the days of the California gold rush.
Director: Frank Ryan | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff, David Bruce
Votes: 650
13. Step Lively (1944)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Gordon Miller is rehearsing a musical comedy in the penthouse suite of Gribble's hotel...on credit. The mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic. Chaos increases when playwright Glen ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, George Murphy, Frank Sinatra, Gloria DeHaven
Votes: 634
14. A Man Betrayed (1941)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A small-town attorney comes to the city to investigate the murder of a friend and falls in love with the daughter of the head of the crime ring he hopes to expose.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: John Wayne, Frances Dee, Edward Ellis, Wallace Ford
Votes: 625
15. Action in Arabia (1944)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.
Director: Léonide Moguy | Stars: George Sanders, Virginia Bruce, Lenore Aubert, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 608
16. Lady in the Dark (1944)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Liza Elliott, "Allure" magazines editor-in-chief, suffers from headaches and continuous daydreams and undergoes psychoanalysis to determine why.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall
Votes: 565
17. Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
Passed | 73 min | Musical, Mystery, Romance
Eddie sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly ... See full summary »
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Lana Turner, Joan Blondell, George Murphy, Kent Taylor
Votes: 504
18. There It Is (1928)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy
Two Scotland Yard detectives travel to New York to investigate the "Fuzz-Faced Phantom": a strange entity who seemingly has the power to cause bizarre, surreal incidents.
Directors: Harold L. Muller, Charles R. Bowers | Stars: Charles R. Bowers, Kathryn McGuire, Melbourne MacDowell, Buster Brodie
Votes: 472
19. Cracked Nuts (1931)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
To impress his fiancee's aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people there have already crowned one, who has won this honor by gambling. So he plans a coup ... See full summary »
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, Edna May Oliver
Votes: 395
20. The Woman Accused (1933)
Passed | 73 min | Drama
During a three-day pleasure cruise, a murder victim's friend (John Halliday) tries to trick a new bride (Nancy Carroll) into admitting her guilt.
Director: Paul Sloane | Stars: Nancy Carroll, Cary Grant, John Halliday, Irving Pichel
Votes: 320
21. Hers to Hold (1943)
Passed | 94 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
The third film in the "3 Smart Girls" trilogy starring Deanna Durbin as Penny Craig, the youngest sister in the Craig Family. Now all grown up, she goes to work in a munitions factory ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Ryan | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Joseph Cotten, Charles Winninger, Ludwig Stössel
Votes: 280
22. Strikes and Spares (1934)
Passed | 9 min | Short, Sport
This short features professional bowler Andy Varipapa. He first shows the correct way to grip a bowling ball and the proper form for delivering the ball down the alley. He then performs several trick shots.
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Pete Smith, Andy Varipapa, Buster Brodie, Ray Turner
Votes: 264
23. Baby Face Morgan (1942)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
When gang chief Big Mike Morgan is killed, his lieutenant, "Doc" Rogers re-organizes the mob. Learning that Morgan has a son named Edward , living in the country with his mother, Rogers has... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Richard Cromwell, Mary Carlisle, Robert Armstrong, Chick Chandler
Votes: 255
24. Show Business (1944)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A song-and-dance man and his comic partner undergo romantic ups and downs when they team up with a female duo and transition from burlesque to vaudeville.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Eddie Cantor, George Murphy, Joan Davis, Nancy Kelly
Votes: 253
25. George White's Scandals (1945)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Music
This Broadway revue is about two love affairs. The romance between the comedienne Joan Mason and Jack Evans of Boston is easily disturbed by Jack's cynical sister Clarabelle Evans, who is ... See full summary »
Director: Felix E. Feist | Stars: Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Phillip Terry, Martha Holliday
Votes: 246
26. Bells of Rosarita (1945)
Passed | 68 min | Drama, Music, Western
Sue Farnum inherits a circus, but her dead father's partner is trying to take it away from her. Roy and Bob Nolan are filming a movie on location at the circus. They and a number of other ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Dale Evans
Votes: 241
27. Miss Polly (1941)
Passed | 45 min | Comedy, Romance
A town's rigid forced morality rules stifle young people so severely that the town has gone two years without a marriage. Miss Polly conspires to help a couple overcome the meddling do-gooders.
Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Slim Summerville, Kathleen Howard, Brenda Forbes
Votes: 231
28. Fugitive Lovers (1934)
82 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hoping to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York bound for Los Angeles--with Legs close on her heels. Along the way the bus picks up escaped convict ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans, Ted Healy, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 228
29. Ghost Catchers (1944)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Two zanies get mixed up with a Southern colonel, his beautiful daughters, a nightclub and a haunted mansion.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Gloria Jean, Martha O'Driscoll
Votes: 205
30. I'll Name the Murderer (1936)
66 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When a nightclub singer is murdered, a local gossip columnist begins his own investigation.
Director: Raymond K. Johnson | Stars: Ralph Forbes, Marion Shilling, Malcolm McGregor, James Guilfoyle
Votes: 199
31. Everything's Rosie (1931)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Romance
A carnival huckster and his 17-year-old foster daughter try to be accepted by the townspeople when she and a handsome lad fall in love.
Director: Clyde Bruckman | Stars: Robert Woolsey, Anita Louise, John Darrow, Florence Roberts
Votes: 175
32. Manhattan Parade (1931)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Musical
The fortunes of a Broadway costume company rise and fall depending on who is running it, and whether its clients' shows succeed or not.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Joe Smith, Charles Dale, Winnie Lightner, Charles Butterworth
Votes: 171
33. So You Want to Keep Your Hair (1946)
Approved | 11 min | Comedy, Short
Average American Joe McDoakes searches in vain for any cure that will halt his fast-disappearing hairline.
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: George O'Hanlon, Art Gilmore, Buster Brodie, Iron Eyes Cody
Votes: 169
34. That's My Baby! (1944)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Father runs a big corporation but is suffering from a severe case of melancholia. Daughter and persona non-grata boyfriend cook up a plan to have every ex-vaudevillian and dancer on the ... See full summary »
Director: William Berke | Stars: Richard Arlen, Ellen Drew, Leonid Kinskey, Minor Watson
Votes: 130
35. Catch-As Catch-Can (1931)
TV-G | 20 min | Short, Comedy
ZaSu falls for a wrestler and drags Thelma to his next fight.
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Reed Howes
Votes: 130
36. Groovie Movie (1944)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Music
A boogie-woogie piano introduces what purports to be a jitterbug lesson, starring prize winner Arthur Walsh, his partner Jean Phelps-Veloz, and then later various other couples. We start ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Pete Smith, Buster Brodie, Dorothy Ford, Charles Saggau
Votes: 117
37. Crazy Knights (1944)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
Three goofballs run up against ghosts and a giant gorilla in a haunted house.
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Billy Gilbert, Shemp Howard, Maxie Rosenbloom, Tim Ryan
Votes: 116
38. Yankee Fakir (1947)
Approved | 71 min | Western
Yankee and his pitchman partner Newton arrive in the border town of Mystic; when a border patrolman dies Yankee investigates to get to the truth.
Director: W. Lee Wilder | Stars: Douglas Fowley, Joan Woodbury, Clem Bevans, Ransom M. Sherman
Votes: 115
39. Once Over Lightly (1938)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Family
In this spoof of college life, Clipton Barber College must meet Beardsley in an intercollegiate face-off. Thanks to a secret depilatory developed by Professor Kapouris, Clipton has the edge... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Billy Gilbert, Dixie Dunbar, Johnny Downs, Frank Melton
Votes: 103
40. Shadows of Death (1945)
Passed | 59 min | Western
With the railroad coming to Red Rock, trouble is expected and Billy has been sent ot help his friend Fuzzy who is the town's Sheriff, Judge, and barber. When the man that sent Billy is ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Dona Dax, Charles King
Votes: 98
41. Born to Battle (1935)
Passed | 63 min | Western
Good-natured troublemaker "Cyclone" Tom Saunders is hired by a ranchers' association manager to investigate recent cattle rustling at one of their ranches and to see if a pair of nesters ... See full summary »
Director: Harry S. Webb | Stars: Tom Tyler, Jean Carmen, Earl Dwire, Julian Rivero
Votes: 78
42. Thundering Trails (1943)
Approved | 60 min | Drama, Western
In 1871, the Rangers are disbanded due to lack of funds so Monroe County sets up it's own police force. All ranchers must pay for protection, but those who do not are quickly robbed and/or ... See full summary »
Director: John English | Stars: Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Jimmie Dodd, Nell O'Day
Votes: 77
43. Say Ah-h! (1928)
14 min | Comedy, Short
Charley has to find an ostrich egg in a hurry for a disgruntled visitor, but he doesn't count on the introduction of some surreal plot twists and turns that foil his every attempt.
Director: Charles R. Bowers | Stars: Charles R. Bowers, J. Gordon Russell, Jean Douglas, Eddie Dunn
Votes: 77
44. Nearly Eighteen (1943)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A young woman about to turn 18, wants to attend a renowned singing and dancing school but can't afford the tuition. She discovers that the school gives free tuition to students 15 and ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Dreifuss | Stars: Gale Storm, Rick Vallin, William Henry, Luis Alberni
Votes: 72
45. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who left many years before.
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Fay Bainter, Hugh Herbert, Barbara Jo Allen, Carolyn Lee
Votes: 61
46. Persons in Hiding (1939)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A beautiful but greedy woman teams up with a small-time hoodlum to become two of the most wanted criminals in the country.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Lynne Overman, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, William Henry
Votes: 61
47. Patrick the Great (1944)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Talented youngster Pat Donahue is working in the Berkshires. He learns of a great part in New York City and auditions. But after winning the role he finds out it was originally intended for... See full summary »
Director: Frank Ryan | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Frances Dee, Donald Cook
Votes: 59
48. Casanova in Burlesque (1944)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Romance
A stripper discovers that a professor spends summer teaching Shakespeare and winter as a burlesque comic.
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Joe E. Brown, June Havoc, Dale Evans, Marjorie Gateson
Votes: 49
49. Firebrands of Arizona (1944)
Approved | 55 min | Western
While camping outside of town, the sheriff tries to arrest Froggy and Sunset, but a gang of outlaws help them get away. When they get to Medicine Springs, AZ, Froggy is arrested. Froggy and... See full summary »
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Smiley Burnette, Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Earle Hodgins
Votes: 46
50. Kentucky Blue Streak (1935)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mary Bradley leaves her family's farm in Cloverdale, Kentucky to visit her brother Johnny, a jockey, in San Francisco. Their reunion is interrupted by Harry Johnson, who tries to convince ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond K. Johnson | Stars: Edward J. Nugent, Patricia Scott, Frank Coghlan Jr., Margaret Mann
Votes: 45