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1. Mata Hari (1931)
Passed | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone
Votes: 3,951 | Gross: $0.93M
2. Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In Victorian England a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by even more fantastic characters.
Directors: Norman Z. McLeod, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Richard Arlen, Roscoe Ates, William Austin, Gary Cooper
Votes: 2,607
3. Beyond the Rocks (1922)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman on her honeymoon.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Edythe Chapman, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 2,400 | Gross: $0.27M
4. Arrowsmith (1931)
Approved | 108 min | Drama
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, A.E. Anson
Votes: 1,991
5. 3 Bad Men (1926)
Unrated | 122 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Olive Borden, Lou Tellegen, Tom Santschi
Votes: 1,499
6. The Cat's-Paw (1934)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy
A naive missionary brought up in China returns to America to seek a wife. Corrupt politicians enlist him to run for mayor as a dummy candidate with no chance of winning.
Directors: Sam Taylor, Harold Lloyd | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Una Merkel, George Barbier, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 1,375 | Gross: $0.69M
7. Feet First (1930)
Passed | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
An ambitious shoe salesman who unknowingly meets his boss's daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon has to try to hide his true circumstances.
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Harold Lloyd | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Robert McWade, Lillian Leighton
Votes: 1,193 | Gross: $1.59M
8. The Bishop Murder Case (1929)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the body of a man nicknamed "Cock Robin" is found with an arrow in the heart on an archery range along with a chess bishop as a clue, Philo Vance investigates.
Directors: David Burton, Nick Grinde | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 854
9. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)
Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Low-life Harry falls in love with sweet Betty who inspires him to improve himself so he can marry her. He enters a $25, 000 cross-country hiking contest. After many adventures he wins, pays off his father Amos's mortgage and marries Betty.
Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Harry Langdon, Joan Crawford, Edwards Davis, Tom Murray
Votes: 814 | Gross: $0.24M
10. His Private Secretary (1933)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Romance
Dick Wallace secretly marries a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who thinks she is a gold digger, is opposed. She takes a job with the company under her maiden name to prove she's okay.
Director: Phil Whitman | Stars: Evalyn Knapp, John Wayne, Reginald Barlow, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 764
11. The Circle (1925)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Drama
An unhappy woman considers leaving her dull husband for another man.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Malcolm McGregor, Alec B. Francis, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 692
12. Outward Bound (1930)
Unrated | 83 min | Drama, Fantasy
Later remade as "Between Two Worlds."
Directors: Robert Milton, Ray Enright | Stars: Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Beryl Mercer, Dudley Digges
Votes: 620
13. Beau Brummel (1924)
135 min | Drama, History, Romance
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Willard Louis, Carmel Myers
Votes: 537 | Gross: $0.29M
14. The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A jewel thief suspected of being a local serial killer targeting police officers decides to solve the mystery himself to clear his name.
Directors: Edgar Selwyn, Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allan, Lewis Stone, Ralph Forbes
Votes: 493
15. The Last Mile (1932)
Passed | 75 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An innocent man sentenced to death gets caught up in a prison riot.
Director: Samuel Bischoff | Stars: Howard Phillips, Preston Foster, George E. Stone, Noel Madison
Votes: 417
16. Oliver Twist (1933)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Family, Mystery
An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.
Director: William J. Cowen | Stars: Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel, William 'Stage' Boyd, Doris Lloyd
Votes: 402
17. The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914)
54 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being expelled from college, Giles runs away from home and meets and falls for a young lady.
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Vivian Martin, Alec B. Francis, Chester Barnett, Gyp Williams
Votes: 350
18. Looking Forward (1933)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Family
In this Depression-era story set in London, a department-store owner (Lewis Stone) faces bankruptcy while his family fritters away money. A long-standing employee (Lionel Barrymore) gets ... See full summary »
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Benita Hume, Elizabeth Allan
Votes: 307
19. Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)
65 min | Crime, Drama
After robbing a bank, a criminal is wrongfully pardoned from prison.
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Robert Warwick, Robert Cummings, Alec B. Francis, Frederick Truesdell
Votes: 279
20. Outcast Lady (1934)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Musical, Mystery
A woman's trials and tribulations over a romance since childhood, protecting her husband's secret past, and the trouble it causes with her brother.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Constance Bennett, Herbert Marshall, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Hugh Williams
Votes: 199
21. Evangeline (1929)
87 min | Drama
In Acadia, now part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men and send them ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Roland Drew, Alec B. Francis, Donald Reed
Votes: 168
22. Saved from the Titanic (1912)
10 min | Short, Drama
The story of the Titanic disaster based on the account of a survivor.
Director: Étienne Arnaud | Stars: Dorothy Gibson, Alec B. Francis, Julia Stuart, John G. Adolfi
Votes: 122
23. Captain Applejack (1930)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Mary Brian, John Halliday, Kay Strozzi, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 122
24. Smilin' Through (1922)
Passed | 96 min | Drama
Kathleen, a young Irish woman, is in love with Kenneth Wayne but is prevented from marrying him by her guardian John Carteret. John is haunted by memories of his thwarted love for Kathleen's aunt, Moonyean.
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Norma Talmadge, Wyndham Standing, Harrison Ford, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 107 | Gross: $0.56M
25. Troublesome Secretaries (1911)
7 min | Short, Comedy
After father fires his secretary for having a forbidden relationship with his daughter, the son and her suitor come up with a scheme to outwit her father.
Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: John Bunny, Mabel Normand, Ralph Ince, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 95
26. 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
27. The Cinderella Man (1917)
60 min | Comedy
When Marjorie Caner returns from abroad, she is quite lonely in her millionaire father's big house. Learning that a young poet, Anthony Quintard, is living in poverty next door while ... See full summary »
Director: George Loane Tucker | Stars: Mae Marsh, Tom Moore, Alec B. Francis, George Fawcett
Votes: 83
28. Capital Punishment (1925)
67 min | Drama
An experiment in death penalty. A man is accused of a murder, that never happened. Complications arise.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Clara Bow, George Hackathorne, Elliott Dexter, Margaret Livingston
Votes: 75
29. I'll Tell the World (1934)
Approved | 77 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Stanley Brown, ace reporter for a news syndicate, is on a date when he receives a summons from Hardwick, his editor, to report to work and begin trailing Grand Duke Ferdinand, a visiting ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart, Roger Pryor, Onslow Stevens
Votes: 74
30. Charley's Aunt (1925)
80 min | Comedy
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Sidney | Stars: Syd Chaplin, Ethel Shannon, James E. Page, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 73 | Gross: $0.56M
31. Robin Hood (1912)
30 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
Maid Marian is represented in the cast as the daughter of Old Merwyn and it is at his house that the action begins. He introduces a rich gentleman as her prospective husband after ... See full summary »
Directors: Étienne Arnaud, Herbert Blaché | Stars: Robert Frazer, Barbara Tennant, Alec B. Francis, Julia Stuart
Votes: 71
32. Alias Mary Smith (1932)
61 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
A young woman trying to obtain proof that a gangster committed a murder is befriended by a playboy who drinks just a bit too much.
Director: E. Mason Hopper | Stars: Blanche Mehaffey, John Darrow, Raymond Hatton, Edmund Breese
Votes: 70
33. 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
34. The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930)
Passed | 91 min | Drama, History, Romance
Sergeant Gischa Patrotkin (Chester Morris), a simple-minded Russian soldier, escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp. He hides out for awhile with a peasant girl named Babka (Betty ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Chester Morris, Betty Compson, Alec B. Francis, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Votes: 60
35. Thank You (1925)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Young Kenneth Jamieson's millionaire father, fed up with his son's wild escapades, sends him to stay on a chicken farm in the small village of Dedham. On the day he arrives there pretty ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Jacqueline Logan, J. Farrell MacDonald, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 55
36. The Mad Whirl (1925)
65 min | Drama
A teenager with permissive parents gets too caught up in wild parties and the fast life.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: May McAvoy, Jack Mulhall, Myrtle Stedman, Barbara Bedford
Votes: 53
37. Camille (I) (1926)
108 min | Drama, Romance
Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Norma Talmadge, Gilbert Roland, Lilyan Tashman, Rose Dione
Votes: 52 | Gross: $0.62M
38. Waiting at the Church (1906)
9 min | Comedy, Short
WAITING AT THE CHURCH was inspired by a 1906 hit song of the same name, which was often sung by a woman dressed in a wedding gown. Porter and McCutcheon turned the song's con artist into an... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Vesta Victoria, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 51
39. Lucretia Lombard (1923)
70 min | Drama
An emotional drama with a love triangle. A man gets engaged, but soon after falls in love with another woman.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Irene Rich, Monte Blue, Marc McDermott, Norma Shearer
Votes: 48
40. Little Church Around the Corner (1923)
70 min | Drama
When his daughter is trapped underground in a mine explosion, a wealthy minister in a mining town is snapped out of his attitude of "miner's safety" to save her.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Claire Windsor, Kenneth Harlan, Hobart Bosworth, Walter Long
Votes: 47
41. The Heart of a Hero (1916)
68 min | Drama, War
The story of Nathan Hale, an American soldier and spy from his days as a teacher to his eventual capture and execution.
Director: Emile Chautard | Stars: Robert Warwick, Gail Kane, Alec B. Francis, George MacQuarrie
Votes: 43
42. The Man Who Had Everything (1920)
50 min | Drama
Harry Bullway is a careless young man, always after a good time. He nearly runs over a blind beggar with his car, but he shows no remorse. In response to his heartlessness, the beggar ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Jack Pickford, Lionel Belmore, Priscilla Bonner, Shannon Day
Votes: 41
43. Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (1931)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
A mad scientist creates a time travel pill, which two goofballs volunteer to test, transporting them to ancient Egypt as Marc Antony and Julius Caesar vying for the beautiful Cleopatra's love in a chariot race.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Burgess, Robert Frazer
Votes: 38
44. Godless Men (1920)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
On board his trading schooner in the South Pacific, tough sea captain Black Pawl confronts his own son, who has grown up in his father's shadow and reflects only his dark side.
Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Russell Simpson, Jim Mason, Helene Chadwick, John Bowers
Votes: 38
45. The Gold Diggers (1923)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
Stephen Lee doesn't want his nephew Wally Sanders to marry chorus girl Violet Dayne, because he believes all chorus girls to be ruthless gold diggers, always chasing after the men's money. ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Hope Hampton, Wyndham Standing, Louise Fazenda, Gertrude Short
Votes: 37
46. Three Wise Fools (1923)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
Three elderly bachelors adopt a girl who's the daughter of the woman they were in love with in their youth.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Claude Gillingwater, Eleanor Boardman, William H. Crane, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 36 | Gross: $0.24M
47. The World and Its Woman (1919)
70 min | Drama
A Russian peasant girl rises to fame as an operatic diva. She becomes beloved of a Russian prince. When the 1917 revolution overthrows the czar's government, the pair attempts to cross the icy steppes and find their way to America.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Geraldine Farrar, Lou Tellegen, Mae Giraci, Francis Marion
Votes: 35
48. Waking Up the Town (1925)
63 min | Comedy
A young girl visits her grandfather, who owns an auto repair shop. She falls in love with his handsome assistant, who is also an engineer trying to talk the town banker into financing his ... See full summary »
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Jack Pickford, Claire McDowell, Alec B. Francis, Norma Shearer
Votes: 35
49. Chamber of Forgetfulness (1912)
10 min | Drama, Short
The powerful story of a wife's innocent mistake and its bitter punishment, the rancor of a jealous, misguided husband and the ultimate righting of a great wrong to his son. It will bring ... See full summary »
Director: Étienne Arnaud | Stars: Alec B. Francis, Barbara Tennant, William R. Dunn
Votes: 34
50. Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy
This Masquers short (the first of the series) is a parody of every old-time melodrama that trod the stages or graced the silver screen...Our Nell...the Old Folks at Home...the Old Homestead... See full summary »
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Frank Fay, Lew Cody, Laura La Plante, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 32