Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Ellen Lowe

1. Citizen Kane (1941)

PG | 119 min | Drama, Mystery

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'

Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

Votes: 465,509 | Gross: $1.59M

2. My Favorite Wife (1940)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the day of her husband's second marriage.

Director: Garson Kanin | Stars: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick

Votes: 11,500

3. The Snake Pit (1948)

Approved | 108 min | Drama, Mystery

A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.

Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm

Votes: 8,412 | Gross: $10.00M

4. Side Street (1949)

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

A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer--with catastrophic consequences.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly

Votes: 3,328

5. Night and Day (1946)

Approved | 128 min | Biography, Drama, Musical

A fictionalized biopic of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley, Ginny Simms

Votes: 3,202

6. Black Friday (1940)

Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges, Anne Nagel

Votes: 2,875

7. Sitting Pretty (1948)

Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Family

A family that hires a live-in babysitter is surprised when he turns out to be a man who's a quirky genius.

Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Clifton Webb, Richard Haydn

Votes: 2,722

8. Reign of Terror (1949)

Approved | 89 min | History, Romance, Thriller

Robespierrre, a powerful figure in the French revolution, is desperately looking for his black book, a death list of those marked for the guillotine.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart, Arlene Dahl

Votes: 2,115

9. Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)

Passed | 87 min | Comedy

Working girl Janie is proposed to by a conservative car salesman, a bohemian auto mechanic, and a millionaire playboy and must make a choice.

Director: Garson Kanin | Stars: Ginger Rogers, George Murphy, Alan Marshal, Burgess Meredith

Votes: 1,187

10. Small Town Girl (1936)

Passed | 106 min | Comedy, Romance

Kay lives in a small rural time and thinks that her life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night she meets young, handsome, rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while ... See full summary »

Directors: William A. Wellman, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes, Andy Devine

Votes: 969

11. You Belong to Me (1941)

Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A jealous and insecure newlywed man interferes with his wife's medical work in order to prevent her from seeing attractive male patients.

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Edgar Buchanan, Roger Clark

Votes: 836

12. Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Musical

When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife.

Directors: Andrew L. Stone, Friz Freleng | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Pola Negri, Dennis O'Keefe

Votes: 681

13. Dancing Pirate (1936)

Approved | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music

The story of a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank!

Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Charles Collins, Frank Morgan, Steffi Duna, Luis Alberni

Votes: 384

14. Pilot #5 (1943)

Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance, War

In March 1942, on the island of Java, Indonesia, a Dutch major selects a pilot for a dangerous mission from the five U.S. Army airmen under his command. While waiting for word from the pilot, the others tell his life story to the major.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Franchot Tone, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly, Van Johnson

Votes: 378

15. Open Secret (1948)

Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Newlyweds come to visit groom's friend, only to discover him missing; and their investigation uncovers evidence of a ring of anti-semites terrorizing the neighborhood.

Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: John Ireland, Jane Randolph, Sheldon Leonard, Roman Bohnen

Votes: 336

16. Young Ideas (1943)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy

Academy Award-winner* Mary Astor (The Maltese Falcon) stars as a widow whose grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor in this charming, offbeat comedy directed by... See full summary »

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Susan Peters, Herbert Marshall, Mary Astor, Elliott Reid

Votes: 297

17. The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1935)

Passed | 67 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

The head of a drug company mysteriously disappears, after taking credit for a new anesthetic that actually resulted from the work of several doctors, and his surgeon is found strangely murdered by a surgical instrument.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Kay Linaker, John Eldredge, Mary Astor

Votes: 293

18. Wagon Train (1940)

Passed | 59 min | Drama, Western

Pecos businessman Matt Gardner is buying up freighters, or wagon trains of food supplies, at cheap prices through intimidation, and charging high prices by deliberately causing phony food ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Killy | Stars: Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Emmett Lynn, Martha O'Driscoll

Votes: 275

19. The Beloved Brat (1938)

Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama

Drama about a problem child and her problem parents.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Bonita Granville, Dolores Costello, Donald Crisp, Natalie Moorhead

Votes: 249

20. King of Burlesque (1936)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Former burlesque producer moves into legitimate theatre and does well until he marries a socialite. After his divorce his former top singer returns from London to help out.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, Mona Barrie

Votes: 228

21. Anne of Windy Poplars (1940)

Approved | 86 min | Drama, Romance

Anne Shirley, now betrothed to her childhood sweetheart Gilbert Blythe, takes a teaching position in a prestigious school far from her home on Prince Edward Island. While she is quickly ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Anne Shirley, James Ellison, Henry Travers, Patric Knowles

Votes: 216

22. Idaho (1943)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Music, Western

A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers

Votes: 199

23. The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

In this live drama series, over two hundred live plays, covering all aspects of society, were shown.

Stars: Richard Kiley, Betsy Palmer, Edward Andrews, Biff McGuire

Votes: 196

24. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)

60 min | Drama

Actor, Producer, and Director Robert Montgomery introduced each telecast, sometimes interviewing one of the stars, and sometimes appearing in the play.

Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Newland, Vaughn Taylor, Elizabeth Montgomery

Votes: 135

25. Rancho Grande (1940)

Passed | 67 min | Drama, Music, Western

Kay and her eastern clan go out West to run the ranch left her by her grandfather. Badguys are out to ruin the ranch's irrigation system, so Autry lends a hand.

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Mary Lee

Votes: 89

26. Rosie the Riveter (1944)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

In wartime 1944 in California, defense plant workers Rosalind "Rosie" Warren and her friend Vera Watson must share, on a rotating schedule, the town's last available rental room with ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Jane Frazee, Frank Albertson, Barbara Jo Allen, Frank Jenks

Votes: 85

27. The Blocked Trail (1943)

Passed | 55 min | Drama, Western

Everyone is looking for a three foot high horse called Brilliant that can lead them to a gold mine. It's owner has been killed and the Three Mesquiteers have been mistakenly arrested for the murder.

Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Jimmie Dodd, Helen Deverell

Votes: 79

28. Port of 40 Thieves (1944)

Passed | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Muriel is the scheming widow of the fabulously-wealthy Hartford Chaney III. Muriel's husband has disappeared under mysterious circumstances, freeing her to marry her playboy paramour ... See full summary »

Director: John English | Stars: Stephanie Bachelor, Tom Keene, Lynne Roberts, Olive Blakeney

Votes: 71

29. Grand Ole Opry (1940)

Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Music

Abner Weaver, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks, through the music of performers from 'The Grand Ole Opry," and the antics and help of his family and the local citizens, manages to pass a ... See full summary »

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, June Weaver, Lois Ranson

Votes: 69

30. Saddlemates (1941)

Passed | 56 min | Western

When a strip of land along the Red River is declared in Indian Territory instead of Texas, the Rangers leave and the Army moves in. Now ex-rangers the Mesquiteers stay on as scouts. The new... See full summary »

Director: Lester Orlebeck | Stars: Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Rufe Davis, Gale Storm

Votes: 64

31. Sleepy Lagoon (1943)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical

Transient workers are pouring into Sleepy Lagoon by the thousands to work in the local defense factories, with no means of finding good clean fun in a town that has been as moribund as its ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Judy Canova, Dennis Day, Ruth Donnelly, Joe Sawyer

Votes: 44

32. Christopher Bean (1933)

75 min | Comedy

When the painter Christopher Bean dies, some unscrupulous art dealers try to get several of his paintings cheaply from a family who have no idea of their value.

Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Marie Dressler, Lionel Barrymore, Helen Mack, Beulah Bondi

Votes: 42

33. Bordertown Trail (1944)

Approved | 56 min | Drama, Western

A gang is opposed to statehood for Texas, and smuggling everything they can across the border to keep statehood from happening. Sunset Carson and his pal, Frog Millhouse, while on border ... See full summary »

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Smiley Burnette, Sunset Carson, Ellen Lowe, Weldon Heyburn

Votes: 41

34. Gangs of the Waterfront (1945)

55 min | Crime, Drama

Gang Leader Dutch Malone goes on a hunting trip and is in a car wreck and is confined to the hospital, without the knowledge of any of his gang members. District Attorney Brady induces ... See full summary »

Director: George Blair | Stars: Robert Armstrong, Stephanie Bachelor, Martin Kosleck, Marion Martin

Votes: 32

35. Goodnight, Sweetheart (1944)

Approved | 67 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A journalist attacks the campaign of a mayoral candidate who has gained the endorsement of a rival newspaper.

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Robert Livingston, Ruth Terry, Henry Hull, Grant Withers

Votes: 23

36. Hit Parade of 1951 (1950)

Passed | 85 min | Musical

7 tunes enliven a contrived plot: While raising cash to pay a debt, a Vegas gambler tricks a night club crooner there who looks like him to play him for a bit.The gambler's Latina girlfriend opens the eyes of the prissy crooner.

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: John Carroll, Marie McDonald, Estelita Rodriguez, Frank Fontaine

Votes: 22

37. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
Episode: The World to Nothing (1955)

Drama

Being an incredible actor is not enough as a performer feels nothing but loneliness even though he has a wife and daughter.

Director: Robert Ellenstein | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Eddie Albert, Patricia Bosworth, Burt Brinckerhoff

38. The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode: A Family Alliance (1958)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

A girl falls in love with a sophisticated New Yorker. Afraid to tell him her father is a farmer, she gives him the idea that they have a country estate and that her piano-teaching mother is a concert performer.

Stars: Lee Bergere, Carl Frank, Bill Hayes, Roberta Haynes

39. The United States Steel Hour (1953–1963)
Episode: The Hill Wife (1957)

Comedy, Drama

An unexpected romance occurs when a visitor shows up at an isolated New England farmhouse.

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: James Broderick, Melvyn Douglas, Ellen Lowe, George Mitchell