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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: 429,091 | Gross: $2.08M
2. Greed (1924)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.
Director: Erich von Stroheim | Stars: Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller
Votes: 10,776 | Gross: $0.16M
3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.
Directors: Fred Niblo, Charles Brabin, Christy Cabanne, J.J. Cohn, Rex Ingram | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson
Votes: 7,982 | Gross: $12.45M
4. That's Entertainment! (1974)
G | 135 min | Documentary, Family, Musical
Various MGM stars from yesteryear present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50-year history.
Director: Jack Haley Jr. | Stars: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, Peter Lawford
Votes: 5,433 | Gross: $26.89M
5. He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
95 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ruth King
Votes: 4,302 | Gross: $0.19M
6. The Unholy Three (1925)
Passed | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A sideshow ventriloquist, a midget, and a strongman form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" and commit a series of robberies.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lon Chaney, Mae Busch, Matt Moore, Victor McLaglen
Votes: 2,216 | Gross: $0.70M
7. West of Zanzibar (1928)
TV-G | 65 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Lon Chaney, Lionel Barrymore, Mary Nolan, Warner Baxter
Votes: 1,965 | Gross: $0.92M
8. Lady of the Night (1925)
TV-G | 70 min | Drama, Romance
A world-weary prostitute yearns after respectability and the love of an inventor.
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Norma Shearer, Malcolm McGregor, George K. Arthur, Fred Esmelton
Votes: 795 | Gross: $0.21M
9. I Take This Woman (1940)
Passed | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A doctor (Spencer Tracy) marries a suicidal woman (Hedy Lamarr) but begins to doubt her fidelity.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Frank Borzage, Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Verree Teasdale, Kent Taylor
Votes: 715
10. The Red Lily (1924)
Passed | 81 min | Drama
Two young lovers escape their past lives to Paris until fate separates them.
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Enid Bennett, Ramon Novarro, Wallace Beery, Frank Currier
Votes: 500
11. 1925 Studio Tour (1925)
Unrated | 32 min | Documentary, Short
A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 is given to meet the people who make the movies there and see how movies are made.
Stars: Mrs. M.F. Lee, Carey Wilson, Howard Hawks, Agnes Christine Johnston
Votes: 429
12. Wine of Youth (1924)
72 min | Comedy, Drama
Unlike earlier generations of Marys who used every trickery to secure husbands, Mary the Third questions the validity of marriage in her search for adventure. Unable to decide between quiet... See full summary »
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, James Morrison, Johnnie Walker, Niles Welch
Votes: 414
13. Proud Flesh (1925)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An aristocrat who was raised in Spain returns to the United States and falls in love with a plumber.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Pat O'Malley, Harrison Ford, Trixie Friganza
Votes: 210
14. Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 8 (1937)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Stars attend a barbecue at the Racquet Club; Frank Morgan's new business enterprise, The Trading Post, a country store in modern style, is seen. The annual Academy Awards are presented: ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Tom Brown, Frank Capra, Leo Carrillo, Bette Davis
Votes: 166
15. The Sporting Venus (1925)
66 min | Drama, Romance
A rich heiress falls in love with a medical student despite being engaged to a foreign prince.
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Ronald Colman, Lew Cody, Josephine Crowell
Votes: 129
16. Hollywood Goes to Town (1938)
Approved | 9 min | Short, Documentary
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle ... See full summary »
Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Don Wilson, Judy Garland, Freddie Bartholomew, Una Merkel
Votes: 126
17. Seeing Stars (1922)
8 min | Documentary, Short
A rare film from First National set a gala celebrity banquet and promoting the releases of several then upcoming films including The Pilgrim (1923), The Balloonatic (1923) and Day Dreams (1922).
Stars: Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Buster Keaton, Thomas H. Ince
Votes: 118
18. Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)
11 min | Documentary, Short
This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed and features behind-the-scenes glimpses of current MGM productions.
Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Freddie Bartholomew, Frank Capra, Betty Ross Clarke, William H. Daniels
Votes: 99
19. Confessions of a Queen (1925)
64 min | Drama
The King of Illyris marries a neighboring princess, who finds out he has a mistress.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Alice Terry, Lewis Stone, John Bowers, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 83
20. Virtuous Wives (1918)
Passed | 60 min | Drama
The story of a happily married woman, Amy, who is greeted with temptation of riches beyond belief after her husband, Andrew, accepts a position at a Colorado Steel Mill.
Director: George Loane Tucker | Stars: Anita Stewart, Conway Tearle, Hedda Hopper, Edwin Arden
Votes: 54
21. The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (1937)
Approved | 17 min | Documentary, Short
This short chronicles, in a semihumorous way, events associated with MGM's 1937 convention for the studio's national sales and distribution staff. First the delegates arrive by train in San... See full summary »
Stars: Louis B. Mayer, Al Lichtman, William F. Rodgers, James E. Davis
Votes: 44
22. The Wife of the Centaur (1924)
81 min | Drama
Gifted but neurotic novelist Jeffrey Dwyer is attracted to young, innocent Joan Converse, but neglects her when he meets sultry Inez Martin. After a short, passionate affair, Inez discards ... See full summary »
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, John Gilbert, Aileen Pringle, Kate Lester
Votes: 40 | Gross: $0.20M
23. His Hour (1924)
70 min | Drama
Gritzko (John Gilbert) is a Russian nobleman and Tamara (Aileen Pringle) is the object of his desire.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Aileen Pringle, John Gilbert, Emily Fitzroy, Lawrence Grant
Votes: 36 | Gross: $0.20M
24. The Great Secret (1917)
Action, Adventure
A wealthy young athlete comes to the aid of a beautiful heiress, whose fortune is being threatened by two arch villains, The Great Master and Doctor Zulph.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, Fred R. Stanton, Edward Connelly
Votes: 27
25. Memory Lane (1926)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
On the day of her wedding to Jimmie, Mary finds she has not lost her affection for another sweetheart, Joe. A confrontation arises when Jimmie discovers that Joe has come along on their honeymoon.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Conrad Nagel, William Haines, John Steppling
Votes: 26
26. Human Desire (1919)
56 min | Drama, Romance
Inspired by a statue of the infant Christ in the hands of the Madonna, Bernice who lives in a convent in Naples, Italy conceives of a deep passion for babies. Learning that there are ... See full summary »
Director: Wilfrid North | Stars: Anita Stewart, Conway Tearle, Vernon Steele, Eulalie Jensen
Votes: 26
27. Thy Name Is Woman (1924)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Spanish soldier Juan Ricardo is assigned to obtain evidence against Pedro the Fox, an old smuggler. His acquaintance with Pedro's wife Guerita ripens into mutual love.
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Barbara La Marr, William V. Mong, Wallace MacDonald
Votes: 23 | Gross: $0.21M
28. Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1924)
80 min | Drama, Romance
A young girl is seduced and raped by an older middle class man in Victorian England. After moving on with her path, she gets married. All is well until her husband discovers her past. ... See full summary »
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Conrad Nagel, Stuart Holmes, George Fawcett
Votes: 22
29. Sowing the Wind (1921)
90 min | Drama
When Rosamond, a convent girl, discovers that her mother is Baby Brabant, a notorious queen of Petworth's gambling house, her ideals are shattered and she denounces her mother's life. ... See full summary »
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Anita Stewart, James Morrison, Myrtle Stedman, Ralph Lewis
Votes: 22
30. Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925)
60 min | Drama
Julian (Percy Marmont) is a poor artist who lives with wife Edith (Alice Joyce) and their newborn baby in Harlem. Struggling to make ends meet, he foregoes his artistic calling and draws ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Alice Joyce, Percy Marmont, Virginia Marshall, Helena D'Algy
Votes: 20
31. The Silent Accuser (1924)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jack's dog, Peter the Great, is the sole witness to Phil's murder of Barbara Jane's stepfather. Peter fetches his master, and Jack's presence at the scene of the crime results in his being ... See full summary »
Director: Chester M. Franklin | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Raymond McKee, Earl Metcalfe, Paul Weigel
Votes: 18
32. The White Desert (1925)
70 min | Drama
Barry Houston, the superintendent of a gang building a railroad tunnel through a Colorado mountain, warns John Keith, the project engineer, that he is doing too much blasting, thereby ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Claire Windsor, Pat O'Malley, Robert Frazer, Frank Currier
Votes: 17
33. The Child Thou Gavest Me (1921)
72 min | Drama
On the day of their wedding, a groom is shocked when his bride reveals that she is the mother of a young child.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Barbara Castleton, Adele Farrington, Winter Hall, Lewis Stone
Votes: 17
34. The Song of Life (1922)
70 min | Drama
A city writer hires a restaurant drudge, a woman who had left her desert tedium several decades before, to help out his wife who has wanted to continue her singing. An attempted killing and a dramatic family revelation await in the works.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gaston Glass, Grace Darmond, Georgia Woodthorpe, Richard Headrick
Votes: 12
35. So This Is Marriage? (1924)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
After 5 years of marriage, Beth and Peter Marsh's life together is a series of rows and reconciliations. Beth is frivolous and extravagant; Peter is domineering and ambitious and has ... See full summary »
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Boardman, Lew Cody, Clyde Cook
36. A Question of Honor (1922)
70 min | Drama, Romance
Bill Shannon, an engineer in charge of a dam project in the Sierras, is offered a bribe to sell out to Morse, a Wall Street promoter who wants the dam site for his new railroad. Unable to ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Anita Stewart, Edward Hearn, Arthur Stuart Hull, Walt Whitman
37. Married Flirts (1924)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
Nellie Wayne loses her husband Pendleton to Jill Wetherell by neglecting him and her appearance to pursue her literary ambitions. She goes to Europe, where she becomes fashionable and a ... See full summary »
Director: Robert G. Vignola | Stars: Pauline Frederick, Conrad Nagel, Mae Busch, Huntley Gordon
38. Her Mad Bargain (1921)
60 min | Drama, Romance
After the death of her benefactress, Mrs. Beresford, Alice Lambert is evicted by Ruth, Mrs. Beresford's jealous niece; and in despair Alice seeks employment as a model. Her refusal to ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Anita Stewart, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Helen Raymond, Adele Farrington
39. Strangers of the Night (1923)
80 min | Comedy, Mystery
A rousing fusion of satire, mystery and action. Aristrocrat Ambrose Applejohn is aching for excitement. He gets more than he bargained for when the two Russian thieves Anna Valeska and her ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Matt Moore, Enid Bennett, Barbara La Marr, Robert McKim
Gross: $0.21M
40. Mike (1926)
70 min | Drama
Mike, the daughter of a railroad section boss, lives with her father and three other children in a remodeled boxcar attached to a railroad work train. Harlan, a section hand, saves the life... See full summary »
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Sally O'Neil, William Haines, Charles Murray, Ned Sparks
Gross: $0.25M
41. The Snob (1924)
70 min | Drama
Just as Nancy Claxton finished at a convent school, her wealthy father Sherwood is killed in a roadhouse brawl. Stung by the disgrace, she disappears and her sweetheart, Herrick, tries to find her.
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: John Gilbert, Norma Shearer, Conrad Nagel, Phyllis Haver
42. A Midnight Romance (1919)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Marie, a hotel maid, falls in love with millionaire's son Roger, but Roger cannot marry her because of her inferior station and his unwillingness to make his family unhappy thereby. They ... See full summary »
Director: Lois Weber | Stars: Anita Stewart, Jack Holt, Edwin B. Tilton, Elinor Hancock
43. The Wanters (1923)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
Elliot Worthington falls in love with Myra, the maid in his sister's household. Myra is dismissed; Elliot finds her, proposes marriage, and returns home with his new bride. She is snubbed ... See full summary »
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Marie Prevost, Robert Ellis, Norma Shearer, Gertrude Astor
44. Rose o' the Sea (1922)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tells of a waif from the sea, who on the death of her guardian and protector, is forced to make her own way in New York. Her lack of guile and sophistication wins her a place and esteem. ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Anita Stewart, Rudolph Cameron, Thomas Holding, Margaret Landis
45. The Invisible Fear (1921)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
Sylvia Langdon is haunted by the memory of a would be rapist, whom she believes she has killed.
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Anita Stewart, Walter McGrail, Allan Forrest, Hamilton Morse
46. Sinners in Silk (1924)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Aging roué Arthur Merrill meets flapper Penelope Stevens on an ocean liner and decides to undergo rejuvenation surgery to enjoy life again. Transformed, he attends a wild jazz party given ... See full summary »
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Eleanor Boardman, Conrad Nagel, Jean Hersholt
47. Dimples (1916)
50 min | Drama
A young girl goes South to live with her aunt after the death of her miserly father, unaware that her father's treasure is hidden inside her doll.
Director: Edgar Jones | Stars: Mary Miles Minter, William Cowper, John J. Donough, Thomas Carrigan
48. Playthings of Destiny (1921)
70 min | Drama, Romance
Julie Leneau, a country schoolteacher in Canada, becomes the bride of Geoffrey Arnold, but her happiness is shattered by a woman named Claire who convinces Julie that she is Arnold's lawful... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Anita Stewart, Herbert Rawlinson, Walter McGrail, Grace Morse
49. The Denial (1925)
50 min | Drama
Beautiful Mildred Hucks is in love with young Lyman Webb, but her mother is determined to marry her off to an elderly millionaire. When the Spanish-American War breaks out in 1898, Lyman ... See full summary »
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Claire Windsor, Bert Roach, William Haines, Lucille Ricksen
50. The Woman He Married (1922)
50 min | Drama, Romance
Natalie Lane, an artist's model, marries Roddy Warren, son of a steel magnate, who has been a persistent suitor and idler; but because she is considered an unsuitable match by his family, ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Anita Stewart, Darrell Foss, Donald MacDonald, William Conklin