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1. Midsummer Madness (1920)
60 min | Drama
When Julian's wife Daisy leaves home to visit her sick father, he finds himself attracted to his best friend's wife Margaret, who has been neglected by her husband. Julian and Margaret take... See full summary »
Director: William C. de Mille | Stars: Jack Holt, Conrad Nagel, Lois Wilson, Lila Lee
Votes: 19
2. Tillie (1922)
50 min | Drama
Tillie, daughter of a stern Pennsylvania Dutch farmer, Jake Getz, is treated as a farm chattel by her father, the trustee of the will of Sarah Oberholtzer, who leaves an inheritance to ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Urson | Stars: Mary Miles Minter, Noah Beery, Allan Forrest, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 18
3. The Devil-Stone (1917)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Fishermaid Marcia Manot finds an emerald which once belonged to a Norse queen and is cursed. Greedy American Silas Martin marries her, then sets her up for divorce. She kills him and weds ... See full summary »
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Geraldine Farrar, Wallace Reid, Hobart Bosworth, Tully Marshall
Votes: 22 | Gross: $0.30M
4. The Grub Stake (1923)
99 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young woman is lured to the Yukon by a gambler with promises of marriage and a grubstake for a gold mine. She takes her ailing father with her, only to discover when she gets there that ... See full summary »
Directors: Nell Shipman, Bert Van Tuyle | Stars: Nell Shipman, Hugh Thompson, Alfred Allen, Lillian Leighton
Votes: 81
5. This Is Your Life (1950–1987)
30 min | Biography, Family, Reality-TV
Each week, an unsuspecting celebrity would be lured by some ruse to a location near the studio. The celebrity would then be surprised with the news that they are to be the featured guest. ... See full summary »
Stars: Ralph Edwards, Bob Warren, Eddie Cantor, Bob Hope
Votes: 314
6. Male and Female (1919)
Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Drama
Lady Mary Lasenby is a spoiled maiden who always gets her way until shipwrecked with her butler, then learns which qualities are really admirable in a person.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Theodore Roberts, Raymond Hatton, Robert Cain
Votes: 1,974
7. Millions in the Air (1935)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy
The daughter of a radio-program sponsor wants to get on the air too, but her father doesn't allow it, so she enters an amateur contest on his radio program under an assumed name.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: John Howard, Wendy Barrie, Willie Howard, George Barbier
Votes: 19
8. The Ghost House (1917)
Passed | 50 min | Comedy, Thriller
The old Atwell home is said to be haunted, and Jeremy Foster, the gardener--who is actually the head of a band of thieves that use the house for a hideout--does his best to keep the ... See full summary »
Director: William C. de Mille | Stars: Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Olga Grey, James Neill
Votes: 29
9. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
Approved | 88 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori, Walter Connolly
Votes: 4,300
10. Torrent (1926)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's heart is broken when her sweetheart, the noblewoman's son, won't go to Paris with them. After... See full summary »
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Greta Garbo, Gertrude Olmstead, Edward Connelly
Votes: 930 | Gross: $0.46M
11. Barnum & Ringling, Inc. (1928)
20 min | Comedy, Family, Short
The gang are living in a posh, but boring, hotel. They decide to stage a circus with their motley collection of dressed up pet animals which gets out of hand causing chaos throughout the hotel.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Jean Darling, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Votes: 107
12. Cleopatra (1934)
Passed | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History
The man-hungry Queen of Egypt leads Julius Caesar and Marc Antony astray, amid scenes of DeMillean splendor.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Henry Wilcoxon, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 4,607
13. The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, History
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Elissa Landi, Charles Laughton
Votes: 2,690 | Gross: $5.97M
14. Flaming Fathers (1927)
25 min | Comedy, Short
Papa Gimplewart, alerted to his daughter's hopes to elope with her current beau, accompanies them both to the beach. Unaccustomed to beach activities, he becomes the center of attention for... See full summary »
Directors: Stan Laurel, Leo McCarey | Stars: Max Davidson, Martha Sleeper, Eddie Clayton, Lillian Leighton
Votes: 49
15. Crazy to Marry (1921)
50 min | Comedy
Dr. Hobart Hupp believes he can cure criminals by surgery, and experiments on Dago Red, who has been promised freedom if the operation is successful. Hobart drives to his wedding later that... See full summary »
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Lila Lee, Laura Anson, Edwin Stevens
Votes: 21
16. Under the Lash (1921)
60 min | Drama
Deborah Krillet is the young wife of Simeon Krillet, a Boer farmer and religious fanatic. She falls in love with young Englishman Robert Waring, who comes to the farm as overseer. Krillet ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Mahlon Hamilton, Russell Simpson, Lillian Leighton
Votes: 17
17. Subway Express (1931)
Passed | 72 min | Mystery
Inspector Killany of the New York City police department is called in to investigate the murder of a subway passenger and the usual--and unusual--suspects climb on and off at each stop.
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer | Stars: Jack Holt, Aileen Pringle, Fred Kelsey, Alan Roscoe
Votes: 13
18. 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
19. 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
20. Whipsaw (1935)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Romance
Hoping to nab a gang of jewel thieves, a government agent poses as a crook and travels across the country with a female thief.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Harvey Stephens, William Harrigan
Votes: 929
21. Saturday Night (1922)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Though betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom, leaving Richard to marry the family laundress' daughter Shamrock. Class differences lead to divorces and remarriages.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Leatrice Joy, Conrad Nagel, Edith Roberts, Jack Mower
Votes: 162
22. 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
23. Let 'em Have It (1935)
Passed | 96 min | Crime, Drama
Young Federal gang-busters in action, with pauses for romance.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Richard Arlen, Virginia Bruce, Alice Brady, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 222
24. There's Always Tomorrow (1934)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Romance
Man, feeling neglected by his family, turns to another woman.
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: Frank Morgan, Binnie Barnes, Lois Wilson, Louise Latimer
Votes: 91
25. The Bedroom Window (1924)
70 min | Mystery
Young Robert Delano is arrested for the murder of his girlfriend's father. The girl's somewhat eccentric relative, Matilda Jones, comes to help her prove that her boyfriend is innocent and,... See full summary »
Director: William C. de Mille | Stars: May McAvoy, Malcolm McGregor, Ricardo Cortez, Robert Edeson
Votes: 18
26. The Painted Veil (1934)
Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance
A wife neglected by her husband, a medical researcher in China, falls in love with a dashing diplomatic attaché.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Greta Garbo, Herbert Marshall, George Brent, Warner Oland
Votes: 1,718 | Gross: $1.17M
27. Tumbleweeds (1925)
Approved | 78 min | Western
The government will grant a fringe of terrain for the settlers who want to live and work there. The starting sign will be a gunshot which will iniciate the run for the best fields and claims.
Directors: King Baggot, William S. Hart | Stars: William S. Hart, Barbara Bedford, Lucien Littlefield, J. Gordon Russell
Votes: 672
28. Forbidden Fruit (1921)
87 min | Drama
Mary Maddock becomes a seamstress after her husband Steve wastes their money on booze. Her employer provides her as an escort to accompany millionaire Mallory. Her husband tries ... See full summary »
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Agnes Ayres, Clarence Burton, Theodore Roberts, Kathlyn Williams
Votes: 193
29. The Jack-Knife Man (1920)
Approved | 60 min | Drama
A lonely old riverboat man is left a child by a dying mother. The old man and the boy grow to love each other. The village snoop feels that the boy would be better off in an orphanage, and the sheriff is sent to try to take him away.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: F.A. Turner, Harry Todd, Bobby Kelso, Willis Marks
Votes: 191
30. Joan the Woman (1916)
Passed | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Geraldine Farrar, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth, Theodore Roberts
Votes: 652 | Gross: $1.32M
31. College Scandal (1935)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Julie Fresnel is a co-ed at Redgate University and her father, Dr. Henri Fresnel, is the new French professor. Julie's attraction from the male students drops a bit when two of her admirers... See full summary »
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Arline Judge, Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie, William Frawley
Votes: 40
32. Two Fisted (1935)
Approved | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young man who was a good prizefighter in his day but is now out of the sport and has a ... See full summary »
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Lee Tracy, Roscoe Karns, Gail Patrick, Kent Taylor
Votes: 46
33. Fair and Muddy (1928)
20 min | Family, Comedy, Short
Living in an orphanage, the gang has to deal with Amanda, a child-hating spinster. To receive a bequest from a rich uncle, she must acquire a child. Thinking suspicion, the gang causes all kinds of havoc toward her including a mud battle.
Director: Charles Oelze | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Jean Darling, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Votes: 12
34. The Little American (1917)
Not Rated | 80 min | Drama, Romance, War
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.
Directors: Cecil B. DeMille, Joseph Levering | Stars: Mary Pickford, Jack Holt, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth
Votes: 730
35. Be Your Age (1926)
Passed | 22 min | Short, Comedy
Charley needs $10,000 right away. Mrs. Schwartzkopple has inherited $2 million from her late husband and wants to marry a younger man. Mr. Blaylock, her attorney, sees a way to solve both ... See full summary »
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy, Gladys Hulette, Lillian Leighton
Votes: 172
36. Love Never Dies (1921)
64 min | Drama
John and Tilly's happy marriage is ruined when Tilly's father finds out about the scandalous past of John's mother. John, unaware of his father-in-law's meddling, thinks Tilly has left him,... See full summary »
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Lloyd Hughes, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Bennett, Lillian Leighton
Votes: 128
37. Sweet Adeline (I) (1926)
70 min | Comedy
Ben Wilson, a simple country boy, tries to make a go of it in the big city. He manages with difficulty until chance offers up a job singing in a cafe. His rendition of the song 'Sweet ... See full summary »
Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: Charles Ray, Gertrude Olmstead, Jack Rube Clifford, J.P. Lockney
Votes: 13
38. Old Wives for New (1918)
Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife in favor of Juliet Raeburn, but when Juliet's name is involved in murder, he manages to clear her of any charge. After his divorce, Charles marries Juliet.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Elliott Dexter, Florence Vidor, Sylvia Ashton, Wanda Hawley
Votes: 242 | Gross: $0.29M
39. Peck's Bad Boy (1921)
51 min | Comedy
Trouble and havoc seem to trail Little Henry Peck wherever he goes and only his dear mother understands him. But when young Henry's pranks get his big sister's boyfriend, Dr. Martin, arrested, dad decides that the boy must be punished.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Jackie Coogan, Wheeler Oakman, Doris May, Raymond Hatton
Votes: 104
40. The Fighting Sheriff (1931)
Passed | 67 min | Western
A dying Jack makes Bob and Flash promise not to tell his sister that he was an outlaw. When Bob confronts Flash with his muffler found at the stage holdup, Flash tells Mary that Bob killed ... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: Buck Jones, Loretta Sayers, Robert Ellis, Harlan Knight
Votes: 44
41. The Little Match Seller (1912)
Short, Drama
The scene is winter time, around the Holiday season. The child, who has never tasted the joys of life, passes a toy shop, where a large doll is displayed in the window. It fascinates and ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Sullivan | Stars: Lynette Griffin, Roy Halsted, Harry Lonsdale, Harry Deshon
Votes: 21
42. Behold My Wife! (1934)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Romance
After Michael Carter's fiancée commits suicide, he vows to seek revenge on his wealthy family, who sabotaged their marriage. He drives across the country angrily, and ends up at a saloon ... See full summary »
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Gene Raymond, Laura Hope Crews, H.B. Warner
Votes: 192
43. Parisian Love (1925)
Passed | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Street people Armand and Marie are madly in love, and she persuades Armand and other gang members to rob the home of Pierre Marcel, a wealthy scientist. The police break up the robbery but ... See full summary »
Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: Clara Bow, Donald Keith, Lillian Leighton, J. Gordon Russell
Votes: 269
44. Castles for Two (1917)
48 min | Drama
The family of an Irish landlord want him to wed who they think is a visiting heiress from the US but the real heiress pretends she is just a servant and hides her identity.
Director: Frank Reicher | Stars: Elliott Dexter, Marie Doro, Mayme Kelso, Jane Wolfe
Votes: 39
45. The Thundering Herd (1925)
Not Rated | 70 min | Western
In 1876, a band of buffalo hunters assembles at Sprague's Trading Post and is joined by Tom Doan, fresh from a Kansas farm. At the post, Tom meets, and falls in love with, Milly Fayre, the ... See full summary »
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Jack Holt, Lois Wilson, Noah Beery, Raymond Hatton
Votes: 31 | Gross: $0.19M
46. The Mine with the Iron Door (1924)
80 min | Western
Bob Hill and Thad Grove, two prospectors, find a small child in the desert cabin of bandit Sonora Jack. The little girl, Marta, who has been kidnapped by Jack, is taken by the men, who ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Pat O'Malley, Dorothy Mackaill, Raymond Hatton, Charles Murray
Votes: 13
47. The Great Meadow (1931)
75 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Berk leaves Diony and their baby to hunt down his mother's murderer and is believed to be dead. Evan provides for them & marries Diony. Berk returns and challenges Evan to a fight but Diony will not be fought over "as if I'm not human".
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Eleanor Boardman, Lucille La Verne, Anita Louise
Votes: 153
48. The Fair Co-Ed (1927)
71 min | Comedy
Marion goes to college to pursue a handsome young man and discovers that he is coach of a women's basketball team.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Marion Davies, Johnny Mack Brown, Jane Winton, Thelma Hill
Votes: 754 | Gross: $0.49M
49. Trapped by Television (1936)
Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot, Nat Pendleton, Joyce Compton
Votes: 355
50. Ruggles of Red Gap (1923)
80 min | Comedy, Western
An English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Ernest Torrence, Lois Wilson, Fritzi Ridgeway
Votes: 37