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1. A Boy of Flanders (1924)
70 min | Drama, Family
Nello saves the life of a dog but returns home to find his grandfather dead. Living under a haystack, he enters a drawing contest and wins the prize and the affections of a fellow artist, who adopts him.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Jackie Coogan, Nigel De Brulier, Lionel Belmore, Nell Craig
Votes: 29
2. You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Passed | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The son of a snobbish Wall Street banker becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family not realizing that his father is trying to force her family from their home for a real estate development.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold
Votes: 27,919 | Gross: $4.66M
3. The Keeper of the Bees (1925)
60 min | Drama
World War hero James Lewis MacFarlane, tired of being shunted from one government hospital to another for a wound that will not heal, runs away when he learns that he has but a year to live... See full summary »
Director: James Leo Meehan | Stars: Robert Frazer, Josef Swickard, Martha Mattox, Clara Bow
Votes: 28
4. Hearts and Planets (1915)
5 min | Comedy, Short
Director: Walter Wright | Stars: Chester Conklin, Minta Durfee, Josef Swickard, Grover Ligon
Votes: 19
5. The King of Kings (1927)
Not Rated | 160 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Jesus Christ faces religious and political oppression during his ministry and in the days before his death and resurrection.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut
Votes: 2,418 | Gross: $1.77M
6. Who Am I? (1921)
50 min | Drama
Ruth Burns is not aware that her father is a professional gambler until she receives a notification of his death and comes to New York. She inherits his gambling palace, and Jimmy Weaver, ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Kolker | Stars: Claire Anderson, Gertrude Astor, Niles Welch, George Periolat
Votes: 11
7. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Passed | 150 min | Drama, Romance, War
An extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I.
Director: Rex Ingram | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Alice Terry, Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard
Votes: 3,550 | Gross: $9.20M
8. Don Juan (1926)
Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Romance
In 16th-century Italy, devil-may-care playboy Don Juan runs afoul of the despotic Borgias.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Jane Winton, John Roche, Warner Oland, Estelle Taylor
Votes: 963 | Gross: $1.92M
9. Say It in French (1938)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
In this farcical comedy, a couple with money woes arrange a financially motivated marriage between their golf-pro son and a wealthy heiress. Little do they know, their son has already been wed while playing a tournament in France.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey, Janet Beecher
Votes: 83
10. Beach of Dreams (1921)
50 min | Adventure
Parisian society girl Cleo de Bromsart is bored with her life and accepts an invitation from Prince Selm to join his yachting party. The cruise ends in disaster, and Cleo is stranded on a ... See full summary »
Director: William Parke | Stars: Edith Storey, Noah Beery, Sidney Payne, Jack Curtis
Votes: 19
11. The Treasure of the Sea (1918)
50 min | Drama
Believing that Margaret Elkins would marry him if they were of the same financial status, Henry Ames misuses his power of attorney and ruins the young woman's father, Thomas Elkins. Because... See full summary »
Director: Frank Reicher | Stars: Edith Storey, Lew Cody, Louis Willoughby, Josef Swickard
Votes: 14
12. The Verdict (1925)
Mystery
Carol Kingsley and Jimmy Mason, who are both employed in a fashion emporium run by Pierre Ronsard, fall in love and are married. Victor Ronsard, the son of the owner, falls in love with ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Windemere | Stars: Lou Tellegen, Louise Lorraine, William Collier Jr., Gertrude Astor
Votes: 11
13. An Incompetent Hero (1914)
Short, Comedy
Fatty's flirting with neighbor Kennedy's wife, and he isn't happy about it. Al's a crook, Minta's a maid and Fatty gets caught in a chase through the house while Edgar's shooting at him.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy, Lucille Ward, Minta Durfee
Votes: 15
14. The Mad Empress (1939)
Approved | 72 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Rival version of drama of Carlotta, Maximilian and Juarez, story better known from simultaneously filmed 1939 Juarez. This different production, financed by Mexico and Columbia , was bought out by Warners to play down competition.
Director: Miguel Contreras Torres | Stars: Medea de Novara, Conrad Nagel, Jason Robards Sr., Lionel Atwill
Votes: 50
15. The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Mystery
A brilliant but impoverished writer, who is a pacifist, goes to work for a publisher and writes anti-war editorials. When he discovers that the publisher has betrayed him and is in league ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Claude Rains, Joan Bennett, Lionel Atwill, Juanita Quigley
Votes: 197
16. Hotel Imperial (1927)
85 min | Drama, War
During World War I, a hotel maid and Austrian officer in hiding attempt to survive in a Russian-occupied town.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Pola Negri, James Hall, George Siegmann, Max Davidson
Votes: 275
17. Hogan's Romance Upset (1915)
11 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Charles Avery | Stars: Charles Murray, Bobby Dunn, Billie Brockwell, Josef Swickard
Votes: 26
18. All Men Are Enemies (1934)
78 min | Drama
"All Men Are Enemies" is a 1934 American drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and written by Lenore J. Coffee. The film stars Helen Twelvetrees, Mona Barrie, Hugh Williams, Herbert ... See full summary »
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Helen Twelvetrees, Mona Barrie, Hugh Williams, Herbert Mundin
Votes: 15
19. Sharp Shooters (1928)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his ship to sail. She falls in love with him, and when his ship leaves port she decides to show ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: George O'Brien, Lois Moran, Noah Young, Tom Dugan
Votes: 40
20. The Devil's Chaplain (1929)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Escaping from a revolution, the King of a mythical Balkan country heads to the United States. Here he finds a friend in the form of dashing secret service agent Yorke Norray.
Director: Duke Worne | Stars: Cornelius Keefe, Virginia Brown Faire, Josef Swickard, Boris Karloff
Votes: 16
21. The Night Patrol (1926)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Los Angeles cop goes undercover to catch a gang of murderous thieves.
Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: Richard Talmadge, Rose Blossom, Mary Carr, Gardner James
Votes: 12
22. The Crusades (1935)
Passed | 125 min | Adventure, Drama, History
King Richard and the Third Crusade (1190-1192) are given the DeMille treatment with more spectacle than history.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Loretta Young, Henry Wilcoxon, Ian Keith, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 1,292
23. Get Your Man (1927)
63 min | Comedy, Romance
A young American girl in Paris falls in love with a handsome nobleman, but he is about to wed in an arranged marriage. She hatches a plan to overcome that obstacle and get her man.
Director: Dorothy Arzner | Stars: Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Josef Swickard, Josephine Dunn
Votes: 268
24. Maytime (1923)
80 min | Drama, Romance
Ottilie Van Zandt, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy colonel, loves the gardener's son, Richard Wayne, but her family forces her to marry her cousin Claude. Richard leaves before the ... See full summary »
Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: Ethel Shannon, Harrison Ford, William Norris, Clara Bow
Votes: 57
25. Señorita (1927)
70 min | Action, Comedy
At the age of 20, Francesca Hernández is as skillful at riding, shooting, and fencing as any man. At the ancestral Hernández ranch in South America, her grandfather, Don Francisco, is ... See full summary »
Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Bebe Daniels, James Hall, William Powell, Josef Swickard
Votes: 37
26. The Wizard's Apprentice (1930)
10 min | Short, Fantasy
A sorcerer leaves his apprentice unsupervised with a tiny nymph and a broom. An early live-action film based on the Goethe poem, using the Dukas score.
Director: Sidney Levee | Stars: Fritz Feld, Greta Granstedt, Bernard Siegel, Josef Swickard
Votes: 68
27. Frozen River (1929)
Passed | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Rinty (Rin-Tin-Tin) rescues a young boy, Billy (Davey Lee) , lost in the woods and prevents a gang of crooks from stealing a cache of gold from Hazy (Josef Swickarf) a kindly old man.
Director: F. Harmon Weight | Stars: Rin Tin Tin, Davey Lee, Raymond McKee, Nina Quartero
Votes: 25
28. Old San Francisco (1927)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, History, Romance
In San Francisco, a villainous land owner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of an old Spanish family.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Dolores Costello, Josef Swickard, Anders Randolf, Charles Emmett Mack
Votes: 413
29. Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
Passed | 302 min | Mystery
A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Irving Pichel, Ted Pearson, Jennifer Jones
Votes: 363
30. Mexicali Rose (1939)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Music, Western
Bad guys interested in oil profits attempt to take a mission away from poor Mexican children, but Gene and Frog save the day.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Noah Beery, Luana Walters
Votes: 117
31. The Northern Code (1925)
Passed | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
When drunken Canadian trapper Raoul La Fane attacks his young wife Marie, she takes a shot at him. La Fane falls, and Marie, thinking she killed him, flees into the white wilderness. Louis ... See full summary »
Director: Leon De La Mothe | Stars: Robert Ellis, Eva Novak, Francis McDonald, Josef Swickard
Votes: 18
32. A Notorious Gentleman (1935)
Passed | 75 min | Drama
A lawyer sets out to commit the perfect murder.
Director: Edward Laemmle | Stars: Charles Bickford, Sidney Blackmer, Helen Vinson, Onslow Stevens
Votes: 26
33. Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy
A con man from the city dupes a wealthy country girl into marriage.
Directors: Mack Sennett, Charles Bennett | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain
Votes: 3,726
34. Zorro Rides Again (1937)
Approved | 212 min | Family, Western
The California-Yucatan Railroad, being built for the good of Mexico, is under siege by a gang of terrorists hoping to force its sale; no one can prove their connection to profiteer Marsden.... See full summary »
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: John Carroll, Noah Beery, Richard Alexander, Reed Howes
Votes: 337
35. A Dog of Flanders (1935)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Family
Tentative adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: Frankie Thomas, O.P. Heggie, Helen Parrish, DeWitt Jennings
Votes: 147
36. The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922)
360 min | Adventure
A man struggles to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island.
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: Harry Myers, Noble Johnson, Gertrude Olmstead, Scott Pembroke
Votes: 31
37. The Narrow Corner (1933)
TV-PG | 69 min | Drama
An Englishman sought for murder escapes to South Seas island.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Patricia Ellis, Ralph Bellamy, Dudley Digges
Votes: 341
38. Cross Streets (1934)
Approved | 65 min | Drama, Romance
A man falls in love with a young woman, only to discover that she's the daughter of an ex-girlfriend who jilted him almost 20 years before.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Claire Windsor, Johnny Mack Brown, Anita Louise, Kenneth Thomson
Votes: 80
39. Phantom of the Desert (1930)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Horses are being stolen by a white stallion known as "The Phantom of the Desert." A cowboy sets out to find who's behind it.
Director: Harry S. Webb | Stars: Jack Perrin, Eva Novak, Josef Swickard, Lila Eccles
Votes: 27
40. Beloved (1934)
85 min | Drama, Musical
Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: John Boles, Gloria Stuart, Morgan Farley, Ruth Hall
Votes: 56
41. Poisoned Paradise (1924)
Passed | 70 min | Drama
Margot Le Blanc loses her small fortune at Monte Carlo in Monaco and makes the acquaintance of Hugh Kildair, an artist, who hires her as a housekeeper. A gang of thieves set a trap for ... See full summary »
Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: Kenneth Harlan, Clara Bow, Barbara Tennant, George Beranger
Votes: 35
42. Turn Back the Hours (1928)
60 min | Drama, Romance
A handsome young naval officer is dishonorably discharged for cowardice. While being transported home to England, he is caught in the middle of a shipwreck, from which he is rescued by a beautiful passenger.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Sam Hardy, George E. Stone
Votes: 18
43. Fatty's Tintype Tangle (1915)
Passed | 27 min | Comedy, Short
Fatty's brazen attempt to liberate himself from the oppression of his mother-in-law leads to a series of farcical mix-ups that threaten to ruin his marriage.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy, Norma Nichols, Louise Fazenda
Votes: 415
44. 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
45. The Young Rajah (1922)
Passed | 54 min | Romance, Drama
A young man raised in the American South discovers he is an Indian prince whose throne was taken by usurpers.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Rudolph Valentino, Wanda Hawley, Pat Moore, Charles Ogle
Votes: 423 | Gross: $0.24M
46. A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
70 min | Drama, History, Romance
Alcoholic lawyer Sydney Carton travels to Paris during the Reign of Terror to rescue French aristocrat Charles Darnay, husband of the woman he loves.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, Charles Clary, Herschel Mayall
Votes: 162
47. Under Your Spell (1936)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to bring him back. They fall in love.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Lawrence Tibbett, Wendy Barrie, Gregory Ratoff, Arthur Treacher
Votes: 73
48. The Cricket on the Hearth (1923)
82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tells of Caleb Plummer, his son Edward and blind daughter Bertha, and rivalry over neighbor May Fielding. May's friend Dot weds John Peerybingle; they find a lucky cricket in their cottage. A mortgage and house on fire figure in the story.
Director: Lorimer Johnston | Stars: Josef Swickard, Fritzi Ridgeway, Paul Gerson, Virginia Brown Faire
Votes: 16
49. The Pal from Texas (1939)
Approved | 56 min | Western
A virtual remake of, among several others, two Ken Maynard films, "Fightin' Thru, 1930" and "Fargo Express, 1933", and credited Story writer Forest Sheldon and credited Screenplay writer ... See full summary »
Director: Harry S. Webb | Stars: Bob Steele, Claire Rochelle, Josef Swickard, Betty Mack
Votes: 46
50. Love Me Forever (1935)
Approved | 91 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Grace Moore, Leo Carrillo, Robert Allen, Spring Byington
Votes: 148