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1. To the Last Man (1933)

Passed | 74 min | Western

In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for Nevada and when Colby gets out of prison he heads there also seeking revenge. The head of the Hayden family tries to avoid more killing but the inevitable showdown has to occur, complicated by Lynn Hayden and Ellen Colby's plans to marry.

Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Randolph Scott, Esther Ralston, Jack La Rue, Buster Crabbe

Votes: 673

2. Scarface (1932)

PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.

Directors: Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson | Stars: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins

Votes: 30,361

3. 6 Hours to Live (1932)

Approved | 72 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A murder victim is brought back to life by a scientific experiment. However, the effects only last for six hours, and he must find his killer in that time.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Warner Baxter, Miriam Jordan, John Boles, George F. Marion

Votes: 180

4. Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930)

Passed | 90 min | Romance, Drama

A French milliner becomes a casino hostess and courtesan, eventually rising to the position of mistress of King Louis XV.

Director: Sam Taylor | Stars: Norma Talmadge, William Farnum, Conrad Nagel, Hobart Bosworth

Votes: 110

5. In Gay Madrid (1930)

Passed | 82 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Ricardo, a young law student in his hometown of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Lottice Howell, Claude King

Votes: 101

6. A Royal Romance (1930)

Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young writer, John Hale, inherits a fortune and moves into an alleged-haunted castle with his servant "Rusty." He discovers the 'hauntee' to be Countess von Baden, hiding in a secret ... See full summary »

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: William Collier Jr., Pauline Starke, Clarence Muse, Ann Brody

Votes: 19

7. Thunderbolt (1929)

Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl. ... See full summary »

Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Eugenie Besserer

Votes: 886

8. Madame X (1929)

Passed | 95 min | Drama

A young lawyer unknowingly defends his mother who abandoned him when he was three.

Director: Lionel Barrymore | Stars: Lewis Stone, Ruth Chatterton, Raymond Hackett, Holmes Herbert

Votes: 562

9. Illusion (1929)

Passed | 84 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A vaudeville magician and his lady assistant break up their team, when he becomes infatuated with a socialite, only to get back together when she is almost killed in her new act gone wrong.

Director: Lothar Mendes | Stars: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Nancy Carroll, June Collyer, Kay Francis

Votes: 41

10. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)

86 min | Drama

A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the life of each of the victims.

Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Raquel Torres, Don Alvarado

Votes: 102

11. Speedway (1929)

Passed | 76 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Bill Whipple is Jim MacDonald's happy-go-lucky mechanic, who thinks that he is the world's greatest driver and lover. Mac has treated Bill like a son since he took him in. One day at the ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: William Haines, Anita Page, Ernest Torrence, Karl Dane

Votes: 704

12. Whispering Winds (1929)

Passed | 65 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Jim, a Maine Fisherman, marries Dora on the rebound after his sweetheart, Eve, leaves him to pursue a singing career. Years later, Eve proves to be genuinely in love with Jim, but acts indifferent for Dora's sake.

Director: James Flood | Stars: Patsy Ruth Miller, Malcolm McGregor, Eve Southern, Eugenie Besserer

13. Fast Company (1929)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Sport

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Directors: A. Edward Sutherland, Edwin H. Knopf | Stars: Evelyn Brent, Jack Oakie, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Sam Hardy

Votes: 26

14. Seven Faces (1929)

78 min | Drama, Romance

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Director: Berthold Viertel | Stars: Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill, Lester Lonergan, Russell Gleason

Votes: 76

15. Mister Antonio (1929)

73 min | Comedy

A happy go lucky Italian town florist befriends the mayor thrown out of a bar but later turns on him when the official has unjustly evicted an attractive young lady from her home.

Directors: James Flood, Frank Reicher | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Virginia Valli, Gareth Hughes, Frank Reicher

Votes: 34

16. Lilac Time (1928)

80 min | Drama, Romance, War

All of those handsome young men in their flying machines are billeted in a field next to the Widow Berthelot's farmhouse in France. Her daughter Jeannine is curious about the young men ... See full summary »

Directors: George Fitzmaurice, Frank Lloyd | Stars: Colleen Moore, Gary Cooper, Eugenie Besserer, Burr McIntosh

Votes: 731

17. Two Lovers (1928)

98 min | Action, Drama, History

Two Lovers (1928) is a silent feature film directed by Fred Niblo, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn.

Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, Noah Beery, Nigel De Brulier

Votes: 39

18. Yellow Lily (1928)

65 min | Drama, Romance

Archduke Alexander, a debauchee, falls in love with Judith Peredy, the sister of the doctor of the village near Alexander's hunting lodge. Although Judith loves Alexander, she spurns him because her brother Eugene has warned her off.

Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Billie Dove, Clive Brook, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Marc McDermott

Votes: 38

19. A Lady of Chance (1928)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Seasoned grifter Dolly Crandall returns to the 'badger game' but has a change of heart when she falls in love with a young man she believes is a rich Southerner.

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Norma Shearer, Lowell Sherman, Gwen Lee, Johnny Mack Brown

Votes: 541

20. Drums of Love (1928)

100 min | Drama, Romance

A princess is betrothed to a deformed monarch, but falls hard for his handsome brother.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Philbin, Lionel Barrymore, Don Alvarado, Tully Marshall

Votes: 100

21. The Jazz Singer (1927)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, Music, Musical

The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer

Votes: 11,088 | Gross: $7.63M

22. When a Man Loves (1927)

Passed | 111 min | History, Romance

A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, Warner Oland, Sam De Grasse

Votes: 418 | Gross: $0.89M

23. The Night of Love (1927)

Passed | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

A duke kidnaps the gypsy Montero's young bride, intending to exercise a nobleman's then-presumed right to make love to her. But she dies, and Montero vows revenge.

Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, Montagu Love, Natalie Kingston

Votes: 77 | Gross: $0.41M

24. Captain Salvation (1927)

Passed | 87 min | Drama, Romance

A returning seminary student goes up against a small New England town when he comes to the aid of a prostitute who has been injured, despite the townspeople's calls for her to be run out of... See full summary »

Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Lars Hanson, Marceline Day, Pauline Starke, Ernest Torrence

Votes: 340

25. Wandering Girls (1927)

Passed | 58 min | Drama

a small-town, jazz-mad girl, Peggy Marston (Dorothy Revier), becomes involved with a pair of society thieves, Maurice Dumond (Armand Kalis) and Maxine (Mildred Harris), and finds herself falsely accused of possession of stolen jewels.

Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Dorothy Revier, Eugenie Besserer, Frances Raymond, Robert Agnew

26. Slightly Used (1927)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy

Cynthia Martin (May McAvoy) in order to get around the insistence of her father (Rudolph Anders) that her two younger sisters Helen (Audrey Ferris) and Grace (Sally Elers) can not marry ... See full summary »

Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: May McAvoy, Conrad Nagel, Robert Agnew, Audrey Ferris

27. Flesh and the Devil (1926)

Passed | 112 min | Drama

Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other fiercely loves.

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson, Barbara Kent

Votes: 4,636 | Gross: $1.61M

28. Kiki (1926)

108 min | Comedy, Drama

Kiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a job singing and dancing at a nearby theater. While she is there, she invites herself into the... See full summary »

Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Norma Talmadge, Ronald Colman, Gertrude Astor, Marc McDermott

Votes: 462 | Gross: $0.41M

29. The Fire Brigade (1926)

90 min | Drama

Terry O'Neill is the youngest of a family of Irish firefighters. He falls in love with Helen Corwin, but complications ensue when Terry learns that her father, a wealthy contractor, has cut costs by putting his buildings in danger of fire.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: May McAvoy, Charles Ray, Holmes Herbert, Tom O'Brien

Votes: 70 | Gross: $0.51M

30. The Millionaire Policeman (1926)

Drama

Steven Wallace, a millionaire's son, demonstrates a failure of courage in hesitating to rescue his female riding companion while a mounted policeman comes to her aid. Stung by the ... See full summary »

Director: Edward LeSaint | Stars: Herbert Rawlinson, Eva Novak, Eugenie Besserer, Arthur Rankin

31. The Skyrocket (1926)

80 min | Drama, Romance

In the prologue Sharon Kimm and Mickey Reid are childhood friends in a tenement neighborhood but are separated when Sharon is placed in an orphanage. The story then presents Sharon as a ... See full summary »

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Gladys Brockwell, Charles West, Muriel McCormac, Frank Coghlan Jr.

32. Winning the Futurity (1926)

60 min | Drama

A boy from the mountains falls in love with a plantation owner's daughter. The owner dies and the daughter disinherited. With the Kentucky Futurity approaching there is a way to win the plantation back but there is unethical competition.

Director: Scott R. Dunlap | Stars: Cullen Landis, Clara Horton, Ernest Hilliard, Henry Kolker

Votes: 14

33. 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: 707

34. The Coast of Folly (1925)

Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance

Unable to abide her self-righteous husband, Nadine Gathway leaves home and drops out of sight for 20 years. When Mr. Gathway dies, he leaves his huge fortune to his daughter, Joyce, on the ... See full summary »

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Anthony Jowitt, Alec B. Francis, Dorothy Cumming

Gross: $0.26M

35. Bright Lights (1925)

70 min | Comedy, Romance

Tom loves Patsy, but she lives in the city while he is every bit the country bumpkin. When an invention of his sells, he decides to take the money and go to the city. There he will show ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Charles Ray, Pauline Starke, Lilyan Tashman, Lawford Davidson

36. 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

37. A Fool and His Money (1925)

56 min | Drama, Romance

John Smart (William Haines), a hack writer, inherits a fortune from a distant relative and buys a castle in Laupheim. He pursues what appears to be a ghost of a beautiful woman but he ... See full summary »

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Madge Bellamy, William Haines, Stuart Holmes, Alma Bennett

38. Friendly Enemies (1925)

70 min | Comedy

Carl Pfeiffer and Henry Block, who emigrated from Germany to the United States, have become prosperous and argumentative. When the World War breaks out, Henry is one hundred percent ... See full summary »

Director: George Melford | Stars: Joe Weber, Lew Fields, Virginia Brown Faire, Jack Mulhall

39. Wandering Footsteps (1925)

Drama

Hal Whitney, an irresponsible young millionaire, befriends Timothy Payne, a wise old college professor whose life had been ruined by alcohol. After "adopting" Timothy as his father, Hal ... See full summary »

Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Alec B. Francis, Estelle Taylor, Bryant Washburn, Eugenie Besserer

40. The Price She Paid (1924)

Passed | 55 min | Drama, Romance

Mildred Gower (Alma Rubens), in order to sane her extravagant mother,Mrs. Elton Gower (Eugenie Besserer), from bankruptcy, shame and scandal, the young society girl is forced to accept the ... See full summary »

Director: Henry MacRae | Stars: Alma Rubens, Frank Mayo, Eugenie Besserer, William Welsh

41. Bread (1924)

70 min | Drama

To relieve the burden placed on their mother, Alice Sturgis (Wanda Hawley) marries and has several children, while her independent sister, Jeanette (Mae Busch), goes to work as a ... See full summary »

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Mae Busch, Robert Frazer, Pat O'Malley, Wanda Hawley

42. Anna Christie (1923)

96 min | Drama

A troubled young woman comes to live with her estranged father on the New York waterfront. A tough sailor falls in love with her, sparking conflict between her father and her suitor. What ... See full summary »

Directors: John Griffith Wray, Thomas H. Ince | Stars: Blanche Sweet, William Russell, George F. Marion, Eugenie Besserer

Votes: 119

43. The Rendezvous (1923)

80 min | Drama, Romance

The czar banishes Prince Sergei to Siberia for marrying without his consent. The wife, Varvara, dies, leaving a baby girl named Vera. Forced to flee, the prince leaves the girl in the care ... See full summary »

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Lucille Ricksen, Richard Travers, Kathleen Key

44. Her Reputation (1923)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Andres Miro, a plantation owner in Louisiana, discovers that he has only a short time to live. He makes arrangements to marry his young ward, Jacqueline Lanier, so when he dies she will ... See full summary »

Director: John Griffith Wray | Stars: May McAvoy, Lloyd Hughes, Eric Mayne, Winter Hall

45. Enemies of Children (1923)

60 min | Drama

A street waif of questionable parentage through circumstances is taken into a wealthy home where she is adopted and cared for until her marriage, which follows the successful attempt to expose the mystery of her birth.

Directors: Lillian Ducey, John M. Voshell | Stars: Virginia Lee Corbin, Anna Q. Nilsson, Raymond Hatton, Ward Crane

Votes: 14

46. The Lonely Road (1923)

60 min | Drama

Betty Austin gives up her dream of going to the city and marries Warren Wade, but she sadly finds him selfish and insistent on her acting like a "clinging vine." Disgusted, she joins her ... See full summary »

Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Katherine MacDonald, Orville Caldwell, Kathleen Kirkham, Eugenie Besserer

47. Penrod (1922)

80 min | Comedy, Drama

Young rapscallion Penrod Schofield causes a good deal of trouble in his community, all in the name of protecting kids from too-strict parents and nasty neighbors. He heads the ABPA (... See full summary »

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Wesley Barry, Tully Marshall, Claire McDowell, John Harron

Votes: 18 | Gross: $0.14M

48. The Rosary (1922)

70 min | Drama

After his uncle dies, founder of the fishing village of Sandy Bay, Kenwood Wright is cut off with only some marshland while his nephew, Bruce Wilton, inherits the bulk of the estate. Wright... See full summary »

Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: Lewis Stone, Jane Novak, Wallace Beery, Robert Gordon

Votes: 12

49. Kindred of the Dust (1922)

80 min | Drama, Romance

Discovering that her husband is a bigamist, Nan returns with her young child to her Puget Sound, Washington, logging town hoping to live with her father. Everyone treats her as an outcast ... See full summary »

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Miriam Cooper, Ralph Graves, Lionel Belmore, Eugenie Besserer

Votes: 29

50. June Madness (1922)

60 min | Comedy

Clytie Whitmore (Viola Dana) finally consents to marry Cadbury Todd (Gerald Pring), but while walking down the aisle she runs out of the church and into the passing car of Ken Pauling (... See full summary »

Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Viola Dana, Bryant Washburn, Gerald Pring, Léon Bary