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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: 466,487 | Gross: $1.59M
2. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard
Votes: 2,064
3. The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
Approved | 74 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A medical researcher visits the deserted home of a pioneer in cryogenic science who disappeared 10 years earlier and finds him frozen in ice but still alive.
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Boris Karloff, Roger Pryor, Jo Ann Sayers, Stanley Brown
Votes: 1,109
4. It's a Date (1940)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 671
5. Wildcat Bus (1940)
Approved | 64 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A small bus company run by a father/daughter team comes under attack by a group of "wildcatters" who want to put the company out of business so they can take over the profitable Los Angeles-to-San Francisco route.
Director: Frank Woodruff | Stars: Fay Wray, Charles Lang, Paul Guilfoyle, Don Costello
Votes: 219
6. Cross-Country Romance (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Romance
Larry Smith is a young bacteriologist on his way from New York to San Francisco to work under an eminent scientist in China. He stops along the way at the North house to deliver a scroll ... See full synopsis »
Director: Frank Woodruff | Stars: Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie, Hedda Hopper, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 278
7. Pop Always Pays (1940)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy
A girl's (Adele Pearce) father (Leon Errol) refuses to let her marry her boyfriend (Dennis O'Keefe) until he has $1,000 in the bank.
Directors: Leslie Goodwins, Charles E. Roberts | Stars: Leon Errol, Dennis O'Keefe, Pamela Blake, Walter Catlett
Votes: 129
8. Danger on Wheels (1940)
Approved | 61 min | Sport, Thriller
During a test a race car using an experimental oil-fueled engine blows up, killing the driver. Lucky Taylor, a stunt driver, is initially blamed for the accident, but is later cleared. He ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Peggy Moran, Vinton Hayworth
Votes: 80
9. Private Affairs (1940)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Romance
Amos Bullerton, son of an old Boston family, has chosen for twenty years to remain a "black sheep" rather than submit to the dictation of his staid family. Jane Bullerton, his daughter, ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Nancy Kelly, Robert Cummings, Hugh Herbert, Roland Young
Votes: 63
10. Mutiny in the County (1940)
Short, Comedy
When some pesky boys accidentally break his window playing baseball, and Edgar accidentally throws their baseball at some cops, he is cited and told to report to the judge. Edgar is sure it... See full summary »
Director: Harry D'Arcy | Stars: Edgar Kennedy, Vivien Oakland, Billy Franey, James C. Morton
Votes: 13
11. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold
Votes: 121,524 | Gross: $9.60M
12. The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)
Passed | 71 min | Adventure, Mystery
A group of spies is after the plans for an anti-aircraft gun, and the leader uses the opportunity to embroil the Lone Wolf in the plot. Trying to settle an old score, this shady character ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Warren William, Ida Lupino, Rita Hayworth, Virginia Weidler
Votes: 824
13. Golden Boy (1939)
Approved | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A poor young Italian man who is a virtuoso on the violin wishes to become a champion boxer to make a fortune for his family. But what is the road to success and happiness, and what is the price?
Director: Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, William Holden, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 2,184
14. The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Approved | 98 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
Votes: 1,197
15. When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A concert pianist unhappily married to a mentally ill woman falls in love with a waitress.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Barbara O'Neil, Onslow Stevens
Votes: 755
16. Rio (1939)
Passed | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A crazed man escapes from prison to kill his wife's lover.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Victor McLaglen, Sigrid Gurie, Robert Cummings
Votes: 197
17. S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939)
62 min | Crime, Sci-Fi
In a city election, one of the candidates, Clifford Farrow, has a criminal background and is backed by crime boss Melvin Sutter. Sutter doesn't hesitate to escalate the violence in the face of any resistance.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Ralph Byrd, George Barbier, Kay Sutton, Frank Jenks
Votes: 94
18. I Stole a Million (1939)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A grizzled cabbie is scammed out of his life savings by a fake finance company. He tries to no avail to get police assistance.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: George Raft, Claire Trevor, Dick Foran, Henry Armetta
Votes: 125
19. 20, 000 Men a Year (1939)
Passed | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boost when the government launches a program which it hopes will produce 20,000 pilots a year.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Randolph Scott, Preston Foster, Margaret Lindsay, Mary Healy
Votes: 100
20. Tropic Fury (1939)
Passed | 62 min | Drama
An investigator checks into the rumors of harsh working conditions on an Amazon rubber plantation.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Beverly Roberts, Louis Merrill
Votes: 43
21. Fighting Thoroughbreds (1939)
63 min | Drama, Sport
A prize-winning stallion breeds off-guard with a mare owned by his rival. The colt is trained to race from birth, eventually running in the Kentucky Derby against another horse owned by its sire.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Mary Carlisle, Robert Allen, George 'Gabby' Hayes
Votes: 13
22. The Zero Hour (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Drama, Romance
A theater producer and his protege star fall in love and decide to wed. In route to their nuptials, tragedy strikes and the would-be groom ends up bound to a wheelchair. Nine years later, the wife tries to adopt a little girl.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Frieda Inescort, Otto Kruger, Adrienne Ames, Donald Douglas
Votes: 55
23. My Wife's Relatives (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy
The second of the nine-film series based on "The Higgins Family" from Republic, with James and Lucile Gleason in the first seven, replaced by Roscoe Karns and Ruth Donnelly in the last two ... See full summary »
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason, Harry Davenport
24. Kentucky (1938)
Passed | 96 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Romeo and Juliet story set amidst horse racing in Kentucky. The family feud of lovers Jack and Sally goes back to the Civil War and is kept alive by her Uncle Peter.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Loretta Young, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 683
25. Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
Passed | 72 min | Mystery
When the #1 heavyweight contender is mysteriously poisoned during a bout, Moto knows that identifying the gambler who placed large bets against him is the key to solving the murder.
Director: James Tinling | Stars: Peter Lorre, Keye Luke, Dick Baldwin, Lynn Bari
Votes: 814
26. One Wild Night (1938)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Crime
When four men disappear after withdrawing large sums from the same bank, crime student and son of the police chief (Baldwin) and newspaper reporter (Lang) try to uncover a possible extortion ring.
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: June Lang, Dick Baldwin, Lyle Talbot, J. Edward Bromberg
Votes: 53
27. Lawless Valley (1938)
Passed | 59 min | Western
On parole (he was framed of course), Larry Rhodes can't carry a gun. And his sweetheart is in danger of a forced marriage...
Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Kay Sutton, Walter Miller, Fred Kohler
Votes: 158
28. International Settlement (1938)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio).
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Dolores Del Río, George Sanders, June Lang, Dick Baldwin
Votes: 90
29. Ears of Experience (1938)
Approved | 18 min | Comedy, Short
In a misguided effort to get a raise and promotion from his boss, Edgar Kennedy's wife and her father talk him into leasing a swank house and putting on the ritz. A valet comes with the ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Edgar Kennedy, Florence Lake, Billy Franey, Richard Lane
Votes: 11
30. Berth Quakes (1938)
Approved | 16 min | Short, Comedy
Noted child psychologist Errol marries a widow with a nasty brat, and finds none of his theories seem to work when trapped in a pullman car on the way to his honeymoon at Niagara Falls.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Leon Errol, Benny Bartlett, Vivien Oakland, Joe Dougherty
Votes: 9
31. Big City (1937)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
To avoid a taxi war, city officials blame a gang bombing on driver Joe Benton's wife Anna and put her on a ship to deport her. The mayor is speaker at a boxers' banquet where Joe pleads for... See full summary »
Directors: Frank Borzage, George B. Seitz | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Luise Rainer, Charley Grapewin, Janet Beecher
Votes: 646
32. Slave Ship (1937)
Passed | 92 min | Adventure, Drama
Captain Lovett ordered his first mate Thompson to get rid of his slave-trading crew and get a more respectable bunch for standard shipping, but when he brings his new bride Nancy aboard he finds the same old setup, including slave trade.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Allan, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 223
33. Meet the Boy Friend (1937)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A heartthrob singer, Tony Paige, also known as "America's Boyfriend" decides to wed a Swedish actress.
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Robert Paige, Carol Hughes, Warren Hymer, Pert Kelton
Votes: 130
34. Join the Marines (1937)
Approved | 67 min | Action
A New York City cop leaves the department to join the U.S. Olympic team. He falls for the spoiled daughter of a Marine colonel, and winds up getting kicked off the team. He joins the ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Paul Kelly, June Travis, Purnell Pratt, Reginald Denny
Votes: 37
35. Bill Cracks Down (1937)
Passed | 61 min | Action, Drama, Romance
When William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son returns home from living in Paris, he finds "Tons' Walker, a strong and ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Grant Withers, Beatrice Roberts, Ranny Weeks, Judith Allen
Votes: 108
36. Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937)
69 min | Comedy
Butler Jeeves goes to America duped by mobsters into believing he is the heir to the fortune of Sir Francis Drake.
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Arthur Treacher, Patricia Ellis, Robert Kent, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 187
37. Navy Blues (1937)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When Navy shipmates Russell J. "Rusty" Gibbs, Gerald "Biff" Jones, Chips and Gateleg go on shore leave, lady-killer Rusty is challenged by his friends to take dowdy librarian Doris Kimbell ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Dick Purcell, Mary Brian, Warren Hymer, Joe Sawyer
Votes: 74
38. Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
Social butterfly (Young) marries Park Avenue doctor (Baxter) and learns that his nurse (Bruce) is in love with him.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Virginia Bruce, Jane Darwell
Votes: 112
39. Checkers (1937)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy
Jane Withers and trainer Stu Erwin save a horse with a broken leg and enter it in a race.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Jane Withers, Stuart Erwin, Una Merkel, Marvin Stephens
Votes: 57
40. Swing Time (1936)
Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Roguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick
Votes: 14,604
41. We Who Are About to Die (1936)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama
An innocent man (John Beal) sits on death row in colorful company, as friends race to save his life.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, John Beal, Ray Mayer
Votes: 235
42. Postal Inspector (1936)
Approved | 58 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
Director: Otto Brower | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Patricia Ellis, Michael Loring, Bela Lugosi
Votes: 274
43. High Tension (1936)
Passed | 63 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Glenda Farrell, Norman Foster, Helen Wood
Votes: 152
44. That Girl from Paris (1936)
Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Nikki Martin (Lily Pons), a Parisian opera star, takes off in search of adventure and true-love, leaving her arranged husband to be at the altar. While hitchhiking, Nikki meets handsome ... See full summary »
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, Gene Raymond, Herman Bing
Votes: 372
45. Parole! (1936)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In a state penitentiary on New Year's Eve, gangster "Okay" Percy Smith knifes fellow inmate Zingo Browning, killing him. The next day, convicted lawyers Russell Whalen and Marty Crawford ... See full synopsis »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Henry Hunter, Ann Shepherd, Alan Dinehart, Alan Baxter
Votes: 40
46. Gentle Julia (1936)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A shy newspaperman (Brown) nearly gives up when his girlfriend (Hunt) falls for the new guy in town (Meeker) till Withers sets things right.
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Jane Withers, Tom Brown, Marsha Hunt, Jackie Searl
Votes: 36
47. The Cowboy Star (1936)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Western
Tired of being a cowboy movie star, Yorke quits the movies and buys a ranch so he can be a real cowboy. But just as in his films trouble arrives. This time it's bank robber Sampson and his two cronies.
Director: David Selman | Stars: Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Si Jenks, Marc Lawrence
Votes: 108
48. The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936)
Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama
Injured scientist Eric Godfrey asks his protege to give him a fatal dose of opiates to end his misery. When he dies the doctor is accused of murder.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Gloria Stuart, Robert Kent, Henry Armetta, J. Edward Bromberg
Votes: 56
49. The First Baby (1936)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
By the time daughter and son-in-law have their second child, mother-in-law learns not to be so domineering.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Johnny Downs, Shirley Deane, Jane Darwell, Dixie Dunbar
Votes: 12
50. Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936)
Passed | 65 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote. This turns out to cause many problems for the family while on vacation.
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Lewis Stone, James Gleason, Bruce Cabot, Louise Latimer
Votes: 210