Women at Home!
by JenExxifer | created - 27 Oct 2019 | updated - 4 months ago | PublicFavorite movies & shows I've watched that capture the empowering side of women in domestic roles as devoted homemakers, housewives, housekeepers, and nannies!
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1. The Donna Reed Show (1958–1966)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family
A loving mother and wife deals with situations and problems of a middle-class family in the late 1950s and the early 1960s.
Stars: Donna Reed, Paul Petersen, Carl Betz, Shelley Fabares
Votes: 1,893
Oh, to be Donna Stone! But is the show satire or is it parody? To me it's quality programming for girls and women, and boys and men too, because modern men need just as much help with traditional roles as modern women do!
2. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952–1966)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Ozzie and Harriet Nelson raise their two sons Ricky and David. As the sons age, they experience teenage dating problems, marriage and careers.
Stars: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Ricky Nelson, David Nelson
Votes: 1,602
Before 'Leave it to Beaver' and 'The Donna Reed Show' went on the air, Harriet Nelson was the epitome of housewifery in the world of 1950s TV sitcoms! She keeps her home in order with two adolescent boys, and a husband who sometimes get caught up in adolescent fun too!
3. National Velvet (1944)
Passed | 123 min | Drama, Family, Sport
A jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp, Anne Revere
Votes: 7,996
How lucky Mr. Brown is to have wise Mrs. Brown, for she is not the standard homemaker! She won fame for swimming the English Channel as a young girl, and in the film she manages the books in her husband's butcher shop when not making sure her home is under control, which realistically depicts where many homemakers prefer to work when not in the home -- in the family business by their husband's side!
4. Overboard (1987)
PG | 112 min | Comedy, Romance
A cruel but beautiful heiress mocks and cheats a hired carpenter. When she gets amnesia after an accident, he decides to introduce her to regular life by convincing her that they're husband and wife.
Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond
Votes: 67,777 | Gross: $26.71M
Taming a shrew for the better by turning her into a homemaker! While Annie's vile attitude toward housekeeping is as offensive as it can get for house-proud homemakers, the creative cleaning montage is always a hoot! Whether it's parody or satire about housewife life, it's just nice to see a woman transform for the better and become a master of housework, rather than letting it master her by fighting it every step of the way, which is the only thing that Hollywood teaches women to do nowadays!
5. Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
G | 126 min | Adventure, Family
A Swiss family must survive being shipwrecked on a deserted island.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro
Votes: 18,149 | Gross: $40.36M
A shipwreck can't wreck Mother Robinson's spirits nor lower her standards! Not every wife is up for an ocean voyage to the New World in order to escape Napoleon Bonaparte's reign, but Mother Robinson faces the unknown with faith because she knows what is best for her family!
6. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
PG | 124 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The fictionalized life of singer Loretta Lynn, a girl who rose from humble beginnings to become a country music star in the 1960s/70s.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens
Votes: 20,479 | Gross: $67.18M
Before Loretta Lynn was a country music legend, she was a rural homemaker who survived multiple hardships that most women today would not tolerate in any way. Her husband wasn't a saint and her life was far from ideal with more kids than money, but the two stayed together and worked through everything to create something truly legendary -- their marriage!
7. Summer Magic (1963)
Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A Bostonian widow moves with her kids to the country.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Hayley Mills, Dorothy McGuire, Burl Ives, Deborah Walley
Votes: 2,726
Charming songs to sing along with and two empowering wife characters in one delightful Disney movie! Mrs. Popham is a Maine homemaker to be reckoned with, while Mrs. Carey lovingly embraces a new financially uncertain future as a widow with three children who uproots from the well-to-do city life to a big yellow house sans maids in rural Maine!
8. Freaky Friday (1976)
G | 98 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A mother and daughter find their personalities switched and have to live each other's lives on one strange Friday.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Barbara Harris, Jodie Foster, John Astin, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 14,066 | Gross: $25.94M
Essential to watch every Friday the 13th! Mrs. Andrews knows that being a homemaker isn't easy work, and that's exactly what her daughter finds out on a monumentally busy Friday the 13th! It gets better with age and so does Barbara Harris; watching it at 40 is not the same as watching it as a non-critical-thinking child with an impressionable mind that hasn't experienced real life yet!
9. The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Approved | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake
Votes: 9,697
The world may never have known Glenn Miller's sound if his devoted wife hadn't pinched the pennies to help him finance his musical dreams! She gracefully endured hardships as a struggling musician's wife and even experienced a miscarriage on the road; she continued his legacy after his mysterious disappearance that left her unsure if he would ever return. Bittersweet life lessons made beautiful with captivating actors (James Stewart and June Allyson) and the uplifting sounds of Glenn Miller's big band swing music!
10. Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the nineteenth century American Midwest.
Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush
Votes: 26,810
Mrs. Ingalls is a strong faithful pioneering matriarch whose devoted and loving care for her family made her wealthier than Mrs. Oleson could ever dream of being!
11. Poltergeist (1982)
PG | 114 min | Horror, Thriller
A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Heather O'Rourke, Craig T. Nelson, Beatrice Straight
Votes: 179,365 | Gross: $76.61M
Mrs. Freeling would rather make the kids' beds than watch football with her husband and his friends -- now that's a homemaker after my own heart!
12. The Birds (1963)
PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette
Votes: 204,312 | Gross: $11.40M
Mrs. Brenner is a widow who endures on the family farm in Bodega Bay after her husband passes, leaving her to raise their young daughter while she looks forward to weekend visits from her criminal lawyer son who lives in San Francisco. While dialogue exposes the sadder side of homemaker life when a husband passes and leaves a wife without a purpose, the hidden reality behind the scenes is that careers work the same way!
13. Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
The misadventures of a suburban boy, family and friends.
Stars: Jerry Mathers, Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Billingsley, Tony Dow
Votes: 9,329
Mrs. Cleaver manages her traditional home of two boys and an engineer husband without breaking a sweat or losing her cool! She isn't a pushover, but she knows when not to argue with Ward because all smart women know there's no point in arguing with a husband. She also deals some hard lessons to her boys in order to help them grow up into well-mannered men!
14. Happy Days (1974–1984)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Music
The Cunningham family live through the 1950s with help and guidance from lovable and almost superhuman greaser Fonzie.
Stars: Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Marion Ross, Tom Bosley
Votes: 21,055
Happy Days are here again and Mrs. Cunningham makes the fictitious 1950s look absolutely fabulous as a happy homemaker in a stable traditional home! Satire or parody doesn't matter when it's all about seeing a woman be happy in her role as a homemaking housewife!
15. The Wonder Years (1988–1993)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Kevin Arnold recalls growing up during the late 60s and early 70s; the turbulent social times make the transition from child to adult unusually interesting.
Stars: Fred Savage, Dan Lauria, Alley Mills, Jason Hervey
Votes: 40,730
Mrs. Arnold handles her home like a CEO who knows her role! She eventually becomes a CEO too, as the narration tells in the final episode of the series; after her husband passes and the children grow and leave, she heads out into the world of work, as was typical of women back in the day who waited until the home was empty to go out and pursue a new career. And maybe that's why women live longer than men!
16. The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945)
Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen and meets a USO hostess. They immediately fall for each other and get married that night. ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Robert Walker, June Allyson, Hume Cronyn, Audrey Totter
Votes: 269
There's no cuter housewife than June Allyson in an apron! An adorably cute, albeit dated, tale of newlyweds who throw themselves into the experiment of marriage with high ideals that clash with real life realities to create G-rated slap-stick misunderstandings that are a charming blast from the pro-housewife past!
17. Smart Woman (1931)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wife turns the tables on her cheating husband.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Mary Astor, Robert Ames, John Halliday, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 484
Instead of a traditional homemaker, this film features a society wife whose husband gets suckered into the grips of a gold-digger while his wife is away caring for sick family -- talk about nerve! The traits of the husband are not what every woman may want, but that is totally not the point. The point is that when a woman loves her husband and wants him for herself, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even if it means outsmarting him at his own game!
18. A Christmas Story (1983)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family
In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Scott Schwartz
Votes: 168,574 | Gross: $20.61M
Mother Parker's got a 1940's houseful on her hands during the holiday season and she takes it all in patient stride, with imaginative Ralphie and young Randy, along with her feared furnace fighting husband who knows how to make everything right when Christmas dinner unexpectedly goes wrong -- take the family out to eat!
19. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
PG | 130 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 498,710
Mary Bailey, played by none other than Donna Reed, is the epitome of a proud and devoted homemaker! She doesn't need a perfect brand new house -- she makes an old fixer-upper perfect by adding a womanly touch as only a loving housewife can do!
20. The Brady Bunch (1969–1974)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family
The misadventures of a large family united when a widower and a widow marry.
Stars: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick
Votes: 15,678
Mrs. Brady may have had Alice by her side, but that was because her wonderful architect husband Mr. Brady was wise enough to keep Alice on as his family's live-in housekeeper when he remarried a woman with three girls of her own to match his three boys! Even with Alice, Mrs. Brady did not abandon her home for the office, nor did she leave everything in Alice's capable hands five days a week. On the contrary, the two women were a team of homemakers happily fulfilling two roles in one house -- Mrs. Brady as the devoted housewife and mother, and Alice as the dedicated housekeeper and extended family member!
21. 7th Heaven (1996–2007)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Eric Camden, a minister, and his wife Annie deal with the drama of having seven children, ranging from toddlers to adults with families of their own.
Stars: Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, Jessica Biel, Beverley Mitchell
Votes: 26,977
Annie Camden is proud to be a full-time devoted homemaker to her minister husband and five children, which later becomes seven with a set of twins! Annie manages her home with a firm hand and isn't scared to take control over her family's never-ending dramas that could only unfold in the Camden household!
22. Goodfellas (1990)
R | 145 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
Votes: 1,255,727 | Gross: $46.84M
Karen Hill (as portrayed in the film) was a different kind of housewife and a tough one at that, as is required when married to the mob! Karen was no Donna Reed, but she was a survivor and a stay-at-home housewife who kept her family together as best she could. She wasn't scared to chastise her husband's girlfriends (in the movie), and in real life she stayed married to her husband Henry for 25 years until she divorced him, which is a longer marriage than many women have who aren't married to the mob!
23. Bewitched (1964–1972)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A witch married to an ordinary man cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces.
Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 24,333
Samantha Stephens is a witch-turned-housewife who is determined to be a normal homemaker without relying on her special skills, even though it doesn't always work out as she hopes!
24. Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.
Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 215,095
Mrs. Palmer is a traditional housewife whose husband is a successful lawyer and daughter is homecoming queen! Unfortunately, both Mrs. Palmer's husband and daughter have secret lives that she knows nothing about, but it's a hoot to watch her hair get bigger and bigger as the twisted stories of Twin Peaks' residents get curiouser and curiouser!
25. The North Avenue Irregulars (1979)
G | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A new preacher in town joins forces with an unlikely group of crimefighters: six dedicated church ladies who are ready, but not necessarily equipped--to help.
Director: Bruce Bilson | Stars: Edward Herrmann, Barbara Harris, Susan Clark, Karen Valentine
Votes: 1,360
What do women do when they're not at home? They volunteer at their local church! A mix of housewives and unmarried women join forces thanks to their pastor who figures out an unconventional way to literally drive crime out of their community! A fun movie with funny women, 1970s cars, and physical stunts, too!
26. The Great Outdoors (1988)
PG | 91 min | Comedy
A Chicago man and his family go camping with his obnoxious brother-in-law.
Director: Howard Deutch | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening
Votes: 51,429 | Gross: $41.46M
Connie Ripley is a wife to Chet, a mother to Buck & Ben, and a sister-in-law to Roman Craig! Even on vacation in the woods, Connie refuses to rest in a filthy cabin and takes to cleaning up the last tenant's fishy mess so that she can enjoy time with her family in a clean space, proving to me that she's a homemaker at heart and not a working wife!
27. Mr. Mom (1983)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
After he's suddenly laid off, a husband switches roles with his wife. She returns to the workforce, and he becomes a stay-at-home dad, and he has to take care of three young children, a job he has no clue how to do.
Director: Stan Dragoti | Stars: Michael Keaton, Teri Garr, Frederick Koehler, Taliesin Jaffe
Votes: 27,764 | Gross: $64.80M
You can take the wife out of the home, but you can't take the homemaker out of the wife! Caroline Butler temporarily steps into the role of the breadwinner, only to discover she can't help but clean up after others nor avoid cutting her boss's meat, just as if she were at home! She also gets hit on by her married boss while her Mr. Mom husband gets hit on by the cattiest of divorced women! Moral of the movie -- wives who take pride in their homemaking role are better off staying at home!
28. Parenthood (1989)
PG-13 | 124 min | Comedy, Drama
Four Buckman siblings attempt to raise their children - each in their own different style - and deal with the joys and sorrows that the process brings.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Jason Robards
Votes: 54,793 | Gross: $100.05M
Karen Buckman is a mother of three at the beginning of the movie and a mother of four at the end! Even though she can return to work, she learns that she has a preference for being a homemaker and likes it! Unfortunately, her husband Gil tells her that she can do what she wants without realizing that modern women don't need to be told what they already know -- they need to be told that it's okay to stay home!
29. Snowball Express (1972)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Family
When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves west to run it--only to find his "estate" in a state of total dilapidation.
Director: Norman Tokar | Stars: Dean Jones, Nancy Olson, Harry Morgan, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 2,041
What does a housewife do when her husband inherits a hotel and quits his steady job? She stands by her man and follows her husband with kids in tow into the wilds of Colorado! Even though she wants to abandon ship when she's had her fill, she fulfills her wifely role by being there for him when he needs her the most and proves that there are no losers when a family stays together!
30. The Munsters (1964–1966)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
Stars: Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Yvonne De Carlo, Butch Patrick
Votes: 16,872
Lily Munster is not only a vampire but a devoted wife, mother, daughter, and aunt! She gives her creature-filled home a womanly touch amid the cobwebs and keeps everyone in order, with her werewolf son, vampire father, normal niece, and loving husband who is one of Frankenstein's monsters!
31. McLintock! (1963)
Passed | 126 min | Comedy, Western
Wealthy rancher G. W. McLintock uses his power and influence in the territory to keep the peace between farmers, ranchers, land-grabbers, Indians and corrupt government officials.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers
Votes: 16,591
Behind every strong man is an even stronger woman, or in this case two strong women; with Mrs. McLintock as the woman of the house and widowed Mrs. Warren as the cook of the house! Even though Mrs. Warren is employed by the McLintocks, she's happy to fulfill her womanly role in the kitchen and isn't scared to put the high-and-mighty Mrs. McLintock in her place when it's needed!
32. The Nanny (1965)
Unrated | 93 min | Mystery, Thriller
There's just something not quite right when Bette Davis stars as an English nanny. And is her 10-year-old charge an emotionally disturbed murderer or just an insolent brat?
Director: Seth Holt | Stars: Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett, James Villiers
Votes: 6,776
While Mrs. Fane mourns for the loss of her daughter, Nanny looks after the home and everyone in it -- with barmy results!
33. Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971)
30 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A remarkable young English nanny takes over the household of a widowed professor and his three children.
Stars: Juliet Mills, Richard Long, David Doremus, Trent Lehman
Votes: 1,017
Nanny Phoebe may not be a member of the family, but she's not neglecting her own family to care for the professor and his children in her own magical way!
34. The Virginian (1962–1971)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
Personable Western series based in Wyoming from the 1890s onward.
Stars: Doug McClure, James Drury, Lee J. Cobb, Sara Lane
Votes: 3,152
While the Virginian and other men at Shiloh keep the ranch in order, it's up to Holly Grainger to keep the home in order with the help of her niece Elizabeth!
35. The Egg and I (I) (1947)
Approved | 108 min | Comedy, Romance
On their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob.
Director: Chester Erskine | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Louise Allbritton
Votes: 3,066
Betty makes the best of rural living when her husband Bob decides to start their marriage by leaving the city to live on a chicken farm! Betty rises to the new challenges of being a farm wife with patience and perseverance; and she learns that leaving farm life behind is easier said than done! Not far from Betty is her neighbor Ma Kettle, another woman at home who has her hands full with numerous children and dealing with Pa Kettle!
36. The Mating Game (1959)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Romance
An uptight IRS agent is ordered to investigate a rural family in debt to the government...but the family - including lovely daughter Mariette - help him loosen up.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark
Votes: 1,810
Ma Larkin has an eventful life in a comfortable home with Pop's trading business, their five kids, and countless animals on the Larkin farm!
37. A Family Affair (1937)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have romantic problems; and ... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 778
Mrs. Hardy takes care of the home while her husband, the Honorable Judge Hardy, takes care of the people of Carvel. With adolescent children, both parents have a hand in steering their kids in the right direction while also letting them experience the growing pains of life!
38. You're Only Young Once (1937)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
On vacation with his family on California's Catalina Island, Andy Hardy falls head over swim fins for a sophisticated young beauty. Judge Hardy warns his son that she is too fast for him.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden
Votes: 557
Even when the Hardy family goes on vacation to California, Mrs. Hardy's homemaking skills don't get a rest! She lovingly makes sure their temporary vacation home is the best it can be for her husband and children; and her sister helps in the homemaking too as an extended member of the family!
39. The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
Passed | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
Votes: 640
As Andy grows out of adolescence, Mrs. Hardy lovingly reflects on the fine young man he is becoming! She continues to care of her home, her husband Judge Hardy, and her children -- who still find themselves in tight situations as they learn how to navigate their lives -- along with the help of her sister who lives with the family!
40. Cops and Robbersons (1994)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A counterfeiter with a habit of "eliminating" the competition moves in next door to the Robbersons. Two cops move in with the Robbersons for a stakeout.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Chevy Chase, Jack Palance, Dianne Wiest, Robert Davi
Votes: 7,478 | Gross: $11.38M
Mrs. Robberson has a criminal living next door, a husband who wants to be a cop, a toddler who acts like a vampire, a teenage son who wants to smoke cigarettes, and a teenage daughter to look after; when two cops use her home for a stakeout she rises to the challenge and makes them part of the family!
41. The Waltons (1972–1981)
TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The life and trials of a 1930s and 1940s Virginia mountain family through financial depression and World War II.
Stars: Jon Walmsley, Mary Beth McDonough, Eric Scott, Kami Cotler
Votes: 9,036
There are two women who keep the Walton place in order: Mrs. Walton and Grandmother Walton! With 11 people in the rural depression-era household (7 kids and 4 adults) both women work hard to keep the home in order as well as the kids and their husbands!
42. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
R | 160 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Robert Ford, who has idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the resurgent gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.
Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 192,677 | Gross: $3.90M
Zee James quietly takes care of her home, which changes often due to her husband's line of work, while raising their two children who love their father but don't know he's the notorious outlaw Jesse James!
43. Out West with the Hardys (1938)
Approved | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker
Votes: 431
44. On Moonlight Bay (1951)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
During World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Jack Smith, Leon Ames
Votes: 3,055
45. By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 2,474
46. Easy Money (1983)
R | 95 min | Comedy
To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard-living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before they get the best of him.
Director: James Signorelli | Stars: Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Pesci, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Candice Azzara
Votes: 10,118 | Gross: $29.31M
47. Oh, God! (1977)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy
When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: John Denver, George Burns, Teri Garr, Donald Pleasence
Votes: 10,572 | Gross: $41.69M
48. The Hardys Ride High (1939)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Family
Judge Hardy and family travel to Detroit to claim an inheritance where they experience life as millionaires and learn the cost of riding high.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
Votes: 469
49. Judge Hardy and Son (1939)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Family
Judge Hardy, trying to find a relative of an aged couple to prevent them from losing their home, enlists the aid of his son Andy.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker
Votes: 506 | Gross: $0.25M
50. The Three Gifts (2009 TV Movie)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A married couple takes in three boys from the local orphanage for the holidays and all three boys hope to be adopted.
Director: David S. Cass Sr. | Stars: Dean Cain, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mimi Kennedy, Dylan Sprayberry
Votes: 448
51. Zandy's Bride (1974)
PG | 97 min | Drama, Western
An American settler marries an European mail-order bride and together they learn how to thrive in the harsh wilderness while working on their relationship too.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Gene Hackman, Liv Ullmann, Eileen Heckart, Susan Tyrrell
Votes: 1,273 | Gross: $0.14M
52. Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Family
A Norwegian farmer lovingly raises his daughter in rural World War II-era Benson Junction, Wisconsin.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Frances Gifford
Votes: 2,344
53. Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. However, he finds the high-society life too expensive and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
Votes: 1,014
54. Raw Deal (1986)
R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former FBI agent turned small-town sheriff agrees to help the FBI chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia when the FBI chief's son is killed by them.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shenar
Votes: 37,554 | Gross: $16.21M
55. Close to My Heart (1951)
Approved | 90 min | Drama
A columnist and his wife deal with obstacles when they try to adopt an abandoned baby.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Ray Milland, Gene Tierney, Fay Bainter, Howard St. John
Votes: 542
56. Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Andy starts freshman life at Wainwright College and gets caught up with helping blonde twin sisters.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden, Sara Haden
Votes: 630
57. Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
Approved | 116 min | Comedy, Family
Mr. Hobbs wants to spend a quiet holiday at the beach, but his wife has invited all their family to stay with them.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian, Lauri Peters
Votes: 5,856
58. Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Andy Hardy goes to college after returning from World War II. He is in love with Kay Wilson this time.
Director: Willis Goldbeck | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Sara Haden, Bonita Granville
Votes: 772
59. Tom Thumb (1958)
Approved | 98 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical
A boy (Russ Tamblyn), no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves (Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers) determined to make a fortune from him.
Director: George Pal | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, June Thorburn, Peter Sellers, Alan Young
Votes: 2,855
60. Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Drama professor turned theater critic balances his home life and career when he moves to the country with his wife and their four sons.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Doris Day, David Niven, Janis Paige, Spring Byington
Votes: 4,908 | Gross: $11.10M
61. The Southerner (1945)
Approved | 92 min | Drama
The life of the poor Tucker family who worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature was against them.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Zachary Scott, Betty Field, J. Carrol Naish, Beulah Bondi
Votes: 3,873
62. Burnt Offerings (1976)
PG | 116 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart
Votes: 13,592
63. Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Romance
A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unofficial relationship advisor to unhappy local housewives, to the dismay of their respective husbands who suspect him of sexual misconduct.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Janis Paige, Jim Hutton
Votes: 1,883
Welcome to the suburban life in the 1960s, in a Californian housing development; where the women stay at home while their husbands are away, and they make friends with the newest neighbor, a bachelor writer who has a way with women that makes the neighbors talk!
64. The High Chaparral (1967–1971)
PG | 60 min | Western
The Cannon family runs the High Chaparral Ranch in the Arizona Territory in 1870s.
Stars: Leif Erickson, Cameron Mitchell, Henry Darrow, Linda Cristal
Votes: 2,399
Meet Victoria Cannon, who takes care of the men of the High Chaparral ranch in Arizona territory! While Victoria's marriage to Big John Cannon is an alliance for the sake of her father, she loves her husband, his son, and the life she has at the ranch where she is the woman of the house and proud of it!
65. Annie Was a Wonder (1949)
Passed | 11 min | Short
In this entry in the Passing Parade series, narrator John Nesbitt tells the story of Annie Swenson, who worked as a cook/housekeeper in the Nesbitt home when he was growing up. Annie was ... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Kathleen Freeman, Howard Negley, Ruth Lee, Sven Hugo Borg
Votes: 267
66. One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Approved | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Fredric March, Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 1,479
67. Room for One More (1952)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
New Jersey couple Anna and Poppy Rose become foster parents to several kids born into less fortunate circumstances, including a desperately unhappy 13-year-old girl and a physically handicapped boy with a penchant for getting into serious trouble.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Lurene Tuttle, Randy Stuart
Votes: 2,941
68. The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Man returns from heaven to make up for financial errors he made that caused harm to his family.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Frank Morgan, Keenan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway, Audrey Totter
Votes: 434
69. Spencer's Mountain (1963)
Approved | 118 min | Drama, Family
Grand Teton quarryman and family patriarch carefully navigates issues of religion and education in order to eke out a brighter future for his family.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, James MacArthur, Donald Crisp
Votes: 3,209
70. Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
G | 76 min | Comedy
On the verge of being evicted from their run-down farmhouse, the large Kettle family is given a new, modern home after Pa wins a contest, but he is accused of plagiarizing his winning slogan by a jealous local woman.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall
Votes: 1,502
71. George Washington Slept Here (1942)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy
When Bill and Connie Fuller are forced to move out of their Manhattan apartment because of their pet dog, Connie purchases a dilapidated old Pennsylvania house where George Washington allegedly slept, and persuades Bill to renovate it.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Percy Kilbride
Votes: 1,952 | Gross: $0.66M
72. The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
PG | 103 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Young Fiona lives with her grandparents in a small fishing village where she takes an active role to unravel the mysterious secrets.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Jeni Courtney, Eileen Colgan, Mick Lally, Pat Slowey
Votes: 9,862 | Gross: $6.10M
73. The Big Caper (1957)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A "confidence couple" pose as husband and wife while attempting a bank heist.
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Mary Costa, James Gregory, Robert H. Harris
Votes: 876
74. Strange Bargain (1949)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
In order to cash-in a life insurance policy, a failing business owner asks one of his employees, who has financial woes of his own, to aid him in disguising his suicide into a robbery-murder.
Director: Will Price | Stars: Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan, Katherine Emery
Votes: 861
75. The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
Approved | 80 min | Drama
A heartwarming tale of an English minister and his family reunited at Christmas time. Their story includes a remembrance of their World War II trials.
Director: George More O'Ferrall | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton, Denholm Elliott
Votes: 1,997
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