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1. The Highwaymen (2019)
R | 132 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde.
Director: John Lee Hancock | Stars: Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch
Votes: 103,806
2. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Passed | 129 min | Drama
An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 100,093 | Gross: $0.06M
3. Paper Bullets (1941)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Circumstances force naive Dorothy Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Joan Woodbury, Jack La Rue, Linda Ware, John Archer
Votes: 359
4. The Wild Country (1970)
G | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A family leaves city life to take possession of a Wyoming ranch.
Director: Robert Totten | Stars: Steve Forrest, Vera Miles, Ron Howard, Clint Howard
Votes: 349
5. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
Approved | 130 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned.
Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,361
6. Deep Valley (1947)
Passed | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A girl living with her parents on an isolated California farm falls in love with a chain-gang convict working at a nearby highway construction site, and sets out to help him when he escapes.
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Ida Lupino, Dane Clark, Wayne Morris, Fay Bainter
Votes: 1,070
7. Streets of New York (1939)
Approved | 73 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of making his fortune.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Martin Spellman, Marjorie Reynolds, Dick Purcell
Votes: 160
8. Home, Sweet Home (1914)
Passed | 55 min | Drama
John Howard Payne at his most miserable point in life, writes a song which becomes popular and inspires other people at some point in their lives.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Josephine Crowell, Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish
Votes: 284
9. Girls on Probation (1938)
Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Jane Bryan, Ronald Reagan, Anthony Averill, Sheila Bromley
Votes: 448
10. One Hour Late (1934)
Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
When the romance between radio-singer Eddie Blake and Bessie Dunn goes sour through a series of misunderstanding, Bessie packs to take a week-end trip with the station boss,Stephen Barclay,... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Joe Morrison, Helen Twelvetrees, Conrad Nagel, Arline Judge
Votes: 67
11. I Promise to Pay (1937)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Eddie Lang (Chester Morris), a decent family man making $27.50 a week, borrows fifty-dollars from Richard Farra (Leo Carrillo) in order to take his wife, Mary (Helen Mack) and two small ... See full summary »
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Chester Morris, Leo Carrillo, Helen Mack, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 187
12. Pagan Lady (1931)
Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A free-spirited bartender on a tropical island has a reputation as a "pagan lady", who hops from man to man and bed to bed. The young son of the island's fire-and-brimstone evangelist ... See full summary »
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Evelyn Brent, Conrad Nagel, Charles Bickford, Roland Young
Votes: 64
13. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who left many years before.
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Fay Bainter, Hugh Herbert, Barbara Jo Allen, Carolyn Lee
Votes: 61
14. Country Blue (1973)
R | 98 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
An ex-convict stock-car driver turns to crime to fund his escape from local bigots in rural Georgia.
Director: Jack Conrad | Stars: Dub Taylor, Jack Conrad, Rita George, Mildred Brown
Votes: 217
15. Tuxedo Junction (1941)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The Weaver Brothers and Elviry have migrated from their usual hard-scrabble digs in the Ozarks and have taken up truck-farming (raising fruits, vegetables and flowers) on some more-bucolic ... See full summary »
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Leon Weaver, June Weaver, Frank Weaver, Thurston Hall
Votes: 19
16. The Big Timer (1932)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
An up-and-coming boxer (Ben Lyon) runs into problems when he takes on a female fight manager (Constance Cummings). Ben Lyon is once again playing with Tom Dugan; they co-starred in "The Hot... See full summary »
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Ben Lyon, Constance Cummings, Thelma Todd, Tom Dugan
Votes: 268
17. Cappy Ricks Returns (1935)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
"Cappy" Ricks comes out of retirement to fight against a bill, sponsored by his old political rivals, that, if passed, would forbid the selling of wooden shingles for house-roofs. He also ... See full summary »
Director: Mack V. Wright | Stars: Robert McWade, Ray Walker, Florine McKinney, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 16
18. Here Comes the Groom (1934)
Approved | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Piccolo player Mike Scanlon loses his girl due to his unexciting lifestyle, so he decides to commit a robbery to gain notoriety. But the robbery goes awry and Mike finds himself on the run ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Jack Haley, Mary Boland, Neil Hamilton, Patricia Ellis
Votes: 37
19. Two in a Taxi (1941)
Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama
Jimmy Owens (Russell Hayden) is a driver for a taxicab-fleet trying to scrape together $300.00 in order to buy a small, roadside gas station from its elderly owner George Cleveland. In ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Anita Louise, Russell Hayden, Noah Beery Jr., Dick Purcell
Votes: 31
20. Life Goes On (1938)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The husband of Sally Weston dies, and she decides to move to New York City where she feels her two young sons, Bob and Henry, can get a better education. Bob grows up to be a brilliant ... See full summary »
Director: William L. Nolte | Stars: Louise Beavers, Edward Thompson, Reginald Fenderson, Laurence Criner
Votes: 9
21. Jaws of Steel (1927)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Rinty (Rin-Tin-Tin) has to live down a false accusation of being a vicious killer he does so by protecting a baby girl (Mary Louise Miller) from a multiplicity of hazards.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Rin Tin Tin, Jason Robards Sr., Helen Ferguson, Mary Louise Miller
Votes: 24