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1. The Gilded Age (2022– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

The series follows the conflicts surrounding the new money Russell family and their old money neighbors, the van Rhijn family, in 1880s New York City high society.

Stars: Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton

Votes: 38,210

2. Nightmare Alley (1947)

Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir

The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker

Votes: 13,420

3. Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Approved | 136 min | Comedy, Drama

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell

Votes: 7,967 | Gross: $5.45M

4. Animal Crackers (1930)

G | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.

Director: Victor Heerman | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, The Marx Brothers

Votes: 15,270 | Gross: $0.91M

5. The Extra Man (2010)

R | 108 min | Comedy

A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.

Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes, Marian Seldes

Votes: 5,406 | Gross: $0.45M

6. Abandoned (1949)

Passed | 79 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Newspaperman helps girl find her sister's illegitimate baby, gets mixed up in baby-adoption racket.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, Jeff Chandler, Meg Randall

Votes: 1,021

7. Page Miss Glory (1936)

G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

A bellhop in the No 1. hotel of a smalltown awaiting the arrival of Miss Glory dreams he has to page Miss Glory at a first class hotel in New York, and this turns out to be a nightmare. ... See full summary »

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Bernice Hansen, Jackie Morrow, The Varsity Three

Votes: 547

8. Dinner at Eight (1989 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

Society matron Millicent Jordan arranges a dinner party to honor some visiting aristocrat oblivious to the health and financial problems of her husband.

Director: Ron Lagomarsino | Stars: John Mahoney, Marsha Mason, Stacy Edwards, Charles Durning

Votes: 195

9. Free Eats (1932)

20 min | Short, Comedy, Family

The kids help capture a family of thieves.

Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Sherwood Bailey, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Dorothy DeBorba, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

Votes: 265

10. Tassels in the Air (1938)

Not Rated | 17 min | Comedy, Short

The stooges are janitors in an office building. They stencil the wrong names on all the offices, causing a rich lady to mistakes Moe for "Omay", a famous decorator (the real Omay gets "... See full summary »

Director: Charley Chase | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Gertrude Astor

Votes: 576

11. Ladies of the Jury (1932)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Mystery

Society matron Mrs. Crane (Edna May Oliver) is selected as a juror in the trial of ex-chorus girl Yvette Gordon (Jill Esmond), who's accused of murdering her rich elderly husband. In court,... See full summary »

Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Edna May Oliver, Jill Esmond, Roscoe Ates, Ken Murray

Votes: 424

12. Washee Ironee (1934)

Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Family, Short

Rich boy Waldo gets his clothes dirty playing football with the gang just before he has to go to his mother's society party. The gang tries to help him clean up.

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Wally Albright, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Scotty Beckett, Tommy Bond

Votes: 195

13. Seven Days Ashore (1944)

Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Circumstances force a womanizing playboy on leave from the Merchant Marine to ask two shipmates to help him by dating two surplus girlfriends.

Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Marcy McGuire, Dooley Wilson

Votes: 211

14. The Hour of 13 (1952)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

A jewel thief tries to mislead police who suspect that his theft of a valuable emerald is related to the serial murder of 11 policemen.

Director: Harold French | Stars: Peter Lawford, Dawn Addams, Roland Culver, Derek Bond

Votes: 388

15. The Donovan Affair (1929)

Passed | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The lights go out at a high-society dinner party and one of the guests is murdered. The police are summoned and Inspector Killian shows up with his assistant Carney. In order to get a clear... See full summary »

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, William Collier Jr., Agnes Ayres

Votes: 120

16. Poor Elmer (1938)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

This is not a "Scrappy" cartoon - The staff at a large big-city hospital is all bothered and nervously awaiting the arrival of a patient, named Elmer, and the doctors and nurses are busily ... See full summary »

Director: Sid Marcus | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Leone Le Doux, Danny Webb

Votes: 20

17. The Fortune Hunter (1927)

80 min | Comedy

Cafe bouncer Nat Duncan is astonished to see his old panhandling pal Handsome Harry visiting the cabaret in the company of a bejeweled matron. Harry persuades Nat that he too can marry ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Syd Chaplin, Helene Costello, Clara Horton, Duke Martin

18. The Headleys at Home (1938)

Approved | 69 min | Comedy

Mrs. Headley, wife of the town banker, sets out to impress her social circle with the news that her husband is a great friend of a well-known financier from New York who is coming to town. ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Beute | Stars: Evelyn Venable, Grant Mitchell, Robert Whitney, Betty Roadman

19. Goofy Goat (1931)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Goofy Goat thwarts a road hog in order to make it to the glee club on time and play the accordion in an amateur talent show.

Director: Ted Eshbaugh

Votes: 87

20. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: Old Fashioned Murder (1976)

TV-PG | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The head of a family-run museum murders her brother when he threatens to dissolve the financially strapped institution.

Director: Robert Douglas | Stars: Peter Falk, Joyce Van Patten, Jeannie Berlin, Tim O'Connor

Votes: 2,102

21. Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983)
Episode: The Society Party (1976)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney mingle at a dinner party that's being given by their boss's family.

Director: Garry Marshall | Stars: Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, Richard Stahl, Kathryn Ish

Votes: 185

22. Mr. Lucky (1959–1960)
Episode: The Sour Milk Fund (1960)

26 min | Drama, Thriller

An attractive Society matron who is anti-gambling/pro-children's milk fund charity,visits the Fortuna II and stages a publicity stunt to make her point.Andamo is smitten and convinces Mr. ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: John Vivyan, Ross Martin, Warren Stevens, Maureen Leeds

Votes: 37