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1. Flash Gordon (1936)
Passed | 245 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Alexis Zarkov visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless, who has set his planet on a collision course with Earth.
Directors: Frederick Stephani, Ray Taylor | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Priscilla Lawson
Votes: 2,662
2. Ball of Fire (1941)
Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Romance
A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka, Henry Travers
Votes: 14,074
3. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie
Votes: 11,696
4. Topper Returns (1941)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
A fun-loving young woman is murdered after trading bedrooms with her wealthy friend. Her ghost seeks aid from Topper to find the murderer.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke
Votes: 3,421
5. F.C. De Kampioenen (1990–2020)
33 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Oscar Crucke is the coach of substandard enthusiasts soccer team F.C. De Kampioenen. His marriage to Pascale is challenged by president Boma, who loves her while renting the clubhouse to them. Teenage daughter Bieke troubles housekeeping.
Stars: Danni Heylen, Marijn De Valck, An Swartenbroekx, Loes van den Heuvel
Votes: 1,468
6. Treasure Island (1934)
Passed | 110 min | Adventure, Family
Young Jim Hawkins is torn between his loyalty to his benefactors and his affection for lovable rogue Long John Silver in their struggle to recover a buried pirate treasure.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Lionel Barrymore, Otto Kruger
Votes: 3,170 | Gross: $2.54M
7. Tarzan Escapes (1936)
Passed | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Family
An expedition seeking to bring Jane back to civilization, and Tarzan into captivity, gets more than it's bargained for.
Directors: Richard Thorpe, John Farrow, James C. McKay, George B. Seitz, William A. Wellman | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Buckler, Benita Hume
Votes: 3,607
8. Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
Passed | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Tarzan's jungle home, and his family, Jane and Boy, are threatened by men greedy for gold.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Reginald Owen
Votes: 3,176
9. Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952)
Passed | 81 min | Action, Adventure
Tarzan acts as a guide for two British government agents recently arrived in Africa to secure a great cache of diamonds for the English military. However, the agents are not what they seem.
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Lex Barker, Dorothy Hart, Patric Knowles, Charles Korvin
Votes: 523
10. The Trap (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Mystery
When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung, Tanis Chandler
Votes: 1,229
11. The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
Passed | 66 min | Mystery
A bedridden eccentric millionaire, anticipating his own murder, hires Mason to help him rewrite his will, and the lawyer ends up defending the caretaker's cat.
Directors: William C. McGann, Alan Crosland | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Jane Bryan, Craig Reynolds
Votes: 787
12. Li'l Abner (1940)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
The goings-on in the rural Southern community of Dogpatch, USA.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Jeff York, Martha O'Driscoll, Mona Ray, Johnnie Morris
Votes: 522
13. The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
Approved | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of twenty-four.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Robert Donat, Geoffrey Atkins, Jean Cadell, Robert Morley
Votes: 445
14. Fog Over Frisco (1934)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
The lifestyles of Arlene and Valkyr Bradford, half-sisters from a respected San Francisco family, diverge markedly as Arlene takes up with criminals.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot
Votes: 1,750
15. The Devil with Hitler (1942)
Approved | 44 min | Short, Comedy
Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the Devil on notice and they intend to ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Mowbray, Bobby Watson, George E. Stone, Joe Devlin
Votes: 242
16. Girl with an Itch (1958)
Approved | 77 min | Drama
A lonely, widowed middle-aged ranch owner gives a ride to a sexy blonde hitchhiker, When she finds out about the ranch he owns she figures he'll be an easy mark, but his suspicious son may spoil her plans.
Director: Ronald V. Ashcroft | Stars: Kathy Marlowe, Robert Armstrong, Robert Clarke, Scott Douglas
Votes: 38
17. Blondie Goes Latin (1941)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Dagwood disguises himself as a drummer in the ship's conga band to sneak aboard a South American cruise ship. Blondie performs several song-and-dance routines.
Directors: Frank R. Strayer, Robert Sparks | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Daisy
Votes: 328
18. The Great Gildersleeve (1942)
Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Gildersleeve, a small town bachelor, has slapstick troubles with a husband-hunting woman and two helpful kids.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Harold Peary, Jane Darwell, Nancy Gates, Charles Arnt
Votes: 413
19. The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)
Passed | 67 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An enigmatic gang leader known as "The Boss," who is a dead-ringer for Simon, puts "The Saint" under suspicion of murder.
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: George Sanders, Helene Reynolds, Jonathan Hale, Bela Lugosi
Votes: 850
20. One Dangerous Night (1942)
Approved | 77 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A "Lone Wolf" advenure. The Lone Wolf tries to clear himself of a charge of murdering a blackmailer.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Warren William, Eric Blore, Marguerite Chapman, Mona Barrie
Votes: 192
21. The Falcon in Danger (1943)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
After a passenger plane crash lands at a local airport, the rescue crew is shocked to find there is no one aboard.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard, Amelita Ward
Votes: 793
22. The Westland Case (1937)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A detective must solve a case where a girl was murdered in a room--and all the doors and windows were locked from the inside.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Carol Hughes, Barbara Pepper
Votes: 150
23. The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Lew Ayres, Gilbert Roland, Karen Morley
Votes: 306
24. Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
College-bound Andy blurts marriage proposals to his sweetheart Polly and her pert swimmer friend Sheila.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden
Votes: 629
25. Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
Michael Lanyard is hired to safeguard gems intended to finance a foreign nation's battle for liberty.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Warren William, Ruth Ford, Roger Clark, Victor Jory
Votes: 127
26. The Fighting Guerrillas (1943)
Approved | 73 min | Action, Drama, War
German troops invade Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941. After the government surrenders, Serbian Army Colonel Draza Mihailovic leads a freedom fighting group of guerrillas, the Chetniks, who launch a resistance movement against the Axis occupation troops.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Philip Dorn, Anna Sten, Shepperd Strudwick, Virginia Gilmore
Votes: 267
27. Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Mystery
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn help an Arkansas preacher falsely accused of murder.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Billy Cook, Donald O'Connor, Porter Hall, Phil Warren
Votes: 65
28. The Man I Love (1929)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
An arrogant boxer named Dum-Dum Brooks romances beautiful Celia Fields, but then falls for temptress Sonia Barondoff on the eve of the big fight.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Olga Baclanova, Harry Green
Votes: 87
29. Tish (1942)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Letitia "Tish" Carberry, an eccentric New England spinster, lives with her nephew, Charlie Sands, and her two cronies, Aggie Pilkington and Lizzie Wilkins, live in a near-by boarding house.... See full summary »
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Marjorie Main, Zasu Pitts, Aline MacMahon, Susan Peters
Votes: 285
30. Speakeasy (1929)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Newspaper staffer Alice Woods persuades the editor to allow her to chase a story, that of prizefight contender Martin, who is about to fight for the championship. However, he does not know that his manager is preparing to double-cross him.
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Paul Page, Lola Lane, Henry B. Walthall, Helen Ware
Votes: 83
31. Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Henry (James Lydon) gets into another jam when he becomes the editor of the Centerville Hish School newspaper. The Fire Chief suspects him when he covers fires.
Director: Hugh Bennett | Stars: Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, John Litel, Olive Blakeney
Votes: 159
32. Skinner Steps Out (1929)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
William Henry Skinner's young wife has great confidence in her husband's abilities and is ambitious for his success. He informs her of his importance at the office; but in reality he is an ... See full summary »
Director: William James Craft | Stars: Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy, E.J. Ratcliffe, Burr McIntosh
Votes: 12
33. Leave It to Henry (1949)
Passed | 57 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Henry Latham and town Mayor Colton continue their misadventures in Smalltown, America. This time, twelve-year-old David Latham is testifying at the trial of his father, Henry, who is ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Raymond Walburn, Walter Catlett, Gary Gray, Mary Stuart
Votes: 30
34. Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943)
Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Henry Aldrich becomes the most sought after guy in town when he wins a date with a movie star.
Director: Hugh Bennett | Stars: Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, John Litel, Olive Blakeney
Votes: 133
35. Frisco Lil (1942)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her father of a murder charge. She also falls in love with lawyer Brewster.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Irene Hervey, Kent Taylor, Minor Watson, Jerome Cowan
Votes: 28
36. The Acquittal (1923)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
When a wealthy man is found murdered in his bedroom, one of his two adopted sons is arrested and charged with the killing. However, the verdict at his trial is an acquittal. Since the ... See full summary »
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Claire Windsor, Norman Kerry, Barbara Bedford, Richard Travers
37. Mountain Rhythm (1943)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Music
The Weaver family buys some farmland in California, but the headmaster of a nearby boys school doesn't want them as neighbors, and before long the boys at the school are causing trouble for the Weavers.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, June Weaver, Lynn Merrick
Votes: 16
38. Springtime for Henry (1934)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
Springtime for Henry is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Otto Kruger, Nancy Carroll and Nigel Bruce. It was based on a play of the same name by Benn W. Levy which enjoyed an eight-month run on Broadway.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Otto Kruger, Nancy Carroll, Nigel Bruce, Heather Angel
Votes: 29
39. Wild Beauty (1946)
Passed | 61 min | Action, Drama, Western
A pretty school teacher (Lois Collier)---make that a very pretty school teacher---, a doctor (Don Porter) who disapproves of the white man's attitude toward Indians, and a young Indian boy ... See full summary »
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Don Porter, Lois Collier, Jacqueline deWit, Robert Wilcox
Votes: 8