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1. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre
Votes: 166,751 | Gross: $2.11M
2. The Allnighter (1987)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Romance
A Southern California coed parties with her roommates and flirts with a surfer next door.
Director: Tamar Simon Hoffs | Stars: Susanna Hoffs, Dedee Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack, John Terlesky
Votes: 1,487 | Gross: $2.70M
3. Spellbound (1945)
Approved | 111 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance
A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll
Votes: 52,296 | Gross: $7.00M
4. Topper (1937)
Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke
Votes: 8,334
5. Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Passed | 76 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
After being dumped by his girlfriend, an airline pilot pursues a babysitter in his hotel and gradually realizes she's dangerous.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran
Votes: 8,507
6. A King in New York (1957)
G | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
A recently-deposed European monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde, Oliver Johnston
Votes: 8,889
7. The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Passed | 96 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva
Votes: 9,676 | Gross: $2.70M
8. Hotel (1967)
GP | 124 min | Drama
A historical New Orleans hotel struggles to financially survive while the dramas of its various guests unfold.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden, Melvyn Douglas
Votes: 1,659
9. Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Two employees of a secluded hotel investigate a murder on the premises in which the goofy bellboy is the prime suspect.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Lenore Aubert
Votes: 4,234
10. Wicked, Wicked (1973)
PG | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A tongue-in-cheek psycho movie in "Duo-vision." The entire feature employs the split-screen technique used in parts of Brian De Palma's "Sisters" that same year. As a handyman at a seacoast... See full summary »
Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: David Bailey, Tiffany Bolling, Randolph Roberts, Scott Brady
Votes: 684
11. Room Service (1938)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy
A penniless theatrical producer must outwit the hotel efficiency expert trying to evict him from his room, while securing a backer for his new play.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Lucille Ball
Votes: 5,550
12. The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In 1960s Germany, criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse uses hypnotized victims and the surveillance equipment of a Nazi-era bugged hotel to steal nuclear technology from a visiting American industrialist.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Wolfgang Preiss
Votes: 3,812
13. Ship Ahoy (1942)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, Bert Lahr, Virginia O'Brien
Votes: 717
14. Blondie (1938)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Family
Dagwood loses his job on the eve of his and Blondie's fifth wedding anniversary.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Daisy
Votes: 874
15. The Concrete Cowboys (1979 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
Two ex-cowboys from Montana wind up on the run when they are set up by a corrupt sheriff. They arrive in Nashville, where they open up a detective agency and soon they are hired to foil a kidnapping involving a singer.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Jerry Reed, Tom Selleck, Morgan Fairchild, Claude Akins
Votes: 95
16. All in a Night's Work (1961)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
Tony Ryder takes over his dead uncle's media empire while trying to keep quiet the mysterious circumstances of his death in a Palm Beach hotel room.
Director: Joseph Anthony | Stars: Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Cliff Robertson, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 973
17. Finding Mrs. Claus (2012 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
When Mrs. Claus (Mira Sorvino) feels neglected by her less than attentive husband (Will Sasso), she goes to Las Vegas to help a little girl with her Christmas wish.
Director: Mark Jean | Stars: Mira Sorvino, Laura Vandervoort, Andrew W. Walker, Geoff Gustafson
Votes: 1,087
18. Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy
A man tries passing off a socially awkward fellow as a Casanova in the hopes of marrying off his would be sister-in-law.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Buster Keaton, Charlotte Greenwood, Reginald Denny, Cliff Edwards
Votes: 1,011
19. Verano peligroso (1991)
90 min | Comedy, Crime
The newly married Claudia spends her first night with the godfather of her wedding, because in the drunkenness of the celebration they got confused.
Director: René Cardona Jr. | Stars: Alejandra Guzmán, Omar Fierro, Sebastian Ligarde, Antonio
Votes: 55
20. The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An improbable stuttering bishop from Australia asks for Perry's help in proving the identity of the legitimate heir to a millionaire.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Donald Woods, Ann Dvorak, Anne Nagel, Linda Perry
Votes: 594
21. They Were So Young (1954)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A model agency in Rio de Janeiro is actually a front for a white-slavery ring that kidnaps European women and sells them on the South American sex market.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Scott Brady, Johanna Matz, Raymond Burr, Ingrid Stenn
Votes: 234
22. Big City Blues (1932)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Drama
Young man from small town moves to New York City looking for better life.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Joan Blondell, Eric Linden, Jobyna Howland, Ned Sparks
Votes: 887
23. Rio Rita (1942)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, War
Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson, John Carroll
Votes: 1,283
24. Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)
Passed | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In this episode captain Drummond tries to find the killer of various people. All assassinations were provoked by a diamond of great value, but Drummond will face the danger.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny
Votes: 655
25. Suddenly It's Spring (1947)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
Fred wants to start a new life with a new wife, but it isn't easy to give Paulette the gate for another mate.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Macdonald Carey, Arleen Whelan
Votes: 295
26. The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Delia's father murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires reformed thief Michael to find killer and jewels before police suspect him.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Warren William, Eric Blore, Joan Perry, Alan Baxter
Votes: 443
27. It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A reporter who wants to solve crimes gets into comic scrapes with a beautiful stranger and a misunderstood dog.
Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Carole Landis, Allyn Joslyn, Margo Woode, Harry Morgan
Votes: 207
28. The Golf Specialist (1930)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Sport
J. Effingham Bellweather plays golf despite many slapstick setbacks.
Director: Monte Brice | Stars: W.C. Fields, Allan Bennett, William Black, Naomi Casey
Votes: 1,251
29. Láska hory prenásí (2022)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
A screwball comedy about wedding preparations, set in a mountain hotel, told successively from the point of view of three different characters.
Director: Jakub Machala | Stars: Anna Fialová, Natalia Germani, Marek Lambora, Richard Stanke
Votes: 58
30. The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A light-hearted comedy when a bit player in a musical tries to convince her friends that she is a countess.
Director: Karl Freund | Stars: Fay Wray, Paul Lukas, Reginald Owen, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 35
31. Girl Missing (1933)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Two sassy gold-diggers stranded in Palm Beach become involved in the case of a fellow chorine who goes missing on her wedding night.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Glenda Farrell, Ben Lyon, Mary Brian, Lyle Talbot
Votes: 503
32. 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy
A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.
Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: Theda Bara, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Glenn Tryon
Votes: 608
33. You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Romance
The marriage of college sweethearts Andrew and Clara is going stale after 5 years. Andrew is a hard worker at the firm, but it seems that all he does is work. When Mr. Battincourt from ... See full summary »
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Robert Coote, Virginia Vale
Votes: 417
34. Guest Wife (1945)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A newspaper correspondent who has convinced his publisher he is married implores his friend's wife to pose as his bride.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, Dick Foran, Charles Dingle
Votes: 500
35. Josette (1938)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Don Ameche, Simone Simon, Robert Young, Joan Davis
Votes: 150
36. Honeymoon Hotel (1934)
TV-G | 7 min | Family, Animation, Musical
After introducing the small town Bugtown, inhabitated by bugs, this short shows what happens to two honeymooning lovebugs at the Honeymoon Hotel in town, due to the fact, that their love is a little bit to hot.
Directors: Earl Duvall, Friz Freleng | Stars: Bernard B. Brown, Shirley Reed, The Rhythmettes, The Varsity Three
Votes: 274
37. Dangerous Number (1937)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Romance
Artificial-silk manufacturer Hank Medhill has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Hank convinces Eleanor to leave her ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Reginald Owen, Cora Witherspoon
Votes: 290
38. Broadminded (1931)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Romance
Jack's father is sending him away to keep him from gambling, booze, girls, and late nights. He has Ossie go as Jack's companion, not knowing that Ossie does the same things as Jack. They ... See full summary »
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Ona Munson, William Collier Jr., Marjorie White
Votes: 362
39. Take It Big (1944)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A rancher puts on a show to raise money so he can save his dude ranch from bankruptcy.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Jack Haley, Harriet Nelson, Mary Beth Hughes, Richard Lane
Votes: 34
40. The Life of the Party (1937)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Dr. Molnac and his musical troupe; Beggs, the manager; Mitzi Martos, a singer; Mitzi's agent Pauline; society scion Barry Saunders and his "keeper" Oliver Goodwin, are en route to Santa ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Joe Penner, Gene Raymond, Harry Einstein, Harriet Nelson
Votes: 202
41. One Day in Hollywood (1924)
18 min | Short, Comedy
A philandering husband at the beach with his wife finds himself driven to distraction by several bathing beauties, who have their eyes on a dimwitted lifeguard.
Director: John Frederick Caldwell | Stars: Hank Mann, Gale Henry, John Frederick Caldwell, Buddy the Dog
Votes: 13
42. Young Ironsides (1932)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Harry is hired by a rich family to stop their daughter from entering a beauty contest.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Charley Chase, Muriel Evans, Clarence Wilson, Heinie Conklin
Votes: 83
43. Ladies' Day (1943)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. His teammates try to get him to settle down with one woman so they can start winning some games.
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Lupe Velez, Eddie Albert, Patsy Kelly, Max Baer
Votes: 230
44. Pink Pajamas (1964)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Pink Panther goes to a hotel and gets chased by an angry hotel detective.
Directors: Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt
Votes: 352
45. The Great Junction Hotel (1931)
18 min | Short, Comedy
A Masquers' Club spoof short. Newly-weds spend their wedding night in a run-down hotel, watched over by an under-employed house detective. When the bride goes missing, the groom (Horton) is... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller, Harry Gribbon, Richard Carle
Votes: 24
46. Lady Scarface (1941)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Lieutenant Bill Mason (Dennis O'Keefe) pursues a Chicago gang to New York City, unaware that its scar-cheeked leader, Slade (Dame Judith Anderson), is a woman.
Director: Frank Woodruff | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Judith Anderson, Frances E. Neal, Mildred Coles
Votes: 309
47. Lza ksiecia ciemnosci (1993)
93 min | Horror
Tallinn, Estonia, days before outbreak of World War II. Hotel detective and Polish writer team up to find Tear of the Prince of Darkness, a legendary ring which can bring Satan's rule over the world.
Director: Marek Piestrak | Stars: Hanna Dunowska, Tomasz Stockinger, Vasiliy Lanovoy, Aarne Üksküla
Votes: 136
48. Havana Rose (1951)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Ambassador Rico DeMarco is in Washington trying to raise a $5 million loan for his hard-pressed country, Lower Salamia. Filbert Filmore and his domineering wife are about to sign on the ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Estelita Rodriguez, Bill Williams, Hugh Herbert, Florence Bates
Votes: 20
49. Dollar Dizzy (1930)
Passed | 26 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Charley and Thelma are millionaires, each trying to elude suitors who are trying to marry them for their money.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Charley Chase, Thelma Todd, Edgar Kennedy, James Finlayson
Votes: 130
50. A Maid Made Mad (1943)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Short
Andy is left alone to mind the clothing store while his wife goes to the Amazon Hotel for Women to practice rolling bandages for the Red Cross. A woman comes in to buy a pair of shoes and ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Andy Clyde, Barbara Pepper, Gwen Kenyon, Mabel Forrest
Votes: 15