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1. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 16,186 | Gross: $1.04M
2. Dead Reckoning (1946)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A soldier runs away rather than receive the Medal of Honor, so his buddy gets permission to investigate, and love and death soon follow.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane
Votes: 8,724
3. Dick Tracy (1937)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick.
Directors: Alan James, Ray Taylor | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette, Lee Van Atta
Votes: 652
4. 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: 52,239 | Gross: $7.00M
5.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988–1999)
Episode:
Beginning of the End
(1993)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Swarms of giant grasshoppers are headed straight for Chicago in Beginning of the End (1957). Mike catches the Mads off guard, Crow presents his latest screenplay "Peter Graves Goes to the ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Murphy | Stars: Trace Beaulieu, Michael J. Nelson, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy
Votes: 594
6. Blow-Up (1966)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle
Votes: 67,646
7. The Deep End (2001)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.
Directors: Scott McGehee, David Siegel | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker, Peter Donat
Votes: 11,992 | Gross: $8.82M
8. Dr. No (1962)
PG | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Bernard Lee, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 179,402 | Gross: $16.07M
9. The Endless Summer (1966)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Sport
The crown jewel to ten years of Bruce Brown surfing documentaries. Brown follows two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave, and ends up finding quite a few in addition to some colorful local characters.
Director: Bruce Brown | Stars: Robert August, Michael Hynson, Lord James Blears, Bruce Brown
Votes: 6,216
10. Hard Boiled (1992)
R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.
Director: John Woo | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan
Votes: 54,024
11. I Saw What You Did (1965)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Teenagers Libby and Kit innocently spend an evening making random prank calls that lead to murderous consequences.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson, Sara Lane
Votes: 3,441
12. The Last Tycoon (1976)
PG | 123 min | Drama, Romance
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau
Votes: 9,586 | Gross: $1.82M
13. The Parent Trap (1961)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Teenage twin sisters swap places and scheme to reunite their divorced parents.
Director: David Swift | Stars: Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charles Ruggles
Votes: 23,975
14. What About Bob? (1991)
PG | 99 min | Comedy
A successful psychotherapist loses his mind after one of his most dependent patients, an obsessive-compulsive neurotic, tracks him down during his family vacation.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Bill Murray, Richard Dreyfuss, Julie Hagerty, Charlie Korsmo
Votes: 74,469 | Gross: $63.71M
15. Hawaiian Nights (1927)
7 min | Short, Music
The Hawaiian Beach Scene Orchestra performs six local Hawaiian tunes for the Vitaphone cameras.
Star: The Hawaiian Beach Scene Orchestra
Votes: 15
17. Twinkle, Twinkle (1927)
11 min | Short, Comedy
Directing a want to be actor, P. T. Robinson to visually portray emotions, after he told the lady he just met. He tries to emote a variety of human actions for the actress after she asks him to portray some emotions. What an actor.
Stars: Joe E. Brown, Perquita Courtney
Votes: 9
18. The Happiness Boys (1927)
9 min | Short, Comedy, Music
The Happiness Boys: Ernie Hare and Billy Jones a comedic duo start by singing 'How Do You Do,' they then segue into 'Pardon Me While I Laugh'" They also entertain with some jokes and melodic harmonies for Vitaphone.
Stars: Billy Jones, Ernie Hare, Dave Kaplan
Votes: 10
19. Phil Ohman & Victor Arden (Piano Duetists) (1927)
7 min | Short, Music
Phil and Victor prove their virtuosity by entertaining us with three tunes on the piano in a variety of ways and remaining syncopated.
Stars: Phil Ohman, Victor Arden
Votes: 14
20. Harry Wayman and His 'Debutantes' (1928)
8 min | Short, Music
The 'Debutantes' was an all female orchestra led and directed by Harry Waiman doing some musical and dancing routines, Harrry accompanies with the violin.
Star: Harry Waiman
Votes: 35
21. Earl Burtnett and His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra (III) (1928)
9 min | Short, Music
The Earl Burtnett Orchestra offers a selection of tunes, including "What'll You Do?," "The Song Is Ended" and "Tiger Rag."
Stars: Earl Burtnett, Eddie Bush, Paul Gibbons, Bill Seckler
Votes: 20
22. Abe Lyman and His Orchestra (II) (1928)
10 min | Short, Music
Lyman and his orchestra perform "Waters of the Perkiomen," "Did You Mean It?" and "Varsity Drag."
Stars: Abe Lyman, Bill Neely
Votes: 14
23. Banjoland (1928)
9 min | Short, Music
We are treated with two banjo players, Eddie Peabody with assistance from Jimmy Maisel. Tune are: 1. 'On the Bock Row,' 2. 'Ramona' and 3. Medley of 'Diane/Together/Dream Kisses.'
Stars: Eddie Peabody, Jimmy Maisel
Votes: 12
24. Joseph E. Howard: America's Popular Composer (1928)
9 min | Short, Music
Joseph E. Howard presents some of his compositions: 1, 'Goodbye My Lady Love' used in 'Showboat,' 2. 'What's the Use of Dreaming,' 3. 'Oh Gee. Be Sweet to Me Dear,' and 4. 'I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now?'
Star: Joseph E. Howard
Votes: 11
25. Chaz Chase: 'the Unique Comedian' (1928)
7 min | Comedy, Short
Returns from a party and states that he's still hungry. He eats the cigar he was smoking and then does some shimmying around the room. He then proceeds to light and eat his matches and then... See full summary »
Director: Murray Roth | Star: Chaz Chase
Votes: 46
26. Roy Fox, the Whispering Cornetist, and His Orchestra (1929)
9 min | Short, Music
The Whispering Coronetist, Roy Fox and His Orchestra are broadcasting from Warner Bros. Studios and perform these three musical numbers: 1. 'Sally Of My Dreams,' 2. 'My Window of Dreams,' and 3. 'Louisiana.'
Director: Murray Roth | Star: Roy Fox
Votes: 13
27. Guido Deiro: World's Foremost Piano-Accordionist (1929)
6 min | Short, Music
His right hand virtually flies over the keyboard on the accordion. No announcement of tunes are made before playing them.
Director: Doc Salomon | Star: Guido Deiro
Votes: 18
28. Harlem-Mania (1929)
8 min | Short, Music
Opens with a man singing. He is followed by a couple of tap dancers and a comic drummer who is also unique. The person playing the keyboards may not ever be outperformed.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: The Norman Thomas Quintette, Stanley Brown, Alphonse Kennedy, Norman Thomas
Votes: 23
29. Always Faithful (1929)
11 min | Short, Drama
The wife and secretary of a mine operator attempt to conceal their romantic affair.
Director: Alfred A. Cohn | Stars: Blanche Sweet, William B. Davidson, John Litel
Votes: 22
30. For Sale (1929)
6 min | Short, Comedy
A salesman tries to sell life insurance, hair tonic, and girth reducing exercise equipment and anything else to a man who doesn't want any of it.
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Gregory Ratoff, Lila Georgie, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 11
31. You Don't Know the Half of It (1929)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Music
A comedic team. The Ann seems to try and come across as a Mae West type. Jay plays the role of the straight partner.
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Jay Brennan, Ann Butler
Votes: 39
32. The Unguarded Moment (1956)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A beautiful teacher is protective of a high school boy who sexually harassed her, and later he becomes a murder suspect.
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Esther Williams, George Nader, John Saxon, Edward Andrews
Votes: 488
33. About Time (1962 TV Movie)
53 min | Animation
A brief examination of the perplexing subject called time, told in storybook fashion.
Directors: Owen Crump, Phil Monroe | Stars: Frank Baxter, Richard Deacon, Les Tremayne, Mel Blanc
Votes: 31
34. Hemo the Magnificent (1957 TV Movie)
60 min | Animation, Family
An animated documentary about blood and the circulatory system. It was one of a series on bodily systems.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Richard Carlson, Frank Baxter, Mel Blanc, June Foray
Votes: 291
35. The Unchained Goddess (1958 TV Movie)
57 min | Animation
A scientist and a writer explain the various meteorological phenomena to Meteora, the goddess of weather, while giving an insight into the technology involved in predicting them and warning about the threat of global climate change.
Directors: Richard Carlson, William T. Hurtz | Stars: Richard Carlson, Frank Baxter, Bernard C. Hunt, Mel Blanc
Votes: 132
36. Twist Around the Clock (1961)
TV-Y7 | 83 min | Musical
The plot is virtually identical to the plot of the earlier film "Rock Around the Clock": A struggling manager visits a hayseed town, discovers a new dance craze, and hopes to turn it into a... See full summary »
Director: Oscar Rudolph | Stars: Chubby Checker, Dion DiMucci, Vicki Spencer, The Marcels
Votes: 249
37. Don't Knock the Twist (1962)
Approved | 86 min | Musical
Many twist-dancers meet to prepare for the TV variety show "The Twist." While the special is still in the production stages, jealousies lead to problems--and a whole lot of dancing.
Director: Oscar Rudolph | Stars: Chubby Checker, Gene Chandler, Vic Dana, Linda Scott
Votes: 296
38. Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
After gumshoe Mike Shayne is hired by a millionaire to keep his daughter away from gambling and gamblers, he becomes involved in the murder of a racetrack tout.
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Valerie, Walter Abel
Votes: 604
39. The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.
Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Helene Reynolds, Henry Wilcoxon
Votes: 682
40. Sleepers West (1941)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Mike Shayne tries to distinguish criminals from red herrings as he escorts a surprise witness via rail to a high profile trial in San Francisco.
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Louis Jean Heydt
Votes: 636
41. Blue, White and Perfect (1942)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Mystery
Detective Michael Shayne boards a Hawaii-bound ocean liner on the trail of stolen industrial diamonds and a German smuggling ring.
Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Helene Reynolds, George Reeves
Votes: 536
42. The Frightened Lady (1940)
75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
"Mark's Priory," the Lebanons' family seat, is a house of terror to Ilsa Crane, Lady Lebanon's niece and secretary. The strange behavior of two sinister footmen, Gilder and Brooks, adds ... See full summary »
Director: George King | Stars: Marius Goring, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Helen Haye, Felix Aylmer
Votes: 357
43. Brass Monkey (1948)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
Radio personality Carroll Levis becomes involved in a case of theft and murder.
Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Carroll Levis, Carole Landis, Herbert Lom, Avril Angers
Votes: 210
44. Third Time Lucky (1949)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A gambler falls in love with a naive young girl. He thinks she is bringing him good luck. Then his main gambling rival arrives and he desires the girl as well.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Glynis Johns, Dermot Walsh, Charles Goldner, Harcourt Williams
Votes: 128
45. The Frightened Bride (1952)
Not Rated | 75 min | Drama
A family struggles to try to put their life back together after the eldest son is convicted of, and then executed for, murder.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Mai Zetterling, Michael Denison, Flora Robson, Dennis Price
Votes: 75
46. Breakaway (1956)
Not Rated | 72 min | Crime, Drama
Suave veteran private eye Duke Martin is on the trail of a secret formula and a kidnapped girl.
Director: Henry Cass | Stars: Tom Conway, Michael Balfour, Honor Blackman, Brian Worth
Votes: 161
47. Don't Get Nervous (1929)
TV-G | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Georgie Price tells Bryan Foy, who is to direct his short film, that he is nervous about performing to a camera and microphone instead of an audience. He then sings a couple songs, in an Al Jolson/Eddie Cantor style.
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Georgie Price, Bryan Foy, Harold Levey, Frank McNellis
Votes: 90
48. Rarin' to Go (1929)
7 min | Short, Comedy
A cowboy, Jack just came to the golden west in a comedy skit. He fiddles around with a lariat. He meets a cowgirl named Elsie and asks her to dance for him.
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Jack Kraft, Elsie Lamont
Votes: 15
49. Grace Johnston and the Indiana Five (1929)
7 min | Short, Music
Grace starts the film by singing 'That's My Baby.' The five band members do an instrumental, then Grace sings 'Rag Doll.'
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Grace Johnston, The Indiana Five, Samuel Castino, Harry Ford
Votes: 12
50. Fred Allen's Prize Playlets (1929)
6 min | Short, Comedy
Mr. Fiasco, a producer of plays gets three plays explained to him. In one of the plays, a man chooses scotch for a drink and dies. In the second play the man slaps his new wife in the face ... See full summary »
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Fred Allen, Rose Herbert, Herbert Miller, Betsy O'Day
Votes: 10
51. Faint Heart (1929)
15 min | Short, Comedy
Felix Rudolff is a dressmaker tailor and later dresses like a policeman after seeing a parade He becomes a rookie policeman who handcuffs Dynamite Dan. He doesn't stay captured. Felix ... See full summary »
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Bert Lahr, Bobbe Arnst, Harry Shannon, Malcolm Duncan
Votes: 21
52. Talking It Over (1930)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Sings a song he and five others wrote, 'You Want Lovin', and I Want Love.' Does a comedy skit. Then he sings another song he says he wrote, 'Can't You Understand?'
Director: Murray Roth | Star: Jack Osterman
Votes: 10
53. Idle Chatter (1930)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Says how much he likes ballet. He wonders why the girls are always running with no one chasing them. And the male dancers are always running to the female dancers. Then he does an amalgam of nursery rhyme lines in a long dissertation.
Director: Murray Roth | Star: Lou Holtz
Votes: 7
54. Scotch Taffy (1930)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Opens and closes with a tune. Says he had only one customer in the last three years. Turns out he was a Scottish man with a lot of stories and some son bits.
Director: Edmund Joseph | Star: Scott Sanders
Votes: 7
55. The Poor Fish (1933)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Leon's wife catches him with an actor dressed as a woman and misunderstands.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Leon Errol, Luella Gear, Lynne Overman, Harry Tyler
Votes: 8
56. Strong and Willing (1930)
6 min | Musical, Short
Trixie does 'Rosie O'Kerry' in different voices and does a few nationality skits to the same tune.
Star: Trixie Friganza
Votes: 17
57. A Private Engagement (1930)
9 min | Short, Comedy, Music
The Yacht Club Boys sing at a private party for George Mellon and his daughter. There are four of them, one of whom plays the piano, two play the guitar, and fourth plays the violin.
Stars: The Yacht Club Boys, Donald Kent, Frank Kingdon, Gloria Shea
Votes: 11
58. Crimes Square (1931)
9 min | Short, Crime, Drama
When a crook decides to go straight, his jealous cast off moll exposes him to the police.
Director: Arthur Hurley | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Mary Doran, Barton MacLane
Votes: 28
59. Harmonizing Songs (1930)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Jack King plays the piano and also asks her questions. Josephine goes through some songs and quips with vocal harmonizing.
Director: Arthur Hurley | Stars: Josephine Harmon, Jack King
Votes: 19
60. The Office Scandal (1930)
8 min | Short, Comedy
Charlie to be hired by Mr. Depew as an office boy. Julie is married to another man and to Mr. Depew. It doesn't take long before Charlie is fired. Who is the second husband?
Stars: Edgar Bergen, Christina Graver, Charlie McCarthy
Votes: 22
61. The Gigolo Racket (1931)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Drama, Musical
As a publicity stunt, a musical comedy star announces her engagement to a young man she believes is a gigolo, with whom she eventually falls in love.
Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Helen Morgan, Reed Brown Jr., John Hamilton, Winifred Harris
Votes: 15
62. Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
Approved | 70 min | Mystery
When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood, Thomas Beck
Votes: 1,600
63. North by Northwest (1959)
Approved | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis
Votes: 346,178 | Gross: $13.28M
64. The Grilling (1981)
87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.
Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault, Romy Schneider, Guy Marchand
Votes: 5,339
65. Larceny in Her Heart (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
In the second of the PRC "Michael Shayne" series,civic crusader Burton Stallings hires private detective Michael Shayne to locate the former's missing step-daughter Helen. Shayne discovers ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, Ralph Dunn, Paul Bryar
Votes: 80
66. Too Many Winners (1947)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Michael Shayne accepts an assignment to investigate a gang of pari-mutual race tickets counterfeiters over the protests of his secretary, Phyllis Hamilton, who wants him to join her on a ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Hugh Beaumont, Trudy Marshall, Ralph Dunn, Claire Carleton
Votes: 104
67. Blonde for a Day (1946)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A newspaper reporter, Tim Rourke (Paul Bryar) keeps writing articles attacking the police department for its failure to solve a chain of murders, and this nearly leads to the reporter's ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Hugh Beaumont, Kathryn Adams, Cy Kendall, Marjorie Hoshelle
Votes: 145
68. Three on a Ticket (1947)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his hand. He ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, Paul Bryar, Ralph Dunn
Votes: 98
69. Murder Is My Business (1946)
Passed | 64 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Private eye tries to find a killer.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Hugh Beaumont, Cheryl Walker, Lyle Talbot, George Meeker
Votes: 123
70. The Locket (1946)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Just before a wedding, the bridegroom hears a complex tale painting his lovely bride as devilish and unbalanced.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond
Votes: 3,064
71. 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
72. Lights of New York (1928)
Passed | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A gangster frames two bootleggers for the shooting of a police officer in New York during the prohibition.
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Mary Carr, Wheeler Oakman
Votes: 943 | Gross: $1.20M
73. A Musicale Melange (1929)
7 min | Short, Music
Director: Murray Roth | Stars: Kjerulf's Mayfair Quintette, Myra Dennis, Gladys Hubmer, Barbara Kjerulf
Votes: 25
74. Melodious Moments (1928)
8 min | Short, Music
Stars: The Croonaders, Al Garry, Cy Kahn, Marcy Klauber
Votes: 15
75. Resurrection (1980)
PG | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy
A woman enters the afterlife briefly after a car crash that kills her husband. But she survives - and finds herself possessing strange powers.
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Roberts Blossom
Votes: 3,419 | Gross: $3.91M
76. When Comedy Was King (1960)
81 min | Comedy, Documentary
A feature-length documentary devoted to the great clowns of silent comedy.
Director: Robert Youngson | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel
Votes: 350
77. The Big Sleep (1946)
Passed | 114 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail and what might be love.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers
Votes: 90,523 | Gross: $6.54M
78. Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
Not Rated | 169 min | Documentary, History
A documentary on how Los Angeles has been used and depicted in the movies.
Director: Thom Andersen | Stars: Encke King, Ben Alexander, Jim Backus, Brenda Bakke
Votes: 2,736
79. Otley (1969)
M | 92 min | Comedy
Gerald Otley, wannabe antiques dealer, is kicked out of his flat for failing to pay rent, sleeps at a friend's house for the night, wakes up two days later in an airport field, and finds himself entangled in international espionage.
Director: Dick Clement | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Romy Schneider, Alan Badel, James Villiers
Votes: 574
80. The Pink Panther (1963)
Approved | 115 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
The bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink Panther".
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine
Votes: 56,665 | Gross: $10.88M
81. Run a Crooked Mile (1969 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. He finds a key on the floor and goes to his boss to get help... See full summary »
Director: Gene Levitt | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Mary Tyler Moore, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Stanley Holloway
Votes: 219
82. They Live (1988)
R | 94 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George 'Buck' Flower
Votes: 145,474 | Gross: $13.01M
83. The Night Walker (1964)
Passed | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Judi Meredith, Hayden Rorke
Votes: 2,473
84. Dark Intruder (1965)
Approved | 59 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Police call in occult expert to help solve series of murders.
Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Peter Mark Richman, Judi Meredith, Gilbert Green
Votes: 475
85. Violent Saturday (1955)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Three hoodlums carefully case a small town while planning to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday. On Saturday, things turn violent and deadly.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Stephen McNally, Virginia Leith
Votes: 2,870
86. The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
Passed | 78 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Thriller
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf; then meets a tall dark man Alexis, who seems to know all about such things.
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, Richard Carlson
Votes: 2,219
87. It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
While hospitalized young Billy meets his silent movie idol Tim Bart but then the talkies came, destroying Bart's career. Now Bart must convince his young friend he is still a star.
Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Richard Dix, Fay Wray, Victor Kilian, Charles Arnt
Votes: 702
88. Adventure in Sahara (1938)
Approved | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and oppressive Captain Savatt (C. Henry Gordon). To it comes, at his own request, Legionnaire Jim ... See full summary »
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Paul Kelly, C. Henry Gordon, Lorna Gray, Robert Fiske
Votes: 443
89. Power of the Press (1943)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During WWII, the publisher of the isolationist New York Gazette is murdered just as he was about to change the paper's policy and support the US war effort. His friend, a small town patriotic editor, is brought in to find the culprits.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Guy Kibbee, Lee Tracy, Gloria Dickson, Otto Kruger
Votes: 476
90. Shockproof (1949)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A parole officer falls in love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey, Esther Minciotti
Votes: 2,292
91. Scandal Sheet (1952)
Passed | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The editor of an exploitation newspaper commits a murder and assigns his protégé to investigate hoping to divert attention away from himself.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Derek, Donna Reed, Broderick Crawford, Rosemary DeCamp
Votes: 3,477
92. The Crimson Kimono (1959)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta, Anna Lee
Votes: 3,112
93. Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A teenager who witnesses the murder of his father vows to exact revenge on the four mobsters involved in the killing.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Dolores Dorn, Beatrice Kay, Paul Dubov
Votes: 3,924
94. Probe (1972 TV Movie)
100 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
High-tech investigations company World Securities uses Agents, called Probes, to solve various international cases, such as the retrieval of a famous diamond collection stolen by the Nazis during World War II.
Director: Russ Mayberry | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Elke Sommer, Burgess Meredith, Lilia Skala
Votes: 229
95. The Old Dark House (1932)
Passed | 72 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
Director: James Whale | Stars: Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart
Votes: 13,105 | Gross: $0.03M
96. The World of Henry Orient (1964)
Approved | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Peter Sellers, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth, Paula Prentiss
Votes: 3,845
97. Giant (1956)
G | 201 min | Drama, Western
Sprawling epic covering the life of a Texas cattle rancher and his family and associates.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker
Votes: 42,245
98. King of Jazz (1930)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Musical
American Pre-Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his Jazz orchestra.
Directors: John Murray Anderson, Walter Lantz | Stars: Paul Whiteman, John Boles, Laura La Plante, Jeanette Loff
Votes: 1,612
99. Cat People (1942)
Not Rated | 73 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
An American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph
Votes: 25,991 | Gross: $4.00M
100. Stiletto (1969)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he's a professional hitman for the mob . When he decides it's time to retire, he finds his former employers don't like the idea of someone who... See full summary »
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Alex Cord, Britt Ekland, Patrick O'Neal, Joseph Wiseman
Votes: 302
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