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1. High Society (1956)
Not Rated | 111 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm
Votes: 17,555 | Gross: $13.00M
2. Walk Don't Run (1966)
Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Romance
During the housing shortage of the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, two men and a woman share a small apartment in Tokyo, and the older man soon starts playing Cupid to the younger pair.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton, John Standing
Votes: 4,524 | Gross: $9.81M
3. Compulsion (1959)
Approved | 103 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 7,515
4. Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Passed | 97 min | Drama, Mystery
A jockey has been shot dead at the race track. Famous detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora happen to be on the scene and Lt. Abrahams asks for Nick's expert help.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed
Votes: 6,900
5. Three Silent Men (1940)
72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Foreign scientist is selling a secret weapon to the British. He is badly injured in a car accident and is operated on by a surgeon, after the operation he dies mysteriously. An investigation follows.
Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Sebastian Shaw, Derrick De Marney, Patricia Roc, Arthur Hambling
Votes: 97
6. Francis (1950)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
During World War II, a junior American Army officer, Lt. Peter Stirling, gets sent to the psychiatric ward whenever he insists that an Army mule named Francis speaks to him.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Patricia Medina, Zasu Pitts, Ray Collins
Votes: 1,462
7. It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
When a tycoon (Ernest Truex) is accused of murder, the private eye (James Stewart) tracking him finds himself roped in as an accessory and attempts to evade police, kidnapping a poetess (Claudette Colbert) along the way.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Guy Kibbee, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 3,430
8. Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
Approved | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
In Europe at the start of World War II, a woman notices that wherever her husband goes, the Germans seem to follow. Meanwhile, a charming reporter is following them.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker
Votes: 3,267 | Gross: $0.86M
9. Battle Stations (1956)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, War
The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: John Lund, William Bendix, Keefe Brasselle, Richard Boone
Votes: 298
10. Query (1945)
Approved | 87 min | Thriller
Dock worker Tom Masterick is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to show that his alleged victim is still alive.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: William Hartnell, Jimmy Hanley, Chili Bouchier, John Slater
Votes: 268
11. Men in Her Life (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves her stranded when he finds out she's broke. The bootlegger proposes a deal: ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Lois Moran, Charles Bickford, Victor Varconi, Don Dillaway
Votes: 60
12. The Morning Show (2007– )
120 min | Talk-Show
The Morning Show hosted by Larry Emdur and Kylie Gillies provides a mix of news, entertainment and information with a strong focus on viewer interaction.
Stars: Kylie Gillies, Larry Emdur, Faye De Lanty, Jackson Murphy
Votes: 60
13. The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)
Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A beautiful socialite is acquitted of killing her husband only to be sued by her powerful mother-in-law for custody of her own son.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, George Brent, Arthur Treacher, Alan Baxter
Votes: 133
14. The Switch (1963)
69 min | Crime, Drama
The villains are members of a wristwatch-smuggling gang. Poor Zena Marshall knows too much, so the gangs abducts her. Stalwart customs official Anthony Steel struggles manfully to rescue the girl.
Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Anthony Steel, Zena Marshall, Conrad Phillips, Dermot Walsh
Votes: 125
15. Captive Wild Woman (1943)
Passed | 61 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human...even though it costs human life.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: John Carradine, Evelyn Ankers, Milburn Stone, Lloyd Corrigan
Votes: 1,039
16. Behind the High Wall (1956)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A group of convicts break out of prison, killing a guard, kidnapping the warden and forcing a reluctant inmate to accompany them. However, when a car accident kills everyone except the ... See full summary »
Director: Abner Biberman | Stars: Tom Tully, Sylvia Sidney, Betty Lynn, John Gavin
Votes: 251
17. Tomorrow at Ten (1963)
80 min | Thriller
It's a race against time for the police when they have to find a kidnapped boy imprisoned with a time bomb, after his abductor dies without revealing the child's whereabouts.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: John Gregson, Alec Clunes, Robert Shaw, Helen Cherry
Votes: 460
18. Blonde in Bondage (1957)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Drama
American reporter doing a story on Swedish nightlife gets involved with a drug-addicted nightclub singer.
Director: Robert Brandt | Stars: Mark Miller, Lars Ekborg, Anita Thallaug, Birgitta Ander
Votes: 118
19. Tread Softly Stranger (1958)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama
An irresistible temptress causes trouble between two brothers when the more handsome charismatic ones turns up, leading to robbery and death.
Director: Gordon Parry | Stars: Diana Dors, George Baker, Terence Morgan, Patrick Allen
Votes: 553
20. Escape (1948)
Approved | 78 min | Thriller
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, William Hartnell, Norman Wooland
Votes: 427
21. Murder Can Be Deadly (1962)
60 min | Thriller
Two con artists plan a final scam. It goes wrong when one is murdered in the other's apartment. She gets a student to hide the body but he's caught. His friends look for her to clear his name but they're seized by the killer.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Liz Fraser, Kenneth Griffith, Peter Reynolds, Tony Wickert
Votes: 208
22. 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
23. They Drive by Night (1938)
84 min | Crime, Thriller
A convict, just out of prison, is implicated in a murder and goes on the run, hitching a ride with a truck driver.
Director: Arthur B. Woods | Stars: Emlyn Williams, Anna Konstam, Allan Jeayes, Ernest Thesiger
Votes: 366
24. Pit of Darkness (1961)
76 min | Crime, Thriller
Richard Logan, a safe maker, wakes up with amnesia after being found unconscious. A detective hired by his wife was murdered. A safe his firm installed was robbed. Logan teams up with his wife to uncover the truth behind these events.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: William Franklyn, Moira Redmond, Bruno Barnabe, Leonard Sachs
Votes: 281
25. Another Shore (1948)
77 min | Comedy
A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Robert Beatty, Moira Lister, Stanley Holloway, Michael Medwin
Votes: 156
26. False Faces (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Drama
Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital, primarily for a lack of ethics, and goes to Chicago and sets himself up as a plastic surgeon (unqualified) and seducer of ... See full summary »
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Lowell Sherman, Peggy Shannon, Lila Lee, Berton Churchill
Votes: 87
27. The Big Tip Off (1955)
Approved | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Richard Conte plays two-bit newspaper columnist Johnny Denton, who gains notoriety by printing tips on upcoming gangland activities.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Richard Conte, Constance Smith, Bruce Bennett, Cathy Downs
Votes: 113
28. Dead Lucky (1960)
64 min | Crime, Drama
Mike Billings decides to give gambling a go and it happens he's good at it. His instant fortune attracts quite a number of characters including a con artist, a hired killer, and the requisite attractive woman.
Director: Montgomery Tully | Stars: Vincent Ball, Betty McDowall, John Le Mesurier, Michael Ripper
Votes: 57
29. Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Koffer (1962)
85 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A killer who uses a knife is knocking off guests at a hotel in London's Soho district. A police detective is sent to investigate.
Director: Werner Klingler | Stars: Joachim Hansen, Senta Berger, Hans Reiser, Leonard Steckel
Votes: 189
30. Midnight Limited (1940)
Approved | 61 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack train "The Midnight Limited" and Val Lennon and his pretty assistant, Joan Marshall, are on ... See full summary »
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: John 'Dusty' King, Marjorie Reynolds, George Cleveland, Edward Keane
Votes: 247
31. Private Information (1952)
65 min | Drama
Charlotte suspects that the local council is corrupt and building defective drains that could cause public health issues.
Director: Fergus McDonell | Stars: Jill Esmond, Jack Watling, Carol Marsh, Gerard Heinz
Votes: 127
32. Shadow Over Elveron (1968 TV Movie)
Approved | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A corrupt sheriff knows the secrets of everyone in town and uses that information to go unchallenged. But after the arrest of an innocent teenager, the new doctor cannot keep quiet and ... See full summary »
Director: James Goldstone | Stars: James Franciscus, Shirley Knight, Leslie Nielsen, Franchot Tone
Votes: 82
33. Secret of Deep Harbor (1961)
Approved | 70 min | Drama
A reporter learns that his girlfriend's father, an old sea captain, is being paid by the mob to transport gangsters out of the country.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Ron Foster, Merry Anders, Barry Kelley, Norman Alden
Votes: 105
34. Waterfront Lady (1935)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new partner.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Ann Rutherford, Frank Albertson, J. Farrell MacDonald, Barbara Pepper
Votes: 153
35. Naked Fury (1959)
73 min | Crime, Drama
Story of a safe robbery gang who hide in a derelict warehouse.
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: Reed De Rouen, Kenneth Cope, Leigh Madison, Arthur Lovegrove
Votes: 150
36. Child of Manhattan (1933)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance
Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what was to become Midtown Manhattan. The Loveland Dance Hall is one of the tenants of the ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Nancy Carroll, John Boles, Buck Jones, Jessie Ralph
Votes: 275
37. The Counterfeiters (1948)
Approved | 73 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Scotland Yard cop goes undercover to catch a gang of counterfeiters.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: John Sutton, Doris Merrick, Hugh Beaumont, Lon Chaney Jr.
Votes: 103
38. The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)
Approved | 66 min | Adventure, Crime, Mystery
A princess in distress calls upon reformed jewel thief Michael Lanyard to aid her against villainous opposition.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Francis Lederer, Frances Drake, Olaf Hytten, Walter Kingsford
Votes: 107
39. Three for Jamie Dawn (1956)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama
Three jurors are ripe for bribery by the lawyer (Richard Carlson) of a playgirl up for murder.
Director: Thomas Carr | Stars: Laraine Day, Ricardo Montalban, Richard Carlson, June Havoc
Votes: 69
40. Alias French Gertie (1930)
Passed | 66 min | Crime
A crook (Daniels) becomes a maid to steal jewelry.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Daisy Belmore
Votes: 165
41. The Break (1962)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A dangerous prisoner, Jacko Thomas, overpowers his police guard and jumps from a speeding train in the Dartmoor countryside. In the ensuing fight Jacko kills the guard and makes his way to ... See full summary »
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Tony Britton, William Lucas, Eddie Byrne, Robert Urquhart
Votes: 155
42. The Crimson Canary (1945)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Members of a Jazz Band come under suspicion when a beautiful nightclub singer is murdered.
Director: John Hoffman | Stars: Noah Beery Jr., Lois Collier, John Litel, Steven Geray
Votes: 104
43. King of the Newsboys (1938)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster.
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Lew Ayres, Helen Mack, Alison Skipworth, Victor Varconi
Votes: 122
44. Shooting Straight (1930)
72 min | Crime, Drama
Larry Sheldon is a gambler and during an argument he accidentally shoots a man. Fleeing he changes his identity, pretending to be a minister. Things are complicated when he meets a real preacher and falls in love with his daughter Doris.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Richard Dix, Mary Lawlor, Matthew Betz, James Neill
Votes: 143
45. Die Nylonschlinge (1963)
74 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A company's stockholders hold their meeting at a lonely mansion. A mad doctor conducting experiments in the mansion starts to strangle them one at a time with a nylon noose. The survivors must figure out a way to stop him.
Director: Rudolf Zehetgruber | Stars: Dietmar Schönherr, Helga Sommerfeld, Laya Raki, Ady Berber
Votes: 81
46. Passport to Treason (1956)
Not Rated | 70 min | Mystery
While investigating the mysterious death of a friend, a man discovers a peace organization is the front for a crime syndicate. Based on the novel of the same name by Manning O'Brien.
Director: Robert S. Baker | Stars: Rod Cameron, Lois Maxwell, Clifford Evans, Peter Illing
Votes: 164
47. Mr. Lord Says No (1952)
86 min | Comedy
After the Government decides to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are ... See full summary »
Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison, Naunton Wayne, Dandy Nichols
Votes: 130
48. Vengeance Is Mine (1949)
59 min | Crime, Drama
Believing himself to be dying, a man hires an assassin to kill him so he can frame an enemy for the death.
Director: Alan Cullimore | Stars: Valentine Dyall, Anne Firth, Richard Goolden, Sam Kydd
Votes: 137
49. Follow That Woman (1945)
69 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A private detective's wife takes over his business when he enters the Army.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: William Gargan, Nancy Kelly, Regis Toomey, Byron Barr
Votes: 47
50. Murder at 3am (1953)
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police detective suspects that his sister's boyfriend is a murderer.
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Dennis Price, Peggy Evans, Rex Garner, Arnold Bell
Votes: 225