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1. 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: 14,147

2. Captain Blood (1935)

Passed | 119 min | Action, Adventure, History

After treating a Monmouth rebel against King James II in 1680s England, a young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone

Votes: 16,144 | Gross: $2.96M

3. The Palm Beach Story (1942)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

A New York inventor needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire with a capricious high-society sister.

Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee

Votes: 12,913 | Gross: $0.44M

4. Air Force (1943)

Approved | 124 min | Action, Drama, History

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy

Votes: 3,828

5. Cluny Brown (1946)

Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Romance, War

A free-spirited parlor maid and a Czech refugee surprise an English village with their unconventional ways.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lawford, Helen Walker

Votes: 4,132

6. Equinox (1970)

GP | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic, due to possession of a tome of mystic information. Told in flashbacks by the sole survivor.

Directors: Jack Woods, Dennis Muren, Mark Thomas McGee | Stars: Edward Connell, Barbara Hewitt, Frank Bonner, Robin Christopher

Votes: 3,483 | Gross: $0.25M

7. The Monster and the Girl (1941)

Passed | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.

Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Ellen Drew, Robert Paige, Paul Lukas, Joseph Calleia

Votes: 768

8. Till the End of Time (1946)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, Romance, War

Drama about former WW2 Marines readjusting to civilian life and dealing with their mental and physical traumas.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Dorothy McGuire, Robert Mitchum, Guy Madison, Bill Williams

Votes: 1,607

9. The Return of the Soldier (1982)

PG | 99 min | Drama

Chris returns from WWI unable to recognize his wife Kitty. He wants to reunite with Margaret, his former lover. Kitty hires a psychiatrist to address Chris's feelings for Margaret and cousin Jenny, but sees the man she knew is gone.

Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Ann-Margret, Alan Bates, Emily Irvin, William Booker

Votes: 700

10. Platinum Blonde (2001)

R | 90 min | Fantasy, Romance

Angela is a mysterious blonde with a special mission: to bring together separated lovers. Join her as she helps a shy woman open up to her attractive boss, a man express his love to his ... See full summary »

Director: Cybil Richards | Stars: Holly Sampson, Shannan Leigh, Eddie Jay, Micah Bradshaw

Votes: 169

11. Pardon My Sarong (1942)

Passed | 84 min | Comedy

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Bruce, Robert Paige

Votes: 2,412

12. Hell's Highway (1932)

Passed | 62 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Chain gang prisoners forced to construct a "liberty highway" for their overseer chasten under his brutal stewardship, causing Duke Ellis to mastermind a mass riot.

Directors: Rowland Brown, John Cromwell | Stars: Richard Dix, Rochelle Hudson, Tom Brown, C. Henry Gordon

Votes: 827

13. The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927)

Passed | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Queen Helen of Troy, in response to her husband Menelaus' lack of interest in her, elopes with Paris to Sparta. Menelaus, egged on by his henchman, starts a war with Paris, finally ... See full summary »

Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: María Corda, Lewis Stone, Ricardo Cortez, George Fawcett

Votes: 95 | Gross: $0.48M

14. Never a Dull Moment (1950)

Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Romance, Western

Sophisticated, successful New York City songwriter Kay Kingsley falls in love with Chris Hayward, a widower rancher she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo, and they get married and ... See full summary »

Director: George Marshall | Stars: Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, William Demarest, Andy Devine

Votes: 697

15. Broadway Rhythm (1944)

Passed | 115 min | Music, Romance

A reluctantly-retired vaudevillian clashes with his producer son, who thinks his father's entertainment is passe'--audiences need something more sophisticated. Meanwhile, the producer's father and sister secretly produce their own show.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: George Murphy, Ginny Simms, Charles Winninger, Gloria DeHaven

Votes: 342

16. Gallant Bess (1946)

Passed | 100 min | Drama, War

An orphaned young man, Tex, has loved and trained his loyal horse, keeping alive his father's dream of starting a ranch. He decides to put his life on hold to serve the United States during... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Marshall Thompson, George Tobias, Clem Bevans, Donald Curtis

Votes: 219

17. Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Fleeing from the Sheriff, Jess Burns hops on a passing train and right into the baggage car where hustler Chuck Morse is posing as a race car mechanic. Needing a driver for the big race, ... See full summary »

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Buck Jones, Luana Walters, Donald Kirke, George Cooper

Votes: 28

18. Slim Carter (1957)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Western

Hughie Mack, a not so nice western singer, is discovered by Clover Doyle as the next movie cowboy hero. His name is changed to Slim Carter and a promotional buildup begins. Leo Gallaher, an... See full summary »

Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: Jock Mahoney, Julie Adams, Tim Hovey, William Hopper

Votes: 91

19. Battle of Broadway (1938)

Approved | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two American Legionnaires on convention in New York share adventures and rivalries in an around show biz.

Directors: George Marshall, Allan Dwan | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Gypsy Rose Lee, Raymond Walburn

Votes: 78

20. Rolling Home (1946)

Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A small town minister adopts an orphan boy and his injured rodeo horse.

Director: William Berke | Stars: Jean Parker, Russell Hayden, Raymond Hatton, Pamela Blake

Votes: 91

21. Pride of the Bowery (1940)

Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Drama

New York City street principles get an East Side kid in trouble at a Civilian Conservation Corps camp.

Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Kenneth Howell, Mary Ainslee

Votes: 628

22. A Fig Leaf for Eve (1944)

Approved | 69 min | Drama, Romance

An "exotic dancer" is thrown in jail for "lewd activity." She later discovers the raid was set up by her boss to get publicity.

Director: Don Brodie | Stars: Jan Wiley, Phil Warren, Eddie Dunn, Janet Scott

Votes: 107

23. Angel in Exile (1948)

Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted when the residents of a small Mexican village believe him to be a sacred religious figure.

Directors: Allan Dwan, Philip Ford | Stars: John Carroll, Adele Mara, Thomas Gomez, Barton MacLane

Votes: 122

24. Cadets on Parade (1942)

Approved | 66 min | Drama

Austin Shannon, after showing cowardice in sports and unable to adjust to student life, decides he is a misfit at military school and runs away. He meets newsboy Joe Novak and they become ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Joseph Crehan, Raymond Hatton

Votes: 23

25. Triple Threat (1948)

Passed | 71 min | Action, Drama, Romance

American football script number one-through 101 is the usual one about an egotistical college football star (amatuer) who is drafted into the National Football League (professional), and he... See full summary »

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Richard Crane, Gloria Henry, Mary Stuart, John Litel

Votes: 18

26. Talk About a Lady (1946)

Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A country girl, wanting to break into show-business, comes to New York City and, by her actions, manages to restore the optimism of a jaded and disillusioned nightclub owner. Eventually she... See full summary »

Director: George Sherman | Stars: Jinx Falkenburg, Forrest Tucker, Joe Besser, Trudy Marshall

Votes: 26

27. Tuxedo Junction (1941)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

The Weaver Brothers and Elviry have migrated from their usual hard-scrabble digs in the Ozarks and have taken up truck-farming (raising fruits, vegetables and flowers) on some more-bucolic ... See full summary »

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Leon Weaver, June Weaver, Frank Weaver, Thurston Hall

Votes: 19

28. The Yanks Are Coming (1942)

Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A bandleader alienates a crooner, a songwriter/arranger, and band members, both in their music work and in his attitude about service to country during wartime.

Director: Alexis Thurn-Taxis | Stars: Henry King, Mary Healy, Jack Heller, Maxie Rosenbloom

Votes: 73

29. His Night Out (1935)

Approved | 67 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he gets involved with a bank robbery and kidnapped by the gang.

Director: William Nigh | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Irene Hervey, Jack La Rue, Robert McWade

Votes: 24

30. Arizona Trail (1943)

Approved | 57 min | Western

A young cowboy returns home to help his father fight off a gang trying to take over the family ranch.

Director: Vernon Keays | Stars: Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Dennis Moore, Janet Shaw

Votes: 107

31. Night Life of New York (1925)

Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

John Bentley hates New York City, because of an unhappy romance as a young man, but his son, Ronald, tired of living in Iowa, is determined to take up residence in Manhattan. The elder ... See full summary »

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Rod La Rocque, Dorothy Gish, Ernest Torrence, George Hackathorne

32. He Knew Women (1930)

Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance

A Writer whose every whim is financed by rich widow. The writer seems to be insincere with her and he is loved by a poor women who is engaged to a wealthy man

Directors: Hugh Herbert, Lynn Shores | Stars: Lowell Sherman, Alice Joyce, David Manners, Frances Dade

Votes: 73

33. Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941)

Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Deadbeats Pat Dolan and Budd Doolittle are being harassed around the clock by Herman Mulligan, a no-excuses-accepted bill collector who has little use for people who don't pay their bills. ... See full summary »

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Nat Pendleton, Carol Hughes, Sterling Holloway, Marjorie Reynolds

Votes: 25

34. His Captive Woman (1929)

Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

A cabaret dancer, kills her sugar-daddy and escapes to a South Seas island on the yacht of a wealthy admirer, but is captured by the detective trailing her.

Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Gladden James, Jed Prouty

Votes: 25

35. Appointment with Baby (1948)

Approved | 11 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

Jinx Falkenburg tries to make time for both her career and her baby and finds that it's not as easy as it might sound.

Director: Gene Martel | Stars: Jinx Falkenburg, Tex McCrary, Patrice Munsel, Harry Conover

36. The Spirit of Stanford (1942)

Approved | 73 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

The Spirit of Stanford finds high school quarterback Frankie Albert, cocky because of his football abilities, heading for Stanford while his teammate, Cliff Bernard, opts for the University... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Frankie Albert, Marguerite Chapman, Matt Willis, Shirley Patterson

Votes: 53

37. Making the Grade (1929)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Romance

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Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Lois Moran, Edmund Lowe, Lucien Littlefield, Al Hart

38. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997)
Episode: Individual Responsibility (1995)

TV-PG | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A payroll truck is hijacked, Perry is kidnapped and Superman doesn't even care. The strange effects of a new red kryptonite forces the Man of Steel to visit a psychotherapist about his bizarre apathy.

Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, Justin Whalin

Votes: 295