The Classic Movie Buff's Checklist - 1
by egmeinder | created - 26 Nov 2012 | updated - 26 Nov 2012 | PublicTaken from a book.
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101. The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
PG | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
The younger brother of the consulting detective tries to steal Sherlock's glory by solving an important case assisted by an eccentric Scotland Yard detective and a lovely but suspicious actress.
Director: Gene Wilder | Stars: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise
Votes: 7,307
102. The Adventurer of Seville (1954)
92 min | Comedy, Musical
Figaro, a singing barber, gets caught by some bandits who use his abilities to attract travelers and assault them. To escape justice he joins the army where he meets no other than the ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Luis Mariano, Lolita Sevilla, José Isbert, Danielle Godet
Votes: 70
103. The Adventurers (1970)
R | 171 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was really murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country--a man who was his ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Alan Badel, Candice Bergen, Thommy Berggren
Votes: 902 | Gross: $2.84M
104. Adventures in Indochina (1958)
100 min | Adventure
A bunch of losers who can afford the price of the boat travel to Marseille are hired by a blonde woman for a mysterious mission in the jungle.
Director: Jean Bastia | Stars: Jean Gaven, Dominique Wilms, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Reinhard Kolldehoff
Votes: 37
105. Adventures in Silverado (1948)
Approved | 75 min | Western
Into California's 1880 frontier country rides Robert Louis Stevenson Edgar Barrier, the novelist, looking for story material 'in a land of stage-drivers and highwaymen', and soon finds it ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: William Bishop, Gloria Henry, Edgar Buchanan, Forrest Tucker
Votes: 133
106. The Adventures of a Rookie (1943)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy
Two bumbling GIs manage to get themselves invited to a dinner party at a boarding house "for women only". When the cook comes down with scarlet fever, the authorities quarantine the house ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Richard Martin, Erford Gage
Votes: 117
107. The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957)
104 min | Crime, Mystery
Arsène Lupin, the multifaceted gentleman thief, steals two masterpieces from the President of the Council. Some time later, posing as Monsieur Gilles, a winegrower who is marrying his only ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Robert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver, O.E. Hasse, Daniel Ceccaldi
Votes: 641
108. The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
Approved | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A young man from Boston heads west to join the California gold rush with the hopes of restoring his family fortune, but his dedicated butler sets out to find him and bring him home.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette, Karl Malden, Harry Guardino
Votes: 1,310
109. Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure
A sea captain becomes involved with a servant girl in early New Orleans. She sees him as a way to gain access into wealthy households.
Directors: William Marshall, Robert Florey | Stars: Errol Flynn, Micheline Presle, Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 413
110. Adventures of Casanova (1948)
Approved | 83 min | Action, Adventure, History
After Palermo falls in 1793, a notorious ladies man joins the underground resistance movement--but still finds time for the ladies.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Lucille Bremer, Turhan Bey, John Sutton
Votes: 65
111. The Adventures of Chico (1938)
Approved | 60 min | Documentary, Drama
A Mexican boy without young neighbors to play with, befriends a diverse group of desert animals.
Directors: Horace Woodard, Stacy Woodard | Star: Chico
Votes: 47
112. Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Passed | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
The great lover Don Juan comes to the assistance of his queen.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas, Alan Hale
Votes: 3,540 | Gross: $4.72M
113. Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948)
Approved | 71 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Ted Daniels, a ranch hand working for a rodeo, captures a magnificent wild horse that he tames and trains. As Ted is recovering from an accident that happened during a rodeo, the rodeo owner cheats him out of his horse.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Audrey Long, Fuzzy Knight, James Millican
Votes: 123
114. The Adventures of Gil Blas (1956)
95 min | Adventure
Directors: René Jolivet, Ricardo Muñoz Suay | Stars: Georges Marchal, Barbara Laage, Susana Canales, Jacques Castelot
Votes: 24
115. The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)
Passed | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
In Ispahan, Persia, a barber mistakes an emerald ring as the prize to be delivered to a prince known far and wide, only to realize that a runaway Princess is the real treasure awaited, promising to escort her to her final destination.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: John Derek, Elaine Stewart, Thomas Gomez, Amanda Blake
Votes: 666
116. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
Passed | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
To avoid his abusive father, a rambunctious boy rafts the Mississippi River with a slave, encountering many wild characters.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley, Rex Ingram
Votes: 1,408
117. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
Approved | 107 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Mark Twain's 1851 story about two runaway friends, a fostered white boy and an escaped black slave, who sailed on a raft down the Mississippi River in search of freedom and adventure.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Tony Randall, Eddie Hodges, Archie Moore, Patty McCormack
Votes: 1,595
118. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
Approved | 68 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
An animated adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" followed by an adaptation of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow".
Directors: James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney | Stars: Bing Crosby, Basil Rathbone, Eric Blore, John McLeish
Votes: 17,899
119. Don Juan's Night of Love (1952)
102 min | Adventure
Mandrin, the French army deserter, becomes the leader of a gang of smugglers in Piedmont. He is loved by the beautiful innkeeper Rosetta but draws attention to the Marquise de Montbricourt,... See full summary »
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Raf Vallone, Jacques Castelot, Silvana Pampanini, Michèle Philippe
Votes: 39
120. The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Approved | 104 min | Adventure, Biography, Romance
Adventurer Marco Polo travels to China, where he finds the Emperor Kublai Khan, court intrigue, danger, and unexpected love.
Directors: Archie Mayo, John Cromwell | Stars: Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier
Votes: 1,162
121. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
Approved | 130 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned.
Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,361
122. The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
Passed | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.
Director: Sidney Salkow | Stars: Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 168
123. The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952)
G | 63 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird (Sir Peter Ustinov) in their escape from a ruthless dictator.
Director: Paul Grimault | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Anouk Aimée, Serge Reggiani, Max Adrian
Votes: 295
124. Adventures of Nick Carter (1972 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective discovers that a colleague's death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy's wife.
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Robert Conrad, Shelley Winters, Broderick Crawford, Neville Brand
Votes: 112
125. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
PG | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement.
Directors: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley | Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains
Votes: 54,516 | Gross: $3.98M
126. Robinson Crusoe (1954)
Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Dan O'Herlihy, Jaime Fernández, Felipe de Alba, Chel López
Votes: 4,510
127. The Adventures of Sadie (1953)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy
After a cruise ship emergency, a spoiled rich attractive female passenger and three men are marooned on a deserted island where the men compete for her favors.
Director: Noel Langley | Stars: Joan Collins, George Cole, Kenneth More, Robertson Hare
Votes: 333
128. The Adventures of Scaramouche (1963)
98 min | Adventure
The adventures of Robert Lafleur, alias Scaramouche, are the sensation of his time, thanks to his talent as an actor and charm as an incorrigible seducer. He becomes the enemy of the ... See full summary »
Director: Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi | Stars: Gérard Barray, Michèle Girardon, Gianna Maria Canale, Yvette Lebon
Votes: 127
129. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Approved | 85 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, Alan Marshal
Votes: 7,468
130. The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
Passed | 103 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
In 1940. Captain Terence Stevenson is with the British Army in the bomb disposal unit in London, his primary job is to defuse them. Despite having no experience as a spy, he is asked by his... See full summary »
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Robert Donat, Valerie Hobson, Walter Rilla, Glynis Johns
Votes: 1,128
131. The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975)
G | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Robinson family decide to leave city life behind for one of clean living in the wilderness for the sake of their daughter's health. There they learn the value of family as they become closer to nature.
Director: Stewart Raffill | Stars: Robert Logan, Susan Damante, Hollye Holmes, Ham Larsen
Votes: 1,783 | Gross: $31.22M
132. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Passed | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Tommy Kelly, Jackie Moran, Ann Gillis, May Robson
Votes: 2,239
133. I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A young Irish woman hates England so much she becomes a spy for Germany.
Director: Frank Launder | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley, Michael Howard
Votes: 1,761
134. Advice to the Forlorn (1933)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Los Angeles newspaper reporter Toby Prentiss is continually in trouble with his editor. He is demoted to running the paper's "Miss Lonelyhearts" advice column because he missed the scoop on... See full summary »
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Lee Tracy, Sally Blane, Paul Harvey, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 94
135. Advise & Consent (1962)
Not Rated | 139 min | Drama, Thriller
The polarizing search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon
Votes: 7,512
136. The Affair (1973 TV Movie)
PG | 74 min | Drama, Romance
A crippled lady songwriter meets an older lawyer, who becomes her first love.
Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Bruce Davison, Jamie Smith-Jackson
Votes: 297
137. The Affair Blum (1948)
109 min | Drama, Crime
This early postwar suspense story, based on a well-known 1926 murder trial with Dreyfus-like overtones also represents an East German reflection on Nazism. Dr. Blum, a Jewish manufacturer ... See full summary »
Director: Erich Engel | Stars: Hans Christian Blech, Ernst Waldow, Paul Bildt, Karin Evans
Votes: 73
138. Affair in Havana (1957)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Film-Noir
Songwriter falls in love with a crippled man's wife.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: John Cassavetes, Raymond Burr, Sara Shane, Lilia Lazo
Votes: 233
139. Affair in Monte Carlo (1952)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, Romance
A writer tells a crowd in a café about a woman he knows, who once feel deeply in love with a desperate, compulsive gambler.
Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Merle Oberon, Richard Todd, Leo Genn, Stephen Murray
Votes: 193
140. Affair in Reno (1957)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A female detective falls in love with a public relations man.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: John Lund, Doris Singleton, John Archer, Angela Greene
Votes: 94
141. Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Nightclub singer and her brother-in-law try to find her husband's killer.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby, Valerie Bettis
Votes: 3,089
142. An Affair of States (1966)
94 min | Comedy
Director: Sammy Drechsel | Stars: Lilli Palmer, Curd Jürgens, Pascale Petit, Daniel Gélin
Votes: 80
143. The Affair of Susan (1935)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Romance
Two people go to Coney Island to find romance and wind up in jail.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Hugh O'Connell, Walter Catlett, Tom Dugan
Votes: 32
144. An Affair of the Skin (1963)
102 min | Drama
A neurotic woman, her unhappy husband and three other New Yorkers share a complicated relationship.
Director: Ben Maddow | Stars: Viveca Lindfors, Kevin McCarthy, Lee Grant, Diana Sands
Votes: 58
145. An Affair to Remember (1957)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson
Votes: 33,084
146. Affair with a Killer (1966)
90 min | Drama
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Stephen Young, Austin Willis, Harold J. Stone, Gordon Pinsent
Votes: 9
147. Affair with a Stranger (1953)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
When a TV gossip columnist wrongly announces that the marriage between now successful playwright William Blakeley and his wife Carolyn is breaking up, New York friends variously reminisce about how the two met and married.
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Linda Douglas, Monica Lewis
Votes: 523
148. The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Constance Bennett, Fredric March, Frank Morgan, Fay Wray
Votes: 484
149. The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy, Musical
Pansy is sent off broken-hearted to an eastern school, but with help from Happy Stella Kowalski's all-girl band, several hundred students, and an enraged police force, Dobie secures Pansy's return to Grainbelt.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Debbie Reynolds, Bobby Van, Barbara Ruick, Bob Fosse
Votes: 802
150. Affairs of Dr. Holl (1951)
Approved | 99 min | Drama
A doctor marries, out of pity, the invalid daughter of a wealthy industrialist.Though the doctor has helped to cure her, he expects she will not live much longer.
Director: Rolf Hansen | Stars: Maria Schell, Dieter Borsche, Heidemarie Hatheyer, Carl Wery
Votes: 38
151. Affairs of Geraldine (1946)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy
When the wealthy Mrs. Cooper passes away, she divides her estate between her sons, Henry and Wayne, and her only daughter, the tomboyish Geraldine. She also leaves a recording for Henry and... See full synopsis »
Director: George Blair | Stars: Jane Withers, Jimmy Lydon, Raymond Walburn, Donald Meek
Votes: 32
152. The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
To boost listener ratings, radio personality Mike Jason (Dennis O'Keefe) encourages sponsors, of his murder mystery radio show, to offer a reward to anyone who can locate safe cracker Jimmy... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Ruth Terry, Gloria Dickson, Roman Bohnen
Votes: 126
153. The Zurich Engagement (1957)
106 min | Comedy
Juliane Thomas is an ambitious but unemployed young writer. After breaking up with her lover she works at a dentist friend's to make ends meet. One day she instantly falls in love with one ... See full summary »
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: Liselotte Pulver, Paul Hubschmid, Bernhard Wicki, Wolfgang Lukschy
Votes: 505
154. The Affairs of Martha (1942)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Romance
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Marsha Hunt, Richard Carlson, Marjorie Main, Virginia Weidler
Votes: 508
155. The Affairs of Messalina (1951)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Drama, History
A story, set in Rome of 44 A.D., concerning the amorous and political intrigues of the evil Empress Messalina, the wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, and her eventual hounding to death.
Director: Carmine Gallone | Stars: María Félix, Georges Marchal, Memo Benassi, Delia Scala
Votes: 133
156. The Affairs of Susan (1945)
Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Joan Fontaine, George Brent, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel
Votes: 426
157. Affectionately Yours (1941)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females. He's in Lisbon attempting his latest "conquest" when ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Merle Oberon, Dennis Morgan, Rita Hayworth, Ralph Bellamy
Votes: 652
158. Africa: Blood and Guts (1966)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Horror
The cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.
Directors: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi | Stars: Sergio Rossi, Gualtiero Jacopetti, Jomo Kenyatta, Julius Nyerere
Votes: 1,877
159. Africa Adventure (1954)
Approved | 64 min | Documentary
A true film account of a three-month safari in the big game hunting areas of the Dark Continent, undoctored with any faked plot or contrivance.
Director: Robert C. Ruark | Stars: Robert C. Ruark, Harry Selby, John Sutton, Andrew Holmberg
Votes: 9
160. Africa Screams (1949)
Passed | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two booksellers search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck
Votes: 4,057
161. Africa: Texas Style (1967)
Approved | 109 min | Adventure, Western
An American cowboy is hired to work on a ranch in Africa, and winds up having to fight predators, the four and two-legged kinds.
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, John Mills, Nigel Green, Tom Nardini
Votes: 222
163. The African Elephant (1971)
G | 92 min | Documentary
A profile of African wildlife with an emphasis on the peculiar habits of elephants.
Director: Simon Trevor | Star: David Wayne
Votes: 43
164. The African Lion (1955)
G | 75 min | Family, Documentary
Experience the thrill of the hunt and the heartwarming fun of a mother lion caring for her playful cubs as wildlife experts Elma Milotte and Alfred Milotte spend three years on the plains of Africa studying the king of beasts.
Director: James Algar | Star: Winston Hibler
Votes: 590
165. African Manhunt (1954)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure
Kirby, Davis and Drover escort the wanted criminal Rene Carvel from central Africa to the coast, stopping every so often to watch wild animals attack one another.
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Myron Healey, Karin Booth, John Kellogg, Lawrence Dobkin
Votes: 18
166. The African Queen (1951)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull
Votes: 84,339 | Gross: $0.54M
167. Rivers of Fire and Ice (1964)
G | 98 min | Documentary
An engrossing, intriguing look at the exciting and sometimes hair-raising adventures of animal collector Ronald E. Shanin, as he travels through Central and East Africa.
Director: Ronald E. Shanin | Star: Michael Rye
Votes: 79
168. African Treasure (1952)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure
Bomba the Jungle Boy captures a pair of nefarious diamond smugglers.
Director: Ford Beebe | Stars: Johnny Sheffield, Laurette Luez, Martin Garralaga, Lyle Talbot
Votes: 217
169. After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)
Approved | 65 min | Mystery
Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Chester Morris, Ann Savage, George E. Stone, Richard Lane
Votes: 398
170. After Office Hours (1935)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Hard-hitting news editor Jim Branch falls for high-society type Sharon Norwood but can't get to first base as he continually makes use of her knowledge of the rich and famous to try to ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Billie Burke
Votes: 1,044
171. After the Ball (1957)
89 min | Biography, Musical
The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility.
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Pat Kirkwood, Laurence Harvey, Jerry Stovin, Jerry Verno
Votes: 100
172. After the Dance (1935)
Approved | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Starring Nancy Carroll, George Murphy, Thelma Todd, Jack La Rue, Arthur Hohl, Thurston Hall Directed by Leo Bulgakov Print: black/white Runtime: 60 min. Genre: drama In this tuneful crime ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Bulgakov | Stars: Nancy Carroll, George Murphy, Thelma Todd, Jack La Rue
Votes: 100
173. After the Fox (1966)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Crime
An Italian criminal mastermind, impersonating a film director, plans to grab the loot on a beach where a bogus movie is being filmed.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Peter Sellers, Victor Mature, Britt Ekland, Martin Balsam
Votes: 4,771
174. After the Thin Man (1936)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Private detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when there is a murder. The obvious suspect is his wife, Nora's cousin, Selma.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi
Votes: 12,125 | Gross: $4.34M
175. After Tonight (1933)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance, War
While romancing a beautiful Russian countess, a captain in the Austrian intelligence service is assigned to capture "K-14", a clever spy who has so far managed to remain undetected. What ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Constance Bennett, Gilbert Roland, Edward Ellis, Sam Godfrey
Votes: 422
176. All the Way to Paris (1966)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy
International diplomats take part in a walking competition, heading towards a major conference in Paris.
Director: Jamie Uys | Stars: Jamie Uys, Bob Courtney, Reinet Maasdorp, Angus Neill
Votes: 29
177. Against a Crooked Sky (1975)
G | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When Charlotte Sutter is kidnapped by Apaches, her brother Sam, aided by an old drunk prospector, goes searching for her.
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Richard Boone, Stewart Petersen, Henry Wilcoxon, Clint Ritchie
Votes: 752
178. Against All Flags (1952)
Approved | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Brian Hawke of the Royal Navy versus the pirates of Madagascar.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Alice Kelley
Votes: 2,964
179. Against the Wind (1948)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, War
A secret London school trains a motley group of men and women for sabotage work in German occupied Belgium during World War II. When one of them is captured by the Germans, five others are parachuted in to rescue him.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Robert Beatty, Simone Signoret, Jack Warner, Gordon Jackson
Votes: 748
180. Agatha (1979)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In December 1926, Agatha Christie's husband asks for a divorce. She leaves her car and goes missing for 11 days. She books into a hotel as Mrs. Neele. A US reporter looks for her and investigates.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, Helen Morse
Votes: 3,601 | Gross: $7.50M
181. Age of Consent (1969)
R | 98 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A grizzled Australian painter decides to jolt his stale creativity by moving to a remote island on the Great Barrier Reef, where he takes on an alluring, uninhibited young woman as his muse.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran, Neva Carr-Glynn
Votes: 3,724
182. Age of Illusions (1965)
95 min | Drama
Jancsi Oláh is in the transitional phase between adolescence and adultness. He is born in 1938, and is now getting his first employment as an electronic engineer. On some TV-screens he ... See full summary »
Director: István Szabó | Stars: András Bálint, Ilona Béres, Judit Halász, Kati Sólyom
Votes: 402
183. Death of a Cyclist (1955)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed.
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem | Stars: Lucia Bosè, Alberto Closas, Bruna Corrà, Carlos Casaravilla
Votes: 4,501
184. The Age of the Medici (1972– )
255 min | Biography, History
This is a lengthy exposition of the social and political history of renaissance Florentine history, told through dramatised conversations between the main participants, particularly Cosimo ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Marcello Di Falco, Virgilio Gazzolo, Adriano Amidei Migliano, Michel Bardinet
Votes: 346
185. Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966)
Passed | 84 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Secret agent tries to stop a scientist who has devised a bacterium that devours the body from within.
Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Peter Mark Richman, Wendell Corey, Carl Esmond, Barbara Bouchet
Votes: 1,538
186.
The Name of the Game (1968–1971)
Episode:
An Agent of the Plaintiff
(1969)
TV-PG | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Whilst visiting London, Glenn Howard finds himself being sued for libel.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Gene Barry, Honor Blackman, Maurice Evans, Brian Bedford
Votes: 18
187. Agent 8 3/4 (1964)
98 min | Comedy
Czech-speaking, out-of-work Briton Nicholas Whistler (Dirk Bogarde) is unwittingly sent on a secret mission to Prague by British Intelligence.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sylva Koscina, Robert Morley, Leo McKern
Votes: 935
188. Agent of Doom (1963)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
After a serious road accident scientist André Ségonne comes to in a luxurious country house in the company of two enigmatic gentlemen. The aura of mystery and inexplicable events in the ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Govar | Stars: Annette Stroyberg, Michel Le Royer, Jean Servais, Pierre Brasseur
Votes: 39
189. Agent 3S3, Massacre in the Sun (1966)
106 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
The island paradise of San Felipe has undergone a revolution and the charismatic General Siqueiros has assumed control. Those assisting him though have an agenda far beyond a simple dictatorship of a inconsequential banana republic.
Director: Sergio Sollima | Stars: George Ardisson, Frank Wolff, Evi Marandi, Michel Lemoine
Votes: 86
190. Agent 38-24-36 (1964)
110 min | Comedy
A Russian spy is supposed by the British Secret Service to steal some faked orders, but he is too stupid to succeed. His girlfriend tries to help him, but it seems he is too foolish to succeed.
Director: Édouard Molinaro | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Anthony Perkins, Grégoire Aslan, Jean-Marc Tennberg
Votes: 464
191. The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Approved | 138 min | Biography, Drama, History
The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews
Votes: 8,057
192. Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In the 16th century, the ruthless and insane Don Lope de Aguirre leads a Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Ruy Guerra, Helena Rojo, Del Negro
Votes: 62,320
193. Ah Wilderness! (1935)
Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Story of small-town life in turn-of-the-century America, and a young boy's problems facing adolescence.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Aline MacMahon, Eric Linden
Votes: 881
194. Aida (1953)
Approved | 95 min | Musical
Aida, featuring the actress Sophia Loren, is a film adaptation of a theatre performance written by Verdi. The plot revolves around the character Radames who falls in love with what he ... See full summary »
Director: Clemente Fracassi | Stars: Renata Tebaldi, Ebe Stignani, Gino Bechi, Giuseppe Campora
Votes: 265
195. Ain't Misbehavin' (1955)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
A rowdy young girl crashes high society when a wealthy older man falls for her.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Piper Laurie, Jack Carson, Mamie Van Doren
Votes: 169
196. Air Cadet (1951)
Approved | 94 min | Biography, Drama, War
A group of cadets have assorted problems at the U.S. Air Force Pilot Training Academy.
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Stephen McNally, Gail Russell, Alex Nicol, Richard Long
Votes: 175
197. 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: 3,816
198. Air Mail (1932)
Approved | 84 min | Adventure, Drama
A group of air mail pilots risk their lives to deliver important mail through bad weather conditions.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Ralph Bellamy, Gloria Stuart, Slim Summerville
Votes: 527
199. Air Patrol (1962)
Passed | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
L.A. detective Sgt. Castle and his two partners investigate the theft of a valuable Fragonard painting by a thief who pilots a helicopter.
Director: Maury Dexter | Stars: Willard Parker, Merry Anders, Robert Dix, John Holland
Votes: 172
200. Air Raid Wardens (1943)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Jacqueline White
Votes: 1,222
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