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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1. A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
Approved | 67 min | Adventure, Comedy
Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dante, Sheila Ryan
Votes: 1,376
2. a.k.a. Cassius Clay (1970)
PG | 79 min | Documentary, Sport
The documentary story of Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) -- the heavyweight boxing champion whose style and courage captured the imagination of the world.
Director: Jim Jacobs | Stars: Richard Kiley, Muhammad Ali, Cus D'Amato, Floyd Patterson
Votes: 717 | Gross: $0.41M
3. À Nous la Liberté (1931)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Musical
Seeking better life, two convicts escape from prison.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Raymond Cordy, Henri Marchand, Rolla France, Paul Ollivier
Votes: 4,967
4. Aaron Loves Angela (1975)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In New York City, a young black boy and Puerto Rican girl fall in love despite objections from each other's families.
Director: Gordon Parks Jr. | Stars: Moses Gunn, Kevin Hooks, Irene Cara, Robert Hooks
Votes: 307
5. Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Shy farmboy loves his next-door neighbor, but she dreams of going to the big city. Then she gets mixed up with big-city gangsters.
Director: Claude Binyon | Stars: Alan Young, Dinah Shore, Robert Merrill, Adele Jergens
Votes: 158
6. Seven Days from Now (1957)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A ship's officer finds himself in command of a lifeboat full of survivors of a sunken luxury liner.
Director: Richard Sale | Stars: Tyrone Power, Mai Zetterling, Lloyd Nolan, Stephen Boyd
Votes: 1,928
7. Abandoned (1949)
Passed | 79 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Newspaperman helps girl find her sister's illegitimate baby, gets mixed up in baby-adoption racket.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Gale Storm, Jeff Chandler, Meg Randall
Votes: 1,019
8. ABBA: The Movie (1977)
G | 95 min | Documentary, Comedy, Music
An incompetent radio DJ tries to get an interview with the Swedish pop group during their famous week-long 1977 tour of Australia.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog
Votes: 3,859
9. Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Two workmen accidentally launch a space rocket intended for Mars, and find mistakenly landing in New Orleans just the beginning of their misadventures.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Robert Paige, Mari Blanchard
Votes: 3,601
10. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Frances Rafferty, Bob Haymes
Votes: 2,396
11. Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy
Two Brooklyn wrestling promoters go to French Algeria in search of a famous Algerian wrestler but accidentally end-up in the French Foreign Legion.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patricia Medina, Walter Slezak
Votes: 3,117
12. Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Rocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Charles Laughton, Hillary Brooke
Votes: 2,309
13. Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Passed | 76 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Two bumbling American cops hunt for the mysterious Mr. Hyde in London, England.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Craig Stevens
Votes: 4,994 | Gross: $2.62M
14. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
Directors: Charles Barton, Walter Lantz | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi
Votes: 19,554 | Gross: $4.80M
15. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Horror
Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Arthur Franz
Votes: 6,088 | Gross: $3.38M
16. Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Romance
Harry and Willie buy the Edison Movie Studio in the year 1912 from Joseph Gorman, a confidence man. They follow Gorman to Hollywood where, as stunt men, they find him directing movies as Sergei Trumanoff and stealing the studio payroll.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Fred Clark, Lynn Bari
Votes: 2,382
17. 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: 4,226
18. Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Passed | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two bumbling Americans stumble on the discovery of a lifetime when their search for a mummy leads them to a sacred medallion that holds the key to buried treasure.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marie Windsor, Michael Ansara
Votes: 6,307
19. Abby (1974)
R | 89 min | Horror
A marriage counselor becomes possessed by a demon of sexuality when her father-in-law, an archaeologist and an exorcist, accidentally frees it while in Africa.
Director: William Girdler | Stars: Carol Speed, William Marshall, Terry Carter, Austin Stoker
Votes: 1,086
20. The Abdication (1974)
PG | 103 min | Biography, Drama, History
Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic Church.
Director: Anthony Harvey | Stars: Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack, Paul Rogers
Votes: 346 | Gross: $0.18M
21. Abduction (1975)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Daughter of a wealthy family is kidnapped by left wing terrorists.
Director: Joseph Zito | Stars: Judith-Marie Bergan, David Pendleton, Gregory Rozakis, Catherine Lacy
Votes: 296
22. The Abduction of Saint Anne (1975 TV Movie)
Unrated | 72 min | Drama
A cynical detective and a Roman Catholic bishop team up to investigate the reported miraculous powers of a seventeen-year-old girl being held captive in the house of her father, an ailing ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Falk | Stars: Robert Wagner, E.G. Marshall, William Windom, George McCallister
Votes: 78
23. The Abductors (1957)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Two men plot to steal and hold for ransom the remains of President Abraham Lincoln.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Victor McLaglen, George Macready, Fay Spain, Gavin Muir
Votes: 49
24. The Abductors (1972)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama
Cheerleaders and models are kidnapped & sold by a white slavery ring. Female agent is sent to rescue them.
Director: Don Schain | Stars: Cheri Caffaro, Richard Smedley, Patrick Wright, Laurie Rose
Votes: 489 | Gross: $0.94M
25. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Approved | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard
Votes: 2,060
26. Abie's Irish Rose (1928)
130 min | Drama, Comedy
A comedy in which a Catholic and a Jew marry, causing tension in both families.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Jean Hersholt, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 62
27. Abie's Irish Rose (1946)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cultures clash when a Jewish boy wants to marry an Irish girl.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Joanne Dru, Richard Norris, Michael Chekhov, J.M. Kerrigan
Votes: 105
28. Abilene Town (1946)
Approved | 89 min | Western
A sheriff tries to stop homesteader conflicts in the West after the Civil War.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming
Votes: 1,308
29. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror
Doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar Anton Phibes seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for the death of his wife.
Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North, Terry-Thomas
Votes: 16,672 | Gross: $0.55M
30. The Abominable Snowman (1957)
85 min | Adventure, Horror
A kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis
Votes: 4,958
31. About Face (1952)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Three friends enter military school together, but 2 of them don't know that the 3rd one is secretly married.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Gordon MacRae, Eddie Bracken, Dick Wesson, Virginia Gibson
Votes: 170
32. About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A rooming-house landlady recalls her past in flashbacks.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan, Marjie Millar, Alex Nicol
Votes: 701
33. Above and Beyond (1952)
Approved | 122 min | Biography, Drama, War
Col. Paul Tibbets piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II.
Directors: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama | Stars: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating
Votes: 1,340
34. Above Suspicion (1943)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Thriller, War
Oxford Professor Richard Myles and his new bride Frances are off on a European honeymoon. It isn't the typical honeymoon: they are on a spying mission for British Intelligence on the eve of World War II.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt, Basil Rathbone
Votes: 2,444
35. Above Us the Waves (1955)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, War
The attack by British submarines on the German battleship "Tirpitz" in a Norwegian fjord during World War II.
Director: Ralph Thomas | Stars: John Mills, John Gregson, Donald Sinden, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 1,628
36. Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Passed | 96 min | Biography, Drama, War
An episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Walter Huston, Una Merkel, William L. Thorne, Lucille La Verne
Votes: 1,707
37. Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Two Marines are let loose in Australia.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: William Bendix, Helen Walker, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder
Votes: 99
38. The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
A college professor invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk
Votes: 9,274 | Gross: $25.38M
39. Accattone (1961)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiraling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi
Votes: 10,156
40. Accent on Youth (1935)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
A young secretary falls in love with her boss, a middle-aged playwright. Complications ensue when her boss tries to fix her up with a man closer to her age and already in love with her.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Herbert Marshall, Phillip Reed, Holmes Herbert
Votes: 131
41. Accident (1967)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
At Oxford, Austrian student Anna von Graz (Jacqueline Sassard) is dating fellow student William (Michael York), whom she plans to marry, but she ends up involved with two unhappily married Oxford professors instead.
Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Jacqueline Sassard, Michael York
Votes: 4,985
42. Accidental Death (1963)
57 min | Drama
A man is confronted by a man in his house who declares that he is here to kill him, because he collaborated with the Nazis and caused the death of the intruder's fiancee.
Director: Geoffrey Nethercott | Stars: John Carson, Jacqueline Ellis, Derrick Sherwin, Richard Vernon
Votes: 68
43. The Accomplices (1959)
93 min | Thriller, Crime
Marco, an impoverished engineering student, hides his wealthy friend Andre at his apartment in a fake kidnaping plot to obtain money from Andre's father, a furniture manufacturer. While the... See full synopsis »
Director: Gianni Vernuccio | Stars: Sandro Pizzochero, Annabella Incontrera, Sandro Luporini
Votes: 14
44. According to Mrs. Hoyle (1951)
Approved | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Comedy
Mrs. Hoyle, a retired school teacher, resides in a hotel bought by Morganti, a gangster, who evicts most of the tenants but allows Mrs. Hoyle and Angela Brown, a dance-hall girl to remain. ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Spring Byington, Anthony Caruso, Tanis Chandler, Brett King
Votes: 133
45. Account Rendered (1957)
59 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Police find that everyone had a motive for the murder of a wealthy woman.
Director: Peter Graham Scott | Stars: Griffith Jones, Ursula Howells, Honor Blackman, Ewen Solon
Votes: 328
46. The Accursed (1957)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama, History, Mystery
Survivors of the World War 2 German Resistance Group attend an annual reunion at an English country house. The reunion is hosted by Colonel Price, who intends to find out which guest had betrayed their leader.
Directors: Gilbert Gunn, Michael McCarthy | Stars: Donald Wolfit, Robert Bray, Jane Griffiths, Anton Diffring
Votes: 317
47. The Accused (1949)
Approved | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A beautiful psychology professor tries to hide a self-defense killing.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wendell Corey, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 1,100
48. Accused of Murder (1956)
Approved | 74 min | Film-Noir, Mystery
Police detective falls for singer, gets involved with gangster killing.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: David Brian, Vera Ralston, Sidney Blackmer, Virginia Grey
Votes: 393
49. Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973)
PG | 92 min | Drama
Story of a 1920s stunt flyer and the son he takes on the road with him.
Director: John Erman | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Pamela Franklin, Eric Shea, Rosemary Murphy
Votes: 260
50. Ace High (1968)
PG-13 | 122 min | Comedy, Western
A recently-escaped bandit forms an unlikely alliance with two bounty hunters and an acrobat to get revenge against the people who framed him.
Director: Giuseppe Colizzi | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Eli Wallach, Brock Peters
Votes: 4,795
51. Ace in the Hole (1951)
Approved | 111 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall
Votes: 39,095 | Gross: $3.97M
52. Aces High (1976)
PG | 114 min | Action, Drama, War
In World War I, the high casualty rate amongst the rookie pilots of the Royal Flying Corps puts an enormous strain on the survivors.
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward, Peter Firth
Votes: 2,983
53. Across 110th Street (1972)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.
Director: Barry Shear | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Yaphet Kotto, Anthony Franciosa, Frank Adu
Votes: 7,141 | Gross: $3.60M
54. Across the Bridge (1957)
103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A wealthy businessman attempts to run to Mexico to escape capture for embezzlement. On the way, he switches identities for a visa but that only complicates matters.
Director: Ken Annakin | Stars: Rod Steiger, David Knight, Bernard Lee, Noel Willman
Votes: 990
55. Across the Great Divide (1976)
G | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In this family classic, two orphans cross the Rocky Mountains in search of their heritage. The couple forms an uncertain alliance with a drifter and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime together.
Director: Stewart Raffill | Stars: Robert Logan, Heather Rattray, Mark Edward Hall, George 'Buck' Flower
Votes: 847 | Gross: $18.81M
56. Across the Pacific (1942)
Passed | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.
Directors: John Huston, Vincent Sherman | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Halton
Votes: 5,440
57. Across the River (1965)
85 min | Drama
A junk collector rescues a woman near his home across the lake from Manhattan who changes his life.
Director: Stefan Sharff | Stars: Lou Gilbert, Kay Doubleday, Samuel J. McCurry, Archie Smith
Votes: 13
58. Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
Passed | 78 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Trapper Flint Mitchell and other mountain men from the Rendezvous join forces to enter virgin trapping territory but must contend with a resentful Blackfoot chief.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou
Votes: 2,284
59. Act of Love (1953)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War
A former soldier on holiday in the French Riviera recalls his time in France during WWII, and his love for a French peasant woman.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Dany Robin, Barbara Laage, Gabrielle Dorziat
Votes: 586
60. An Act of Murder (1948)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A hard-line judge is tempted toward mercy-killing by his wife's terminal cancer.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Fredric March, Edmond O'Brien, Florence Eldridge, Geraldine Brooks
Votes: 869
61. Act of the Heart (1970)
GP | 103 min | Drama
A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path.
Director: Paul Almond | Stars: Geneviève Bujold, Donald Sutherland, Monique Leyrac, Sharon Acker
Votes: 241
62. Act of Vengeance (1974)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A group of women learn martial arts, in order to punish a sadistic serial rapist, who wears hockey mask.
Director: Bob Kelljan | Stars: Jo Ann Harris, Peter Brown, Jennifer Lee Pryor, Lisa Moore
Votes: 1,072
63. Act of Violence (1948)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor
Votes: 5,711
64. Act One (1963)
Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama
Story of the life of writer/playwright Moss Hart.
Director: Dore Schary | Stars: George Hamilton, Jason Robards, George Segal, Jack Klugman
Votes: 286
65. Action for Slander (1937)
83 min | Drama
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
Directors: Tim Whelan, Victor Saville | Stars: Clive Brook, Ann Todd, Margaretta Scott, Arthur Margetson
Votes: 92
66. Action in Arabia (1944)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.
Director: Léonide Moguy | Stars: George Sanders, Virginia Bruce, Lenore Aubert, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 607
67. Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, War
An American tanker is sunk by a German U-boat, and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft. Their next assignment - bound for Murmansk through the sub-stalked N. Atlantic.
Directors: Lloyd Bacon, Byron Haskin, Raoul Walsh | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale, Julie Bishop
Votes: 4,546
68. Action Man (1967)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Sophisticated crook talks ex-crook and now respectable business man into one last caper. This highly planned and well executed crime goes off without a hitch until rival bad guys want a piece of the action.
Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Jean Gabin, Robert Stack, Margaret Lee, Jean Topart
Votes: 738
69. Action of the Tiger (1957)
Approved | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Carson is an American contraband runner approached by Tracy, a French woman who wants him to help rescue her brother from Albania where he is being held as a political prisoner.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom, Gustavo Rojo
Votes: 421
70. The Activist (1969)
X | 87 min | Drama
Mike, a college student, makes an impassioned anti-war speech on campus, which is carried on live television, causing a storm of controversy. His girlfriend leaves him, but he finds himself... See full summary »
Director: Art Napoleon | Stars: Michael Smith, Lesley Taplin, Tom Maier, Brian Murphy
Votes: 21
71. Actors and Sin (1952)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a bigger star than he is; the second is about a literary agent whose newest client--a ... See full summary »
Directors: Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Eddie Albert, Marsha Hunt, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 204
72. The Actress (1953)
Passed | 90 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
This is an account of the real life experience of actress/playwright Ruth Gordon.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright, Anthony Perkins
Votes: 1,504
73. Ada (1961)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Romance
Political drama about a honest but naive gubernatorial candidate who is manipulated by his corrupt campaign manager and is forced to temporarily cede power to his wife, a woman of integrity despite her shameful past.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ralph Meeker
Votes: 1,094
74. Adalen 31 (1969)
X | 115 min | Drama, History, Romance
During a strike strike-breakers are being transported to Lunde, where they are assaulted by the strikers. The military are sent in. On the 14th May 1931 there is a confrontation between ... See full summary »
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Peter Schildt, Kerstin Tidelius, Roland Hedlund, Stefan Feierbach
Votes: 1,745
75. Adam and Evalyn (1949)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
When a friend dies, a gambler adopts his daughter. Complications ensue.
Director: Harold French | Stars: Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Helen Cherry, Joan Swinstead
Votes: 612
76. Adam and Eve (1956)
78 min | Drama
Adam and Eve are placed by God in Paradise, but because of the world-famous boo-boo they committed, God cops an attitude and decides to teach them a lesson.
Director: Alberto Gout | Stars: Christiane Martel, Carlos Baena
Votes: 76
77. Adam at Six A.M. (1970)
R | 100 min | Drama
After a relative dies, a professor goes to the funeral, gets himself a job there working with power lines, and soon sees his entire life changing before his eyes.
Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Michael Douglas, Lee Purcell, Joe Don Baker, Louise Latham
Votes: 428
78. Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
Passed | 81 min | Drama
A governess becomes the center of a wealthy family after her employer's wife dies.
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Warner Baxter, Susan Hayward, Fay Wray
Votes: 1,279
79. Adam's Rib (1923)
102 min | Drama
Michael Ramsay only has time for gathering his fortune in wheat. His wife seeks comfort elsewhere and, to avoid a scandal, her daughter Mathilda assumes her mother's guilt. Ramsay nearly goes broke but gets rich again; his wife returns.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Milton Sills, Elliott Dexter, Theodore Kosloff, Anna Q. Nilsson
Votes: 129 | Gross: $0.25M
80. Adam's Rib (1949)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Romance
Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday, Tom Ewell
Votes: 22,907
81. Adam's Woman (1970)
M | 116 min | Drama, Western
Adam (Beau Bridges) is a young American wrongly accused of being an accomplice to murder while on shore leave in Liverpool. He is sentenced to death by hanging, but the sentence is commuted... See full summary »
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Beau Bridges, John Mills, Jane Merrow, James Booth
Votes: 200
82. The Adding Machine (1969)
M | 100 min | Comedy
An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.
Director: Jerome Epstein | Stars: Milo O'Shea, Phyllis Diller, Billie Whitelaw, Sydney Chaplin
Votes: 198
83. Address Unknown (1944)
Approved | 75 min | Drama
US art dealer returns to his native Germany for a visit and is attracted by Nazi propaganda.
Director: William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Paul Lukas, Mady Christians, Morris Carnovsky, Carl Esmond
Votes: 1,163
84. Adelaide (1968)
R | 92 min | Drama
A recently widowed woman in her early 40s receives a visit from a younger engineer. After the funeral of her husband, the two fall in love and marry. But the woman's teenage daughter has eyes for her new stepfather.
Director: Jean-Daniel Simon | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Sylvie Fennec, Jacques Portet
Votes: 26
85. Adiós Amigo (1975)
PG | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Western
A conman's crimes are blamed on a good-natured fast-drawing cowboy he meets and decides to use as decoy.
Director: Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Richard Pryor, James Brown, Robert Phillips
Votes: 341 | Gross: $0.64M
86. Adiós gringo (1965)
100 min | Drama, Western
A cowboy attempts to clear his name by hunting the rustlers who tricked him into buying stolen cattle, and are also responsible for the rape of a young woman he is helping recuperate.
Director: Giorgio Stegani | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Ida Galli, Roberto Camardiel, Jesús Puente
Votes: 529
87. Adiós, Sabata (1970)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, War
Sabata helps a band of Mexican revolutionaries steal a wagon-load of gold from the occupying Austrian forces of Emperor Maximilian I.
Director: Gianfranco Parolini | Stars: Yul Brynner, Dean Reed, Ignazio Spalla, Gérard Herter
Votes: 2,305 | Gross: $0.55M
88. The Admiral Was a Lady (1950)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Romance
Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Wanda Hendrix, Rudy Vallee, Johnny Sands
Votes: 407
89. Adorable Creatures (1952)
109 min | Comedy, Romance
On the eve of his wedding André Noblet remembers the adorable creatures he's met. Christiane dreaming of adventures, Minouche who snatches him away, Denise who supports the arts. And Catherine who marries him and also starts dreaming.
Director: Christian-Jaque | Stars: Daniel Gélin, Martine Carol, Edwige Feuillère, Antonella Lualdi
Votes: 176
90. Adorable Julia (1962)
97 min | Comedy
A successful and married, although not quite young, actress at a London theatre, falls for a young man, only a little older than her son, involved with a young actress who uses him to advance her career and upstage the leading lady.
Director: Alfred Weidenmann | Stars: Lilli Palmer, Charles Boyer, Jean Sorel, Jeanne Valérie
Votes: 166
91. Adorable Liar (1962)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
Juliette is a young woman who lies to everyone. She lies to all men she attracts with her womanly charms. But when she falls for an older man her reputation as a liar precedes her and she cannot convince him that she really does love him.
Director: Michel Deville | Stars: Marina Vlady, Macha Méril, Michel Vitold, Jean-Marc Bory
Votes: 281
92. Adrift (1971)
R | 108 min | Drama
A fisherman saves Anada, a woman adrift, from drowning. He takes her to his home, and protects her. Eventually, she occupies a larger place than was to be expected. He commits adultery with... See full summary »
Directors: Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos | Stars: Rade Markovic, Milena Dravic, Paula Pritchett, Jozef Kroner
Votes: 212 | Gross: $0.31M
93. Night Drum (1958)
95 min | Drama
When a married woman has an affair with a young musician, feudal Japanese law requires that both offenders pay with their lives. However, the woman's husband blames himself for his wife's ... See full summary »
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Ineko Arima, Masayuki Mori, Sumiko Hidaka
Votes: 160
94. Advance to the Rear (1964)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, War, Western
When A Union Army outfit of misfits and rejects is sent to the Western territory, Southern spies try to figure out what they're doing there.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Jim Backus
Votes: 910
95. Adventure (1945)
Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dark, romantic, complicated drama about a rowdy merchant mariner and sophisticated librarian who clash over their lifestyles and values - and then fall in love.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Joan Blondell, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 1,237
96. Adventure in Baltimore (1949)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
The liberated daughter of a 1905 minister innocently starts a scandal.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Robert Young, Shirley Temple, John Agar, Albert Sharpe
Votes: 531
97. Adventure in Diamonds (1940)
Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama
Starring George Brent, Isa Miranda, John Loder, Nigel Bruce, Elizabeth Patterson. Directed by George Fitzmaurice. Print: black/white. Runtime: 76 min. Genre: drama. British army pilot ... See full summary »
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: George Brent, Isa Miranda, John Loder, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 68
98. Adventure in Manhattan (1936)
Passed | 73 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A reporter meets an actress whose producer is a presumed-dead thief, and stakes his reputation on predicting the next crime.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Reginald Owen, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 840
99. Adventure in Washington (1941)
Approved | 84 min | Drama
The senator (Herbert Marshall) works to reform a delinquent youth who is working as a Senate page boy.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Herbert Marshall, Virginia Bruce, Gene Reynolds, Samuel S. Hinds
Votes: 66
100. Adventure Island (1947)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Travelers find themselves marooned on an island with a maniacal self-made ruler.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Rhonda Fleming, Paul Kelly, John Abbott
Votes: 227
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