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- DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
- DirectorPer LindbergStarsIngrid BergmanGunnar SjöbergOlof WidgrenWhen Kerstin Norback is shot and gravely wounded by her lover, the trial causes a public scandal, forcing her to move to Stockholm under an assumed name. There she befriends a group of women and attempts to rebuild her life.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyOrestes CalpiniStarsJessica DragonetteLanny RossPinto ColvigA doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people.
- DirectorNorman FergusonT. HeeWilfred JacksonStarsDickie JonesChristian RubMel BlancA living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
- DirectorNils JerringStarsSickan CarlssonGeorge FantMarianne LöfgrenSpoiled upper class girl Marianne reluctantly join a home defense unit to learn military drill. The unit, led by lieutenant Victor, is a stern officer but has in fact a crush on her. Victor has developed an engine that foreign agents are trying to get their hands on. Marianne hates the drill to begin with but soon develops warm feelings for Victor.
- DirectorVictor FlemingGeorge CukorSam WoodStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas MitchellA sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
- DirectorH.C. PotterStarsFred AstairePaulette GoddardArtie ShawWhen perennial college students Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are forced to make it on their own, the competitive pair get jobs with Artie Shaw's band and reunite with ex-manager Ellen Miller.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMerle OberonMelvyn DouglasBurgess MeredithA psychoanalyst causes a woman to doubt her happy marriage.
- DirectorWalter LangStarsDon AmecheBetty GrableRobert CummingsSisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands.
- DirectorJames AlgarSamuel ArmstrongFord Beebe Jr.StarsLeopold StokowskiDeems TaylorThe Philadelphia OrchestraA series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney's team of artists.
- DirectorHugo BolanderStarsAllan BohlinÅke SöderblomGaby StenbergBjörn Harring studies theology, but the boxing coach Charlie happens to see when he scares a couple of troublemakers through skilled boxing.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsBasil RathboneNigel BruceLionel AtwillSherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands.
- DirectorJames AlgarSamuel ArmstrongDavid HandStarsHardie AlbrightStan AlexanderBobette AudreyThe story of a young deer growing up in the forest.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsBarbara StanwyckMichael O'SheaJ. Edward BrombergAfter one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before he strikes again.
- DirectorOlof MolanderStarsGeorg RydebergViveca LindforsAlf KjellinA classic melodrama about famous pianist Thomas Dahlhoff.
- DirectorRune CarlstenStarsViveca LindforsJohn EkmanOlof WidgrenArvid share the love with a young woman named Lydia, but as is customary at the turn of the century, is not love enough for a fairy tale to come true. While Arvid struggling to create the basis for their existence, Lydia's thirst for the good life leads her to marrying an older wealthy man.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsZachary ScottBetty FieldJ. Carrol NaishThe life of the poor Tucker family who worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature was against them.
- DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsTom NealAnn SavageClaudia DrakeThe life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
- DirectorBörje LarssonStarsÅke SöderblomAnne-Margrethe BjörlinHugo BjörneLazy Björn Norell is fired by art-dealer Kronberg because of his lack of initiative. To get another chance, Björn promises to get hold of a valuable Buddha figure. With help from some energy pills, he begins his pursuit and regains his self-confidence, and even wins over the art-dealer's daughter Ulla.
- DirectorHugo BolanderStarsGus DahlströmHolger HöglundFritiof BillquistSquadron leader Morgonkröök throws big a party where one of his colleagues is going to demonstrate a new type of explosive substance.
- DirectorGustaf EdgrenStarsDagmar EbbesenWanda RothgardtGunnar BjörnstrandTranslator Vilhelm and his young wife have a child, as well as a grumpy house maid who doesn't hesitate to give her opinion on how they behave as parents. In secret Kristin arranges a scholarship for Vilhelm so he can go back to his medical studies.
- DirectorRené ClairStarsBarry FitzgeraldWalter HustonLouis HaywardSeven guests, a newly hired secretary and two staff are gathered at a manor house on an isolated island by an unknown absentee host and are killed off one-by-one. They work together to determine who the killer is before it's too late.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsBasil RathboneNigel BrucePatricia MorisonSherlock Holmes sets out to discover why a trio of murderous villains, including a dangerously attractive female, are desperate to obtain three unassuming and inexpensive little music boxes.
- DirectorSamuel ArmstrongNorman FergusonWilfred JacksonStarsSterling HollowayEdward BrophyHerman BingRidiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.
- DirectorHasse EkmanStarsHasse EkmanEva DahlbeckUlf PalmeA journalist is writing a critical article about the prison service in Sweden. The magazine's editor in chief does not agree with him and removes the article. The journalist then plans to fake a crime to gain knowledge about life in prison.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico MarxThe Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
- DirectorHasse EkmanStarsTollie ZellmanOlof WinnerstrandInga LandgréAbout a number of people in an apartment building during a night full of dramatic events and entanglements.
- DirectorNorman FergusonClyde GeronimiJack KinneyStarsAurora MirandaCarmen MolinaDora LuzDonald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).
- DirectorJohn RawlinsStarsRalph ByrdLyle LatellKay ChristopherDick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.
- DirectorArne MattssonStarsSickan CarlssonGunnar BjörnstrandKarl-Arne HolmstenThe spoiled son of a weapons manufacturer falls in love with a manicurist, to the horror of his parents. Class limits may not be exceeded.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel BarrymoreAn angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
- DirectorLau LauritzenJohn ZachariasStarsMarguerite VibySture LagerwallOlof WinnerstrandThe young Marie is working in a nursery. But the house has been sold and the new owner does not want to have the day care center - he is only interested in dogs.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsDanny KayeVirginia MayoBoris KarloffA clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy.
- DirectorElliott NugentStarsBob HopeDorothy LamourPeter LorreShortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson tells reporters how he got there.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsEdward G. RobinsonLon McCallisterJudith AndersonAn old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.
- DirectorGöran GenteleStarsBirger MalmstenGunnel BroströmMargareta FahlénAfter having spent six years in an asylum, Harry returns home. He soon remembers what happened six years ago. He had five of his friends over and one of them, Raoul, was murdered. In order to find out which of them is the murderer, he invites them over to reconstruct the crime. It seems that everybody, including himself (as his doctor points out), had a motive, so it will not be easy to discover whodunit.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsRandolph ScottAnn DvorakEdgar BuchananA sheriff tries to stop homesteader conflicts in the West after the Civil War.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsWilliam PowellIrene DunneElizabeth TaylorA straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
- DirectorRobert CormackClyde GeronimiJack KinneyStarsNelson EddyDinah ShoreLaverne AndrewsAnimation done to contemporary popular music.
- DirectorStuart HeislerStarsSusan HaywardRobert PrestonPedro ArmendárizIn Tulsa, after a rancher dies during a feud with a major oil company, his daughter, driven by revenge, starts digging for oil herself.
- DirectorGösta BernhardStarsStig JärrelSvend AsmussenUlrik NeumannThe theater director Sten Rampe, Svend Blom and Ulrik Blad are on their way to Sten's summer house and suddenly get a flat tire. The fate brings them together with seven young women whose car has fallen out for the same accident.
- DirectorLars-Eric KjellgrenStarsNils PoppeGunnar BjörnstrandElse-Merete HeibergOne-day auctioneer Fabian Bom finds a little child in a cradle that is about to be called out. He leaves for the orphanage, but there they don't want to take the boy. Bom thinks about adoption but that requires some qualifications. The boy needs a mother and that means that Fabian Bom have to get married.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonJack KinneyHamilton LuskeStarsFred ShieldsJosé OliveiraLee BlairDisney animators tour South America and present four animated shorts inspired by their trip.
- DirectorOlof MolanderStarsGunnar SjöbergElsie AlbiinGunn WållgrenA priest decides to engage himself socially in prison. In the cells he meets a number of women with different fates. One is Mary, an honest young woman gone wrong.
- DirectorJames Edward GrantStarsJohn WayneGail RussellHarry CareyQuirt Evans, an all round bad guy, is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth, a Quaker girl. He eventually finds himself having to choose between his world and the world Penelope lives in.
- DirectorHasse EkmanStarsViveca LindforsHasse EkmanErik 'Bullen' BerglundSwedish man is admitted to a Swiss clinic for terminally sick people.
- DirectorHasse EkmanStarsEdvin AdolphsonEster Roeck HansenHasse EkmanThe ups and downs of three generations of an acting family.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardJack OakieDictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
- DirectorAnders HenriksonStarsCarl BarcklindEdvin AdolphsonKarin EkelundA murder is committed in an apartment building in Stockholm. The clues point toward the Justice of the Supreme Court and his sons.
- DirectorTage HolmbergStarsThor ModéenJohn BotvidGösta KjellertzMarianne is not satisfied with her job at a farm and dreams of moving to the big city. When she finally decides to go she is robbed on arrival. Two older gentlemen decide to help her avoid the dangers of the city.
- DirectorHampe FaustmanStarsGeorge FantGeorg RydebergElsie AlbiinHarald Handfaste is a 15th century Swedish Robin Hood, who fights against foreign oppression. He becomes the leader of a band of highwaymen and they start dealing with the evil bailiff. However, the bailiff will stop at nothing to catch Handfaste and show the people who is in charge. He even attempts to marry Handfaste's beloved Karin, and when she refuses to subdue, the bailiff decides to execute both her, her father and a monk who has been helping them.
- DirectorRolf BotvidStarsThor ModéenJohn BotvidChristian BrattThree taxi drivers work and bet on the lottery together. One day they win a lot of money - but they find it hard to handle their new wealth.