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1.
Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
Episode:
A Christmas Carol
(1952)
60 min | Drama
An old bitter miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.
Stars: Eric Berry, Phillip Brady, Eva Condon, Melville Cooper
2. A Macabre Legacy (1940)
83 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Director: José Bohr | Stars: Miguel Arenas, Consuelo Frank, Ramón Armengod, Luis Aldás
Votes: 31
3. A Daughter of Destiny (1928)
108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A scientist with an interest in genetics impregnates a sex worker with the seed of a hanged murderer. The sex worker gives birth to a child who has no concept of love, whom the scientist adopts.
Director: Henrik Galeen | Stars: Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener, Iván Petrovich, Wolfgang Zilzer
Votes: 431
5. Singin' in the Corn (1946)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Western
Judy McCoy, a fortune teller with a circus, learns she has inherited some property and heads west to collect. When she arrives in the desert ghost town, she learns that a stipulation in the... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Judy Canova, Allen Jenkins, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Al Bridge
Votes: 26
6. María Magdalena, pecadora de Magdala (1946)
95 min | Drama, History
Director: Miguel Contreras Torres | Stars: Medea de Novara, Luis Alcoriza, Tito Junco, José Baviera
Votes: 32
7. Herr Arnes penningar (1954)
88 min | Drama
Three Scottish mercenaries killing all living in a rectory , but a little girl survive.
Director: Gustaf Molander | Stars: Ulla Jacobsson, Ulf Palme, Carl-Hugo Calander, Bengt Eklund
Votes: 80
8. Siren of Bagdad (1953)
Passed | 73 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In ancient Baghdad, a magician uses his powers and his magic box to save slave girls.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Paul Henreid, Patricia Medina, Hans Conried, Charles Lung
Votes: 222
9. The Temptress and the Monk (1957)
88 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Director: Eisuke Takizawa | Stars: Yumeji Tsukioka, Ryôji Hayama, Osamu Takizawa, Akitake Kôno
Votes: 24
10. A la sombra del puente (1948)
Drama, Mystery
In this Mexican version of Winterset (inspired by the 20s Sacco Vanzetti case) an idealistic youth searches for the culprit behind a crime that his father was wrongly accused of several years before.
Director: Roberto Gavaldón | Stars: Guillermo Calles, Esther Fernández, Gilberto González, Rafael Icardo
Votes: 8
11. Adam and Eve (1949)
87 min | Comedy
Eva Bianchi, who works as a manicure in a beauty salon in Milan, falls in love with the owner Adamo Rossi. But Adam, who at first always gives her roses, now no longer seems interested in her.
Director: Mario Mattoli | Stars: Erminio Macario, Isa Barzizza, Gianni Agus, Guglielmo Barnabò
Votes: 26
12. The Original Sin (1948)
105 min | Comedy, Fantasy
An apple juice producer can't decide between his wife and his secretary and tries to commit suicide. Being committed to psychiatry, he falls asleep and dreams of adventures as Adam and Eve in heaven and hell.
Director: Helmut Käutner | Stars: Bobby Todd, Bettina Moissi, Joana Maria Gorvin, Arno Assmann
Votes: 94
13.
Actor's Studio (1948–1950)
Episode:
The Tell-Tale Heart
(1949)
Drama
In this classic Edgar Allan Poe story, a man commits a murder, but afterward the victim's beating heart torments the murderer's mind.
Stars: Warren Stevens, Russell Collins
14. The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (1951 TV Movie)
30 min | Drama, Family, Mystery
The Mazarin Stone, a yellow diamond which is part of the British Crown jewels, has been stolen. Sherlock Holmes is hired by the British government to retrieve it.
Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Andrew Osborn, Philip King, Jeremy Spenser, Martin Boddey
15.
Actor's Studio (1948–1950)
Episode:
The Canterville Ghost
(1949)
Drama
In the 1600s, cowardly Sir Simon of Canterville flees a duel and seeks solace in the family castle. His ashamed father seals him in the room where he is hiding and dooms him to life as a ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Carr | Stars: Marc Connelly, Edward Ashley, John Shay, Ruth Matteson
16.
Actor's Studio (1948–1950)
Episode:
O'Halloran's Luck
(1949)
Drama
Tim O'Halloran travels from Ireland to America for his love, Kitty Malone. He gets a job on the railroad, where he meets the leprechaun, Rory. Out of this encounter, strange and wonderful things happen for all.
Director: Fred Carr | Stars: Marc Connelly, George Reeves, Cloris Leachman, Don Hanmer
17. Alakh Niranjan (1950)
Fantasy
Director: Dada Gunjal | Stars: Durga Khote, Nirupa Roy, D.K. Sapru, Trilok Kapoor
18. Alerte au sud (1953)
110 min | Drama
When 1 of 2 Foreign Legion officers is killed after witnessing a secret experiment on a death ray (capable of shooting down aircraft) in southern Morocco, the other gets vengeance by infiltrating the organization responsible.
Director: Jean Devaivre | Stars: Jean-Claude Pascal, Gianna Maria Canale, Erich von Stroheim, Jean Tissier
Votes: 41
19. Muertos de risa (1957)
75 min | Comedy, Mystery
Carnival worker is recruited by police to impersonate an old lady whose relatives want to kill her.
Director: Adolfo Fernández Bustamante | Stars: Adalberto Martínez, María Victoria, Renée Dumas, Armando Arriola
Votes: 28
20. La muerte enamorada (1951)
87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
Rivas is an insurance sales man who hadn't been lucky in his life. He offered many times to live less years in exchange of a better live. Tasia (the dead) came for him, since he had wasted ... See full summary »
Director: Ernesto Cortázar | Stars: Miroslava, Fernando Fernández, Jorge Reyes, Esperanza Issa
Votes: 50
21. Death in the Hand (1948)
43 min | Short, Mystery
A pianist aboard a train reads the palms of passengers and predicts their deaths. Soon those deaths begin to happen.
Director: A. Barr-Smith | Stars: Esme Percy, Ernest Jay, Cecile Chevreau, Carleton Hobbs
22. Kaidan Saga yashiki (1953)
97 min | Horror
A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators.
Director: Ryôhei Arai | Stars: Shinobu Araki, Kôtarô Bandô, Takaji Fukui, Kazuko Fushimi
Votes: 21
23. Vedhala Ulagam (1948)
160 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Director: A.V. Meiyappan | Stars: T.R. Mahalingam, K. Sarangapani, P.R. Mangalam, R. Balasubramanian
Votes: 17
24. The Desert Hawk (1944)
Approved | 285 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Evil Hassan slips back into his native land of Ahad and plots to overthrow his twin bother, Kasim, who has just been crowned the Caliph. Hassan enlists the aid of the chief Chamberlain, ... See full summary »
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Gilbert Roland, Mona Maris, Ben Welden, Kenneth MacDonald
Votes: 44
26. Destination 60, 000 (1957)
65 min | Drama
Destination 60,000 tells the story of test pilots flying an experimental supersonic fighter designs from Edwards Air Force Base.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Preston Foster, Pat Conway, Jeff Donnell, Coleen Gray
Votes: 26
27. Destiny (1944)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Bank robbers Cliff Banks and Sam Baker go their separate ways while being chased by the law. Now fleeing alone, Cliff begins to reflect, via flashback, on the various events and unsavory ... See full summary »
Directors: Reginald Le Borg, Julien Duvivier | Stars: Gloria Jean, Alan Curtis, Frank Craven, Grace McDonald
Votes: 200
28. Destiny in Trouble (1953)
87 min | Comedy
Director: Ernesto Remani | Stars: João Alberto, João Alberto, Arrelia, Paulo Autran
Votes: 13
29. Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In medieval France, the Devil intervenes when one of his two envoys, sent to seduce and deceive mortals, falls instead for a victim.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Arletty, Marie Déa, Fernand Ledoux, Alain Cuny
Votes: 2,462
30. Carnival of Sinners (1943)
Approved | 80 min | Fantasy, Horror
Roland Brissot bought for a nickel a talisman that gives him love, fame, and wealth. The talisman is a cut left hand, and it works perfectly. Of course, there is nothing free in this world,... See full summary »
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Pierre Fresnay, Josseline Gaël, Noël Roquevert, Guillaume de Sax
Votes: 1,796
31. Prison (1949)
79 min | Drama
A film director tries to create the best film in history, but finds out that human abilities have their limits.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Doris Svedlund, Birger Malmsten, Eva Henning, Hasse Ekman
Votes: 2,142
32. Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup (1959)
124 min | Drama
A mystical tale of a brother and sister who lost their mother at an early age.
Director: Jamil Sulong | Stars: Aziz Jaafar, Zaiton, Rahmah Rahmat, Bad Latiff
Votes: 23
33. Devta (1956)
178 min | Adventure, Drama
Director: Pattanna | Stars: Vyjayanthimala, Anjali Devi, Gemini Ganesan, Kamala Kumari
Votes: 21
34. Diamond Machine (1955)
98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of bandits conspire to kidnap a scientist who can help them manufacture diamonds.Unbeknownst to them , the FBI is already on their case.
Director: Pierre Chevalier | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Maria Frau, François Perrot, René-Jean Chauffard
Votes: 119
35. Diyosa (1957)
Drama, Fantasy
The enchantment of a thousand-and-one delights are now yours to behold in this rare and magnificent fantasy.
Director: Conrado Conde | Stars: Rita Gomez, Ric Rodrigo, Etang Discher, Panchito
36. Gekko kamen - Satan no tsume (1958)
62 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Director: Eijirô Wakabayashi | Stars: Fumitake Ômura, Tomoko Matsushima, Mitsue Komiya, Yaeko Wakamizu
Votes: 25
37. The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
70 min | Mystery
Dr. Ordway investigates the death of man whose first two wives were murdered.
Director: George Sherman | Stars: Warner Baxter, Hillary Brooke, Jerome Cowan, Mark Roberts
Votes: 350
38. The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Drama
Dr. Ordway tries to prove that his patient was framed for arson.
Director: Seymour Friedman | Stars: Warner Baxter, Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell, Adele Jergens
Votes: 249
39. The Crime Doctor's Gamble (1947)
Passed | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
On a lecture/vacation visit to Paris, Dr. Ordway drops in on his friend, the Prefecture of Police. He becomes involved in a case involving the stabbing of an old man. The man's son, not all... See full summary »
Director: William Castle | Stars: Warner Baxter, Micheline Cheirel, Roger Dann, Steven Geray
Votes: 293
40. The Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)
70 min | Crime, Mystery
The Crime Doctor must prove the innocence of an artist accused of murdering his model during one of his blackout spells.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Warner Baxter, John Litel, Dusty Anderson, Coulter Irwin
Votes: 337
41. The Crucible (1957)
145 min | Drama, History
Salem 1692. The young Abigail, seduced and abandoned by John Proctor, accuses John's wife of being a witch in revenge. It will be the beginning of a series of witchcraft trials and a dark moment in American history.
Director: Raymond Rouleau | Stars: Simone Signoret, Yves Montand, Jean Debucourt, Alfred Adam
Votes: 789
42. Curse of the Oily Man (1956)
90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A deformed hunchback gets a second chance in life, but it is abruptly taken away when he accidentally kills a man.
Director: P. Ramlee | Stars: P. Ramlee, Sri Dewi, Ahmad C., Rosiah Chik
Votes: 76
43. Curse of the Stone Hand (1965)
Not Rated | 67 min | Horror
Compilation of two Chilean titles, the first adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Suicide Club," the second the tale of younger siblings dominated by their evil elder brother.
Directors: Carlos Hugo Christensen, Jerry Warren, Carlos Schlieper | Stars: Ernesto Vilches, John Carradine, Chela Bon, Carlos Cores
Votes: 177
44. Curse of the Undead (1959)
Passed | 79 min | Horror, Western
While a malady is claiming the lives of young women in a Western town, a sinister gunslinger-for-hire Drake Robey is really a vampire, and it's up to Preacher Dan to save the town and girlfriend Dolores Carter.
Director: Edward Dein | Stars: Eric Fleming, Michael Pate, Kathleen Crowley, John Hoyt
Votes: 1,397
45. The Daring Young Man (1942)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Romance, War
After the military turns him down, a man proves himself a hero by cracking a Nazi spy ring.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Marguerite Chapman, William Wright, Roger Clark
Votes: 86
46. Anak ng kidlat (1959)
Action, Sci-Fi
Director: Mario Barri | Stars: Cecilia Lopez, Cesar Ramirez, Lillian Leonardo, Oscar Moreno
47. Daughter of the Jungle (1949)
Approved | 69 min | Adventure
An airplane, carrying policeman and gangsters, crash-lands in a jungle, where they discover a white girl and her father, lost twelve years previously in another plane crash. The father and ... See full summary »
Director: George Blair | Stars: Lois Hall, James Cardwell, William Wright, Sheldon Leonard
Votes: 85
48. A Date with the Falcon (1942)
Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A scientist has discovered how to make synthetic diamonds and a criminal gang (closely pursued by the Falcon) are out to discover the formula.
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 1,031
49. Dr. Crippen lebt (1958)
86 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Erich Engels | Stars: Elisabeth Müller, Peter van Eyck, Fritz Tillmann, Carl Lange
Votes: 67
51. Don Juan (1955)
89 min | Adventure, Musical
Director: Walter Kolm-Veltée | Stars: Cesare Danova, Josef Meinrad, Evelyn Cormand, Jean Vinci
Votes: 28
52. Don't Say Die (1950)
72 min | Comedy
Director: Vivian Milroy | Stars: Charles Heslop, Sandra Dorne, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Constance Smith
53. The Dragon of Pendragon Castle (1953)
52 min | Family
Sir William Magnus lives in an old drafty castle with his daughter and his two grandchildren, Peter and Judy. Few visitors call and when there are guests they do not stay long, freezing ... See full summary »
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Leslie Bradley, David Hannaford, Lily Lapidus, J. Hubert Leslie
Votes: 12
54. Sigfrido (1957)
97 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Legendary hero Siegfried uses a magic sword to fight a huge, fire-breathing dragon.
Director: Giacomo Gentilomo | Stars: Sebastian Fischer, Ilaria Occhini, Rolf Tasna, Katharina Mayberg
Votes: 75
55. Dreaming (1944)
78 min | Comedy
A soldier is knocked unconscious during a train journey and has a series of bizarre dreams.
Director: John Baxter | Stars: Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Hazel Court, Dick Francis
Votes: 57
56. Dringue, Castrito y la lámpara de Aladino (1954)
Comedy, Fantasy
Director: Luis Moglia Barth | Stars: Dringue Farías, Carlos Castro, Carmen Amaya, Eduardo Armani
Votes: 9
57. Loves of Three Queens (1954)
97 min | Drama
At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict, remembering the troubles caused by Paris in a similar situation.
Directors: Marc Allégret, Edgar G. Ulmer | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Massimo Serato, Alba Arnova, Elli Parvo
Votes: 99
58. Cuento de hadas (1951)
81 min | Comedy
Director: Edgar Neville | Stars: Conchita Montes, Ismael Merlo, Nina Polán, Manolo Gómez Bur
59. The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Posing as an insurance investigator, Tom Lawrence investigates a murder of a teacher disguised as a suicide at a women's college.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Paula Corday, Amelita Ward
Votes: 907
60. The Falcon in Danger (1943)
Approved | 69 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
After a passenger plane crash lands at a local airport, the rescue crew is shocked to find there is no one aboard.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard, Amelita Ward
Votes: 792
61. The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The Falcon investigates the murder of an actor on a Hollywood backlot.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Tom Conway, Barbara Hale, Veda Ann Borg, John Abbott
Votes: 942
62. The Falcon in Mexico (1944)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
An artist's daughter becomes suspicious when new paintings by her supposedly dead father begin turning up in New York. When a gallery owner is murdered, the Falcon and Miss Wade head for ... See full summary »
Director: William Berke | Stars: Tom Conway, Mona Maris, Martha Vickers, Nestor Paiva
Votes: 770
63. The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
The Falcon and his friend Goldie Locke check into what appears to be a silk-smuggling racket in San Francisco.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis | Stars: Tom Conway, Paula Corday, Edward Brophy, Sharyn Moffett
Votes: 802
64. The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Tom Lawrence, who has inherited his brother's sobriquet of "The Falcon," is framed for the theft of war bonds and murder.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Tom Conway, Harriet Nelson, Jane Randolph, Edgar Kennedy
Votes: 807
65. The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
Approved | 61 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A wealthy woman's secretary, fearing that she will be blamed if her employer's jewelry is stolen, hires the Falcon as guardian. The Falcon is blamed when the jewels are stolen and murders ensue.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Tom Conway, Paula Corday, Vince Barnett, Jane Greer
Votes: 593
66. The Falcon's Brother (1942)
Approved | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Tom Lawrence, Gay's brother, takes over for his injured sibling in a case which involves Nazi espionage and political assassination.
Director: Stanley Logan | Stars: George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Don Barclay
Votes: 972
67.
Matinee Theatre (1955–1958)
Episode:
The Fall of the House of Usher
(1956)
60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A traveler arrives at the Usher mansion to visit his old friend, Roderick Usher. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Roderick and his sister, Madeline, have been afflicted with a ... See full summary »
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: John Conte, Tom Tryon, Marshall Thompson, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 16
68. The Falling Star (1950)
108 min | Drama
A woman with a troubled past connects with two refugees while working at a homeless camp after World War II.
Director: Harald Braun | Stars: Werner Krauss, Dieter Borsche, Gisela Uhlen, Paul Dahlke
Votes: 28
69. From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In 1868, American inventor Victor Barbicane develops a powerful military explosive that he also uses as fuel for a moon-bound rocket manned by himself and a motley crew.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dubbins
Votes: 1,756
70. Fury of the Congo (1951)
Passed | 69 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Jungle Jim must protect rare pony-like animals whose glands produce a powerful narcotic. On the way, he fights a giant spider.
Director: William Berke | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Sherry Moreland, William Henry, Lyle Talbot
Votes: 306
71. Gates of the Night (1946)
100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
It's Paris in the winter after its liberation. A tramp who may also be Destiny predicts that Jean Diego will fall in love with a beautiful girl. That same evening, Jean meets Malou.
Director: Marcel Carné | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Serge Reggiani, Yves Montand, Nathalie Nattier
Votes: 1,295
72. El gaucho y el diablo (1952)
83 min | Drama, Western
A rancher makes a pact with the devil to achieve happiness and love.
Director: Ernesto Remani | Stars: Elina Colomer, Raúl del Valle, Víctor Ferrari, César Fiaschi
73. The Gay Falcon (1941)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
The Falcon investigates jewel thieves who are working with hard up socialites to defraud insurance companies. First of the Falcon series.
Director: Irving Reis | Stars: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins, Nina Vale
Votes: 1,230
74. The Genie (1953)
75 min | Drama
A young woman discovers her grandfather owns the true Aladdin's lamp and discovers it's handsome Genie inside as well.
Directors: Lance Comfort, Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sean Barrett, Patricia Cutts, Tommy Duggan
75. Der Herr im Haus (1940)
80 min | Comedy
Director: Heinz Helbig | Stars: Hans Moser, Maria Andergast, Elise Aulinger, Leo Slezak
Votes: 91
76. Kaibyô Arima goten (1953)
49 min | Horror
Director: Ryôhei Arai | Stars: Takako Irie, Michiko Ai, Yoshitaro Sadato, Shôsaku Sugiyama
Votes: 24
77. Kaibyo Gojusan-tsugi (1956)
87 min | Horror
Director: Bin Katô | Stars: Kôichi Aihara, Toshio Chiba, Jun Fujikawa, Narutoshi Hayashi
Votes: 30
79. The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall (1958)
88 min | Horror
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Shintarô Katsu, Chieko Murata, Mieko Kondô, Akio Kobori
Votes: 20
80. Ghost Catchers (1944)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Two zanies get mixed up with a Southern colonel, his beautiful daughters, a nightclub and a haunted mansion.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Gloria Jean, Martha O'Driscoll
Votes: 204
81. A Ghost for Sale (1952)
31 min | Horror, Short
A manor caretaker relates the tale of a mad squire, and vanishes.
Director: Victor M. Gover | Stars: Tod Slaughter, Patrick Barr, Tucker McGuire, David Keir
Votes: 10
82. Spuk im Schloß (1947)
82 min | Comedy, Horror
In the antique shop J.M. Mauritius, there's astonishment when a young, beautiful woman, Gabriele Euler, inquires about an old fortress crest, which can be seen in the background on an old ... See full summary »
Director: Hans H. Zerlett | Stars: Margot Hielscher, Albert Matterstock, Alice Treff, Sonja Ziemann
Votes: 41
83. The Depths (1957)
66 min | Horror
A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur ... See full summary »
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa | Stars: Katsuko Wakasugi, Takashi Wada, Noriko Kitazawa, Tetsurô Tanba
Votes: 297
84. Fantasmas en Buenos Aires (1942)
89 min | Comedy
Director: Enrique Santos Discépolo | Stars: Pepe Arias, Zully Moreno, Carlos Lagrotta, Enrique García Satur
Votes: 11
85. The Lion Hunters (1951)
Open | 75 min | Adventure
Bomba the Jungle Boy informs ne'er-do-well lion hunters that the lions were meant to roam the jungle freely. Since they pay him no attention, Bomba must save the lions (and Jean, incidentally).
Director: Ford Beebe | Stars: Johnny Sheffield, Morris Ankrum, Ann E. Todd, Douglas Kennedy
Votes: 210
86. Lost City of the Jungle (1946)
Approved | 265 min | Action, Adventure
Following the end of WWII, war-monger Sir Eric Hazarias (Lionel Atwill) sets the wheel in motion for WWIII. His search for Meteorium 245, the only practical defense against the atomic bomb, leads him to mythical Pendrang.
Directors: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor | Stars: Russell Hayden, Jane Adams, Lionel Atwill, Keye Luke
Votes: 201
87. Loose in London (1953)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Bowery Boys find themselves in London, in an old mansion complete with a dungeon, an ominous bell tower and the ghost of an old hangman.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Angela Greene
Votes: 348
88. Lost Angel (1943)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts Alpha to run away from the institute and... See full summary »
Director: Roy Rowland | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Marsha Hunt, Philip Merivale
Votes: 614
89. Lotna (1959)
90 min | Drama, War
Poland, during the World War. Lotna is a magnificent specimen of Arabian horse, the pride of her owner, too old to actually ride her but to whom she remains faithful nevertheless. The ... See full summary »
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Jerzy Pichelski, Adam Pawlikowski, Jerzy Moes, Mieczyslaw Loza
Votes: 472
90. The Lucky Stiff (1949)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Crime
Semi-successful lawyer John Malone is intrigued by local night club singer Anna Marie St. Clair. After meeting her at the club, he is present when her boss (and more?) is killed, and she is... See full summary »
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Irene Hervey
Votes: 132
91. Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy
The Kettles leave their ultra-modern home and return to the country looking for uranium. Ma and Tom's mother-in-law, Mrs. Parker, fight over whether their grandchild will be raised "hygienically".
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall
Votes: 865
92. Macbeth (1946)
113 min
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Director: Thomas A. Blair | Stars: William Bartholmay, David Bradley, Grosvenor Glenn, Louis Northop
Votes: 12
93.
Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
Episode:
Macbeth
(1950)
60 min | Drama
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
Director: Lew Brown | Stars: Philip Carlisle, Philip Faversham, Uta Hagen, Phillip Huston
94. Macbeth (1954 TV Movie)
103 min | Drama
Macbeth (Maurice Evans), the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his King and takes the throne for himself.
Directors: Hudson Faucett, George Schaefer | Stars: Maurice Evans, Judith Anderson, House Jameson, Richard Waring
Votes: 25
95. The Mad Doctor (1940)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance
A crazed physician marries a wealthy women and, with the help of his demented assistant, murders them for their money.
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Ellen Drew, John Howard, Barbara Jo Allen
Votes: 303
96. The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Passed | 65 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: David Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, George Zucco, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 891
97. Madame White Snake (1956)
103 min | Fantasy, Romance
Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.
Director: Shirô Toyoda | Stars: Ryô Ikebe, Shirley Yamaguchi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Kichijirô Ueda
Votes: 129
98. The Magic Garden (1951)
63 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In a black township in South Africa, a stolen treasure chest passes from hand to hand until it is finally returned to its original owner.
Director: Donald Swanson | Stars: Tommy Machaka, Harriet Qubeka, David Mukwanazi, Dolly Rathebe
Votes: 19
99. Cerf-volant du bout du monde (1958)
G | 82 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
This interesting little French film is set in a run-down suburb of Paris. It's about a group of bored children making mischief to fill the days (eg sticking a cat up a tree and then calling... See full summary »
Director: Roger Pigaut | Stars: Patrick de Bardine, Sylviane Rozenberg, Jacques Faburel, Gérard Szymanski
Votes: 119
100. The Magnetic Monster (1953)
Approved | 76 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The Office of Scientific Investigation sends A-Men agents to investigate reports of unusual magnetic activity in various communities.
Directors: Curt Siodmak, Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Richard Carlson, King Donovan, Jean Byron, Harry Ellerbe
Votes: 1,921
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