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MGM Plus
90
8.4
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82
/2813/
4.4
/323877/
98
/125/
95
/3486/
94
/32/
cc age 13+

Sunset Boulevard (1950)
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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89
8.2
/489738/
79
/7432/
79
/5856/
4.2
/586133/
99
/132/
90
/11626/
100
/19/
cc age 12+

Citizen Kane (1941)
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
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Hoopla
87
8.1
/107383/
76
/1447/
78
/1064/
4.2
/57595/
100
/49/
88
/1136/
96
/16/
cc age 12+

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
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fuboTV
81
7.7
/45279/
77
/933/
73
/588/
3.8
/33706/
91
/46/
91
/1726/
85
/17/
cc age 9+

The Quiet Man (1952)
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
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78
76
7.7
/14345/
73
/331/
71
/227/
3.9
/25381/
87
/63/
85
/133/
75
/13/

Nightmare Alley (1947)
A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.
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74
62
6.8
/3845/
69
/112/
63
/80/
3.5
/5431/
100
/7/
76
/25/

Decision at Sundown (1957)
A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death.
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74
60
7.1
/3528/
71
/63/
67
/64/
3.7
/3194/
89
/9/
77
/27/

The Merry Widow (1934)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
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74
60
7.0
/3263/
70
/73/
62
/72/
3.7
/5042/
100
/13/
72
/25/

Moonrise (1948)
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.
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70
59
6.8
/3979/
66
/66/
66
/51/
3.2
/2415/
88
/8/
65
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Dangerous (1935)
Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. He asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play.
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74
58
7.6
/4119/
74
/69/
72
/67/
3.7
/2260/
71
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81
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This Land Is Mine (1943)
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.
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75
57
7.1
/3553/
78
/46/
66
/34/
3.4
/1200/
89
/9/
79
/46/

The Stratton Story (1949)
Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.
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66
53
6.9
/3472/
76
/65/
70
/45/
3.1
/1789/
78
/59/
44
/5/

The Egg and I (1947)
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.
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65
49
6.7
/2836/
69
/49/
66
/51/
3.4
/2142/
71
/14/
70
/14/
48
/7/

Lady on a Train (1945)
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.
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48
45
5.6
/5724/
57
/211/
54
/135/
2.7
/7583/
42
/12/
28
/136/
50
/6/

The Son of Kong (1933)
Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to the island where he found King Kong.
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61
41
6.5
/3162/
65
/62/
56
/47/
3.3
/1010/
53
/33/

Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.
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64
39
6.8
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63
/44/
63
/42/
3.3
/1302/
60
/12/

20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
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37
6.6
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65
/21/
64
/21/
3.2
/919/
86
/7/
53
/19/

Three Smart Girls (1936)
The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and reunite him with their mother.
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54
37
6.1
/2092/
57
/51/
61
/40/
2.9
/1756/
35
/202/

Man-Made Monster (1941)
Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
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62
33
6.3
/1712/
67
/32/
64
/23/
3.2
/868/
55
/1327/

Man in the Saddle (1951)
A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even hires gunmen to intimidate him he has to defend himself and his property by means of violence.
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Amazon Prime Video
52
31
6.0
/1662/
56
/40/
51
/35/
2.9
/1230/
36
/112/

The Death Kiss (1932)
When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
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56
30
6.3
/1402/
60
/36/
61
/31/
3.2
/974/
35
/122/

The Strange Door (1951)
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
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60
27
6.6
/2231/
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/38/
58
/22/
3.2
/697/
53
/13/

In Society (1944)
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly.
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50
25
5.9
/1274/
58
/31/
53
/36/
2.8
/1743/
27
/3/

Escape in the Fog (1945)
A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, she is astounded to discover that he is the man in her dream who is the intended murder victim.
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65
24
6.6
/1284/
69
/40/
68
/22/
3.3
/424/
57
/16/

The Noose Hangs High (1948)
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
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MGM Plus
58
23
6.3
/1699/
68
/31/
51
/33/
3.2
/412/
48
/14/

In Old California (1942)
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.
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JustWatchTV
54
23
6.5
/1315/
62
/26/
57
/18/
3.3
/876/
23
/87/

Women's Prison (1955)
A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.
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21
6.3
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50
/2/
46
/4/
70
/310/

The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
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60
20
6.6
/1409/
68
/18/
63
/24/
3.2
/562/
40
/4/

The Gay Falcon (1941)
Having forsaken the detective business for the safer confines of personal insurance, Gay Laurence is compelled to return to his sleuthing ways. Along with sidekick Jonathan "Goldie" Locke, he agrees to look into a series of home party robberies that have victimized socialite Maxine Wood. The duo gets more than they bargained for when a murder is committed at Wood's home, but Lawrence still finds time to romance the damsel.
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53
18
5.9
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65
/16/
52
/15/
3.0
/659/
33
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The Vampire's Ghost (1945)
In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years.
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69
17
6.9
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75
/8/
68
/12/
3.4
/604/
67
/6/

Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
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17
7.7
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75
/17/
68
/14/
3.6
/645/

Don't Be a Sucker! (1943)
Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is similarly used in the United States. The film was made to make the case for the desegregation of the United States armed forces.
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fuboTV
55
16
6.1
/493/
50
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35
/4/
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The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)
A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
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59
15
6.4
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63
/16/
63
/17/
3.2
/493/
43
/3/

Johnny Allegro (1949)
Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hunted.
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59
15
6.4
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68
/17/
65
/16/
3.2
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36
/3/

A Date with the Falcon (1942)
In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.
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MGM Plus
46
15
5.4
/498/
49
/10/
47
/15/
33
/37/

The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
Ellery Queen solves a mystery involving a valuable stamp.
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53
14
5.8
/487/
54
/7/
40
/12/
3.0
/919/

Ladies' Man (1931)
A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in "society."
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62
11
6.2
/484/
66
/11/
57
/11/
3.2
/359/

The Family Secret (1951)
When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
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Amazon Prime Video
45
11
5.5
/737/
54
/13/
47
/20/
3.0
/355/
10
/7/

Shoot to Kill (1947)
A gritty crime story involving a newspaper man and crooked politicians.
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The Roku Channel
67
11
6.7
/1053/
57
/4/
52
/11/
94
/2/

King of the Rocket Men (1949)
Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the science academy. Donning his Rocket Man costume King goes from one hair raising rescue to the next in order to keep the newly invented Decimator out of the clutches of Vulcan and his minions.
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59
9
6.4
/501/
65
/7/
68
/10/
3.3
/293/
33
/2/

Quiet Please, Murder (1943)
A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.
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?
4.8
/24/

Last Frontier Uprising (1947)
Singing cowboy Monte Hale plays "himself" in the Republic western Last Frontier Uprising. Actually, he's not really himself, but a federal agent, dispatched to Texas to buy horses on behalf of the government. Hale runs up against a vicious gang of horse thieves, including such veteran western hard cases as Roy Barcroft and Philip van Zandt. The romantic interest is in the dainty hands of Adrian Booth, who used to go by the name of Lorna Gray. Put together with the standard Republic efficiency, The Last Frontier Uprising benefits from the breathless direction of Lesley Selander.
poster
?
7.0
/42/

Days of Buffalo Bill (1946)
In this western, a cowpoke gets in an argument; a scuffle ensues leaving the cowboy to believe that he killed his opponent. He is so wracked with guilt that he travels to the ranch of the dead man's sister, gives himself a new name and begins helping her. Rustlers come; he stops them. Trouble ensues after she learns his true identity. A scuffle ensues. She wings him with a gun; he disarms her. Later she hears the real murderer bragging about his crime during a fight with the hero.
poster
?
6.8
/23/

Handle with Care (1932)
Bill Gordon (James Dunn), whose lot-in-life is rising, falls in love with Helen Barlow (Boots Mallory), who is raising two cute motherless children who nearly wreck her romance when they can't understand why grown-ups kiss...and other complications.
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Amazon Prime Video
48
?
4.8
/239/
52
/4/
46
/5/

Buried Alive (1939)
A prison trustee rescues a despondent executioner from a bar-room brawl, and is blamed for the fight by a tabloid reporter who actually started it, and loses parole, becomes embittered, and gets blamed for murder of guard.
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The Roku Channel
52
?
5.6
/143/
60
/2/
42
/4/

Cipher Bureau (1938)
The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.
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?
6.5
/63/

Wives Never Know (1936)
The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marriage—The Living Death".
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?
5.7
/88/
50
/1/

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (1941)
A young mining engineer sets out to catch the killers of both his brother and a beautiful young girl's father.
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?
6.1
/87/
20
/1/
20
/1/

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.


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