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YouTube TV
87
7.9
/173445/
76
/2898/
77
/1829/
3.9
/141888/
99
/111/
91
/2982/
97
/16/
cc age 12+

The Maltese Falcon (1941)
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.9
/60820/
78
/2158/
73
/819/
3.8
/78691/
96
/52/
87
/1364/
88
/10/

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
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77
75
7.5
/20822/
72
/364/
70
/343/
3.7
/19656/
92
/26/
78
/247/

High Sierra (1941)
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
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The Roku Channel
78
72
7.2
/8214/
72
/185/
71
/188/
3.8
/11026/
100
/11/
77
/58/

You Only Live Once (1937)
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
6.7
/1480/
67
/51/
62
/45/
3.5
/2650/
90
/10/
62
/5/
80
/6/

Private Property (1960)
A hoodlum plots to seduce a lonely housewife and turn her over to his virginal friend.
poster
77
71
7.4
/8332/
74
/168/
72
/120/
3.6
/6836/
89
/9/
84
/228/

Shall We Dance (1937)
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.
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76
69
7.6
/8315/
73
/140/
70
/125/
3.7
/4831/
87
/15/
80
/150/

The Song of Bernadette (1943)
In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Massabielle grotto - the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous government officials think the girl is insane, doing their best to suppress her and her followers, while the church wants nothing to do with the matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the town, ultimately transforming their lives.
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YouTube TV
71
66
7.0
/11727/
70
/185/
68
/153/
3.5
/7682/
79
/14/
74
/337/

The Fountainhead (1949)
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
poster
65
6.4
/2615/
70
/96/
61
/68/
3.1
/1411/
59
/119/

The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While helping them, the millionaire is suspected of being crazy because he's seeing gnomes! He's committed, and the niece and nephew and the gnomes have to find him and free him.
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Amazon Prime Video
67
61
7.1
/8707/
72
/162/
73
/177/
3.4
/4042/
50
/10/
73
/84/

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
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71
60
7.2
/4194/
68
/57/
64
/55/
3.5
/2689/
86
/7/
72
/29/
69
/8/

Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempestuous marriage to an aloof heiress.
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70
60
7.5
/7218/
75
/55/
68
/66/
3.5
/2943/
57
/7/
80
/121/

Mr. Skeffington (1944)
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
poster
73
58
7.4
/4312/
77
/47/
70
/53/
3.5
/2106/
75
/39/

The Old Maid (1939)
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
poster
68
57
7.1
/4651/
71
/49/
70
/51/
3.4
/1977/
60
/5/
70
/47/

The Great Lie (1941)
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
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74
57
7.3
/2906/
72
/87/
70
/41/
3.5
/1681/
85
/680/

Who Done It? (1942)
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
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Amazon Prime Video
68
55
7.1
/3344/
63
/45/
67
/49/
3.6
/2347/
68
/329/

The Hurricane (1937)
A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.
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72
53
7.2
/2930/
71
/39/
68
/34/
3.5
/1387/
80
/5/
73
/39/

City for Conquest (1940)
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
poster
71
50
7.0
/2227/
69
/41/
67
/45/
3.5
/2874/
83
/6/
70
/16/

Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship with John Triton. In flashback, we see how stage mentalist Triton starts having terrifying flashes of true precognition. Now years later, he desperately tries to prevent tragedies in the Courtland family.
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65
45
6.8
/2565/
62
/38/
63
/40/
3.4
/2366/
65
/22/

Moontide (1942)
After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.
poster
Criterion Channel
65
42
6.8
/2707/
70
/30/
62
/36/
3.4
/2340/
58
/164/

Deadline at Dawn (1946)
A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
58
40
6.7
/2658/
66
/35/
62
/36/
3.3
/3280/
31
/68/

Out of the Fog (1941)
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.
poster
68
38
6.6
/1646/
66
/17/
67
/20/
3.0
/807/
100
/8/
53
/19/

One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
66
37
7.0
/2188/
69
/24/
71
/21/
3.4
/1803/
56
/22/

My Reputation (1946)
Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems arise when the gossip is filtered down to her own children.
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61
37
6.2
/2447/
64
/46/
54
/23/
3.1
/1390/
64
/31/

Penelope (1966)
When Penelope gets married to banker James Elcott, she finds him too preoccupied with work to pay much attention to her, so she robs his bank in disguise. After she confesses to her psychiatrist, Greg Mannix, he offers to return the money for her, as he is secretly in love with her. However, he abandons the money when the police approach. Penelope becomes determined to admit to the crime, but neither James nor the police believe her story.
poster
61
30
6.8
/1791/
64
/20/
58
/21/
3.3
/810/
50
/51/

The Unfaithful (1947)
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.
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Amazon Prime Video
64
30
6.5
/1400/
65
/25/
62
/12/
3.2
/638/
60
/5/
69
/21/

The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.
poster
59
30
6.6
/2218/
67
/24/
59
/28/
3.2
/1261/
41
/14/

Cry Wolf (1947)
A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
65
26
6.8
/2315/
70
/12/
72
/10/
3.2
/967/
55
/17/

June Bride (1948)
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.
poster
61
26
6.2
/1730/
65
/38/
65
/29/
3.2
/616/
50
/13/

Dallas (1950)
After the Civil War, Confederate soldier Blayde Hollister travels to Dallas to avenge the savage murder of his family. Discovering his enemy is now an esteemed citizen, Hollister plots to expose the outlaw and his syndicate.
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Plex
61
24
6.7
/1125/
71
/21/
57
/19/
3.4
/654/
42
/84/

There's Always a Woman (1938)
An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back to his old job. As his wife is at his office closing up, a wealthy society matron walks in with a case: she wants to know if her husband is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend, who is now married. The wife accepts what looks to be an easy case, figuring than she can then persuade her husband to re-start the agency. However, when the client's husband is found murdered, she decides to investigate the murder herself. Her husband has also been assigned by the D.A. to investigate the murder, and he doesn't know that his wife is also on the case. Complications ensue.
poster
60
24
6.4
/1175/
53
/8/
59
/11/
3.2
/704/
67
/6/
59
/6/

The Comic (1969)
An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.
poster
61
22
6.6
/1673/
67
/22/
60
/22/
3.2
/622/
50
/10/

Scene of the Crime (1949)
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.
poster
62
22
6.2
/618/
61
/6/
60
/7/
67
/103/

Crime by Night (1944)
A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy.
poster
Hoopla
58
20
6.1
/1044/
63
/28/
59
/21/
3.2
/499/
43
/15/

All in a Night's Work (1961)
After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the magazine and has big plans to expand it. While negotiating a loan from the bank, Tony gets a call from a detective surrounding his uncle's death. It turns out Colonel Ryder died in his hotel room with a smile on his face and a young woman was seen fleeing his room wearing only a towel. Suspicious of this woman and afraid the magazine's wholesome image may be tarnished and their loan denied, Tony asks the detective to stick around and find her.
poster
54
20
5.9
/1584/
61
/46/
51
/30/
3.0
/652/
41
/2/
cc age 9+

Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth... Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher's will leaves his planet to visit the Earth, and lands in the backyard of a famous television journalist who doesn't believe in UFOs and aliens. Wanting to study humans but not able to fully understand them, Kreton makes a mess out of it, generating a lot of comic situations.
poster
65
19
6.7
/1585/
70
/10/
65
/10/
3.3
/509/
60
/12/

Torrid Zone (1940)
A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.
poster
58
19
6.4
/229/
70
/2/
30
/2/
71
/7/

Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to O'Keefe's suspicious wife, so Our Hero must retrieve the embarrassing accouterment without tipping off the missus.
poster
MGM Plus
51
19
6.2
/1164/
53
/16/
44
/16/
3.2
/499/
33
/62/

Guest in the House (1944)
Evelyn, an emotionally vulnerable and unstable woman, stays at the home of her doctor Dan Proctor. There she meets and falls in love with his brother, Douglas, who is happily married to Ann. Evelyn then sets forth to break up the happy marriage and win the love of Douglas.
poster
59
19
6.2
/1607/
60
/21/
55
/10/
3.2
/563/
55
/15/

The West Point Story (1950)
A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
60
18
6.8
/1005/
65
/8/
62
/21/
3.4
/541/
33
/11/

Riff-Raff (1947)
A private detective foils the plans of villains attempting to take over Panamanian oil fields while he searches for a valuable map hidden in plain sight.
poster
60
18
6.6
/1249/
56
/30/
60
/10/
3.4
/615/
53
/12/

The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
poster
MGM Plus
47
18
5.3
/1147/
52
/17/
54
/21/
2.9
/587/
20
/164/

Fog Island (1945)
Leo, a former convict, is living in seclusion on an island with his step-daughter, the daughter of his late wife. Leo was framed by a group of former business associates, and he also suspects that one of them killed his wife. He has invited the group to his island, tempting them by hinting about a hidden fortune, and he has installed a number of traps and secret passages in his home. He is aided in his efforts by a former cell-mate who holds a grudge against the same persons. When everyone arrives, the atmosphere of mutual suspicion and the thick fog that covers the island promise a tense and hazardous weekend for everyone.
poster
62
18
6.2
/1190/
66
/29/
55
/18/
3.2
/412/
64
/11/

The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.
poster
66
17
6.7
/274/
74
/7/
65
/2/
60
/227/

Blondie in the Dough (1947)
BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies become so popular that a cookie magnate makes her an offer that is difficult to refuse. Unfortunately, this creates all kinds of problems for the Bumsteads.
poster
66
17
6.7
/950/
63
/11/
68
/12/
3.3
/332/
70
/14/

Castle on the Hudson (1940)
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
poster
51
16
6.3
/858/
68
/14/
53
/20/
3.2
/668/
12
/32/

Street of Chance (1942)
In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man's memory is recovered after being injured by falling construction material. Discovering a year-long lapse, he returns to his old life and discovers a lot of mysterious happenings.
poster
53
16
5.6
/1083/
55
/26/
50
/21/
3.0
/486/
45
/8/

Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)
The Stooges are janitors working at a space center who accidentally blast off to Venus. They encounter a talking unicorn, a giant fire breathing tarantula, and an alien computer who has destroyed all human life on the planet and creates three evil duplicates of the Stooges. When the boys return home triumphant, they are given a hero's welcome.
poster
53
16
5.7
/1224/
56
/22/
55
/14/
3.1
/433/
35
/21/

Critic's Choice (1963)
Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of reviewing the play or cause the breakup of his marriage.


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