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| 1 |  | Sergeant York (1941) |  3.1492 21 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Biography |
$10.00
| A hillbilly sharpshooter becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI when he ...more about Sergeant York starring Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan |
| 2 |  | Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) | 3.0031 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Music |
$15.52
| A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. From his early days as a child-star ...more about Yankee Doodle Dandy starring James Cagney and Joan Leslie |
| 3 |  | Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) | 2.9706 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Family, Sports |
$8.99
| Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games ...more about Pride of the Yankees starring Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright |
| 4 |  | Story of G.I. Joe (1945) | 2.9569 5 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Biography |
$21.99
| War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its ...more about Story of G.I. Joe starring Freddie Steele and Wally Cassell |
| 5 |  | Sullivans, The (1944) | 2.8446 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$19.93
| The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great ...more about Sullivans starring Anne Baxter and Selena Royle |
| 6 |  | They Died with Their Boots On (1941) | 2.8136 15 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Western, Biography, Romance |
$8.68
| This is the story of General Custer from the time he enters West Point military academy, through ...more about They Died with Their Boots On starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland |
| 7 |  | Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) |  2.7373 5 reviews | NA | Biography, Musical |
$5.98
| Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs ...more about Till the Clouds Roll By starring June Allyson and Lucille Bremer |
| 8 |  | Joan of Arc (1948) | 2.6930 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$9.27
| ...more about Joan of Arc starring James Kirkwood and Ingrid Bergman |
| 9 |  | Jolson Story, The (1946) | 2.6346 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Music |
$11.99
| This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson. A little Jewish boy comes up against ...more about Jolson Story starring Larry Parks and Evelyn Keyes |
| 10 |  | Young Tom Edison (1940) | 2.5935 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and ...more about Young Tom Edison starring Mickey Rooney and Fay Bainter |
| 11 |  | Dolly Sisters, The (1945) | 2.5661 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance |
$9.99
| In 1904, Uncle Latsie comes to New York from Hungary with two little nieces, who immediately take ...more about Dolly Sisters starring Betty Grable and June Haver |
| 12 |  | Dillinger (1945) | 2.5186 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Crime |
$6.81
| The rise of John Dillinger from petty criminal (including, unforgiveably, holding up a cinema) via ...more about Dillinger starring Edmund Lowe and Anne Jeffreys |
| 13 |  | Knute Rockne All American (1940) | 2.5150 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Sports |
$12.71
| ...more about Knute Rockne All American starring Gale Page and Ronald Reagan |
| 14 |  | Sister Kenny (1946) | 2.5052 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | Elizabeth Kenny, as a young nurse out in the Australian bush discovers an effective treatment for ...more about Sister Kenny starring Rosalind Russell and Alexander Knox |
| 15 |  | Night and Day (1946) | 2.4611 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Musical, Music |
$12.71
| The fictionalized biography of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the ...more about Night and Day starring Cary Grant and Alexis Smith |
| 16 |  | Lady with Red Hair (1940) | 2.4565 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | A messy divorce leaves Mrs. Leslie Carter shunned by Chicago society for being an adulteress and ...more about Lady with Red Hair starring Miriam Hopkins and Claude Rains |
| 17 |  | Madame Curie (1943) | 2.4223 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$8.68
| Young Polish physics student Marie marries Doctor Pierre Curie, in whose lab she had worked for a ...more about Madame Curie starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon |
| 18 |  | Words and Music (1948) | 2.4154 5 reviews | NA | Biography, Comedy, Music |
$12.71
| ...more about Words and Music starring June Allyson and Perry Como |
| 19 |  | Buffalo Bill (1944) | 2.4054 5 reviews | NA | Western, Biography |
$6.88
| The story of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to ...more about Buffalo Bill starring Maureen O'Hara and Linda Darnell |
| 20 |  | Wilson (1944) | 2.3835 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post ...more about Wilson starring Charles Coburn and Geraldine Fitzgerald |
| 21 |  | Gentleman Jim (1942) | 2.3728 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Sports |
$12.41
| The biography of famed boxer James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, the colorful Irish-American fighter ...more about Gentleman Jim starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith |
| 22 | | Christopher Columbus (1949) | 2.3347 6 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Biography | N/A | ...more about Christopher Columbus starring Florence Eldridge and Francis L. Sullivan |
| 23 | | Song to Remember, A (1945) | 2.3287 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Music | N/A | ...more about Song to Remember starring Merle Oberon and Cornel Wilde |
| 24 | | Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) | 2.3241 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | Covers the period from Lincoln's early years as a Kentucky woodsman until his election to the ...more about Abe Lincoln in Illinois starring Gene Lockhart and Ruth Gordon |
| 25 |  | Billy the Kid (1941) | 2.3241 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Western, Biography | N/A | ...more about Billy the Kid starring Robert Taylor and Brian Donlevy |
| 26 |  | Fighting 69th, The (1940) | 2.2520 7 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Biography |
$12.71
| "The Fighting 69th" is a First World War regiment of mostly New York-Irish soldiers. Amongst a ...more about Fighting 69th starring James Cagney and John Litel |
| 27 |  | Edison, the Man (1940) |  2.2465 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story ...more about Edison starring Spencer Tracy and Rita Johnson |
| 28 |  | Santa Fe Trail (1940) | 2.2252 3 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western, Biography, Romance |
$5.99
| The story of Jeb Stewart, his romance with Kit Carson Holliday, friendship with George Custer and ...more about Santa Fe Trail starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland |
| 29 | | My Gal Sal (1942) | 2.1917 1 reviews | NA | Biography, Musical | N/A | Chronicles the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as ...more about My Gal Sal starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature |
| 30 | | Blossoms In the Dust (1941) | 2.1483 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very ...more about Blossoms In the Dust starring John Eldredge and Greer Garson |
| 31 |  | Stratton Story, The (1949) | 2.1163 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Sports |
$12.71
| The movie is about Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton (Jimmy Stewart), who in the 1930s, ...more about Stratton Story starring James Stewart and June Allyson |
| 32 | | One Foot in Heaven (1941) | 2.0958 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | ...more about One Foot in Heaven starring Harry Davenport and Martha Scott |
| 33 | | First of the Few, The (1942) | 2.0821 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War, Biography | N/A | By the late 1920's aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell feels he has achieved all he wants with his ...more about First of the Few starring Leslie Howard and Rosamund John |
| 34 | | Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) | 2.0547 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Romance | N/A | ...more about Saraband for Dead Lovers starring Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood |
| 35 | | Loves of Edgar Allan Poe, The (1942) | 2.0456 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | Edgar Allen Poe (John Shepperd) led an unhappy childhood, broken only by the unceasing devotion of ...more about Loves of Edgar Allan Poe starring Linda Darnell and Virginia Gilmore |
| 36 |  | Brigham Young (1940) | 1.9862 4 reviews | NA | Western, Biography |
$4.11
| The true story of the famous Mormon leader, Brigham Young and his battle to transport his people ...more about Brigham Young starring Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell |
| 37 |  | Jolson Sings Again (1949) | 1.9756 4 reviews | NA | Biography, Music |
$11.99
| In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the ...more about Jolson Sings Again starring Larry Parks and Barbara Hale |
| 38 |  | Iron Curtain, The (1948) | 1.9695 3 reviews | NA | Thriller, Biography | N/A | ...more about Iron Curtain starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney |
| 39 |  | Perils of Pauline, The (1947) | 1.9314 3 reviews | NA | Biography, Comedy |
$9.10
| Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a ...more about Perils of Pauline starring Betty Hutton and John Lund |
| 40 |  | Adventures of Mark Twain, The (1944) | 1.8173 4 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Biography | N/A | ...more about Adventures of Mark Twain starring Donald Crisp and Alan Hale |
| 41 | | Prime Minister, The (1941) |  1.5890 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | ...more about Prime Minister starring John Gielgud and Diana Wynyard |
| 42 | | Young Mr. Pitt, The (1942) | 1.4520 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | ...more about Young Mr. Pitt starring Geoffrey Atkins and Robert Donat |
| 43 | | Babe Ruth Story, The (1948) |  1.1415 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Sports | N/A | The famed slugger is played by Bendix, who resembles Ruth slightly in looks and not at all in ...more about Babe Ruth Story starring William Bendix and Claire Trevor |
| 44 | | Dixie (1943) |  No Score 0 reviews | NA | Biography, Musical, Comedy | N/A | A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds ...more about Dixie starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour |
| 45 | | Shine On Harvest Moon (1944) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Biography, Musical | N/A | ...more about Shine On Harvest Moon starring Ann Sheridan and Jack Carson |
| 46 |  | Teddy the Rough Rider (1940) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Family, Short |
$31.85
| This short follows the political career of 'Theodore Roosevelt' (qv), beginning in 1895, when he ...more about Teddy the Rough Rider starring Sidney Blackmer and Pierre Watkin |
| 47 | | Immortal Blacksmith, The (1944) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Biography, Short | N/A | This Passing Parade short tells the true story of Vermont blacksmith and inventor Tom Davenport, ...more about Immortal Blacksmith starring Chill Wills and Pamela Blake |
| 48 | | Peanut Man, The (1947) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | ...more about Peanut Man |
| 49 | | Great John L., The (1945) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Sports | N/A | ...more about Great John L. starring Linda Darnell and Barbara Britton |
| 50 | | You Will Remember (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Biography, Musical | N/A | ...more about You Will Remember starring Emlyn Williams and Dorothy Hyson |
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