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| 1 |  | Philadelphia Story, The (1940) |  3.4740 75 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy, Classic |
$5.17
| Just before Tracy is about to marry, her ex-husband shows up at the wedding with a reporter from a ...more about Philadelphia Story starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn |
| 2 |  | Miracle on 34th Street (1947) | 3.3520 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Christmas, Romance, Comedy, Family |
$9.21
| At the Macy's Department Store Thanksgiving Day parade, the actor playing Santa is discovered to be ...more about Miracle on 34th Street starring Maureen O'Hara and John Payne |
| 3 |  | Road to Morocco (1942) | 3.2560 12 reviews | NA | Adventure, Comedy, Family |
$5.70
| Jeff and Turkey, two wild and crazy guys adrift on a raft in the Mediterranean, are cast away on a ...more about Road to Morocco starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope |
| 4 |  | Pride and Prejudice (1940) |  3.2362 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$12.71
| Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find ...more about Pride and Prejudice starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier |
| 5 |  | Road to Utopia (1946) | 3.2171 9 reviews | NA | Adventure, Comedy, Family |
$8.89
| At the turn of the century, Duke and Chester, two vaudeville performers, go to Alaska to make their ...more about Road to Utopia starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope |
| 6 |  | To Be or Not to Be (1942) | 3.1971 29 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Comedy |
$8.68
| In occupied Poland during WWII, a troupe of ham stage actors (led by Joseph Tura and his wife ...more about To Be or Not to Be starring Carole Lombard and Jack Benny |
| 7 |  | Holiday Inn (1942) | 3.1839 31 reviews | NA | Christmas, Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$4.99
| One half of a night club duo decides to open an inn in the country that is only open on holidays. ...more about Holiday Inn starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire |
| 8 |  | Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) | 3.0837 41 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$14.63
| Louis Mazzini's mother's frequent tales of how her titled D'Ascoyn family shunned her after she ...more about Kind Hearts and Coronets starring Dennis Price and Valerie Hobson |
| 9 |  | Bank Dick, The (1940) | 3.0740 38 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$41.99
| Egbert Souse, "accent grave over the e", henpecked by his whole family, is recruited to replace a ...more about Bank Dick starring W.C. Fields and Cora Witherspoon |
| 10 |  | On the Town (1949) | 3.0684 18 reviews | NA | Adventure, Musical, Comedy |
$10.00
| Three sailors - Gabey, Chip and Ozzie - let loose on a 24-hour pass in New York and the Big Apple ...more about On the Town starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra |
| 11 |  | Lady Eve, The (1941) | 3.0315 42 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$23.99
| Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike ...more about Lady Eve starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda |
| 12 |  | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) | 3.0202 57 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$12.82
| The world of freight handlers Wilbur Grey and Chick Young is turned upside down when the remains of ...more about Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello |
| 13 |  | Unfaithfully Yours (1948) | 3.0151 20 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$18.49
| Sir Alfred De Carter suspects his wife of infidelity. While conducting a symphony orchestra, he ...more about Unfaithfully Yours starring Rex Harrison and Linda Darnell |
| 14 |  | Talk of the Town, The (1942) | 3.0063 16 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Romance, Comedy |
$15.34
| When the Holmes Woolen Mill burns down, political activist Leopold Dilg is jailed for arson (and ...more about Talk of the Town starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur |
| 15 |  | Major Barbara (1941) | 2.9907 10 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | ...more about Major Barbara starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison |
| 16 |  | Love Crazy (1941) | 2.9823 7 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Steve and Susan Ireland are about to celebrate their 4th wedding anniversary by re-enacting their ...more about Love Crazy starring William Powell and Myrna Loy |
| 17 |  | Life with Father (1947) | 2.9740 6 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$5.99
| In late nineteenth century New York a Wall Street broker likes to think his house runs his way, but ...more about Life with Father starring William Powell and Irene Dunne |
| 18 |  | Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) | 2.9661 31 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$12.20
| Sophisticated New York couple David and Annie Smith have an unusual marriage with an inordinate ...more about Mr. & Mrs. Smith starring Carole Lombard and Gene Raymond |
| 19 |  | Letter to Three Wives, A (1949) | 2.9623 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$9.27
| Lora May Hollingsway, who grew up next to the wrong side of the tracks, married her boss who thinks ...more about Letter to Three Wives starring Jeanne Crain and Linda Darnell |
| 20 |  | I Married a Witch (1942) | 2.9588 16 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Comedy | N/A | After a ancestor of Wallace Wooley has burned Jennifer, a witch and her father, they cursed his ...more about I Married a Witch starring Veronica Lake and Robert Benchley |
| 21 |  | Anchors Aweigh (1945) | 2.9575 20 reviews | NA | Adventure, Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$9.76
| Two sailors, one naive, the other experienced in the ways of the world, on liberty in Los Angeles, ...more about Anchors Aweigh starring Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly |
| 22 |  | Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) | 2.9379 12 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy, Sports |
$9.76
| The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a ...more about Take Me Out to the Ball Game starring Frank Sinatra and Esther Williams |
| 23 |  | Palm Beach Story, The (1942) | 2.9208 28 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$4.08
| Gerry and Tom Jeffers are finding married life hard. Tom is an inventor/ architect and there is ...more about Palm Beach Story starring Claudette Colbert and Franklin Pangborn |
| 24 |  | Lady Takes a Chance, A (1943) | 2.8753 8 reviews | NA | Western, Romance, Comedy |
$9.99
| ...more about Lady Takes a Chance starring Jean Arthur and John Wayne |
| 25 |  | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) | 2.8693 26 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$12.71
| The Blandings live in New York in a tiny apartment. They decide to move to the country and find ...more about Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House starring Cary Grant and Myrna Loy |
| 26 |  | My Favorite Brunette (1947) | 2.8688 13 reviews | NA | Mystery, Romance, Comedy |
$3.43
| Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: ...more about My Favorite Brunette starring Reginald Denny and Bob Hope |
| 27 |  | Major and the Minor, The (1942) | 2.8609 14 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy | N/A | New York working girl Ginger Rogers is desparate to go home to Iowa but does not have the railway ...more about Major and the Minor starring Ginger Rogers and Rita Johnson |
| 28 |  | Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) | 2.8528 20 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$41.89
| Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow ...more about Hail the Conquering Hero starring Eddie Bracken and Ella Raines |
| 29 |  | Great Dictator, The (1940) | 2.8507 27 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$15.26
| During the last days of the First World War, a clumsy soldier saves the life of devoted military ...more about Great Dictator starring Charles Chaplin and Eddie Gribbon |
| 30 |  | More the Merrier, The (1943) | 2.8483 21 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$13.34
| It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. ...more about More the Merrier starring Jean Arthur and Charles Coburn |
| 31 |  | Tales of Manhattan (1942) | 2.8469 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | An actor, Paul Orman, is accidentally told that his new, custom made tail coat has been cursed and ...more about Tales of Manhattan starring Charles Boyer and Rita Hayworth |
| 32 |  | Miracle of Morgan's Creek, The (1944) | 2.8326 21 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$5.49
| Trudy Kockenlocker, a small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers, wakes up the morning ...more about Miracle of Morgan's Creek starring Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton |
| 33 | | Devil and Miss Jones, The (1941) | 2.8270 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Department store owner J.P. Merrick finds that several of his employees are unionizing to get more ...more about Devil and Miss Jones starring Jean Arthur and Robert Cummings |
| 34 |  | Ghost Breakers, The (1940) | 2.8233 9 reviews | NA | Horror, Comedy |
$5.95
| Mary Carter inherits her family's ancestral home, located on a small island off Cuba, and, despite ...more about Ghost Breakers starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard |
| 35 |  | Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) | 2.8193 14 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Romance, Comedy |
$10.22
| Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the ...more about Here Comes Mr. Jordan starring Evelyn Keyes and Claude Rains |
| 36 |  | Going My Way (1944) | 2.8185 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$4.99
| A new priest shows up at the parish of a crusty old priest named Father Fitzgibbon. The new man, ...more about Going My Way starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald |
| 37 |  | Christmas in Connecticut (1945) | 2.8167 22 reviews | NA | Christmas, Romance, Comedy |
$7.95
| Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writer. In her columns, she ...more about Christmas in Connecticut starring Barbara Stanwyck and S.Z. Sakall |
| 38 |  | Heaven Can Wait (1943) | 2.8153 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy |
$21.95
| Henry Van Cleve presents himself at the gates of Hell only to find he is closely vetted on his ...more about Heaven Can Wait starring Gene Tierney and Don Ameche |
| 39 | | Go West (1940) | 2.8061 9 reviews | NA | Western, Musical, Comedy |
$8.63
| Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale (Groucho) is heading west to find his ...more about Go West starring John Carroll |
| 40 |  | Cluny Brown (1946) | 2.7970 7 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country ...more about Cluny Brown starring Charles Boyer and Jennifer Jones |
| 41 |  | Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1942) | 2.7952 16 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$8.68
| Lecturer Sheridan Whiteside slips on the ice on his way into the home of a prominent Ohio family. ...more about Man Who Came to Dinner starring Bette Davis and Ann Sheridan |
| 42 |  | In the Navy (1941) | 2.7731 3 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$12.95
| Russ Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy ...more about In the Navy starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello |
| 43 |  | I Was a Male War Bride (1949) | 2.7719 21 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$6.88
| Captain Henri Rochard is a French officer assigned to work with Lieut. Catherine Gates. Through a ...more about I Was a Male War Bride starring Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan |
| 44 |  | It Happened Tomorrow (1944) | 2.7609 7 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy |
$16.99
| An ambitious newspaper reporter (Dick Powell), eager to scoop the competition, wishes he could know ...more about It Happened Tomorrow starring Dick Powell and Linda Darnell |
| 45 |  | Meet John Doe (1941) | 2.7570 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$5.00
| As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who ...more about Meet John Doe starring Gary Cooper and Sterling Holloway |
| 46 | | Body Disappears, The (1941) | 2.7560 7 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy | N/A | Wealthy scion Peter DeHaven, about to marry socialite Christine Lunceford, wakes up after bachelor ...more about Body Disappears starring Jeffrey Lynn and Jane Wyman |
| 47 | | Kid from Brooklyn, The (1946) |  2.7464 4 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who ...more about Kid from Brooklyn starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo |
| 48 |  | Louisiana Purchase (1941) | 2.7442 2 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$8.89
| Graft is rampant in the government of a "mythical" Louisiana, and the arrival of U.S. Senate ...more about Louisiana Purchase starring Bob Hope and Vera Zorina |
| 49 | | Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) | 2.7437 16 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$42.20
| Fields wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, ...more about Never Give a Sucker an Even Break starring Leon Errol and W.C. Fields |
| 50 |  | Angel on My Shoulder (1946) | 2.7422 10 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Romance, Comedy |
$3.48
| Gangster Eddie Lee (Paul Muni) is killed by a trusted lieutenant and finds himself in Harry Redmond ...more about Angel on My Shoulder starring Anne Baxter and Claude Rains |
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