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| 1 |  | Modern Times (1936) |  3.9187 76 reviews | G | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$20.69
| Charlie Chaplin is a production line worker driven insane by the monotony of his job. When he is ...more about Modern Times starring Charles Chaplin and Paulette Goddard |
| 2 |  | Gone with the Wind (1939) | 3.8877 116 reviews | G | Drama, War, Romance |
$12.71
| On the eve of the American Civil War, Scarlett O'Hara meets Rhett Butler. Amongst a war torn ...more about Gone with the Wind starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh |
| 3 |  | Wizard of Oz, The (1939) | 3.8475 140 reviews | G | Adventure, Fantasy, Musical, Family |
$18.89
| Dorothy and her dog are mysteriously transported through a tornado to the magical and strange land ...more about Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland and Frank Morgan |
| 4 |  | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) |  3.6852 24 reviews | Not Rated | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Adaptation |
$6.55
| Aboard the HMS Bounty a crew and its captain set sail for Tahiti, but when the crew gets fed up ...more about Mutiny on the Bounty starring Clark Gable and Charles Laughton |
| 5 |  | King Kong (1933) | 3.6418 111 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$3.59
| A film crew exploring a remote island captures a gigantic ape and brings him back to New York for ...more about King Kong starring Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong |
| 6 |  | Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) | 3.6412 67 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Romance |
$18.18
| Sir Robin of Locksley, defender of downtrodden Saxons, runs afoul of Norman authority and is forced ...more about Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland |
| 7 |  | Scarface (1932) | 3.5928 16 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir, Crime, | N/A | Based loosely on the life of infamous gangster, Al Capone is the story of Tony “Scarface” ...more about Scarface starring Paul Muni and Ann Dvorak |
| 8 |  | Top Hat (1935) | 3.5523 27 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$12.71
| Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new ...more about Top Hat starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers |
| 9 |  | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 3.4155 44 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$13.84
| Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed on a lark by the ...more about Mr. Smith Goes to Washington starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur |
| 10 |  | M (1931) | 3.2920 50 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$27.95
| A child murder is on the loose in the streets of the German city of Dusseldorf. With the police ...more about M starring Peter Lorre and Ellen Widmann |
| 11 |  | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) |  3.2391 40 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War |
$4.02
| This is an English language film (made in America) adapted from a novel by German author Erich ...more about All Quiet on the Western Front starring Zasu Pitts and Arnold Lucy |
| 12 |  | Blue Angel, The (1930) | 3.2353 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical |
$28.73
| The Blue Angel deals with the humiliation and breakdown an inhibited, overbearing, ...more about Blue Angel starring Emil Jannings and Marlene Dietrich |
| 13 |  | Thin Man, The (1934) | 3.2333 37 reviews | NA | Crime, Mystery, Comedy |
$12.71
| Young Dorothy Wynant approaches amateur sleuth Nick Charles when her inventor father appears to be ...more about Thin Man starring William Powell and Myrna Loy |
| 14 |  | Four Feathers, The (1939) | 3.2316 10 reviews | NA | Adventure, War | N/A | A British army officer who resigns his commission on the eve of his unit's embarkation to a mission ...more about Four Feathers starring Allan Jeayes and Donald Gray |
| 15 |  | City Lights (1931) | 3.2290 45 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$20.69
| A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind girl. Her family is in financial trouble. The tramp's ...more about City Lights starring Virginia Cherrill and Florence Lee |
| 16 |  | Whole Town's Talking, The (1935) | 3.2254 10 reviews | NA | N/A | Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late ...more about Whole Town's Talking starring Edward G. Robinson and Jean Arthur | |
| 17 |  | Prisoner of Zenda, The (1937) | 3.2236 13 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Romance |
$12.71
| This is a classic swashbuckler. Rudolph Rassendyll, Rudolf V's identical distant cousin, is asked ...more about Prisoner of Zenda starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Madeleine Carroll |
| 18 |  | Island of Lost Souls (1933) | 3.2053 18 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Romance | N/A | After his ship goes down, Edward Parker is rescued at sea. Parker gets into a fight with Captain ...more about Island of Lost Souls starring Charles Laughton and Richard Arlen |
| 19 |  | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) | 3.2001 28 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$7.72
| Returning veteran James Allen, rejecting a return to the old factory grind, degenerates into a hobo. ...more about I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang starring Paul Muni and Glenda Farrell |
| 20 |  | Captain Blood (1935) | 3.1998 32 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Romance |
$8.68
| Dr. Peter Blood, a British surgeon, is arrested and wrongly condemned to slavery in the Caribbean ...more about Captain Blood starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland |
| 21 |  | David Copperfield (1935) | 3.1998 9 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama |
$12.71
| When David's father dies, his mother remarries. His new stepfather Murdstone has a mean and cruel ...more about David Copperfield starring Edna May Oliver and Elizabeth Allan |
| 22 |  | 42nd Street (1933) | 3.1822 38 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance |
$12.71
| Broadway director Julian Marsh insists on one last huge production before his death. We follow the ...more about 42nd Street starring Warner Baxter and Bebe Daniels |
| 23 |  | Baby Face (1933) | 3.1759 9 reviews | NA | Drama |
$28.89
| Lilly (Baby Face) sleeps her way from basement speakeasy bartender, literally floor by floor, to ...more about Baby Face starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent |
| 24 |  | Bride of Frankenstein (1935) | 3.1701 73 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.95
| As Dr. Frankenstein is on his deathbed a colleague forces him to help create another monster, this ...more about Bride of Frankenstein starring Colin Clive and Valerie Hobson |
| 25 |  | Black Cat, The (1934) | 3.1677 36 reviews | NA | Adventure, Thriller, Horror, Crime |
$21.22
| Honeymooning in Hungary, Joan and Peter Allison share their train compartment with Dr. Vitus ...more about Black Cat starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff |
| 26 |  | Holiday (1938) | 3.1658 16 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$10.23
| Free-thinking Johnny Case finds himself betrothed to a millionaire's daughter. When her family, ...more about Holiday starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant |
| 27 |  | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) | 3.1609 38 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$10.23
| Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life - including playing the ...more about Mr. Deeds Goes to Town starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur |
| 28 |  | Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) | 3.1551 35 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$6.25
| Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connolly were tough kids who grew up together in the toughest part of New ...more about Angels with Dirty Faces starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien |
| 29 |  | Frankenstein (1931) | 3.1514 82 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.95
| Scientist Dr. Frankenstein creates and reanimates a creature compiled from various parts of the ...more about Frankenstein starring Colin Clive and Mae Clarke |
| 30 |  | Show Boat (1936) | 3.1479 13 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical | N/A | Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very ...more about Show Boat starring Irene Dunne and Allan Jones |
| 31 |  | Fury (1936) | 3.1428 28 reviews | NA | Drama, Film-Noir |
$12.71
| Based on the story "Mob Rule" by Norman Krasna. Joe Wilson and Katherine Grant are in love, but he ...more about Fury starring Sylvia Sidney and Arthur Stone |
| 32 |  | Lives of a Bengal Lancer, The (1935) | 3.1316 7 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama |
$16.37
| The 41st Bengal Lancers are stationed on the Northwest Frontier of British India, guarding against ...more about Lives of a Bengal Lancer starring Gary Cooper and Franchot Tone |
| 33 |  | Tale of Two Cities, A (1935) | 3.1277 12 reviews | NA | Drama |
$8.34
| An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney ...more about Tale of Two Cities starring Henry B. Walthall and Ronald Colman |
| 34 |  | Life of Emile Zola, The (1937) | 3.1277 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$7.81
| A serious biopic of the life of Emile Zola. Starting in Paris in 1862 it deals, among other events, ...more about Life of Emile Zola starring Gale Sondergaard and Gloria Holden |
| 35 |  | It Happened One Night (1934) | 3.1202 38 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$12.84
| Socialite Ellie Andrews has just been kidnapped by her father, who opposes her marriage. When she ...more about It Happened One Night starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert |
| 36 |  | Grand Hotel (1932) | 3.1183 39 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$4.99
| Berlin's plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where in the words of Dr. Otternschlag ...more about Grand Hotel starring Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo |
| 37 |  | Twentieth Century (1934) | 3.1181 19 reviews | Not Rated | Comedy, Adaptation |
$3.95
| Broadway director Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) is a bigger ham than most actors, but through sheer ...more about Twentieth Century starring Etienne Girardot and John Barrymore |
| 38 |  | Bringing Up Baby (1938) | 3.1155 54 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy, Family |
$14.42
| When a stuffy paleontologist and a scatterbrained heiress cross paths chaos ensues. She mistakes ...more about Bringing Up Baby starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant |
| 39 |  | Manhattan Melodrama (1934) | 3.1106 8 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Crime, Romance | N/A | Orphans Edward "Blackie" Gallagher and Jim Wade are lifelong friends who take different paths in ...more about Manhattan Melodrama starring Clark Gable and William Powell |
| 40 |  | Big House, The (1930) | 3.1094 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller | N/A | After a manslaughter conviction from drunk driving, nice but foolish Kent is sent to a prison ...more about Big House starring Wallace Beery and Lewis Stone |
| 41 |  | Wuthering Heights (1939) | 3.1003 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns ...more about Wuthering Heights starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier |
| 42 |  | Day at the Races, A (1937) | 3.0993 38 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$11.89
| Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her ...more about Day at the Races starring Allan Jones |
| 43 |  | China Seas (1935) | 3.0980 11 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance |
$4.81
| Dynamic Alan Gaskell captains a ship bound from Hong Kong to Singapore. Gaskell tries to turn over ...more about China Seas starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow |
| 44 |  | 39 Steps, The (1935) | 3.0973 59 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery |
$2.42
| Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to London. At the end of "Mr Memory"'s show in a music hall, ...more about 39 Steps starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll |
| 45 |  | Duck Soup (1933) | 3.0957 54 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$44.28
| To rescue the small country of Freedonia from bankruptcy, Mrs. Teasdale agrees to donate 20 million ...more about Duck Soup starring Raquel Torres |
| 46 |  | She Done Him Wrong (1933) | 3.0942 22 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy | N/A | New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. ...more about She Done Him Wrong starring Mae West and Cary Grant |
| 47 |  | Invisible Man, The (1933) | 3.0934 41 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$15.69
| A scientist turns himself invisible. However, the formula slowly drives him insane, causing him to ...more about Invisible Man starring Claude Rains and Gloria Stuart |
| 48 |  | Petrified Forest, The (1936) | 3.0903 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Romance |
$8.95
| Alan Squier, a failed, world-weary British writer, hikes into an isolated, weather-beaten desert ...more about Petrified Forest starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis |
| 49 |  | Awful Truth, The (1937) | 3.0840 46 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$15.66
| Before their divorce becomes final, Jerry and Lucy Warriner both do their best to ruin each other's ...more about Awful Truth starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant |
| 50 |  | Public Enemy, The (1931) | 3.0706 31 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime |
$6.16
| Tom's bad way of life is constantly set up against his brother Mike's, who has a job during the day ...more about Public Enemy starring James Cagney and Jean Harlow |
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