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| 1 |  | Citizen Kane (1941) |  4.0000 157 reviews | PG | Drama, Mystery |
$18.26
| Newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies alone in his extravagant mansion, speaking a single word: ...more about Citizen Kane starring Joseph Cotten and Dorothy Comingore |
| 2 |  | Casablanca (1942) | 3.9536 166 reviews | PG | Drama, Romance |
$8.04
| Expatriate and nightclub owner Rick Blaine is faced with the decision to help an old girlfriend's ...more about Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman |
| 3 |  | Double Indemnity (1944) |  3.7245 86 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$12.34
| Phyllis Dietrichson and insurance salesman Walter Neff begin an affair and plot to kill her husband ...more about Double Indemnity starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck |
| 4 |  | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | 3.6888 45 reviews | NA | Thriller, Film-Noir |
$11.45
| An Alfred Hitchcock film about a girl named Charlie who feels her life is becoming very mundane. ...more about Shadow of a Doubt starring Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten |
| 5 |  | Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) | 3.6805 43 reviews | PG | Drama |
$6.34
| Based on the John Steinbeck novel, Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) is a man just released from prison, but ...more about Grapes of Wrath starring Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell |
| 6 |  | Red Shoes, The (1948) | 3.6614 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Music |
$24.29
| Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) is a ballerina who must choose between her love of dancing and a new ...more about Red Shoes starring Anton Walbrook and Marius Goring |
| 7 |  | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | 3.6399 100 reviews | PG | Drama, Christmas, Classic |
$9.99
| George Bailey is a selfless man in turmoil. When he misplaces $8000 he feels it's the end and ...more about It's a Wonderful Life starring James Stewart and Donna Reed |
| 8 |  | Rebecca (1940) | 3.6061 32 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance |
$294.95
| A young woman is haunted by her new husband's dead wife, Rebecca. After a quick courtship and world ...more about Rebecca starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine |
| 9 |  | Notorious (1946) | 3.6021 28 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Thriller, Romance, Film-Noir |
$39.95
| After her father is convicted of treason and commits suicide Alicia is asked by the U.S. government ...more about Notorious starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman |
| 10 |  | Maltese Falcon, The (1941) | 3.5377 71 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$14.92
| Sam Spade is a partner in a private-eye firm who finds himself hounded by police when his partner ...more about Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor |
| 11 |  | Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) | 3.5152 47 reviews | PG | Drama, Romance |
$4.86
| Three American servicemen return home to Boone City after the war, to find their lives irrevocably ...more about Best Years of Our Lives starring Myrna Loy and Fredric March |
| 12 |  | 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 |
| 13 |  | Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) | 3.4197 42 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Western |
$14.74
| Three men set to the hills for lost treasure. They agree to split the gold three ways, but as they ...more about Treasure of the Sierra Madre starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston |
| 14 |  | Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945) | 3.3992 14 reviews | NA | Christmas |
$9.99
| Father O'Malley the unconventional priest from 'Going My Way' continues his work for the Catholic ...more about Bells of St. Mary's starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman |
| 15 |  | Red River (1948) | 3.3925 12 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Western |
$4.86
| Tom Dunson builds a cattle empire with his adopted son Matthew Garth. Together they begin a massive ...more about Red River starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift |
| 16 |  | Christmas in July (1940) | 3.3887 13 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$41.89
| Dick Powell (Jimmy MacDonald) is a office clerk who loves to enter contests and hopes for a better ...more about Christmas in July starring Dick Powell and Ellen Drew |
| 17 |  | 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 |
| 18 |  | Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945) | 3.3429 18 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Based on Betty Smith’s 1943 novel, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, is the story of a brave young girl ...more about Tree Grows in Brooklyn starring Dorothy McGuire and Joan Blondell |
| 19 |  | Dumbo (1941) | 3.3228 71 reviews | G | Drama, Musical, Family, Animation, Disney |
$13.99
| An ostracized circus elephant learns he can fly thanks to his unusually large ears. Soon he becomes ...more about Dumbo starring Edward Brophy and Sterling Holloway |
| 20 |  | Fallen Idol, The (1948) | 3.3118 37 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$21.95
| Philippe is the son of a prominent diplomat. He befriends the family buttler and when the police ...more about Fallen Idol starring Ralph Richardson and Michele Morgan |
| 21 |  | Big Sleep, The (1946) | 3.3104 57 reviews | PG | Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$12.47
| Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) is a private eye that is hired by the dying General Sternwood, a ...more about Big Sleep starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall |
| 22 |  | Shop Around the Corner, The (1940) | 3.3081 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$9.76
| "Matuschek's" is the gift shop around the corner. Among the staff is Alfred Kralik, a likeable ...more about Shop Around the Corner starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart |
| 23 |  | Bambi (1942) | 3.2938 81 reviews | G | Drama, Family, Animation, Disney |
$9.99
| Hailed as "the Prince of the forest" we follow Bambi from birth to adulthood. We see his ...more about Bambi starring Hardie Albright and Tim Davis |
| 24 |  | Laura (1944) | 3.2884 62 reviews | PG | Crime, Mystery, Romance, Film-Noir |
$6.59
| Detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) is investigating the murder of a famous advertising agent ...more about Laura starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews |
| 25 |  | Pinocchio (1940) | 3.2868 17 reviews | G | Fantasy, Musical, Family, Animation, Disney | N/A | Inventor Gepetto creates a wooden marionette called Pinocchio. His wish that Pinocchio be a real ...more about Pinocchio starring Dickie Jones and Christian Rub |
| 26 |  | Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943) | 3.2647 13 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Romance |
$27.95
| Clive Candy V.C. has fought in the Boer War and the first world war. He still believes he can win ...more about Life and Death of Colonel Blimp starring John Laurie and Jan Van Loewen |
| 27 |  | 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 |
| 28 |  | 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 |
| 29 |  | 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 |
| 30 |  | Angel and the Badman (1947) | 3.2128 11 reviews | NA | Western, Romance |
$2.90
| A wounded outlaw is taken in and nursed by a nice Quaker family. During his stay, he begins to fall ...more about Angel and the Badman starring John Wayne and Gail Russell |
| 31 |  | His Girl Friday (1940) | 3.2053 47 reviews | PG | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$3.93
| Hildy Johnson has divorced Walter Burns and visits his office to tell him that she is engaged to ...more about His Girl Friday starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell |
| 32 |  | Out of the Past (1947) | 3.1977 26 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir |
$12.71
| Jeff Bailey, small-town gas pumper, has his mysterious past catch up with him one day when he's ...more about Out of the Past starring Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas |
| 33 |  | 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 |
| 34 |  | 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 |
| 35 |  | Thief of Bagdad, The (1940) | 3.1828 21 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Family | N/A | Prince Ahmad is the rightful King of Bagdad but he has been blinded and cast out as a beggar. Now a ...more about Thief of Bagdad starring John Justin and Morton Selten |
| 36 |  | Fantasia (1940) | 3.1803 66 reviews | G | Fantasy, Family, Animation, Music, Disney | N/A | Disney animators set pictures to classical music as Leopold Stokowski conducts the Philadelphia ...more about Fantasia starring Leopold Stokowski and Deems Taylor |
| 37 |  | Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France, The (1944) | 3.1757 12 reviews | NA | Drama, History, War |
$27.95
| Based on one the most popular historical plays by Shakespeare and made in order to boost moral of ...more about Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France starring Leslie Banks and Felix Aylmer |
| 38 |  | Postman Always Rings Twice, The (1946) | 3.1748 34 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$8.68
| Nick Smith, the middle-aged proprietor of a roadside restaurant, hires drifter Frank Chambers as a ...more about Postman Always Rings Twice starring Lana Turner and John Garfield |
| 39 |  | Great Expectations (1946) | 3.1734 13 reviews | NA | Drama |
$27.95
| Charles Dickens' classic tale of Pip, a poor orphan who befriends an escaped convict and who grows ...more about Great Expectations starring Anthony Wager and Valerie Hobson |
| 40 |  | Suspicion (1941) | 3.1664 35 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$7.99
| Johnny Aysgarth is a handsome gambler who seems to live by borrowing money from friends. He meets ...more about Suspicion starring Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant |
| 41 |  | Northwest Passage (1940) | 3.1637 12 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, History, Western, Romance | N/A | Langdon Towne and Hunk Marriner join Major Rogers' Rangers as they wipe out an Indian village. They ...more about Northwest Passage starring Spencer Tracy and Robert Young |
| 42 |  | 3 Godfathers (1948) | 3.1636 17 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Western |
$9.99
| Three outlaws, on the run after robbing a bank, encounter a woman in labor in the middle of the ...more about 3 Godfathers starring John Wayne and Pedro Armendáriz |
| 43 |  | Gentleman's Agreement (1947) | 3.1570 51 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$4.86
| This film is about a journalist who passes himself off as a Jew to write an article about Semitism ...more about Gentleman's Agreement starring Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire |
| 44 |  | 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 |
| 45 |  | White Heat (1949) | 3.1438 30 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.91
| Cody Jarrett is the sadistic leader of a ruthless gang of thieves. Afflicted by terrible headaches ...more about White Heat starring James Cagney and Virginia Mayo |
| 46 |  | Twelve O'Clock High (1949) | 3.1385 16 reviews | NA |
$6.88
| In this story of the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must ...more about Twelve O'Clock High starring Gregory Peck | |
| 47 |  | Woman of the Year (1942) | 3.1373 15 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$8.68
| Tess and Sam work on the same newspaper and don't like each other very much. At least the first ...more about Woman of the Year starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn |
| 48 |  | Foreign Correspondent (1940) | 3.1351 31 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$12.71
| Johnny Jones is an action reporter on a New York newspaper. The editor appoints him European ...more about Foreign Correspondent starring Robert Benchley and Laraine Day |
| 49 |  | Brief Encounter (1945) | 3.1336 47 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$23.99
| On a cafe at a railway station, housewife Laura Jesson meets doctor Alec Harvey. Although they are ...more about Brief Encounter starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard |
| 50 |  | National Velvet (1944) | 3.1323 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Family, Sports |
$1.96
| Mi Taylor was a young wanderer and opportunist whose father had given him "all the roads in the ...more about National Velvet starring Mickey Rooney and Donald Crisp |
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