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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 |  | 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 |
| 3 |  | 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 |
| 4 |  | 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 |
| 5 |  | Camille (1936) | 3.0077 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$12.71
| Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand ...more about Camille starring Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor |
| 6 |  | Come and Get It (1936) | 2.8035 13 reviews | NA | Drama |
$6.89
| In 1884 lumberman Barney Glasgow leaves his true love, saloon singer Lotta Morgan, to marry Emma ...more about Come and Get It starring Edward Arnold and Andrea Leeds |
| 7 |  | Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) | 2.8022 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Family |
$5.00
| After the death of Cedric ('Ceddie')'s English father, he and his mother live together in Brooklyn. ...more about Little Lord Fauntleroy starring Freddie Bartholomew and C. Aubrey Smith |
| 8 |  | Speed (1936) | 2.7670 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired ...more about Speed starring James Stewart and Wendy Barrie |
| 9 |  | Garden of Allah, The (1936) |  2.7250 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$9.90
| Domini, an heiress who has led a cloistered life, visits the North African desert for spiritual ...more about Garden of Allah starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer |
| 10 |  | Sabotage (1936) | 2.7195 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$6.49
| Mr. Verloc is part of a gang of foreign saboteurs operating out of London. He manages a small ...more about Sabotage starring Desmond Tester and John Loder |
| 11 |  | Satan Met a Lady (1936) | 2.6793 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery, Comedy |
$14.92
| Sardonic detective Shane, thrown out of one town for bringing trouble, heads for home and his ...more about Satan Met a Lady starring Bette Davis and Warren William |
| 12 |  | Next Time We Love (1936) | 2.6757 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | A young married couple's relationship becomes strained when he is assigned overseas as a foreign ...more about Next Time We Love starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart |
| 13 |  | San Francisco (1936) | 2.6726 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance |
$12.41
| Mary Blake arrives at Blackie Norton's Paradise gambling hall and beer garden looking for work as a ...more about San Francisco starring Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald |
| 14 |  | Beloved Enemy (1936) | 2.6437 5 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Beloved Enemy starring Merle Oberon and Brian Aherne |
| 15 |  | Bas-fonds, Les (1936) | 2.6270 6 reviews | NA | Drama |
$27.95
| ...more about Bas-fonds starring Jean Gabin |
| 16 | | Green Pastures, The (1936) | 2.6260 13 reviews | NA | Drama |
$12.71
| God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are ...more about Green Pastures starring Rex Ingram and Oscar Polk |
| 17 |  | Wife vs. Secretary (1936) | 2.6140 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$11.89
| Linda Stanhope isn't jealous of beautiful Whitey Wilson, secretary to her magazine publisher ...more about Wife vs. Secretary starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow |
| 18 | | These Three (1936) | 2.6026 8 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | This first film version of "The Children's Hour" uses a heterosexual triangle rather than the ...more about These Three starring Miriam Hopkins and Merle Oberon |
| 19 |  | Reefer Madness (1936) | 2.6021 27 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$2.95
| Propaganda film that relates the story, as told by high school principal Dr. Carroll to parents at ...more about Reefer Madness starring Dorothy Short and Kenneth Craig |
| 20 |  | Suzy (1936) | 2.5752 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | American showgirl Suzy is in London in 1914. She loves Irish inventor Terry who works for an ...more about Suzy starring Jean Harlow and Theodore von Eltz |
| 21 |  | White Angel, The (1936) | 2.5570 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | ...more about White Angel starring Kay Francis and Ian Hunter |
| 22 |  | Unguarded Hour, The (1936) | 2.5478 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | A woman tries to save her husband, a prosecutor, from a man who is threatening to blackmail him ...more about Unguarded Hour starring Loretta Young and Franchot Tone |
| 23 |  | Bullets or Ballots (1936) | 2.5433 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.86
| After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner former detective Johnny Blake knocks ...more about Bullets or Ballots starring Edward G. Robinson and Joan Blondell |
| 24 |  | Plough and the Stars, The (1936) | 2.5387 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Plough and the Stars starring Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster |
| 25 | | Broken Blossoms (1936) | 2.5235 7 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | The spiritual and peace-loving Chen resides in London's Limehouse district, where he teaches and ...more about Broken Blossoms starring C.V. France and Basil Radford |
| 26 |  | Born to Fight (1936) | 2.4976 6 reviews | NA | Drama |
$4.99
| ...more about Born to Fight starring Frankie Darro and Kane Richmond |
| 27 |  | Devil Is a Sissy, The (1936) | 2.4930 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | Claude Pierce is delighted to move in with his father, Jay Pierce, a struggling architect living in ...more about Devil Is a Sissy starring Freddie Bartholomew and Jackie Cooper |
| 28 |  | China Clipper (1936) | 2.4930 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Inspired by Lindbergh's flight, Dave Logan sets out with a Washington-Philadelphia airline but ...more about China Clipper starring Beverly Roberts and Ross Alexander |
| 29 | | Voice of Bugle Ann, The (1936) | 2.4839 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | The countrymen in the hills of Missouri take the hounds on night fox hunts. This goes on until ...more about Voice of Bugle Ann starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan |
| 30 |  | Mary of Scotland (1936) | 2.4816 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$41.37
| Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to rule as queen, to the chagrin of Elizabeth I of England who ...more about Mary of Scotland starring Katharine Hepburn and Florence Eldridge |
| 31 | | Sworn Enemy (1936) | 2.4611 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | ...more about Sworn Enemy starring Robert Young and Florence Rice |
| 32 | | Down the Stretch (1936) | 2.4474 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Jockey Snapper Sinclair has been having a hard time living down the reputation of his father, a ...more about Down the Stretch starring Patricia Ellis and Mickey Rooney |
| 33 | | Witness Chair, The (1936) | 2.3378 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Witness Chair starring Ann Harding and Walter Abel |
| 34 |  | Romeo and Juliet (1936) | 2.3077 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$11.98
| The Montagues and the Capulets, two powerful families of Verona, hate each other. Romeo, son of ...more about Romeo and Juliet starring Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard |
| 35 |  | Trapped by Television (1936) | 2.2830 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Sci-Fi |
$5.16
| An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked ...more about Trapped by Television starring Mary Astor and Lyle Talbot |
| 36 |  | Singing Kid, The (1936) | 2.2739 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical | N/A | ...more about Singing Kid starring Al Jolson and Sybil Jason |
| 37 | | Drag-Net, The (1936) | 2.2739 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | ...more about Drag-Net starring Rod La Rocque and Marian Nixon |
| 38 |  | Trouble for Two (1936) | 2.2556 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | The Crown Prince is to marry the Princess Brenda of Irania, but the Princess declines the arranged ...more about Trouble for Two starring Rosalind Russell and Reginald Owen |
| 39 | | Last of the Mohicans, The (1936) |  2.2145 2 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, War |
$4.99
| In the year 1775, Fort William Henry on Lake George is under siege by the French and Hurons under ...more about Last of the Mohicans starring Randolph Scott and Binnie Barnes |
| 40 | | Forget Me Not (1936) | 2.1734 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | A young woman who has a failed shipboard romance on the way to New York becomes involved with a ...more about Forget Me Not starring Beniamino Gigli and Joan Gardner |
| 41 |  | Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss, The (1936) | 2.1552 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$4.99
| Ernest Bliss is a rich young man with too little to do. Not realizing the depression he's in is due ...more about Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss starring Cary Grant and Mary Brian |
| 42 |  | As You Like It (1936) | 2.1460 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$19.99
| A duke usurps his brother's land and power, banishing him and his retinue into the forest of Arden. ...more about As You Like It starring Henry Ainley and Felix Aylmer |
| 43 | | Panic on the Air (1936) | 2.1186 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Panic on the Air starring Lew Ayres and Florence Rice |
| 44 |  | Anthony Adverse (1936) | 2.0798 8 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Romance | N/A | In late 18th century Italy, a beautiful young woman finds herself married to a rich but cruel older ...more about Anthony Adverse starring Mathilde Comont and Olivia de Havilland |
| 45 | | Sky Parade (1936) | 2.0638 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Sky Parade starring Jimmie Allen and William Gargan |
| 46 |  | Secret Agent (1936) | 2.0547 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance |
$6.49
| During the first world war, novelist Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland by the Intelligence ...more about Secret Agent starring John Gielgud and Peter Lorre |
| 47 |  | In His Steps (1936) | 2.0547 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about In His Steps starring Eric Linden and Cecilia Parker |
| 48 |  | Song of Freedom (1936) | 2.0151 7 reviews | NA | Drama |
$23.28
| ...more about Song of Freedom starring Paul Robeson and Esme Percy |
| 49 |  | Ceiling Zero (1936) | 1.9969 5 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama | N/A | War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline. Dizzy is ...more about Ceiling Zero starring James Cagney and June Travis |
| 50 | | Man Behind the Mask, The (1936) | 1.9908 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly ...more about Man Behind the Mask starring Hugh Williams and Jane Baxter |
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