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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 |  | 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 |
| 5 |  | 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 |
| 6 |  | 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 |
| 7 |  | 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 |
| 8 |  | 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 |
| 9 |  | 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 |
| 10 |  | 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 |
| 11 |  | 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 |
| 12 |  | 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 |
| 13 |  | 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 |
| 14 |  | 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 |
| 15 |  | 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 |
| 16 |  | 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 |
| 17 |  | 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 |
| 18 |  | 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 |
| 19 |  | 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 |
| 20 |  | 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 |
| 21 |  | 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 |
| 22 |  | 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 |
| 23 |  | 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 |
| 24 |  | 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 |
| 25 |  | 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 |
| 26 |  | 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 |
| 27 |  | 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 |
| 28 |  | 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 |
| 29 |  | 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 |
| 30 |  | Detour (1945) | 3.1323 41 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$4.99
| In flashback, New York nightclub pianist Al Roberts hitchhikes to Hollywood to join his girl Sue. ...more about Detour starring Esther Howard and Ann Savage |
| 31 |  | 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 |
| 32 |  | Black Narcissus (1947) | 3.1277 53 reviews | PG | Drama |
$27.95
| Anglican nuns, led by the stern Sister Clodagh, attempt to establish a religious community in the ...more about Black Narcissus starring Deborah Kerr and Flora Robson |
| 33 |  | How Green Was My Valley (1941) | 3.1262 40 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$9.99
| At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans (he stern, she gentle) raise ...more about How Green Was My Valley starring Walter Pidgeon and Maureen O'Hara |
| 34 |  | Odd Man Out (1947) | 3.1262 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | Johnny McQueen, leader of a clandestine Irish organization, has been hiding in the house of ...more about Odd Man Out starring James Mason and Robert Beatty |
| 35 |  | Oliver Twist (1948) | 3.1186 34 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Crime |
$27.95
| Based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is about an orphan boy who runs away from a ...more about Oliver Twist starring Francis L. Sullivan and Alec Guinness |
| 36 |  | Deadly Is the Female (1949) | 3.1178 31 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Romance, Film-Noir |
$9.49
| Since he was a child, Bart Tare has always loved guns. After leaving the army, his friends take him ...more about Deadly Is the Female starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall |
| 37 |  | And Then There Were None (1945) | 3.1173 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
$3.00
| Ten people are invited for a weekend on an island by a Mr U. N. Own, but he isn't on the island. At ...more about And Then There Were None starring Barry Fitzgerald and Walter Huston |
| 38 |  | Mildred Pierce (1945) | 3.1115 45 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Film-Noir |
$12.71
| Mildred Pierce dotes on her daughters while husband Bert looks to Maggie Binderhof for affection. ...more about Mildred Pierce starring Joan Crawford and Jack Carson |
| 39 |  | Key Largo (1948) | 3.1077 34 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$12.71
| A man visits his old friend's hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, ...more about Key Largo starring Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson |
| 40 |  | I Walked with a Zombie (1943) | 3.0962 31 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance |
$12.71
| A young Canadian nurse is hired to care for the wife of a plantation owner in the West Indies. Many ...more about I Walked with a Zombie starring James Ellison and Frances Dee |
| 41 |  | Cat People (1942) | 3.0924 51 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance |
$12.71
| Irena Dubrovna, a beautiful and mysterious Serbian-born fashion artist living in New York City, ...more about Cat People starring Simone Simon and Kent Smith |
| 42 |  | 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 |
| 43 |  | Hamlet (1948) | 3.0807 25 reviews | G | Drama, Thriller |
$19.21
| In this film of the classic Shakespearean play, a Danish prince seeks to avenge his father's death ...more about Hamlet starring Esmond Knight and Anthony Quayle |
| 44 |  | Mask of Dimitrios, The (1944) | 3.0744 9 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | A mystery writer named Leyden is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, ...more about Mask of Dimitrios starring Sydney Greenstreet and Zachary Scott |
| 45 |  | Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) | 3.0667 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir |
$4.94
| Leona Stevenson is sick and confined to her bed. One night, whilst waiting for he husband to return ...more about Sorry starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster |
| 46 |  | Murder, My Sweet (1944) | 3.0584 31 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$12.71
| This adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel 'Farewell, My Lovely', renamed for the American ...more about Murder starring Dick Powell and Claire Trevor |
| 47 |  | Scarlet Street (1945) | 3.0507 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$5.00
| Chris Cross, 25 years a cashier, has a gold watch and little else. That rainy night, he rescues ...more about Scarlet Street starring Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett |
| 48 |  | Kiss of Death (1947) | 3.0483 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$6.22
| Small-time crook Nick Bianco gets caught in a jewel heist and despite urgings from well-meaning ...more about Kiss of Death starring Victor Mature and Brian Donlevy |
| 49 |  | All the King's Men (1949) | 3.0448 55 reviews | PG | Drama |
$10.23
| All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to ...more about All the King's Men starring Broderick Crawford and John Ireland |
| 50 |  | Call Northside 777 (1948) | 3.0383 35 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.90
| In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by ...more about Call Northside 777 starring James Stewart and Richard Conte |
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