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| 1 |  | 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 |
| 2 |  | 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 |
| 3 |  | 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 |
| 4 |  | 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 |
| 5 |  | Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) | 3.0031 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Music |
$15.52
| A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. From his early days as a child-star ...more about Yankee Doodle Dandy starring James Cagney and Joan Leslie |
| 6 |  | Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) | 2.9887 34 reviews | NA | Drama |
$4.89
| The young, handsome, but somewhat wild Eugene Morgan wants to marry Isabel Amberson, daughter of a ...more about Magnificent Ambersons starring Joseph Cotten and Dolores Costello |
| 7 |  | Kings Row (1942) | 2.9725 13 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$12.71
| Five children in an apparently ideal American small town find their lives changing as the years ...more about Kings Row starring Ann Sheridan and Robert Cummings |
| 8 |  | Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) | 2.9706 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Family, Sports |
$8.99
| Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games ...more about Pride of the Yankees starring Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright |
| 9 |  | Now, Voyager (1942) | 2.9679 31 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$8.68
| Charlotte Vale suffers under the domination of her Boston matron mother until Dr. Jaquith gets her ...more about Now starring Bette Davis and Paul Henreid |
| 10 |  | Mrs. Miniver (1942) | 2.8713 31 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Romance |
$7.99
| The Minivers, an English "middle-class" family experience life in the first months of World War II. ...more about Mrs. Miniver starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon |
| 11 |  | 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 |
| 12 |  | Keeper of the Flame (1942) | 2.7670 6 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Journalist Steve O'Malley is writing a biography of a national hero who died when his car ran off a ...more about Keeper of the Flame starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn |
| 13 |  | Big Street, The (1942) |  2.7213 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | Little Pinks is in love with a nightclub singer named Gloria. But it is a unrequited love as she ...more about Big Street starring Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball |
| 14 |  | In Which We Serve (1942) | 2.6939 12 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$7.99
| ...more about In Which We Serve starring Noel Coward and Celia Johnson |
| 15 |  | Kid Glove Killer (1942) | 2.6921 5 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | First feature film from director Fred Zinneman is a snappy little "B" feature that features Van ...more about Kid Glove Killer starring Van Heflin and Marsha Hunt |
| 16 |  | For Me and My Gal (1942) | 2.6777 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance |
$13.79
| Set during WW I, Palmer and Hayden team up as vaudeville artists. Harry Palmer deliberately injures ...more about For Me and My Gal starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly |
| 17 |  | Wake Island (1942) | 2.6711 9 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$8.89
| In November 1941, Major Caton takes command of the small Marine garrison on Wake Island. His ...more about Wake Island starring Brian Donlevy and Robert Preston |
| 18 | | Always in My Heart (1942) | 2.5752 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical | N/A | After many years, MacKenzie Scott is pardoned from prison, but his wife is already involved with ...more about Always in My Heart starring Kay Francis and Walter Huston |
| 19 |  | To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) | 2.5296 4 reviews | NA | Action, Drama |
$9.99
| Sergeant Dixie Smith has more raw recruits to turn into Marines, if he can. Among them is cocky ...more about To the Shores of Tripoli starring John Payne and Maureen O'Hara |
| 20 |  | Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) | 2.5204 5 reviews | NA | Drama |
$25.99
| Erik Toresen, widower and fishery observer, leads a quiet life in a small Norwegian town; but after ...more about Commandos Strike at Dawn starring Lillian Gish and Anna Lee |
| 21 | | Penn of Pennsylvania (1942) | 2.4839 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Penn of Pennsylvania starring Clifford Evans and Deborah Kerr |
| 22 |  | Reap the Wild Wind (1942) | 2.4793 4 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama |
$5.95
| Clipper ships taking the shortest route between the Mississippi and the Atlantic often end up on ...more about Reap the Wild Wind starring John Wayne and Susan Hayward |
| 23 |  | Flying Tigers (1942) | 2.4748 5 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War, Romance |
$4.02
| Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought ...more about Flying Tigers starring John Wayne and John Carroll |
| 24 |  | In This Our Life (1942) | 2.4261 7 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | A young woman (Stanley Timberlake) dumps her fiancée (Craig Fleming) and runs off with her sister's ...more about In This Our Life starring Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland |
| 25 | | Pied Piper, The (1942) | 2.3835 5 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Englishman Mr Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. ...more about Pied Piper starring Monty Woolley and Anne Baxter |
| 26 |  | Gentleman Jim (1942) | 2.3728 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Sports |
$12.41
| The biography of famed boxer James J. "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, the colorful Irish-American fighter ...more about Gentleman Jim starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith |
| 27 |  | Captains of the Clouds (1942) | 2.3652 4 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$8.68
| Brian McLean is a ruthless bush-pilot in Canada. He offers some other pilots an opportunity of ...more about Captains of the Clouds starring James Cagney and Brenda Marshall |
| 28 |  | Larceny, Inc. (1942) | 2.3561 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Comedy | N/A | Three bumbling crooks buy a store so that they can rob the bank next door. When they soon discover ...more about Larceny starring Edward G. Robinson and William B. Davidson |
| 29 | | Desperate Journey (1942) | 2.2967 6 reviews | NA | Drama, War | N/A | When Flight Lt Forbes and his crew are shot down after bombing their target, they discover valuable ...more about Desperate Journey starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan |
| 30 |  | Moon and Sixpence, The (1942) | 2.2876 6 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker ...more about Moon and Sixpence starring George Sanders and Doris Dudley |
| 31 |  | Man with Two Lives (1942) |  2.2465 1 reviews | NA | Drama |
$4.99
| Phillip Bennett (Edward Norris) and Louise Hammond (Eleanor Lawson), engaged to be married, are ...more about Man with Two Lives starring Marlo Dwyer and Eleanor Lawson |
| 32 |  | Journey for Margaret (1942) | 2.2373 2 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | An American newspaperman and his wife, caught in the London blitz, lose their unborn child in an ...more about Journey for Margaret starring Robert Young and Laraine Day |
| 33 | | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) | 2.1917 1 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Romance | N/A | Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew ...more about Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney |
| 34 | | Mad Doctor of Market Street, The (1942) | 2.1278 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | N/A | A mad scientist is forced to leave San Francisco when his experiments become known. He lands on a ...more about Mad Doctor of Market Street starring Una Merkel and Lionel Atwill |
| 35 | | Foreman Went to France, The (1942) | 2.1186 4 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, War | N/A | Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent ...more about Foreman Went to France starring Tommy Trinder and Constance Cummings |
| 36 | | Glass Key, The (1942) | 2.1118 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir | N/A | The plot is very similar to that of Miller's Crossing. Based on the book by Dashiell Hammett, a ...more about Glass Key starring Brian Donlevy and Veronica Lake |
| 37 |  | All Through the Night (1942) | 2.1072 6 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Comedy |
$39.98
| Broadway gambler Gloves Donahue wants to find who killed the baker of his favorite cheesecake. He ...more about All Through the Night starring Humphrey Bogart and Conrad Veidt |
| 38 | | First of the Few, The (1942) | 2.0821 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War, Biography | N/A | By the late 1920's aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell feels he has achieved all he wants with his ...more about First of the Few starring Leslie Howard and Rosamund John |
| 39 |  | Random Harvest (1942) | 2.0593 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$8.68
| A veteran of World War I marries and settles happily into a tidy, humble life until an accident ...more about Random Harvest starring Ronald Colman and Greer Garson |
| 40 | | Joan of Paris (1942) | 2.0547 1 reviews | NA | Drama, War | N/A | An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact ...more about Joan of Paris starring Paul Henreid and Laird Cregar |
| 41 | | Quiet Please: Murder (1942) | 2.0547 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | ...more about Quiet Please: Murder starring George Sanders and Gail Patrick |
| 42 | | Loves of Edgar Allan Poe, The (1942) | 2.0456 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | Edgar Allen Poe (John Shepperd) led an unhappy childhood, broken only by the unceasing devotion of ...more about Loves of Edgar Allan Poe starring Linda Darnell and Virginia Gilmore |
| 43 |  | Tomorrow We Live (1942) | 1.9269 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Horror, Crime |
$6.69
| Julie Bronson, whose father operates a desert cafe, is attracting the unwanted attention of a ...more about Tomorrow We Live starring Ricardo Cortez and Jean Parker |
| 44 | | Japoteurs (1942) | 1.9086 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War, Sci-Fi, Animation, Short |
$15.52
| American industry builds a gigantic new bomber and Lois Lane stows away on the test flight; little ...more about Japoteurs |
| 45 |  | Lady Gangster (1942) | 1.8264 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$3.48
| An actress gets mixed up with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. ...more about Lady Gangster starring Faye Emerson and Leah Baird |
| 46 | | Escape from Crime (1942) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | Red O'Hara (Richard Travis), just released from prison after serving an unjust sentence on a frame ...more about Escape from Crime starring Richard Travis and Julie Bishop |
| 47 | | Northwest Rangers (1942) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | Drama, History, Western | N/A | ...more about Northwest Rangers starring James Craig and William Lundigan |
| 48 | | Tish (1942) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | Letitia "Tish" Carberry (Marjorie Main), an eccentric New England spinster, lives with her nephew, ...more about Tish starring Marjorie Main and Aline MacMahon |
| 49 |  | Stand by for Action (1942) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War | N/A | ...more about Stand by for Action starring Robert Taylor and Brian Donlevy |
| 50 | | Mokey (1942) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Mokey starring Donna Reed and Cordell Hickman |
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