| Movies are ranked according to overall critic score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
| 1 |  | 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 |
| 2 |  | 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 |
| 3 |  | 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 |
| 4 |  | Wolf Man, The (1941) | 3.0331 40 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Horror |
$12.95
| Upon the death of his brother, Larry Talbot returns from America to his ancestral home in Wales. He ...more about Wolf Man starring Claude Rains and Warren William |
| 5 |  | I Married a Witch (1942) | 2.9588 16 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Comedy | N/A | After a ancestor of Wallace Wooley has burned Jennifer, a witch and her father, they cursed his ...more about I Married a Witch starring Veronica Lake and Robert Benchley |
| 6 |  | Jungle Book (1942) | 2.9222 6 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
$2.95
| Teenaged Mowgli, who was raised by wolves, appears in a village in India and is adopted by Messua. ...more about Jungle Book starring Sabu (I) and Joseph Calleia |
| 7 |  | Portrait of Jennie (1948) | 2.9146 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance |
$9.99
| Eben Adams is a struggling artist in Depression era New York who has never been able to find ...more about Portrait of Jennie starring Lillian Gish and Jennifer Jones |
| 8 |  | Blithe Spirit (1945) | 2.9131 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Comedy | N/A | Adapted from a play by Noel Coward, Charles and his second wife Constance, are haunted by the ghost ...more about Blithe Spirit starring Rex Harrison and Constance Cummings |
| 9 |  | Mighty Joe Young (1949) | 2.9119 16 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy |
$9.49
| Jill Young has brought up her pet gorilla since she was a child. Twelve years later, when the ...more about Mighty Joe Young starring Terry Moore and Ben Johnson |
| 10 |  | Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (1947) | 2.9049 25 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Romance |
$5.53
| In 1900, strong-willed widow Lucy Muir goes to live in Gull Cottage by the British seaside, even ...more about Ghost and Mrs. Muir starring Isobel Elsom and Gene Tierney |
| 11 |  | Curse of the Cat People, The (1944) | 2.8730 30 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Horror |
$12.71
| This mostly unrelated sequel to Cat People (1942) has Amy, the young daughter of Oliver and Alice ...more about Curse of the Cat People starring Simone Simon and Kent Smith |
| 12 |  | Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) | 2.8193 14 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Romance, Comedy |
$10.22
| Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the ...more about Here Comes Mr. Jordan starring Evelyn Keyes and Claude Rains |
| 13 |  | Devil and Daniel Webster, The (1941) | 2.8161 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy |
$23.99
| A down-on-his-luck farmer makes a deal with the devil for seven years of prosperity. When Mr. ...more about Devil and Daniel Webster starring Edward Arnold and Walter Huston |
| 14 |  | Heaven Can Wait (1943) | 2.8153 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy |
$21.95
| Henry Van Cleve presents himself at the gates of Hell only to find he is closely vetted on his ...more about Heaven Can Wait starring Gene Tierney and Don Ameche |
| 15 |  | Ghost of Frankenstein, The (1942) | 2.7913 19 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$8.89
| Ygor resurrects Frankenstein's monster and brings him to the original doctor's son, Ludwig, for ...more about Ghost of Frankenstein starring Cedric Hardwicke and Lon Chaney Jr. |
| 16 |  | It Happened Tomorrow (1944) | 2.7609 7 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy |
$16.99
| An ambitious newspaper reporter (Dick Powell), eager to scoop the competition, wishes he could know ...more about It Happened Tomorrow starring Dick Powell and Linda Darnell |
| 17 | | Body Disappears, The (1941) | 2.7560 7 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy | N/A | Wealthy scion Peter DeHaven, about to marry socialite Christine Lunceford, wakes up after bachelor ...more about Body Disappears starring Jeffrey Lynn and Jane Wyman |
| 18 |  | Angel on My Shoulder (1946) |  2.7422 10 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Romance, Comedy |
$3.48
| Gangster Eddie Lee (Paul Muni) is killed by a trusted lieutenant and finds himself in Harry Redmond ...more about Angel on My Shoulder starring Anne Baxter and Claude Rains |
| 19 |  | Cabin in the Sky (1943) | 2.7289 22 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Musical |
$11.95
| In this musical, Little Joe, an inveterate gambler, promises his wife Petunia he'll reform and ...more about Cabin in the Sky starring Ethel Waters and Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson |
| 20 |  | Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1945) | 2.6886 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | N/A | Handsome, young, but morally corrupt Dorian Gray has his portrait made. As the years pass, he does ...more about Picture of Dorian Gray starring George Sanders and Hurd Hatfield |
| 21 |  | Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) | 2.6483 8 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
$9.99
| On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself into ...more about Adventures of Captain Marvel starring Tom Tyler and John Bagni |
| 22 |  | Once Upon a Time (1944) | 2.6452 6 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy |
$26.99
| Smalltime crookster and showman Jerry Flynn is desperately searching for a new act to promote in ...more about Once Upon a Time starring Ted Donaldson and Cary Grant |
| 23 |  | House of Frankenstein (1944) | 2.6186 12 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$8.89
| After escaping from an asylum the mad Dr. Niemann (Boris Karloff) and his hunch back assistant (J. ...more about House of Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff and John Carradine |
| 24 |  | Zombies on Broadway (1945) | 2.6026 4 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Comedy | N/A | Two inept press agents are ordered to the island of St. Sebastian to get a zombie for an opening ...more about Zombies on Broadway starring Wally Brown and Alan Carney |
| 25 |  | Between Two Worlds (1944) | 2.5630 6 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | N/A | Several people are killed in a London air raid. They each awake aboard a strange ship which will ...more about Between Two Worlds starring John Garfield and Paul Henreid |
| 26 | | House of Dracula (1945) | 2.5554 13 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$21.99
| Dracula arrives at Dr. Edelman's office asking for a cure to his vampirism. However, this is a ruse ...more about House of Dracula starring John Carradine and Martha O'Driscoll |
| 27 |  | Beyond Christmas (1940) | 2.5504 7 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Christmas, Romance |
$4.99
| Melton, Chadwick and O'Brien, rich but lonely heads of an engineering firm, invite two young ...more about Beyond Christmas starring Harry Carey and C. Aubrey Smith |
| 28 |  | Guy Named Joe, A (1943) | 2.4900 4 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Fantasy, Romance | N/A | A sentimental, patriotic (if not propagandistic) Hollywood fantasy about a dead World War II bomber ...more about Guy Named Joe starring Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne |
| 29 | | Horn Blows at Midnight, The (1945) | 2.4711 5 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy | N/A | Falling asleep during the Paradise Coffee ("The Coffee that Makes You Sleep") Program, the band's ...more about Horn Blows at Midnight starring Jack Benny and Alexis Smith |
| 30 |  | Topper Returns (1941) | 2.4328 9 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Comedy |
$5.99
| Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, a beautiful ...more about Topper Returns starring Joan Blondell and Roland Young |
| 31 | | Miranda (1948) | 2.3926 3 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Romance, Comedy | N/A | What do you do when a mermaid comes to stay ? Miranda the mermaid is caught by a fisherman and ...more about Miranda starring Glynis Johns and Googie Withers |
| 32 | | Blue Bird, The (1940) | 2.3675 6 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Family |
$6.88
| Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper's children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical ...more about Blue Bird starring Sterling Holloway and Shirley Temple |
| 33 |  | Yolanda and the Thief (1945) | 2.3561 9 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Musical | N/A | Johnny Riggs (Fred Astaire), a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named ...more about Yolanda and the Thief starring Fred Astaire and Lucille Bremer |
| 34 | | Cockeyed Miracle, The (1946) | 2.3241 3 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Cockeyed Miracle starring Keenan Wynn and Audrey Totter |
| 35 |  | Canterville Ghost, The (1944) | 2.3035 7 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy | N/A | In the 1600s, cowardly Sir Simon of Canterville flees a duel and seeks solace in the family castle. ...more about Canterville Ghost starring Robert Young and Margaret O'Brien |
| 36 |  | Wonder Man (1945) | 2.3035 4 reviews | Not Rated | Fantasy, Musical, Comedy, Musical, | N/A | Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten ...more about Wonder Man starring Donald Woods and Danny Kaye |
| 37 |  | Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948) | 2.2510 4 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy | N/A | As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the ...more about Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid starring William Powell and Ann Blyth |
| 38 | | Fiddlers Three (1944) |  2.2373 1 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Fiddlers Three starring Tommy Trinder and Frances Day |
| 39 |  | Time of Their Lives, The (1946) | 2.2099 5 reviews | NA | Thriller, Fantasy, Comedy |
$12.95
| Two ghosts who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War return to 20th ...more about Time of Their Lives starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello |
| 40 | | One Touch of Venus (1948) | 2.1947 4 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy | N/A | A window dresser in a department store feels a strange attraction to a mannequin in the display. ...more about One Touch of Venus starring Robert Walker and Ava Gardner |
| 41 | | Jungle Woman (1944) | 2.1780 2 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance | N/A | Paula the ape woman (Acquanetta) is alive and well, and running around a creepy old sanitarium run ...more about Jungle Woman starring Evelyn Ankers and Samuel S. Hinds |
| 42 | | Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) | 2.1643 4 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Musical, Comedy, Family, Animation | N/A | In a vacant corner lot off Broadway (by about a yard) is a place called the Lowlands by the tiny ...more about Mr. Bug Goes to Town |
| 43 |  | Down to Earth (1947) | 2.1552 7 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Musical, Comedy | N/A | Upset about a new Broadway musical's mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down ...more about Down to Earth starring Rita Hayworth and Larry Parks |
| 44 | | Luck of the Irish, The (1948) | 2.1141 2 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Steven Fitzgerald, a newpaper reporter from New York, meets a leprechaun and a beautiful young ...more about Luck of the Irish starring Tyrone Power and Anne Baxter |
| 45 | | Destiny (1944) | 2.1095 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy | N/A | Two bank robbers, Cliff Banks and Sam Baker go their separate ways while being chased by the law. ...more about Destiny starring Gloria Jean and Alan Curtis |
| 46 | | Kismet (1944) | 2.0547 1 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy | N/A | Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to ...more about Kismet starring Ronald Colman and Marlene Dietrich |
| 47 | | Heaven Only Knows (1947) | 2.0136 2 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Western | N/A | Trade shown, reviewed and released as "Heaven Only Knows," for a short while until the exhibitors ...more about Heaven Only Knows starring Robert Cummings and Brian Donlevy |
| 48 | | Earthbound (1940) | 2.0090 1 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Mystery | N/A | Nick and Ellen's second honeymoon in Switzerland is interrupted when he is called back to Paris on ...more about Earthbound starring Andrea Leeds and Warner Baxter |
| 49 | | Halfway House, The (1944) | 1.9908 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | N/A | A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious ...more about Halfway House starring Mervyn Johns and Glynis Johns |
| 50 |  | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) | 1.9086 2 reviews | NA | Adventure, Fantasy | N/A | Ali Baba, son of the Kalif of Bagdad is brought up by the 40 Thieves after his father is killed by ...more about Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves starring Maria Montez and Turhan Bey |
Decades
Email to a friend