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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) war drama (playlist - complete)
Won "Best Production" (Picture), and Best Director Oscars for 1929-30
Seven Days Leave (1930) law and order drama added 4 Sep 09
starring Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer
based on James M Barrie's "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals"
Hell's Angels (1930), law and order romance drama, a Howard Hughes production, directed by Howard Hughesstarring Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer
based on James M Barrie's "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals"
A childless cleaning lady Beryl Mercer, during WWI, creates a fictional son, so she can also say that her son is at the front, and brags about him to her friends. The jig is up, when the local rector accidentally meets a soldier Gary Cooper with the name surname and decides he must be her son. When Gary and Beryl meet, at first he is incensed, but then cools down, and they become friends. He finally agrees to maintain the charade, as he has no one else to watch out after him anyway.
A scratchy cut of this movie. You know some of Gary's acting here is pretty, how shall we say... bad. His fault? Or the bad direction and production. Sort of a disappointment. See below for a much better Cooper movie. Beryl steals this one. She is perfect as his fantasy mother.
starring Ben Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13
A love triangle, two brothers, one woman, during World War I. Lots of battle scenes and airplanes. Jean while dating the older brother, seduces the not-unwilling younger brother as well. All three enlist for the war. It appears that the very end of this film might be cut off, but you'll see the climax.
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M (1931) drama (playlist - complete), starring Peter Lorre (in German)
A haunting drama of a murderer of little girls, who is finally cornered by a mob.
In German with English subtitles
Voted by IMDb readers Best Film of the 1930s
Girls About Town (1931), romance drama directed by George Cukor
starring Kay Francis, Joel McCrea, Lilyan Tashman, Eugene Palette, and Allan Dinehart
with Lucille Webster Gleason, Anderson Lawler, Lucille Brown,
George Barbier, Robert McWade, Louise Beavers
New York society of the 1930s. Aunt (Lilyan Tashman) and niece (Kay Francis) are paid escorts to businessmen so their friend (Allan Dinehart) can land deals after the men are wined and dined. The women cleverly ditch the men at the end of the dining, without sex, just the flirtation. Kay wants to give-up this high life by marrying Joel McCrea, but it turns out she's already married, albeit separated from Anderson Lawler. Drama ensues, but there's a happy ending.
Grand Hotel (1932) drama The goings-on at a luxury hotel in 1930's Berlin (playlist - complete)
Starring John Barrymore, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Wallace Berry, Lionel Barrymore.
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1931-32
Freaks (1932), starring Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova and Roscoe Ates
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11
Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21
I am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932), starring Paul Muni (playlist - complete)
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She Done Him Wrong (1933) comedy drama romance
starring Mae West, with Cary Grant, Owen Moore and Gilbert Roland
Set in the "Gay Nineties" (1890s) in New York City's Bowery district
Mae West is a singer at a tavern/nightclub, Cary Grant runs the mission next door and wants to reform the customers. Mae West goes from one man to the next, one in prison, one owns the nightclub, one is married to another woman, and Cary runs the mission. Mae sings "Frankie and Johnny". A peculiar type of "romance" movie, but then Mae West says she plays romance like a man.
"I always did like a man in a uniform, and that one fits you grand. Why don't you come up some time -- see me. I'm home every evening." - Mae West
"I always did like a man in a uniform, and that one fits you grand. Why don't you come up some time -- see me. I'm home every evening." - Mae West
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) suspense drama added May 2010
starring Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
A murdered friend was a British secret agent, and so a couple's daughter is kidnapped to stop them from telling what they know. Shunning official involvement, they decide to track the kidnappers themselves.
Of Human Bondage (1934) drama romance added May 2010, produced by Pandro S Bermanstarring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis
from the novel by W Somerset Maugham
Leslie Howard is a club-footed medical student falls in love with Bette Davis who is a waitress who treats him coldly and yet may be using him. The story follows several years of her coming into and out of his life, and him carrying a torch for her all the time. Eventually the bond is broken in a tragic way.
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The 39 Steps (1935), directed by Alfred Hitchcock (playlist - complete)
Scrooge (1935) classic literature fantasy drama added 23 Dec 2010
starring Seymour Hicks as Scrooge
First sound version of the classic Dickens' story "A Christmas Carol"
The Great Ziegfeld (1936) musical drama starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer (playlist - complete)
Also notice Frank Morgan, Fannie Brice, and Ray Bolger
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1936
Myrna Loy plays the real "Billie Burke". Billie as you know was "Glinda the Good Witch of Oz"
While "Billings" is played by Frank Morgan who was the "Wizard", and Ray Bolger plays as himself!
Fannie Brice of course was the real-life "Funny Lady" that Barbara Streisand's movie biographed.
A Woman's Rebels (1936) romance drama added 19 Jun 2011
directed by Mark Sandrich, produced by Pandro S Berman
starring Katharine Hepburn, Herbert Marshall, Elizabeth Allen, Donald Crisp
Doris Dudley, David Manners, Lucille Watson, Van Heflin
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9
In Old Chicago (1937) drama starring Tyronne Power, Don Ameche, Alice Fay, Brian Donlevy
A Star is Born (1937) romantic drama added 24 Aug 09
directed by William A Wellman, produced by David O Selznick
starring Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine, Lionel Stander
Janet Gaynor arrives in Hollywood to pursue her dream of becoming a star. Fredrick March is her alcoholic leading man, who she marries as her star is rising, and his is falling.
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Sex Madness (1938) drama
Voted by IMDb readers Worst Film of the 1930s
Jezebel (1938), drama starring Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent (complete)
Produced and directed by William Wyler
The Sisters (1938) drama romance starring Errol Flynn and Bette Davis
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10
Algiers (1938), drama, produced by Walter Wanger and starring Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamar
Wuthering Heights (1939) romance drama
directed by William Wyler, starring Merle Oberon as Cathy, Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff
David Niven as Edgar, Geraldine FitzGerald as Isabella and Hugh Williams as Hindley
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8
Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15
Dodge City (1939) starring Errol Flynn
Golden Boy (1939) starring William Holden and Barbara Stanwyck
Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939) drama (playlist - complete)
Starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Thomas Mitchell
Boom Town (1940), romance drama starring Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, and Hedy Lamarr
(Also notice Frank Morgan, more well-known today as the Wizard in the "Wizard of Oz")
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Ziegfeld Girl (1941), produced by Pandro Berman
starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamar, and Lana Turner
(also notice Jackie Cooper and Edward Everett Horton)
Meet John Doe (1941) tear-jerker romance drama added 3 Sep 09
directed by Frank Capra; starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan
Spring Byington, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart
uploaded 10 months ago
When new owners buy the newspaper, reporter Barbara Stanwyck gets the axe because her column has no "fireworks". She decides her last column is going to be a real zinger, so she fakes a suicide note from "John Doe", who plans to jump off city hall to protest the lack of jobs. The mayor's wife gets incensed and insists he contact John Doe and offer him a job, or else! The newspaper owner now has to track down Barbara who informs him that she made it all up. Cornered, they have to find a "John Doe" who can play the role, keeping circulation up with his life story, and also preventing their competitor paper from declaring them a fraud. Gary Cooper, unemployed and homeless fits the bill.
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Mrs Miniver (1942) law and order drama directed by William Wyler (playlist - complete)
Starring Greer Garson, and Walter Pidgeon
Vin Miniver was played by Richard Ney, he was "Mr Zeno" in the Outer Limits episode, "The Special One"
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1942
Gentleman Jim (1942) starring Errol Flynn
King's Row (1942)
starring Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Betty Field, Charles Coburn and Claude Rains.
The Big Street (1942) starring Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball
and notice Agnes Moorehead later to be immortalized as "Endora" on "Bewitched"
Now Voyager (1942) starring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains (Gladys Cooper her mother, you recognize from the Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" with Robert Redford)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) family life drama, written and directed by Orson Welles
produced by Mercury (an Orson Welles vehicle) for RKO Pictures
starring Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9
To Be Or Not To Be (1942) law and order drama
starring Carole Lombard, Jack Benny
Carole Lombard and Jack Benny play married actors in World War II Warsaw under Nazi occupation.
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Pittsburgh (1942) buddy-film drama starring John Wayne, Randolph Scott, Marlene Dietrich
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10 (complete)
Follows over several years the relationship between business partners John Wayne and Randolph Scott with Marlene Dietrich as Wayne's love interest. This film ranks for me as one of the best Randolph Scott movies.
The Big Street (1942) romance drama added 20 Apr 2011An RKO Radio Picture, produced by Damon Runyon
starring Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, directed by Irving Reis
with (among others) Agnes Moorehead and Ozzie Nelson
National Velvet (1944) coming-of-age drama starring Mickey Rooney
with Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor , Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury, Jackie Jenkins, Arthur Treacher
Produced by Pandro S Berman
Mrs Parkington (1944) family-life drama added 18 Apr 2011
starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway
also notice Gladys Cooper, Dan Duryea and Peter Lawford
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12
It's Christmas 1938 and Greer Garson, recalls her life in flashbacks just after a family gathering.
The Lost Weekend (1945) suspense drama (playlist - complete)
Starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1945 and also Best Director for Billy Wilder
The introductory and trailing credits have been cut off this version -- boo!!
Ray Milland is an alcoholic, this film covers one binge. Jane Wyman provides thin romantic interest.
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) romance drama (playlist - complete)
Starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo
Harold Russell although billed ninth, actually won the Supporting Actor Oscar for this film.
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1946, Best Actor for Fredric March and Best Director for William Wyler
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) suspense drama
starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas (his first film)
Judith Anderson, Roman Bohnen, Darryl Hickman
Gentleman's Agreement (1947) romance drama (playlist - complete), produced by Darryl F Zanuck
Starring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield
With Celeste Holm, Anne Revere, June Havoc, Albert Dekker, Jane Wyatt, Dean Stockwell
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1947, Best Director for Elia Kazan, Best Supporting Actress Celeste Holm
A Double Life (1947) starring Ronald Coleman as an actor who becomes his role in real lifewith Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor , Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury, Jackie Jenkins, Arthur Treacher
Produced by Pandro S Berman
Mrs Parkington (1944) family-life drama added 18 Apr 2011
starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway
also notice Gladys Cooper, Dan Duryea and Peter Lawford
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12
It's Christmas 1938 and Greer Garson, recalls her life in flashbacks just after a family gathering.
The Lost Weekend (1945) suspense drama (playlist - complete)
Starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1945 and also Best Director for Billy Wilder
The introductory and trailing credits have been cut off this version -- boo!!
Ray Milland is an alcoholic, this film covers one binge. Jane Wyman provides thin romantic interest.
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) romance drama (playlist - complete)
Starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo
Harold Russell although billed ninth, actually won the Supporting Actor Oscar for this film.
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1946, Best Actor for Fredric March and Best Director for William Wyler
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) suspense drama
starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas (his first film)
Judith Anderson, Roman Bohnen, Darryl Hickman
Gentleman's Agreement (1947) romance drama (playlist - complete), produced by Darryl F Zanuck
Starring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield
With Celeste Holm, Anne Revere, June Havoc, Albert Dekker, Jane Wyatt, Dean Stockwell
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1947, Best Director for Elia Kazan, Best Supporting Actress Celeste Holm
Gregory Peck is a writer who decides the best way to do a new piece on anti-Semitism is to tell everyone that he is Jewish himself.
Nightmare Alley (1947) starring Tyrone Power
Brute Force (1947) starring Burt Lancaster (and notice Yvonne Carlo)
Cry Wolf (1947) starring Barbara Stanwyck and Errol Flynn
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Hamlet (1948) classic literature drama (playlist - complete), produced and directed by Laurence Olivier
Starring Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
And notice Peter Cushing as "Osric"
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1948, Best Actor for Laurence Olivier
Oliver Twist (1948), drama, based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
Starring Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L Sullivan
and John Howard Davies as "Oliver Twist"
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12
The Search (1948), tear-jerker drama starring Montgomery Clift
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10 (complete)
Red River (1948) western drama, (playlist - complete) produced and directed by Howard Hawks
starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan
Rope (1948), suspense drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock
starring James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Sir Cedric Hardwick
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The Fountainhead (1949) romance drama, directed by King Vidor
based on a novel by Ayn Rand
starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12
Caged (1950), starring Eleanor Parker who is sent to a woman's prison
(and notice Agnes Moorehead, and Betty Garde)
All About Eve (1950) drama Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders and Gary Merrill.
(Trivia: Just after this movie, Gary and Bette married.)
Last Holiday (1950) drama comedy (or "black" comedy) (playlist - complete)
starring Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell, Kay Walsh
Sunset Boulevard (1950) drama (playlist - complete), directed by Billy Wilder
starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim
A bitter look at a hollywood has-been ultimately consumed by her decayed dreams of her own fame
Gloria is famously and shockingly insane as "Norma Desmond" a silent film star
also notice several people as themselves Cecil B DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton
Is it just me or is Erich a poor actor? And do we really need all the narration?
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Quicksand (1950) drama added May 2010
starring Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre
Detective Story (1951), directed by William Wyler and starring Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker
Strangers on a Train (1951) suspense drama, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker
starring Jeffrey Lynn, Donald Crisp and Marjorie Reynolds, also notice Alan Hale Jr
and three-minutes of camera time for Marilyn Monroe, as "Iris" a secretary
starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon
co-starring Donna Corcoran, Agnes Moorehead, Arthur Shields, Philip Ober
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9
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Dangerous Crossing (1953), suspense drama, starring Jeanne Crain
Executive Suite (1954), starring William Holden and Barbara Stanwyck
Animal Farm (1954) animated fantasy drama based on the book by George Orwell
The Prisoner (1955) drama (playlist - complete)
starring Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Wilfrid Lawson
Added 5 Nov 2010
Giant (1956), western family-life drama produced and directed by George Stevens
starring Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean
also notice Dennis Hopper and Sal Mineo
Trivia: Earl Holliman who also appears here was the guest star in the first episode of The Twilight Zone.
Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) law and order drama (playlist - complete)
starring William Holden, Jack Hawkins, and Alec Guinness
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1957, Best Actor for Alec Guinness, Best Director, plus four more oscars
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison (and notice a young Martin Milner as the boyfriend).
Old Yeller (1957) tear-jerker drama
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 (complete)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957) drama biography
starring Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J Cobb (also notice Nancy Kulp in a cameo as her mother)
Hell Ship Mutiny (1957) drama added May 2010
starring Jon Hall (who?), co-starring John Carradine, Peter Lorre, Roberta Haynes, Mike Mazuki
starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Ernest Borgnine, James Donald, Alexander Knox
starring Alec Guinness, Bette Davis
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Tunes of Glory (1960) drama (playlist - complete)
starring Alec Guinness, John Mills
Elmer Gantry (1960) drama starring Burt Lancaster
The Unforgiven (1960) drama
starring Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, Charles Bickford and Lillian Gish
(also notice Douglas McClure as "Andy Zachary")
El Cid (1961) drama starring Charleton Heston
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) romance drama, starring Audrey Hepburn (playlist - complete)
The Children's Hour (1962) drama starring Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) drama
The Miracle Worker (1962) biography drama tear-jerker (playlist - complete) added 11 Aug 09
Charade (1963) romance drama, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12
Lord of the Flies (1963) drama (playlist - complete)
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The Defector (1966) law and order drama, produced and directed by Raoul Levy
starring Montgomery Clift, Hardy Kruger, Macha Meril, and a cameo by Roddy McDowall
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11
In the Heat of the Night (1967) law and order drama
starring Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1967, and Best Actor for Rod Steiger
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11
Cool Hand Luke (1967) starring Paul Newman
The Sergeant (1968) law and order drama starring Rod Steiger, and John Phillip Law
Klute (1971) suspense drama starring Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland
Jane won the Best Actress Oscar for this film
based on the novel by Michael Crichton; starring Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid
Sounder (1972) coming-of-age adventure drama starring Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Janet MacLachlan
Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy (1972) law and order drama (playlist - complete)
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Over the Edge (1979) coming-of-age drama added 7 Sep 09
starring Harry Northup, Andy Romano, Ellen Geer, Julia Pomeroy; introducing Michael Kramer, Matt Dillon
Pamela Ludwig, Vincent Spano, Tom Fergus, Kim Kliner, Tiger Thompson
Also starring Richard Jamison Lane Smith
Brute Force (1947) starring Burt Lancaster (and notice Yvonne Carlo)
Cry Wolf (1947) starring Barbara Stanwyck and Errol Flynn
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Hamlet (1948) classic literature drama (playlist - complete), produced and directed by Laurence Olivier
Starring Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
And notice Peter Cushing as "Osric"
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1948, Best Actor for Laurence Olivier
Oliver Twist (1948), drama, based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
Starring Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Francis L Sullivan
and John Howard Davies as "Oliver Twist"
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12
The Search (1948), tear-jerker drama starring Montgomery Clift
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10 (complete)
Red River (1948) western drama, (playlist - complete) produced and directed by Howard Hawks
starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan
Rope (1948), suspense drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock
starring James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Sir Cedric Hardwick
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The Fountainhead (1949) romance drama, directed by King Vidor
based on a novel by Ayn Rand
starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12
Caged (1950), starring Eleanor Parker who is sent to a woman's prison
(and notice Agnes Moorehead, and Betty Garde)
All About Eve (1950) drama Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders and Gary Merrill.
(Trivia: Just after this movie, Gary and Bette married.)
Last Holiday (1950) drama comedy (or "black" comedy) (playlist - complete)
starring Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell, Kay Walsh
Sunset Boulevard (1950) drama (playlist - complete), directed by Billy Wilder
starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim
A bitter look at a hollywood has-been ultimately consumed by her decayed dreams of her own fame
Gloria is famously and shockingly insane as "Norma Desmond" a silent film star
also notice several people as themselves Cecil B DeMille, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton
Is it just me or is Erich a poor actor? And do we really need all the narration?
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Quicksand (1950) drama added May 2010
starring Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre
Mickey Rooney is an auto-mechanic who wants to take out this swell dame, but is shy twenty bucks. So he figures he can lift it from his till and it won't go noticed before he can put it back again. He has to do some quick thinking, so he buys an expensive watch on credit, then hocks it. His problems go from escalation to escalation.
Detective Story (1951), directed by William Wyler and starring Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker
Strangers on a Train (1951) suspense drama, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker
A chance meeting on a train, leads to a plan for two men to "swap murders". "I kill your wife, and you kill my father". But one of the men, thinks it's just a tasteless joke.
Home Town Story (1951) drama added 27 Aug 09starring Jeffrey Lynn, Donald Crisp and Marjorie Reynolds, also notice Alan Hale Jr
and three-minutes of camera time for Marilyn Monroe, as "Iris" a secretary
Blake recently defeated for political election, blames a local businessman. When he returns to his home town, he takes over the newspaper and launches a campaign against big business.
Scandal at Scourie (1953) drama added 26 Apr 2011starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon
co-starring Donna Corcoran, Agnes Moorehead, Arthur Shields, Philip Ober
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9
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Dangerous Crossing (1953), suspense drama, starring Jeanne Crain
Executive Suite (1954), starring William Holden and Barbara Stanwyck
Animal Farm (1954) animated fantasy drama based on the book by George Orwell
The Prisoner (1955) drama (playlist - complete)
starring Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Wilfrid Lawson
Added 5 Nov 2010
Giant (1956), western family-life drama produced and directed by George Stevens
starring Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean
also notice Dennis Hopper and Sal Mineo
Trivia: Earl Holliman who also appears here was the guest star in the first episode of The Twilight Zone.
Rock Hudson a cattle rancher in Texas, married Elizabeth Taylor a debutante from Maryland. James Dean, Rock's former ranch-hand inherits some land and becomes their neighbor.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) law and order drama (playlist - complete)
starring William Holden, Jack Hawkins, and Alec Guinness
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1957, Best Actor for Alec Guinness, Best Director, plus four more oscars
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison (and notice a young Martin Milner as the boyfriend).
Old Yeller (1957) tear-jerker drama
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 (complete)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957) drama biography
starring Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J Cobb (also notice Nancy Kulp in a cameo as her mother)
Hell Ship Mutiny (1957) drama added May 2010
starring Jon Hall (who?), co-starring John Carradine, Peter Lorre, Roberta Haynes, Mike Mazuki
Pirates have enslaved an island's population and are making the young men dive for pearls.
The Vikings (1958) adventure drama added 26 Aug 09starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Ernest Borgnine, James Donald, Alexander Knox
When the King of Northumbria is killed by the Viking Ragnor (Ernest Borgnine), his widow finds herself pregnant by this same Ragnor. When she has her child, she sends him away to Italy for protection, but the ship is intercepted by the Vikings who make the child their slave. Twenty years later, the child (Tony Curtis) is grown. Kirk Douglas plays Einar, Ragnor's legitimate son and heir.
The Scapegoat (1959) drama (playlist - complete)starring Alec Guinness, Bette Davis
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Tunes of Glory (1960) drama (playlist - complete)
starring Alec Guinness, John Mills
Elmer Gantry (1960) drama starring Burt Lancaster
The Unforgiven (1960) drama
starring Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, Charles Bickford and Lillian Gish
(also notice Douglas McClure as "Andy Zachary")
El Cid (1961) drama starring Charleton Heston
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) romance drama, starring Audrey Hepburn (playlist - complete)
The Children's Hour (1962) drama starring Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) drama
The Miracle Worker (1962) biography drama tear-jerker (playlist - complete) added 11 Aug 09
Part of the life of Helen Keller (Patty Duke) and her teacher Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft). This was Patty Duke's premiere film. Due to a childhood illness, Helen Keller became blind and deaf, and thus never learned to talk. Annie Sullivan aims to change that and nothing will stop her. Inspirational.
Charade (1963) romance drama, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn
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Lord of the Flies (1963) drama (playlist - complete)
A very jolting movie for 1963. A group of schoolboys crash on a deserted island, and slowly descend into barbarity.
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The Defector (1966) law and order drama, produced and directed by Raoul Levy
starring Montgomery Clift, Hardy Kruger, Macha Meril, and a cameo by Roddy McDowall
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In the Heat of the Night (1967) law and order drama
starring Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1967, and Best Actor for Rod Steiger
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Cool Hand Luke (1967) starring Paul Newman
Doctor Faustus (1967) classic literature drama fantasy added 14 Sep 09
starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) drama added 12 Mar 2010
starring Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris, Robert Forster
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A learned man, decides to study the art of magic. He agrees to sell his soul to Lucifer in exchange for a long life and power.
Moody, dark, atmospheric. Not however one of their better pairings.Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) drama added 12 Mar 2010
starring Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Brian Keith, Julie Harris, Robert Forster
The Sergeant (1968) law and order drama starring Rod Steiger, and John Phillip Law
Klute (1971) suspense drama starring Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland
Jane won the Best Actress Oscar for this film
Starting out as a gritty romance between a private eye and a hooker-model, this movie slowly develops into a stalker movie, with an action ending. Do not miss it. Not for the squeamish.
Andromeda Strain (1971) science-fiction drama added 3 Sep 09based on the novel by Michael Crichton; starring Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid
Scoop 7 has crashed to Earth, evidently carrying an alien germ with it, which has wiped out a small town. The government moves in, with scientists and a media blackout. This movie was one of the best of it's kind for the 1970s, and it still plays well to today's audience.
Sounder (1972) coming-of-age adventure drama starring Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Janet MacLachlan
Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy (1972) law and order drama (playlist - complete)
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Over the Edge (1979) coming-of-age drama added 7 Sep 09
starring Harry Northup, Andy Romano, Ellen Geer, Julia Pomeroy; introducing Michael Kramer, Matt Dillon
Pamela Ludwig, Vincent Spano, Tom Fergus, Kim Kliner, Tiger Thompson
Also starring Richard Jamison Lane Smith
Teenagers living in a planned community, without enough to do, find new activities, including drugs, sex and vandalism. The harsh treatment by law enforcement escalates the problems.
This movie was inspired by actual events that took place in Foster City, California.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10This movie was inspired by actual events that took place in Foster City, California.
Foxes (1980) coming-of-age buddy-film drama added 05 Aug 09
starring Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman, Randy Quaid, Lois Smith, Adam Faith
original music composed and conducted by Giorgio Moroder
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A group of high-school girlfriends come-of-age with drugs, booze, sex and parental conflicts
original music composed and conducted by Giorgio Moroder
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A group of high-school girlfriends come-of-age with drugs, booze, sex and parental conflicts
The Karate Kid (1984), coming-of-age drama starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, Elisabeth Shue
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Sheena (1984) fantasy drama added 10 Sep 09
starring Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass
Parts 2 and 6 are missing but it makes no difference, you will still enjoy this B cheesefest I'm sure.
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Sheena (1984) fantasy drama added 10 Sep 09
starring Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass
Two doctors in Africa witness a strange and powerful ritual of the "healing earth". They go in search of the search of this earth, while their infant daughter tags along. The parents are killed in a cave-in. Their daughter becomes Sheena, Queen of the Jungle to fulfill prophecy.
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Parts 2 and 6 are missing but it makes no difference, you will still enjoy this B cheesefest I'm sure.
The New Kids (1985) buddy-film drama added 06 Aug 09
starring Shannon Presby, Lori Loughlin, James Spader, John Philbin, Eric Stoltz, Tom Atkins
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King of the Hill (1993), coming-of-age drama set during the Depression
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This movie was chosen by Entertainment Weekly as one of the "Greatest Movies Ever Made"
The Secret Garden (1993), tear-jerker drama
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starring Shannon Presby, Lori Loughlin, James Spader, John Philbin, Eric Stoltz, Tom Atkins
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A brother and sister Shannon Presby (male) and Lori Loughlin, whose parents have just died, move to the part-farm, part-amusement park their uncle owns, and have to try to fit in at a new high school, while being terrorized by a group of juvenile hoodlums. James Spader plays a bad guy. This was (per IMDb) the last film Shannon made. Extreme violence, and sexual scenes.
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King of the Hill (1993), coming-of-age drama set during the Depression
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This movie was chosen by Entertainment Weekly as one of the "Greatest Movies Ever Made"
The Secret Garden (1993), tear-jerker drama
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A Far Off Place (1993) adventure drama added 21 Sep 09
The Truman Show (1998) drama
starring Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey is Truman, the main character in a television show, who doesn't know he's being televised.
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The Astronaut's Wife (1999) science-fiction drama added 03 Aug 09
starring Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron
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- starring Reese Witherspoon, Ethan Randall, Jack Thompson, Sarel Bok, Maximilian Schell
- Reese Witherspoon and Ethan Randall survive a massacre which wipes out their family. The murderers are now after them. The only way to survive is to walk the long distance across the Kalahari desert.
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The Truman Show (1998) drama
starring Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey is Truman, the main character in a television show, who doesn't know he's being televised.
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The Astronaut's Wife (1999) science-fiction drama added 03 Aug 09
starring Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron
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When an astronaut returns from space missing two minutes, the audience starts to occasionally hear ominous music. What's up?
Butterfly Effect (2004) fantasy drama added 03 Aug 09
starring Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz, William Lee Scott
starring Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz, William Lee Scott
A very disturbing fantasy drama about the nature of memory and the ability to change the past. Not recommended for small children due to violence and sexual themes.
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The Quiet (2005) suspense drama added May 2010
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The Illusionist (2006) romance drama added 17 Aug 09
starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan
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The Quiet (2005) suspense drama added May 2010
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Dot a deaf-mute who has lost her parents, is taken in by her godparents who have a teen-aged daughter the same age. The mother, a neurotic pill-popper doesn't know that her husband and daughter are having an incestuous relationship. And Dot herself, is not quite what she first appears.
Violence, sex, adult themes.
Violence, sex, adult themes.
The Illusionist (2006) romance drama added 17 Aug 09
starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan
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Edward Norton the son of a carpenter, and Jessica Biel a princess were childhood friends, separated because of the class distinction. He goes on to become a respected magician and meets her while on tour in Vienna. Their friendship rekindled develops into a romantic relationship, but under the nose of her espoused Leopold, the heir to the Emperor, who expresses his dissatisfaction by plotting against the magician.
Stick It (2006) coming-of-age drama added 26 Aug 09
starring Missy Peregrym, Jeff Bridges
starring Missy Peregrym, Jeff Bridges
Hayley after being arrested for property damage, is shipped off to VGA. An elite gymastics program headed by Jeff Bridges.
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The Kings of South Beach (2007), made-for-TV real-life law and order drama added 18 Aug 09
starring Donnie Wahlberg, Jason Gedrick, Ricardo Antonio Chavira, Brian Goodman
Frank John Hughes, Steven Bauer
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The true story of South Miami Beach nightclub promoter Chris Paciello (Jason Gedrick) and his best-friend Andy Burnett (Donnie Wahlberg), involving drugs, models and the mob.
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