1Out of the Past
TMDB7.7
1947·645 votes
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
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2Miracle on 34th Street
TMDB7.4
1947·846 votes
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
3How Green Was My Valley
TMDB7.3
1941·456 votes
Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.
4Ball of Fire
TMDB7.4
1941·243 votes
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
5Mrs. Miniver
TMDB7.1
1942·290 votes
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
6Dark Passage
TMDB7.3
1947·352 votes
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
7The Major and the Minor
TMDB7.1
1942·148 votes
Low on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay half fare home. But little 'Sue Sue' finds herself in a whole heap of grownup trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Philip Kirby.
8The Three Faces of Eve
TMDB7.2
1957·152 votes
A doctor treats a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder.
9I Married a Witch
TMDB6.9
1942·227 votes
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when she discovers that her mischief might have found her true love.
10Ministry of Fear
TMDB6.9
1944·200 votes
Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles across a murderous spy ring and doesn't quite know to whom to turn.
11Mighty Joe Young
TMDB6.4
1949·122 votes
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.
12Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
TMDB6.5
1941·187 votes
Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.
13The Invisible Man Returns
TMDB6.3
1940·139 votes
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
14Song of the South
TMDB6.5
1946·305 votes
Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.
15Now, Voyager
TMDB7.4
1942·229 votes
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and from an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.
16Jezebel
TMDB7.0
1938·220 votes
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
17Sorry, Wrong Number
TMDB6.8
1948·210 votes
Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.
18The Bank Dick
TMDB6.5
1940·131 votes
Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.