1North by Northwest
TMDB8.0
1959·4.5K votes
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
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2Singin' in the Rain
TMDB8.1
1952·3.5K votes
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
3Some Like It Hot
TMDB8.1
1959·3.9K votes
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
4All About Eve
TMDB8.1
1950·1.7K votes
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
5Chinatown
TMDB7.9
1974·4.3K votes
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
6In a Lonely Place
TMDB7.6
1950·663 votes
A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
7Imitation of Life
TMDB7.5
1959·320 votes
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
8A Letter to Three Wives
TMDB7.2
1949·173 votes
A letter is addressed to three wives from their 'best friend', announcing that she's running away with one of their husbands – but she doesn't specify which one.
9Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
TMDB7.3
1964·287 votes
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
10The Harder They Fall
TMDB7.2
1956·153 votes
Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.
11Phantom Lady
TMDB7.0
1944·136 votes
A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.
12Father of the Bride
TMDB7.0
1950·233 votes
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
13Lover Come Back
TMDB7.0
1961·168 votes
Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.
14The Reckless Moment
TMDB6.8
1949·138 votes
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
15Sweet Bird of Youth
TMDB6.8
1962·137 votes
Gigolo and drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. Chance runs into trouble when he finds his ex-girlfriend, the daughter of the local politician Tom "Boss" Finley, who more or less forced him to leave his daughter and the town many years ago.
16Hello, Dolly!
TMDB7.0
1969·387 votes
Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.
17The Killers
TMDB6.9
1964·207 votes
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
18The Joker is Wild
TMDB8.1
1957·155 votes
A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.
19Titanic
TMDB6.6
1953·153 votes
Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades to insignificance once the ship hits an iceberg.
20Send Me No Flowers
TMDB6.8
1964·145 votes
When a hypochondriac assumes that he is dying, he makes an elaborate plan to ensure his wife's happiness. However, trouble ensues when she misunderstands his intentions.