1Sunset Boulevard
TMDB8.3
1950·2.9K votes
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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2Judgment at Nuremberg
TMDB8.0
1961·947 votes
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
3All 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.
4The Best Years of Our Lives
TMDB7.8
1946·742 votes
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
5Limelight
TMDB7.9
1952·594 votes
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
6Laura
TMDB7.6
1944·911 votes
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
7In 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.
8Mildred Pierce
TMDB7.6
1945·451 votes
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
9Auntie Mame
TMDB7.0
1958·124 votes
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
10Monsieur Verdoux
TMDB7.7
1947·475 votes
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
11Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
TMDB7.5
1936·405 votes
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
12The Bad and the Beautiful
TMDB7.3
1952·299 votes
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
13Days of Wine and Roses
TMDB7.5
1963·212 votes
An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
14A Place in the Sun
TMDB7.3
1951·418 votes
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
15Advise & Consent
TMDB7.2
1962·120 votes
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
16Gilda
TMDB7.5
1946·653 votes
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
17The Narrow Margin
TMDB7.3
1952·168 votes
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.
18Body and Soul
TMDB6.7
1947·120 votes
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
19Breakfast at Tiffany's
TMDB7.6
1961·4.5K votes
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
20A Star Is Born
TMDB7.1
1954·330 votes
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.