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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2Double Indemnity
TMDB8.1
1944·2K votes
An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
3It Happened One Night
TMDB7.8
1934·1.4K votes
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.
4Ace in the Hole
TMDB7.8
1951·749 votes
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
5The Heiress
TMDB7.8
1949·279 votes
In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.
6The Lost Weekend
TMDB7.6
1945·668 votes
Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
7Mr. 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.
8Hud
TMDB7.2
1963·358 votes
Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."
9A Place in the Sun
TMDB7.3
1951·419 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.
10Sabrina
TMDB7.5
1954·1.4K votes
After her return from school in Paris, a playboy finally takes notice of his family's chauffeur's daughter Sabrina, who's long had a crush on him, but he questions his more serious brother's motives when he warns against getting involved with her.
11Lost Horizon
TMDB7.0
1937·245 votes
British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
12The Desperate Hours
TMDB7.0
1955·182 votes
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
13Detective Story
TMDB7.0
1951·164 votes
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
14The Naked Spur
TMDB7.0
1953·256 votes
A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.
15Five Graves to Cairo
TMDB7.0
1943·152 votes
During the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler passes as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Erwin Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may provide an even better use.
16Twentieth Century
TMDB6.8
1934·113 votes
A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.
17The Blue Dahlia
TMDB6.7
1946·173 votes
Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
18The Spirit of St. Louis
TMDB6.7
1957·146 votes
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
19Kiss Me, Stupid
TMDB7.0
1964·217 votes
While traveling home from Vegas, an amorous lounge singer named Dino gets conned by a local mechanic/songwriter into staying in town for the night. The mechanic's songwriting partner, Orville, offers Dino his home for overnight lodging and enlists a local waitress/call girl to pose as his wife in order to placate Dino's urges.
20The Bitter Tea of General Yen
TMDB6.3
1932·101 votes
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.