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Amazon Prime Video
87
8.1
/76590/
77
/973/
77
/705/
4.2
/44480/
98
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93
/867/
93
/17/
cc age 13+

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
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.
poster
50
5.4
/1512/
58
/31/
51
/29/
3.3
/1918/
22
/63/
42
/17/

At Long Last Love (1975)
Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into stage star Kitty O'Kelly with his car. Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out she and Brooke are old friends who attended public school together. The foursome do the town, accompanied by Brooke's companion Elizabeth, who throws herself at Michael's butler and chauffeur Rodney James.
poster
57
45
6.0
/2706/
54
/69/
64
/116/
2.5
/2802/
59
/3004/

Batman (1943)
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.
poster
65
45
6.7
/2057/
64
/14/
61
/30/
3.2
/1445/
83
/6/
55
/33/

Female (1933)
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
poster
65
43
7.1
/1735/
69
/32/
69
/32/
3.5
/2034/
50
/121/

Alias Nick Beal (1949)
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
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Kanopy
62
43
6.6
/2943/
64
/40/
60
/37/
3.2
/1309/
56
/408/

Quicksand (1950)
Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.
poster
The Roku Channel
60
34
6.6
/1740/
64
/31/
62
/32/
3.2
/997/
45
/44/

The Crooked Way (1949)
A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.
poster
64
32
6.6
/1768/
59
/27/
65
/24/
3.2
/905/
66
/22/

Babes on Broadway (1941)
Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead, they decide to put up their own show to collect money for a summer camp for the kids.
poster
64
31
6.6
/910/
62
/9/
52
/9/
3.3
/1270/
75
/82/

Torch Singer (1933)
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
52
31
6.0
/1662/
56
/40/
51
/35/
2.9
/1230/
36
/112/

The Death Kiss (1932)
When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
poster
61
28
7.6
/1636/
68
/41/
74
/37/
3.5
/569/
20
/5/

Going Bye-Bye! (1934)
In a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence has helped to send him to prison. Frightened, the boys plan to leave town and advertise for someone to share expenses with them. The woman who answers the ad is actually Butch's girlfriend. Meanwhile Butch escapes and hides in a trunk in his girlfriend's apartment where he gets locked inside. Not realizing who it is, Stan and Ollie finally manage to get the trunk open and then Butch exacts his revenge.
poster
62
28
6.3
/1397/
61
/13/
66
/15/
58
/42/

Destroyer (1943)
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.
poster
62
27
6.2
/1416/
61
/18/
61
/17/
3.1
/315/
66
/1422/

The Jade Mask (1945)
The latest assignment for respected detective Charlie Chan has come directly from the government and involves the disappearance of a scientist named Harper, who was working on an extremely important serum. When the scientist is killed, Chan must sort through all very likely suspects, including the man's sister and his butler.
poster
MGM Plus
37
26
3.5
/2771/
47
/69/
37
/56/
2.2
/1458/
24
/685/

Killers from Space (1954)
Atomic scientist/pilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt at the base later, he is given sodium amethol, but authorities are skeptical of his story that he was captured by aliens determined to conquer the Earth with giant monsters and insects. Martin vows to use existing technology to destroy them.
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66
24
6.5
/604/
71
/8/
63
/9/
67
/48/

Blue, White, and Perfect (1942)
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.
poster
65
23
6.4
/378/
65
/2/
53
/3/
80
/127/

Three Girls About Town (1941)
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.
poster
61
23
6.7
/896/
63
/15/
66
/21/
3.2
/292/
45
/92/

Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
poster
69
22
6.9
/1033/
72
/8/
60
/9/
3.5
/1388/
77
/8/

Love Is News (1937)
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.
poster
65
20
6.6
/851/
76
/18/
64
/12/
3.2
/211/
57
/33/

The Saint Takes Over (1940)
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. This film focuses on the character of Inspector Henry Farnack. When Farnack is framed by a gang he is investigating, it is up to The Saint to clear his name.
poster
52
19
6.3
/799/
55
/12/
61
/14/
3.2
/848/
20
/66/

It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.
poster
64
18
7.1
/690/
60
/5/
66
/5/
3.5
/230/
56
/45/

Remember the Day (1941)
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
poster
62
16
6.6
/959/
65
/16/
69
/15/
3.3
/586/
44
/4/

Hard to Handle (1933)
A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
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MGM Plus
46
15
5.4
/497/
49
/10/
47
/15/
33
/37/

The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
Ellery Queen solves a mystery involving a valuable stamp.
poster
60
12
6.7
/636/
63
/6/
69
/11/
3.3
/437/
36
/4/

The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
poster
50
11
5.9
/442/
60
/11/
55
/9/
3.1
/328/
17
/130/

The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
57
11
5.6
/514/
50
/13/
62
/13/
3.1
/309/

Vice Raid (1959)
A prostitute sets out to frame a cop.
poster
49
9
5.2
/324/
41
/5/
45
/11/
3.0
/472/

Hollywood Handicap (1938)
A group of stable hands is given a race horse when its owner retires from the business. They raise money to run the horse in the Hollywood Derby at Santa Anita race track. Many Hollywood personalities attend the event.
poster
The Roku Channel
59
9
6.1
/491/
64
/7/
45
/15/
3.3
/239/

Without Honor (1949)
Jane, a housewife, is confronted during her daily chores by Dennis, her married lover with whom she has had a long affair. Dennis tells Jane that he has to break off their relationship. She threatens suicide, but when she picks up a shish kabob skewer, the two struggle and Dennis is stabbed in the chest and collapses. Jane hides the body in the house. Before she can leave, her brother-in-law arrives and tells her that he knows about the affair and that he has invited her husband, her lover, and his wife to her house that evening so that he can tell them about the affair.
poster
61
?
5.7
/114/
65
/2/

Don't Lie (1942)
After Buckwheat tells the gang he's seen a big monkey, Spanky, Froggy and Mickey decide to teach him once and for all not to lie. What the gang doesn't know is that the monkey is real, and hilarity will ensue.
poster
?
6.2
/40/

North of Shanghai (1939)
In this newspaper drama, a female reporter and a newsreel cameraman are both assigned to cover the Sino-Japanese war. They meet on the boat ride over and decide to team up. They are further assisted by a Chinese cameraman. The three of them manage to expose of spy ring operating out of the Shanghai office of the woman's newspaper.
poster
?
5.9
/48/

The Curtain Falls (1934)
In this drama an older actress plays her last role. The aging thespian is terribly depressed and ready to kill herself when she finds out that an older more successful friend has vanished. The missing actress's family is in a real quandry. To help them, the other impersonates the older actress. Loose ends are knitted together and then she admits her ruse.
poster
?
7.3
/36/
95
/1/

Hi, Beautiful (1944)
Part of the series of Universal B-musicals teaming Martha O'Driscoll and Noah Beery Jr., this film is also a remake of the 1937 comedy Love in a Bungalow. Patty Callahan (O'Driscoll) offers residence in a model home to soldier Jeff (Beery) and soon falls in love with him. Although the pair are unmarried, they enter a marital contest intended to celebrate the "Happiest G.I. Couple." Winning the contest brings on all sorts of farcical troubles until the couple are able to be united for real. Songs include "Don't Sweetheart Me" and "Best of All."
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
?
6.1
/138/
100
/2/
55
/4/

Son of the Navy (1940)
A runaway boy pretends to be the son of a Navy man, only to turn both their lives upside down.
poster
?
7.2
/20/

The Sky Parade (1936)
Aviation action highlights this programmer which concerns foreign intrigue and a pair of WW1 buzz-boys developing a high-tech aircraft.
poster
52
?
5.6
/169/
45
/4/
56
/5/

Roar of the Press (1941)
While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.
poster
?
3.9
/22/

All Stuck Up (1930)
When the paperhangers go on strike, guests at a newlyweds' housewarming party try to finish the job with disastrous results.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
?
5.7
/95/
60
/1/
57
/3/

The Girl Who Came Back (1935)
A counterfeiter gives up her life of crime and goes straight. She gets a job in a bank, but the members of her former gang hear about it and try to blackmail her into helping them rob the bank.
poster
?
5.2
/28/

Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936)
A cowboy turns auto racer, beats his rival and wins a girl.
poster
?
6.0
/27/
60
/1/

Sabotage Squad (1942)
A police lieutenant and a patriotic professional gambler, rivals in life and love, combine efforts to corner a gang of Nazi saboteurs operating out of a barber shop, in which their mutual girlfriend works, and unmask its secret leader.
poster
45
?
6.3
/112/

Riders of the Purple Sage (1931)
Lassiter's sister was killed and her young daughter taken and raised by outlaws. Years later Lassiter arrives at the Withersteen ranch looking for the now grown daughter. He immediately gets caught up in the ranch's struggle against rustlers. Trailing a rustled herd of horses leads him to the rustler's hideout and the missing daughter.
poster
49
?
5.0
/232/
25
/2/
38
/6/
3.0
/310/

Streamlined Swing (1938)
A group of African-American waiters on a railway believe they have made a deal to secure a railroad dining car that they set up on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles as a diner. To bring in customers, they sing, their voices providing most of the musical accompaniment as well. At the diner, in front of a crowd of swells, the police deliver the bad news.
poster
?
50
/1/

Mandrake the Magician (1940)
Feature version of the American serial film, produced for export only, never exhibited in the USA, and believed to be a lost film.
poster
49
?
5.0
/162/
50
/2/
48
/3/

Expensive Husbands (1937)
Unable to get work in her home country, Laurine Lynne (Beverly Roberts) travels to Vienna where her press agent, Joe Craig (Allyn Joslyn), convinces her to marry royalty. The lucky fellow is Prince Rupert (Patric Knowles), an impoverished nobleman now working as a waiter. Do the two of them fall in love despite this marriage of convenience?
poster
?
6.0
/38/
60
/1/

State Police (1938)
The state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.
poster
65
?
6.6
/107/
70
/1/
60
/1/

Money to Loan (1939)
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths some will go to to get it. The loan sharking business has that want for money on both sides. He tells the story of one such loan shark, Stephen Hanley, who tried to pass his company off as a legitimate loan business, but who charged exorbitant rates, and used extortion and fraud to get out of his customers even more than what they may have owed on paper.
poster
?
6.5
/14/

The Main Event (1938)
FBI agent Mac Richards takes his girlfriend, Helen Phillips, to a world championship boxing match only to learn that the event has been canceled because the titleholder has been kidnapped. Mac is entrusted with the ransom money, but the kidnappers discover that his fellow agents have surrounded the train station locker where the money was to be dropped and order the champ's manager to have the money delivered by an usher to a different location. With Helen disguised as the usher and Mac driving a cab, the pair set off to deliver the money. The gang isn't taking any chances, though - they waylay the cab and take both the ransom money and Helen to their hideout. Now Mac and his fellow agents must rescue both the champ and his sweetheart before they come to harm.
poster
68
?
6.7
/263/
70
/2/

You Came Along (1945)
War hero flier Bob Collins goes on a war bond selling tour with two buddies, and substitute "chaperone" Ivy Hotchkiss. Bob's a cheerful Lothario with several girls in every town on the tour. After some amusing escapades, Bob and Ivy become romantically involved, agreeing it's "just fun up in the air." Then Ivy finds out the real reason why it shouldn't be anything more.
poster
?
5.8
/64/
50
/2/

Exposed (1938)
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.


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