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Kanopy
88
8.0
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77
/685/
76
/554/
4.2
/57808/
98
/61/
91
/531/
100
/5/

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
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Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/38428/
77
/871/
75
/637/
4.2
/70603/
96
/52/
89
/442/

In a Lonely Place (1950)
A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
poster
63
7.5
/39284/
75
/1006/
71
/576/
3.7
/15428/
57
/30/
81
/738/
46
/8/

Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
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Amazon Prime Video
69
61
6.8
/6883/
67
/104/
65
/96/
3.4
/5078/
85
/20/
62
/56/

The Blue Gardenia (1953)
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
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fuboTV
68
37
7.0
/1919/
63
/13/
68
/21/
3.3
/777/
80
/5/
65
/17/

My Sister Eileen (1942)
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living in a dismal basement apartment in Greenwich Village, where a parade of odd characters are constantly breezing in and out. The women also meet up with magazine editor Bob Baker, who takes a personal interest in helping both with their career plans.
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65
37
6.3
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68
/24/
64
/25/
3.3
/536/
50
/236/
82
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My Man Godfrey (1957)
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.
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60
34
5.8
/1461/
64
/20/
61
/28/
3.0
/1093/
58
/989/

The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
59
29
6.5
/1494/
62
/17/
50
/26/
3.2
/581/
54
/54/

Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
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78
29
7.5
/941/
76
/11/
69
/17/
3.5
/349/
100
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Murder by Natural Causes (1979)
An elaborate mystery involving a famous mentalist, his unfaithful wife who is trying to literally scare him to death, the best friend of the family, and the wife's ham-actor lover -- not only an intriguing who- (or whether) dunit, but also a literate, adult dramatic puzzle with an endless series of twists.
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59
27
5.7
/1333/
67
/26/
46
/12/
3.1
/675/
65
/1480/

Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
Francis is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggy" is home from College. When he suggests her to go for it, she's even more in panic - doesn't he care to be with her? So she sets out for Hawaii in the worst mood. On the plane she meets the sociable Abby, who gives her the advice to forget about Jeff - and regrets it shortly after, when Francis follows the advice and steals her boyfriend Eddie, a famous dancer. But then Jeff discovers he's missing Francis...
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63
27
6.7
/1553/
70
/23/
66
/15/
3.3
/607/
49
/90/

A Night to Remember (1942)
A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the middle of a real-life mystery when a corpse turns up in their apartment.
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58
27
6.3
/1783/
66
/47/
63
/34/
3.3
/413/
33
/23/

The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe them out, Lt. Frank Hewitt leaves his post and heads home to Texas. He knows that the attack will send all of the tribes on the warpath and he wants to forewarn everyone. He gets a chilly reception back home however. With most of the men away having enlisted in the Confederate army Frank, a Union officer, is seen by the local women as a traitor. He convinces them of the danger that lies ahead and trains them to repel the attack that will eventually come.
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Amazon Prime Video
62
26
6.2
/883/
60
/10/
55
/18/
3.3
/404/
68
/300/

Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman...all of whom are named Mike. When the three find out about each other, she has to decide which one she loves the most.
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60
24
6.4
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53
/8/
59
/11/
3.2
/626/
67
/6/
59
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The Comic (1969)
An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.
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52
21
6.3
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61
/11/
56
/20/
3.3
/742/
40
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28
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Easy Living (1949)
A football halfback has a heart condition, a nagging wife and a team secretary who loves him.
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57
21
6.7
/1186/
66
/25/
53
/23/
3.3
/798/
35
/8/

Night Editor (1946)
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.
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54
20
5.1
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62
/23/
48
/12/
3.0
/430/
51
/44/

Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his friends. However they have to take an adult with them, so they choose Peter's eccentric aunt. In Rome they get the beautiful guide Daniela, who's fascinating the guys and making especially Gidget jealous. She starts looking elsewhere herself.
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58
20
6.0
/783/
65
/20/
58
/17/
3.2
/255/
46
/213/

A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.
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61
19
6.6
/881/
69
/10/
53
/11/
3.3
/361/
50
/37/

Roughshod (1949)
Rancher Clay and his brother, Steve, head out across the Sonora mountain pass, followed by Lednov, an ex-con seeking revenge on Clay for putting him behind bars. Clay and Steve unexpectedly cross paths with a group of dance hall girls -- including Mary, Marcia and Helen -- whose stagecoach has broken down, and help them get to the nearest ranch, where Lednov unfortunately catches up to Clay.
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60
18
6.6
/1241/
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/30/
60
/10/
3.4
/590/
53
/12/

The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
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55
15
5.7
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54
/7/
50
/3/
3.2
/210/
52
/176/

Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn't long marches or several weeks in a small boat, but their love life.
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58
15
6.3
/846/
63
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58
/18/
3.2
/538/
45
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The Power of the Whistler (1945)
A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.
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54
9
5.9
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61
/5/
67
/3/
29
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Because You're Mine (1952)
A famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp.
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?
4.8
/8/

Meet the O'Briens (1954)
An unsold pilot about a clumsy, unemployed dopey guy with a wife living with his in-laws.
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?
5.8
/44/
10
/1/
25
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Force of Impulse (1961)
A high-school football player is in love with a beautiful blonde classmate from a very wealthy family. He doesn't have the money to take her out, so in his desperation he robs his own father's grocery store. Things go downhill from there.
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?
6.9
/30/
10
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Destination 60,000 (1957)
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?
6.6
/11/

Stars on Parade (1944)
In this musical showcase, two aspiring stars attempt to wow a pair of talent scouts with their stellar abilities. Songs include "My Heart Isn't in It" (Jack Lawrence), "It's Love, Love, Love" (Mack David, Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer), "When They Ask about You" (Sammy Stept), "Jumpin' at the Jubilee" (Ben Carter, Mayes Marshall), "Taking Care of You" (Lou Brown, Harry Akst), "Where Am I Without You?" (Don Raye, Gene De Paul), "Two Hearts in the Dark" (Dave Franklin), "Somewhere This Side of Heaven," "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel."
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?
5.7
/59/

That Texas Jamboree (1946)
With the backing of the Mayor, Brady is running a crooked gambling operation. When Sheriff Curt shuts him down, he reopens when the Mayor charters his place as a private club. When Curt decides to run for Mayor, he is made to shut down the popular Warren medicine show. With Curt now out of favor the Warrens decide to run their daughter for Mayor and Brady has a plan to stop her also.
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?
6.5
/47/
60
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40
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Eadie Was a Lady (1945)
In this amiable Columbia B musical, society girl Ann Miller escapes her Back Bay family by performing in the chorus line in a burlesque house. But trouble starts when her boss (William Wright) decides to build her up as a star. One of the many bread-and-butter Columbia productions graced by the contributions of Cole’s in-house dance studio. Cole dances behind Miller in “I’m Gonna See My Baby.” --Museum of Modern Art
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?
3.6
/11/

Rendezvous Hotel (1979)
A madcap family caters to assorted unpredictable guests availing themselves of the title resort's advertised bliss in this pilot to a prospective series.
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?
6.2
/25/

Throw a Saddle on a Star (1946)
The "star" in the title of this low-budget singing Western was Dynamite, a wild stallion captured by cowboy Curt Walker to ride in the Big Rodeo. Unscrupulous John Burton has bet against Curt and does his best to sabotage the event. When lovely Barbara Allen, Curt's new girlfriend, leaves town because of Burton's schemes, Curt loses the first couple of events. The big Bronco Busting contest is coming up, and Pop Walker stalls the proceedings with a series of singing acts while the girl's brothers attempt to locate her. Barbara arrives just in time to spur Curt on to victory.
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?
7.5
/35/

Cowboy Blues (1946)
Starring Ken Curtis and the hayseed singing group the Hoosier Hot Shots, this musical Western is really Lady for a Day with a switch in gender. Rotund Guy Kibbee is Dusty Nelson, the handyman at the Bar B dude ranch, whose daughter Susan is arriving with her socialite fiancee, Jerome Winston. Susan believes her father owns the ranch, and to spare Dusty any embarrassment, the Hot Shots, ranch manager Curt Durant and sidekick Big Boy Stover agree to continue the deception.
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50
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5.6
/192/
45
/4/
50
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Massacre Canyon (1954)
A band of renegade Apaches attempts to steal a shipment of rifles being transported to Fort Collins.
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46
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5.4
/169/
30
/2/
55
/2/

Flight Nurse (1953)
In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love triangle on the front lines.
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50
?
6.1
/250/
32
/4/
60
/2/

Stagecoach Kid (1949)
Crooked ranch foreman Thatcher sends his two henchmen, Parnell and Clint, out to murder his boss, wealthy Peter Arnold who has just arrived to retire on his ranch, bringing in tow his daughter, tomboy Jessie, who despises western life and can't wait to run off back to San Francisco. Stagecoach line owner Dave Collins and his sidekick Chito show up just in time to deter the attackers. Collins isn't done yet, though, as a gold shipment sent on one of his stages is stolen by Parnell and Clint, one of whom is recognized by Jessie, attempting to escape back to the west coast. Collins has his hands full trying to retrieve the stolen gold, and dealing with Jessie, who's fallen head-over-heels in love with him.
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50
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6.1
/204/
30
/3/
65
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The First Time (1952)
A married couple welcomes their first child.
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?
5.0
/62/

3 Is a Family (1944)
Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife, Fay Bainter, to enter the workplace. The couple's daughter, Marjorie Reynolds, shows up with her twin babies in tow. Son Arthur Lake arrives with his pregnant wife (Jeff Donnell). And overbearing maiden aunt Helen Broderick also decides to move in. Because his wife is away at work, poor old Charlie Ruggles is not only housekeeper, but nursemaid and servant as well.
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50
?
5.3
/216/
41
/5/
57
/4/

Thief of Damascus (1952)
A young man assembles a band of adventurers to take on an evil sultan.
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53
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5.9
/222/
50
/2/
53
/3/

Carolina Blues (1944)
When he loses his lead singer, bandleader Kay Kyser can't find a replacement he likes.
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?
5.7
/73/
50
/1/
60
/1/

Post Office Investigator (1949)
A mailman leads PO-men to a pistol-packing stamp thief and her gang.
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?
5.7
/77/
10
/1/

Big Timber (1950)
A young man goes to work in a logging camp to fulfill a boyhood ambition and a jealous loggers rigs things to make him appear to be an incompetent bungler. But he proves himself successfully conveying an injured workman to the hospital in a careening truck, whose brakes have been tampered with, down a mountainside.
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MGM Plus
40
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5.6
/152/
40
/1/
25
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Portrait of a Stripper (1979)
A young widow, supporting herself and her pre-teen son by performing as a nightclub dancer, finds the place turned into a strip joint and learns that her father-in-law is trying to prove her an unfit mother.
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?
6.0
/75/
10
/1/

Hoedown (1950)
A movie cowboy scrambles to salvage his career after his latest movie turns out to be a flop.
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?
6.8
/28/

Song of the Prairie (1945)
Joan Wingate's wealthy father doesn't want his daughter to go into show business. As they vacation in the west she gets a job with Dan Tyler's show and uses Wingate money to keep him afloat. Sandwiched in between the numerous musical numbers they try to keep her father away from the show. But he eventually finds out and decides they will return east
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?
5.3
/59/
60
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Dancing in Manhattan (1944)
In this comedy, a garbage truck driver stumbles across $5,000. He decides to use the money for a wild night on the town. He and his girlfriend do not know that the money represents the spoils of a blackmailer's scheme.
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Amazon Prime Video
42
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5.7
/150/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Congratulations, It's a Boy! (1971)
A bachelor's life is interrupted by the appearance of a teenager who claims to be his son.
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Hoopla
63
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6.4
/312/
60
/3/
65
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Mr. District Attorney (1947)
An assistant district attorney gets mixed-up with a woman who is working for the group that he is investigating.
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?
7.1
/23/

Singing on the Trail (1946)
In this Western, Ken Curtis, Columbia Pictures' low-budget answer to Gene Autry, romanced one of the studio's most beautiful starlets, Rita Hayworth-lookalike Dusty Anderson. She played Helen Wyatt, whose father (the rotund Guy Kibbee) loses his ranch to the hayseed singing group the Hoosier Hot Shots. Unbeknownst to Wyatt, the Hot Shots have been swindled by a couple of Eastern crooks (Ian Keith and Matt Willis) and consider themselves the lawful owners. Chased by the irascible Wyatt, the band members seek protection from aspiring singer Curt Stanton (Curtis), who they mistake for a gunslinger.


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