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The Best Forgotten Movies

by goldenagehollywood • Created 4 years ago • Modified 21 hours ago
Movies to rewatch that are total genius but nobody knows about them anymore.
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  • Maureen O'Sullivan and Warren William in Skyscraper Souls (1932)

    1. Skyscraper Souls

    19321h 39mPassed
    7.2 (1.1K)
    An entrepreneur will let nothing stand in his way of acquiring a 100-story office building.
    DirectorEdgar SelwynStarsWarren WilliamMaureen O'SullivanGregory Ratoff
  • Dragonwyck (1946)

    2. Dragonwyck

    19461h 43mApproved
    6.9 (5.8K)
    A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.
    DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsGene TierneyWalter HustonVincent Price
  • George Sanders and Merle Oberon in The Lodger (1944)

    3. The Lodger

    19441h 24mApproved
    7.0 (4.3K)
    A landlady suspects that her new lodger is Jack the Ripper.
    DirectorJohn BrahmStarsLaird CregarMerle OberonGeorge Sanders
  • Ruth Chatterton and Walter Huston in Dodsworth (1936)

    4. Dodsworth

    19361h 41mApproved
    7.7 (11K)
    A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsWalter HustonRuth ChattertonPaul Lukas
  • Vincent Price, Beulah Bondi, Ellen Drew, Tina Pine, and Vladimir Sokoloff in The Baron of Arizona (1950)

    5. The Baron of Arizona

    19501h 37mApproved
    6.9 (2.7K)
    Master swindler James Reavis painstakingly spends years forging documents and land grants that will make his wife and him undisputed owners of the entire territory of Arizona.
    DirectorSamuel FullerStarsVincent PriceEllen DrewVladimir Sokoloff
  • Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone in Tower of London (1939)

    6. Tower of London

    19391h 32mApproved
    6.6 (2.4K)
    In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England.
    DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsBasil RathboneBoris KarloffBarbara O'Neil
  • Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

    7. Sweet Smell of Success

    19571h 36mApproved100Metascore
    8.0 (39K)
    A powerful Broadway columnist coerces an unscrupulous press agent into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.
    DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsBurt LancasterTony CurtisSusan Harrison
  • Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, and Eleanor Parker in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

    8. The Man with the Golden Arm

    19551h 59mApproved63Metascore
    7.3 (13K)
    A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
    DirectorOtto PremingerStarsFrank SinatraKim NovakEleanor Parker
  • Marilyn Monroe and Richard Widmark in Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

    9. Don't Bother to Knock

    19521h 16mApproved61Metascore
    6.9 (9.2K)
    After being dumped by his girlfriend, an airline pilot pursues a babysitter in his hotel and gradually realizes that she is dangerous.
    DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsRichard WidmarkMarilyn MonroeAnne Bancroft
  • Kiss of Death (1947)

    10. Kiss of Death

    19471h 39mApproved
    7.4 (10K)
    A thief arrested for a jewelry heist initially refuses to give up his accomplices, but he changes his mind after his wife dies under mysterious circumstances.
    DirectorHenry HathawayStarsVictor MatureBrian DonlevyColeen Gray
  • Gene Tierney, Richard Widmark, Francis L. Sullivan, and Googie Withers in Night and the City (1950)

    11. Night and the City

    19501h 36mApproved
    7.8 (16K)
    A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.
    DirectorJules DassinStarsRichard WidmarkGene TierneyGoogie Withers
    Gregorius!
  • Pushover (1954)

    12. Pushover

    19541h 28mApproved
    7.1 (4.6K)
    An undercover police officer falls for the beautiful moll of a bank robber on the run and together they plan to double-cross both the hood and the cops.
    DirectorRichard QuineStarsFred MacMurrayKim NovakPhilip Carey
    Watched 12/22/24
  • Bullets or Ballots (1936)

    13. Bullets or Ballots

    19361h 22mApproved
    7.0 (3.7K)
    When a crusader against rackets is murdered, a grand jury battles the rackets by promoting McLaren to be in charge of the cleanup. He fires NYPD Detective Blake, who punches him and joins the racket.
    DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsEdward G. RobinsonJoan BlondellBarton MacLane
  • Five Star Final (1931)

    14. Five Star Final

    19311h 29mNot Rated
    7.3 (2.7K)
    The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case - with tragic results.
    DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsEdward G. RobinsonMarian MarshH.B. Warner
  • Barbara Stanwyck in The Lady Gambles (1949)

    15. The Lady Gambles

    19491h 39mApproved
    6.6 (1.2K)
    A desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.
    DirectorMichael GordonStarsBarbara StanwyckRobert PrestonStephen McNally
    Watched 12/23/24
  • Joan Crawford and David Brian in The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

    16. The Damned Don't Cry

    19501h 43mApproved
    7.1 (4K)
    A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted.
    DirectorVincent ShermanStarsJoan CrawfordDavid BrianSteve Cochran
  • Joan Crawford and Van Heflin in Possessed (1947)

    17. Possessed

    19471h 48mApproved
    7.1 (6.2K)
    After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.
    DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsJoan CrawfordVan HeflinRaymond Massey
  • Joan Crawford and Wendell Corey in Harriet Craig (1950)

    18. Harriet Craig

    19501h 34mApproved
    7.3 (2.8K)
    Harriet Craig enjoys married life but constantly tries to control those around her. She does not even trust her husband Walter and always checks up on him.
    DirectorVincent ShermanStarsJoan CrawfordWendell CoreyLucile Watson
  • Bette Davis, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, and Warren William in Three on a Match (1932)

    19. Three on a Match

    19321h 3mPassed
    7.1 (4.7K)
    Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
    DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsJoan BlondellAnn DvorakBette Davis
  • Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame in In a Lonely Place (1950)

    20. In a Lonely Place

    19501h 34mApproved
    7.9 (38K)
    A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
    DirectorNicholas RayStarsHumphrey BogartGloria GrahameFrank Lovejoy
  • Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent in Baby Face (1933)

    21. Baby Face

    19331h 11mApproved
    7.5 (8.8K)
    A young woman who has been abused by men all her life decides to turn the tables and exploit her hapless colleagues at a big-city bank to make a cozy life for herself.
    DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsBarbara StanwyckGeorge BrentDonald Cook
  • Humphrey Bogart in Black Legion (1937)

    22. Black Legion

    19371h 23mApproved
    7.0 (4.1K)
    A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
    DirectorsArchie MayoMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartAnn SheridanDick Foran
  • Ginger Rogers and Dennis Morgan in Kitty Foyle (1940)

    23. Kitty Foyle

    19401h 48mApproved55Metascore
    6.9 (4.3K)
    A hard-working white-collar girl from a middle-class family meets and falls in love with a young socialite, but she soon clashes with his family.
    DirectorSam WoodStarsGinger RogersDennis MorganJames Craig
    Watched 12/27/24
  • Jean Harlow in Red-Headed Woman (1932)

    24. Red-Headed Woman

    19321h 19mPassed
    7.0 (3.8K)
    A gold-digging secretary will do whatever it takes to get ahead in society-including luring her morally minded boss away from his happy marriage.
    DirectorJack ConwayStarsJean HarlowChester MorrisLewis Stone
  • Joan Crawford in Sadie McKee (1934)

    25. Sadie McKee

    19341h 33mApproved
    6.8 (1.8K)
    A working girl's fortunes improve when she marries into money, but happiness is not so easily won.
    DirectorClarence BrownStarsJoan CrawfordGene RaymondFranchot Tone

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