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  • Lloyd Bridges and Barbara Payton in Trapped (1949)

    1. Trapped

    19491h 18mApproved
    6.4 (2K)
    Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double cross them.
    DirectorRichard FleischerStarsLloyd BridgesBarbara PaytonJohn Hoyt
  • To Be or Not to Be (1942)

    2. To Be or Not to Be

    19421h 39mApproved86Metascore
    8.1 (48K)
    During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
    DirectorErnst LubitschStarsCarole LombardJack BennyRobert Stack
  • Edward G. Robinson and Jane Wyman in Larceny, Inc (1942)

    3. Larceny, Inc

    19421h 35mApproved
    7.3 (3.3K)
    Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers.
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsEdward G. RobinsonJane WymanBroderick Crawford
  • Maureen O'Hara in This Land Is Mine (1943)

    4. This Land Is Mine

    19431h 43mApproved
    7.5 (4.1K)
    A mild-mannered school teacher in a German-occupied town during World War II finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance.
    DirectorJean RenoirStarsCharles LaughtonMaureen O'HaraGeorge Sanders
  • Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)

    5. Citizen Kane

    19411h 59mPG100Metascore
    8.3 (484K)
    Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy Comingore
  • Paul Lukas and K.T. Stevens in Address Unknown (1944)

    6. Address Unknown

    19441h 15mApproved
    6.9 (1.3K)
    A U.S.-based art dealer travels to his former homeland of Germany, where he becomes dangerously susceptible to Nazi propaganda.
    DirectorWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsPaul LukasMady ChristiansMorris Carnovsky
  • He Walked by Night (1948)

    7. He Walked by Night

    19481h 19mApproved
    7.0 (7.2K)
    This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.
    DirectorsAlfred L. WerkerAnthony MannStarsRichard BasehartScott BradyRoy Roberts
  • Jeffrey Lynn in Underground (1941)

    8. Underground

    19411h 35mApproved
    7.2 (680)
    A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, who are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries to convince him of the immoral stance that marches under the symbol of the swastika.
    DirectorVincent ShermanStarsJeffrey LynnPhilip DornKaren Verne
  • John Garfield, Lee Patrick, Anne Shirley, and George Tobias in Saturday's Children (1940)

    9. Saturday's Children

    19401h 42mApproved
    6.4 (643)
    After meeting each other as fellow employees at J.B. Martin Co., forthright twenty-two year old Bobby Halevy and twenty-five year old Rims Rosson, who has his head in the clouds in coming up with one useless invention after another, fall in love and get married. The marriage is despite Bobby treating this, her first job, as an experience like everything she does and not as a means to become a "Mrs." like many other women, such as her colleague Gert Mills, seem to do. And on the advice of her older game-playing married sister Florrie Sands, Bobby also resorted to "tricks", so unlike the way she usually acts, to get Rims to marry her instead of he accepting his dream job in the Philippines to pursue one of his more practical invention ideas. Although they love each other, Bobby and Rims hit one hurdle after another as wife and husband, those hurdles largely outside of their control. As such, Bobby has to decide what to do to bring happiness back into her and Rims' lives, those actions which may make her resort to further games. Beyond having Florrie and her husband Willie Sands and her parents' own marriages as examples, each couple who truly loves each other despite their own problems, Bobby will also have the direct advice of both Florrie and her father Henry Halevy, a bookkeeper at Martin who has always had his own special thoughts of what he has wanted for his youngest daughter.
    DirectorVincent ShermanStarsJohn GarfieldAnne ShirleyClaude Rains
  • Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola in Bicycle Thieves (1948)

    10. Bicycle Thieves

    19481h 29mNot Rated
    8.2 (187K)
    In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
    DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsLamberto MaggioraniEnzo StaiolaLianella Carell
  • Lena Horne and Bill Robinson in Stormy Weather (1943)

    11. Stormy Weather

    19431h 18mApproved
    7.3 (3K)
    The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.
    DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsLena HorneBill RobinsonCab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra
  • Cabin in the Sky (1943)

    12. Cabin in the Sky

    19431h 38mApproved
    7.1 (3.7K)
    A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.
    DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsEthel WatersEddie 'Rochester' AndersonLena Horne
  • Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo in Criss Cross (1949)

    13. Criss Cross

    19491h 24mApproved
    7.4 (10K)
    An armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.
    DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterYvonne De CarloDan Duryea
  • Ann Sheridan and Kent Smith in Nora Prentiss (1947)

    14. Nora Prentiss

    19471h 51mApproved
    7.1 (2.3K)
    A doctor spins an ever-growing web of lies after a taste of the excitement that he was missing in his conventional life, thanks to a chance meeting with a nightclub singer.
    DirectorVincent ShermanStarsAnn SheridanKent SmithBruce Bennett
  • Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan in Juke Girl (1942)

    15. Juke Girl

    19421h 30mApproved
    6.3 (564)
    Danny and Steve are migrant farm workers who wind up in Cat Tail, Florida. Cat Tail is run by Madden Packing and Danny works for Madden while Steve works for the underdog farmer named Nick. After the Tomato crop is destroyed by Madden, Steve takes Nick, Lola and the next crop to Atlanta where they sell it for big money. Danny is going up with Madden and thinks Steve is a sucker for working in the dirt. Lola stays in Atlanta while Nick and Steve go back to Cat Tail and the real trouble begins.
    DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsAnn SheridanRonald ReaganRichard Whorf
  • Faye Emerson and Ruth Ford in Murder in the Big House (1942)

    16. Murder in the Big House

    194259mApproved
    6.3 (287)
    A Death Row inmate vows to reveal damaging information about corrupt politicians on the day of his electric chair execution but he is found dead in his cell, prompting an investigation by a local reporter.
    DirectorB. Reeves EasonStarsFaye EmersonVan JohnsonGeorge Meeker
  • James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland in The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

    17. The Strawberry Blonde

    19411h 39mApproved86Metascore
    7.2 (4.5K)
    Quick-tempered yet likable Biff Grimes falls for the beautiful Virginia Brush, but he is not the only young man in the neighborhood who is smitten with her.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJames CagneyOlivia de HavillandRita Hayworth
  • Lana Turner and John Garfield in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

    18. The Postman Always Rings Twice

    19461h 53mApproved84Metascore
    7.4 (24K)
    A married woman and a drifter fall in love and plot to murder her husband.
    DirectorTay GarnettStarsLana TurnerJohn GarfieldCecil Kellaway
  • William Holden, Nina Foch, and Lee J. Cobb in The Dark Past (1948)

    19. The Dark Past

    19481h 13mApproved
    6.3 (2.4K)
    An escaped psychopathic killer who takes the family and neighbors of police psychologist hostage reveals a recurring nightmare to the doctor.
    DirectorRudolph MatéStarsWilliam HoldenNina FochLee J. Cobb
  • Maureen O'Hara, Robert Young, and Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty (1948)

    20. Sitting Pretty

    19481h 23mApproved
    7.4 (2.9K)
    A family that hires a live-in babysitter is surprised when he turns out to be a man who's a quirky genius.
    DirectorWalter LangStarsRobert YoungMaureen O'HaraClifton Webb
  • Good-Time Girl (1948)

    21. Good-Time Girl

    19481h 21mApproved
    6.5 (536)
    A young girl from the slums gets involved with some criminals. Driving while drunk, she knocks down and kills a policeman. She runs away with two G.I.s who are also on the run, and they start a crime wave.
    DirectorDavid MacDonaldStarsDiana DorsGeorge MerrittFlora Robson
  • Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)

    22. Keep Your Powder Dry

    19451h 33mApproved
    6.4 (623)
    A disparate group of women try to adjust to their new lives after enlisting in the Women's Army Corps.
    DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsLana TurnerLaraine DaySusan Peters
  • Shirley Temple and Clifton Webb in Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)

    23. Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

    19491h 23mApproved
    6.8 (932)
    Belvedere discovers that he is ineligible for an honorary award because he never attended college. So he enrolls as a freshman in a major university, becoming the target for hazing from obnoxious upper class-man Alan Young.
    DirectorElliott NugentStarsClifton WebbShirley TempleTom Drake
  • Too Late for Tears (1949)

    24. Too Late for Tears

    19491h 39mApproved
    7.3 (6.3K)
    Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
    DirectorByron HaskinStarsLizabeth ScottDon DeForeDan Duryea
  • Raymond Burr, Dick Powell, and Lizabeth Scott in Pitfall (1948)

    25. Pitfall

    19481h 26mApproved
    7.1 (5K)
    Married insurance adjuster John Forbes falls for femme fatale Mona Stevens while her boyfriend is in jail and all suffer serious consequences as a result.
    DirectorAndré De TothStarsDick PowellLizabeth ScottJane Wyatt

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