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Dramas

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  • Bette Davis and Claude Rains in Now, Voyager (1942)

    1. Now, Voyager

    19421h 57mApproved70Metascore
    7.8 (20K)
    A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.
    DirectorIrving RapperStarsBette DavisPaul HenreidClaude Rains
  • Barbara Stanwyck and John Boles in Stella Dallas (1937)

    2. Stella Dallas

    19371h 46mApproved
    7.4 (6.8K)
    A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
    DirectorKing VidorStarsBarbara StanwyckJohn BolesAnne Shirley
  • Greer Garson and Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

    3. Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    19391h 54mApproved
    7.9 (12K)
    An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.
    DirectorsSam WoodSidney FranklinStarsRobert DonatGreer GarsonTerry Kilburn
  • The Connection (1961)

    4. The Connection

    19611h 50mNot Rated
    7.0 (1.1K)
    Men sent their own way await heroin in Leach's apartment.
    DirectorShirley ClarkeStarsWilliam RedfieldWarren FinnertyGarry Goodrow
  • Candice Bergen, Shirley Knight, Joan Hackett, Elizabeth Hartman, Joanna Pettet, Mary-Robin Redd, Jessica Walter, and Kathleen Widdoes in The Group (1966)

    5. The Group

    19662h 30mApproved
    6.5 (2.2K)
    Eight inseparable college friends become involved in widely differing lifestyles after graduation.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsCandice BergenJoan HackettElizabeth Hartman
  • The Secret Life of Bees (2008)

    6. The Secret Life of Bees

    20081h 54mPG-1357Metascore
    7.2 (29K)
    1964. Lily, a lonely teenager, flees from her home and reaches a small town in South Carolina. Once there, she finds herself in the company of the Boatwright sisters who introduce her to a new world.
    DirectorGina Prince-BythewoodStarsDakota FanningJennifer HudsonQueen Latifah
  • Tina Louise, Buddy Hackett, Aldo Ray, Robert Ryan, and Fay Spain in God's Little Acre (1958)

    7. God's Little Acre

    19581h 58mApproved
    6.5 (2.2K)
    In the 1950s, a poor Georgia cotton farmer and his sons search for the gold presumably buried on the farm by their great-grandfather, but problems related to poverty, infidelity, unemployment, and booze threaten to destroy their family.
    DirectorAnthony MannStarsRobert RyanTina LouiseAldo Ray
  • Gregory Peck, John Garfield, and Dorothy McGuire in Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

    8. Gentleman's Agreement

    19471h 58mApproved
    7.2 (19K)
    A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsGregory PeckDorothy McGuireJohn Garfield
  • David Bradley in Kes (1969)

    9. Kes

    19691h 51mPG-13
    7.9 (25K)
    A working-class English boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet kestrel.
    DirectorKen LoachStarsDavid BradleyBrian GloverFreddie Fletcher
  • Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Leslie Howard in The Petrified Forest (1936)

    10. The Petrified Forest

    19361h 22mApproved
    7.5 (16K)
    A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.
    DirectorArchie MayoStarsLeslie HowardHumphrey BogartBette Davis
  • Greta Garbo in Anna Christie (1930)

    11. Anna Christie

    19301h 29mPassed
    6.5 (3.7K)
    A young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.
    DirectorClarence BrownStarsGreta GarboCharles BickfordGeorge F. Marion
  • Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (1933)

    12. Queen Christina

    19331h 39mApproved
    7.5 (9K)
    Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.
    DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsGreta GarboJohn GilbertIan Keith
  • Shanghai Express (1932)

    13. Shanghai Express

    19321h 22mApproved83Metascore
    7.3 (11K)
    A notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved.
    DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichClive BrookAnna May Wong
  • Marie Dressler in Emma (1932)

    14. Emma

    19321h 12mPassed
    7.0 (1.2K)
    After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with resentment when she marries their father.
    DirectorClarence BrownStarsMarie DresslerRichard CromwellJean Hersholt
  • I Confess (1953)

    15. I Confess

    19531h 35mApproved68Metascore
    7.2 (25K)
    A priest, who comes under suspicion for murder, cannot clear his name without breaking the seal of the confessional.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsMontgomery CliftAnne BaxterKarl Malden
  • Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, George Raft, and Ann Sheridan in They Drive by Night (1940)

    16. They Drive by Night

    19401h 35mApproved73Metascore
    7.2 (9.8K)
    When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsGeorge RaftHumphrey BogartAnn Sheridan
  • Tea and Sympathy (1956)

    17. Tea and Sympathy

    19562h 2mApproved
    7.3 (3.5K)
    A new senior at a boy's prep school, finds himself harassed by the machismo culture of his classmates and the unfeelingly behavior by his father, only being treated with decency by his roommate and with affection by the coach's wife.
    DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsDeborah KerrJohn KerrLeif Erickson
  • Dean Stockwell in The Boy with Green Hair (1948)

    18. The Boy with Green Hair

    19481h 22mApproved
    6.7 (3.4K)
    This parable looks at public reaction when the hair of an American war orphan mysteriously turns green.
    DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsPat O'BrienRobert RyanBarbara Hale
  • Burt Lancaster in The Swimmer (1968)

    19. The Swimmer

    19681h 35mM/PG
    7.6 (15K)
    A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.
    DirectorsFrank PerrySydney PollackStarsBurt LancasterJanet LandgardJanice Rule
  • David and Lisa (1962)

    20. David and Lisa

    19621h 35mNot Rated
    7.2 (3.5K)
    Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people.
    DirectorFrank PerryStarsKeir DulleaJanet MargolinHoward Da Silva
  • I Want to Live! (1958)

    21. I Want to Live!

    19582hApproved
    7.5 (7.9K)
    A prostitute sentenced to death for murder pleads her innocence.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsSusan HaywardSimon OaklandVirginia Vincent
  • The Warped Ones (1960)

    22. The Warped Ones

    19601h 15mNot Rated
    6.9 (1.1K)
    A juvenile delinquent gets out of the pen and causes reckless mayhem, mostly directed at the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send him up.
    DirectorKoreyoshi KuraharaStarsTamio KawachiYuko ChiyoEiji Gô
  • Black Orpheus (1959)

    23. Black Orpheus

    19591h 40mPG81Metascore
    7.4 (13K)
    A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
    DirectorMarcel CamusStarsBreno MelloMarpessa DawnLourdes de Oliveira
  • Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in Flesh and the Devil (1926)

    24. Flesh and the Devil

    19261h 52mPassed
    7.6 (4.8K)
    Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other fiercely loves.
    DirectorClarence BrownStarsJohn GilbertGreta GarboLars Hanson
  • The Scarlet Empress (1934)

    25. The Scarlet Empress

    19341h 44mApproved
    7.5 (7.7K)
    A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
    DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichJohn LodgeSam Jaffe

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