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  • Trenul fantoma (1933)

    1. Trenul fantoma

    19331h 10m
    6.7 (68)
    Un grupo de pasajeros de un tren deben permanecer en una estación durante una noche tormentosa. Unos contrabandistas de la zona tratan de asustarlos.
    DirectorJean MihailStarsTony BulandraGheorghe StorinLisette Verea
  • Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

    2. Gone with the Wind

    19393h 58mG97Metascore
    8.2 (349K)
    A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
    DirectorVictor FlemingStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas Mitchell
  • Lon Chaney Jr., Betty Field, and Burgess Meredith in Of Mice and Men (1939)

    3. Of Mice and Men

    19391h 46mApproved89Metascore
    7.8 (7.3K)
    A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
    DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsLon Chaney Jr.Burgess MeredithBetty Field
  • Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier in Rebecca (1940)

    4. Rebecca

    19402h 10mApproved86Metascore
    8.1 (160K)
    A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLaurence OlivierJoan FontaineGeorge Sanders
  • Henry Fonda, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, Dorris Bowdon, Frank Darien, and Russell Simpson in The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

    5. The Grapes of Wrath

    19402h 9mApproved96Metascore
    8.1 (106K)
    An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaJane DarwellJohn Carradine
    Trauma.
  • Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino in High Sierra (1941)

    6. High Sierra

    19411h 40mApproved
    7.5 (20K)
    After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsIda LupinoHumphrey BogartAlan Curtis
  • Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon (1941)

    7. The Maltese Falcon

    19411h 40mApproved97Metascore
    7.9 (172K)
    San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys George
    Theatre of the absurd.
  • Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, and Conrad Veidt in Casablanca (1942)

    8. Casablanca

    19421h 42mPG100Metascore
    8.5 (637K)
    A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul Henreid
  • O noapte furtunoasa (1943)

    9. O noapte furtunoasa

    19431h 6m
    7.4 (353)
    Bucharest, 1876. Don Dumitrache instructs his trusted man, Chiriac, to watch his young wife, Veta. Dumitrache is sure that Veta having an affair; what he does not know is that her lover is Chiriac.
    DirectorJean GeorgescuStarsStefan BaroiRadu BeliganElena Bulandra
  • Obsession (1943)

    10. Obsession

    19432h 20mTV-14
    7.6 (8.8K)
    Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna, and they plan to get rid of her older husband.
    DirectorLuchino ViscontiStarsClara CalamaiMassimo GirottiDhia Cristiani
  • Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, and Teresa Wright in Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

    11. Shadow of a Doubt

    19431h 48mPG94Metascore
    7.8 (74K)
    A teenage girl, overjoyed when her uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTeresa WrightJoseph CottenMacdonald Carey
    A kind of Double Indemnity.
  • Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, and Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944)

    12. Double Indemnity

    19441h 47mApproved95Metascore
    8.3 (176K)
    An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. Robinson
    A kind of Shadow of a Doubt.
  • Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, and Joseph Cotten in Gaslight (1944)

    13. Gaslight

    19441h 54mApproved78Metascore
    7.8 (36K)
    Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the house rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsCharles BoyerIngrid BergmanJoseph Cotten
    Psychological thriller.
  • Laura (1944)

    14. Laura

    19441h 28mApproved
    7.9 (54K)
    A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
    DirectorsOtto PremingerRouben MamoulianStarsGene TierneyDana AndrewsClifton Webb
  • Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda, Ella Raines, and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)

    15. Phantom Lady

    19441h 27mApproved
    7.2 (6.3K)
    A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.
    DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsFranchot ToneElla RainesAlan Curtis
  • James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

    16. It's a Wonderful Life

    19462h 10mPG89Metascore
    8.6 (532K)
    An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel Barrymore
    Financial prevention.
  • Maria Filotti in Visul unei nopti de iarna (1946)

    17. Visul unei nopti de iarna

    194658m
    8.0 (116)
    Maria, a young saleswoman at a store, is platonically in love with the writer Manea, a popular author.
    DirectorJean GeorgescuStarsMaria FilottiGherase DendrinoMihai Fotino
  • Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

    18. A Streetcar Named Desire

    19512h 2mApproved97Metascore
    7.9 (118K)
    Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsVivien LeighMarlon BrandoKim Hunter
    Psychological thriller.
  • In Our Village (1951)

    19. In Our Village

    19511h 6m
    5.3 (39)
    The film shows that Romanian peasants were divided between those opposing and those embracing collectivization. The heated debates between the pro and con camps would ultimately lead to murder.
    DirectorsJean GeorgescuVictor IliuStarsConstantin RamadanGeorge ManuNucu Paunescu
  • A Lost Letter (1954)

    20. A Lost Letter

    19542h 15m
    8.3 (375)
    The wife of a party leader looses a love letter she received from her lover, the prefect; the letter is found by a representative of the opposition who threatens to publish it unless he's nominated to a position in the National Assembly.
    DirectorsSica AlexandrescuVictor IliuStarsNicky AtanasiuAlexandru GiugaruMarcel Anghelescu
  • Pe raspunderea mea (1956)

    21. Pe raspunderea mea

    19561h 25m
    7.0 (50)
    A fashion designer releases an ugly model for his new collection, and although everyone catches his eye, the man doesn't want to admit his failure. Until the moment when his acquaintances make an unusual decision to open his eyes.
    DirectorPaul CalinescuStarsIurie DarieIleana IordacheMarcel Anghelescu
  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)

    22. 12 Angry Men

    19571h 36mApproved97Metascore
    9.0 (939K)
    The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin Balsam
  • Grigore Vasiliu-Birlic in Doua lozuri (1957)

    23. Doua lozuri

    195758m
    8.3 (504)
    Based on I.L. Caragiale famous romanian novel of the same name, the story explores the fun, bitter and tragic experiences of the main character Lefter Popescu in his desperate attempts to retrieve 2 winning lottery tickets that he lost.
    DirectorsAurel MihelesGheorghe NaghiStarsGrigore Vasiliu-BirlicDorina DoneMarcel Anghelescu
  • La 'Moara cu noroc' (1957)

    24. La 'Moara cu noroc'

    19571h 50m
    7.6 (586)
    Follows the inner transformation of a man who tried to fight his demon, the love for money, and lost.
    DirectorVictor IliuStarsConstantin CodrescuGeo BartonIoana Bulca
    Psychological thriller.
  • Vertigo (1958)

    25. Vertigo

    19582h 8mPG100Metascore
    8.2 (448K)
    A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel Geddes
    Păcat de scena de final, nu a fost gândită bine.

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