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Movies with mixed reception on metacritic (1928-1999)

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  • Betty Balfour in Champagne (1928)

    1. Champagne

    19281h 26mNot Rated53Metascore
    5.4 (2.9K)
    A spoiled heiress defies her father by running off to marry her lover. However, Daddy has a few tricks up his sleeve.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsBetty BalfourJean BradinFerdinand von Alten
  • The Farmer's Wife (1928)

    2. The Farmer's Wife

    19282h 9mNot Rated51Metascore
    5.8 (3.3K)
    After his daughter weds, a middle-aged widower with a profitable farm decides to remarry, but he has problems choosing a suitable mate.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJameson ThomasLillian Hall-DavisGordon Harker
  • Juno and the Paycock (1930)

    3. Juno and the Paycock

    19301h 25mNot Rated40Metascore
    4.6 (2.7K)
    During the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values are.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsSara AllgoodEdward ChapmanBarry Fitzgerald
  • The Skin Game (1931)

    4. The Skin Game

    19311h 25mTV-G48Metascore
    5.7 (3.8K)
    An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsEdmund GwennJill EsmondC.V. France
  • Dorothy Mackaill in Safe in Hell (1931)

    5. Safe in Hell

    19311h 13mPassed57Metascore
    6.9 (2.3K)
    After accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a New Orleans woman flees to a Caribbean island. While she awaits her fiancé, the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsDorothy MackaillDonald CookRalf Harolde
  • Number 17 (1932)

    6. Number 17

    19321h 6mTV-PG51Metascore
    5.6 (5.8K)
    A gang of thieves gather at a safe house following a robbery, but a detective is on their trail.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLeon M. LionAnne GreyJohn Stuart
  • Charlotte Henry in Alice in Wonderland (1933)

    7. Alice in Wonderland

    19331h 16mApproved54Metascore
    6.3 (2.9K)
    In Victorian England a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by fantastical characters.
    DirectorsNorman Z. McLeodHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsRichard ArlenRoscoe AtesWilliam Austin
  • Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack in Son of Kong (1933)

    8. Son of Kong

    19331h 10mPassed50Metascore
    5.6 (5.6K)
    The showman who brought Kong to New York returns to Skull Island and finds Kong's son, a spunky 12-footer with a winning personality and his dad's awesome strength.
    DirectorErnest B. SchoedsackStarsRobert ArmstrongHelen MackFrank Reicher
  • Fredric March and Evelyn Venable in Death Takes a Holiday (1934)

    9. Death Takes a Holiday

    19341h 19mApproved53Metascore
    6.9 (2.6K)
    The Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.
    DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsFredric MarchEvelyn VenableGuy Standing
  • Strauss' Great Waltz (1934)

    10. Strauss' Great Waltz

    19341h 20mApproved56Metascore
    5.7 (1.9K)
    The story of Johann Strauss the elder and younger. Senior thinks little of Junior's musical abilities while Junior is torn between baker's daughter Resi and countess Helga who both contribute to his composing the famous "Blue Danube".
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsEdmund GwennEsmond KnightJessie Matthews
  • Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lester Matthews, and Irene Ware in The Raven (1935)

    11. The Raven

    19351h 1mApproved44Metascore
    6.8 (7K)
    A brilliant surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture grows dangerously obsessed with a young socialite whose life he's saved.
    DirectorLew LandersStarsBoris KarloffBela LugosiLester Matthews
  • Charles Laughton in Jamaica Inn (1939)

    12. Jamaica Inn

    19391h 38mApproved52Metascore
    6.3 (12K)
    In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsMaureen O'HaraRobert NewtonCharles Laughton
  • Vincent Price, Nan Grey, Cedric Hardwicke, Cecil Kellaway, Alan Napier, and John Sutton in The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

    13. The Invisible Man Returns

    19401h 21mApproved48Metascore
    6.4 (5.8K)
    The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
    DirectorJoe MayStarsCedric HardwickeVincent PriceNan Grey
  • Ann Sheridan in It All Came True (1940)

    14. It All Came True

    19401h 37mApproved51Metascore
    6.6 (1.6K)
    After crooked nightclub owner Chips Maguire murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
    DirectorLewis SeilerStarsAnn SheridanHumphrey BogartJeffrey Lynn
  • Vincent Price, George Sanders, Nan Grey, and Margaret Lindsay in The House of the Seven Gables (1940)

    15. The House of the Seven Gables

    19401h 29mApproved54Metascore
    7.0 (1.6K)
    Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this classic film follows a family feud between two brothers and an ancient curse that haunts them.
    DirectorJoe MayStarsGeorge SandersMargaret LindsayVincent Price
  • Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and Paul Whiteman in Strike Up the Band (1940)

    16. Strike Up the Band

    19402hApproved59Metascore
    6.8 (2.1K)
    A high school boy wants to become a professional musician, and his gal pal wants to become his best girl. They work together staging big band shows with fellow classmates in the hopes of hitting it big.
    DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsMickey RooneyJudy GarlandPaul Whiteman
  • John Barrymore, Virginia Bruce, Oscar Homolka, John Howard, and Charles Ruggles in The Invisible Woman (1940)

    17. The Invisible Woman

    19401h 12mApproved56Metascore
    5.9 (3.7K)
    An attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.
    DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsVirginia BruceJohn BarrymoreJohn Howard
  • Ginger Rogers and Dennis Morgan in Kitty Foyle (1940)

    18. 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
  • Saludos Amigos (1942)

    19. Saludos Amigos

    194242mApprovedShort60Metascore
    6.0 (8.7K)
    Disney animators tour South America and present four animated shorts inspired by their trip.
    DirectorsWilfred JacksonJack KinneyHamilton LuskeStarsFred ShieldsJosé OliveiraLee Blair
  • Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Lionel Atwill, Patric Knowles, Ilona Massey, and Maria Ouspenskaya in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

    20. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

    19431h 14mApproved51Metascore
    6.4 (11K)
    The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.
    DirectorRoy William NeillStarsLon Chaney Jr.Ilona MasseyPatric Knowles
  • Lon Chaney Jr., Louise Allbritton, Evelyn Ankers, and Robert Paige in Son of Dracula (1943)

    21. Son of Dracula

    19431h 20mApproved47Metascore
    6.1 (6.8K)
    When Katherine, a beautiful Southern girl obsessed with thoughts of eternal life, invites Count Alucard to come to her mansion in the U.S., she unleashes a Pandora's box of horror on unsuspecting relatives and neighbors.
    DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsLon Chaney Jr.Robert PaigeLouise Allbritton
  • John Carradine, Evelyn Ankers, Alan Curtis, Leon Errol, Jon Hall, and Gale Sondergaard in The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)

    22. The Invisible Man's Revenge

    19441h 18mApproved46Metascore
    5.7 (3K)
    An eccentric scientist helps a fugitive from the law become invisible, unwittingly giving him the power to exact revenge on his former friends.
    DirectorFord BeebeStarsJon HallEvelyn AnkersAlan Curtis
  • Jack Benny, Dolores Moran, and Alexis Smith in The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)

    23. The Horn Blows at Midnight

    19451h 18mApproved60Metascore
    6.6 (1.6K)
    A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJack BennyAlexis SmithDolores Moran
  • Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Lucille Ball in Without Love (1945)

    24. Without Love

    19451h 51mApproved43Metascore
    6.6 (2.8K)
    In Washington, D.C. during World War II, Jamie Rowan enters into a loveless marriage with scientist Pat Jamieson and becomes his assistant. Struggles bring them closer together.
    DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsSpencer TracyKatharine HepburnLucille Ball
  • Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, and José Iturbi in Anchors Aweigh (1945)

    25. Anchors Aweigh

    19452h 20mApproved60Metascore
    7.0 (9.8K)
    A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.
    DirectorsGeorge SidneyJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsFrank SinatraKathryn GraysonGene Kelly

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