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  • Zorba the Greek (1964)

    1. Zorba the Greek

    19642h 22mNot Rated
    7.6 (25K)
    A reserved English writer travelling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
    DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsAnthony QuinnAlan BatesIrene Papas
    Cheers - Nominated
  • Judy Garland, James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr, and Lana Turner in Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

    2. Ziegfeld Girl

    19412h 12mApproved
    6.7 (3.7K)
    In the 1920s, three women become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies, where they find fame, love, and tragedy.
    DirectorsBusby BerkeleyRobert Z. LeonardStarsJames StewartJudy GarlandHedy Lamarr
    Musicals - Nominated
  • Lucille Ball in Ziegfeld Follies (1945)

    3. Ziegfeld Follies

    19451h 50mApproved
    6.4 (3.9K)
    The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
    DirectorsLemuel AyersRoy Del RuthRobert LewisStarsWilliam PowellJudy GarlandLucille Ball
    Musicals - Nominated
  • Zelig (1983)

    4. Zelig

    19831h 19mPG
    7.6 (45K)
    "Documentary" about a man who can look and act like whoever he's around, and meets various famous people.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenMia FarrowPatrick Horgan
    Laughs - Nominated
  • Ruth Terry in Youth on Parade (1942)

    5. Youth on Parade

    19421h 12mApproved
    5.5 (77)
    Gerald Payne, a psychology professor at Cotchatootamee College, irritates the students with a teaching experiment in which all students are referred to as numbers. Payne's system, which attempts to prevent favoritism, requires much hard work and restricts dating, and so the students decide to ruin Payne by creating a false student. They pool their papers and soon their creation, number 79, has won all the academic awards for the semester. Number 79, whom the students have named Patty Flynn, is to receive an award at a school assembly, and the co-eds, led by Sally Carlyle, are chuckling over their victory when they are overheard by Payne's secretary, Agatha Frost. Agatha, who is known as Frosty, tells the girls that Payne will be fired and they will be expelled if their scheme is revealed, and so Sally calls New York, where fellow student Bingo Brown is picking up orchestrations for the music he composed for the upcoming school show. After Sally tells Bingo to hire someone to play Patty, he approaches would-be singer Betty Reilly. At first Patty refuses his proposal, despite his assertion that she could be discovered by Broadway producer Max Hillman, who will be at the school show. Betty changes her mind, however, when her bumbling brother Eddie and his pal, Nick Cramer, reveal that they "borrowed" a race horse, entered it in a race in her name and are now wanted by the police. Betty goes to the college to hide out and arrives at the assembly just in time to collect the award for Patty Flynn. Payne is astonished by Betty's slang-filled speech, and in order to substantiate the charade, Betty convinces him that overwork due to his experimental system has caused her to have a nervous breakdown. She further convinces him that only relaxing his edicts about dating will prevent the other students from suffering a similar fate. Betty arranges for Payne to escort Sally to an upcoming dance, and after he kisses Sally during a rehearsal for the show, they realize that they are in love. Eddie's arrival ruins everything, however, for when he is picked up by the police, he is taken to Payne, to whom he reveals Betty's true identity. Furious about the deception but wanting to protect the kids, Payne resigns without telling Dean Andrew Wharton about their scheme. Payne then breaks up with Sally and castigates the students for their interference. He also tells them that they must stay in college rather than rush to join the military and fight in the war, for gaining knowledge is serving their country as well. The contrite students confess to Wharton, who agrees to reinstate Payne and expel them. When Wharton forbids them to hold the show, Payne and Frosty conspire to distract him while the kids perform. Wharton hears the music, however, and is about to cancel the show when the kids' final number, "You Got to Study, Buddy," wins the approval of two visiting military officials with its theme of staying in school. Wharton signals his approval, Payne and Sally are reconciled and Betty is a success.
    DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsJohn HubbardRuth TerryMartha O'Driscoll
    Songs - Nominated (x1)
  • Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)

    6. Yours, Mine and Ours

    19681h 51mUnrated
    7.1 (11K)
    A widower with ten children falls for a widow with eight, and they must decide about forming a huge, unconventional family.
    DirectorMelville ShavelsonStarsLucille BallHenry FondaVan Johnson
    Laughs - Nominated
  • Mickey Rooney in Young Tom Edison (1940)

    7. Young Tom Edison

    19401h 26mApproved
    6.8 (1.3K)
    Since he was a child, Thomas Alba Edison began carrying out his first chemical experiments in the basement of his house. In addition, he had to practice multiple occupations before he could register his first patent.
    DirectorNorman TaurogStarsMickey RooneyFay BainterGeorge Bancroft
    Heroes - Nominated Thomas Alva "Tom" Edison
    Cheers - Nominated
  • The Young Philadelphians (1959)

    8. The Young Philadelphians

    19592h 16mApproved
    7.4 (4.5K)
    A promising lawyer tries to handle his social and professional problems while climbing the ranks in Philadelphia.
    DirectorVincent ShermanStarsPaul NewmanBarbara RushAlexis Smith
    10 Top 10 Courtroom Drama - Nominated
  • Henry Fonda in Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

    9. Young Mr. Lincoln

    19391h 40mApproved91Metascore
    7.5 (9.7K)
    A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsHenry FondaAlice BradyMarjorie Weaver
    Movies (1998) - Nominated
    Heroes - Nominated Abraham Lincoln
    Cheers - Nominated
    Movies (2007) - Nominated
    10 Top 10 Courtroom Drama - Nominated
  • Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, and Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein (1974)

    10. Young Frankenstein

    19741h 46mPG83Metascore
    8.0 (176K)
    An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.
    DirectorMel BrooksStarsGene WilderMadeline KahnMarty Feldman
    Stars Signature Films - Presenter Teri Garr
    Laugsh - 13
    Songs - 89
    Movie Quotes - Nominated (x1)
    Film Scores - Nominated
    Movies (2007) - Nominated
  • Young at Heart (1954)

    11. Young at Heart

    19541h 57mApproved
    6.7 (3K)
    The life of the youngest of three sisters in a musical family is complicated by the separate arrivals of a charming composer and a cynical music arranger.
    DirectorGordon DouglasStarsFrank SinatraDoris DayGig Young
    Passions - Nominated
  • Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail (1998)

    12. You've Got Mail

    19981h 59mPG58Metascore
    6.7 (239K)
    Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet, both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
    DirectorNora EphronStarsTom HanksMeg RyanGreg Kinnear
    Passions - Nominated
  • Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

    13. You Were Never Lovelier

    19421h 37mApproved
    7.2 (4.4K)
    In Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.
    DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsFred AstaireRita HayworthAdolphe Menjou
    Musicals - Nominated
  • You Light Up My Life (1977)

    14. You Light Up My Life

    19771h 30mPG
    4.8 (885)
    A young performer struggles to balance her true artistic passions with her father's expectations while navigating complicated relationships and unresolved emotions that hold her back from reaching her full potential.
    DirectorJoseph BrooksStarsDidi ConnJoe SilverMichael Zaslow
    Songs - Nominated (x1)
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, and Edward Arnold in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

    15. You Can't Take It with You

    19382h 6mApproved
    7.8 (29K)
    The son of a snobbish Wall Street banker becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family not realizing that his father is trying to force her family from their home for a real estate development.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsJean ArthurJames StewartLionel Barrymore
    Movies (1998) - Nominated
    Laughs - Nominated
    Cheers - Nominated
    Movies (2007) - Nominated
  • Charlie McCarthy in You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

    16. You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

    19391h 19mApproved
    6.9 (2K)
    The owner of a debt-ridden circus contends with pursuing bill collectors and sheriffs, and his beloved daughter's relationships with one of his performers and a stuffy but wealthy young man.
    DirectorsGeorge MarshallEdward F. ClineStarsW.C. FieldsEdgar BergenCharlie McCarthy
    Laughs - Nominated
  • Yentl (1983)

    17. Yentl

    19832h 13mPG68Metascore
    6.6 (17K)
    A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
    DirectorBarbra StreisandStarsBarbra StreisandAmy IrvingMandy Patinkin
    Songs - Nominated (x1)
    Cheers - Nominated
    Musicals - Nominated
  • Gregory Peck, Claude Jarman Jr., and Jane Wyman in The Yearling (1946)

    18. The Yearling

    19462h 8mApproved89Metascore
    7.2 (6.8K)
    A boy persuades his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?
    DirectorClarence BrownStarsGregory PeckJane WymanClaude Jarman Jr.
    Movies (1998) - Nominated
  • James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

    19. Yankee Doodle Dandy

    19422h 6mApproved89Metascore
    7.6 (18K)
    The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyJoan LeslieWalter Huston
    Movies (1998) - 100
    Songs - 71
    Movie Quotes - 97
    Cheers - 88
    Musicals - 18
    Movies (2007) - 98
  • Kevin Costner in Wyatt Earp (1994)

    20. Wyatt Earp

    19943h 11mPG-1347Metascore
    6.7 (58K)
    From Wichita to Dodge City, to the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, a man becomes a myth in this thrilling journey of romance, adventure, and desperate heroic action.
    DirectorLawrence KasdanStarsKevin CostnerDennis QuaidGene Hackman
    Heroes - Appearance Nominated Wyatt Earp
    Film Scores - Nominated
  • Wuthering Heights (1939)

    21. Wuthering Heights

    19391h 44mApproved
    7.5 (21K)
    A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMerle OberonLaurence OlivierDavid Niven
    Movies (1998) - 73
    Stars Signature Films - Male 14 Laurence Olivier
    Passions - 15
    Movie Quotes - Nominated (x1)
    Film Scores - Nominated
    Movies (2007) - Nominated
  • Henry Fonda and Vera Miles in The Wrong Man (1956)

    22. The Wrong Man

    19561h 45mApproved83Metascore
    7.4 (34K)
    In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsHenry FondaVera MilesAnthony Quayle
    Thrills - Nominated
  • Peter Sellers, Merrie Spaeth, and Tippy Walker in The World of Henry Orient (1964)

    23. The World of Henry Orient

    19641h 46mApproved
    6.6 (4K)
    A mischievous, adventuresome fourteen-year-old girl and her best friend begin following an eccentric concert pianist around New York City after she develops a crush on him.
    DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPeter SellersTippy WalkerMerrie Spaeth
    Laughs - Nominated
  • Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith in Working Girl (1988)

    24. Working Girl

    19881h 53mR73Metascore
    6.8 (66K)
    When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.
    DirectorMike NicholsStarsMelanie GriffithHarrison FordSigourney Weaver
    Passions - 91
    Heroes - Nominated Tess McGill
    Villains - Nominated Katherine Parker
    Songs - 91
    Movie Quotes - Nominated (x1)
    Cheers - 87
    10 Top 10 Romantic Comedy - Nominated
  • Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Mickey Rooney, Lena Horne, and Ann Sothern in Words and Music (1948)

    25. Words and Music

    19482h 1mApproved
    6.4 (1.6K)
    Musical biography chronicling the songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
    DirectorNorman TaurogStarsMickey RooneyTom DrakeJune Allyson
    Songs - Nominated (x1)
    Musicals - Nominated

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