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Paul Thomas Anderson's Favourite Film

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  • Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr. (1924)

    1. Sherlock Jr.

    192445mPassed
    8.2 (63K)
    A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
    DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonKathryn McGuireJoe Keaton
  • Seven Chances (1925)

    2. Seven Chances

    192556mPassed
    7.8 (13K)
    A man learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7PM that evening.
    DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonRuth DwyerT. Roy Barnes
  • Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, and George O'Brien in Sunrise (1927)

    3. Sunrise

    19271h 34mPassed95Metascore
    8.1 (56K)
    A married farmer falls under the spell of a sophisticated woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGeorge O'BrienJanet GaynorMargaret Livingston
  • Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

    4. Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    19281h 10mNot Rated
    7.8 (17K)
    The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
    DirectorsCharles ReisnerBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonTom McGuireErnest Torrence
  • Frank Albertson and Kenneth MacKenna in Men Without Women (1930)

    5. Men Without Women

    19301h 17mPassed
    6.0 (442)
    U.S. Navy divers race to save the crew of a foundered submarine as the sailors hopelessly prepare to die.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsKenneth MacKennaFrank AlbertsonJ. Farrell MacDonald
  • Charles Chaplin in City Lights (1931)

    6. City Lights

    19311h 27mG99Metascore
    8.5 (209K)
    With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence Lee
  • Warner Baxter, George Brent, Bebe Daniels, Allen Jenkins, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Ned Sparks, and George E. Stone in 42nd Street (1933)

    7. 42nd Street

    19331h 29mApproved83Metascore
    7.3 (14K)
    When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsWarner BaxterBebe DanielsGeorge Brent
  • Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, and Toshia Mori in The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)

    8. The Bitter Tea of General Yen

    19321h 28mPassed
    6.9 (4.7K)
    A Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsBarbara StanwyckNils AstherToshia Mori
  • Robert Montgomery and Norma Shearer in Riptide (1934)

    9. Riptide

    19341h 32mPassed
    6.3 (713)
    Mary is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford on a whim. Their marriage is successful, though, and they grow closer over the years.
    DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsNorma ShearerRobert MontgomeryHerbert Marshall
  • Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in The Gay Divorcee (1934)

    10. The Gay Divorcee

    19341h 47mApproved80Metascore
    7.3 (9.1K)
    A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
    DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersAlice Brady
  • Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald in The Merry Widow (1934)

    11. The Merry Widow

    19341h 39mPassed
    7.2 (3.5K)
    When a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.
    DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMaurice ChevalierJeanette MacDonaldEdward Everett Horton
  • Katharine Hepburn and Fred MacMurray in Alice Adams (1935)

    12. Alice Adams

    19351h 39mApproved
    6.8 (4.8K)
    A working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsKatharine HepburnFred MacMurrayFred Stone
  • Margaret Sullavan in The Good Fairy (1935)

    13. The Good Fairy

    19351h 38mApproved
    7.5 (1.7K)
    A naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a 'good fairy' to strangers makes life awfully complicated.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMargaret SullavanHerbert MarshallFrank Morgan
  • Top Hat (1935)

    14. Top Hat

    19351h 41mApproved93Metascore
    7.7 (22K)
    An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.
    DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersEdward Everett Horton
  • Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Carefree (1938)

    15. Carefree

    19381h 23mApproved
    6.9 (4.5K)
    A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.
    DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersRalph Bellamy
  • Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and Frank Morgan in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

    16. The Wizard of Oz

    19391h 42mG92Metascore
    8.1 (454K)
    Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
    DirectorsVictor FlemingGeorge CukorNorman TaurogStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay Bolger
  • Myrna Loy, William Powell, Edmund Lowe, and Frank McHugh in I Love You Again (1940)

    17. I Love You Again

    19401h 39mApproved
    7.4 (4K)
    Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
    DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyFrank McHugh
  • Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier in Rebecca (1940)

    18. 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
  • W.C. Fields, Una Merkel, and Cora Witherspoon in The Bank Dick (1940)

    19. The Bank Dick

    19401h 12mApproved
    7.1 (8K)
    Henpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.
    DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsW.C. FieldsCora WitherspoonUna Merkel
  • Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, George Raft, and Ann Sheridan in They Drive by Night (1940)

    20. They Drive by Night

    19401h 35mApproved73Metascore
    7.2 (9.7K)
    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
  • Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, and Ruth Warrick in Citizen Kane (1941)

    21. 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
  • Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant in Suspicion (1941)

    22. Suspicion

    19411h 39mApproved74Metascore
    7.3 (45K)
    A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantJoan FontaineCedric Hardwicke
  • Anne Baxter, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Dolores Costello, and Tim Holt in The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

    23. The Magnificent Ambersons

    19421h 28mApproved93Metascore
    7.6 (28K)
    The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
    DirectorsOrson WellesFred FleckRobert WiseStarsTim HoltJoseph CottenDolores Costello
  • Day of Wrath (1943)

    24. Day of Wrath

    19431h 50mNot Rated
    8.1 (12K)
    The young wife of an aging priest falls in love with his son amidst the horror of a merciless witch hunt in 17th-century Denmark.
    DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsThorkild RooseLisbeth MovinSigrid Neiiendam
  • Cary Grant and John Garfield in Destination Tokyo (1943)

    25. Destination Tokyo

    19432h 15mApproved
    7.1 (6K)
    In order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore.
    DirectorDelmer DavesStarsCary GrantJohn GarfieldAlan Hale

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