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Roman Holiday (1953)

Roman Holiday (1953)

IMDb: 8.0
1953

A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome

Wuthering Heights (1

Wuthering Heights (1939)

IMDb: 7.6
1939

A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff

The Fighting Lady (1

The Fighting Lady (1944)

IMDb: 7.2
1944

An indepth look at aircraft carrier combat operations during Wolrd War II Real combat footage Very strong and compelling

The Westerner (1940)

The Westerner (1940)

IMDb: 7.4
1940

Judge Roy Bean, a self appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Beans policy against homesteaders

The Collector (1965)

The Collector (1965)

IMDb: 7.5
1965

A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there

Dead End (1937)

Dead End (1937)

IMDb: 7.3
1937

The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum

How to Steal a Milli

How to Steal a Million (1966)

IMDb: 7.6
1966

The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her fathers forgeries and protect his secret

The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours (1955)

IMDb: 7.5
1955

Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household

Jezebel (1938)

Jezebel (1938)

IMDb: 7.5
1938

In 1850s Louisiana, a free spirited Southern belle loses her fiance due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back

Funny Girl (1968)

Funny Girl (1968)

IMDb: 7.4
1968

The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein

The Liberation of L.

The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)

IMDb: 6.8
1970

A gloomy vision of the possibility of decent relations between whites and blacks anywhere, including the South Undertaker L B Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a whit

Counsellor at Law (1

Counsellor at Law (1933)

IMDb: 7.6
1933

A successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty stricken background brought home to him when he learns that his wife has been unfaithful

Ben Hur 1959

Ben Hur 1959

IMDb: 8.1
1959

After a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge

The Childrens Hour (

The Childrens Hour (1961)

IMDb: 7.8
1961

A rebellious student at a girls school accuses two teachers of lesbianism

The Heiress (1949)

The Heiress (1949)

IMDb: 8.2
1949

A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

IMDb: 7.6
1942

A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II

Carrie (1952)

Carrie (1952)

IMDb: 7.3
1952

A young girl from a provincial town learns the bitter reality of a big city and great love

Raffles (1939)

Raffles (1939)

IMDb: 6.3
1939

Man about town and First Class cricketer A J Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose A

The Best Years of Ou

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

IMDb: 8.1
1946

Three World War II veterans return home to small town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed

The Little Foxes (19

The Little Foxes (1941)

IMDb: 8.0
1941

The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the deep South at the turn of the twentieth century

The Letter (1940)

The Letter (1940)

IMDb: 7.6
1940

The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self defense, but a letter in her own hand may prove her undoing

Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion (1956)

IMDb: 7.4
1956

The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War

The Big Country (195

The Big Country (1958)

IMDb: 7.9
1958

A New Englander arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land

Dodsworth (1936)

Dodsworth (1936)

IMDb: 7.8
1936

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life

These Three (1936)

These Three (1936)

IMDb: 7.5
1936

Two school teachers and the man they both love face ruin when a malicious student cooks up a lie

The Good Fairy (1935

The Good Fairy (1935)

IMDb: 7.5
1935

A naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a good fairy to strangers makes life awfully complicated

The Shakedown (1929)

The Shakedown (1929)

IMDb: 6.4
1929

Dave Roberts is a professional boxer better at losing in fixed matches than in knocking out his opponents He turns up in towns and is part of a group who sets up corrupt boxing matches Daves life on the margins changes after he me