
8.1
Ben-Hur
IMDb: 8.1 1959 222 min
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord ...

7.9
The Big Country
IMDb: 7.9 1958 166 min
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major ...

7.3
Friendly Persuasion
IMDb: 7.3 1956 137 min
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It’s not easy for them ...

7.5
The Desperate Hours
IMDb: 7.5 1955 112 min
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they’re holding hostage.

8
Roman Holiday
IMDb: 8 1953 119 min
Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her ...

7.3
Carrie
IMDb: 7.3 1952 118 min
Carrie’s dreams of adventure in the big city are quickly squashed as she discovers all that awaits her there is a bleak life of grueling ...

7.5
Detective Story
IMDb: 7.5 1951 103 min
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a ...

8.1
The Heiress
IMDb: 8.1 1949 115 min
In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who ...

8.1
The Best Years of Our Lives
IMDb: 8.1 1946 171 min
It’s the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day ...

7.2
The Fighting Lady
IMDb: 7.2 1944 61 min
Oscar winner William Wyler directed this 1944 “newsdrama,” narrated by Lieut. Robert Taylor, USNR (Bataan), and photographed in zones ...

7.6
Mrs. Miniver
IMDb: 7.6 1942 134 min
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the ...

7.9
The Little Foxes
IMDb: 7.9 1941 117 min
In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.

7.3
The Westerner
IMDb: 7.3 1940 100 min
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of ...

7.5
The Letter
IMDb: 7.5 1940 95 min
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.

7.5
Wuthering Heights
IMDb: 7.5 1939 104 min
The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ...

7.4
Jezebel
IMDb: 7.4 1938 103 min
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

6.5
The Cowboy and the Lady
IMDb: 6.5 1938 91 min
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes ...

7.2
Dead End
IMDb: 7.2 1937 93 min
Mobster “Baby Face” Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects ...

7.4
These Three
IMDb: 7.4 1936 93 min
Close friends Martha and Karen build a private boarding school together with the aid of the local doctor Joe. The school takes off and many ...

7.7
Dodsworth
IMDb: 7.7 1936 101 min
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

7.5
The Good Fairy
IMDb: 7.5 1935 98 min
In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, determined to succeed in her first job by ...

6.7
The Gay Deception
IMDb: 6.7 1935 77 min
A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he ...

7.5
Counsellor at Law
IMDb: 7.5 1933 82 min
A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife’s unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.

6.7
The Shakedown
IMDb: 6.7 1929 65 min
The life of a less-than successful professional boxer changes when he takes in an orphan.

7.2
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
IMDb: 7.2 1923 113 min
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame ...