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The Iron Curtain (19

The Iron Curtain (1948)

IMDb: 6.4
1948

The story of Soviet cypher clerk Igor Gouzenko who was posted to the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa,Canada in 1943 and defected in 1945 to reveal the extent of Soviet espionage activities directed against Canada

The High and the Mig

The High and the Mighty (1954)

IMDb: 6.8
1954

When a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed up co pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely

Safe in Hell (1931)

Safe in Hell (1931)

IMDb: 7.0
1931

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 fiance, the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her

A Star Is Born (1937

A Star Is Born (1937)

IMDb: 7.3
1937

Young Esther Victoria Blodgett comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom and achieves them only with the help of alcoholic leading man Norman Maine, whose best days are behind him

Buffalo Bill (1944)

Buffalo Bill (1944)

IMDb: 6.4
1944

The story of William Buffalo Bill Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to his later activities as owner of a Wild West show

The OxBow Incident (

The OxBow Incident (1942)

IMDb: 8.0
1942

When a posse captures three men suspected of killing a local farmer, they become strongly divided over whether or not to lynch the men

Viva Villa! (1934)

Viva Villa! (1934)

IMDb: 6.5
1934

After enacting revenge on the overseer who murdered his father, Pancho Villa becomes a bandit, earning the respect of the poor by brutally attacking the wealthy

The Great Mans Lady

The Great Mans Lady (1942)

IMDb: 6.7
1942

A 100 year old pioneer woman tells her story in flashbacks

The Next Voice You H

The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)

IMDb: 6.4
1950

Over a period of a week the voice of God is heard on radios all over the world

Island in the Sky (1

Island in the Sky (1953)

IMDb: 6.9
1953

A C 47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Quebec, and the planes pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while waiting for rescue

Night Nurse (1931)

Night Nurse (1931)

IMDb: 7.0
1931

A nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children

Beau Geste (1939)

Beau Geste (1939)

IMDb: 7.7
1939

Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive familys famous heirloom sapphire

Beggars of Life (192

Beggars of Life (1928)

IMDb: 7.5
1928

After killing her treacherous step father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the po

Frisco Jenny (1932)

Frisco Jenny (1932)

IMDb: 6.9
1932

Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of a prosperous bawdy house She puts her son up for adoption and he rises to prominence as district attorney dedicated to closing down such hou

Track of the Cat (19

Track of the Cat (1954)

IMDb: 6.5
1954

Around the turn of the 20th century, during a harsh northern California winter, members of a ranching family are squabbling among themselves while the two oldest sons go hunting for a panther that is killing their livestock

Nothing Sacred (1937

Nothing Sacred (1937)

IMDb: 6.9
1937

An eccentric woman learns she is not dying of radium poisoning as earlier assumed, but when she meets a reporter looking for a story, she feigns sickness again for her own profit

Stingaree (1934)

Stingaree (1934)

IMDb: 5.9
1934

A young woman is seduced by a charismatic highwayman who offers her promises of fame as a singer in exchange for romance

The Boob (1926)

The Boob (1926)

IMDb: 5.4
1926

Idealistic farm boy Peter loves Amy whose fancy is urbane Harry Peter discovers Harry is a bootlegger and turns him over to he prohibition agents, including Jane Joan Crawford Amy, at last, is impressed with Peter

Darbys Rangers (1958

Darbys Rangers (1958)

IMDb: 6.3
1958

The lives, loves, and battles of fictional characters in the Armys First Ranger Battalion during WWII

So Big! (1932)

So Big! (1932)

IMDb: 6.9
1932

Yellow Sky (1948)

Yellow Sky (1948)

IMDb: 7.5
1948

A pistol packing tomboy and her grandfather discover a band of bank robbing bandits taking refuge in the neighboring ghost town

You Never Know Women

You Never Know Women (1926)

IMDb: 7.0
1926

A love triangle in a circus troupe,