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M (1931)

M (1931)

M (1931)
IMDb: 8.3
99 min

Berlin has seen a spate of kid abductions and child murders. Candy and other child-friendly items are used to lure the victims into accepting his trust. The murderer is still…

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Frankenstein (1931)

Frankenstein (1931)

Frankenstein (1931)
IMDb: 7.8
70 min

Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create life by assembling a creature from body parts of the deceased. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster,…

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City Lights

City Lights

City Lights
IMDb: 8.5
87 min

In this sound-era silent film, a tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower seller.

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
IMDb: 7.6
98 min

Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men – a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated….

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Little Caesar

Little Caesar

Little Caesar
IMDb: 7.2
79 min

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

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Dishonored

Dishonored

Dishonored
IMDb: 7.2
91 min

The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.

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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Front Page (1931)

The Front Page (1931)

The Front Page (1931)
IMDb: 6.7
101 min

Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter is looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But…

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Pardon Us

Pardon Us

Pardon Us
IMDb: 6.9
56 min

It’s Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.

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Genre: Comedy
Dracula (1931)

Dracula (1931)

Dracula (1931)
IMDb: 7.5
75 min

After a harrowing ride through the Carpathian mountains in eastern Europe, Renfield enters castle Dracula to finalize the transferral of Carfax Abbey in London to Count Dracula, who is in…

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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Portrait of a Young Man in Three Movements

Portrait of a Young Man in Three Movements

Portrait of a Young Man in Three Movements
IMDb: 6.5
54 min

Without sound, in three movements. Title cards declare that what a person likes and his manner of liking them reveals character. There are long looks at forms and rhythms. The…

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Genre: Documentary
Working on the Douro River

Working on the Douro River

Working on the Douro River
IMDb: 7.3
20 min

A documentary that looks at the people working in the river Douro, around the city of Porto.

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Genre: Documentary
One Good Turn

One Good Turn

One Good Turn
IMDb: 7.2
20 min

Stan and Ollie are down on their luck and beg at an old lady's house for food. While they are eating they overhear a villainous landlord (Finlayson) threatening to evict…

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Genre: Comedy
Come Clean

Come Clean

Come Clean
IMDb: 7.4
20 min

The Hardys, hoping to avoid having the Laurels drop in and spoil their quiet evening, pretend not to be home when the couple inevitably call. But their subterfuge is discovered,…

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Genre: Comedy
City Streets

City Streets

City Streets
IMDb: 7.0
83 min

Nan, a racketeer's daughter, is in love with The Kid, a shooting gallery showman. Despite Nan's prodding, The Kid has no ambitions about joining the rackets and making enough money…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
The 3 Penny Opera

The 3 Penny Opera

The 3 Penny Opera
IMDb: 7.3
112 min

In London at the turn of the century, underworld kingpin Mack the Knife marries Polly Peachum without the knowledge of her father, the equally enterprising ‘king of the beggars’.

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Mary

Mary

Mary
IMDb: 6.0
78 min

A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution.

Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour

Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour

Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour
IMDb: 5.9
84 min

Card cheat Ronald Adair hears a disembodied voice coming from a painting of a cardinal threatening him with exposure and disgrace unless he becomes part of a criminal conspiracy involving…

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Genre: Mystery
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1931)

Berlin Alexanderplatz (1931)

Berlin Alexanderplatz (1931)
IMDb: 6.7
90 min

Franz Biberkopf has served four years in prison. His return to normal life is not successful. The thug Reinhold wants Biberkopf to join his gang. When that fails, Reinhold involves…

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Genre: Drama
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

Monkey Business
IMDb: 7.5
77 min

While stowing away on a ship to America, the boys get involuntarily pressed into service as toughs for a pair of feuding gangsters while trying desparately to evade the ship's…

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Genre: Music
The Skin Game

The Skin Game

The Skin Game
IMDb: 5.8
85 min

A rich family, the Hillcrests, is fighting against the speculator, Hornblower, who sends away poor farmers to build factories on their lands. When Mrs. Hillcrest finds out that Chloe Hornblower…

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Genre: Drama
La Chienne

La Chienne

La Chienne
IMDb: 7.6
95 min

Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to Adele, a terror. By chance he meets Lucienne, "Lulu", and makes her his mistress. He thinks he finally fallen in love for real, but…

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Genre: Drama
The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy

The Public Enemy
IMDb: 7.6
83 min

Tom Powers and Matt Doyle are best friends and fellow gangsters, their lives frowned upon by Tom's straitlaced brother, Mike, and Matt's straitlaced sister, Molly. From their teen-aged years into…

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Genre: Drama
The Cheat

The Cheat

The Cheat
IMDb: 6.4
74 min

Love, lust, possession, money, social standing, and addiction. Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler; though loved by her husband Jeff, she's spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing. Meanwhile,…

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Genre: Drama
100% Service

100% Service

100% Service
IMDb: 6.8
11 min

George registers at the Jefferson Hotel; after the desk clerk gives him the runaround, he meets Gracie at the cigar counter.

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Genre: Comedy
Marius

Marius

Marius
IMDb: 7.9
130 min

César runs a bar along Marseilles' port, assisted by his 23-year-old son, Marius. Colorful characters abound–M. Panisse, an aging widower and prosperous sail maker; Honorine, a fishmonger with a sidewalk…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Man of the World

Man of the World

Man of the World
IMDb: 6.1
74 min

Four years ago, Michael Trevor was a promising newspaper man named Jimmie Powers, but because of a scandalous incident, he is no longer able to make a living in the…

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Genre: Romance
Baby’s Laxative

Baby’s Laxative

Baby’s Laxative
IMDb: 6.0
46 min

A porcelain-maker invites a guest to sell him chamber pots, but family problems cause interruptions.

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Genre: Comedy
I Surrender Dear

I Surrender Dear

I Surrender Dear
IMDb: 5.8
21 min

A girl, in love with the radio voice of Bing Crosby, is kissed by him in mistake for his sister; she won't believe it's him, and in a slapstick search…

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Genre: Music
Oh, My Operation

Oh, My Operation

Oh, My Operation
IMDb: 6.6
10 min

George is taken to the hospital in mistake for an accident victim. After his needless operation, he meets Nurse Gracie, who adds insanity to injury. —Rod Crawford <[email protected]>

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Genre: Uncategorized
My Cousin From Warsaw

My Cousin From Warsaw

My Cousin From Warsaw
IMDb: 5.8
80 min

German version of French boulevard farce: A flirtatious Polish relative is brought to a country estate and complicates relations among a recuperating cuckolded banker, his wife, and her painter lover.

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Genre: Comedy
Sidewalks of New York

Sidewalks of New York

Sidewalks of New York
IMDb: 5.6
74 min

A dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) by transforming their rough neighborhood into a more decent place.

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Genre: Crime, Romance
The Congress Dances

The Congress Dances

The Congress Dances
IMDb: 7.1
85 min

Vienna glove-sales-lady Christl falls in love to Czar Alexander. Metternich tries to use this to keep him out of the conferences of the Vienna Congress from 1815. —Stephan Eichenberg <[email protected]>

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Genre: History
The Spirit of Notre Dame

The Spirit of Notre Dame

The Spirit of Notre Dame
IMDb: 5.1
80 min

Story of two friends who play football, one of whom is a self-centered quarterback who thinks he's the only man on the team.

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Genre: Drama
The Terror of Batignolles

The Terror of Batignolles

The Terror of Batignolles
IMDb: 6.4
15 min

A burlesque heist film with an O.Henry type twist ending.

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Genre: Crime
Dragnet Night

Dragnet Night

Dragnet Night
IMDb: 6.3
90 min

A sailor, who meets a lovely music hall singer during a police raid, falls in love. In a contest at a fair, he defeats a former boxing champ. The ex-champ…

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Genre: Drama
The Unknown Singer

The Unknown Singer

The Unknown Singer
IMDb: 5.8
95 min

A singer who is believed dead returns with a decidedly different appearance.He has been in Russia and has lost his memory. But his wife still loves him.

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Genre: Drama
I’ll Be Alone After Midnight

I’ll Be Alone After Midnight

I’ll Be Alone After Midnight
IMDb: 5.3
102 min

A woman's marriage is on the rocks ; to avenge herself, she decides to take a lover for one night .So she buys all his stock from a balloon man…

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Genre: Drama
Mädchen in Uniform

Mädchen in Uniform

Mädchen in Uniform
IMDb: 7.6
87 min

German film in which a sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one of her teachers. One of the earliest narrative films…

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Genre: Drama
David Golder

David Golder

David Golder
IMDb: 7.0
86 min

David is a poor but ambitious Polish Jew who reinvents himself as a powerful New York business magnate. After gaining wealth, he relocates to Paris, only to have his selfish…

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Genre: Drama
Tabu

Tabu

Tabu
IMDb: 7.5
86 min

In his final film, F.W. Murnau presents the tale of two young lovers on the idyllic island of Bora Bora in the South Pacific. Their life is shattered when the…

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Genre: Drama, Romance