China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the many hardships of life over the years; but the temptations of a fragile prosperity will endanger their love and the survival of their entire family.

A Guy Named Joe

1943

English

6.9

♡ 5

60%

Victor Fleming Director

Irving Bacon as Cpl. Henderson

Barry Nelson as Dick Rumney

Marshall Reed as Flyer

Addison Richards as Maj. Corbett

A cocky U.S. Army Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he's sent back to Earth by a heavenly General with a new assignment.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1941

English

6.8

♡ 11

58%

Victor Fleming Director

Ingrid Bergman as Ivy Peterson

Hillary Brooke as Mrs. Arnold

Forrester Harvey as Old Prouty

Barton MacLane as Sam Higgins

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.

Joan of Arc

1948

English

6.4

♡ 16

82%

Victor Fleming Director

John Ireland as Capt. Jean de la Boussac

John Roy as French Soldier

Gene Lockhart as Georges de la Trémouille

Ingrid Bergman as Joan of Arc

In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army, and conquers Orleans.

Red Dust

1932

English

7.2

♡ 6

90%

Victor Fleming Director

Mary Astor as Barbara Willis

Gene Raymond as Gary Willis

Donald Crisp as Guidon

Forrester Harvey as Limey

Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives along with his refined wife Dennis is quickly infatuated by her.

Treasure Island

1934

English

7.1

♡ 7

100%

73%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

Victor Fleming Director

Sidney D'Albrook as Joyce

Frank Hagney as Pirate

Edmund Breese as Pirate of the Spanish Main

Douglass Dumbrille as Pirate of the Spanish Main

In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of buccaneer Captain Flint's buried treasure.

Captains Courageous

1937

English

7.9

♡ 8

94%

Victor Fleming Director

Lester Dorr as Corridor Steward

Lionel Barrymore as Disko

Walter Kingsford as Dr. Finley

Frank Sully as Taxi Driver

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

2000

English

8.1

♡ 13

Victor Fleming Director

Judy Garland as Dorothy

Billie Burke as Glinda

Margaret Hamilton as Miss Gulch

Bert Lahr as 'Zeke'

The movie The Wizard of Oz (1939) with the soundtrack replaced by Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973); several uncanny moments of synchronisation and a generally darker tone than the original film. Aired on TCM.

Tortilla Flat

1942

English

6.2

♡ 5

43%

Victor Fleming Director

John Qualen as Jose Maria Corcoran

Connie Gilchrist as Mrs. Torrelli

Sheldon Leonard as Tito Ralph

Louis Jean Heydt as Young Doctor

Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.

A Star Is Born

1937

English

7.3

♡ 24

100%

husband wife relationship

Victor Fleming Director

Sidney D'Albrook as Minor role

Fredric March as Norman Maine

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Posture Coach

Irving Bacon as Station Agent

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.