In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?

The Diary of Anne Frank

1959

English

7.4

♡ 23

81%

77%

Action

amsterdam, netherlands

George Stevens Director

Millie Perkins as Anne Frank

Douglas Spencer as Kraler

Diane Baker as Margot Frank

Lou Jacobi as Mr. Hans Van Daan

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

The Only Game in Town

1970

English

5.7

♡ 6

35%

George Stevens Director

Elizabeth Taylor as Fran Walker

Warren Beatty as Joe Grady

Olga Valéry as Overmade Female Craps Player

Charles Braswell as Tom Lockwood

Fran walks into a piano bar for pizza. She comes back home with Joe, the piano player. Joe plans on winning $5,000 and leave Las Vegas. Fran waits for something else. Meanwhile, he moves in with her.

The Nitwits

1935

English

5.9

♡ 3

25%

George Stevens Director

Arthur Treacher as Man with Tennis Equipment

Evelyn Brent as Mrs. Alice Lake

Edgar Dearing as Police Officer Barney Riley

Willie Best as Sleepy

A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.

Penny Serenade

1941

English

7.1

♡ 10

94%

George Stevens Director

Edgar Buchanan as Applejack

Ann Doran as Dotty

Cy Schindell as Elmer - the Bootlegger

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Porter

Julie and Roger are a love-struck married couple who desperately want to have a child. Tragedy after tragedy gets in their way, as the two attempt to rise above their troubles and fulfill their dreams of parenthood.

A Damsel in Distress

1937

English

6.8

♡ 5

71%

George Stevens Director

Jack Carson as Bit Role

Monte Blue as Bit Role

Mary Stewart as Dancer / Singer

Joan Fontaine as Lady Alyce

Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on 'Mr. X'. After Alyce goes to London to meet a beau she is restricted to the castle to curb her scandalous behavior. Albert then summons Jerry to Alyce's aid in order to 'protect his investment'.

Swing Time

1936

English

7.4

♡ 15

93%

George Stevens Director

Pierre Watkin as Al Simpson

Dale Van Sickel as Diner

William A. Boardway as Nightclub Patron

Charlie Hall as Taxi Driver

Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.

The More the Merrier

1943

English

7.6

♡ 9

100%

George Stevens Director

Harrison Greene as Apartment Seeker

Frank Sully as FBI Agent Pike

Ann Doran as Miss Bilby

Ann Savage as Miss Dalton

It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.

Something to Live For

1952

English

6.4

♡ 2

100%

alcoholism

Drama

husband wife relationship

George Stevens Director

Paul Newlan as Bartender

Joan Fontaine as Jenny Carey

John Indrisano as Party Guest

Gloria Dea as Slave Girl

Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous, is called to help Broadway actress Jenny Carey whose developing career is threatened by an increasing dependence on alcohol. Alan's growing interest in Jenny strains his marriage to Edna, with whom he has two children.

A Place in the Sun

1951

English

7.7

♡ 22

82%

based on novel or book

George Stevens Director

John Roy as Courtroom Spectator

Ian Wolfe as Dr. Wyeland

Robert J. Anderson as Eagle Scout

Kathryn Givney as Louise Eastman

A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.

Kentucky Kernels

1934

English

6.0

♡ 4

44%

George Stevens Director

Charlie Hall as Cigarette Stand Owner

Harrison Greene as Lawyer Aloysius T. Guilfoyle

Edgar Dearing as Policeman

George 'Spanky' McFarland as Spanky Milford

The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and elopes, the pair are stuck with the little boy. But Spanky inherits a Kentucky fortune, so they head south to Banesville, where the Milfords and Wakefields are conducting a bitter feud.

Woman of the Year

1942

English

7.1

♡ 7

83%

George Stevens Director

Reginald Owen as Clayton

Murdock MacQuarrie as Head Copy Reader

William Bendix as 'Pinkie' Peters

Cy Schindell as Pinkie's Listener in Bar

Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.

I Remember Mama

1948

English

7.8

♡ 2

100%

84%

Action

based on novel or book

based on play or musical

san francisco, california

George Stevens Director

Ellen Corby as Aunt Trina Halvorsen

Tommy Ivo as Cousin Arne

Barbara Bel Geddes as Katrin Hanson

Oskar Homolka as Uncle Chris

Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.

The Talk of the Town

1942

English

7.5

♡ 11

89%

George Stevens Director

Don Beddoe as Police Chief

Frank Sully as Policeman in Station Wagon

Edgar Buchanan as Sam Yates

Cy Schindell as Townsman at Ballgame

Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.

Giant

1956

English

7.6

♡ 28

86%

George Stevens Director

Bill Hale as Bartender

Sheb Wooley as Gabe Target

Larry Arnold as Governor's Ball Guest

Rod Taylor as Sir David Karfrey

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.

Shane

1953

English

7.6

♡ 33

97%

81%

Action

based on novel or book

George Stevens Director

Edgar Buchanan as Fred Lewis

Jack Palance as Jack Wilson

David Ladd as Little Boy

Ellen Corby as Mrs. Liz Torrey

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

Gunga Din

1939

English

7.2

♡ 10

89%

George Stevens Director

Abner Biberman as Chota

Joan Fontaine as Emmy

Sam Jaffe as Gunga Din

Eduardo Ciannelli as Guru

British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.

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Alice Adams

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Only Game in Town

The Nitwits

Penny Serenade

A Damsel in Distress

Swing Time

The More the Merrier

Something to Live For

A Place in the Sun

Kentucky Kernels

Woman of the Year

I Remember Mama

The Talk of the Town

Giant

Shane

Gunga Din