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1. Lace (1984)
directed by William Hale
featuring Bess Armstrong, Brooke Adams, Arielle Dombasle, Phoebe Cates, Anthony Higgins, Angela Lansbury
A notorious, internationally known sex symbol (Phoebe Cates) attempts to track down her birth mother in this glitzy, deliciously trashy melodrama. ... More
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2. Mandingo (1975)
directed by Richard Fleischer
featuring James Mason, Susan George, Richard Ward, Brenda Sykes
Richard Fleischer directed this lurid historical drama based on the novel by Kyle Onstott. The story begins on a run-down plantation lorded over by ... More
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3. The Homecoming (1971)
directed by Fielder Cook
featuring Patricia Neal
This made-for-TV drama, based on the book by Earl Hamner Jr., was the basis for the popular long-running television series The Waltons. In this ... More
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5. Way Down East (1920)
directed by D.W. Griffith
featuring Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell Sherman, Burr McIntosh, Creighton Hale
"I'm not a bad businessman", filmmaker D.W. Griffith once protested, "Honestly I'm not!" Yet industryites were certain that Griffith had taken leave ... More
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6. Four Daughters (1938)
directed by Michael Curtiz
featuring Claude Rains, May Robson, Priscilla Lane, Lola Lane, Rosemary Lane
Fannie Hurst's Sister Act was the source for this money-making Warners weeper. The four daughters of the title are played by the Lane Sisters- ... More
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7. Kansas (1988)
directed by David Stevens
featuring Matt Dillon, Andrew McCarthy, Leslie Hope, Brent Jennings
A drifter becomes both a bank robber and a hero in this crime thriller. Andrew McCarthy stars as Wade Corey, who hitches a ride on a freight train ... More
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8. Captain January (1936)
directed by David Butler
featuring Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, George "Slim" Summerville, Buddy Ebsen
Previously filmed as a vehicle for Baby Peggy Montgomery in 1922, Laura E. Richard's Captain January was warmed up as a Shirley Temple picture 14 ... More
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11. The Fugitive Kind (1960)
directed by Sidney Lumet
featuring Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward, Maureen Stapleton, Victor Jory
Fugitive Kind began life as Battle of Angels, a never-produced 1939 play by a young Tennessee Williams. Nearly 20 years later, Williams refined this ... More
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13. The Harrad Experiment (1973)
directed by Ted Post
featuring James Whitmore, Tippi Hedren
In The Harrad Experiment, young men and women attend Harrad College for what is essentially a one-year "control group" trial in pre-marital sex, to ... More
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14. Love Has Many Faces (1965)
directed by Alexander Singer
featuring Lana Turner, Cliff Robertson, Hugh O'Brian, Ruth Roman, Stefanie Powers
Repeated infidelities and an unexplained death set the stage for this glossy soap opera. Kit Jordan (Lana Turner) is a wealthy woman slipping into ... More
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15. Smilin' Through (1941)
directed by Frank Borzage
featuring Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond, Ian Hunter, Frances Robinson
Adapted from the warhorse stage tearjerker by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin, this 1941 film version of Smilin' Through is even hokier than two earlier ... More
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16. Sweet November (1968)
directed by Robert Ellis Miller
featuring Sandy Dennis, Anthony Newley, Theodore Bikel, Burr de Benning, Sandy Baron
Sarah Deever (Sandy Dennis) is an idealistic young woman living in Brooklyn. Her altruistic nature finds her taking in visitors for a month at a time ... More
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17. Mahogany (1975)
directed by Berry Gordy, Jr.
featuring Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Beah Richards, Nina Foch
Directed by Berry Gordy, Jr. as a vehicle for his star Diana Ross, Mahogany traces the life of a poor girl who makes it in the fashion world (first ... More
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18. Born to Be Bad (1934)
directed by Lowell Sherman
featuring Loretta Young, Cary Grant, Jackie Kelk, Henry Travers, Russell Hopton
Loretta Young, who became known almost exclusively for playing sweet, wholesome roles, is kind of a shocker in this romantic drama as Letty Strong, ... More
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19. Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
directed by Richard Brooks
featuring Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley, Sr., Rip Torn
Paul Newman recreates his Broadway role in the 1962 film version of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth. Newman plays handsome hustler Chance ... More
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20. Queen Kelly (1929)
directed by Erich Von Stroheim
featuring Gloria Swanson, Seena Owen, Walter Byron, William Von Brincken, Madge Hunt
Though filmmaker Erich Von Stroheim's notorious profligacy had made him virtually unhirable in the US by 1929, screen-star Gloria Swanson still had ... More
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21. Primrose Path (1940)
directed by Gregory La Cava
featuring Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau, Henry Travers, Miles Mander
In her third film for innovative director Gregory LaCava, Ginger Rogers briefly turns her back on her established screen image by playing the ... More
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22. Bright Leaf (1950)
directed by Michael Curtiz
featuring Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Jack Carson, Patricia Neal, Donald Crisp
Bright Leaf, a sprawling saga of the tobacco industry in North Carolina, began as a novel by Foster Fitzsimmons, a native Carolinian who for many ... More
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23. Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
directed by G.W. Pabst
featuring Louise Brooks, Fritz Rasp, André Roanne, Josef Ravensky, Franziska Kinz
German filmmaker G.W. Pabst and Hollywood expatriate Louise Brooks re-team after the success of Pandora's Box for the silent film Diary of a Lost ... More
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24. Come and Get It (1936)
directed by Howard Hawks, William Wyler
featuring Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan, Andrea Leeds
Set in the woodlands of Wisconsin, Come and Get It stars Edward Arnold as a logger-turned-lumber tycoon. In his rise to the top, Arnold loses out on ... More
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25. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
directed by Simon Callow
featuring Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, Cork Hubbert, Rod Steiger, Austin Pendleton
This first film directorial effort of actor Simon Callow is based on a novel by Carson McCullers -- which, in turn, was adapted for the stage by ... More
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