The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz 1939

7.60

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

1939

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind 1939

7.94

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

1939

Dodge City

Dodge City 1939

6.90

In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.

1939

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939

7.09

On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds that Sherlock Holmes is there to investigate the local belief that his uncle was killed by a monster hound that has roamed the moors since 1650, and is likely to strike again at Sir Henry.

1939

Stagecoach

Stagecoach 1939

7.60

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

1939

Pygmalion

Pygmalion 1939

6.99

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.

1939

Ninotchka

Ninotchka 1939

7.50

A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

1939

The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling 1939

7.00

An outcast duckling's search for a family to accept him leads to constant rejection before learning his true identity as a swan.

1939

The Man They Could Not Hang

The Man They Could Not Hang 1939

6.60

Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.

1939

The Rules of the Game

The Rules of the Game 1939

7.50

A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.

1939

Gunga Din

Gunga Din 1939

6.52

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.

1939

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939

6.80

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…

1939

Love Affair

Love Affair 1939

7.05

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.

1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939

7.23

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

1939

The Little Princess

The Little Princess 1939

6.70

A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939

7.90

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.

1939

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1939

7.30

A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.

1939

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights 1939

7.20

The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the moors and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff they're happy -- until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor.

1939

In Name Only

In Name Only 1939

6.98

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

1939