Movies by Lists - Radio in the Movies (114 [134]) 
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| Adventures of P C 49, The - The Case of the Guardian AngelA police constable goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of violent thieves. | 1949 | Godfrey Grayson | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.0 (85 votes) | 67 | 20211228 |
| AnnieA spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage. | 1982 | John Huston (*) | Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical | 6.6 (44.2K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Are You ListeningA radio writer/producer accidentally kills his wife and then attempts to escape an on-air hunt for him. | 1932 | Harry Beaumont | Drama | 6.2 (496 votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
| Around the WorldBandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II. | 1943 | Allan Dwan | Comedy | 5.6 (197 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Artists and ModelsMac Brewster (Benny) is head of an advertising firm that is in debt. The million-dollar Townsend Silver contract could save the firm, but the wealthy playboy Alan Townsend (Arlen) wants an amateur from high society rather than a prof | 1937 | Raoul Walsh (*) | Comedy, Musical | 6.1 (314 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Artists and Models AbroadBuck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's wife locks them out. In his search for funds, | 1938 | Mitchell Leisen | Comedy, Musical | 6.3 (105 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Band WaggonA plot involving spies in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs. | 1940 | Marcel Varnel | Comedy, Musical | 5.6 (184 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Bashful Bachelor, TheLum Edwards is annoyed with his partner in Pine Ridge's Jot-'em-Down general store, Abner Peabody, because Abner has swapped their delivery car for a racehorse. Lum is also too timid to propose to Geraldine, so he involves Abner in a | 1942 | Malcolm St. Clair | Comedy | 5.4 (154 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Behind the MaskLamont Cranston, aka the Shadow, has his hands full as the murder of blackmailing reporter Jeff Mann is blamed on him. Not only does the real murderer seem one step ahead of him as Lamont tries to discover his identity, but he is con | 1946 | Phil Karlson, William Beaudine | Mystery | 5.1 (170 votes) | 68 | 20211228 |
| Big Broadcast of 1936, TheSpud Miller hopes to save his struggling radio station by winning a broadcast competition, with the help of the Radio Eye, an invention that can display live events from anywhere in the world. | 1935 | Norman Taurog | Musical | 5.8 (303 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Big Broadcast of 1937A cream-of-the-crop gathering of 1930's radio stars, who lend themselves to a storyline about a failing radio station which needs to put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation. An interesting mixture of th | 1936 | Mitchell Leisen | Comedy, Musical | 6.1 (300 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Big Broadcast of 1938, TheThe Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts. | 1938 | Mitchell Leisen, James P. Hogan | Animation, Comedy, Musical, Romance | 6.3 (965 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Big Broadcast, TheA radio-singer, Bing Hornsby, is none-too-concerned about his job, and an affair with Mona leads to his dismissal. When it appears Hornsby is getting and paying a lot of attention to his fiancée, Anita Rogers, station manager Leslie | 1932 | Frank Tuttle | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 6.8 (237 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Breakfast in HollywoodBased on an old radio series with a live audience. It is the story of few of the people who attend the show. Nat King Cole sings. | 1946 | Harold D. Schuster | Comedy, Music | 5.6 (291 votes) | 90 | 20220414 |
| Buck Benny Rides AgainJack Benny (as himself) tries to make good his fictitious boasts about roughing it in Nevada, in a spoof of Western cliches. | 1940 | Mark Sandrich (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Western | 6.8 (329 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Buck PrivatesTwo sidewalk salesman enlist in the army in order to avoid jail, only to find that their drill instructor is the police officer who tried having them imprisoned. | 1941 | Arthur Lubin | Comedy, Musical, War | 7.1 (4.4K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Calling Paul TempleA maniac is murdering the patients of a doctor who specializes in nervous disorders. A detective is called in to catch the killer. | 1948 | Maclean Rogers | Crime, Mystery | 6.0 (191 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Carolina BluesBand Leader Kay Kyser wants to take a holiday, but his publicist Charlotte has promised that he'll give a concert for defense plant workers. Due to the fact that his vocalist has quit to get married, the plant owner's daughter Julie | 1944 | Leigh Jason | Comedy, Musical | 5.7 (159 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Case for PC 49, APC 49 grapples with a beautiful artist's model in a case involving the murder of a millionaire. | 1951 | Francis Searle | Mystery, Crime, Drama | 5.8 (85 votes) | 80 | 20240524 |
| Chandu the MagicianWhen delusional madman Roxor kidnaps a scientist in hopes of using his death ray to achieve world dominance, he is opposed by Chandu, a powerful hypnotist and yogi. | 1932 | William Cameron Menzies, Marcel Varnel | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 6.3 (1K votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| Charlie McCarthy, DetectiveScotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspecte | 1939 | Frank Tuttle | Comedy, Family | 6.2 (84 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Check and Double CheckTypical Amos 'n Andy storyline has the boys trying to make a go of their "open-air" taxi business while they get caught up in a society hassle, involving driving musicians to a fancy party. All the regular characters are here (or men | 1930 | Melville W. Brown | Comedy | 5.5 (390 votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| College SwingGracie Alden tries to graduate on college to get an inheritance. | 1938 | Raoul Walsh (*) | Comedy, Musical | 6.2 (502 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Courageous Dr. Christian, TheA doctor fights an epidemic that breaks out in the poor section of town and tries to get the rest of the town to help out. | 1940 | Bernard Vorhaus | Drama | 6.1 (89 votes) | 67 | 20211228 |
| Date With Judy, AHyperactive teenager Judy Foster (Jane Powell) challenges, and is challenged by, her overly-proper parents, pesky brother Randolph (Jerry Hunter), and boyfriend Ogden "Oogie" Pringle (Scotty Beckett). | 1948 | Richard Thorpe | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 6.6 (1.3K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| David Harding, CounterspyBased on the long-running radio program created by Philips H. Lord, the film opens with a radio commentator blasting the U. S. government for the manner in which a certain foreign power has obtained secret information during WWII. Th | 1950 | Ray Nazarro | Drama | 6.1 (68 votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| Dick TracyPolice detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface. | 1945 | William Berke | Action, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller | 6.0 (1.4K votes) | 61 | 20211228 |
| Dick TracyA master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick. | 1937 | Alan James, Ray Taylor | Action, Comedy, Crime, Family, Thriller | 6.6 (655 votes) | 70 | 20240524 |
| Dick Tracy Meets GruesomeDick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas. | 1947 | John Rawlins | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.2 (1.6K votes) | 65 | 20211228 |
| Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc.Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible. | 1941 | John English, William Witney | Action, Crime, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi | 6.5 (325 votes) | 263 | 20240524 |
| Dick Tracy vs. CueballExpensive diamonds are stolen but before the thief can fence them he is strangled by ex-con Cueball, who then takes the gems and continues murdering people he believes are trying to swindle him. | 1946 | Gordon Douglas | Action, Crime, Family, Mystery | 6.0 (1.2K votes) | 62 | 20211228 |
| Dick Tracy's DilemmaDick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand. | 1947 | John Rawlins | Action, Crime, Drama, Family | 5.9 (983 votes) | 60 | 20211228 |
| Down Among the Z MenThe cast of the popular radio program "The Goon Show" perform some of their favourite routines. | 1952 | Maclean Rogers | Comedy | 4.6 (360 votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Dr. Christian Meets the WomenA "professor" hits Dr. Christian's town, promising the local women dramatic weight loss in a very short time if they follow his regimen of strict diet and a particular type of diet pill. | 1940 | William C. McGann | Drama | 5.9 (105 votes) | 68 | 20211228 |
| Dreaming Out LoudLum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures with the locals. | 1940 | Harold Young | Comedy | 6.6 (110 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Duffy's TavernThe staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy. | 1945 | Hal Walker | Comedy, Musical | 6.0 (215 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Fat Man, TheA dentist's murder is investigated by hefty sleuth Brad Runyan. | 1951 | William Castle | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.2 (429 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Gang BustersDetective lieutenant Bill Bannister is assigned to run down an unknown gang of terrorists who have spread a net of crime over the city. | 1942 | Noel M. Smith, Ray Taylor | Drama | 6.9 (130 votes) | 251 | 20240530 |
| Gildersleeve on BroadwayOn a mission to New York, two women pursue Gildersleeve...then his fiancée shows up. | 1943 | Gordon Douglas | Comedy | 6.3 (293 votes) | 65 | 20211228 |
| Gildersleeve's Bad DayGildersleeve gets himself into trouble while on jury duty. | 1943 | Gordon Douglas | Comedy | 6.5 (253 votes) | 62 | 20211228 |
| Gildersleeve's GhostGildersleeve, running for office, is aided by two ghosts and hindered by a mad scientist and an invisible woman. | 1944 | Gordon Douglas | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.6 (379 votes) | 63 | 20211228 |
| Goin' to TownWhile stranded in the small town of Pine Ridge, M. A. Parker, who purports to be an oil tycoon, visits the general store owned by Lum Edwards and Abner Peabody, and offers them $20,000 in cash for their property. Though Parker stirs | 1944 | Leslie Goodwins | Comedy | 6.2 (22 votes) | 68 | 20211228 |
| Great American Broadcast, TheAfter WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together. | 1941 | Archie Mayo | Comedy, Musical, Romance, Sport | 6.7 (258 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Great Gildersleeve, TheGildersleeve, a small town bachelor, has slapstick troubles with a husband-hunting woman and two helpful kids. | 1942 | Gordon Douglas | Adventure, Comedy, Romance | 6.1 (357 votes) | 62 | 20211228 |
| Green Hornet Strikes Again!, TheA wealthy publisher uses a disguise and calls himself the Green Hornet to fight crime in his city. | 1940 | Ford Beebe, John Rawlins | Action, Adventure, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi | 6.6 (429 votes) | 293 | 20240530 |
| Green Hornet, TheA newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide. | 1940 | Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor | Adventure, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.5 (670 votes) | 258 | 20230728 |
| Heavenly DaysFibber McGee and Molly innocently get mixed up with the federal government. | 1944 | Howard Estabrook | Comedy | 5.9 (110 votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| Here Come the NelsonsWhen Ozzie tries to get some publicity for an ad agency, David and Ricky get mixed up with gangsters. | 1952 | Frederick De Cordova | Comedy | 6.5 (239 votes) | 75 | 20220414 |
| Here Comes CookieAlarmed that his younger daughter is about to marry a gold-digger, a millionaire turns over the fortune to her ditsy older sister for safe-keeping to his ultimate regret, protection. | 1935 | Norman Z. McLeod (*) | Comedy, Music | 6.3 (161 votes) | 65 | 20211228 |
| Here We Go AgainIt's Fibber and Molly's 20th anniversary and they want to throw a big party. But when everyone declines their invitation, they decide to go on a second honeymoon instead. After one night at the broken down Ramble Inn, where they spen | 1942 | Allan Dwan | Comedy | 5.8 (267 votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| HullabalooA movie musical centered on merrily befogged Merriweather's attempt to restore his career - all while reuniting with his three children (from his three alimony-seeking ex-wives!). | 1940 | Edwin L. Marin | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 6.0 (212 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| I Love a BandleaderAs house painters Newton H. Newton and Phil Burton remodel the Club Monterey on Broadway, owner Gibley auditions acts for his club's reopening. Theatrical agent B. Templeton Jones brings his client, aspiring singer Ann Stuart, to ... | 1945 | Del Lord | Adventure, Comedy, Music, Romance | 6.1 (44 votes) | 70 | 20240323 |
| Inner SanctumA man fleeing the police after having committed a murder hides out in a boarding house in a small town. | 1948 | Lew Landers | Film-Noir, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.1 (979 votes) | 62 | 20211228 |
| International CrimeLamont Cranston (Rod La Rocque), amateur criminologist and detective, with a daily radio program, sponsored by the Daily Classic newspaper, has developed a friendly feud that sometimes passes the friendly stage with Police Commission | 1938 | Charles Lamont | Adventure, Crime, Mystery | 5.6 (442 votes) | 62 | 20211228 |
| Invisible AvengerLamont Cranston, aka The Shadow, investigates the murder of a New Orleans bandleader. | 1958 | James Wong Howe, Ben Parker, John Sledge | Action, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 5.3 (251 votes) | 60 | 20231223 |
| Its A Joke SonWhen the Daughters of Dixie nominate a candidate for State Senator, the local political machine run by Northerners fears its candidate will be defeated, and chooses her husband as a candidate in order to split the anti-machine vote. | 1947 | Benjamin Stoloff | Comedy | 6.0 (240 votes) | 63 | 20211228 |
| It's in the BagThe ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in. | 1945 | Richard Wallace | Comedy | 6.8 (486 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Kid From Brooklyn, TheAfter a timid milkman knocks unconscious a boxing champion who was accosting his sister, he decides to take up boxing himself in order to impress a beautiful nightclub singer. | 1946 | Norman Z. McLeod (*) | Comedy, Sport | 6.6 (1.2K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Life of Riley, TheA factory worker's family is thrown into an uproar when his teenage daughter starts to date his boss' son. | 1949 | Irving Brecher | Comedy, Romance | 6.8 (257 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Little Orphan AnnieDaddy Warbucks has to go on a long trip, leaving Annie alone. While wandering the street, Sandy leads Annie to discover Mickey, who is crying. Mickey's grandmother recently died, and he is about to be taken away by Mrs. Berger to the | 1932 | John S. Robertson | Comedy, Drama, Family | 6.8 (69 votes) | 70 | 20211228 |
| Lone Ranger, TheHeroic's of Lone Ranger & Tonto, matter! | 1938 | John English, William Witney | Western | 6.8 (247 votes) | 264 | 20240530 |
| Look Who's LaughingFibber McGee enlists the help of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy in enticing an aircraft manufacturer to build a factory in the small town of Wistful Vista. Based on the "Fibber McGee and Molly" radio series. | 1941 | Allan Dwan | Adventure, Comedy | 6.2 (405 votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| Love Thy NeighborJack Benny is preparing his New Year's Eve radio broadcast but takes time out to take his valet Rochester to meet his girlfriend Josephine arriving on a steamer. Fred Allen and his sister Barbara are also en route to the dock to meet | 1940 | Mark Sandrich (*) | Comedy, Musical | 6.5 (144 votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Lum and Abner AbroadThe ""boys"" from Pine Ridge visit Europe and try to help a Yugoslavian ballerina find her American lover, become involved with French jewel thieves, and take on posh society in Monte Carlo. | 1956 | James V. Kern | Comedy | 7.0 (22 votes) | 72 | 20231112 |
| Lyons Abroad, The [The Lyons in Paris]Has Ben Lyon forgotten his wedding anniversary? His wife Bebe thinks he has, and can hardly contain her fury. When his son Richard sees him dining with a glamorous French singer he thinks the worst. | 1955 | Val Guest | Comedy | 6.9 (36 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Man About TownProducer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose financier husband neglects her. On a weekend at | 1939 | Mark Sandrich (*) | Comedy | 6.5 (167 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Mark of the WhistlerA drifter claims the money in an old bank account by impersonating someone else with the same name. Soon he finds himself the target of a man who turns out to be the son of the old partner of the impersonated man's father, who caused | 1944 | William Castle | Adventure, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 6.6 (278 votes) | 60 | 20211228 |
| Meet the BaronThe famous Baron Munchausen dumps two dimwits in the African jungle. A rescue team mistakes one of them for the missing Baron, and returns them to the US, where they're greeted as heroes. While giving a speech at a college, the "Baro | 1933 | Walter Lang | Comedy | 5.6 (289 votes) | 68 | 20211228 |
| Melody RanchHis Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration. | 1940 | Joseph Santley | Western | 6.2 (243 votes) | 84 | 20231002 |
| Missing Lady, TheA jade statue, the "missing lady", is stolen and its owner killed. Lamont Cranston, alias the Shadow, sets out to catch the killer but is blamed for the murders himself as each time he investigates some facet of the case another susp | 1946 | Phil Karlson (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 5.3 (143 votes) | 60 | 20211228 |
| Mr. and Mrs. NorthJerry North (William Post Jr.) and his wife, Pam (Gracie Allen)return home after a night away in a holiday spirit. The spirit soon vanishes when the body of a man falls out of the liquor closet. The corpse is identified as Stanley Br | 1942 | Robert B. Sinclair | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance | 6.1 (314 votes) | 67 | 20211228 |
| Mr. District AttorneyFirst screen version of the popular radio series, followed by two sequels. | 1941 | William Morgan | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 6.3 (147 votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| My Favorite SpyKay Kyser is late to his wedding. He is taking a short cut through Central Park when he finds out that he is in the army and is due to check in that afternoon. It turns out that the army wants him as an undercover agent because a spy | 1942 | Tay Garnett | Comedy, Musical | 5.8 (266 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| My Friend IrmaA scatterbrained Brooklynite and her wheeler-dealer fiancé interfere in her level-headed roommate's love life. | 1949 | George Marshall (*) | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 6.5 (1.1K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| My Friend Irma Goes WestEn route to Hollywood, singer Steve, his partner Seymour and fiancée Jane, Jane's airheaded roommate Irma, and Irma's con artist fiancé Al have a series of misadventures and end up involved with a murderous gang. | 1950 | Hal Walker | Comedy, Crime, Musical | 6.1 (643 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Myrt and MargeMyrt has a show chock-full of talented performers who deserve to be on Broadway, but can't raise the necessary money. Jackson, a lecherous ""producer"", provides the money in order to get his hands on the show's pretty young star, M... | 1933 | Al Boasberg | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 7.3 (114 votes) | 62 | 20240228 |
| Night Editor"Night Editor" was based on the already existing radio program in which a newspaper editor would recount the 'inside story' of some bit newspaper story, and later became a television series: This time, a night editor of a newspaper i | 1946 | Henry Levin | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 6.7 (936 votes) | 68 | 20211228 |
| Night That Panicked America, TheOn October 30, 1938, Orson Welles's radio play "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provokes mass panic. | 1975 | Joseph Sargent | Drama | 7.0 (695 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| One Night In The TropicsJim "Lucky" Moore (Allan Jones), an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings): a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancee, Cynthia (Nancy | 1940 | A. Edward Sutherland | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 6.4 (1.7K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Our Miss BrooksFollows the story of an English teacher that flusters the principal and flirts with a colleague. | 1956 | Al Lewis | Comedy | 6.5 (752 votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Partners in TimeSquire Skimp has a new plan to swindle the people of Pine Ridge. However, Lum has something more important on his mind. He has to tell a young engaged couple on the verge of breaking up the story of how the Jot 'em Down store first s | 1946 | William Nigh | Comedy, Drama | 7.5 (36 votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| PlaymatesLulu Monahan (Patsy Kelly), the press agent for John Barrymore (John Barrymore),is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader Kay Kyser (Kay Kyser), plant a story that the great Sha | 1941 | David Butler | Comedy, Music | 5.5 (295 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Pot O GoldJimmy goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices. | 1941 | George Marshall (*) | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 6.1 (1.7K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Power of the Whistler, TheA woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets. | 1945 | Lew Landers | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller | 6.3 (581 votes) | 66 | 20211228 |
| Radio DaysA nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium. | 1987 | Woody Allen (*) | Comedy | 7.5 (33.3K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Radio Stars on ParadeA Hollywood talent agency tries to avoid finacial ruin by getting its best clients on the air. | 1945 | Leslie Goodwins | Comedy, Music, Romance | 5.8 (79 votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| Radioland MurdersA series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network. | 1994 | Mel Smith | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Romance | 6.1 (3.7K votes) | 108 | 20220724 |
| Return of Chandu, TheThe cult of Ubasti, headquartered on the isle of Lemuria, believes that Princess Nadji of Egypt is a reincarnation of their long-dead goddess, Ossana, and intend to sacrifice her so that Ossana may be resurrected. | 1934 | Ray Taylor | Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Romance | 5.5 (438 votes) | 208 | 20240530 |
| Return of the Whistler, TheOn the eve of his marriage, a young man's fiance disappears. He hires a private detective to help him track her down, but soon finds himself entangled in a web of lies, intrigue and murder revolving around his fiance's dead ex-husban | 1948 | D. Ross Lederman | Film-Noir, Mystery | 6.3 (386 votes) | 60 | 20211228 |
| Road to HappinessJeff Carter, a singer down on his luck, turns to radio acting as a means of supporting his young son Danny. With the support of his son and his press agent Charley Grady, Jeff ultimately finds radio the means of realizing his profess | 1941 | Phil Rosen (*) | Drama, Musical, Romance | 6.2 (103 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Secret of the Whistler, TheAn artist married to a wealthy but ill woman begins an affair with one of his models, who is after him solely for his money. His wife discovers the affair and threatens to cut him out of her will. In order to be able to keep both the | 1946 | George Sherman | Drama, Film-Noir | 6.4 (414 votes) | 65 | 20211228 |
| Seven Days' LeaveSoldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a catch: before claiming the money, Johnny must | 1942 | Tim Whelan | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 5.9 (354 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Shadow Returns, TheSuper-sleuth Lamont Cranston, (aka "The Shadow") investigates the theft of jewels from a grave. | 1946 | Phil Rosen, William Beaudine | Comedy, Crime, Mystery | 5.5 (226 votes) | 61 | 20211228 |
| Shadow Strikes, TheLamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene, Cranston must assume the identity of the attorney. | 1937 | Lynn Shores | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery | 5.0 (478 votes) | 61 | 20211228 |
| Shadow, TheThe Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray. | 1940 | James W. Horne | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery | 6.8 (377 votes) | 285 | 20240524 |
| Shadow, TheIn 1930s New York City, The Shadow (Alec Baldwin) battles his nemesis, Shiwan Khan (John Lone), who is building an atomic bomb. | 1994 | Russell Mulcahy | Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller | 6.1 (25K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Six Of A KindWhen a respectable middle-class couple take a cross-country trip by auto, they share expenses with a decidedly oddball couple, none of whom know the car carries embezzled funds. | 1934 | Leo McCarey (*) | Comedy | 6.7 (653 votes) | 62 | 20211228 |
| So This Is WashingtonLum and Abner go to Washington to aid in the war effort by giving the government what they think is a good substitute for rubber--Abner's homemade licorice. | 1943 | Ray McCarey | Comedy | 5.5 (217 votes) | 64 | 20211228 |
| Stella DallasA working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future. | 1937 | King Vidor (*) | Drama, Romance | 7.4 (5.3K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Strictly DynamiteA struggling writer finds success writing scripts for a radio comic at the expense of his high-brow ambitions. | 1934 | Elliott Nugent | Comedy, Music | 5.7 (160 votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| SupermanSuperman comes to Earth as a child and grows up to be his home's first superhero with his first major challenge being to oppose The Spider Lady. | 1948 | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Sci-Fi | 6.8 (1.2K votes) | 244 | 20240524 |
| Take It or Leave ItYoung sailors Eddie Collins and Herb Gordon eagerly begin their shore leave in New York City, where they are greeted at the dock by Eddie's wife Kate. Kate, who is pregnant for the first time, is fearful about her condition, as her m | 1944 | Benjamin Stoloff | Comedy, Drama, Music | 4.7 (13 votes) | 70 | 20211228 |
| Thank Your Lucky StarsTwo producers are putting together a wartime charity show with an all-star cast but the egotism of radio personality Eddie Cantor disrupts their plans. | 1943 | David Butler | Comedy, Musical | 7.1 (1.9K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| That's Right - You're WrongRadio sensation Kay Kyser and his band are lured to Hollywood to make a movie, but the screenwriters assigned to the project have difficulty tailoring a script to Kyser's persona. | 1939 | David Butler | Comedy, Music | 6.0 (350 votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Two Weeks to LiveWhen Abner is mistakenly diagnosed as having only two weeks to live, his partner gets the idea that they can make a ton of money by having Abner perform all kinds of dangerous stunts. | 1943 | Malcolm St. Clair | Action, Comedy | 5.6 (197 votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| Voice of the WhistlerThe 4th film of the Columbia series based on the CBS radio program, "The Whistler", finds wealthy John Sinclair, with no health or friends, being advised by his doctor to take a long vacation. Heading for the Great Lakes, he becomes | 1945 | William Castle | Drama, Film-Noir | 6.3 (494 votes) | 60 | 20211228 |
| Way Back HomeSeth Parker takes in Robbie Turner and protects him from his cruel father Rube. When the father disappears, Seth intends to raise Robbie as his own son. The vindictive father attacks Mary Lucy, a neighbor's daughter who is also tryin | 1931 | William A. Seiter (*) | Comedy, Drama, Music | 6.4 (797 votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Whistler, TheA depressed man hires an assassin to kill him when he least expects it, but when his life takes an upward turn, he finds he now wishes to live. | 1944 | William Castle | Film-Noir, Mystery | 6.4 (871 votes) | 59 | 20211228 |
| Whistling in BrooklynRadio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself. | 1943 | S. Sylvan Simon | Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance | 6.8 (648 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Whistling in DixieRadio sleuth Wally "The Fox" Benton forgoes his honeymoon to help his wife's old friend solve a murder and hunt for Civil War gold inside a spooky mansion and fort. | 1942 | S. Sylvan Simon | Comedy, Mystery, Crime | 6.7 (623 votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| Whistling in the DarkRadio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder. | 1941 | S. Sylvan Simon | Comedy, Mystery | 6.8 (954 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Who Done ItTwo dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast. | 1942 | Erle C. Kenton | Comedy, Mystery | 7.4 (2.5K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| You Can't Cheat an Honest ManThe owner of a debt-ridden circus contends with pursuant bill collectors and sheriffs and his beloved daughter's relationships with one of his performers and a stuffy but wealthy young man. | 1939 | George Marshall, Edward F. Cline | Comedy, Family | 7.1 (1.7K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| You'll Find OutThe manager of Kay Kyser's band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her. | 1940 | David Butler | Comedy, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Romance | 6.2 (1.3K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Renfrew of the Royal Mounted | 1937 | Albert Herman | Drama, Western | 5.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| This Way Please | 1937 | Robert Florey | Comedy, Music, Romance | 6.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Dick Tracy Returns | 1938 | John English, William Witney | Drama | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Little Orphan Annie | 1938 | Ben Holmes | Action, Crime, Drama, Family, Sport | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| On the Great White Trail | 1938 | Albert Herman | Western | 5.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Dick Tracy's G-Men | 1939 | John English, William Witney | Mystery | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Meet Doctor Christian | 1939 | Bernard Vorhaus | Drama | 5.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | 1940 | George Archainbaud | Comedy, Music, Romance | 5.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Murder on the Yukon | 1940 | Louis J. Gasnier | Adventure, Drama, Music, Mystery, Western | 4.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Sky Bandits | 1940 | Ralph Staub | Action, Comedy, Drama, Music, Sci-Fi, Western | 5.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Terry and the Pirates | 1940 | James W. Horne | Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Thriller | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Yukon Flight | 1940 | Ralph Staub | Adventure | 5.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case | 1941 | Bernard Vorhaus | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Captain Midnight | 1942 | James W. Horne | Action, Adventure, Drama, War | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Secrets of the Underground | 1942 | William Morgan | Crime, Drama, War | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Cosmo Jones in the Crime Smasher | 1943 | James Tinling | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance | 4.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Hop Harrigan America's Ace of the Airways | 1946 | Derwin Abrahams | Action, Adventure, Drama | 5.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Jack Armstrong | 1947 | Wallace Fox | Drama | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Molly | 1950 | Walter Hart | Comedy | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Queen for a Day | 1951 | Arthur Lubin | Comedy, Drama | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |