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Top 100 Classic Drama Movies

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RankTitleCastScore
1 . It's a Wonderful Life (1946)James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell score
2 . North by Northwest (1959)Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis score
3 . Gone with the Wind (1939)Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Evelyn Keyes score
4 . The African Queen (1951)Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull score
5 . All About Eve (1950)Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm score
6 . Casablanca (1942)Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains score
7 . Ben-Hur (1959)Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd score
8 . The Barefoot Contessa (1954)Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Valentina Cortese score
9 . Anatomy of a Murder (1959)James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell score
10 . An Affair to Remember (1957)Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Fortunio Bonanova score
11 . The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas score
12 . Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan score
13 . Notorious (1946)Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern score
14 . Bonnie and Clyde (1967)Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman score
15 . All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Ben Alexander score
16 . The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa score
17 . Rebecca (1940)Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson score
18 . Sunset Boulevard (1950)William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson score
19 . Grand Hotel (1932)Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery score
20 . On the Waterfront (1954)Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger score
21 . The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett score
22 . Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey score
23 . Mildred Pierce (1945)Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden score
24 . The Blue Dahlia (1946)Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva score
25 . What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Wesley Addy score
26 . They Drive by Night (1940)George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart score
27 . The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright score
28 . The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith, Nigel Bruce score
29 . The Killers (1946)Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker score
30 . The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn score
31 . The Black Swan (1942)Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell score
32 . Key Largo (1948)Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore score
33 . Ace in the Hole (1951)Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall score
34 . Citizen Kane (1941)Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead score
35 . Gilda (1946)Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia score
36 . Stella Dallas (1937)Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil score
37 . Golden Boy (1939)Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, William Holden, Lee J. Cobb score
38 . Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert score
39 . Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins score
40 . To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy score
41 . The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles score
42 . The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell score
43 . Gaslight (1944)Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, May Whitty score
44 . Bullitt (1968)Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Simon Oakland, Norman Fell score
45 . Annie Oakley (1935)Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Moroni Olsen score
46 . The Grapes of Wrath (1940)Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charles Grapewin score
47 . Scarlet Street (1945)Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea, Margaret Lindsay score
48 . The Asphalt Jungle (1950)Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore score
49 . The Roaring Twenties (1939)James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George score
50 . Bicycle Thieves (1948)Sergio Leone score
51 . The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan score
52 . The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe score
53 . Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold score
54 . In a Lonely Place (1950)Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Carl Benton Reid score
55 . Baby Face (1933)Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Margaret Lindsay score
56 . Boys Town (1938)Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton score
57 . Rope (1948)James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke score
58 . Mogambo (1953)Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Donald Sinden score
59 . Anastasia (1956)Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff score
60 . Penny Serenade (1941)Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan score
61 . From Here to Eternity (1953)Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed score
62 . On the Beach (1959)Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins score
63 . The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegard Knef score
64 . How Green Was My Valley (1941)Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp score
65 . The Lost Weekend (1945)Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva score
66 . Spartacus (1960)Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton score
67 . The Searchers (1956)John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond score
68 . The Big Country (1958)Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston score
69 . The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Walter Connolly, Lucien Littlefield score
70 . High Sierra (1941)Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie score
71 . Hamlet (1948)Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Laurie, Niall MacGinnis score
72 . Camille (1936)Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan score
73 . Nightmare Alley (1947)Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Taylor Holmes score
74 . Now, Voyager (1942)Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper score
75 . Clash by Night (1952)Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe score
76 . The Bad Seed (1956)Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart score
77 . All the King's Men (1949)Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derek score
78 . High Noon (1952)Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges score
79 . The Ten Commandments (1956)Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson score
80 . Night Nurse (1931)Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell, Clark Gable score
81 . The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin score
82 . Brute Force (1947)Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo score
83 . Jezebel (1938)Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay score
84 . Black Narcissus (1947)Deborah Kerr, Flora Robson, Esmond Knight, Sabu Dastagir score
85 . In the Heat of the Night (1967)Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant score
86 . The Stranger (1946)Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles, Richard Long score
87 . Act of Violence (1948)Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor score
88 . Witness for the Prosecution (1957)Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester score
89 . Anna Karenina (1948)Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Hugh Dempster, Marie Lohr score
90 . Blood and Sand (1941)Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, Alla Nazimova score
91 . The Public Enemy (1931)James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell score
92 . Action in the North Atlantic (1943)Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Ruth Gordon, Sam Levene score
93 . Anna Karenina (1935)Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew, Maureen O'Sullivan score
94 . A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden score
95 . Mrs. Miniver (1942)Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, May Whitty score
96 . Blowup (1966)Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings, John Castle, Peter Bowles score
97 . The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce score
98 . Shadow of a Doubt (1943)Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers score
99 . The Petrified Forest (1936)Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Dick Foran, Humphrey Bogart score
100 . The Sun Also Rises (1957)Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Errol Flynn score

This chart uses a weighted rating based on the average rating per film and the number of votes per film.