List of the best Frank Capra movies: It's a Wonderful Life(1946), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(1939), It Happened One Night(1934), Arsenic and Old Lace(1944), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town(1936), You Can't Take It With You(1938), Lost Horizon(1937), Lady for a Day(1933), American Madness(1932), Pocketful of Miracles(1961), The Miracle Woman(1931), The Battle of Russia(1943) ... ...
8.6/10
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1946
129 Minutes
Director
James Stewart Donna Reed Lionel Barrymore Thomas Mitchell Henry Travers Beulah Bondi Frank Faylen Ward Bond Gloria Grahame H.B. Warner Frank Albertson
angel friend wife uncle businessperson banker heartwarming emotional charming new york state store small town christmas big business suicide marriage money ambition fall rescue
An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
8.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1939
125 Minutes
Director
James Stewart Jean Arthur Claude Rains Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Thomas Mitchell Eugene Pallette Beulah Bondi H.B. Warner Harry Carey Astrid Allwyn
senator politician secretary uplifting inspiring engaging washington, d.c. courtroom office politics aspirations leadership corruption underdog discovery rise 1930s
A naive man is appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. His plans promptly collide with political corruption, but he doesn't back down.
8.1/10
Romance
USA
1934
105 Minutes
Director
Claudette Colbert Clark Gable Walter Connolly Roscoe Karns Alan Hale Ward Bond
heiress reporter father husband salesman boss charming amusing playful madcap hotel bus highway countryside vehicle road love triangle road trip class distinctions prejudice
A renegade reporter and a crazy young heiress meet on a bus heading for New York, and end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.
8.0/10
Comedy
USA
1944
118 Minutes
Director
Cary Grant Raymond Massey Priscilla Lane Peter Lorre Jack Carson Josephine Hull Jean Adair James Gleason Grant Mitchell John Alexander Edward Everett Horton
writer wife aunt brother neighbor uncle madcap quirky new york city brooklyn, n.y. family home insanity marriage murder poison discovery love 1930s
A writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to get married. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
7.9/10
Comedy
USA
1936
115 Minutes
Director
Gary Cooper Jean Arthur George Bancroft Lionel Stander Douglas Dumbrille Raymond Walburn Margaret Matzenauer H.B. Warner Warren Hymer Muriel Evans Ruth Donnelly
heir reporter lawyer amusing charming spirited new york city small town vermont fame wealth love small-town life city vs. country love discovery transformation rise 1930s
A simple small-town man inherits a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.
7.9/10
Comedy
USA
1938
127 Minutes
Director
Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold Mischa Auer Ann Miller Spring Byington Samuel S. Hinds Donald Meek H.B. Warner Halliwell Hobbes
ingénue boyfriend father mother sister grandfather amusing cheery madcap family home family love meaning of life marriage money love transformation 1930s
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
7.7/10
Adventure
USA
1937
132 Minutes
Director
Ronald Colman Jane Wyatt Sam Jaffe John Howard Edward Everett Horton Margo H.B. Warner Isabel Jewell Thomas Mitchell
writer diplomat brother spiritual leader fascinating incredible shangri-la himalayas valley accident deception paradise plane crash discovery adventure rescue quest transformation 1930s
When a wise diplomat's plane crashes in the snows of Tibet, he and the other survivors are guided to Shangri-La, where they wrestle with the invitation to stay.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1933
95 Minutes
Director
Warren William May Robson Guy Kibbee Glenda Farrell Ned Sparks Walter Connolly Jean Parker Nat Pendleton Barry Norton Halliwell Hobbes Hobart Bosworth
fruit seller mother daughter fiancé gangster father amusing intricate new york city mother/daughter relationship deception class distinctions social standing family gangsters underdog transformation 1930s
A gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1932
81 Minutes
Frank Capra Walter Huston Pat O'Brien Kay Johnson Constance Cummings Gavin Gordon
bank president bank teller wife co-worker criminal detective melodramatic gutsy touching spirited bank vault party family home small town false accusations loyalty bank robbery moral dilemma infidelity
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused for robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair...all in the same day.
7.2/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1961
136 Minutes
Director
Glenn Ford Bette Davis Hope Lange Thomas Mitchell Peter Falk Edward Everett Horton Ann-Margret Mickey Shaughnessy David Brian Sheldon Leonard Barton MacLane
beggar mobster daughter aristocrat girlfriend madcap tender new york city street ballroom apartment nightclub class conflict family mother/daughter relationship crime identity deception transformation underdog
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1931
89 Minutes
Director
Barbara Stanwyck David Manners Sam Hardy Beryl Mercer Russell Hopton Charles Middleton Eddie Boland Thelma Hill Aileen Carlyle Harry Todd
woman preacher con artist blind person pilot touching uplifting street church apartment radio station faith con game disillusionment redemption religion fall transformation love 1930s
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?
7.1/10
History, War, Documentary, Drama
USA
1943
83 Minutes
Director
american soldier russian soldier nazi adolf hitler mussolini joseph stalin patriotic rousing inspiring thrilling stalingrad, russia battlefield military base battle of stalingrad world war ii russian history allied forces siege heroism quest
Documentary revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.
7.1/10
Documentary, War
USA
1943
54 Minutes
Director
Anthony Veiller
Documentary revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.
7.0/10
Drama
USA
1933
89 Minutes
Director
Barbara Stanwyck Nils Asther Walter Connolly Gavin Gordon Toshia Mori Richard Loo Lucien Littlefield Clara Blandick
warlord missionary fiancé spy servant expatriate tense melodramatic spirited intricate china war zone orphanage war missionary work suicide interracial romance opposites attract honor escape
A Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.
7.0/10
Documentary
USA
1943
44 Minutes
Director
adolf hitler soldier winston churchill civilian intense gripping patriotic germany poland england france world war ii nazism invasion world domination propaganda discovery rise wretched excess 1930s
The official World War II US government account of Nazi international aggression leading up to the British and French declarations of war.
7.0/10
Documentary, War
USA
1945
70 Minutes
Director
narrator winston churchill josef goebbels adolf hitler franklin delano roosevelt patriotic rousing engaging tense united states propaganda world war ii national security democracy pearl harbor world domination adventure pursuit rivalry 1940s
Part VII of the "Why We Fight" series of wartime documentaries. This entry attempts to describe the factors leading up to America's entry into the Second World War.
6.9/10
Romance
USA
1931
90 Minutes
Director
Jean Harlow Robert Williams Loretta Young Louise Closser Hale Don Dillaway Walter Catlett
journalist socialite colleague mother father playwright amusing emotional mansion office ballroom city journalism independence wealth loyalty class conflict love transformation discovery
A young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.
6.8/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1928
66 Minutes
Director
Bessie Love Johnny Walker Ernest Hilliard Lionel Belmore David Mir Sidney D'Albrook
broadway star aspiring actress father producer manager charming amusing emotional small town broadway theater new york city backstage unlikely romance deception secret identity humiliation fame acting love discovery
A Broadway matinee idol famous for his black-face portrayals anonymously joins an amateur acting troupe and falls in love with the leading lady.
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1930
98 Minutes
Director
Barbara Stanwyck Ralph Graves Marie Prevost Lowell Sherman Nance O'Neil George Fawcett
artist prostitute friend father mother roommate melodramatic cheeky mushy new york city apartment studio staircase ship class conflict romance family art attempted suicide wealth
An upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows.
6.7/10
Comedy
USA
1926
75 Minutes
Director
Harry Langdon Priscilla Bonner Gertrude Astor William V. Mong Robert McKim Arthur Thalasso Brooks Benedict Douglas Haig
young man vaudevillian gold digger strong man pen pal soldier playful charming lighthearted battlefield europe american embassy theater small town music hall vaudeville romance friendship immigration impersonation
A meek Belgian soldier, fighting in World War I, receives a letter and a photo from "Mary Brown", an American girl he has never met. After the war, he travels to America searching for her.
6.7/10
Romance
USA
1934
90 Minutes
Director
Warner Baxter Myrna Loy Walter Connolly Helen Vinson Clarence Muse
gambler wife sister-in-law stableman father heartwarming witty racetrack factory household horse racing gambling business family quest underdog rise 1930s
A runaway heiress and her sister's husband join forces to race the latter's fast horse, Broadway Bill.
6.6/10
Documentary
USA|UK
1944
75 Minutes
Director
narrator american englishman soldier emotional gripping patriotic inspiring north africa tunis, tunisia desert world war ii north africa campaign allied forces war peace sacrifice rescue pursuit 1940s
Documentary made by the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
6.4/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
113 Minutes
Director
reporter girlfriend fiancé cousin orphan lighthearted amusing paris boston orphanage love triangle adoption marriage love rivalry 1950s
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.
6.3/10
Adventure
USA
1931
93 Minutes
Director
Jack Holt Ralph Graves Fay Wray Hobart Bosworth Roscoe Karns Harold Goodwin Clarence Muse Emmett Corrigan
daredevil wife pilot explorer friend commander melodramatic thrilling striking new york city new jersey military base washington, d.c. south pole airship aviation love triangle exploration air disaster stranded
Jack Bradon is tasked to reach the South Pole with a dirigible.
6.3/10
Drama
USA
1927
78 Minutes
Director
Harry Langdon Gladys Brockwell Alma Bennett Albert Roscoe Frankie Darro Priscilla Bonner
Harry Shelby receives his first pair of long pants. He immediately falls in love with a cocaine-smuggling flapper named Bebe. When Bebe is imprisoned, Harry decides to rescue her. To do so,... See full summary »
6.2/10
Crime, Romance, Comedy, Adventure, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1929
83 Minutes
Director
Jack Holt Dorothy Revier William Collier Jr. Agnes Ayres John Roche Fred Kelsey Hank Mann Wheeler Oakman
The lights go out at a high-society dinner party and one of the guests is murdered. The police are summoned and Inspector Killian shows up, with his assistant Carney. In order to get a ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
112 Minutes
Director
Bing Crosby Coleen Gray Charles Bickford Margaret Hamilton Frances Gifford James Gleason Raymond Walburn William Demarest Ward Bond Clarence Muse Percy Kilbride
patriarch sibling horse trainer heiress young man sister heartwarming rousing uplifting horse track house restaurant horse racing arranged marriage sister relationship family business love interest coming of age underdog love
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
6.0/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1928
69 Minutes
Director
Viola Dana Ralph Graves Burr McIntosh Aggie Herring Carl Gerard Syd Crossley
Molly Kelly wants to marry a millionaire. When she runs into Andy Charles, heir to a restaurant fortune, she jumps at the chance and marries him. Andy's father if furious and disinherits ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Documentary
USA
1945
63 Minutes
Director
A comprehensive look at the war in the Pacific during World War II. Shot as a propaganda film by acclaimed Hollywood director Frank Capra
5.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1930
92 Minutes
Director
Joe Cook Louise Fazenda Joan Peers Dave Chasen William Collier Jr. Tom Howard
vaudevillian circus owner sidekick stooge fat girl circus performer madcap playful hilarious circus trailer tent mansion circus life inheritance vaudeville small business love triangle financial troubles underdog
Woman inherits a traveling circus which brings financial difficulties.
Drama, Documentary, History, War
1943
57 Minutes
Director
adolf hitler nazi child civilian patriotic fascinating bleak europe battlefield germany ocean france netherlands world war ii adolf hitler nazism invasion fascism human rights sacrifice
This part of director Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" series shows the Nazis in Denmark, Norway and on the Maginot Line.
Drama
1932
83 Minutes
Director
Barbara Stanwyck Adolphe Menjou Ralph Bellamy Dorothy Peterson Thomas Jefferson Charlotte Henry Myrna Fresholt Oliver Eckhardt
lawyer district attorney librarian wife reporter moving melodramatic newsroom cruise ship havana city infidelity unplanned pregnancy secrets scandal double life vacation sacrifice forbidden love discovery
The mistress (Barbara Stanwyck) of a lawyer (Adolphe Menjou) running for governor marries an editor (Ralph Bellamy), who finds she has a baby.
Documentary
1942
53 Minutes
Director
politician soldier nazi somber engaging striking germany japan italy ethiopia political intrigue invasion wager democracy fascism propaganda fall rise rivalry 1940s
Allied forces battle the rise of fascism in Europe. Part of Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" series of war propaganda films.
Documentary
1944
65 Minutes
Director
This part of director Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" series shows Japan's plan to take China as a key to Asia.
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