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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
IMDb: N/A
85

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….

The Women (1939)

The Women (1939)

The Women (1939)
IMDb: N/A
133

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
IMDb: N/A
72

Charlie Chan’s investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)

Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)

Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
IMDb: N/A
86

A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up with the local…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Bookworm (1939)

The Bookworm (1939)

The Bookworm (1939)
IMDb: N/A
8

Three witches need a worm to complete their potion; they dispatch a raven to catch one, and he goes after a bookworm. He chases the worm into the horror section,…

Genre: Animation
Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Each Dawn I Die (1939)
IMDb: N/A
92

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter’s criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
In Name Only (1939)

In Name Only (1939)

In Name Only (1939)
IMDb: N/A
94

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.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)

Stanley and Livingstone (1939)

Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
IMDb: N/A
101

When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr. David Livingstone, the…

The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)

The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)

The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
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64

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…

Island of Lost Men (1939)

Island of Lost Men (1939)

Island of Lost Men (1939)
IMDb: N/A
63

A Chinese general’s daughter tracks her father to a slave-labor tyrant’s jungle empire.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Old Maid (1939)

The Old Maid (1939)

The Old Maid (1939)
IMDb: N/A
95

The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.

Genre: Drama
The Wizard of Oz (1939)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
IMDb: N/A
102

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…

In Old Monterey (1939)

In Old Monterey (1939)

In Old Monterey (1939)
IMDb: N/A
72

The U.S. Army takes over a large area of land, over the objection of citizens and corporations who live and work there.

Genre: Western
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)

When Tomorrow Comes (1939)

When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
IMDb: N/A
92

A famous concert pianist unhappily married to a woman who suffers from mental illness falls in love with a waitress.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Lady of the Tropics (1939)

Lady of the Tropics (1939)

Lady of the Tropics (1939)
IMDb: N/A
92

Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Miracles for Sale (1939)

Miracles for Sale (1939)

Miracles for Sale (1939)
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71

A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.

Genre: Mystery
New Frontier (1939)

New Frontier (1939)

New Frontier (1939)
IMDb: N/A
57

The Three Mesquiteers convince a group of settlers to exchange their present property for some which, unbeknownst to our goodguys, is going to be worthless. They are captured before they…

Genre: Western
Wise Quacks (1939)

Wise Quacks (1939)

Wise Quacks (1939)
IMDb: N/A
7

Mr. (and Mrs.!) Daffy Duck are expecting four ducklings; Daffy plays the nervous father, and Porky drops by to offer congratulations. Soon, a bald eagle hijacks the runt of the…

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)

Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)

Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
IMDb: N/A
71

A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl “Captain J”…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
The Cowboy Quarterback (1939)

The Cowboy Quarterback (1939)

The Cowboy Quarterback (1939)
IMDb: N/A
56

Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runner. Harry won’t leave his home town without his girlfriend Maizie Williams. He gets tangled up…

Genre: Comedy
Frontier Marshal (1939)

Frontier Marshal (1939)

Frontier Marshal (1939)
IMDb: N/A
71

Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Genre: Western
Beau Geste (1939)

Beau Geste (1939)

Beau Geste (1939)
IMDb: N/A
112

When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the…

Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)

Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)

Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
IMDb: N/A
72

Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson…

Genre: Adventure, Comedy
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)

The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)

The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
IMDb: N/A
112

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D’Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc…

Bulldog Drummond’s Bride (1939)

Bulldog Drummond’s Bride (1939)

Bulldog Drummond’s Bride (1939)
IMDb: N/A
57

Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is on the precipice of matrimony to his beloved Phyllis — but a bank robbery and a daring escape is going to get in their way before…

Genre: Action, Thriller
Hell’s Kitchen (1939)

Hell’s Kitchen (1939)

Hell’s Kitchen (1939)
IMDb: N/A
81

A paroled convict’s efforts to improve conditions at a boys’ reform school alarm the school’s corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the institution. He hatches a plan to…

Genre: Drama
Saved by the Belle (1939)

Saved by the Belle (1939)

Saved by the Belle (1939)
IMDb: N/A
17

The stooges are traveling salesmen stranded in Valeska, a tropical country prone to earthquakes. Having no luck selling fur coats to the natives they are arrested when they receive a…

Genre: Comedy
Bachelor Mother (1939)

Bachelor Mother (1939)

Bachelor Mother (1939)
IMDb: N/A
82

Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin’s Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly’s unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Sea Scouts (1939)

Sea Scouts (1939)

Sea Scouts (1939)
IMDb: N/A
8

Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.

Genre: Animation, Comedy
The Saint in London (1939)

The Saint in London (1939)

The Saint in London (1939)
IMDb: N/A
72

Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who’ve murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. He is aided reluctantly by Scotland…

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Wyoming Outlaw (1939)

Wyoming Outlaw (1939)

Wyoming Outlaw (1939)
IMDb: N/A
56

Will Parker has been destroyed by a local politician and now must steal to feed his family. He steals a steer from the Three Mesquiteers.

Genre: Western
Five Came Back (1939)

Five Came Back (1939)

Five Came Back (1939)
IMDb: N/A
75

Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline’s flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to…

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Heritage of the Desert (1939)

Heritage of the Desert (1939)

Heritage of the Desert (1939)
IMDb: N/A
73

John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance, he is befriended by rancher Andrew Naab and his son, Marvin. Naab’s…

Genre: Western
Maisie (1939)

Maisie (1939)

Maisie (1939)
IMDb: N/A
75

Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new employer closes the show prematurely. She meets ranch foreman Charles “Slim” Martin when he accuses her…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Nancy Drew… Trouble Shooter (1939)

Nancy Drew… Trouble Shooter (1939)

Nancy Drew… Trouble Shooter (1939)
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68

When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by boyfriend Ted, helps her lawyer father expose the real killers.

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
IMDb: N/A
70

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)

Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)

Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
IMDb: N/A
82

A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five…

Genre: Action, Adventure
Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
IMDb: N/A
79

This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole survivor of a brutal Indian attack who’s befriended by Canadian Mountie Angus Montague (Randolph Scott) and…

Genre: Drama, Western
Juarez (1939)

Juarez (1939)

Juarez (1939)
IMDb: N/A
125

The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.

Beach Picnic (1939)

Beach Picnic (1939)

Beach Picnic (1939)
IMDb: N/A
8

Donald Duck is at the beach and tries to ride a rubber horse. He notices Pluto sleeping at the shore and decides to have some fun with him by sending…

Genre: Animation, Comedy