Drama Movies

Smashing the Money Ring (1939)

Smashing the Money Ring (1939)

Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
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57

T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
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129

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Sabotage (1939)

Sabotage (1939)

Sabotage (1939)
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66

The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt Grayson, a war veteran and watchman at…

Genre: Action, Drama
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
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97

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
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144

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Eternally Yours (1939)

Eternally Yours (1939)

Eternally Yours (1939)
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95

Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she’s his wife and stage assistant on a lengthy world tour….

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)

Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)

Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
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70

A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter’s talented piano teacher. When he invites her to go on tour with him, they make beautiful music away from the concert hall…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Two Girls on the Street (1939)

Two Girls on the Street (1939)

Two Girls on the Street (1939)
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84

Two girls run away from a small village. Gyöngyi comes from an aristocratic family and her father throws her out of the house when he discovers she has gotten pregnant…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Real Glory (1939)

The Real Glory (1939)

The Real Glory (1939)
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97

Fort Mysang, southern Philippine Islands, under US rule, 1906. A small group of army officers and native troops resist the fierce and treacherous attacks of the ruthless Alisang and his…

Genre: Drama, War
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
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88

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman’s daughter leads to…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Blackmail (1939)

Blackmail (1939)

Blackmail (1939)
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81

A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Golden Boy (1939)

Golden Boy (1939)

Golden Boy (1939)
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99

Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He’s successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangsters try…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Law of the North (1939)

Law of the North (1939)

Law of the North (1939)
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110

Robert Shaw slaughters his wife’s lover and runs away with his secretary Jacqueline. Helped by a French trapper who takes them for film-makers, they hide in Northern Canada.

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Genre: Adventure, Drama
The Women (1939)

The Women (1939)

The Women (1939)
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133

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

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)

Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)

Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
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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
Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Each Dawn I Die (1939)
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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)
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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
Island of Lost Men (1939)

Island of Lost Men (1939)

Island of Lost Men (1939)
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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)
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95

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

Genre: Drama
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)

When Tomorrow Comes (1939)

When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
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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)
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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
Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)

Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)

Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)
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114

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

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Beau Geste (1939)

Beau Geste (1939)

Beau Geste (1939)
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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
The Rules of the Game (1939)

The Rules of the Game (1939)

The Rules of the Game (1939)
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106

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

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hell’s Kitchen (1939)

Hell’s Kitchen (1939)

Hell’s Kitchen (1939)
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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
On Borrowed Time (1939)

On Borrowed Time (1939)

On Borrowed Time (1939)
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99

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud’s future and wary of a…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
On Borrowed Time (1939)

On Borrowed Time (1939)

On Borrowed Time (1939)
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99

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud’s future and wary of a…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Poison Pen (1939)

Poison Pen (1939)

Poison Pen (1939)
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79

The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.

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Genre: Drama
The Saint in London (1939)

The Saint in London (1939)

The Saint in London (1939)
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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
Five Came Back (1939)

Five Came Back (1939)

Five Came Back (1939)
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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
Maisie (1939)

Maisie (1939)

Maisie (1939)
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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
Fric-Frac (1939)

Fric-Frac (1939)

Fric-Frac (1939)
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105

An employee at a jewelry store falls in love with a woman who secretly plans to rob the store.

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
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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)
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125

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

Daybreak (1939)

Daybreak (1939)

Daybreak (1939)
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93

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
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100

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge,…

Genre: Drama, History
Department Store (1939)

Department Store (1939)

Department Store (1939)
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85

In a massive department store the driver romances the shopgirl. The problem is that the manager also has his eye on her, and some employees seem to be pilfering goods…

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Genre: Drama
Code of the Secret Service (1939)

Code of the Secret Service (1939)

Code of the Secret Service (1939)
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58

Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.

Man of Conquest (1939)

Man of Conquest (1939)

Man of Conquest (1939)
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105

The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.

Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
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121

A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots’ lives to earn a major contract.