This is a complete list of notable Hollywood* movies on this website, with GEMs highlighted.  Note that the list is sortable by each column.  (Multiple levels of sorting are possible by sorting more than one column in succession, from lowest to highest.)  You can also do an instant filtering of the table by entering a character string in the ‘Search’ field.

Most of the listed movies can be borrowed from your local public library in DVD form and are also available for streaming.  Watching these movies online usually requires a small fee or a subscription to streaming platforms such as YouTube, Amazon Prime, Disney+ or Netflix.  The ‘Video at’ column in the list below indicates one preferred streaming option to watch these movies online, though it may also be available on other platforms.  A ‘$’ sign indicates a small fee (usually $3.99 or less) for viewing the film.  In a few cases, the movie is available for free online viewing, and in these cases the direct link to watch the movie is provided in a separate column.  [Note: the availability of movies on various platforms (especially the free ones) is constantly changing: the information is current as of mid-2023, but it is quite possible that the listed streaming option for a particular film could be outdated at a later time.]

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Some non-Hollywood movies are also included.

Year Movie GEM! Director Selected Cast Video at: Link (free) Wikipedia More
1925 Gold Rush, The (silent) gem.png Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Malcolm Waite Tubi (free)
1925 Lost World, The (silent) Harry O. Hoyt Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery, Lloyd Hughes YouTube (free)
1927 General, The (silent) Clyde Bruckman & Buster Keaton Buster Keaton, Marion Mack Tubi (free)
1927 Jazz Singer, The Alan Crosland Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Yossele Rosenblatt Tubi (free)
1927 Metropolis (silent) Fritz Lang Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge Tubi (free)
1927 Wings (silent) gem.png William A. Wellman Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen, Gary Cooper Tubi (free)
1929 Blackmail Alfred Hitchcock Anny Ondra, John Longden, Cyril Ritchard, Donald Calthrop, Charles Paton, Sara Allgood Plex (free)
1930 All Quiet on the Western Front Lewis Milestone Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, John Wray, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander Tubi (free)
1931 Champ, The King Vidor Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates YouTube $
1931 Cimarron Wesley Ruggles Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Lee YouTube $
1931 City Lights (silent) gem.png Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill YouTube $
1931 Dracula Tod Browning Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler Prime Video
1931 Frankenstein James Whate Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff YouTube $
1931 Public Enemy, The William A. Wellman James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell Prime Video
1932 Grand Hotel Edmund Goulding Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone YouTube $
1932 Scarface Howard Hawks Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Osgood Perkins, Karen Morley, George Raft, Boris Karloff YouTube $
1933 Dinner at Eight George Cukor Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Billie Burke YouTube $
1933 King Kong gem.png Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, Robert Armstrong YouTube $
1934 Imitation of Life (Version 1) John M. Stahl Claudette Colbert, Louise Beavers, Warren William, Fredi Washington, Rochelle Hudson YouTube $
1934 It Happened One Night gem.png Frank Capra Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly Sling TV (free)
1935 Captain Blood Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Ross Alexander, Lionel Atwill YouTube $
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty Frank Lloyd Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone YouTube $
1936 Camille George Cukor Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore YouTube $
1936 Modern Times (silent) Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard Prime Video $
1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town gem.png Frank Capra Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander YouTube $
1936 My Man Godfrey Gregory La Cava William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick, Eugene Pallette, Alan Mowbray YouTube (free)
1936 Story of Louis Pasteur, The gem.png William Dieterle Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise, Donald Woods, Fritz Leiber Prime Video $
1937 Life of Emile Zola, The gem.png William Dieterle Paul Muni, Gloria Holden, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Henry O'Neill, Morris Carnovsky YouTube $
1937 Prisoner of Zenda, The John Cromwell Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. YouTube $
1937 Snow While and the Seven Dwarfs (animated) gem.png Walt Disney/David Hand Adriana Caselotti, Lucille La Verne, Harry Stockwell (voices) Disney+
1938 Adventures of Robin Hood, The Michael Curtiz, William Keighley Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Eugene Pallette, Ian Hunter YouTube $
1938 Bringing Up Baby Howard Hawks Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant YouTube $
1938 Jezebel William Wyler Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Fay Bainter YouTube $
1938 Lady Vanishes, The Alfred Hitchcock Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty, Paul Lukas PlutoTV (free)
1938 Pygmalion gem.png Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr, Scott Sunderland Crackle (free)
1938 You Can't Take It with You Frank Capra Jimmy Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold YouTube $
1939 Gone with the Wind gem.png Victor Fleming Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel YouTube $
1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips Sam Wood Robert Donat, Greer Garson YouTube $
1939 Hound of the Baskervilles, The Sidney Lanfield Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie Tubi (free)
1939 Midnight Mitchell Leisen Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer, Mary Astor
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington gem.png Frank Capra Jimmy Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains YouTube $
1939 Ninotchka Ernst Lubitsch Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire YouTube $
1939 Stagecoach gem.png John Ford John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Thomas Mitchell, John Carradine Tubi (free)
1939 Wizard of Oz, The gem.png Victor Fleming Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr YouTube $
1939 Wuthering Heights William Wyler Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, David Niven, Geraldine Fitzgerald YouTube (free)
1939 Young Mr. Lincoln John Ford Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan Tubi (free)
1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois gem.png John Cromwell Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard YouTube $
1940 Grapes of Wrath, The gem.png John Ford Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine Prime Video $
1940 Great Dictator, The Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie Prime Video $
1940 His Girl Friday Howard Hawks Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy Tubi (free)
1940 Letter, The William Wyler Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson YouTube $
1940 Philadelphia Story, The George Cukor Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Ruth Hussey YouTube $
1940 Pinocchio (animated) gem.png Various (Walt Disney) Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Walter Catlett, Charles Judels, Evelyn Venable, Frankie Darro (voices) Disney+
1940 Pride and Prejudice Robert Z. Leonard Laurence Olivier, Greer Garson, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver YouTube $
1940 Rebecca gem.png Alfred Hitchcock Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, Judith Anderson YouTube (free)
1940 Road to Singapore Victor Schertzinger Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour YouTube $
1940 Shop Around the Corner, The Ernst Lubitsch Jimmy Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Frank Morgan YouTube $
1941 Citizen Kane gem.png Orson Welles Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton YouTube $
1941 Lady Eve, The Preston Sturges Henry Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Coburn Prime Video
1941 Little Foxes, The William Wyler Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Richard Carlson, Patricia Collinge, Charles Dingle, Carl Benton Reid YouTube (free)
1941 Maltese Falcon, The John Huston Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet YouTube $
1941 Meet John Doe Frank Capra Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck PlutoTV (free)
1941 Sergeant York Howard Hawks Gary Cooper, Joan Leslie, Walter Brennan YouTube $
1942 Casablanca gem.png Michael Curtiz Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre YouTube $
1942 Magnificent Ambersons, The Orson Welles Joseph Cotton, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead YouTube $
1942 Mrs. Miniver William Wyler Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, May Whitty, Richard Ney YouTube $
1942 Pride of the Yankees, The Sam Wood Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth (as himself), Walter Brennan Tubi (free)
1943 Jane Eyre Robert Stevenson Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine YouTube $
1943 Madame Curie gem.png Mervyn LeRoy Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, Albert Bassermann YouTube $
1943 Ox-Bow Incident, The William A. Wellman Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn, Harry Morgan, Jane Darwell YouTube $
1943 Shadow of a Doubt gem.png Alfred Hitchcock Joseph Cotton, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers YouTube $
1944 Arsenic and Old Lace Frank Capra Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane YouTube $
1944 Double Indemnity gem.png Billy Wilder Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson YouTube $
1944 Gaslight gem.png George Cukor Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotton, May Whitty, Angela Lansbury Prime Video
1944 Laura Otto Preminger Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson YouTube $
1944 Lifeboat Alfred Hitchcock Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull YouTube $
1944 National Velvet Clarence Brown Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Anne Revere, Donald Crisp YouTube $
1944 To Have and Have Not Howard Hawks Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran, Hoagy Carmichael YouTube $
1945 Lost Weekend, The Billy Wilder Ray Milland, Jane Wyman YouTube $
1945 Mildred Pierce gem.png Michael Curtiz Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth YouTube $
1945 Spellbound Alfred Hitchcock Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman YouTube (free)
1946 Best Years of Our Lives, The gem.png William Wyler Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Harold Russell PlutoTV (free)
1946 Big Sleep, The Howard Hawks Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers YouTube $
1946 Gilda Charles Vidor Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready YouTube $
1946 Great Expectations David Lean John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Anthony Wager, Alec Guiness Tubi (free)
1946 It's a Wonderful Life gem.png Frank Capra Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers Plex (free)
1946 My Darling Clementine John Ford Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Linda Darnell, Walter Brennan YouTube $
1946 Notorious Alfred Hitchcock Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains Tubi (free)
1946 Postman Always Rings Twice, The Tay Garnett Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn YouTube $
1946 The Spiral Staircase Robert Siodmak Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith, Gordon Oliver Plex (free)
1947 Gentleman's Agreement Elia Kazan Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm, Anne Revere YouTube $
1947 Miracle on 34th Street George Seaton Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart, Natalie Wood, Porter Hall Disney+
1948 Hamlet gem.png Laurence Olivier Laurence Olivier, Basil Sydney. Eileen Herlie, Jean Simmons, Stanley Holloway Plex (free)
1948 Oliver Twist David Lean John Howard Davies, Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Kay Walsh YouTube (free)
1948 Quartet (Maugham stories I) Various Cecil Parker, Dirk Bogarde, George Cole, Honor Blackman, Linden Travers, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Jack Watling, Susan Shaw YouTube (free)
1948 Red River Howard Hawks John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru YouTube (free)
1948 Rope Alfred Hitchcock Jimmy Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger YouTube $
1948 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The John Huston Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett YouTube $
1949 All the King's Men gem.png Robert Rossen Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru YouTube (free)
1949 Heiress, The William Wyler Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins
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