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1. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Directors: Orson Welles, Fred Fleck, Robert Wise | Stars: Tim Holt, Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter
Votes: 26,841
2. The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959)
101 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
In Eschnapur, a local Maharajah and a German architect fall in-love with the same temple dancer.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Claus Holm
Votes: 3,230
3. The Indian Tomb (1959)
102 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A German architect runs away with the maharajah of Eschnapur's fiancee but is caught and thrown in the dungeon, while his relatives arrive from Europe looking for him and the maharajah's brother is scheming to usurp the throne.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer, Claus Holm
Votes: 2,957
4. King Charles III (2017 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Prince Charles' fictional accession to the throne following the Queen's death. When he refuses to sign a controversial bill into law, political chaos ensues: a constitutional crisis, street riots and a tank in front of Buckingham Palace.
Director: Rupert Goold | Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Oliver Chris, Richard Goulding, Charlotte Riley
Votes: 1,816
5. The Flame (1947)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman falls for the victim of an intended blackmail plot.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige, Broderick Crawford
Votes: 410
6. The Inheritance (1976)
R | 120 min | Drama
Rome, 1880. Gregorio has decided to close the family business. Then he tells his children that they will have to fend for themselves, but his beautiful, calculating, ambitious young daughter-in-law, will do anything for the inheritance.
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Dominique Sanda, Fabio Testi, Gigi Proietti
Votes: 1,018
7. The Return of the Whistler (1948)
Approved | 62 min | Film-Noir, Mystery
On the eve of his marriage, a young man's fiance disappears. He hires a private detective to help him track her down, but soon finds himself entangled in a web of lies, intrigue and murder ... See full summary »
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Michael Duane, Lenore Aubert, Richard Lane, James Cardwell
Votes: 468
8. Anna (2008–2012)
22 min | Drama, Romance
Anna Polauke is a very shy girl, and when she meets the love of her life and she can't get a word out of her mouth while trying to get her dreamjob, her sister, Katja, stands in the way.
Stars: Jeanette Biedermann, Roy Peter Link, Mathieu Carrière, Sarah Mühlhause
Votes: 223
9. Haunted Spooks (1920)
Passed | 25 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (... See full summary »
Directors: Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Wally Howe, Marie Benson
Votes: 1,428
10. What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972)
PG | 93 min | Horror
In order to collect inheritance money, a slacker tries to induce a heart attack in his invalid grandmother by convincing her that she's become the target of youth supremacists who want to enact a genocide on the elderly.
Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Vanessa Howard, Mona Washbourne, Paul Nicholas, George Benson
Votes: 219
11. From Hand to Mouth (1919)
TV-G | 22 min | Comedy, Short, Action
A penniless young man tries to save an heiress from kidnappers and help her secure her inheritance.
Directors: Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, 'Snub' Pollard, Peggy Cartwright
Votes: 1,168
12. Le gagnant (1979)
95 min | Comedy, Music
A plumber finally meets the woman of his dreams. But as her uptight family tries to keep him away, he wins the lottery and starts plotting his revenge.
Director: Christian Gion | Stars: Philippe Ruggieri, Michel Galabru, Stéphane Audran, Henri Guybet
Votes: 113
13. City Park (1934)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The old men meet a young girl, broke, hungry and discouraged, in the park. Colonel Henry Randolph Ransome (Henry B. Walthall) bluffs his way into obtaining enough money to support the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Sally Blane, Henry B. Walthall, Matty Kemp, Hale Hamilton
Votes: 52
14. A... For Assassin (1966)
76 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
After a rich mine worker dies in mine accident, his heirs gather in his house to hear the reading of the will.
Director: Angelo Dorigo | Stars: Sergio Ciani, Mary Arden, Ivano Davoli, Nana Aslanoglu
Votes: 104
15. Olli's Apprenticeship (1920)
91 min | Drama
Director: Teuvo Puro | Stars: Antti Ilvos, Jussi Snellman, Ertta Virtamo, Brita Eriksson
Votes: 86
16. O Ébrio (1946)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A good-hearted man, betrayed by his wife and friends, fakes his death and takes up a new identity, as a nameless, wandering drunkard.
Director: Gilda de Abreu | Stars: Vicente Celestino, Alice Archambeau, Rodolfo Arena, Victor Drummond
Votes: 211
17. To Heir Is Human (1944)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Harry finds out he is the missing heir to an estate, and is summoned to an old, spooky mansion to collect his inheritance.
Director: Harold Godsoe | Stars: Una Merkel, Harry Langdon, Christine McIntyre, Eddie Gribbon
Votes: 25
18.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Cousin Tundifer
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A killer's descendant plots to quickly inherit what he thinks works rightfully be his, when his ill, rich uncle Pontifex, takes up with Queenie De Lyte, a stripper turned art fancier. ... See full summary »
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Boris Karloff, Edward Andrews, Sue Ane Langdon, Vaughn Taylor
Votes: 149
19.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
Mr. George
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Priscilla, a young girl, lives with her scheming relatives who are trying to get hold of her inheritance... and a ghostly protector, Mr. George.
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Boris Karloff, Virginia Gregg, Howard Freeman, Lillian Bronson
Votes: 232
20.
Thriller (1960–1962)
Episode:
The Last of the Sommervilles
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Dragging a murder victim to burial is just one chore a servant undertakes to become the last Sommerville standing, to win a wealthy old woman's inheritance. As a distant relative, Ursula ... See full summary »
Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Boris Karloff, Phyllis Thaxter, Martita Hunt, Chet Stratton
Votes: 166
21.
Tom Jones (2023)
Episode:
Episode #1.4
(2023)
52 min | Comedy, Romance
Hopeless, Tom pursues Sophia despite his affair exposed. Jailed for assault, his life hangs in the balance as Lady Bellaston's retaliation unfolds
Director: Georgia Parris | Stars: Solly McLeod, Sophie Wilde, Shirley Henderson, Delilah Bennett-Cardy
Votes: 76
22.
Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2016)
Episode:
Face Value
(2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A murder witness suffers from a condition that is commonly known as facial recognition blindness; the Rizzoli family prepares for a visit from a scheming cousin.
Director: Stephen Clancy | Stars: Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Jordan Bridges, Idara Victor
Votes: 335