Movies released in 1936

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

59/100

Crotchety hospital administrator Peter Melady, self-proclaimed developer of a new wonder anaesthetic, is about to undergo a delicate operation to be performed by the glib Dr. Leo Harrigan, ... See full summary »

Nine Days a Queen

69/100

A dramatization of Lady Jane Grey's short life, from her forced marriage (which she resisted) to her brief reign as monarch of England and finally to her beheading. The film portrays her as... See full summary »

Trapped by Television

58/100

An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention.

Jenny

67/100

The Voice of Bugle Ann

69/100

The countrymen in the hills of Missouri take the hounds on night fox hunts. This goes on until Jacob...

Rhodes

57/100

This rousing adventure film tells the true story of Cecil Rhodes, a diamond miner who helped found the South African colonies.

Hopalong Cassidy Returns

72/100

A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of marshal in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless miners.

Night Waitress

56/100

Helen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San Francisco waterfront dive. The customers are low characters trying to make time with Helen ... See full summary »

Postal Inspector

56/100

Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.

Fugitive in the Sky

61/100

Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is ... See full summary »

Ride, Ranger, Ride

52/100

Gene is a Texas Ranger working under cover to protect an Army wagon train full of ammunition and supplies. The Army doesn't believe him at first, until the Commanches arrive.

One Rainy Afternoon

62/100

Actor Philippe Martin and his married date Yvonne plan to neck in a darkened cinema, but he gets the wrong seat and mistakenly kisses lovely Monique...

Give Me Your Heart

68/100

Yidl mitn fidl

66/100

A young woman posing as a man in a group of klezmer musicians in Poland.

Tough Guy

60/100

Substitute Wife

67/100

Esko makes a bet that he will marry the first young woman he encounters. This turns out to be Kirsti, who promptly turns down the proposals. But when she finds about the bet, she agrees to ... See full summary »

We Are from Kronstadt

69/100

In 1919, during the post-revolution Russian Civil War, a naval detachment (made up of communist Reds) defends the strategic city of Petrograd from the White Russian counterrevolutionary ... See full summary »

It's Love Again

68/100

Elaine Bradford is a young singer and dancer, looking for her big break. Peter Carlton is a gossip columnist facing a deadline and a blank page. So, Peter invents "Mrs. Smythe-Smythe", a ... See full summary »

Kelly the Second

58/100

Patsy Kelly as a prizefight manager who helps a truck driver be a champ. Good kelly comedy, Also with talents of great silent comedian, Charley Chase.

Ghost Patrol

47/100

A professor invents a radium tube that makes internal combustion engines stop running. He and his invention are captured by a gang of robbers. A federal agent is sent to rescue him.

Gambling with Souls

45/100

Young girls are cheated in rigged gambling games and then forced into prostitution to pay off their debts.

College Holiday

60/100

Expecting to put on a musical show, singing and dancing college students are brought to a struggling hotel to be guinea pigs in an ancient Greek-themed eugenics experiment.

Aces and Eights

57/100

A cardsharp comes to the aid of a Mexican family.

Zärtliche Feindin

65/100

Two ghosts attend an engagement party, unseen by the other guests. One ghost, Dupont, is the father of the bride-to-be. He looks back on his marriage to her mother. His wife Annette was ... See full summary »

Two in the Dark

64/100

Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventually uncovers (with the help of Marie Smith) connects him to a well-known producer--who's... See full summary »