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1. Pal Joey (1957)

Approved | 111 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

Joey Evans is a charming, handsome, funny, talented 1st class, A-Number 1 heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl and now rich widow Vera Simpson, the pair of lecherous souls seem made for each other.

Director: George Sidney | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Barbara Nichols

Votes: 5,862

2. Gentleman Jim (1942)

Approved | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert, Jim Corbett, uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale

Votes: 4,119

3. San Francisco (1936)

Passed | 115 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A Barbary Coast saloonkeeper and a Nob Hill impresario are rivals for the affections of a beautiful singer, both personally and professionally, in 1906 San Francisco.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt

Votes: 6,107

4. Delusions of Grandeur (1971)

PG | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, History

In 17th-century Spain, the Minister of Finance tries to dishonor the queen with an overly complex plan.

Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Louis de Funès, Yves Montand, Alice Sapritch, Karin Schubert

Votes: 7,982

5. The Penalty (1920)

Passed | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A deformed criminal mastermind plans to loot the city of San Francisco as well as revenge himself on the doctor who mistakenly amputated his legs.

Director: Wallace Worsley | Stars: Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason, Lon Chaney

Votes: 2,632

6. Barbary-Coast Bunny (1956)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

When Nasty Canasta cheats Bugs out of his gold, the rabbit retaliates by playing a naive hayseed whose effortless and unrelenting winning bankrupts Canasta's new casino.

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler

Votes: 965

7. Old San Francisco (1927)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, History, Romance

In San Francisco, a villainous land owner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of an old Spanish family.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Dolores Costello, Josef Swickard, Anders Randolf, Charles Emmett Mack

Votes: 413

8. The San Francisco Story (1952)

Passed | 80 min | Western

In 1856, San Francisco is the scene of political battles between criminal organizations led by corrupt politicians and vigilante committees formed by honest citizens.

Director: Robert Parrish | Stars: Joel McCrea, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Blackmer, Richard Erdman

Votes: 323

9. San Francisco Docks (1940)

Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Barmaid in seedy docks does better detective work than the police to get her beau off a murder accusation, helped by a good priest who proves to be a good fighter for the truth.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Irene Hervey, Barry Fitzgerald, Raymond Walburn

Votes: 34

10. Belle Le Grand (1951)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, Western

After serving a prison sentence in 1850, a New Orleans woman becomes a rich gambler, opens a casino on the Barbary Coast, gets romantically involved with Nevada mine owners and watches over the interests of her little sister.

Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Vera Ralston, John Carroll, William Ching, Hope Emerson

Votes: 199

11. Wharf Angel (1934)

Passed | 65 min | Drama

"Mother Bright's" place on the lawless, waterfront district of the 'Barbary Coast' in San Francisco is the toughest of all saloons that can be found, and that is where "Turk", a stoker on a... See full summary »

Directors: William Cameron Menzies, George Somnes | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Dorothy Dell, Preston Foster, Alison Skipworth

Votes: 78

12. Frisco Sal (1945)

Approved | 94 min | Action, Drama, Music

Sal comes to the Barbary Coast from New England to find out who murdered her brother. She gets a job signing in Dude's saloon, falls in love with Dude, then wonders if he might be involved in the murder.

Director: George Waggner | Stars: Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Alan Curtis, Andy Devine

Votes: 32

13. Frisco Lil (1942)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her father of a murder charge. She also falls in love with lawyer Brewster.

Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Irene Hervey, Kent Taylor, Minor Watson, Jerome Cowan

Votes: 28

14. Law of the Barbary Coast (1949)

Approved | 65 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Wayne Adams is murdered in a Barbary Coast saloon and gambling hall in San Francisco in 1880, and his sister, Julie, enlists the aid of the district attorney, Michael Lodge, in gathering ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Gloria Henry, Stephen Dunne, Adele Jergens, Ross Ford

Votes: 47

15. The Vagabond Prince (1916)

45 min | Drama

Prince Tonio of Bothalia, a mythical kingdom in the Balkan Mountains, escapes an arranged marriage to Princess Athalia, the elderly daughter of a neighboring king. Filled with wanderlust, ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Giblyn | Stars: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Dalton, Roy Laidlaw, Katherine Kirkwood

Votes: 19

16. The Sea Flower (1918)

50 min | Adventure, War

U.S. Secret Service agent Truxton Darnley attires himself as a sailor and boards a schooner owned by Gus Olsen, who has been employed by a German spy named Von Linterman to smuggle arms to ... See full summary »

Director: Colin Campbell | Stars: Juanita Hansen, Gayne Whitman, Fred Huntley, Eugenie Besserer

Votes: 19

17. Out of the Storm (1920)

50 min | Crime, Drama

Impressed with Margaret Hill's singing ability, Al Levering takes her from the notorious dive in which she is performing and pays for her musical education. Just as she is about to join an ... See full summary »

Director: William Parke | Stars: Barbara Castleton, John Bowers, Sidney Ainsworth, Doris Pawn

18. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: San Francisco (1960)

TV-G | 60 min | Western

While in San Francisco, two of Ben's hired hands get shanghaied and so does Ben in the process of looking for them.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker

Votes: 195

19. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: A Gun Is Not a Gentleman (1963)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

Senator Dave Broderick and Justice David Terry are on opposite sides politically but also class background. After feeling publicly insulted Terry challenges Broderick to a duel but the senator has never held a gun.

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Carroll O'Connor, Brad Dexter, Phyllis Coates, Malachi Throne

Votes: 28

20. Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode: The Battle of San Francisco Bay (1965)

TV-PG | 25 min | Western

After a mob takes control of the docks of San Francisco, Captain David Farragut formulates a plan to enable the Navy to regain control.

Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Ronald Reagan, June Dayton, William Douglas, Hal Torey

Votes: 44

21. Relic Hunter (1999–2002)
Episode: Nothing But the Truth (2000)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Sydney and Nigel are reunited with Stewie Harper, in the search for the Chalice of Truth in France.

Director: John Bell | Stars: Tia Carrere, Christien Anholt, Lindy Booth, Tony Rosato

Votes: 101

22. The Time Tunnel (1966–1967)
Episode: Pirates of Deadman's Island (1967)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Doug and Tony have a run-in with pirates off the Barbary Coast in 1805 and help in the rescue of the nephew of the King of Spain assisted by American Naval officer Stephane Decatur.

Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: James Darren, Robert Colbert, Victor Jory, Regis Toomey

Votes: 169

23. The Bobby Darin Show (1973– )
Episode: Episode #1.1 (1973)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Music

Program 1, with Dyan Cannon, Flip Wilson, Burl Ives. Darin sings a duet with Dyan Cannon, "You've Lost That Loving Feeling." Darin's duet with Burl Ives is "Hey-Lolly-Lolly-Low." Ives also ... See full summary »

Director: Gordon Wiles | Stars: Bobby Darin, Dyan Cannon, Burl Ives, Richard Bakalyan

24. New Discourses (2020– )
Paulo Freire's Marxist Easter for Educators (2022 Podcast Episode)

119 min

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