Abbreviations
b = black and white, c = color, s = silent
En = Beck's entertainment value, Ed = Beck's educational value
Gone with the Wind
(1939 c 234') En: 9, Ed: 9
Great Dictator, The (1940 b 125') En: 9, Ed: 9
City Lights (s 1931
b 87') En: 9 Ed: 9
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946 b 130') En: 9, Ed: 9
Mr. Smith Goes to
Washington (1939 b 130') En: 9,
Ed: 9
All Quiet on the Western
Front (1930 b 131') En: 8, Ed:
9
Citizen Kane (1941
b 119') En: 8, Ed: 9
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic
Bullet (1940 b 103') En: 8, Ed:
9
Gentleman's Agreement
(1947 b 118') En: 8, Ed: 9
Hamlet (1948
b 154') En: 8, Ed: 9
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(1941 b 93') En: 8, Ed: 9
Life of Emile Zola, The
(1937 b 117') En: 8, Ed: 9
Lost Horizon (1937
b 132') En: 8, Ed: 9
Modern Times (s 1936
b 87') En: 8, Ed: 9
Gabriel Over the White
House (1933 b 86') En: 7, Ed:
9
Grand Illusion (French 1937 b 113') En: 7, Ed: 9
Story of Louis Pasteur, The
(1936 b 87') En: 7, Ed: 9
Casablanca (1942
b 103') En: 9, Ed: 8
His Girl Friday (1940
b 92') En: 9, Ed: 8
It Happened One Night
(1934 105') En: 9, Ed: 8
Philadelphia Story (1940 b 112') En: 9, Ed: 8
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
(1940 b 110') En: 8, Ed: 8
Adam's Rib (1949
b 101') En: 8, Ed: 8
All About Eve (1950 b 138') En: 8, Ed: 8
Bachelor Mother (1939
b 81') En: 8, Ed: 8
Best Years of Our Lives,
The (1946 b 172') En: 8, Ed: 8
Dinner at Eight (1933
b 111') En: 8, Ed: 8
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 b 96') En: 8, Ed: 8
Grand Hotel (1932
b 113') En: 8, Ed: 8
Grapes of Wrath, The (1940 b 128') En: 8, Ed: 8
Great Ziegfeld, The (1936 b 176') En: 8, Ed: 8
How Green Was My Valley
(1941 b 118') En: 8, Ed: 8
Hunchback of Notre Dame,
The (1939 b 116') En: 8, Ed: 8
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain
Gang (1932 b 93') En: 8, Ed: 8
Informer, The (1935
b 92') En: 8, Ed: 8
Jezebel (1938
b 104') En: 8, Ed: 8
Lady for a Day (1933
b 96') En: 8, Ed: 8
Love Me Tonight (1932
b 88') En: 8, Ed: 8
Meet John Doe (1941
b 121') En: 8, Ed: 8
Miracle on 34th Street
(1947 b 96') En: 8, Ed: 8
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
(1936 b 115') En: 8, Ed: 8
Mrs. Miniver (1942
b 134') En: 8, Ed: 8
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935 b 133') En: 8, Ed: 8
My Man Godfrey (1936
b 93') En: 8, Ed: 8
Ninotchka (1939
b 110') En: 8, Ed: 8
Pride and Prejudice
(1940 b 118') En: 8, Ed: 8
Pride of the Yankees, The
(1942 b 128') En: 8, Ed: 8
Pygmalion (1938
b 96') En: 8, Ed: 8
Queen Christina (1933
b 99') En: 8, Ed: 8
San Francisco (1936
b 115') En: 8, Ed: 8
Sergeant York (1941
b 134') En: 8, Ed: 8
Shop Around the Corner,
The (1940 b 99') En: 8, Ed: 8
Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs (1937 c 83') En: 8, Ed:
8
Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951 b 122') En: 8, Ed: 8
Tale of Two Cities, A
(1935 b 126') En: 8, Ed: 8
Treasure of the Sierra
Madre, The (1948 b 126') En: 8,
Ed: 8
Wizard of Oz, The (1939
c 101') En: 8, Ed: 8
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942 b 125') En: 8, Ed: 8
You Can't Take It With
You (1938 b 126') En: 8, Ed:
8
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939 b 100') En: 8, Ed: 8
Adventures of Tom Sawyer,
The (1938 c 91') En: 7, Ed: 8
All the King's Men (1949 b 109') En: 7, Ed: 8
Anna and the King of Siam
(1946 b 128') En: 7, Ed: 8
American Madness (1932 b 76') En: 7, Ed: 8
Angels With Dirty Faces
(1938 b 97') En: 7, Ed: 8
Bambi (1942
c 70') En: 7, Ed: 8
Battleship Potemkin
(1925 b 75') En: 7, Ed: 8
Bells of St. Mary's, The
(1945 b 126') En: 7, Ed: 8
Bishop's Wife, The (1947
b 109') En: 7, Ed: 8
Blossoms in the Dust
(1941 c 100') En: 7, Ed: 8
Blue Angel, The (German 1930 b 106') En: 7, Ed: 8
Boomerang! (1947
b 88') En: 7, Ed: 8
Captains Courageous
(1937 b 117') En: 7, Ed: 8
Citadel, The (1938
b 113') En: 7, Ed: 8
Conquest (1937
b 112') En: 7, Ed: 8
David Copperfield (1935 b 130') En: 7, Ed: 8
Devil and Daniel Webster,
The (1941 b 85') En: 7, Ed: 8
Dodsworth (1936
b 101') En: 7, Ed: 8
Dragon Seed (1944
b 147') En: 7, Ed: 8
Edison, the Man (1940
b 107') En: 7, Ed: 8
Eskimo (1933
b 113') En: 7, Ed: 8
Fanny (French 1932
b 120') En: 7, Ed: 8
Fury (1936
b 93') En: 7, Ed: 8
Going My Way (1944
b 126') En: 7, Ed: 8
Good Earth, The (1937
b 138') En: 7, Ed: 8
Great Expectations (1946 b 118') En: 7, Ed: 8
Green Pastures, The (1936 b 93') En: 7, Ed: 8
Holiday (1938
b 95') En: 7, Ed: 8
Ikiru (Japanese 1952 b 141') En: 7, Ed: 8)
Intruder in the Dust
(1949 b 87') En: 7, Ed: 8
Juarez (1939
b 121') En: 7, Ed: 8
Knute Rockne All American
(1940 b 98') En: 7, Ed: 8
Little Women (1933
b 116') En: 7, Ed: 8
Lost Weekend, The (1945
b 101') En: 7, Ed: 8
Madame Curie (1943
b 124') En: 7, Ed: 8
Major Barbara (1941
b 136') En: 7, Ed: 8
Mary of Scotland (1936
b 123') En: 7, Ed: 8
Matter of Life and Death,
A (1946 c 104') En: 7, Ed: 8)
Mayerling (French 1936
b 93') En: 7, Ed: 8
Mayor of Hell, The (1933
b 90') En: 7, Ed: 8
Midsummer Night's
Dream, A (1935 b 144') En: 7,
Ed: 8
Miserables, Les (1935
b 109') En: 7, Ed: 8
Mortal Storm, The (1940
b 100') En: 7, Ed: 8
Mourning Becomes Electra
(1947 b 159') En: 7, Ed: 8
Napoleon (s 1927
b 232') En: 7, Ed: 8
Of Human Hearts (1938
b 104') En: 7, Ed: 8
Old Maid, The (1939
b 95') En: 7, Ed: 8
On Borrowed Time (1939
b 99') En: 7, Ed: 8
One Foot In Heaven (1941 b 108') En: 7, Ed: 8
Parnell (1937
b 118') En: 7, Ed: 8
Passion de Jeanne d'Arc,
La (s 1928 b 82') En: 7, Ed:
8
Picture of Dorian Gray,
The (1945 b 110') En: 7, Ed: 8
Pinky (1949
b 102') En: 7, Ed: 8
Quo Vadis (1951 c 171') En: 7, Ed: 8
Rashomon (Japanese 1950 b 88') En: 7, Ed: 8
Rasputin and the Empress
(1932 b 121') En: 7, Ed: 8
Razor's Edge, The (1946
b 145') En: 7, Ed: 8
Rembrandt (1936
b 84') En: 7, Ed: 8
Rules of the Game (French
1939 b 106') En: 7, Ed: 8
Scarlet Empress, The (1934 b 105') En: 7, Ed: 8
Search, The (1948
b 105') En: 7, Ed: 8
Shining Victory (1941
b 80') En: 7, Ed: 8
Sister Kenny (1946
b 116') En: 7, Ed: 8
Smilin' Through (1932
b98') En: 7, Ed: 8
Song of Bernadette, The
(1943 b 156') En: 7, Ed: 8
Stanley and Livingstone
(1939 b 100') En: 7, Ed: 8
State of the Union (1948 b 124') En: 7, Ed: 8
Story of Alexander Graham
Bell, The (1939 b 97') En: 7,
Ed: 8
These Three (1936
b 93') En: 7, Ed: 8
To Be Or Not To Be (1942 b 99') En: 7, Ed: 8
Tomorrow, the World!
(1944 b 82') En: 7, Ed: 8
Underground (1941
b 95') En: 7, Ed: 8
We Are Not Alone (1939
b 112') En: 7, Ed: 8
Wuthering Heights (1939 b 103') En: 7, Ed: 8
Yearling, The (1946
c 128') En: 7, Ed: 8
Yellow Jack (1938
b 83') En: 7, Ed: 8
Beginning or the End, The
(1947 b 112') En: 6, Ed: 8
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951 b 92') En: 6, Ed: 8
M (German 1931
b 99') En: 6, Ed: 8
Men Must Fight (1933
b 72') En: 6, Ed: 8
Penn of Pennsylvania
(1941 b 88') En: 6, Ed: 8
Strange Interlude (1932 b 110) En: 6, Ed: 8
Things to Come (1936
b 95') En: 6, Ed: 8
White Angel, The (1936
b 92') En: 6, Ed: 8
Adventures of Robin
Hood, The (1938 c 102') En: 8,
Ed: 7
Awful Truth, The (1937
b 91') En: 8, Ed: 7
Bringing Up Baby (1938
b 102') En: 8, Ed: 7
Chienne, La (French 1931
b 94') En: 8, Ed: 7
Duck Soup (1933
b 68') En: 8, Ed: 7
Footlight Parade (1933 b 104') En: 8, Ed: 7
Hail the Conquering Hero
(1944 b 101') En: 8, Ed: 7
I'm No Angel (1933
b 87') En: 8, Ed: 7
King Kong (1933
b 100') En: 8, Ed: 7
Lives of a Bengal Lancer,
The (1935 b 109') En: 8, Ed: 7
Love Affair (1939
b 88') En: 8, Ed: 7
Maltese Falcon, The (1941 b 100') En: 8, Ed: 7
Miracle of Morgan's
Creek, The (1944 b 98') En: 8,
Ed: 7
Night at the Opera, A
(1935 b 91') En: 8, Ed: 7
Rebecca (1940
b 130') En: 8, Ed: 7
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935 b 90') En: 8, Ed: 7
Show Boat (1936
b 113') En: 8, Ed: 7
Singin’ In the Rain (1952 c 103') En: 8, Ed: 7
Top Hat (1935
b 100') En: 8, Ed: 7
Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn, The (1939 b 91') Ed: 7, Ed:
7
Ah, Wilderness! (1935
b 98') En: 7, Ed: 7
All This, and Heaven Too
(1940 b 141') En: 7, Ed: 7
American in Paris, An (1951 c 103') En: 7, Ed: 7
Anna Karenina (1935
b 93') En: 7, Ed: 7
Apartment for Peggy
(1948 c 96') En: 7, Ed: 7
Arise, My Love (1940
b 110') En: 7, Ed: 7
Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952 b 109') En: 7, Ed: 7
Baker's Wife, The (French 1938 b 127') En: 7, Ed: 7
Ball of Fire (1941
b 111') En: 7, Ed: 7
Birth of a Nation (s
1915 b 190') En: 7, Ed: 7
Born Yesterday (1950 b 103') En: 7, Ed: 7
Brother Orchid (1940
b 88') En: 7, Ed: 7
Buccaneer, The (1938
b 125') En: 7, Ed: 7
Caesar and Cleopatra
(1945 c 128') En: 7, Ed: 7
Camille (1937
b 109') En: 7, Ed: 7
Captive Heart, The (1946
b 94') En: 7, Ed: 7
Carefree (1938
b 83') En: 7, Ed: 7
Cèsar (French 1936
b 134') En: 7, Ed: 7
Champ, The (1931
b 87') En: 7, Ed: 7
Cimarron (1931
b 124') En: 7 Ed: 7
Confidential Agent (1945 b 118') En: 7, Ed: 7
Crime de Monsieur Lange,
Le (French 1936 b 78') En: 7,
Ed: 7
Crusades, The (1935
b 125) En: 7, Ed: 7
David and Bathsheba (1951 c 116') En: 7, Ed: 7
Dawn Patrol, The (1938
b 103') En: 7, Ed: 7
Destry Rides Again (1939 b 94') En: 7, Ed: 7
Detective Story (1951 b 103') En: 7, Ed: 7
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1941 b 113') En: 7, Ed: 7
Drums Along the Mohawk
(1939 c 103') En: 7, Ed: 7
Father of the Bride (1950 b 93') En: 7, Ed: 7
5 Fingers (1952 b 108') En: 7, Ed: 7
Fighting 69th, The (1940
b 79') En: 7, Ed: 7
For Whom the Bell Tolls
(1943 c 165') En: 7, Ed: 7
Forbidden Games (French 1952 b 85') En: 7, Ed: 7
Foreign Correspondent
(1940 b 120') En: 7, Ed: 7
42nd Street (1933
b 89') En: 7, Ed: 7
Four Feathers, The (1939
c 115') En: 7, Ed: 7
G Men (1935
b 85') En: 7, Ed: 7
Gold Diggers of 1933
(1933 b 97') En: 7, Ed: 7
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 b 114') En: 7, Ed: 7
Guy Named Joe, A (1943
b 120') En: 7, Ed: 7
Harvey (1950 b 104') En: 7, Ed: 7
Heiress, The (1949
b 115') En: 7, Ed: 7
Hell Below (1933
b 101') En: 7, Ed: 7
Humoresque (1946
b 124') En: 7, Ed: 7
Importance of Being Earnest, The (1952 c 95') En: 7, Ed: 7
In Which We Serve (1942 b 114') En: 7, Ed: 7
Invisible Man, The (1933
b 71') En: 7, Ed: 7
Island of Lost Souls
(1933 b 70') En: 7, Ed: 7
Jazz Singer, The (1927
b 88') En: 7, Ed: 7
Letter, The (1940
b 95') En: 7, Ed: 7
Letter to Three Wives,
A (1949 b 103') En: 7, Ed: 7
Life With Father (1947
c 118') En: 7, Ed: 7
Little Foxes, The (1941
b 116') En: 7, Ed: 7
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(1936 b 99') En: 7, Ed: 7
Lloyds of London (1936
b 117') En: 7, Ed: 7
Long Voyage Home, The (1940 b 105') En: 7, Ed: 7
Manhattan Melodrama
(1934 b 90') En: 7, Ed: 7
Marie Antoinette (1938 b 149') En: 7, Ed: 7
Marius (French 1931
b 125') En: 7, Ed: 7
Mildred Pierce (1945
b 111') En: 7, Ed: 7
Mouthpiece, The (1932
b 87') En: 7, Ed: 7
Mummy, The (1932
b 73') En: 7, Ed: 7
National Velvet (1944
c 123') En: 7, Ed: 7
Northwest Passage (1940 c 126') En: 7, Ed: 7
Nothing Sacred (1937
c 74') En: 7, Ed: 7
Of Mice and Men (1939
b 106') En: 7, Ed: 7
One Hour with You (1932 b 77') En: 7, Ed: 7
One Hundred Men and a Girl
(1937 b 85') En: 7, Ed: 7
One Way Passage (1932
b 68') En: 7, Ed: 7
Only Angels Have Wings
(1939 b 121') En: 7, Ed: 7
Ossessione (Italian 1943
b 134') En: 7, Ed: 7
People Will Talk (1951 b 110') En: 7, Ed: 7
Pride of the Marines (1945 b 120') En: 7, Ed: 7
Prince and the Pauper, The
(1937 b 118') En: 7, Ed: 7
Private Life of Henry
VIII (1933 b 94') En: 7, Ed: 7
Private Lives of Elizabeth
and Essex, The (1939 c 106') En:
7, Ed: 7
Quiet Man, The (1952 c 129') En: 7, Ed: 7
Rhapsody in Blue (1945
b 135') En: 7, Ed: 7
Road to Glory, The (1936
b 97') En: 7, Ed: 7
Scarface (1932
b 93') En: 7, Ed: 7
Sea Hawk, The (1940
b 127') En: 7, Ed: 7
Seventh Cross, The (1944
b 112') En: 7, Ed: 7
Since You Went Away (1944 b 170') En: 7, Ed: 7
Song of Love (1947
b 119') En: 7, Ed: 7
Stage Door (1937
b 92') En: 7, Ed: 7
Star Is Born, A (1937
c 111') En: 7, Ed: 7
Steel Helmet, The (1951 b 85') En: 7, Ed: 7
Story of G. I. Joe (1945
b 108') En: 7, Ed: 7
Sullivans, The (1944
b 112') En: 7, Ed: 7
Sullivan's Travels (1942 b 90') En: 7, Ed: 7
Sunset Blvd. (1950 b 110') En: 7, Ed: 7
Talk of the Town, The (1942 b 116') En: 7, Ed: 7
Testament of Dr. Mabuse
(1933 b 111') En: 7, Ed: 7
They Won't Forget (1937 b 95') En: 7, Ed: 7
Thief of Bagdad, The (1940 c 106') En: 7, Ed: 7
39 Steps, The (1935
b 86') En: 7, Ed: 7
Three Comrades (1938
b 99') En: 7, Ed: 7
Tree Grows In Brooklyn,
A (1945 b 128') En: 7, Ed: 7
Twelve O'Clock High (1949 b 132') En: 7, Ed: 7
Twentieth Century (1934 b 91') En: 7, Ed: 7
Viva Villa! (1934
b 110') En: 7, Ed: 7
Waterloo Bridge (1940
b 109') En: 7, Ed: 7
White Cliffs of Dover,
The (1944 b 126') En: 7, Ed: 7
Woman of the Year (1942 b 114') En: 7, Ed: 7
Women, The (1939
b 132') En: 7, Ed: 7
Young Dr. Kildare (1938 b 82') En: 7, Ed: 7