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1. Mr Selfridge (2013–2016)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, History
Centers on the real-life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's department store.
Stars: Ron Cook, Jeremy Piven, Tom Goodman-Hill, Amy Beth Hayes
Votes: 16,948
2. One Touch of Venus (1948)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Fantasy comedy about a young window dresser who kisses a statue of Venus, which then comes to life in the form of Ava Gardner. However, the problems begin when Venus falls in love with him.
Directors: William A. Seiter, Gregory La Cava | Stars: Robert Walker, Ava Gardner, Dick Haymes, Eve Arden
Votes: 1,641
3. Back Street (1961)
Passed | 107 min | Drama, Romance
In Lincoln, the ambitious aspirant-designer Rae Smith has an incident with a wolf department store businessman and is rescued by the Marine Paul Saxon. They immediately fall in love with ... See full summary »
Director: David Miller | Stars: Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake
Votes: 1,290
4. Why Be Good? (1929)
TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A flapper with a dubious reputation enjoys a vivacious night of dancing and finds herself romantically linked to her boss.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Colleen Moore, Neil Hamilton, Bodil Rosing, John St. Polis
Votes: 561
5. All the Little Animals (1998)
R | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Thomas | Stars: John Hurt, Christian Bale, Daniel Benzali, James Faulkner
Votes: 3,195 | Gross: $0.03M
6. Bundle of Joy (1956)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After finding a baby outside an orphanage, a salesgirl receives sympathy from those around her, including her boss' son, as they all assume the baby is hers.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Adolphe Menjou, Tommy Noonan
Votes: 1,413
7. The Big Store (1941)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Tony Martin
Votes: 5,463
8. The Dolly Sisters (1945)
Approved | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Betty Grable, John Payne, June Haver, S.Z. Sakall
Votes: 848
9. King, Queen, Knave (1972)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Adopted by his rich uncle from Germany, British teenager Frank falls in-love with his uncle's Italian wife Martha, and has conflicting feelings when she suggests he should kill his uncle in order to have her and the family fortune.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: David Niven, Gina Lollobrigida, John Moulder-Brown, Mario Adorf
Votes: 293
10. Made in Paris (I) (1966)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
An ex model, sales girl and assistant buyer for an NYC dress store lets her hair down when sent to Paris as fashion buyer.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Ann-Margret, Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna, Edie Adams
Votes: 688
11. Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A willful woman concocts an elaborate scheme to trap a handsome pediatrician into marriage.
Director: Don Hartman | Stars: Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Franchot Tone, Diana Lynn
Votes: 2,647
12. Christmas in the City (2013 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
With the threat of having to close her father's candy store, Wendy and her 5-year-old daughter travel to the big city in the hope of making enough money to save it.
Director: Marita Grabiak | Stars: Ashley Williams, Ashanti, Jon Prescott, Shanola Hampton
Votes: 1,666
13. The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Warren William, Genevieve Tobin, Patricia Ellis, Lyle Talbot
Votes: 888
14. The Bride Walks Out (1936)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Romance
The ups and downs of newlyweds on a tight budget.
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young, Ned Sparks
Votes: 685
15. Bah Humduck!: A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006 Video)
TV-G | 46 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Greedy duck hates Christmas but loves money. Throughout the night, he gets visited by three ghosts.
Director: Charles Visser | Stars: Joe Alaskey, Bob Bergen, Billy West, June Foray
Votes: 1,440
16. Love in the Rough (1930)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
When shipping clerk Jack Kelly is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he conceal his humble identity at the country club.
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Dorothy Jordan, Benny Rubin, J.C. Nugent
Votes: 247
17. Oh Christmas Tree! (2013 TV Movie)
TV-G | 87 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
After a woman unexpectedly loses her job, she must work at her family's Christmas-tree lot to make ends meet during the holiday season.
Director: Craig Pryce | Stars: Sarah Lancaster, Eric Johnson, Colin Mochrie, Gregory Ambrose Calderone
Votes: 2,519
18. A Christmas Tale (2021)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A tale of a boy from a wealthy family who during his work at the post office steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm.
Director: Hannes Holm | Stars: Simon Larsson, Jonas Karlsson, Jennie Silfverhjelm, Vanna Rosenberg
Votes: 1,701
19. Our Blushing Brides (1930)
Passed | 102 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Three department-store girls--Connie, Franky, and Jerry--share an apartment on West 91st Street in New York City. Each earns little more than $20 per week. Jerry is the sensible one, but ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, Dorothy Sebastian
Votes: 925
20. She Married Her Boss (1935)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, History, Mystery
An efficient secretary at a department store marries her boss, but discovers that taking care of him at home is a lot different to taking care of him at work.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, Michael Bartlett, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 720
21. Love Is on the Air (1937)
Passed | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Andy McCaine is the ace crime reporter for a radio station. However, his exposés of corruption in high places gets him in trouble with the sponsor of his show, E.E. Nichols, who is in ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Grinde | Stars: Ronald Reagan, June Travis, Eddie Acuff, Ben Welden
Votes: 229
22. Looking Forward (1933)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Family
In this Depression-era story set in London, a department-store owner (Lewis Stone) faces bankruptcy while his family fritters away money. A long-standing employee (Lionel Barrymore) gets ... See full summary »
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Benita Hume, Elizabeth Allan
Votes: 307
23. Sweepings (1933)
Passed | 80 min | Drama
Starting over with almost nothing after the great Chicago Fire, Daniel Pardway builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his daughter and three sons, ... See full summary »
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Eric Linden, William Gargan, Gloria Stuart
Votes: 475
24. The Longest Night (1936)
Passed | 51 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Kept overnight by police investigating a murder, department store owner Charley Phelps and sales clerk Joan Sutton solve the mystery, defeat a gang of thieves, and fall in love.
Director: Errol Taggart | Stars: Robert Young, Florence Rice, Ted Healy, Julie Haydon
Votes: 253
25. My Lucky Star (1938)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
The son (Romero) of a department store owner enrolls the store's sports clerk (Henie) at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for a teacher (Greene) and gets expelled.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Sonja Henie, Richard Greene, Joan Davis, Cesar Romero
Votes: 211
26. Within the Law (1939)
Passed | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.
Director: Gustav Machatý | Stars: Ruth Hussey, Tom Neal, Paul Kelly, William Gargan
Votes: 332
27. Christopher's Christmas Mission (1975 TV Movie)
23 min | Animation, Family
Pimple-faced youth becomes a modern day Robin Hood on Christmas Eve.
Director: Per Åhlin | Stars: Tage Danielsson, Per Andrén, Marianne Stjernqvist, Toivo Pawlo
Votes: 2,875
28. Blind Date (1934)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Romance
A young woman is torn between a wealthy suitor who wants her body and the honest young man who wants what's best for her.
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Ann Sothern, Neil Hamilton, Paul Kelly, Jane Darwell
Votes: 255
29. Vagabond Lady (1935)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Taylor | Stars: Robert Young, Evelyn Venable, Reginald Denny, Frank Craven
Votes: 190
30. Over the Counter (1932)
Passed | 18 min | Musical, Short
The staff at Drake's Department Store is exasperated because Mr. Drake, the store owner and president, has let his adult son Freddy run rampant at the store despite knowing that he is a ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Cummings | Stars: Sidney Toler, Franklin Pangborn, Emerson Treacy, Eleanor Thatcher
Votes: 170
31. Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (1935)
80 min | Drama
This is a story about Mr. Cohen, a father who owns a large department store in London and cares about being a good shopkeeper and good person. Mr. Cohen's elder son and a friend's son work ... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Paul Graetz, Violet Farebrother, Chili Bouchier, Mickey Brantford
Votes: 176
32. Let's Be Ritzy (1934)
Passed | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Complications ensue when a young married couple pretend to be something they're not.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Lew Ayres, Patricia Ellis, Isabel Jewell, Frank McHugh
Votes: 19
33. Shop Talk (1936)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Music
A former art student returns from Europe to run the department store he inherited from his father and finds his employees behaving very bizarrely.
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Bob Hope, John Berkes, Tommy Mack, Richard Lane
Votes: 75
34. Only a Shop Girl (1922)
Passed | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Dann Mulvey (William Scott), just released from prison, is falsely accused of murder. The real culprit is the least-suspected person, who makes a deathbed confession.
Director: Edward LeSaint | Stars: Estelle Taylor, Mae Busch, Wallace Beery, William Scott
Votes: 12
35. Three Sons (1939)
Approved | 72 min | Drama
A poor merchant grows a highly successful department store in Chicago with the purpose of providing for his four children's future. He is misguided in thinking that giving them everything ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Edward Ellis, William Gargan, Kent Taylor, J. Edward Bromberg
Votes: 113
36. Come Closer, Folks (1936)
Passed | 61 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A fast-talking Pitchman,Jim Keene, working the con-games on the streets, works himself up into an executive position of a large department store, with the aide of his shill, Mae. But the ... See full summary »
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: James Dunn, Marian Marsh, Wynne Gibson, George McKay
Votes: 27
37. Syntipukki (1957)
95 min | Comedy
A poor young man gets a job as a scapegoat for other workers' mistakes in a fine department store.
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Lasse Pöysti, Hannes Häyrinen, Marjatta Kallio, Rolf Labbart
Votes: 116
38. Mix Wix (1989)
83 min | Drama
Mix Wix is a successful entrepreneur. He did good business with socks and underpants and made a lot of money. Hispanties department is the largest of its kind. But now he's reaching his limits.
Director: Herbert Achternbusch | Stars: Herbert Achternbusch, Judit Achternbusch, Alfred Edel, Annamirl Bierbichler
Votes: 38
39. Many Happy Returns to Lazarus (2004 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary, History
Former customers and employees fondly recall the great Lazarus Department Store in downtown Columbus Ohio, closing after 153 years of operation.
Stars: Boyce Lancaster, Charles Lazarus, Robert Lazarus
Votes: 11
40.
Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie (2009–2024)
Episode:
Meurtres en solde
(2018)
TV-PG | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Avril is attacked and struggles with amnesia while working on an article; adapted from "Hercule Poirot's Christmas".
Director: Didier Bivel | Stars: Samuel Labarthe, Blandine Bellavoir, Elodie Frenck, Aurore Clément
Votes: 168