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Donald Meek has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1940s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Stagecoach.
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A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.
Dir. John Ford · With Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Bancroft

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Dir. Frank Capra · With Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart

Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Dir. Michael Curtiz · With Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Dir. Richard Thorpe · With William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.
Dir. John Ford · With Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?
Dir. John Ford · With Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
Dir. Henry King · With Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly
Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampire assault. The victim's friend, Baron Otto, and the physician who analyzes the body, are certain that the vampire is the mysterious Count Mora or his daughter. Receiving little help from the law, Professor Zelen, an expert in the occult, is called in to assist with their investigation.
Dir. Tod Browning · With Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.
Dir. Fritz Lang · With Henry Fonda, Jackie Cooper, Gene Tierney
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