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Best Movies of the 1930's

by Marwan-Bob • Created 9 years ago • Modified 8 months ago
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  • All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

    1. All Quiet on the Western Front

    19302h 32mApproved91Metascore
    8.1 (70K)
    A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
    DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsLew AyresLouis WolheimJohn Wray
  • Charles Chaplin in City Lights (1931)

    2. City Lights

    19311h 27mG99Metascore
    8.5 (207K)
    With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence Lee
  • Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Victor Moore, and Barbara Read in Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

    3. Make Way for Tomorrow

    19371h 31mApproved
    8.1 (10K)
    An elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.
    DirectorLeo McCareyStarsVictor MooreBeulah BondiFay Bainter
  • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

    4. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    19321h 32mApproved
    8.2 (15K)
    A World War I veteran and aspiring engineer tries to re-enter civilian life. After being unwillingly caught up in a robbery, he suffers the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, struggling to clear his name and prove his worth.
    DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsPaul MuniGlenda FarrellHelen Vinson
  • Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night (1934)

    5. It Happened One Night

    19341h 45mApproved87Metascore
    8.1 (117K)
    A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsClark GableClaudette ColbertWalter Connolly
  • Humphrey Bogart, Pat O'Brien, Gabriel Dell, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Bernard Punsly, and The Dead End Kids in Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

    6. Angels with Dirty Faces

    19381h 37mApproved
    7.9 (24K)
    A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyPat O'BrienHumphrey Bogart
  • M (1931)

    7. M

    19311h 39mPassed
    8.3 (177K)
    When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge Landgut
  • The Thin Man (1934)

    8. The Thin Man

    19341h 31mTV-PG86Metascore
    7.9 (34K)
    Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.
    DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyMaureen O'Sullivan
  • James Cagney and Jean Harlow in The Public Enemy (1931)

    9. The Public Enemy

    19311h 23mPassed80Metascore
    7.6 (24K)
    An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJames CagneyJean HarlowEdward Woods
  • Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Priscilla Lane in The Roaring Twenties (1939)

    10. The Roaring Twenties

    19391h 46mApproved80Metascore
    7.9 (17K)
    Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJames CagneyHumphrey BogartPriscilla Lane
  • The Grand Illusion (1937)

    11. The Grand Illusion

    19371h 53mNot Rated
    8.1 (40K)
    During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.
    DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean GabinDita ParloPierre Fresnay
  • Mireille Balin, Jean Gabin, and Lucas Gridoux in Pépé le Moko (1937)

    12. Pépé le Moko

    19371h 34mNot Rated98Metascore
    7.7 (8.4K)
    A wanted gangster is both king and prisoner of the Casbah. He is protected from arrest by his friends, but is torn by his desire for freedom outside. A visiting Parisian beauty may just tempt his fate.
    DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsJean GabinGabriel GabrioSaturnin Fabre
  • Margaret Lockwood in The Lady Vanishes (1938)

    13. The Lady Vanishes

    19381h 36mApproved98Metascore
    7.7 (59K)
    While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsMargaret LockwoodMichael RedgravePaul Lukas
  • Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

    14. Gone with the Wind

    19393h 58mG97Metascore
    8.2 (346K)
    A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
    DirectorVictor FlemingStarsClark GableVivien LeighThomas Mitchell
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, and Eugene Pallette in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

    15. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    19392h 9mApproved73Metascore
    8.1 (126K)
    A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartJean ArthurClaude Rains
  • Stagecoach (1939)

    16. Stagecoach

    19391h 36mApproved93Metascore
    7.8 (57K)
    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.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneClaire TrevorAndy Devine
  • Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, and The Marx Brothers in Duck Soup (1933)

    17. Duck Soup

    19331h 9mApproved93Metascore
    7.7 (64K)
    Rufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.
    DirectorLeo McCareyStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico Marx
  • Jean Gabin in Daybreak (1939)

    18. Daybreak

    19391h 33mNot Rated
    7.7 (8.6K)
    After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing.
    DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsJean GabinJacqueline LaurentArletty
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    19. The 39 Steps

    19351h 26mApproved93Metascore
    7.6 (64K)
    A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRobert DonatMadeleine CarrollLucie Mannheim
  • Groucho Marx, Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, and The Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera (1935)

    20. A Night at the Opera

    19351h 36mApproved
    7.8 (36K)
    A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
    DirectorsSam WoodEdmund GouldingStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo Marx
  • Charles Chaplin in Modern Times (1936)

    21. Modern Times

    19361h 27mG96Metascore
    8.5 (273K)
    The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardHenry Bergman
  • Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, and Eugene Pallette in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

    22. The Adventures of Robin Hood

    19381h 42mPG97Metascore
    7.9 (56K)
    When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence in 1190s England, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a resistance movement.
    DirectorsMichael CurtizWilliam KeighleyStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandBasil Rathbone
  • Boris Karloff, John Boles, Mae Clarke, Colin Clive, and Dwight Frye in Frankenstein (1931)

    23. Frankenstein

    19311h 10mApproved91Metascore
    7.8 (84K)
    Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsColin CliveMae ClarkeBoris Karloff
  • Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby (1938)

    24. Bringing Up Baby

    19381h 42mApproved91Metascore
    7.8 (68K)
    While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsKatharine HepburnCary GrantCharles Ruggles
  • King Kong (1933)

    25. King Kong

    19331h 40mApproved92Metascore
    7.9 (94K)
    A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.
    DirectorsMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackStarsFay WrayRobert ArmstrongBruce Cabot

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