The Best Movies of the 1930s

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The Best Movies of the 1930s
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Year
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16359 Flesh 1932 John Ford NR -
16374 Choose Your 'Weppins' 1935 Dave Fleischer NR -
16381 Charlie Chan on Broadway 1937 Eugene Forde NR -
16383 The General Died at Dawn 1936 Lewis Milestone NR -
16388 Swing High, Swing Low 1937 Mitchell Leisen NR -
16390 The Football Toucher Downer 1937 Dave Fleischer NR -
16397 Steamboat Round the Bend 1935 John Ford NR -
16399 The Dark Horse 1932 Alfred E. Green NR -
16410 Dizzy Divers 1935 Dave Fleischer NR -
16413 The Little Minister 1934 Richard Wallace NR -
16414 We Want Our Mummy 1939 Del Lord NR -
16424 Our Blushing Brides 1930 Harry Beaumont NR -
16440 Sentimental Romance 1930 Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein NR -
16448 Mr. Moto's Last Warning 1939 Norman Foster NR -
16449 Mickey's Parrot 1938 Bill Roberts NR -
16451 Hell Divers 1931 George W. Hill NR -
16453 Winter 1930 Burt Gillett NR -
16456 Porky's Poultry Plant 1936 Frank Tashlin NR -
16470 If I Were King 1938 Frank Lloyd NR -
16475 A Date to Skate 1938 Dave Fleischer NR -
16483 Little Man, What Now? 1934 Frank Borzage NR -
16485 Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo 1938 Eugene Forde NR -
16486 Moscow Laughs 1934 Grigori Aleksandrov NR -
16500 Termites of 1938 1938 Del Lord NR -
16511 Grampy's Indoor Outing 1936 Dave Fleischer NR -
16520 The Wedding Night 1935 King Vidor NR -
16530 The Ninth Guest 1934 Roy William Neill NR -
16532 Me and My Pal 1933 Charley Rogers NR -
16535 The Lawless Frontier 1934 Robert N. Bradbury NR -
16552 Zoo in Budapest 1933 Rowland V. Lee PG -
16557 Fast and Furious 1939 Busby Berkeley NR -
16559 Professional Sweetheart 1933 William A. Seiter NR -
16561 You Gotta Be a Football Hero 1935 Dave Fleischer NR -
16565 Rose Hobart 1936 Joseph Cornell NR -
16568 In Person 1935 William A. Seiter NR -
16570 The Spider and the Fly 1931 Wilfred Jackson NR -
16577 The Sisters 1938 Anatole Litvak NR -
16591 White Ecstasy 1931 Arnold Fanck NR -
16605 Thugs with Dirty Mugs 1939 Tex Avery NR -
16606 The Kids in the Shoe 1935 Dave Fleischer NR -
16607 The Arizonian 1935 Charles Vidor NR -
16621 When Ladies Meet 1933 Harry Beaumont NR -
16624 The Secret Bride 1934 William Dieterle NR -
16627 Donald's Penguin 1939 Jack King NR -
16628 Lady by Choice 1934 David Burton NR -
16634 Page Miss Glory 1935 Mervyn LeRoy NR -
16641 Riptide 1934 Edmund Goulding NR -
16644 Birds of a Feather 1931 Burt Gillett NR -
16660 Hell's House 1932 Howard Higgin NR -
16664 The Phantom of Crestwood 1932 J. Walter Ruben NR -
16669 The Dybbuk 1937 Michal Waszynski NR -
16670 Man-Proof 1938 Richard Thorpe NR -
16681 The Star Packer 1934 Robert N. Bradbury NR -
16691 We're in the Money 1935 Ray Enright NR -
16695 Strange Interlude 1932 Robert Z. Leonard NR -
16697 Fargo Express 1933 Alan James NR -
16704 Ever Since Eve 1937 Lloyd Bacon NR -
16709 The Big Broadcast of 1938 1938 Mitchell Leisen NR -
16710 Lost and Foundry 1937 Dave Fleischer NR -
16714 A Mother Should Be Loved 1934 Yasujirô Ozu NR -
16723 Mannequin 1937 Frank Borzage NR -
16727 Pardon My Scotch 1935 Del Lord NR -
16728 Africa Speaks! 1930 Walter Futter NR -
16730 Another Dawn 1937 William Dieterle G -
16731 Blackmail 1939 H.C. Potter NR -
16740 Self Control 1938 Jack King NR -
16742 The Devil Is a Sissy 1936 W.S. Van Dyke NR -
16744 Billy the Kid 1930 King Vidor NR -
16745 Banjo on My Knee 1936 John Cromwell NR -
16746 Young Dr. Kildare 1938 Harold S. Bucquet NR -
16748 The Cat and the Fiddle 1934 William K. Howard NR -
16753 Charlie Chan in Honolulu 1938 H. Bruce Humberstone NR -
16755 Minding the Baby 1931 Dave Fleischer NR -
16760 Babes in the Woods 1932 Burt Gillett NR -
16771 Mickey's Elephant 1936 David Hand, Hamilton Luske NR -
16781 The Erl King 1931 Marie-Louise Iribe NR -
16784 Deadwood Pass 1933 J.P. McGowan NR -
16790 Man of the World 1931 Richard Wallace NR -
16793 King Solomon's Mines 1937 Robert Stevenson NR -
16795 Two Monks 1934 Juan Bustillo Oro NR -
16796 For Better or Worser 1935 Dave Fleischer NR -
16798 Birds in the Spring 1933 David Hand NR -
16818 Min and Bill 1930 George W. Hill NR -
16823 Silver Dollar 1932 Alfred E. Green NR -
16830 The Grocery Boy 1932 Wilfred Jackson NR -
16841 The Barnyard Concert 1930 Walt Disney NR -
16853 Beauty and the Beast 1934 Friz Freleng NR -
16867 The Easiest Way 1931 Jack Conway NR -
16874 The Cabin in the Cotton 1932 Michael Curtiz NR -
16882 Born to the West 1937 Charles Barton NR -
16884 Ramona 1936 Henry King NR -
16886 Transatlantic Tunnel 1935 Maurice Elvey NR -
16893 Merry Wives of Reno 1934 H. Bruce Humberstone NR -
16902 The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1935 Stuart Walker NR -
16908 A Woman Rebels 1936 Mark Sandrich NR -
16911 Wyoming Outlaw 1939 George Sherman NR -
16931 Orphans' Picnic 1936 Ben Sharpsteen NR -
16935 Silly Scandals 1931 Dave Fleischer NR -
16937 Topaze 1933 Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast NR -
16940 How to Read 1938 Roy Rowland NR -
16941 The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt 1939 Peter Godfrey NR -
16942 Grips, Grunts and Groans 1937 Jack White NR -
16943 Consolation Marriage 1931 Paul Sloane NR -
16944 We're Not Dressing 1934 Norman Taurog NR -
16948 A Successful Calamity 1932 John G. Adolfi NR -
16950 Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky 1936 Dave Fleischer NR -
16951 Emma 1932 Clarence Brown NR -
16956 Whipsaw 1935 Sam Wood NR -
16960 Tugboat Annie 1933 Mervyn LeRoy NR -
16971 Hard to Handle 1933 Mervyn LeRoy NR -
16987 Mickey's Mellerdrammer 1933 Wilfred Jackson NR -
16996 Going Hollywood 1933 Raoul Walsh NR -
16997 Pluto's Quin-puplets 1937 Earl Hurd NR -
17001 Loose Ankles 1930 Ted Wilde NR -
17010 Borderline 1930 Kenneth MacPherson NR -
17013 Dumb Patrol 1931 Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising NR -
17014 Hooray for Love 1935 Walter Lang NR -
17039 Juno and the Paycock 1930 Alfred Hitchcock NR -
17044 Brotherly Love 1936 Dave Fleischer NR -
17051 Raffles 1939 Sam Wood NR -
17067 The Doorway to Hell 1930 Archie Mayo NR -
17069 Buddy's Day Out 1933 Tom Palmer NR -
17071 The Cat's Out 1931 Wilfred Jackson NR -
17076 The Big Pond 1930 Hobart Henley NR -
17077 Under Western Stars 1938 Joseph Kane NR -
17084 More Than a Secretary 1936 Alfred E. Green NR -
17113 Arizona 1931 George B. Seitz NR -
17117 Water Babies 1935 Wilfred Jackson NR -
17122 My Artistical Temperature 1937 Dave Fleischer NR -
17129 Balloon Land 1935 Ub Iwerks NR -
17134 Ann Vickers 1933 John Cromwell NR -
17145 Blondie Johnson 1933 Ray Enright NR -
17149 Oliver Twist 1933 William J. Cowen NR -
17150 The Richest Girl in the World 1934 William A. Seiter NR -
17152 Mickey's Amateurs 1937 Pinto Colvig, Erdman Penner NR -
17157 Protek the Weakerist 1937 Dave Fleischer NR -
17159 Woodland Café 1937 Wilfred Jackson NR -
17160 Go into Your Dance 1935 Archie Mayo NR -
17186 The Gorgeous Hussy 1936 Clarence Brown NR -
17189 The New Frontier 1935 Carl Pierson NR -
17191 Old King Cole 1933 David Hand NR -
17192 The Prizefighter and the Lady 1933 Howard Hawks, W.S. Van Dyke NR -
17199 Lawyer Man 1932 William Dieterle NR -
17204 Other Men's Women 1931 William A. Wellman NR -
17207 Ain't Nature Grand! 1931 Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising NR -
17216 Betty Boop's Ker-Choo 1933 Dave Fleischer NR -
17218 Big City Blues 1932 Mervyn LeRoy NR -
17222 Their First Mistake 1932 George Marshall NR -
17223 Back to the Woods 1937 Jack White NR -
17224 The Hardys Ride High 1939 George B. Seitz NR -
17229 Monkey Melodies 1930 Burt Gillett NR -
17231 The Whalers 1938 David Hand, Dick Huemer NR -
17238 Maniac 1934 Dwain Esper NR -
17242 Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh 1938 Dave Fleischer NR -
17251 The China Plate 1931 Wilfred Jackson NR -
17253 The Range Feud 1931 D. Ross Lederman NR -
17270 The World Moves On 1934 John Ford NR -
17277 The Green Goddess 1930 Alfred E. Green NR -
17288 The Practical Pig 1939 Dick Rickard NR -
17298 The Devil's Cabaret 1930 Nick Grinde NR -
17299 Gold is Where You Find It 1938 Michael Curtiz NR -
17307 The Red Head 1932 Julien Duvivier NR -
17312 Can You Take It 1934 Dave Fleischer NR -
17321 Children in the Wind 1937 Hiroshi Shimizu NR -
17325 The Moose Hunt 1931 Burt Gillett NR -
17328 The Flying Mouse 1934 David Hand NR -
17344 Musical Mountaineers 1939 Dave Fleischer NR -
17351 Lovin' the Ladies 1930 Melville W. Brown NR -
17376 One Man's Journey 1933 John S. Robertson NR -
17380 Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel 1937 Hanns Schwarz NR -
17384 The Affairs of Annabel 1938 Benjamin Stoloff NR -
17385 The Bears and Bees 1932 Wilfred Jackson NR -
17388 Kind Lady 1935 George B. Seitz NR -
17392 Donald's Ostrich 1937 Jack King NR -
17393 Magnificent Obsession 1935 John M. Stahl NR -
17394 The Tenderfoot 1932 Ray Enright NR -
17397 Puppy Love 1933 Wilfred Jackson NR -
17398 What Price Porky 1938 Robert Clampett NR -
17403 Blondes at Work 1938 Frank McDonald NR -
17407 West of the Pecos 1934 Phil Rosen NR -
17409 Light Rhythms 1931 Oswell Blakeston, Francis Bruguière NR -
17410 The Calico Dragon 1935 Unknown NR -
17412 The Animal Kingdom 1932 Edward H. Griffith NR -
17415 Cannibal Capers 1930 Burt Gillett NR -
17416 Four Wives 1939 Michael Curtiz NR -
17428 Moth and the Flame 1938 Burt Gillett NR -
17433 The Beach Party 1931 Burt Gillett NR -
17438 A Study in Scarlet 1933 Edwin L. Marin NR -
17441 Fools for Scandal 1938 Mervyn LeRoy, Bobby Connolly NR -
17444 Taxi! 1932 Roy Del Ruth NR -
17447 When Tomorrow Comes 1939 John M. Stahl NR -
17467 The Thirteenth Guest 1932 Albert Ray NR -
17469 Night Key 1937 Lloyd Corrigan NR -
17471 The Affairs of Cellini 1934 Gregory La Cava NR -
17481 Beware of Barnacle Bill 1935 Dave Fleischer NR -
17483 Chess-Nuts 1932 Dave Fleischer NR -
17489 La tête d'un homme 1933 Julien Duvivier NR -
17490 Boo 1932 Albert DeMond NR -
17495 One Romantic Night 1930 Paul L. Stein NR -
17511 The Telegraph Trail 1933 Tenny Wright NR -
17520 Let's You and Him Fight 1934 Dave Fleischer NR -
17525 Somewhere in Sonora 1933 Mack V. Wright NR -
17533 Faithless 1932 Harry Beaumont NR -
17543 Westward Ho 1935 Robert N. Bradbury NR -
17549 Young Man of Manhattan 1930 Monta Bell NR -
17551 The Black Camel 1931 Hamilton MacFadden NR -
17554 But the Flesh Is Weak 1932 Jack Conway NR -
17559 Mickey's Orphans 1931 Burt Gillett NR -
17569 I Found Stella Parish 1935 Mervyn LeRoy NR -
17572 Men of the Plains 1936 Robert F. Hill NR -
17575 No, No, Nanette 1930 Clarence G. Badger NR -
17578 Living on Velvet 1935 Frank Borzage NR -
17579 The Big Stampede 1932 Tenny Wright NR -
17585 Cock o' the Walk 1935 Ben Sharpsteen NR -
17599 What! No Beer? 1933 Edward Sedgwick NR -
17608 Symphony of Six Million 1932 Gregory La Cava NR -
17623 On purge bébé 1931 Jean Renoir NR -
17628 Fowl Play 1937 Dave Fleischer NR -
17629 The Chimp 1932 James Parrott NR -
17632 The Candid Candidate 1937 Dave Fleischer NR -
17640 A Night of Terror 1937 Rowland V. Lee NR -
17653 Toby Tortoise Returns 1936 Wilfred Jackson NR -
17658 I Met Him in Paris 1937 Wesley Ruggles NR -
17670 Dust Be My Destiny 1939 Lewis Seiler NR -
17671 The Rage of Paris 1938 Henry Koster NR -
17704 The Bum Bandit 1931 Dave Fleischer NR -
17715 Under the Tonto Rim 1933 Henry Hathaway NR -
17717 A Hunting We Will Go 1932 Dave Fleischer NR -
17724 Half Shot at Sunrise 1930 Paul Sloane NR -
17725 Stamboul Quest 1934 Sam Wood NR -
17756 Laughing Sinners 1931 Harry Beaumont NR -
17763 Mad About Music 1938 Norman Taurog NR -
17764 Porky's Duck Hunt 1937 Tex Avery NR -
17772 Sinners' Holiday 1930 John G. Adolfi NR -
17773 Charlie Chan in City in Darkness 1939 Herbert I. Leeds NR -
17774 Trader Horn 1931 W.S. Van Dyke NR -
17781 Ladies of the Jury 1932 Lowell Sherman NR -
17784 Hell’s Highway 1932 Rowland Brown NR -
17806 Anything Goes 1936 Lewis Milestone NR -
17807 The Mystery of Mr. Wong 1939 William Nigh NR -
17809 Egyptian Melodies 1931 Wilfred Jackson NR -
17821 Surf and Seaweed 1931 Ralph Steiner NR -
17841 The Dognapper 1934 David Hand NR -
17845 Goofs and Saddles 1937 Del Lord NR -
17849 The Hot Air Salesman 1937 Dave Fleischer NR -
17853 The Barnyard Broadcast 1931 Burt Gillett NR -
17857 Ladies Should Listen 1934 Frank Tuttle NR -
17861 Avalanche 1930 Arnold Fanck NR -
17869 The Great O'Malley 1937 William Dieterle NR -
17871 Clive of India 1935 Richard Boleslawski NR -

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