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50 movies from 1935 worth watching

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  • Top Hat (1935)

    1. Top Hat

    19351h 41mApproved93Metascore
    7.7 (22K)
    An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.
    DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersEdward Everett Horton
  • Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    2. Bride of Frankenstein

    19351h 15mApproved95Metascore
    7.8 (56K)
    Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Baron Henry Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsBoris KarloffElsa LanchesterColin Clive
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    3. 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
  • Clark Gable and Mamo Clark in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

    4. Mutiny on the Bounty

    19352h 12mApproved87Metascore
    7.6 (26K)
    First mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1789 mutiny.
    DirectorFrank LloydStarsCharles LaughtonClark GableFranchot Tone
  • Groucho Marx, Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, and The Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera (1935)

    5. 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
  • Margot Grahame and Victor McLaglen in The Informer (1935)

    6. The Informer

    19351h 31mApproved65Metascore
    7.4 (7.6K)
    In 1922, an Irish rebel informs on his friend, then feels doom closing in.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsVictor McLaglenHeather AngelPreston Foster
  • David Copperfield (1935)

    7. David Copperfield

    19352h 10mApproved91Metascore
    7.3 (4.9K)
    A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsFreddie BartholomewFrank LawtonEdna May Oliver
  • Triumph of the Will (1935)

    8. Triumph of the Will

    19351h 50mApproved
    7.1 (19K)
    The infamous propaganda film of the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg, Germany.
    DirectorLeni RiefenstahlStarsAdolf HitlerHermann GöringMax Amann
  • Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

    9. Ruggles of Red Gap

    19351h 30mApproved
    7.6 (4.7K)
    An English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.
    DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharles LaughtonMary BolandCharles Ruggles
  • Charles Laughton and Fredric March in Les Misérables (1935)

    10. Les Misérables

    19351h 48mApproved
    7.6 (4.1K)
    In early 19th century France, an ex-convict who failed to report for parole is relentlessly pursued over a 20-year period by an obsessive police inspector.
    DirectorRichard BoleslawskiStarsFredric MarchCharles LaughtonCedric Hardwicke
  • Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn in Captain Blood (1935)

    11. Captain Blood

    19351h 59mApproved89Metascore
    7.7 (17K)
    After treating a Monmouth rebel against King James II in 1680s England, a young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandLionel Atwill
  • Gary Cooper in The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)

    12. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

    19351h 49mApproved
    7.0 (3.4K)
    Three British soldiers on the Northwest Frontier of India struggle against the enemy - and themselves.
    DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGary CooperFranchot ToneRichard Cromwell
  • Elizabeth Allan, Ronald Colman, and Donald Woods in A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

    13. A Tale of Two Cities

    19352h 8mApproved87Metascore
    7.8 (6.6K)
    A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
    DirectorsJack ConwayRobert Z. LeonardStarsRonald ColmanElizabeth AllanEdna May Oliver
  • Katharine Hepburn and Fred MacMurray in Alice Adams (1935)

    14. Alice Adams

    19351h 39mApproved
    6.9 (4.8K)
    A working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsKatharine HepburnFred MacMurrayFred Stone
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

    15. A Midsummer Night's Dream

    19352h 13mApproved
    6.8 (4.1K)
    Two couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.
    DirectorsWilliam DieterleMax ReinhardtStarsJames CagneyDick PowellIan Hunter
  • Robert Donat in The Ghost Goes West (1935)

    16. The Ghost Goes West

    19351h 35mApproved
    6.7 (2.3K)
    A haunted Scottish castle is dismantled and transported to Florida, bringing the family ghost along with it.
    DirectorRené ClairStarsRobert DonatJean ParkerEugene Pallette
  • Greta Garbo in Anna Karenina (1935)

    17. Anna Karenina

    19351h 35mApproved
    7.0 (6K)
    The married Anna Karenina falls in love with Count Vronsky despite her husband's refusal to grant a divorce, and both must contend with the social repercussions.
    DirectorClarence BrownStarsGreta GarboFredric MarchFreddie Bartholomew
  • Toni (1935)

    18. Toni

    19351h 24m
    7.2 (2.2K)
    In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently - like Toni, an Italian who has moved in with Marie, a Frenchwoman. Even a well-ordered existence is not immune from boredom, friendship, love, or enmity, and Toni gets entangled in a web of increasingly passionate relationships. For there is his best pal Fernand, but also Albert, his overbearing foreman; there is Sebastian, a steady Spanish peasant, but also Gabi, his young rogue relative; there is Marie, but there is also Josefa.
    DirectorJean RenoirStarsCharles BlavetteCelia MontalvánJenny Hélia
  • Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald in Naughty Marietta (1935)

    19. Naughty Marietta

    19351h 45mApproved
    6.5 (1.6K)
    In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.
    DirectorsRobert Z. LeonardW.S. Van DykeStarsJeanette MacDonaldNelson EddyFrank Morgan
  • Carnival in Flanders (1935)

    20. Carnival in Flanders

    19351h 35m
    7.4 (1.5K)
    Tells the story of the Spanish invasion of Flanders
    DirectorJacques FeyderStarsFrançoise RosayAndré AlermeJean Murat
  • James Cagney, Ann Dvorak, and Margaret Lindsay in 'G' Men (1935)

    21. 'G' Men

    19351h 25mApproved
    7.1 (4.5K)
    James Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men.
    DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsJames CagneyMargaret LindsayAnn Dvorak
  • Marlene Dietrich in The Devil Is a Woman (1935)

    22. The Devil Is a Woman

    19351h 19mApproved
    6.9 (4.1K)
    A young man is warned by a captain about a temptress; nonetheless, he finds himself falling in love with her.
    DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichLionel AtwillEdward Everett Horton
  • Noël Coward and Julie Haydon in The Scoundrel (1935)

    23. The Scoundrel

    19351h 16mApproved
    6.2 (473)
    A ruthless, cynical, hated publisher is killed in a plane crash, doomed to be a restless spirit for being unloved. A heavenly power gives him a month on Earth to find one person to shed a tear for him before his fate is sealed.
    DirectorsBen HechtCharles MacArthurStarsNoël CowardJulie HaydonStanley Ridges
  • Olga Tschechowa in The Eternal Mask (1935)

    24. The Eternal Mask

    19351h 14m
    6.7 (38)
    Expressionistic devices depict the nervous breakdown of a young physician whose patient has died,on whom he had tried out a new serum contrary to his superior's orders.
    DirectorWerner HochbaumStarsPeter PetersenMathias WiemanOlga Tschechowa
  • Wallace Beery, Eric Linden, and Cecilia Parker in Ah Wilderness! (1935)

    25. Ah Wilderness!

    19351h 38mApproved
    6.8 (950)
    Story of small-town life in turn-of-the-century America, and a young boy's problems facing adolescence.
    DirectorClarence BrownStarsWallace BeeryLionel BarrymoreAline MacMahon

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