Best Movies of 1930

A German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.

Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.

An elderly professor's ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer.

A surrealist tale of a man and a woman who are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their families, the Church, and bourgeois society.

A cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.

Brothers Monte and Ray leave Oxford to join the Royal Flying Corps. Ray loves Helen; Helen enjoys an affair with Monte; before they leave on their mission over Germany they find her in still another man's arms.

In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming.

Breck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West.

A Chicago waitress falls in love with a Minnesota farmer, and decides to face a life in the country.

Two men and two women enjoy a pleasant Sunday at the beach amid the unending toil of the working week.

Albert is smitten for Pola but ends up wrongly committed in jail, in the meantime her affections are sought after by his friend, and on his release both love and friendship must be tested.

A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.

World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but Courtney is soon promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.

Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.

A New York chorus girl's friends encourage her to pursue a handsome socialite.

A group of German solders fight on the front line in France at the end of World War I.

A countess flees to Monte Carlo on the day of her wedding, where she is courted by a count posing as a hairdresser.

Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a note saying they've eloped! Chasing them are jilted Bob, Henry's nurse Mary (who's been trying to seduce him) and others.

When Renard the Fox's mischievous pranks go too far, King Lion is forced to attempt to bring the trickster to justice.

Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves to prove she's not so dumb after all.

A brash, pushy young man gets a job in a bank and sets his cap for his boss's secretary, but the death of his father makes him reassess his priorities.

A young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.

Windy, a carnival barker, swindles cowboys' money. Caught, he works on their ranch to repay. He falls for ranch owner Molly but clashes with jealous foreman Steve.

A rotund bandleader leads a series of theatrical sketches, dance numbers, special effects, and animated segments.

Jack, a sailor, persistently pursues Joan with gifts and marriage trickery despite her rejections. After marrying under false pretenses, Joan leaves Jack. He then tries to win her back amidst rocky circumstances.