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Top 23 movies of 1933

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  • Edna Callahan, Maxine Cantway, Margaret Cathew, Virginia Dabney, Marlo Dwyer, Muriel Gordon, Mildred Dixon, and Kathy Cunningham in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

    2. Gold Diggers of 1933

    19331h 37mPassed
    7.7 (9.6K)
    A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.
    DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsWarren WilliamJoan BlondellAline MacMahon
  • Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

    2. Mystery of the Wax Museum

    19331h 17mPassed
    6.8 (7.2K)
    The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsLionel AtwillFay WrayGlenda Farrell
  • A Canção de Lisboa (1933)

    3. A Canção de Lisboa

    19331h 25m
    7.7 (1.6K)
    After flunking in medical school, the young and bohemian Vasco need to trick his aunts, the main financers of his studies, preventing them to know that he is not a doctor.
    DirectorJosé Cottinelli TelmoStarsVasco SantanaBeatriz CostaAntónio Silva
  • Wild Boys of the Road (1933)

    4. Wild Boys of the Road

    19331h 8mApproved
    7.5 (2.5K)
    In the depths of the Depression, two teenage boys strike out on their own in order to help their struggling parents and find life on the road tougher than expected.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsFrankie DarroRochelle HudsonEdwin Phillips
  • Magda Schneider in Playing at Love (1933)

    5. Playing at Love

    19331h 28mNot Rated
    7.4 (1.6K)
    Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair with Baroness Eggerdorff when he meets the young Christine, the daughter of an opera violinist. Baron Eggerdorff however soon hears of his past misfortune...
    DirectorMax OphülsStarsWolfgang LiebeneinerCarl EsmondMagda Schneider
  • Design for Living (1933)

    6. Design for Living

    19331h 31mPassed
    7.4 (8.3K)
    A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.
    DirectorErnst LubitschStarsFredric MarchGary CooperMiriam Hopkins
  • Passing Fancy (1933)

    7. Passing Fancy

    19331h 40m
    7.2 (1.5K)
    Two Tokyo co-workers come across a destitute young lady in search of a place to live.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsTakeshi SakamotoNobuko FushimiDen Ôhinata
  • Richard Barthelmess and Loretta Young in Heroes for Sale (1933)

    8. Heroes for Sale

    19331h 16mApproved
    7.3 (2.6K)
    A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsLoretta YoungRichard BarthelmessAline MacMahon
  • Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee, and Jean Parker in Little Women (1933)

    9. Little Women

    19331h 55mPassed92Metascore
    7.2 (8.3K)
    A chronicle of the lives of sisters growing up in 19th-century New England.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsKatharine HepburnJoan BennettPaul Lukas
  • Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent in Baby Face (1933)

    10. Baby Face

    19331h 11mApproved
    7.5 (8.7K)
    A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank by gleefully seducing her way to the top.
    DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsBarbara StanwyckGeorge BrentDonald Cook
  • Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (1933)

    11. Queen Christina

    19331h 39mApproved
    7.5 (9K)
    Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.
    DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsGreta GarboJohn GilbertIan Keith
  • James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, and Dick Powell in Footlight Parade (1933)

    12. Footlight Parade

    19331h 44mG80Metascore
    7.5 (6.4K)
    Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsJames CagneyJoan BlondellRuby Keeler
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Sons of the Desert (1933)

    13. Sons of the Desert

    19331h 8mPassed
    7.5 (10K)
    When Stan and Ollie trick their wives into thinking that they are taking a medicinal cruise while they're actually going to a convention, the wives find out the truth the hard way.
    DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyCharley Chase
  • Zero for Conduct (1933)

    14. Zero for Conduct

    193347mNot Rated
    7.2 (9.7K)
    In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the direction on a celebration day.
    DirectorJean VigoStarsJean DastéRobert le FlonLouis Lefebvre
  • Warner Baxter, George Brent, Bebe Daniels, Allen Jenkins, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Ned Sparks, and George E. Stone in 42nd Street (1933)

    15. 42nd Street

    19331h 29mApproved83Metascore
    7.3 (13K)
    When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.
    DirectorLloyd BaconStarsWarner BaxterBebe DanielsGeorge Brent
  • Three Little Pigs (1933)

    16. Three Little Pigs

    19339mPassedShort
    7.5 (7.2K)
    The Three Little Pigs each build a house of different material. The Big Bad Wolf comes along and blows away the straw and stick homes, but is unable to destroy the house of bricks.
    DirectorBurt GillettStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigDorothy Compton
  • John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Billie Burke, Jean Harlow, Marie Dressler, Edmund Lowe, and Lee Tracy in Dinner at Eight (1933)

    17. Dinner at Eight

    19331h 51mApproved
    7.5 (9.5K)
    As an aspiring New York socialite prepares for a lavish dinner party, her guests find themselves consumed by a tangle of business, romantic, and personal crises - all of which come to a head on the big night.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsMarie DresslerJohn BarrymoreWallace Beery
  • Viktor Satori in The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

    18. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

    19332h 2mNot Rated
    7.9 (14K)
    A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsRudolf Klein-RoggeOtto WernickeThomy Bourdelle
  • Land Without Bread (1933)

    19. Land Without Bread

    193330mShort
    7.3 (6.5K)
    A surrealist film, a pseudo-documentary portrait of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.
    DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsAbel JacquinAlexandre O'Neill
  • Glenda Farrell, Guy Kibbee, Barry Norton, Jean Parker, May Robson, and Warren William in Lady for a Day (1933)

    20. Lady for a Day

    19331h 36mApproved
    7.4 (5K)
    A gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsWarren WilliamMay RobsonGuy Kibbee
  • Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, and Henry Travers in The Invisible Man (1933)

    21. The Invisible Man

    19331h 11mApproved87Metascore
    7.6 (42K)
    A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.
    DirectorJames WhaleStarsClaude RainsGloria StuartWilliam Harrigan
  • Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, and The Marx Brothers in Duck Soup (1933)

    22. 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
  • Fay Wray and King Kong in King Kong (1933)

    23. 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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