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1930's US Top Grossing

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  • Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)

    1. Gone with the Wind

    19393h 58mG97Metascore
    8.2 (349K)
    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
  • Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Lucille La Verne, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, and George Kiplunks in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

    2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    19371h 23mApproved96Metascore
    7.6 (233K)
    Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.
    DirectorsWilliam CottrellDavid HandWilfred JacksonStarsAdriana CaselottiHarry StockwellLucille La Verne
  • Tom Sawyer (1930)

    3. Tom Sawyer

    19301h 26mApproved
    6.2 (257)
    The classic Mark Twain tale of a young boy and his friends on the Mississippi River. Tom and his pals Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper have numerous adventures, including running away to be pirates and, being believed drowned, attending their own funeral. The boys also witness a murder and Tom and his friend Becky Thatcher are pursued by the vengeful murderer.
    DirectorJohn CromwellStarsJackie CooganJunior DurkinMitzi Green
  • Fay Wray and King Kong in King Kong (1933)

    4. 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
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, and Eugene Pallette in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

    5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    19392h 9mApproved73Metascore
    8.1 (127K)
    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
  • Cavalcade (1933)

    6. Cavalcade

    19331h 52mApproved73Metascore
    5.8 (6.4K)
    A portrayal of the triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridgeses, from 1899 to 1933.
    DirectorFrank LloydStarsDiana WynyardClive BrookUna O'Connor
  • Pinto Colvig, Jessica Dragonette, Jack Mercer, Sam Parker, Tedd Pierce, and Lanny Ross in Gulliver's Travels (1939)

    7. Gulliver's Travels

    19391h 16mApproved
    6.6 (5.2K)
    A doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people.
    DirectorsDave FleischerWillard BowskyOrestes CalpiniStarsJessica DragonetteLanny RossPinto Colvig
  • Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in Saratoga (1937)

    8. Saratoga

    19371h 32mApproved
    6.5 (2.1K)
    After winning a stud farm in lieu of gambling debts, bookie Duke Bradley turns an eye to the daughter of the now deceased gambler and her millionaire fiancée.
    DirectorJack ConwayStarsClark GableJean HarlowLionel Barrymore
  • Edna Callahan, Maxine Cantway, Margaret Cathew, Virginia Dabney, Marlo Dwyer, Muriel Gordon, Mildred Dixon, and Kathy Cunningham in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

    9. 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
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, and Edward Arnold in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

    10. You Can't Take It with You

    19382h 6mApproved
    7.8 (30K)
    The son of a snobbish Wall Street banker becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family not realizing that his father is trying to force her family from their home for a real estate development.
    DirectorFrank CapraStarsJean ArthurJames StewartLionel Barrymore
  • Janet Gaynor and Fredric March in A Star Is Born (1937)

    11. A Star Is Born

    19371h 51mApproved77Metascore
    7.3 (12K)
    Young Esther Victoria Blodgett comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom and achieves them only with the help of alcoholic leading man Norman Maine, whose best days are behind him.
    DirectorsWilliam A. WellmanJack ConwayVictor FlemingStarsJanet GaynorFredric MarchAdolphe Menjou
  • Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    12. 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
  • Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night (1934)

    13. 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
  • Ingagi (1930)

    14. Ingagi

    19301h 25mPassed
    4.0 (261)
    An expedition enters an area of the Congo jungle to investigate reports of a gorilla-worshipping tribe. After many dangerous adventures, they come upon the tribe they sought, only to watch as a virgin is sacrificed to a huge gorilla, who takes her away. The expedition follows the gorilla in an attempt to save the woman.
    DirectorWilliam CampbellStarsSir Hubert WinsteadCharles GemoraArthur Clayton
  • Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, and Eugene Pallette in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

    15. The Adventures of Robin Hood

    19381h 42mPG97Metascore
    7.9 (57K)
    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
  • Top Hat (1935)

    16. 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
  • Shanghai Express (1932)

    17. Shanghai Express

    19321h 22mApproved83Metascore
    7.3 (11K)
    A notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved.
    DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichClive BrookAnna May Wong
  • Maureen O'Hara and Charles Laughton in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

    18. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    19391h 56mApproved
    7.8 (13K)
    In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
    DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsCharles LaughtonMaureen O'HaraCedric Hardwicke
  • All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

    19. All Quiet on the Western Front

    19302h 32mApproved91Metascore
    8.1 (71K)
    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
  • Deanna Durbin in Three Smart Girls (1936)

    20. Three Smart Girls

    19361h 24mApproved
    6.5 (1.6K)
    Three sisters scheme to reunite their divorced parents before their wealthy father marries a conniving gold digger.
    DirectorHenry KosterStarsBinnie BarnesCharles WinningerAlice Brady
  • I'm No Angel (1933)

    21. I'm No Angel

    19331h 27mPassed
    6.9 (4.2K)
    Circus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.
    DirectorWesley RugglesStarsMae WestCary GrantGregory Ratoff
  • John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Joan Crawford, and Greta Garbo in Grand Hotel (1932)

    22. Grand Hotel

    19321h 52mApproved79Metascore
    7.3 (22K)
    A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.
    DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsGreta GarboJohn BarrymoreJoan Crawford
  • Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper in Treasure Island (1934)

    23. Treasure Island

    19341h 50mApproved
    7.1 (3.4K)
    Young Jim Hawkins is torn between his loyalty to his benefactors and his affection for lovable rogue Long John Silver in their struggle to recover a buried pirate treasure.
    DirectorVictor FlemingStarsWallace BeeryJackie CooperLionel Barrymore
  • Warner Baxter, George Brent, Bebe Daniels, Allen Jenkins, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Ned Sparks, and George E. Stone in 42nd Street (1933)

    24. 42nd Street

    19331h 29mApproved83Metascore
    7.3 (14K)
    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
  • Deanna Durbin, Alice Brady, Adolphe Menjou, and Leopold Stokowski in One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)

    25. One Hundred Men and a Girl

    19371h 24mApproved
    6.7 (1.3K)
    The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold Stokowski to lead them in a concert that leads to a radio contract.
    DirectorHenry KosterStarsDeanna DurbinAdolphe MenjouAlice Brady

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