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Top Movies of the 1930's

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  • Margaret Lockwood in The Lady Vanishes (1938)

    1. The Lady Vanishes

    19381h 36mApproved98Metascore
    7.7 (60K)
    While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsMargaret LockwoodMichael RedgravePaul Lukas
    10/10
  • John Gilbert, Jean Hersholt, Leila Hyams, and Lewis Stone in The Phantom of Paris (1931)

    2. The Phantom of Paris

    19311h 14mPassed
    6.5 (1.4K)
    Cheri-Bibi is an escape artist wrongly imprisoned for murdering the wealthy father of his admirer Cecile. The real murderer is Cecile's fiancé, so how will Bibi escape his death sentence and win back Cecile?
    DirectorJohn S. RobertsonStarsJohn GilbertLeila HyamsLewis Stone
    10/10
  • Louise Latimer and Fred Stone in Grand Jury (1936)

    3. Grand Jury

    19361h 1m
    5.6 (85)
    John Taylor is a reluctant juror. It's a murder trial against gangster Joseph Britt. Tom Evans, the father of the victim, shoots Britt in court and gets arrested. John's father George is actually Tom's friend.
    DirectorAlbert S. RogellStarsFred StoneLouise LatimerOwen Davis Jr.
    10/10
  • Fast Company (1938)

    4. Fast Company

    19381h 15mApproved
    6.6 (712)
    Amateur sleuth and Wife review Bard foul play.
    DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsMelvyn DouglasFlorence RiceClaire Dodd
    10/10
  • Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and Frank Morgan in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

    5. The Wizard of Oz

    19391h 42mG92Metascore
    8.1 (454K)
    Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
    DirectorsVictor FlemingGeorge CukorNorman TaurogStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay Bolger
    10/10
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, and Eugene Pallette in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

    6. 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
    10/10
  • John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Joan Crawford, and Greta Garbo in Grand Hotel (1932)

    7. 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
    10/10
  • Gunga Din (1939)

    8. Gunga Din

    19391h 57mApproved
    7.2 (13K)
    In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsCary GrantJoan FontaineVictor McLaglen
    10/10
  • Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn in Captain Blood (1935)

    9. 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
    10/10
  • Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles, and Henry Victor in Freaks (1932)

    10. Freaks

    19321h 4mNot Rated80Metascore
    7.8 (53K)
    A circus' beautiful trapeze artist Cleopatra agrees to marry Hans the leader of side-show performers, but Hans' deformed friends discover that she is only marrying him for his inheritance. So they seek revenge.
    DirectorTod BrowningStarsWallace FordLeila HyamsOlga Baclanova
    10/10
  • Clark Gable and Mamo Clark in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

    11. 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
    10/10
  • Charles Chaplin in Modern Times (1936)

    12. Modern Times

    19361h 27mG96Metascore
    8.5 (275K)
    The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPaulette GoddardHenry Bergman
    10/10
  • Clark Gable, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Myrna Loy, Helen Hayes, and Robert Montgomery in Night Flight (1933)

    13. Night Flight

    19331h 24mPassed
    6.2 (1K)
    Polio breaks out in Rio de Janeiro, the serum is in Santiago and there's only one way to get the medicine where it's desperately needed: flown in by daring pilots who risk the treacherous weather and forbidding peaks of the Andes.
    DirectorClarence BrownStarsJohn BarrymoreHelen HayesClark Gable
    10/10
  • Humphrey Bogart and Billy Halop in You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)

    14. You Can't Get Away with Murder

    19391h 19mApproved
    6.3 (1.4K)
    Youthful tough Johnnie Stone has fallen under the influence of petty crook Frank Wilson, who involves him and robbery and murder using his sister's boyfriend's stolen gun.
    DirectorLewis SeilerStarsHumphrey BogartGale PageBilly Halop
    10/10
  • Charlotte Henry in Alice in Wonderland (1933)

    15. Alice in Wonderland

    19331h 16mApproved54Metascore
    6.3 (2.9K)
    In Victorian England a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by even more fantastic characters.
    DirectorsNorman Z. McLeodHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsRichard ArlenRoscoe AtesWilliam Austin
    10/10
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, and Edward Arnold in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

    16. You Can't Take It with You

    19382h 6mApproved
    7.8 (29K)
    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
    10/10
  • William Corson, Marjorie Lord, and Fred Stone in Hideaway (1937)

    17. Hideaway

    193758mApproved
    5.2 (140)
    A homeless family lays claim to an abandoned house only to discover gangsters use it as a safe house after committing robberies.
    DirectorRichard RossonStarsFred StoneEmma DunnMarjorie Lord
    10/10
  • Wuthering Heights (1939)

    18. Wuthering Heights

    19391h 44mApproved
    7.5 (21K)
    A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMerle OberonLaurence OlivierDavid Niven
    8/10
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934)

    19. March of the Wooden Soldiers

    19341h 17mApproved
    7.1 (7.9K)
    Opposing the evil Barnaby, Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee try and fail to pay-off Mother Peep's mortgage and mislead his attempts to marry Little Bo. Enraged, Barnaby's Bogeymen are set on Toyland.
    DirectorsGus MeinsCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyVirginia Karns
    7 or 8/10
  • Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in Love on the Run (1936)

    20. Love on the Run

    19361h 20mApproved
    6.0 (1.4K)
    A runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a merry chase across Europe and uncover a spy plot.
    DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsJoan CrawfordClark GableFranchot Tone
    6 or 7/10

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