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LATE 1930s CLASSICS

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  • Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

    1. Make Way for Tomorrow

    19371h 31mApproved
    8.1 (10K)
    An elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.
    DirectorLeo McCareyStarsVictor MooreBeulah BondiFay Bainter
  • Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Priscilla Lane in The Roaring Twenties (1939)

    2. The Roaring Twenties

    19391h 46mApproved80Metascore
    7.9 (17K)
    Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJames CagneyHumphrey BogartPriscilla Lane
  • Lon Chaney Jr., Betty Field, and Burgess Meredith in Of Mice and Men (1939)

    3. Of Mice and Men

    19391h 46mApproved89Metascore
    7.8 (7.3K)
    A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
    DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsLon Chaney Jr.Burgess MeredithBetty Field
  • Don Ameche and Claudette Colbert in Midnight (1939)

    4. Midnight

    19391h 34mApproved79Metascore
    7.8 (6.1K)
    A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver.
    DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsClaudette ColbertDon AmecheJohn Barrymore
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, and Edward Arnold in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

    5. 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
  • Humphrey Bogart, Pat O'Brien, Gabriel Dell, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Bernard Punsly, and The Dead End Kids in Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

    6. Angels with Dirty Faces

    19381h 37mApproved
    7.9 (24K)
    A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyPat O'BrienHumphrey Bogart
  • Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, and Norma Shearer in The Women (1939)

    7. The Women

    19392h 13mApproved
    7.7 (16K)
    A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.
    DirectorGeorge CukorStarsNorma ShearerJoan CrawfordRosalind Russell
  • Maureen O'Hara and Charles Laughton in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

    8. 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
  • Margaret Lockwood in The Lady Vanishes (1938)

    9. 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
  • Spencer Tracy, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, and William Powell in Libeled Lady (1936)

    10. Libeled Lady

    19361h 38mApproved
    7.8 (9.4K)
    When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.
    DirectorJack ConwayStarsJean HarlowWilliam PowellMyrna Loy
  • Ruth Chatterton and Walter Huston in Dodsworth (1936)

    11. Dodsworth

    19361h 41mApproved
    7.7 (11K)
    A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsWalter HustonRuth ChattertonPaul Lukas
  • Cary Grant, Rita Hayworth, and Jean Arthur in Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

    12. Only Angels Have Wings

    19392h 1mApproved86Metascore
    7.6 (17K)
    At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air-freight company is compelled to risk the lives of his pilots in order to win an important contract as a traveling American showgirl/harlot stops in town.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantJean ArthurRita Hayworth
  • Destry Rides Again (1939)

    13. Destry Rides Again

    19391h 35mApproved81Metascore
    7.6 (13K)
    Deputy sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottle Neck, including saloon singer Frenchy.
    DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsMarlene DietrichJames StewartMischa Auer
  • Myrna Loy, William Powell, and Asta in After the Thin Man (1936)

    14. After the Thin Man

    19361h 52mApproved76Metascore
    7.6 (13K)
    Private detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when there is a murder. The obvious suspect is his wife, Nora's cousin, Selma.
    DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyJames Stewart
  • Clark Gable and Mamo Clark in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

    15. 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
  • Charles Laughton and Fredric March in Les Misérables (1935)

    16. 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)

    17. 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
  • Jean Arthur, Ray Milland, and Edward Arnold in Easy Living (1937)

    18. Easy Living

    19371h 28mApproved
    7.5 (4.4K)
    When a wealthy banker throws his wife's expensive fur coat off a roof and it lands on the head of a stenographer, everyone assumes she is his mistress and has access to his millions.
    DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsJean ArthurEdward ArnoldRay Milland
  • Margaret Sullavan in The Good Fairy (1935)

    19. The Good Fairy

    19351h 38mApproved
    7.5 (1.7K)
    A naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a 'good fairy' to strangers makes life awfully complicated.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMargaret SullavanHerbert MarshallFrank Morgan
  • Basil Rathbone, Ida Lupino, and Alan Marshal in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

    20. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    19391h 25mApproved
    7.2 (7.9K)
    The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century.
    DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsBasil RathboneNigel BruceIda Lupino
  • Barbara Stanwyck and John Boles in Stella Dallas (1937)

    21. Stella Dallas

    19371h 46mApproved
    7.4 (6.7K)
    A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
    DirectorKing VidorStarsBarbara StanwyckJohn BolesAnne Shirley
  • James Cagney and George Raft in Each Dawn I Die (1939)

    22. Each Dawn I Die

    19391h 32mApproved
    7.2 (4.1K)
    A corrupt D.A. (Thurston Hall) with political ambitions is angered by news stories implicating him in criminal activity and decides to frame the reporter (James Cagney) for manslaughter in order to silence him.
    DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsJames CagneyGeorge RaftJane Bryan

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