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1930-1939

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  • Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, and Fay Wray in The Richest Girl in the World (1934)

    1. The Richest Girl in the World

    19341h 16mApproved
    6.3 (1.1K)
    An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.
    DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsMiriam HopkinsJoel McCreaFay Wray
    A-046
  • James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, and Dick Powell in Footlight Parade (1933)

    2. 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
    A-047
  • Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts, and Dick Powell in Dames (1934)

    3. Dames

    19341h 31mApproved
    7.0 (2.6K)
    A multimillionaire decides to boycott "filthy" forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows.
    DirectorsRay EnrightBusby BerkeleyStarsJoan BlondellDick PowellRuby Keeler
    A-048
  • Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, and Irene Rich in The Champ (1931)

    4. The Champ

    19311h 26mApproved
    7.2 (3.8K)
    An alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.
    DirectorKing VidorStarsWallace BeeryJackie CooperIrene Rich
    A-049
  • Katharine Hepburn and Fred MacMurray in Alice Adams (1935)

    5. Alice Adams

    19351h 39mApproved
    6.8 (4.8K)
    A working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsKatharine HepburnFred MacMurrayFred Stone
    A-050
  • Edna Callahan, Maxine Cantway, Margaret Cathew, Virginia Dabney, Marlo Dwyer, Muriel Gordon, Mildred Dixon, and Kathy Cunningham in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

    6. 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
    A-051
  • Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx in A Day at the Races (1937)

    7. A Day at the Races

    19371h 51mApproved
    7.5 (15K)
    A veterinarian posing as a doctor teams with a singer and his friends as they struggle to save an upstate New York sanitarium with the help of a misfit racehorse.
    DirectorSam WoodStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo Marx
    A-052
  • Bette Davis in Dark Victory (1939)

    8. Dark Victory

    19391h 44mApproved
    7.4 (13K)
    A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity.
    DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsBette DavisGeorge BrentHumphrey Bogart
    A-053
  • Things to Come (1936)

    9. Things to Come

    19361h 40mNot Rated
    6.6 (9.8K)
    The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
    DirectorWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsRaymond MasseyEdward ChapmanRalph Richardson
    A-055
  • James Cagney and George Raft in Each Dawn I Die (1939)

    10. 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
    A-056
  • Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, and Roland Young in Topper (1937)

    11. Topper

    19371h 37mApproved
    7.2 (8.9K)
    A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.
    DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsCary GrantConstance BennettRoland Young
    A-057
  • Clark Gable and Helen Hayes in The White Sister (1933)

    12. The White Sister

    19331h 45mApproved
    6.1 (504)
    A young woman falls in love with a dashing officer, but becomes a nun when she believes him to be killed in battle.
    DirectorVictor FlemingStarsHelen HayesClark GableLewis Stone
    A-058
  • Bette Davis in Jezebel (1938)

    13. Jezebel

    19381h 44mApproved82Metascore
    7.4 (16K)
    In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsBette DavisHenry FondaGeorge Brent
    A-059
  • Fury (1936)

    14. Fury

    19361h 32mApproved
    7.8 (14K)
    When a wrongly-accused prisoner barely survives a lynch-mob attack and is presumed dead, he vindictively decides to fake his death and frame the mob for his supposed murder.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsSylvia SidneySpencer TracyWalter Abel
    A-060
  • 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 (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
    A-061
  • 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)

    16. 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
    A-062
  • Vampyr (1932)

    17. Vampyr

    19321h 15mApproved
    7.4 (22K)
    A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.
    DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsJulian WestMaurice SchutzRena Mandel
    A-063
  • Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray in The Princess Comes Across (1936)

    18. The Princess Comes Across

    19361h 16mApproved
    6.7 (1.4K)
    A woman pretends to be royalty in order to get aboard a cruise ship.
    DirectorWilliam K. HowardStarsCarole LombardFred MacMurrayDouglass Dumbrille
    A-064
  • Carole Lombard in Love Before Breakfast (1936)

    19. Love Before Breakfast

    19361h 10mApproved
    6.2 (933)
    A rich businessman stalks another man's fiancée.
    DirectorWalter LangStarsCarole LombardPreston FosterCesar Romero
    A-065
  • James Cagney, Ann Dvorak, and Margaret Lindsay in 'G' Men (1935)

    20. 'G' Men

    19351h 25mApproved
    7.1 (4.6K)
    James Cagney helped jump-start the gangster genre as The Public Enemy. Outcries against movies that glorified underworld criminals put Cagney on the side of the law in 'G' Men.
    DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsJames CagneyMargaret LindsayAnn Dvorak
    A-066
  • Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, and The Marx Brothers in Animal Crackers (1930)

    21. Animal Crackers

    19301h 37mG77Metascore
    7.4 (16K)
    Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.
    DirectorVictor HeermanStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico Marx
    A-067
  • City Girl (1930)

    22. City Girl

    19301h 30mPassed
    7.7 (4K)
    A Chicago waitress falls in love with a Minnesota farmer, and decides to face a life in the country.
    DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsCharles FarrellMary DuncanDavid Torrence
    A-068
  • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

    23. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    19321h 32mApproved
    8.2 (15K)
    A World War I veteran and aspiring engineer tries to re-enter civilian life. After being unwillingly caught up in a robbery, he suffers the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, struggling to clear his name and prove his worth.
    DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsPaul MuniGlenda FarrellHelen Vinson
    A-069
  • Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray in Hands Across the Table (1935)

    24. Hands Across the Table

    19351h 20mApproved
    6.9 (2.2K)
    A loafer and a manicurist, both planning to marry money, meet and form an uneasy alliance.
    DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsCarole LombardFred MacMurrayRalph Bellamy
    A-070
  • Claudette Colbert and Warren William in Imitation of Life (1934)

    25. Imitation of Life

    19341h 51mApproved72Metascore
    7.5 (6K)
    A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
    DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsClaudette ColbertWarren WilliamRochelle Hudson
    A-071

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