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Year by year: 1934

by cafg-0 • Created 3 years ago • Modified 5 months ago
My 40 favorite films of 1934
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  • Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night (1934)

    1. 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
  • Les Misérables (1934)

    2. Les Misérables

    19344h 41mNot Rated
    8.3 (2.1K)
    The lives of numerous people over the course of 20 years in 19th century France, weaved together by the story of an ex-convict named Jean Valjean on the run from an obsessive police inspector, who pursues him for only a minor offense.
    DirectorRaymond BernardStarsHarry BaurCharles VanelPaul Azaïs
  • The Thin Man (1934)

    3. The Thin Man

    19341h 31mTV-PG86Metascore
    7.9 (34K)
    Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.
    DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyMaureen O'Sullivan
  • The Scarlet Empress (1934)

    4. The Scarlet Empress

    19341h 44mApproved
    7.5 (7.6K)
    A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
    DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichJohn LodgeSam Jaffe
  • L'Atalante (1934)

    5. L'Atalante

    19341h 29mNot Rated
    7.7 (18K)
    Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.
    DirectorJean VigoStarsDita ParloJean DastéGilles Margaritis
  • A Story of Floating Weeds (1934)

    6. A Story of Floating Weeds

    19341h 26mNot Rated
    7.6 (3.7K)
    A kabuki actor's mistress hatches a jealous plot to bring down her lover's son.
    DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsTakeshi SakamotoChôko IidaKôji Mitsui
  • Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in The Gay Divorcee (1934)

    7. The Gay Divorcee

    19341h 47mApproved80Metascore
    7.3 (9.1K)
    A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
    DirectorMark SandrichStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersAlice Brady
  • Charles Laughton, Fredric March, and Norma Shearer in The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

    8. The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    19341h 49mPassed
    6.9 (2.3K)
    Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
    DirectorSidney FranklinStarsNorma ShearerFredric MarchCharles Laughton
  • Bette Davis and Leslie Howard in Of Human Bondage (1934)

    9. Of Human Bondage

    19341h 23mApproved
    7.0 (8.8K)
    A young man finds himself attracted to a cold, unfeeling waitress who might ultimately destroy them both.
    DirectorJohn CromwellStarsBette DavisLeslie HowardFrances Dee
  • Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald in The Merry Widow (1934)

    10. The Merry Widow

    19341h 39mPassed
    7.2 (3.4K)
    When a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.
    DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMaurice ChevalierJeanette MacDonaldEdward Everett Horton
  • The Black Cat (1934)

    11. The Black Cat

    19341h 5mNot Rated
    6.9 (14K)
    American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.
    DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsBoris KarloffBela LugosiDavid Manners
  • Michael Dillane, Maggie Dirrane, Robert J. Flaherty, and Colman 'Tiger' King in Man of Aran (1934)

    12. Man of Aran

    19341h 16mNot Rated
    7.1 (2.4K)
    In this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty, the everyday trials of life on Ireland's unforgiving Aran Islands are captured with attention to naturalistic beauty and historical detail.
    DirectorRobert J. FlahertyStarsColman 'Tiger' KingMaggie DirraneMichael Dillane
  • John Barrymore and Carole Lombard in Twentieth Century (1934)

    13. Twentieth Century

    19341h 31mApproved
    7.2 (7.6K)
    A flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsJohn BarrymoreCarole LombardWalter Connolly
  • The Goddess (1934)

    14. The Goddess

    19341h 25mTV-PG
    7.7 (2.7K)
    Street walker by night, devoted mother by day, a woman fights to get her young son an education amid criminal and social injustice in China.
    DirectorYonggang WuStarsLingyu RuanTian JianZhizhi Zhang
  • Tonari no Yae-chan (1934)

    15. Tonari no Yae-chan

    19341h 16m
    7.0 (280)
    Keitaro (Obinata Den) is a law student and Yaeko (Aizome Yumeko) is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship is starting to develop into something more romantic. Then, Yaeko's sister Kyouko (Okada Yoshiko) has a breakup with her husband and returns home. Kyouko is clearly interested in Keitaro and Yae becomes anxious.
    DirectorYasujirô ShimazuStarsYumeko AizomeRyôtarô MizushimaDen Ôhinata
  • Fredric March and Evelyn Venable in Death Takes a Holiday (1934)

    16. Death Takes a Holiday

    19341h 19mApproved53Metascore
    6.9 (2.5K)
    The Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.
    DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsFredric MarchEvelyn VenableGuy Standing
  • Everybody's Woman (1934)

    17. Everybody's Woman

    19341h 29m
    7.3 (1.1K)
    Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is punished for his act.
    DirectorMax OphülsStarsIsa MirandaMemo BenassiTatyana Pavlova
  • Angele (1934)

    18. Angele

    19342h 25mNot Rated
    7.3 (468)
    A young and naive peasant girl in Provence, who has been seduced and abandoned, moves to Marseilles and becomes a street-walker after having her baby.
    DirectorMarcel PagnolStarsOrane DemazisFernandelHenri Poupon
  • Hedy Lamarr in Ecstasy (1933)

    19. Ecstasy

    19331h 22mTV-MA
    6.6 (3K)
    Eva has just got married to an older gentleman. She leaves him, and one day, she meets a young man, and they fall in love. Fate brings the husband together with the young lover that has taken Eva from him.
    DirectorGustav MachatýStarsHedy LamarrZvonimir RogozAribert Mog
  • Tom Keene and Karen Morley in Our Daily Bread (1934)

    20. Our Daily Bread

    19341h 20mApproved
    7.0 (2.3K)
    A group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread!
    DirectorKing VidorStarsKaren MorleyTom KeeneBarbara Pepper
  • Madame Bovary (1934)

    21. Madame Bovary

    19341h 41m
    6.6 (574)
    Soon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary, a country doctor in Normandy, marries Emma Rouault, who is well-endowed in every sense. In her new home, Emma finds conflict with her mother-in-law, a husband uninterested in the social whirl, and general discontentment; thereby proving an easy conquest for philanderer Rodolphe. Other lovers follow. Does tragedy await?
    DirectorJean RenoirStarsMax DearlyValentine TessierPierre Renoir
  • Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper in Treasure Island (1934)

    22. 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
  • Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, and William Powell in Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

    23. Manhattan Melodrama

    19341h 33mApproved
    7.1 (5K)
    The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
    DirectorsW.S. Van DykeJack ConwayGeorge CukorStarsClark GableWilliam PowellMyrna Loy
  • Claudette Colbert and Warren William in Imitation of Life (1934)

    24. 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
  • Evelyn Venable in Double Door (1934)

    25. Double Door

    19341h 15m
    6.8 (476)
    Wealthy Victoria manipulates family against new sister-in-law Anne. Locks her in vault after false affair accusation. Rip frees Anne, disinherits Victoria who ends up trapped in vault by mistake.
    DirectorCharles VidorStarsEvelyn VenableMary MorrisAnne Revere

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