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Top Movies of 1939-1930

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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
  • City Lights (1931)

    2. City Lights

    19311h 27mG99Metascore
    8.5 (209K)
    With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.
    DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence Lee
  • Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night (1934)

    3. 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
  • M (1931)

    4. M

    19311h 39mPassed
    8.3 (178K)
    When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge Landgut
  • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

    5. 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
  • Charles Chaplin in Modern Times (1936)

    6. 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
  • Herbert Marshall, Kay Francis, and Miriam Hopkins in Trouble in Paradise (1932)

    7. Trouble in Paradise

    19321h 23mApproved
    7.9 (17K)
    A gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme.
    DirectorErnst LubitschStarsMiriam HopkinsKay FrancisHerbert Marshall
  • Fay Wray and King Kong in King Kong (1933)

    8. 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
  • Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and Frank Morgan in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

    9. 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
  • Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

    10. 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
  • Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    11. 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
  • Stagecoach (1939)

    12. Stagecoach

    19391h 36mApproved93Metascore
    7.8 (57K)
    A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
    DirectorJohn FordStarsJohn WayneClaire TrevorAndy Devine
  • The Grand Illusion (1937)

    13. The Grand Illusion

    19371h 53mNot Rated
    8.1 (40K)
    During WWI, two French soldiers are captured and imprisoned in a German P.O.W. camp. Several escape attempts follow until they are eventually sent to a seemingly inescapable fortress.
    DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean GabinDita ParloPierre Fresnay
  • Olivia de Havilland, Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, and Eugene Pallette in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

    14. 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
  • The Thin Man (1934)

    15. 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
  • Carole Lombard and William Powell in My Man Godfrey (1936)

    16. My Man Godfrey

    19361h 34mApproved82Metascore
    7.9 (28K)
    A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
    DirectorGregory La CavaStarsWilliam PowellCarole LombardAlice Brady
  • L'Atalante (1934)

    17. 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
  • All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

    18. All Quiet on the Western Front

    19302h 32mApproved91Metascore
    8.1 (70K)
    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
  • Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Zeppo Marx, and The Marx Brothers in Duck Soup (1933)

    19. Duck Soup

    19331h 9mApproved93Metascore
    7.7 (64K)
    Rufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.
    DirectorLeo McCareyStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxChico Marx
  • 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)

    20. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    19371h 23mApproved96Metascore
    7.6 (232K)
    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
  • Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, and Roland Toutain in The Rules of the Game (1939)

    21. The Rules of the Game

    19391h 50mNot Rated99Metascore
    7.9 (33K)
    A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.
    DirectorJean RenoirStarsMarcel DalioNora GregorPaulette Dubost
  • Greta Garbo in Ninotchka (1939)

    22. Ninotchka

    19391h 50mApproved
    7.8 (24K)
    A stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.
    DirectorErnst LubitschStarsGreta GarboMelvyn DouglasIna Claire
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    23. The Awful Truth

    19371h 30mApproved87Metascore
    7.7 (23K)
    A married couple files an amicable divorce, but find letting go of each other harder than they originally thought.
    DirectorLeo McCareyStarsIrene DunneCary GrantRalph Bellamy
  • Top Hat (1935)

    24. 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
  • Ann Dvorak, Paul Muni, and Osgood Perkins in Scarface (1932)

    25. Scarface

    19321h 33mPG90Metascore
    7.7 (32K)
    An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
    DirectorsHoward HawksRichard RossonStarsPaul MuniAnn DvorakKaren Morley

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