Best movies of the 1930s
180 movies ranked according to 1,009 lists from 202 publishers
Ranks are positions on the all-time list, not a separate vote among 1930s movies.
903
À Nous la LibertéRené Clair1931
904
Way Out WestJames W. Horne1937
906
Destry Rides AgainGeorge Marshall1939
907
Pygmalion1938
911
FuryFritz Lang1936
912
Queen ChristinaRouben Mamoulian1933
913
Love AffairLeo McCarey1939
915
The InformerJohn Ford1935
917
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky1938
918
The Thin ManW.S. Van Dyke1934
923
The Roaring TwentiesRaoul Walsh1939
929
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain GangMervyn LeRoy1932
935
Things to ComeWilliam Cameron Menzies1936
949
The WomenGeorge Cukor1939
952
Marius1931
954
Fanny1932
956
CÉSARMarcel Pagnol1936
963
Mutiny on the BountyFrank Lloyd1935
965
Gunga DinGeorge Stevens1939
966
The Life of Emile ZolaWilliam Dieterle1937
967
One Hour with YouErnst Lubitsch1932
999
The Gay DivorceeMark Sandrich1934
1023
MidnightMitchell Leisen1939
1064
Make Way for TomorrowLeo McCarey1937
1065
The Baker’s Wife1938
1072
Sons of the DesertWilliam A. Seiter1933
1126
Pépé Le MokoJulien Duvivier1937
1137
Daybreak1939
1147
The Music BoxJames Parrott1932
1148
David CopperfieldGeorge Cukor1935
1151
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRouben Mamoulian1931
1153
Le MillionRené Clair1931
1154
Oh, Mr. Porter!1937
1161
Angels with Dirty FacesMichael Curtiz1938
1166
Monkey BusinessNorman Z. McLeod1931
1168
Horse FeathersNorman Z. McLeod1932
1169
Dinner at EightGeorge Cukor1933
1174
The Old Dark HouseJames Whale1932
1177
JezebelWilliam Wyler1938
1179
Nothing Sacred1937
1183
She Done Him WrongLowell Sherman1933
1195
Show BoatJames Whale1936
1198
Little WomenGeorge Cukor1933
1200
SabotageAlfred Hitchcock1936
1201
Dead End1937
1202
A Star is Born1937
1210
They Won't Forget1937
1241
The Charge of the Light Brigade1936
1268
The Testament of Dr. MabuseFritz Lang1933
1358
Stella DallasKing Vidor1937
1387
Laughing Gravy1931
1388
Towed in a Hole1932
1389
Les Miserables1935
1398
A Day at the RacesSam Wood1937
1403
Rembrandt1936
1404
The Hunchback of Notre DameWilliam Dieterle1939
1405
The Invisible ManJames Whale1933
1418
Animal CrackersVictor Heerman1930
1419
Goodbye Mr. ChipsSam Wood1939
1422
Lady for a Day1933
1434
The Front Page1931
1436
The Man Who Knew Too Much1934
1437
Of Mice and MenLewis Milestone1939
1446
The Prisoner of Zenda1937
1447
The Red Head1932
1450
My Apprenticeship1939
1476
A Slight Case of Murder1938
1481
The Count of Monte Cristo1934
1486
Alexander's Ragtime Band1938
1500
The Good EarthSidney Franklin1937
1502
The Most Dangerous Game1932
1507
San FranciscoW.S. Van Dyke1936
1509
Bombshell1933
1513
The Sign of the Cross1932
1517
Stage DoorGregory La Cava1937
1527
Mystery of the Wax Museum1933
1531
By the Bluest of SeasBoris Barnet1935
1543
Grand HotelEdmund Goulding1932
1545
Ruggles of Red GapLeo McCarey1935
1565
The Black CatEdgar G. Ulmer1934
1566
Captains CourageousVictor Fleming1937
1572
LimiteMário Peixoto1931
1601
The Story of a Cheat1936
1779
Blonde VenusJosef von Sternberg1932
1846
Le Jour se lèveMarcel Carné1939
1857
Our Daily Bread1934
1928
Union Pacific1939
1944
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer1935
1953
Broadway Melody of 19381937
1955
Million Dollar Legs1932
1958
Twentieth CenturyHoward Hawks1934
1960
TONIJean Renoir1935
1967
You Only Live OnceFritz Lang1937
1968
À PROPOS DE NICEBoris Kaufman Jean Vigo1930
1979
The Scoundrel1935
1985
The Devil Doll1936
1988
Aerograd /Frontier1935
1994
DishonoredJosef von Sternberg1931
1996
Dark VictoryEdmund Goulding1939
2000
Judge Priest1934
2007
IVANAlexander Dovzhenko1932
2008
Anna Christie1930
2009
Gold Diggers of 1933Mervyn LeRoy1933
2019
The Bitter Tea of General Yen1933
2021
Captain BloodMichael Curtiz1935
2022
Me and My GalRaoul Walsh1932
2024
Easy LivingMitchell Leisen1937
2029
Babes in Arms1939
2046
Footlight ParadeLloyd Bacon1933
2059
People on SundayRobert Siodmak1930
2061
Rose HobartJoseph Cornell1936
2167
MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORMLeontine Sagan1931
2201
AngelErnst Lubitsch1937
2204
You Can't Take It with YouFrank Capra1938
2324
The Mouthpiece1932