1. The Wizard of Oz
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Musical
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Victor Fleming
Actors: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Billie Burke
Plot: Dorothy gets swept to a far away land full of beautiful landscapes and
treacherous witches. She meets some improbable friends that try to help
her get back home by following the yellow brick road.
2. Gone with the Wind
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Victor Fleming
Actors: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, George Reeves, Leslie Howard, Hattie McDaniel, Ann Rutherford
Plot: An epic civil war tale of a strong woman, Scarlett, who loves the man she didn?t marry. It is simple tale of selfishness and love.
3. City Lights
Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Charles Chaplin
Actors: Charles Chaplin , Virginia Cherrill
Plot: A man falls in love with a blind woman who he struggles to support.
4. M
Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens, Friedrich Gnaß, Theo Lingen
Plot: When the police can't solve a mystery, others are brought in to join the search.
5. Modern Times
Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Chaplin
Actors: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford, Al Ernest Garcia, Stanley Blystone
Plot: A man who struggles with life is struggling to get along in the industrial society. He finds help when he meets a homeless woman.
6. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell
Plot: A young man is appointed to the US Senate where he battles for what he knows is right, although it brings him down mentally.
7. It Happened One Night
Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Roscoe Karns, Walter Connolly, Jameson Thomas, Alan Hale
Plot: A rich daughter runs away from home to be discovered by a semi washed up reporter looking for a story. Will they fall in love?
8. Frankenstein
Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Whale
Actors: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, John Boles, Mae Clarke, Frederick Kerr, Dwight Frye
Plot: A scientist assembles a living being from corpse parts in which his experiment goes bad when the being escapes.
9. Duck Soup
Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Louis Calhern, Margaret Dumont
Plot: Freedonia has borrowed a large sum of money from a wealthy widow Mrs. Teasdale. Rufus T. Firefly is to replace the current president of the country so that they are able to get out of debt. The neighboring countries send inept spies to obtain secret information. Slapstick comedy.
10. Bride of Frankenstein
Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Whale
Actors: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Gavin Gordon
Plot: Dr. Frankenstein builds his monster a mate, The Monster's Bride.
