Top Movies of 1930s


The top movies of 1930s list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

121. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry Hathaway
Actors: Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Guy Standing, C. Aubrey Smith, Kathleen Burke

122. Love Affair

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman, Astrid Allwyn, Maurice Moscovitch

123. March of the Wooden Soldiers ( aka Babes in Toyland )

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gus Meins, Charley Rogers
Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlotte Henry, Felix Knight, Henry Brandon, Florence Roberts
Plot: Two men get into trouble for trying to get rid of the local scrooge. They are freed, and a war between the good people of the town and the scrooge's evil army ensues.

124. Rembrandt

Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Korda
Actors: Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester, Edward Chapman, Walter Hudd, Roger Livesey

125. The Lost Patrol

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, J.M. Kerrigan, Billy Bevan
Plot: A group of British soldiers crossing the Mesopotomian desert finds themselves in dire straights when their commanding officer is killed. As he was the only one who knew their final destination, a sergeant takes over the duty the keeps them heading north. But a stop at an oasis may become their last when an Arab enemy entraps them.

126. Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The ( Testament des Dr. Mabuse, Das )

Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Oscar Beregi Sr., Paul Bernd, Henry Pleß, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gustav Diessl, Adolf E. Licho
Plot: Berlin police inspector Lohmann investigates a case, in which all clues lead to a man, who's in a hospital for mental illnesses for since many years

127. The Mummy

Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Karl Freund
Actors: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Bramwell Fletcher, Arthur Byron
Plot: A group of archaeologists uncover a tomb containing the Scroll of Thoth. One man opens the scroll and goes mad when he discovers it brought an ancient mummy back to life. Now free, the mummy seeks the companionship of his ancient lover, whom he believes is reborn in the body of a young half-Egyptian woman.

128. Atalante, L'

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Vigo
Actors: Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre, Maurice Gilles

129. The Informer

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Una O'Connor

130. Things to Come

Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Cameron Menzies
Actors: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott, Cedric Hardwicke, Maurice Braddell
Plot: War and humanity changes from 1940 to 2036. John Cabal (Raymond Massey) and Passworthy (Edward Chapman) become part of the changes in the different time's era.

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