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.

151. Shall We Dance

Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mark Sandrich
Actors: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Jerome Cowan, Ketti Gallian

152. It's a Gift

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Actors: W.C. Fields, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol, Julian Madison, Tommy Bupp, Baby LeRoy
Plot: Harold Bissonette would like to give-up his grocery store to put up an orange field in California. He has a daughter who has a boyfriend, a nagging wife in Amelia and a playful kid named Norman.

153. Boudu Saved from Drowning ( Boudu Sauvé des Eaux )

Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Michel Simon, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska, Jean Gehret, Max Dalban, Jean Dasté

154. The Charge of the Light Brigade

Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles, David Niven, Donald Crisp, Henry Stephenson

155. Kameradschaft

Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Actors: Alexander Granach, Fritz Kampers, Ernst Busch, Elisabeth Wendt, Gustav Püttjer, Oskar Höcker

156. Night Nurse

Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Clark Gable, Joan Blondell, Blanche Friderici, Charlotte Merriam

157. San Francisco

Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Actors: Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, Jessie Ralph, Ted Healy
Plot: In 1906 San Francisco, the talented Mary Blake becomes the target, both professionally and personally, between saloon keeper Blackie Norton and Tivoli Opera House socialite Jack Burley.

158. The Dawn Patrol

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edmund Goulding
Actors: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Donald Crisp, Melville Cooper, Barry Fitzgerald
Plot: Follows the commanders and men in the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps during WWI. High mortality rates, insubordination and unreasonable demands - all part of the job.

159. The Man Who Knew Too Much

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam
Plot: At their dying friend's wish, Lawrence and his wife Jill recover information from a British Consulate. Yet this information, regarding an assassination attempt, results in the kidnapping of their daughter. While the husband goes after the daughter, it is up to his wife to prevent the assassination.

160. 42nd Street

Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Actors: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, Guy Kibbee

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