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.

131. 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

132. 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.

133. 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

134. Block-Heads

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John G. Blystone
Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Patricia Ellis, Minna Gombell, Billy Gilbert
Plot: Laurel and Hardy are two former army buddies who reunite after the war.

135. 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

136. The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori, Walter Connolly, Gavin Gordon, Richard Loo

137. Private Lives

Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sidney Franklin
Actors: Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Reginald Denny, Una Merkel, Jean Hersholt, George Davis

138. Ten Cents a Dance

Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lionel Barrymore
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, Monroe Owsley, Sally Blane, Blanche Friderici, Phyllis Crane
Plot: A taxi dancer marries the man of her dreams, but he turns out to be a
debt-ridden lout.

139. Swing Time

Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: George Stevens
Actors: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Helen Broderick, Victor Moore, Eric Blore, Betty Furness
Plot: A gambler travels to New York to try and win the big money to make it possible to pay for his Fiance's expensive wedding - he begins to fall for another woman.

140. Jesse James

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry King
Actors: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Brian Donlevy, Henry Hull
Plot: As the railroads move in, families are forced off their land. The James
family is one such casualty and after witnessing their mother's death at
the hands of a railroad agent, the brothers become bank and train robbers
- and popular heroes to the general public.

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