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.

11. Bringing Up Baby

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charles Ruggles, Barry Fitzgerald, George Irving, Walter Catlett
Plot: A lady uses the help of a leopard to romance a paleontologist in this off the wall comedy.

12. King Kong

Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Actors: Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher, Sam Hardy, Noble Johnson
Plot: An adventurous film crew leads a ship to an X on a rare map to find mysterious animals including Kong himself!

13. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: David Hand
Actors: Adriana Caselotti, Roy Atwell, Billy Gilbert, Pinto Colvig, Eddie Collins, Lucille La Verne
Plot: The classic tale of Snow White being poisoned and awakened by a prince's kiss.

14. Stagecoach

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: John Wayne, Andy Devine, Tim Holt, Claire Trevor, George Bancroft, John Carradine
Plot: John Wayne plays "The Ringo Kid" as a stage coach travels out west carrying a Doctor, a pregnant woman, and a bank manger when they encounter Geronimo.

15. The Adventures of Robin Hood

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, Melville Cooper, Basil Rathbone, Patric Knowles
Plot: A classic when Robin Hood tries to rescue the masses against the king and his men.

16. The 39 Steps

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, Wylie Watson
Plot: In this classic Hitchcockian thriller, Robert Donat is an innocent man who becomes accidentally embroiled in an insidious spy ring and is forced to run for his life.

17. Freaks

Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tod Browning
Actors: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor, Harry Earles
Plot: A beautiful "big" woman marries a handsome "little" man. But, when money gets in the way things start to go wrong.

18. All Quiet on the Western Front

Year of Release: 1930
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: War/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lewis Milestone
Actors: Lewis Ayres, John Wray, William Bakewell, Louis Wolheim, Arnold Lucy, Ben Alexander
Plot: During WW1, a young soldier faces pride over cowardice during battle.

19. The Lady Vanishes

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers
Plot: A night of bad weather strands a trans-European trains in a small country Inn. Socialite Iris Henderson strikes up a conversation with an old governess Miss Froy. When the journey resumes, Miss Froy has disappeared, and with the help of a musician, she vows to get to the bottom of the mystery.

20. My Man Godfrey

Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gregory La Cava
Actors: Carole Lombard, William Powell, Alice Brady, Pat Flaherty, Gail Patrick, Eugene Pallette
Plot: With the Depression in full steam, a rather ditzy socialite picks up a vagrant, Godfrey, and hires him on as the family butler. He struggles with understanding the nutty actions of the idle rich family, even as the butler and socialite fall in love - but the fallout from falling for one of the servants may be too much... but there is more to Godfrey than meets the eye.

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