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.

51. A Day at the Races

Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sam Wood
Actors: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan, Margaret Dumont
Plot: Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, a veterinarian posing as a certified doctor for the wealthy, needs to win a big horse race to keep a farm, and his sanitarium, up and running. With the help of Tony, and Stuffy he gets a misfit racehorse in shape for the big race.

52. A Star is Born

Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Andy Devine, Lionel Stander
Plot: A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of being a star but is relegated to waitressing. She catches the eye of an alcoholic actor who sets her career skyrocketing while his own deteriorates to nothing.

53. Union Pacific

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Donlevy, Anthony Quinn, Joel McCrea, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman
Plot: One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

54. Twentieth Century

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Charles Lane, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Ralph Forbes
Plot: A theater director discovers a talented actress and makes her into a star..., as well as his lover.

55. The Little Princess

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Walter Lang
Actors: Shirley Temple, Cesar Romero, Richard Greene, Ian Hunter, Arthur Treacher, Mary Nash

56. Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sam Wood
Actors: Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills, Paul Henreid, Lyn Harding
Plot: A classics teacher on the verge of leaving his position, looks back on his career and the students and colleagues who touched his life - and courtship that changed it forever.

57. Animal Crackers

Year of Release: 1930
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Victor Heerman
Actors: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Lillian Roth
Plot: The Marx Brothers investigate the disappearance of a painting.

58. Another Fine Mess

Year of Release: 1930
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: James Parrott
Actors: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Plot: Two homeless men, Laurel and Hardy, hideout in a mansion and pretend to be the owners.

59. Les misérables

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Actors: Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson, Florence Eldridge, John Beal

60. Holiday

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Cukor
Actors: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton, Henry Kolker
Plot: A young, free-spirited man finds himself about to married to a wealthy heiress. But while the majority of the family wants him to settle down and help run the business, he would rather spend his early years on holiday. With the help of the black sheep sister-in-law and perpetual drunk Ned, along with his friends, he'll decide the best course of action.

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