IRAS The Best Films of the 1930s Rough Draft

 IRAS The Best Films of the 1930s Rough Draft

My top film from each year: 

1939 -- The Rules Of The Game 

1938 -- The Adventures Of Robin Hood

1937 -- Make Way For Tomorrow

1936 -- Swing Time 

1935 -- The Bride Of Frankenstein

1934 -- The Thin Man

1933 -- Duck Soup

1932 -- Trouble In Paradise

1931 -- M

1930 -- The Blue Angel 

TOP FILMS OF 1930s/EARLY SOUND ALPHABETICAL LIST 

The Adventures Of Robin Hood

The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes 

Alexander Nevsky
All Quiet On The Western Front 

Angels With Dirty Faces
L’Atalante

The Awful Truth 

The Baker's Wife

Bed of Roses

La Bete Humaine

The Blue Angel 

Bombshell
The Bride Of Frankenstein

Bringing Up Baby

Captain Blood 

The Crime Of Monsieur Lange

David Copperfield

Dead End

Duck Soup

Fanny 

Fury

Grand Hotel

Gunga Din

Holiday 

The Hound Of The Baskervilles 

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame 

I’m No Angel

The Informer 

It Happened One Night

It’s A Gift 

Jewel Robbery
King Kong
The Lady Vanishes
Little Caesar
The Little Princess
Little Women

M 

Make Way For Tomorrow
The Man Who Knew Too Much

Midnight 

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington 

My Man Godfrey 

Nothing Sacred 

A Nous La Liberte

The Novel Of Werther

Olympia 

Only Angels Have Wings 

Pepe Le Moko

Port Of Shadows

The Prisoner Of Zenda

Public Enemy 

The Roaring Twenties

Rules of The Game
Scarface 
Shanghai Express

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Stagecoach 

A Star Is Born

Tarzan And His Mate 

The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse
The Thin Man

Three Comrades

The 39 Steps
Top Hat
Treasure Island
Trouble In Paradise
Twentieth Century

The Wizard Of Oz 

The Women 

TOP FILMS OF 1930s BY YEAR AND IN ROUGH ORDER OF IMPORTANCE 

(not all films make the cut and are listed above)

1939

Rules of The Game
Stagecoach
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington 

The Wizard Of Oz 

The Hound Of The Baskervilles 

Midnight 

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame 

The Roaring Twenties

Only Angels Have Wings 

The Women 

Gunga Din
The Little Princess
Love Affair
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes 

Drums Along The Mohawk
Young Mr. Lincoln
Goodbye Mr. Chips
Gone With The Wind


1938

The Adventures Of Robin Hood
Olympia 
The Lady Vanishes
Holiday 

The Baker's Wife
Port Of Shadows
La Bete Humaine

Bringing Up Baby
Test Pilot
Boys Town 
Angels With Dirty Faces
Jezebel
Alexander Nevsky
Three Comrades
The Novel Of Werther


1937

Make Way For Tomorrow
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Pepe Le Moko
Shall We Dance 

The Awful Truth 
Dead End
The Prisoner Of Zenda
Nothing Sacred 

A Day At The Races 

Captains Courageous 
Topper 

A Star Is Born


1936

Swing Time 

After The Thin Man 
My Man Godfrey 

Fury
Libeled Lady
Secret Agent
Follow The Fleet 

Dodsworth
Modern Times 
The Crime Of Monsieur Lange


1935

The Bride Of Frankenstein
Top Hat
The 39 Steps
Captain Blood 

David Copperfield
Lives Of A Bengal Lancer 
Mutiny On The Bounty 
The Informer 

A Tale Of Two Cities 

Alice Adams 
Triumph Of The Will 

1934

The Thin Man
L’Atalante
It Happened One Night
It’s A Gift 

Tarzan And His Mate 
The Gay Divorcee
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Twentieth Century
Treasure Island
Gambling Lady
The Man Of Aran 

The Scarlet Empress 


1933

Duck Soup
King Kong
I’m No Angel
The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse
Bed of Roses
Little Women
Bombshell
The Invisible Man
42nd Street
Wild Boys Of The Road 

Zero For Conduct 


1932

Trouble In Paradise
Scarface 
I Was Born, But...
Grand Hotel
Tarzan The Ape Man
Shanghai Express
Jewel Robbery
Fanny 

Horse Feathers 


1931

M 

City Lights 
Monkey Business 
Frankenstein 

Public Enemy 

Tabu: A Story Of The South Seas 

The Front Page 
Little Caesar
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
The Champ
A Nous La Liberte


1930

The Blue Angel 

Earth 

City Girl 
Animal Crackers
All Quiet On The Western Front 

People On Sunday 
Under The Roofs Of Paris 

Her Man 

WATCH OR REWATCH LIST: 

L’Age d’Or (Luis Buñuel, 1930) 

Alexander Nevsky

Alice Adams (George Stevens, 1935)

American Madness (Frank Capra, 1932) 

Angel (Ernst Lubitsch, 1937) 

Angèle (1934; Marcel Pagnol)

The Baker's Wife

La Bete Humaine

The Big Trail 

The Black Cat (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1934) 

The Blue Angel 

Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (Ernst Lubitsch, 1938) 

Bombshell

Boudou Saved From Drowning (1932; Jean Renoir)

Cesar 

Counsellor-at-Law (William Wyler, 1933) 

The Crime Of Monsieur Lange

David Copperfield

Design for Living (1933; Ernst Lubitsch)

Desire (Frank Borzage, 1936) 

Dracula 

Fanny

Fifth Avenue Girl (Gregory La Cava, 1939) 

Fury

Grand Hotel

Gunga Din

Hallelujah, I’m a Bum (Lewis Milestone, 1933) 

History Is Made at Night (Frank Borzage, 1937) 

Hôtel du Nord (Marcel Carné, 1939) 

Imitation of Life (John Stahl, 1934) 

I’m No Angel

It’s A Gift 

Jewel Robbery

Little Man, What Now? (Frank Borzage, 1934) 

Love Me Tonight (1932; Rouben Mamoulian)

A Man’s Castle (1933; Frank Borzage)

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Marius (1931; Alexander Korda)

Morocco (Josef von Sternberg, 1930) 

The Mummy (1932; Karl Freund)

A Nous La Liberte

The Novel Of Werther

One Way Passage (1932; Tay Garnett)

Our Daily Bread (King Vidor, 1934) 

Pilgrimage (1933; John Ford)

Port Of Shadows

Pygmalion (Anthony Asquith, 1938) 

Quality Street (George Stevens, 1937) 

Safe in Hell (1931; William Wellman)

She Married Her Boss (Gregory La Cava, 1935) 

Sisters of the Gion (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1936) 

The Smiling Lieutenant (1931; Ernst Lubitsch) 

Sylvia Scarlet (1935; George Cukor)

The Testament Of Dr. Mabuse

Three Comrades

The Threepenny Opera (1931) 

Toni (Jean Renoir, 1935) 

Vivacious Lady (George Stevens, 1938) 

Westfront 1918 (G.W. Pabst, 1930) 

The Women 

Young and Innocent (Hitchcock) 

Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, 1939)