These events also had an impact on the arts, especially on the cinema since, being a costly industrial art form, it would be influenced by economic factors. The 1930s were a great change for Hollywood cinema. The advent of sound put an end to the great era of silent films, to the detriment of great artists of the period such as Buster Keaton. In addition, Hollywood devised a way of making films centered on action and dialogue, still an important factor in the world of cinema.
This list will attempt to illuminate the movies which best describe those years, focusing in particular on American cinema of that period, but not forgetting recent films that deal with that era..
