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Cinephile 101: 50 Popular Movies of the 1930s

Cinephile 101 is a cinephile/film buff list series, aiming to cover a diverse range of different areas that anyone who claims this distinction should really know their stuff in.
In this entry of the series, we continue looking at the kind of movies you need to watch to cover the basic groundwork of being a cinephile. Some may think they're clever for jumping in at the deep end, but no one will be impressed with you if you haven't seen the most basic of movie standards. Today we're looking at 50 well known movies from the 1930s, five from each year (data source: Rate Your Music, top 5 for each year, skipping any low rated movies), that will help you build up a basic knowledge of film.
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L'âge D'Or (1930)
L'âge D'Or (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
2
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
3
The Blue Angel (1930)
The Blue Angel (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
4
Earth (1930)
Earth (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   75%
5
Animal Crackers (1930)
Animal Crackers (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
6
M (1931)
M (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
8
Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
10
The Public Enemy (1931)
The Public Enemy (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
11
Freaks (1932)
Freaks (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
12
Vampyr (1932)
Vampyr (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
13
Scarface (1932)
Scarface (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
14
The Blood of a Poet (1932)
The Blood of a Poet (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
15
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
16
Duck Soup (1933)
Duck Soup (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
17
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
18
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
19
Zero for Conduct (1933)
Zero for Conduct (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
20
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
21
It Happened One Night (1934)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
22
L'atalante (1934)
L'atalante (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
23
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
24
The Thin Man (1934)
The Thin Man (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
25
The Black Cat (1934)
The Black Cat (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
26
The 39 Steps (1935)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
27
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
28
A Night at the Opera (1935)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
29
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
30
Top Hat (1935)
Top Hat (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
31
Modern Times (1936)
Modern Times (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
32
Fury (1936)
Fury (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
33
Sabotage (1936)
Sabotage (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
34
My Man Godfrey (1936)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
35
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
36
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
37
Grand Illusion (1937)
Grand Illusion (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
39
The Awful Truth (1937)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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A Day at the Races (1937)
A Day at the Races (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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