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Matthew Sheldon's Top 60 Films of the 1930s

Besides this being the beginning of the so-called 'talkies', the 1930's was a curious decade for cinema. The Great Depression had affected the entire world, and Europe was dealing with the fallout of World War I. The financial hardships of the public and the uncertainty of the era resulted in widespread popularity of escapist entertainment. Swashbuckling adventures, Universal monster movies and the elaborate musicals from Busby Berkeley became highly successful of the period. My favorites were many of the pre-code films between 1930 and 1934. Before the Hays Code enforced censorship iconic actors like Cagney, Robinson and Muni crashed into the screen with some of the most violent and shocking gangster pictures, all the while young starlets like Barbara Stanwyck and Jean Harlow played strong determined characters who used sex to advance their social position in a male dominated world.
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The 39 Steps (1935)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
2
42nd Street (1933)
42nd Street (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
3
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
5
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
6
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
The Awful Truth (1937)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
8
Baby Face (1933)
Baby Face (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
10
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
11
City Lights (1931)
City Lights (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
12
Dead End (1937)
Dead End (1937)
13
Dracula (1931)
Dracula (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
14
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
15
Duck Soup (1933)
Duck Soup (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
16
Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
17
Freaks (1932)
Freaks (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
18
Fury (1936)
Fury (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
19
G-Men (1935)
G-Men (1935)
20
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
21
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
22
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
23
Grand Hotel (1932)
Grand Hotel (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
24
Holiday (1938)
Holiday (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
25
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
26
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
27
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
28
It Happened One Night (1934)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
29
Jezebel (1938)
Jezebel (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
30
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
31
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
32
Little Caeser
Little Caeser
33
Love Me Tonight (1932)
Love Me Tonight (1932)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
34
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
35
Modern Times (1936)
Modern Times (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
36
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
37
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
38
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
39
My Man Godfrey (1936)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
40
A Night at the Opera (1935)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
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