Zach’s Favorite Films of the 1930s

1939

  1. THE RULES OF THE GAME (Jean Renoir, France)
  2. ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (Howard Hawks, USA)
  3. THE WIZARD OF OZ (Victor Fleming, USA)
  4. WHEN TOMORROW COMES (John M. Stahl, USA)
  5. STAGECOACH (John Ford, USA)
  6. YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (John Ford, USA)
  7. FRONTIER MARSHAL (Allan Dwan, USA)
  8. LOVE AFFAIR (Leo McCarey, USA)
  9. DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK (John Ford, USA)
  10. NINOTCHKA (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
  11. SANS LENDEMAIN (Max Ophüls, France)
  12. MIDNIGHT (Mitchell Leisen, USA)
  • BACHELOR MOTHER (Garson Kinin, USA)

1938

  1. BRINGING UP BABY (Howard Hawks, USA)
  2. HOLIDAY (George Cukor, USA)
  3. VIOLENT IS THE WORD FOR CULRY (Charley Chase, USA)
  4. YOU AND ME (Fritz Lang, USA)
  5. ALEXANDER NEVSKY (Sergei Eisenstein, USSR)
  6. THE LADY VANISHES (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
  7. THE BAKER’S WIFE (Marcel Pagnol, France)
  • LA BETE HUMAINE (Jean Renoir, France)

1937

  1. MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (Leo McCarey, USA)
  2. ANGEL (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
  3. THE OLD MILL (Wilfred Jackson and Graham Heid, USA)
  4. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (David Hand, USA)
  5. THE AWFUL TRUTH (Leo McCarey, USA)
  6. STAGE DOOR (Gregory La Cava, USA)
  7. HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT (Frank Borzage, USA)
  8. EASY LIVING (Mitchell Leisen, USA)
  9. GRAND ILLUSION (Jean Renoir, France)
  10. YOUNG AND INNOCENT (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
  11. WEE WILLIE WINKIE (John Ford, USA)
  • PÉPÉ LE MOKO (Julien Duvivier, France)

1936

  1. POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINBAD THE SAILOR (Dave Fleischer, USA)
  2. REMBRANDT (Alexander Korda, USA)
  3. FURY (Fritz Lang, USA)
  4. MY MAN GODFREY (Gregory La Cava, USA)
  5. CEILING ZERO (Howard Hawks, USA)
  6. MODERN TIMES (Charlie Chaplin, USA)
  7. CRAIG’S WIFE (Dorothy Arzner, USA)
  8. THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE (Jean Renoir, France)
  9. SABOTAGE (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
  10. AFTER THE THIN MAN (W.S. Van Dyke, USA)
  • ROSE HOBART (Joseph Cornell, USA)
  • SHOW BOAT (James Whale, USA)

1935

  1. RUGGLES OF RED GAP (Leo McCarey, USA)
  2. THE GIRL IN THE RUMOR (Mikio Naruse, Japan)
  3. THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN (Josef von Sternberg, USA)
  4. STEAMBOAT ROUND THE BEND (John Ford, USA)
  5. TONI (Jean Renoir, France)
  6. THE 39 STEPS (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
  7. DANCING ON THE MOON (Dave Fleischer, USA)
  8. SYLVIA SCARLETT (George Cukor, USA)
  9. SAZEN TANGE AND THE POT WORTH A MILLION RYO (Sadao Yamanaka, Japan)
  10. THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING (John Ford, USA)
  • TOP HAT (Mark Sandrich, USA)

1934

  1. TWENTIETH CENTURY (Howard Hawks, USA)
  2. THE BLACK CAT (Edgar G. Ulmer, USA)
  3. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (Frank Capra, USA)
  4. L’ATALANTE (Jean Vigo, France)
  5. DOS MONJES (Juan Bustillo Oro, Mexico)
  6. A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (Yasujirō Ozu, Japan)
  7. THE GODDESS (Yonggang Wu, China)
  8. LA BELLE DE NUIT (Louis Valray, France)
  9. JUDGE PRIEST (John Ford, USA)
  10. THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
  11. THE THIN MAN (W.S. Van Dyke, USA)
  • FOG OVER FRISCO (William Dieterle, USA)

1933

  1. ONLY YESTERDAY (John M. Stahl, USA)
  2. SNOW-WHITE (Dave Fleischer, USA)
  3. LAUGHTER IN HELL (Edward L. Cahn, USA)
  4. THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (Fritz Lang, Germany)
  5. BLOOD MONEY (Rowland Brown, USA)
  6. GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy AND Busby Berkeley, USA)
  7. DESIGN FOR LIVING (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
  8. DUCK SOUP (Leo McCarey, USA)
  9. EMPLOYEES’ ENTRANCE (Roy Del Ruth, USA)
  10. THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE (Stephen Roberts, USA)
  11. THE SIN OF NORA MORAN (Phil Goldstone, USA)
  12. THE MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM (Michael Curtiz, USA)
  13. MAN’S CASTLE (Frank Borzage, USA)
  14. SHE DONE HIM WRONG (Lowell Sherman, USA)
  15. THE SILVER CORD (John Cromwell, USA)
  16. DELUGE (Felix E. Feist , USA)
  • THE INVISIBLE MAN (James Whale, USA)
  • PASSING FANCY (Yasujirō Ozu, Japan)
  • KING KONG (Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, USA)

1932

  1. BACK STREET (John M. Stahl, USA)
  2. A FAREWELL TO ARMS (Frank Borzage, USA)
  3. TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
  4. SHANGHAI EXPRESS (Josef von Sternberg, USA)
  5. BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING (Jean Renoir, France)
  6. SCARFACE (Howard Hawks, USA)
  7. AFRAID TO TALK (Edward L. Cahn, USA)
  8. FALSE FACES (Lowell Sherman, USA)
  9. BLONDE VENUS (Josef von Sternberg, USA)
  10. DOCTOR X (Michael Curtiz, USA)
  11. JEWEL ROBBERY (William Dieterle, USA)
  12. ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (Erle C. Kenton, USA)
  13. I WAS BORN, BUT... (Yasujirō Ozu, Japan)
  14. THE OLD DARK HOUSE (James Whale, USA)
  15. VAMPYR (Carl Theodor Dreyer, France/Germany)
  16. FREAKS (Tod Browning, USA)
  17. ONE HOUR WITH YOU (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
  18. SHE WANTED A MILLIONAIRE (John G. Blystone, USA)
  19. MINNIE THE MOOCHER (Dave Fleischer, USA)
  20. THE TRIAL OF VIVIENNE WARE (William K. Howard, USA)
  21. AIR MAIL (John Ford, USA)
  • BIRD OF PARADISE (King Vidor, USA)
  • THE CROWD ROARS (Howard Hawks, USA)
  • THE BROKEN LULLABY (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)

1931

  1. SEED (John M. Stahl, USA)
  2. LA CHIENNE (Jean Renoir, France)
  3. M (Fritz Lang, Germany)
  4. DISHONORED (Josef von Sternberg, USA)
  5. A HOUSE DIVIDED (William Wyler, USA)
  6. KAMERADSCHAFT (G.W. Pabst, Germany)
  7. TRANSATLANTIC (William K. Howard, USA)
  8. FRANKENSTEIN (James Whale, USA)
  9. QUICK MILLIONS (Rowland Brown, USA)
  10. SAFE IN HELL (William A. Wellman, USA)
  11. DRACULA (Tod Browning, USA)
  12. THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
  • THE CHAMP (King Vidor, USA)
  • CITY LIGHTS (Charlie Chaplin, USA)
  • ENTHUSIASM (Dziga Vertov, USSR)
  • RICH AND STRANGE (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)

1930

  1. MOROCCO (Josef von Sternberg, USA)
  2. THE BIG TRAIL (Raoul Walsh, USA)
  3. HER MAN (Tay Garnett, USA)
  4. THE DAWN PATROL (Howard Hawks, USA)
  5. EARTH (Alexander Dovzhenko, USSR)
  6. L’AGE D’OR (Luis Buñuel, France)
  7. HOG WILD (James Parrott, USA)
  8. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Lewis Milestone, USA)
  9. MURDER! (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
  10. BRATS (James Parrott, USA)
  • THE BLUE ANGEL (Josef von Sternberg, Germany)
  • THE STORM (William Wyler, USA)