IMDb's 1930s Top 50
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The 1930s decade has been nostalgically labeled "The Golden Age of Hollywood" (although most of the output of the decade was black-and-white). The 30s was also the decade of the sound and color revolutions and the advance of the 'talkies', and the further development of film genres (gangster films, musicals, newspaper-reporting films, historical biopics, social-realism films, lighthearted screwball comedies, westerns and horror to name a few). It was the era in which the silent period ended, with many silent film stars not making the transition to sound. It was in the 30s that Disney produced the first feature-length animated film, an animation hallmark.
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Modern Times
1936, in 30 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
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Les misérables
1934 — a.k.a. Les Misérables, in 6 top lists Check -
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Gone with the Wind
1939, in 31 top lists Check -
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932, in 14 top lists Check -
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Make Way for Tomorrow
1937, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Wizard of Oz
1939, in 38 top lists Check -
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It Happened One Night
1934, in 28 top lists Check -
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939, in 16 top lists Check -
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La grande illusion
1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check -
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938, in 17 top lists Check -
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Trouble in Paradise
1932, in 17 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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My Man Godfrey
1936, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Thin Man
1934, in 14 top lists Check -
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Angels with Dirty Faces
1938, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Roaring Twenties
1939, in 7 top lists Check -
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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939, in 6 top lists Check -
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Captains Courageous
1937, in 6 top lists Check -
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Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse
1933 — a.k.a. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, in 13 top lists Check -
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Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo
1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check -
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Frankenstein
1931, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Bride of Frankenstein
1935 — a.k.a. Bride of Frankenstein, in 19 top lists Check -
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Freaks
1932, in 19 top lists Check -
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Stagecoach
1939, in 21 top lists Check -
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A Tale of Two Cities
1935, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939, in 4 top lists Check -
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You Can't Take It with You
1938, in 7 top lists Check -
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Bringing Up Baby
1938, in 23 top lists Check -
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Ninotchka
1939, in 20 top lists Check -
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936, in 11 top lists Check -
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A Night at the Opera
1935, in 17 top lists Check -
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Of Mice and Men
1939, in 4 top lists Check -
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Libeled Lady
1936, in 3 top lists Check -
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Fury
1936, in 11 top lists Check -
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Midnight
1939, in 7 top lists Check -
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Zangiku monogatari
1939 — a.k.a. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, in 13 top lists Check -
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Marius
1931, in 7 top lists Check -
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Fanny
1932, in 5 top lists Check -
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Holiday
1938, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Lady Vanishes
1938, in 15 top lists Check -
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Scarface
1932, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Women
1939, in 8 top lists Check -
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Duck Soup
1933, in 24 top lists Check -
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Captain Blood
1935, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Awful Truth
1937, in 15 top lists Check -
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Top Hat
1935, in 14 top lists Check
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