Top Ranked Films by Year: the 30s

The top-ranked films of the 30's
© 2009, William L. Sinclair

This continues our series of top-ranked films by year, based on the Top Ranked 1000 Films on the Net that we compiled.
Total Ranked Films in the 30's: 85

- [ 1930 ] -
1. All Quiet on the Western Front #164 - Milestone, Lewis
2. Âge d'or, L' #216 - Buñuel, Luis
3. Earth #247 - Dovzhenko, Alexander
4. Blue Angel, The #269 - von Sternberg, Josef
5. Blood of a Poet, The #691 - Cocteau, Jean
6. Morocco #835 - von Sternberg, Josef
7. Under the Roofs of Paris #847 - Clair, René
Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front

- [ 1931 ] -
1. M #11 - Lang, Fritz
2. City Lights #21 - Chaplin, Charles
3. Frankenstein #167 - Whale, James
4. Le Million #314 - Clair, René
5. À nous la liberté #374 - Clair, René
6. Tabu #446 - Murnau, F.W.
7. Threepenny Opera, The #884 - Pabst, G.W.
8. Limite #904 - Peixoto, Mario
9. Kameradschaft #929 - Pabst, G.W.
10. Public Enemy #957 - Wellman, William A.
11. La Chienne #964 - Renoir, Jean
12. Mädchen in Uniform #1011 - Sagan, Leontine
Best Picture: Cimarron

- [ 1932 ] -
1. Trouble in Paradise #234 - Lubitsch, Ernst
2. Vampyr #312 - Dreyer, Carl
3. Scarface #436 - Hawks, Howard
4. Freaks #440 - Browning, Tod
5. Boudu Saved from Drowning #513 - Renoir, Jean
6. Love Me Tonight #599 - Mamoulian, Rouben
7. I Was Born, But… #626 - Ozu, Yasujiro
8. Que viva Mexico! #664 - Eisenstein, Sergei
9. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang #834 - LeRoy, Mervyn
10. Shanghai Express #1004 - von Sternberg, Josef
Best Picture: Grand Hotel

- [ 1933 ] -
1. King Kong #40 - Cooper, Merian C./Ernest B. Schoedsack
2. Duck Soup #41 - McCarey, Leo
3. Zero for Conduct #258 - Vigo, Jean
4. 42nd Street #369 - Bacon, Lloyd
5. Design for Living #796 - Lubitsch, Ernst
6. Land Without Bread #797 - Buñuel, Luis
7. Outskirts (Okraina) #807 - Barnet, Boris
8. Liebelei #872 - Ophüls, Max
Best Picture: Cavalcade

- [ 1934 ] -
1. L'Atalante #49 - Vigo, Jean
2. It Happened One Night #94 - Capra, Frank
3. Scarlet Empress, The #503 - von Sternberg, Josef
4. Man of Aran #518 - Flaherty, Robert
5. It's a Gift #525 - McLeod, Norman Z.
6. Our Daily Bread #603 - Vidor, King
7. Thin Man, The #992 - Van Dyke, W.S.
Best Picture: It Happened One Night

- [ 1935 ] -
1. Bride of Frankenstein #140 - Whale, James
2. Top Hat #286 - Sandrich, Mark
3. Night at the Opera, A #338 - Wood, Sam
4. 39 Steps, The #341 - Hitchcock, Alfred
5. Triumph of the Will #453 - Riefenstahl, Leni
6. Devil is a Woman, The #660 - von Sternberg, Josef
7. Peter Ibbetson #921 - Hathaway, Henry
8. Informer, The #923 - Ford, John
9. Carnival in Flanders #976 - Feyder, Jacques
Best Picture: Mutiny on the Bounty

- [ 1936 ] -
1. Modern Times #36 - Chaplin, Charles
2. Partie de campagne #411 - Renoir, Jean
3. Swing Time #444 - Stevens, George
4. Crime of Monsieur Lange, The #466 - Renoir, Jean
5. My Man Godfrey #552 - La Cava, Gregory
6. Camille #948 - Cukor, George
Best Picture: The Great Ziegfeld

- [ 1937 ] -
1. Grande Illusion, La #198 - Renoir, Jean
2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs #256 - Hand, David
3. Awful Truth, The #370 - McCarey, Leo
4. Make Way for Tomorrow #498 - McCarey, Leo
5. Pépé le Moko #719 - Duvivier, Julien
6. Angel #720 - Lubitsch, Ernst
7. You Only Live Once #874 - Lang, Fritz
Best Picture: The Life of Emile Zola

- [ 1938 ] -
1. Bringing Up Baby #118 - Hawks, Howard
2. Adventures of Robin Hood, The #170 - Curtiz, Michael/William Keighley
3. Lady Vanishes, The #291 - Hitchcock, Alfred
4. Alexander Nevsky #366 - Eisenstein, Sergei
5. Olympia #532 - Riefenstahl, Leni
6. Holiday #825 - Cukor, George
7. Port of Shadows #941 - Carné, Marcel
8. Bête humaine, La #995 - Renoir, Jean
Best Picture: You Can't Take It With You

- [ 1939 ] -
1. Wizard of Oz, The #18 - Fleming, Victor
2. Rules of the Game, The #44 - Renoir, Jean
3. Gone with the Wind #80 - Fleming, Victor
4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington #128 - Capra, Frank
5. Stagecoach #217 - Ford, John
6. Ninotchka #340 - Lubitsch, Ernst
7. Le Jour Se Lève #411 - Carné, Marcel
8. Only Angels Have Wings #448 - Hawks, Howard
9. Story of the Late Chrysanthemums, The #459 - Mizoguchi, Kenji
10. Young Mr. Lincoln #655 - Ford, John
11. Midnight #973 - Leisen, Mitchell
Best Picture: Gone With the Wind

Top Films of the Decade
1. M #11 - Lang, Fritz
2. Wizard of Oz, The #18 - Fleming, Victor
3. City Lights #21 - Chaplin, Charles
4. Modern Times #36 - Chaplin, Charles
5. King Kong #40 - Cooper, Merian C./Ernest B. Schoedsack
6. Duck Soup #41 - McCarey, Leo
7. Rules of the Game, The #44 - Renoir, Jean
8. L'Atalante #49 - Vigo, Jean
9. Gone with the Wind #80 - Fleming, Victor
10. It Happened One Night #94 - Capra, Frank