Top 20 films of the 1930's POLL

[Abdrewes]

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What are your favorite films from the 1930's? Only lists with twenty choices will be taken to account for the poll.

#1 Spot is worth 20 points, #2 is worth 19, etc.


The Results:




1. King Kong (275 points)
2. The Wizard of Oz (214 points)
3. M (189 points)
4. Gone With the Wind (175 points)
5. The 39 Steps (165 points)
6. It Happened One Night (137 points)
7. The Adventures of Robin Hood (134 points)
8. Modern Times (118 points)
9. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (116 points)
10. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (109 points)
11. The Lady Vanishes (100 points)
12. La Grande Illusion (95 points)
13. City Lights (94 points)
14. Bride of Frankenstein (90 points)
15. Frankenstein (85 points)
16. The Invisible Man (82 points)
17. All Quiet on the Western Front (78 points)
18. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (72 points)
19. Freaks (67 points
20. Duck Soup (67 points)



The Math:

[Show spoiler]
1st tiebreaker: most votes
2nd tiebreaker: highest single vote


1. King Kong (19+9+20+19+6+19+13+15+13+18+18+15+20+18+17+20+16) 275
2. The Wizard of Oz (10+1+20+19+20+3+20+6+20+4+20+18+11+18+18+6) 214
3. M (11+2+3+16+2+13+16+6+17+20+20+8+1+20+20+14) 189
4. Gone With the Wind (15+13+7+16+16+17+1+14+11+15+17+8+5+17+3) 175
5. The 39 Steps (8+17+11+18+14+11+12+10+12+11+18+14+9) 165
6. It Happened One Night (12+12+18+12+12+3+4+12+7+15+1+9+20) 137
7. The Adventures of Robin Hood (5+1+14+15+7+15+9+7+2+2+19+19+12+7) 134
8. Modern Times (16+2+1+14+12+3+18+19+16+15+2) 118
9. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (6+13+5+15+17+5+3+14+11+10+17) 116
10. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (9+10+2+13+2+16+17+12+20+6+2) 109
11. The Lady Vanishes (9+7+7+5+7+12+11+12+14+16) 100
12. La Grande Illusion (13+19+20+9+6+17+11) 95
13. City Lights (1+15+20+19+11+18+5+5) 94
14. Bride of Frankenstein (17+11+10+19+8+8+17) 90
15. Frankenstein (18+3+13+9+7+13+14+8) 85
16. The Invisible Man (3+15+2+14+6+17+13+8+4) 82
17. All Quiet on the Western Front (18+9+9+7+4+8+4+19) 78
18. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (12+8+19+15+18) 72
19. Freaks (16+3+13+1+2+13+19) 67
20. Duck Soup (6+20+20+7+14) 67
21. The Public Enemy (10+7+11+10+1+12+15) 66
22. Stagecoach (19+14+9+3+2+9+7) 63
23. Bringing Up Baby (10+17+17+4+13) 61
24. The Rules of the Game (13+2+18+17+9) 59
25. L'Atalante (8+8+8+17+16) 57
26. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1+5+10+17+16+5+2) 56
27. Scarface (17+18+16+4) 55
28. Dracula (4+2+4+6+3+6+12+4+12) 53
29. Vampyr (5+19+10+19) 53
30. Angels With Dirty Faces (20+16+4+9+1) 50
31. Captain Blood (11+20+4+15) 50
32. The Thin Man (11+19+13+7) 50
33. Trouble in Paradise (4+18+10+13) 45
34. Shanghai Express (7+16+9+13) 45
35. The Blue Angel (14+14+15) 43
36. The Black Cat (5+8+16+11) 40
37. City Girl (9+12+19) 40
38. Island of Lost Souls (13+1+10+8+6) 38
39. Mutiny on the Bounty (17+14+5) 36
40. Only Angels Have Wings (18+11+4+2) 35
41. The Awful Truth (17+12+5) 34
42. Grand Hotel (1+16+16) 33
43. Mr Deeds Goes to Town (15+14+1) 30
44. Tabu (20+10) 30
45. My Man Godfrey (3+16+10) 29
46. Gunga Din (19+6+3) 28
47. The Mummy (12+5+2+7+1) 27
48. Lost Horizon (12+15) 27
49. Young Mr. Lincoln (13+2+11) 26
50. Ninotchka (8+18) 26
51. Design for Living (15+5+5) 25
52. Destry Rides Again (8+1+15) 24
53. Camille (19+5) 24
54. It's a Gift (5+18) 23
55. Things to Come (5+16) 21
56. Stage Door (6+14) 20
57. Make Way For Tomorrow 20
57. Limite 20
59. Earth (14+3+2) 19
60. Little Caesar (8+11) 19
61. Pygmalion (9+10) 19
62. Each Dawn I Die 19
62. Dishonored 19
62. Alice in Wonderland 19
65. The Mystery of the Wax Museum (5+13) 18
66. Sherlock Holmes (11+7) 18
67. Jezebel 18
67. A Slight Case of Murder18
67. The Goddess 18
70. Dark Victory (12+5) 17
71. Petrified Forest (11+6) 17
72. Bullets or Ballots 17
72. People on Sunday 17
74. Swing Time (4+12) 16
75. Mad Love (6+10) 16
76. Sons of the Desert 16
76. The Flying Mouse 16
76. Footlight Parade 16
79. The Most Dangerous Game (3+12) 15
80. Forty Second Street 15
80. The Count of Monte Cristo 15
80. Enthusiasm 15
80. Elmer Elephant 15
84. Way out West 14
84. The Kennel Murder Case 14
84. Morocco 14
84. Gold Diggers of 1933 14
84. Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde 14
89. The Old Dark House (6+1+6) 13
90. You Cant Take It With You 13
90. Vivacious Lady 13
90. Ganga Bruta 13
93. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (4+6+1) 11
94. The Roaring Twenties (2+9) 11
95. Port of Shadows 11
95. Osaka Elegy 11
95. The Mikado 11
98. Pepe Le Moko (1+9) 10
99. Westward Ho 10
99. The Bat Whispers 10
99. Blonde Venus 10
99. Alexander Nevsky 10
99. Animal Crackers 10
99. Ecstasy 10
99. Cosmic Journey 10
106. Holiday (6+3) 9
107. Hell's Angels 9
107. The Hound of the Baskervilles 9
107. The Murders in the Rue Morgue 9
107. Scrooge 9
111. Show Boat 8
111. You're Telling Me! 8
111. Zero for Conduct 8
111. Topper 8
111. A Night at the Opera 8
111. Our Relations 8
117. Red Dust 7
117. Smart Money 7
117. The Mask of Fu Manchu 7
117. The Life of Emile Zola 7
117. The Four Feathers 7
117. The Women 7
123. Imitation of Life 6
123. You Only Live Once 6
123. Pack up Your Troubles 6
126. The Scarlet Empress 5
126. The Blood of a Poet 5
128. Les Miserables 4
128. Heroes For Sale 4
128. Top Hat 4
128. Three Songs About Lenin 4
128. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 4
128. Drums Along the Mohawk 4
128. Babes in the Woods 4
135. Dr X (1+2) 3
136. Safe in Hell 3
136. A Story of Floating Weeds 3
136. Playful Pluto 3
136. The Mayor of Hell 3
136. I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang! 3
136. The Land Without Bread (Las Hurdes) 3
136. The Prisoner of Zenda 3
143. Dodsworth 2
143. Wuthering Heights 2
145. Two Pence Magic 1
145. Maniac 1
145. White Zombie 1

My List
1) Tabu (1931)
2) Camille (1936)
3) Jezebel (1938)
4) People on Sunday (1930)
5) Modern Times (1936)
6) Gone With the Wind (1939)
7) The Blue Angel (1930)
8) The Rules of the Game (1939)
9) It Happened One Night (1934)
10) M (1931)
11) The Wizard of Oz (1939)
12) City Girl (1930)
13) L'Atalante (1934)
14) Shanghai Express (1932)
15) Duck Soup (1933)
16) It's a Gift (1934)
17) Swing Time (1936)
18) My Man Godfrey (1936)
19) Dodsworth (1936)
20) Pepe Le Moko (1937)

[Moe Szyslak]

^No Freaks?

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by Moe Szyslak

^No Freaks?

Just missed the cut Moe. It's an amazing film though.

Also, any fan should check out Browning's The Unknown, which made my top 20 of the 1920's.

[Musicguy]

Angels With Dirty Faces
Each Dawn I Die
A Slight Case of Murder
Bullets or Ballots
Footlight Parade
Forty Second Street
Gold Diggers of 1933
Gone With the Wind
Lost Horizon (Capra)
Petrified Forest
Public Enemy
Pygmalion
Show Boat
Smart Money
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
The Mayor of Hell
The Roaring Twenties
The Wizard of Oz

[Scottie]

I've only seen the following films:

• 39 Steps
• Design For Living
• Island Of Lost Souls
• Lady Vanishes
• M
• Man Who Knew Too Much
• Modern Times
• People On Sunday
• Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
• Wizard Of Oz

I do own these other 1930s films, but I haven't seen them.

• City Girl
• Complete Jean Vigo
• Four Feathers
• La Grande Illusion
• Gone With The Wind
• Grand Hotel (on order)
• Mikado
• Rules Of The Game
• Stagecoach
• Things To Come (on order)
• Universal Classic Monsters Box Set
• Vampyr (DVD)

[dsman71]

The Wizard of Oz
King Kong
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Freaks

Mr Deeds Goes to Town
The Kennel Murder Case
You Cant Take It With You
Dark Victory
The Thin Man


The Bat Whispers
The Lady Vanishes
The 39 Steps
Gone With the Wind
Mad Love

The Black Cat
Dracula
Invisible Man
M
Dr X

[Abdrewes]

iScottie, from the OP:

Only lists with twenty choices will be taken to account for the poll

The good thing is you have over a month and a half to come up with one

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

iScottie, from the OP:


The good thing is you have over a month and a half to come up with one

I know, I just felt like sharing my limited 1930s film experience.

[nagysaudio]

1.) City Lights
2.) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
3.) Modern Times
4.) King Kong
5.) Gone With the Wind
6.) Tarzan the Ape Man
7.) Tarzan and His Mate
8.) The Wizard of Oz
9.) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
10.) Frankenstein

[Abdrewes]

^^^
Only lists of 20 will be accounted for...

[nagysaudio]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

^^^
Only lists of 20 will be accounted for...

Can't come up with anything else I like, sorry...

[30hertzrumble]

1. Duck Soup
2. The Thin Man
3. Only Angels Have Wings
4. The Awful Truth
5. Shanghai Express
6. Design for Living
7. The Blue Angel
8. Grand Illusion
9. It Happened One Night
10. Bride of Frankenstein
11. Bringing Up Baby
12. King Kong
13. Destry Rides Again
14. The Lady Vanishes
15. Holiday
16. Vampyr
17. Trouble in Paradise
18. M
19. Dracula
20. City Lights

[kingofthejungle]

1. Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
2. Stagecoach (1939)
3. It Happened One Night (1934)
4. Scarface (1932)
5. M (1931)
6. City Lights (1930)
7. Morocco (1930)
8. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
9. The Awful Truth (1937)
10. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
11. Blonde Venus (1932)
12. Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
13. You're Telling Me! (1934)
14. Red Dust (1932)
15. You Only Live Once (1937)
16. Design For Living (1933)
17. Heroes For Sale (1934)
18. I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang! (1932)
19. Modern Times (1936)
20. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

[HD Goofnut]

1) King Kong (1933)
2) The Wizard of Oz (1939)
3) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
4) Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
5) Gone With the Wind (1939)
6) The Invisible Man (1933)
7) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
8) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
9) The Mummy (1932)
10) Sherlock Holmes (1939-1946)
11) Westward Ho (1935)
12) Scrooge (1935)
13) Little Caesar (1931)
14) Public Enemy (1931)
15) The Petrified Forest (1936)
16) Things to Come (1936)
17) Dracula (1931)
18) Frankenstein (1931)
19) M (1931)
20) Grand Hotel (1932)

[Chrysagon]

The Wizard of Oz
King Kong
Trouble in Paradise
The 39 Steps
Gone With the Wind

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Stagecoach
Frankenstein
It Happened One Night
Captain Blood

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
All Quiet on the Western Front
A Night at the Opera
The Lady Vanishes
Dracula

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Top Hat
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Rules of the Game
Modern Times

[Rizor]

1. City Lights (1931)
2. Grand Illusion (1937)
3. Rules of the Game, The (1939)
4. Gone with the Wind (1939)
5. My Man Godfrey (1936)
6. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
7. Modern Times (1936)
8. M (1931)
9. It Happened One Night (1934)
10. 39 Steps, The (1935)
11. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
12. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
13. L'Atalante (1934)
14. Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)
15. King Kong (1933)
16. Lady Vanishes, The (1938)
17. Miserables, Les (1934)
18. Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
19. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
20. Man Who Knew Too Much, the (1934)

[duggie walker]

THE WIZARD OF OZ
KING KONG
THE 39 STEPS
BRINGING UP BABY
SONS OF THE DESERT
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
WAY OUT WEST
MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
THE TESTAMENT OF DR MABUSE
PUBLIC ENEMY
ANIMAL CRACKERS
THE ROARING TWENTIES
OUR RELATIONS
THE LADY VANISHES
PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS
FREAKS
THE INVISIBLE MAN
GONE WITH THE WIND

Not seen enough from this decade!

Sad to see so little love for Laurel and Hardy.

[Banned User]

La Grande Illusion
Vampyr
Scarface
The Rules of the Game
M
The Blue Angel
The 39 Steps
King Kong
Modern Times
Port of Shadows
The Bride of Frankenstein
StageCoach
L'Atalante
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Old Dark House
The Awful Truth
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
It Happened One Night
Wuthering Heights
Destry Rides Again

[zachnix18]

M
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein
Stagecoach
Modern Times
The Gold Rush
Island of the Lost Souls
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Scarface (1932)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

I think these are all of the films I have seen from the 1930's. I own all of these too.

If I had to do a top 5 though...
5. Island of the Lost Souls
4. Stagecoach
3. Bride of Frankenstein / Son of Frankenstein (both so good; tie)
2. M
1. Modern Times

[Abdrewes]

Banned User, I desperately wanted to include Destry Rides again, but I figured Matlene Dietrich is well represented on my list.

To all, Thanks for the input