Top 20 films of the 1930's POLL

[Jaymole]

Duck Soup
Bride of Frankenstein
It's a Gift
Bringing Up Baby
Scarface
King Kong
Mr Deeds Goes to Town
Freaks
Lady Vanishes
39 Steps, The
Mad Love
Grand Illusion
Black Cat, The
Women, The
Wizard of Oz, The
Scarlet Empress, The
All Quiet on the Western Front
Modern Times
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Old Dark House, the

[benbess]

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. City Lights
3. Modern Times
4. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
6. Lost Horizon
7. Gone With the Wind
8. King Kong
9. The 39 Steps
10. The Lady Vanishes
11. The Man Who Knew Too Much
12. The Adventures of Robin Hood
13. All Quiet on the Western Front
14. Duck Soup
15. Imitation of Life
16. Camille
17. It Happened One Night
18. Stagecoach
19. Young Mr. Lincoln
20. Freaks

[SpiderBaby]

I hate ranking films so I tried my best:

1. Limite (1931) Mario Peixoto (Brazil)
2. Dishonored (1931) Josef von Sternberg (United States)
3. The Goddess (1934) Wu Yonggang (China)
4. L'Atalante (1934) Jean Vigo (France)
5. The Black Cat (1934) Edgar G. Ulmer (United States)
6. Enthusiasm (1931) Dziga Vertov (Soviet Union)
7. Earth (1930) Aleksandr Dovzhenko (Soviet Union)
8. Ganga Bruta (1933) Humberto Mauro (Brazil)
9. City Girl (1930) F.W. Murnau (United States)
10. Osaka Elegy (1936) Kenji Mizoguchi (Japan)
11. Ecstasy (1933) Gustav Machaty (Czechoslovakia)
12. Shanghai Express (1932) Josef von Sternberg (United States)
13. Zero For Conduct (1933) Jean Vigo (France)
14. The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) Charles Brabin (United States)
15. M (1931) Fritz Lang (Germany)
16. The Blood of a Poet (1931) Jean Cocteau (France)
17. Three Songs About Lenin (1934) Dziga Vertov (Soviet Union)
18. Safe in Hell (1931) William A. Wellman (United States)
19. Freaks (1932) Tod Browning (United States)
20. Two Pence Magic (1930) Hans Richter (Germany)

[Abdrewes]

Spiderbaby, there is also a 1920's poll going on too. The link can be found in the OP.

By the way, is Limite available on streaming anywhere?

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Spiderbaby, there is also a 1920's poll going on too. The link can be found in the OP.

By the way, is Limite available on streaming anywhere?

I'm trying to come up with mine, but I'm so glad you placed Jezebel so high up on yours. I really love that film and don't think it gets as much credit as it deserves.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

I'm trying to come up with mine, but I'm so glad you placed Jezebel so high up on yours. I really love that film and don't think it gets as much credit as it deserves.

You know me, I love visually sumptuous Classic melodramas

[Bluobsession]

Films I've Seen...and would sure like in my collection:

1: Captain Blood
2: Gunga Din
3: King Kong
4: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
5: Angels With Dirty Faces
6: Destry Rides Again
7: The Invisible Man
8: The Thin Man
9: It Happened One Night
10: Gone With The Wind
11: The Public Enemy
12: Frankenstein
13: The Bride of Frankenstein
14: The Adventures of Robin Hood
15: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
16: The Mystery of the Wax Museum
17: The Wizard of Oz
18: Dracula
19: Stagecoach
20: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

[SpiderBaby]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Spiderbaby, there is also a 1920's poll going on too. The link can be found in the OP.

By the way, is Limite available on streaming anywhere?

I'm going to stay away from trying to list only 20 films for the 1920s as well as a 60s poll. Too much stuff to choose from, I had a hard time only picking 20 for the 30s. If I change my mind soon, I'll try.

Here is Limite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwBj7...ature=youtu.be

[jamesdevil]

Yay, I can participate in this one.

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Modern Times
3. King Kong
4. M
5. L'Atalante
6. Gone with the Wind
7. Duck Soup
8. Shanghai Express
9. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
10. City Lights
11. The 39 Steps
12. La Regle du jeu
13. Ninotchka
14. It Happened One Night
15. Le Grande Illusion
16. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
17. Bringing Up Baby
18. Earth
19. The Adventures of Robin Hood
20. The Public Enemy

Incredible decade. I could have listed another 20.

[Archedamian]

I listed City Girl in my 20's list, but I will list it here as well just to make sure I am covered.

1. M
2. City Girl
3. City Lights
4. Gone With The Wind
5. Grand Hotel
6. It Happened One Night
7. Mutiny on the Bounty
8. Trouble In Paradise
9. The 39 Steps
10. Young Mr. Lincoln
11. Tabu
12. Stagecoach
13. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
14. The Life of Emile Zola
15. Stage Door
16. Design For Living
17. All Quiet On The Western Front
18. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
19. Earth
20. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

[Al_The_Strange]

01: M
02: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
03: The Wizard of Oz
04: The Man Who Knew Too Much
05: Modern Times
06: King Kong
07: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
08: Island of Lost Souls
09: The Lady Vanishes
10: The 39 Steps
11: Alexander Nevsky
12: Hell's Angels
13: Gone With the Wind
14: Frankenstein
15: Dracula
16: The Mummy
17: Scarface
18: A Story of Floating Weeds
19: The Adventures of Robin Hood
20: It Happened One Night

I'm amazed I came up with 20.

[Archedamian]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

18: A Story of Floating Weeds

Crap, should have put this somewhere on my list.

[W0m6at]

I've gone through everything I can think of that I've seen from this decade, and even including a couple of short films, I only hit a total of 18. I think I can find two more, assuming I get time to watch something.

[The Great Owl]

1. King Kong (1933)
2. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
3. The 39 Steps (1935)
4. La Grande Illusion (1937)
5. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
6. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
7. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
8. Frankenstein (1931)
9. Dracula (1931)
10. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
11. Vampyr (1932)
12. Pépé Le Moko (1937)
13. M (1931)
14. Stagecoach (1939)
15. The Invisible Man (1933)
16. Gone with the Wind (1939)
17. Captain Blood (1935)
18. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
19. The Mummy (1932)
20. Island of Lost Souls (1933)

Great decade, y'all!

[jamesdevil]

Bummer the thread got moved. Probably halves the audience for it.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by jamesdevil

Bummer the thread got moved. Probably halves the audience for it.

Agreed. King Kong (1933) needs more respect. It is still a pinnacle of cinema after all these decades. The old ways are still the best.

[The Great Owl]

I should add that it is with the utmost regret that the 1933 version of Alice in Wonderland just missed my list. It's a marvelously demented film, and, if you have young children whom you want to irrevocably traumatize, then you should put this film on your priority list at your earliest convenience.

There are simply too many great films in this decade to limit the number to 20. The 1930s really expanded the possibilities of cinema in a way that no other decade has matched.

[mjbethancourt]

Nuts, the 1930s are my weak spot.
Oh well, at least I have until July 20 to cram in some film-study sessions. Too bad the decade isn't represented well on blu-ray, I hate to spoil a good movie by watching it on my terrible streaming services, (my computer is a dinosaur, I built it in 2001).

[Venner]

1.) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
2.) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
3.) The Wizard of Oz (1939)
4.) Gone with the Wind (1939)
5.) Grand Hotel (1932)
6.) Modern Times (1936)
7.) Stage Door (1937)
7.) Vivacious Lady (1938)
8.) Swing Time (1936)
9.) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
10.) My Man Godfrey (1936)
11.) It happened One Night (1934)
12.) Topper (1937)
13.) The Thin Man (1934)
14.) Gunga Din (1939)
15.) Dark Victory (1939)
16.) Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
17.) Holiday (1938)
18.) Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
19.) M (1931)
20.) The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

Holy cow. I'm pretty sure I could fill this list from 1939 alone, but here is a selection of my loosely ranked favorites, attempting not to swamp any one genre. I also assume "30s" is 1930-39, rather than the mathematically correct 1931-1940. (1940 was another amazing year for Hollywood.)

[bizarre_eye]

1. M (1931)
2. Vampyr (1932)
3. King Kong (1933)
4. The Invisible Man (1933)
5. The Lady Vanishes (1938)
6. The Testament of Dr Mabuse (1933)
7. Frankenstein (1931)
8. Freaks (1932)
9. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
10. The Black Cat (1934)
11. Island of Lost Souls (1933)
12. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
13. Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
14. The Mummy (1932)
15. The Old Dark House (1932)
16. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
17. Dracula (1931)
18. Las Hurdes (1933)
19. Doctor X (1932)
20. Maniac (1934)