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Top 100 Classic Movies of the 1930’s

Decade:
RankTitleCastScore
1 . Bringing up Baby (1938)Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett10.00
2 . It Happened One Night (1934)Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns8.85
3 . Top Hat (1935)Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes8.46
4 . After the Thin Man (1936)William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi7.31
5 . The Awful Truth (1937)Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Molly Lamont6.92
6 . The Gay Divorcee (1934)Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton6.92
7 . Gone with the Wind (1939)Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Evelyn Keyes6.92
8 . Swing Time (1936)Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick6.92
9 . The Thin Man (1934)William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton6.92
10 . The Wizard of Oz (1939)Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr6.54
11 . The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains6.15
12 . Another Thin Man (1939)William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger6.15
13 . Libeled Lady (1936)Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy5.77
14 . All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Ben Alexander5.38
15 . Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan5.38
16 . Bride of Frankenstein (1935)Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger5.38
17 . Frankenstein (1931)Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff5.38
18 . Shall We Dance (1937)Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore5.38
19 . Flying Down to Rio (1933)Dolores del R?o, Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire5.00
20 . Follow the Fleet (1936)Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard5.00
21 . Grand Hotel (1932)Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery5.00
22 . Holiday (1938)Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton5.00
23 . You Can't Take It With You (1938)Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold5.00
24 . My Man Godfrey (1936)William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick4.62
25 . The Women (1939)Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland4.62
26 . Alice Adams (1935)Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Evelyn Venable4.23
27 . Bachelor Mother (1939)Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, Frank Albertson4.23
28 . Dracula (1931)B?la Lugosi, David Manners, Dwight Frye, Frances Dade4.23
29 . Duck Soup (1933)Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx4.23
30 . Gunga Din (1939)Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe4.23
31 . I'm No Angel (1933)Mae West, Cary Grant, Gregory Ratoff, Edward Arnold4.23
32 . The Lady Vanishes (1938)Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty4.23
33 . Roberta (1935)Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott4.23
34 . She Done Him Wrong (1933)Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland4.23
35 . Stage Door (1937)Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick4.23
36 . Animal Crackers (1930)Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx3.85
37 . Annie Oakley (1935)Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Moroni Olsen3.85
38 . Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert3.85
39 . Golden Boy (1939)Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, William Holden, Lee J. Cobb3.85
40 . Stella Dallas (1937)Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil3.85
41 . 42nd Street (1933)Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler3.46
42 . Babes in Arms (1939)Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Charles Winninger, Guy Kibbee3.46
43 . Baby Face (1933)Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Margaret Lindsay3.46
44 . The Black Cat (1934)Boris Karloff, B?la Lugosi, David Manners, Harry Cording3.46
45 . Boys Town (1938)Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton3.46
46 . Captain Blood (1935)Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone3.46
47 . Carefree (1938)Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, Luella Gear3.46
48 . City Lights (1931)Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers3.46
49 . Love Affair (1939)Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman3.46
50 . Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander3.46
51 . Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold3.46
52 . Ninotchka (1939)Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, B?la Lugosi, Sig Ruman3.46
53 . Nothing Sacred (1937)Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly3.46
54 . The Roaring Twenties (1939)James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George3.46
55 . Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Pinto Colvig3.46
56 . Topper (1937)Constance Bennett, Cary Grant, Roland Young, Billie Burke3.46
57 . Twentieth Century (1934)John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns3.46
58 . The 39 Steps (1935)Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle3.08
59 . Anna Karenina (1935)Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew, Maureen O'Sullivan3.08
60 . The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Walter Connolly, Lucien Littlefield3.08
61 . Born to Dance (1936)Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce, Una Merkel3.08
62 . Camille (1936)Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan3.08
63 . Destry Rides Again (1939)Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger3.08
64 . Dinner at Eight (1933)Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow3.08
65 . The Great Ziegfeld (1936)William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan3.08
66 . Jezebel (1938)Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay3.08
67 . King Kong (1933)Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher3.08
68 . Little Miss Marker (1934)Adolphe Menjou, Charles Bickford, Shirley Temple, Warren Hymer3.08
69 . The Little Princess (1939)Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter3.08
70 . A Night at the Opera (1935)Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle3.08
71 . Night Nurse (1931)Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell, Clark Gable3.08
72 . The Petrified Forest (1936)Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Dick Foran, Humphrey Bogart3.08
73 . The Public Enemy (1931)James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell3.08
74 . The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce3.08
75 . Stagecoach (1939)Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine3.08
76 . Union Pacific (1939)Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston3.08
77 . Wife vs. Secretary (1936)Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, May Robson3.08
78 . Alice in Wonderland (1933)Richard Arlen, Roscoe Ates, William Austin, Gary Cooper2.69
79 . Anna Christie (1930) (1930)Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, Marie Dressler2.69
80 . Another Fine Mess (1930)Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd, James Finlayson2.69
81 . Baby Take a Bow (1934)Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Claire Trevor, Alan Dinehart2.69
82 . Beau Geste (1939)Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy2.69
83 . Blonde Crazy (1931)James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern, Ray Milland2.69
84 . Brother Rat (1938)Priscilla Lane, Jane Bryan, Eddie Albert, Ronald Reagan2.69
85 . Captains Courageous (1937)Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas2.69
86 . A Damsel in Distress (1937)Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joan Fontaine2.69
87 . Dancing Lady (1933)Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, May Robson2.69
88 . Dark Victory (1939)Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald2.69
89 . A Day at the Races (1937)Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones2.69
90 . Design for Living (1933)Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton2.69
91 . Footlight Parade (1933)James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell2.69
92 . Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler2.69
93 . The Good Earth (1937)Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch2.69
94 . Kid Galahad (1937)Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Jane Bryan2.69
95 . The Mad Miss Manton (1938)Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene, Stanley Ridges2.69
96 . Marked Woman (1937)Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell2.69
97 . The Merry Widow (1934)Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel2.69
98 . Min and Bill (1930)Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Dorothy Jordan, Marjorie Rambeau2.69
99 . Modern Times (1936)Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford2.69
100 . The Mummy (1932)Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Noble Johnson2.69

This chart uses a weighted rating based on the average rating per film and the number of votes per film.