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    1930s Movies

    The 40 most popular 1930s movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    The Wizard of Oz
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    The Wizard of Oz

    1939 · 1h 42m · US

    Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

    Gone with the Wind
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    Gone with the Wind

    1939 · 3h 58m · US

    The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1938 · 1h 23m · US

    A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.

    Modern Times
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    Modern Times

    1936 · 1h 27m · US

    A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

    Steputat & Co.
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    Steputat & Co.

    1938 · 1h 27m · DE

    A rich East Prussian shopkeeper,jealous that one of his male employees is in love with a female employee he himself covets, frames the couple for stealing lottery tickets.

    Joy Ride
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    Joy Ride

    1935 · 1h 13m · UK

    Two cousins invite their girlfriends on a joy-ride, but car trouble leads to catastrophe!

    Delikatessen
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    Delikatessen

    1930 · 1h 18m · DE

    Friends Franz and Bela work in a deli belonging to Mr. Wallis. Franz is the manager and Bela a salesclerk. Both get to know the lovely Lilo. But while Bela is rebuffed, the charming womanizer Franz is more successful. After a boisterous celebration in the deli, Mr. Wallis tells Franz to get lost and hires Lilo as a new salesperson. Franz and Bela take a job at Mr. Markow's deli across the street and a serious competition begins between the two delis for survival.

    The Dream
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    The Dream

    1931 · 1h 13m · FR

    In the snow as bells toll, a hooded figure makes its way through the streets to a church.

    Playing at Politics
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    Playing at Politics

    1931 · 56m · US

    Ollie is running for mayor and an old flame threatens to blackmail him.

    Glückliche Reise
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    Glückliche Reise

    1933 · 1h 23m · DE

    This operetta adaptation centers on two men who return to Hamburg from Brazil: one seeks a woman for love whereas the other seeks a woman who claims to be an heiress.

    M
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    M

    1931 · 1h 50m · DE

    In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

    The Adventures of Robin Hood
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    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938 · 1h 42m · US

    Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

    Wilderness Mail

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    Wilderness Mail

    1935 · 1h 5m

    A Canadian Mountie tracks and captures the murderers of a fur trapper, but is later overpowered, tied to a tree, and left in the woods to die. The Mountie's brother finds him just before he dies, and sets out to recapture the killers.

    Nobleza gaucha

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    Nobleza gaucha

    1937 · 1h 15m · AR

    It narrates the struggle of a rural worker to rescue the daughter of a farmer from the clutches of a wicked foreman.

    Treasure Island
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    Treasure Island

    1934 · 1h 43m · US

    In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of buccaneer Captain Flint's buried treasure.

    All Quiet on the Western Front
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    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930 · 2h 13m · US

    When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

    The Traitor
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    The Traitor

    1936 · 1h 32m · DE

    This 1936 film tells the story of the doings of foreign agents in Germany and their allies among the German population. Having placed an ad in a local paper looking for "contact with bigwigs in German industry", enemy agents Morris and Geyer end up making contact with an engineer named Brockau. Brockau has developed an improvement in turning oil into gasoline and that's just what these enemy agents are looking for. Brockau, for his part, needs money, because his girlfriend is a selfish cow who demands more and more toys and trinkets, which has put our naive little nerd deep into debt. Brockau, however, is not the only unwitting maroon to fall into the clutches of the evil agents: the former bank agent Hans Klemm, now doing his service in the Wehrmacht, ends up being contacted by an agent from the other side and ends up getting blackmailed into working for them.

    Night attack
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    Night attack

    1931

    A woman enters a police station at night to ask the commissioner to help her get rid of her dead lover's body to protect her honor.

    The Csardas Princess
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    The Csardas Princess

    1934 · 1h 35m · DE

    Sylva Varescu is an operetta singer performing Kálmán's Die Czardasfürstin through Europe with great success. Before going to Vienna she meets handsome Prinz Weylerstein and they fall in love. Offered a contract for America, she doubts until she finds out that he is already engaged to a countess.

    Familie Schimek
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    Familie Schimek

    1935 · 1h 25m · DE

    For three difficult orphans living by her aunt the former employee of the family searches a new premouth; he releases with it a result of tumultuous involvements. - Humble-entertaining mistake farce, completely fitted on Hans Moser.

    Dracula
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    Dracula

    1931 · 1h 14m · US

    A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves and drives the agent to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.

    King Kong
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    King Kong

    1933 · 1h 40m · US

    Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.

    Petersburger Nächte
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    Petersburger Nächte

    1935 · DE

    No overview available

    Das Ehesanatorium

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    Das Ehesanatorium

    1938 · 1h 25m · DE

    No overview available

    Culprit
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    Culprit

    1937 · 1h 47m · FR

    A man from a wealthy family falls in love with a florist, but the lover has to go to war and to leave his darling crying... and giving birth to a child.

    Hired Wife

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    Hired Wife

    1934 · 1h · US

    Kent Johns learns that he must be married within a certain timeframe to collect a significant fortune left by his late grandfather. Kent originally plans to marry his girlfriend, "Dovie" Jansen, but she calls off their wedding to marry a European count instead. Needing a wife quickly, Kent proposes a business-like marriage to Vivian "Vi" Matthews (Greta Nissen), his next-door neighbor who has long harbored feelings for him. The contract stipulates that after one year, they will divorce, and Vi will receive a $100,000 settlement. Encouraged by her friend Pat, Vi accepts the offer. During their honeymoon in New York City, Vi undergoes a physical transformation—aided by her personal maid, Celeste—evolving from a plain "homely matron" into a sophisticated and beautiful woman. While Kent remains preoccupied with business and often neglects his new wife, his artist friend Philip Marlowe (James Kirkwood) becomes deeply attracted to the "new" Vi, creating a romantic rivalry.

    City Lights
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    City Lights

    1931 · 1h 27m · US

    A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

    Frankenstein
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    Frankenstein

    1931 · 1h 10m · US

    Obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create life by assembling a creature from deceased body parts. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster, but it flees into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc.

    Grock
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    Grock

    1931 · 1h 38m · DE

    Grock must return to the scene once more. Half-movie, half-documentary, this film memorably records Grock's showmanship.

    Dishonored
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    Dishonored

    1931 · 1h 31m · US

    The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.

    The Assumption of Hannele
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    The Assumption of Hannele

    1934 · 1h · DE

    The story of Hannele, an unhappy girl who is beaten by her stepfather and tries to commit suicide.

    Dynamite Denny
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    Dynamite Denny

    1932 · 55m · US

    When a railroad engineer refuses to participate in a strike, the union drops him and he loses his job.

    The King
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    The King

    1936 · 1h 30m · FR

    King John IV of Cerdania, who knows monarchs are a vanishing race but who plays his royalty role in state council or boudoir to the hilt, is in Paris to sign a treaty, and becomes enmeshed in intrigue with an actress, Therese Mannix and involved in a bit of cuckoldry with YouYou Bourdier, the ex-seamstress wife of a French senator, who is un-awed by money, power or the King's kisses. For his part, her husband, Senator Bourdier, is glad to use his wealth, wife and collectivist ideals for social position, in spite of his democratic posing.

    Passionately
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    Passionately

    1932 · 1h 20m · FR

    A jealous American, Mr Stevenson, travels to France with his very pretty young wife Kitty. He tries all sorts of subterfuges so that the charming young woman does not attract the attention of men. But she did not escape the gaze of a certain Robert Perceval.

    Radio Bar

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    Radio Bar

    1936 · 1h 23m · AR

    The employees of a cabaret who aspire to become artists get the opportunity to work on the radio.

    Fedora
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    Fedora

    1934 · 1h 15m · FR

    Fedora swears to avenge the death of her fiancé, Prince Yarischkine, killed by Ipanoff who fled to Paris. She finds Ipanoff whom she falls in love with and he confesses to having killed her fiancé because Yarischkine was his wife's lover. But learning that her brother was executed because of Fedora, Ipanoff leaves her. Fedora commits suicide.

    Immortal Waltz
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    Immortal Waltz

    1939 · 1h 36m · AT

    Johann Strauss firmly established himself as the leader of a dance orchestra in Vienna in the 1840s. His sons Johann junior and Josef have clearly inherited their father's talent. Nevertheless, father Johann is strictly opposed to both of them training as composers.

    High School
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    High School

    1934 · 1h 30m · DE

    The love of a young Austrian aristocrat to a circus rider is put on a heavy load test when becomes obvious that the former officer has killed the brother of the young woman, a traitor of the country, in the duel.

    La Dolorosa
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    La Dolorosa

    1934 · 1h 25m · ES

    After a society lady abandons him for a cad, a sensitive young painter becomes a monk. But when his former beloved is later destitute with an illegitimate child, will he now be able to help her?

    Miss Madame
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    Miss Madame

    1934 · 1h 25m · DE

    On their honeymoon in St. Moritz,a new husband who is much older than his young bride is driven to despair when he thinks she prefers to spend her time with a younger man there, an actor.

    About 1930s Movies

    The 1930s

    The 1930s were the studio system at full power, with sound now fully integrated and the Production Code arriving mid-decade to sharply narrow what films could depict. It's the decade of the Universal monster cycle, screwball comedy, and the first Technicolor spectacles.

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    Best reviewed
    Modern Times (8.3)
    Most common genres
    Drama, Comedy, Romance

    Common questions

    What are the best 1930s movies?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    1930s movies are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
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