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    1930s Music Movies

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

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    The Csardas Princess
    TMDB4.5

    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.

    Radio Bar

    TMDB3.5

    Radio Bar

    1936 · 1h 23m · AR

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

    Immortal Waltz
    TMDB4.0

    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.

    Palermo

    TMDB4.8

    Palermo

    1937 · 1h 30m · AR

    A criminal tries to scam a horse racing fan using a seductive woman.

    Caras argentinas
    TMDB5.0

    Caras argentinas

    1939 · 1h 2m · AR

    A young singer, in order to escape the harassment of an older woman, makes her believe that he has as his girlfriend the woman who will eventually become his wife.

    Ojos tapatios
    TMDB3.1

    Ojos tapatios

    1938 · 1h 10m · MX

    Mexican feature film

    Start Cheering
    TMDB3.5

    Start Cheering

    1938 · 1h 18m · US

    After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.

    Queen of Love
    TMDB5.0

    Queen of Love

    1935 · 1h 6m · DE

    An opera tenor replaces a humble performer in a honky tonk show and wins the heart of the soprano.

    Huapango
    TMDB2.9

    Huapango

    1938 · 1h 25m · MX

    No overview available

    I Sing
    TMDB3.0

    I Sing

    1938 · 1h 28m

    Charles's uncle is the headmaster of a chic girls school .He is short of the readies and he has lots and lots of debts.

    Devil Sea

    TMDB3.8

    Devil Sea

    1931 · 7m · US

    No overview available

    Kaiserwalzer
    TMDB3.5

    Kaiserwalzer

    1933 · DE

    No overview available

    Capriccio
    TMDB2.8

    Capriccio

    1938 · 1h 46m · DE

    Lilian Harvey plays a young heiress in long-ago France named Madelon who is raised by her grandfather as a boy in order to frighten away fortune hunters. But when the old man dies, her guardian Cesaire wants to marry her off to the rich prefect Barberousse. She is tricked by Cesaire with the portrait of a young man (Viktor von Staal) which is presented to her as that of her future husband. But when Madelone discovers this scheme she flees, again in men's clothing. But on her route to escape, she meets the young man from the portrait and falls in love with him. But Madelone can't give up her disguise right now...

    Honeysuckle
    TMDB3.4

    Honeysuckle

    1938 · 1h 33m · AR

    A film star enjoys a romance with the daughter of a puppeteer, but his criminal past threatens to ruin it.

    Happy Landing
    TMDB3.1

    Happy Landing

    1938 · 1h 42m · US

    Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.

    Lights of Paris
    TMDB2.8

    Lights of Paris

    1938 · 1h 35m · FR

    A celebrated singer in Paris meets a young woman and courts her by pretending to be a driving instructor.

    Ciboulette
    TMDB4.0

    Ciboulette

    1933 · 1h 25m · FR

    Duparquet is the controller of Les Halles, and plays matchmaker between the young farm-girl Ciboulette and Antonin, a young spoiled aristocrat.

    Puerto Nuevo
    TMDB4.0

    Puerto Nuevo

    1936 · 1h 22m · AR

    With the help of a rich young woman, a singer who lives in the precarious housing area that existed in Puerto Nuevo comes to fame.

    Ireno

    TMDB3.8

    Ireno

    1932 · 10m · US

    Singer Irene is in Reno for a divorce, though her friend Bob tries to convince her it's all a mistake. Then husband Cliff shows up.

    Three Little Pigs
    TMDB3.4

    Three Little Pigs

    1933 · 8m · US

    The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down (after trickery like dressing as a foundling sheep fails), they run to their brother's house. And throughout, they sing the classic song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?".

    Footlight Parade
    TMDB3.4

    Footlight Parade

    1933 · 1h 44m · US

    A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

    Greek Street
    TMDB3.5

    Greek Street

    1930 · 1h 25m · UK

    A Soho restaurateur's protégé becomes a star.

    Beloved Impostor

    TMDB3.5

    Beloved Impostor

    1936 · 1h 26m · UK

    A British musical film directed by Victor Hanbury

    Song Shopping
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    Song Shopping

    1933 · 9m · US

    Fleischer Studios 'Screen Song' with Ethel Merman singing the songs.

    Premiere
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    Premiere

    1937 · 1h 22m · AT

    As Fraulein Leander prepares for opening night, her life is thrown into turmoil by a variety of romantic misadventures. But she manages to show up on stage at the appointed time, scoring a huge success.

    The bat
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    The bat

    1931 · 1h 35m · FR

    Film by Karel Lamac.

    Peacock Alley
    TMDB2.5

    Peacock Alley

    1930 · 1h 3m · US

    Show dancer Claire finds herself in the New York hotel-suite with Stoddard Clayton, saying goodbye to him before her impending marriage the following day. When she returns to the hotel with her husband the following night, the house detective accuses her of prostitution and throws them out. Now Claire must explain everything to her unsympathetic husband.

    Naughty Marietta
    TMDB2.8

    Naughty Marietta

    1935 · 1h 43m · US

    In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.

    Veselá bída
    TMDB5.0

    Veselá bída

    1939

    Two young composers offer their operetta in vain - it is rejected before anyone reads it. By a coincidence, when its text ends up in the wrong briefcase, it ends up with a popular singer who, on the contrary, likes it very much, but has no idea who wrote the play... The search for the authors, personality confusion and budding love become the main plot elements of this pleasantly naive film, where there is constant singing.

    The Nipper
    TMDB4.0

    The Nipper

    1930 · 1h 24m · UK

    A producer makes a star of the cockney waif who tried to rob him.

    Kiki
    TMDB2.6

    Kiki

    1931 · 1h 27m · US

    A young Frenchwoman is determined to get into and stay in show business, no matter what. Then she's determined to win a recently divorced man's heart... again, no matter what.

    In Caliente
    TMDB3.4

    In Caliente

    1935 · 1h 24m · US

    At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print.

    Script Girl
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    Script Girl

    1938 · 20m

    A movie director needs a script girl . A strip girl, misunderstanding the job title, shows up.

    México lindo
    TMDB2.9

    México lindo

    1938 · 1h 30m · MX

    The film of the thousand dancers, of the enchanting songs, of the sets that are splurge of luxury and beauty.

    Billboard Girl
    TMDB2.3

    Billboard Girl

    1932 · 21m · US

    Bing and a buddy drive to the college town where Bing's penpal, a billboard model, goes to school. Little does he know he's being pranked by one of her male classmates.

    Georgia Rose
    TMDB3.5

    Georgia Rose

    1930 · 1h 10m · US

    Musical film with an all-black cast.

    Rosalie
    TMDB3.0

    Rosalie

    1937 · 2h 5m · US

    West Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an European kingdom.

    A Night in Paradise
    TMDB4.0

    A Night in Paradise

    1932 · 1h 30m · DE

    One of the popular Weimar-era musical comedies not released in the US until after the Nazi takeover, this one has a Cinderella-type plot.

    Romany Love

    TMDB3.5

    Romany Love

    1931 · 58m · UK

    A musical film directed by Fred Paul

    Hello, Everybody!
    TMDB3.5

    Hello, Everybody!

    1933 · 1h 9m · US

    The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the sisters, but everyone at home, and in the whole town, depends on Kate to hold everything together. The power company wants to build a dam which will require flooding many of the farms; Kate is holding out; if Kate sells, everyone else will sell; if Kate refuses, the rest of the town will refuse as well. Randolph Scott meets Kate's beautiful sister, Sally Blane, at a dance. Randolph Scott, as it turns out, is an agent for the power company. Kate thinks he's just using Sally; Sally believes that he truly likes her. Randolph comes to the farm and appears to woo Kate. Kate remains unconvinced about selling out, but falls for Randolph.

    About 1930s Music 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.

    Music

    Music films cover concert documentaries, biopics, and musicals — anything where performance drives the picture. The genre lives or dies on whether the filmmaking can match the energy of the sound.

    In this list

    Best reviewed
    Three Little Pigs (6.9)
    Often also
    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    Common questions

    What are the best 1930s music movies?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are The Csardas Princess, Radio Bar, and Immortal Waltz. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    1930s music 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.
    Where can I watch these movies?
    Every movie page lists current streaming, rental, and purchase options for your region, alongside community ratings and reviews from Flickfolio members.

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