Top 10 Favorite Films: 1930-1939

In order of preference:

1930

1. The Blue Angel (Josef von Sternberg)
2. The Big Trail (Raoul Walsh)
3. The Big House (George Hill)
4. Under the Roofs of Paris (Rene Clair)
5. All Quite on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone)
6. Anna Christie (Clarence Brown)
7. Min and Bill (George Hill)
8. The Divorcee (Robert Z. Leornard)
9. Moby Dick (Lloyd Bacon)
10. The Unholy Three (Jack Conway)

1931

1. Dracula (Tod Browning)
2. Frankenstein (James Whale)
3. M (Fritz Lang)
4. Little Caesar (Mervyn LeRoy)
5. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian)
6. The Smiling Lieutenant (Ernst Lubitsch)
7. La Chienne (Jean Renoir)
8. Bad Girl (Frank Borzage)
9. Trader John (W.S. Van Dyke)
10. Arrowsmith (John Ford)

1932

1. Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch)
2. Murders in the Rue Morgue (Robert Florey)
3. Love Me Tonight (Rouben Mamoulian)
4. I am a Fugitive from Chain Gang (Mervyn LeRoy)
5. Grand Hotel (George Cukor)
6. The Mummy (Karl Freund)
7. Freaks (Tod Browning)
8. Downstairs (Monta Bell)
9. Red Dust (Victor Fleming)
10. Three on a Match (Mervyn LeRoy)

1933

1. King Kong (Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack)
2. The Invisible Man (James Whale)
3. Counsellor at Law (William Wyler)
4. Island of Lost Souls (Erle C. Kenton)
5. Wild Boys of the Road (William A. Wellman)
6. The Private life of Henry VIII (Alexander Korda)
7. Queen Christina (Rouben Mamoulian)
8. The Mayor of Hell (Archie Mayo)
9. The Kennel Murder Case (Michael Curtiz)
10. Sons of the Desert (William A. Seiter)

1934

1. The Black Cat (Edgar G. Ulmer)
2. It’s a Gift (Norman Z. McLeod)
3. Twentieth Century (Howard Hawks)
4. You’re Telling Me! (Erle C. Kenton)
5. The Scarlet Empress (Josef von Sternberg)
6. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra)
7. Of Human Bondage (John Crownwell)
8. Tarzan and His Mate (Cedric Gibbons, Jack Conway)
9. The Count of Monte Cristo (Rowland V. Lee)
10. The Barretts of Wimpole Street (Sidney Franklin)

1935

1. Captain Blood (Michael Curtiz)
2. The Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale)
3. The Thirty-Nine Steps (Alfred Hitchcock)
4. Mutiny on the Bounty (Frank Lloyd)
5. A Tale of Two Cities (Jack Conway, Robert Z. Leonard)
6. The Informer (John Ford)
7. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (Henry Hathaway)
8. Ruggles of Red Gap (Leo McCarey)
9. The Story of Louis Pasteur (William Dieterle)
10. David Copperfield (George Cukor)

1936

1. Dodsworth (William Wyler)
2. My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava)
3. Mr. Deeds goes to Town (Frank Capra)
4. Libeled Lady (Jack Conway)
5. Camille (George Cukor)
6. Tarzan Escapes (Richard Thorpe)
7. Poppy (Edward Sutherland)
8. The Garden of Allah (Richard Boleslawski)
9. The Petrified Forest (Archie Mayo)
10. San Francisco (W.S. Van Dyke)

1937

1. Lost Horizon (Frank Capra)
2. Captains Courageous (Victor Fleming)
3. Confession (Joe May)
4. They Won’t Forget (Mervyn LeRoy)
5. Stella Dallas (King Vidor)
6. Easy Living (Mitchell Leisen)
7. The Good Earth (Sidney Franklin)
8. A Star is Born (William A. Wellman)
9. The Prince and the Pauper (William Keighley, William Dieterle)
10. Way Out West (James W. Horne)

1938

1. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz, William Keighley)
2. Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks)
3. Jezebel (William Wyler)
4. You Can’t Take It with You (Frank Capra)
5. Merrily We Live (Norman Z. McLeod)
6. Pygmalion (Leslie Howard, Anthony Asquith)
7. The Citadel (King Vidor)
8. Holiday (George Cukor)
9. Angels with Dirty Faces (Michael Curtiz)
10. The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock)

1939

1. Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood)
2. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, King Vidor)
3. Wuthering Heights (William Wyler)
4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Frank Capra)
5. Dark Victory (Edmund Goulding)
6. The Old Maid (Edmund Goulding)
7. Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks)
8. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (William Dieterle)
9. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Michael Curtiz)
10. Son of Frankenstein (Rowland V. Lee)