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TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
24 HoursA nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime.1931Marion GeringDrama6.2 (311 votes)6620211228
50 Million FrenchmenIndependently wealthy American Jack Forbes has just arrived in Paris. Because of his wealth, he can have any woman on his arms. Currently that role is filled by Marcelle Dubrey, but Jack ditches her when he spots the woman of his dre1931Lloyd Bacon (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance5.4 (143 votes)7420211228
Abraham LincolnAn episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.1930D.W. Griffith (*)Biography, Drama, War5.7 (1.5K votes)9620211228
Ace of AcesA sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.1933J. Walter RubenDrama, War6.3 (388 votes)7620211228
AdorableJanet Gaynor plays a rebellious princess who must try to marry the man she loves, instead of the stuffy old prince her parents want her to marry. But will this ordinary man love her back once he finds out she's a princess?1933William Dieterle (*)Musical, Comedy, Romance5.8 (135 votes)8820211228
After DarkIf it wasn't British, this would be in the Forgotten Horrors book. Hugh (Inspector Holt in HUMAN MONSTER) has some valuable jewels stolen. They're hidden in the back of an old clock in an antique shop. When the thieves return for the1932Albert ParkerCrime, Drama5.0 (53 votes)4520211228
Age of Consent, TheCollege co-eds learn to handle the responsibilities of romance.1932Gregory La Cava (*)Drama, Romance6.0 (352 votes)6320211228
Aggie Appleby, Maker of MenWhen Aggie's boyfriend Red is sent to jail, she meets a mild-mannered man and decides to turn him into a real man.1933Mark Sandrich (*)Comedy, Romance6.4 (265 votes)7320211228
Air HostessIn World War I, pilot Bob King is shot and killed in France. His friends Ted "Lucky" Hunter (James Murray) and Pa Kearns (J.M. Kerrigan) pledge to look after his daughter, Kitty (Evalyn Knapp).[Note 3] Years later, after the war, Kea1933Albert S. RogellDrama5.9 (130 votes)6720211228
Alias the DoctorKarl is the workaholic adopted son while Stephan is the lazy one. They both go to Munich to study medicine and Karl is at the top of the class while Stephan is barely passing. When Stephan's actions causes the death of Anna, Karl is 1932Michael Curtiz, Lloyd BaconDrama6.0 (274 votes)6120211228
All of MeA professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied.1934James FloodDrama, Romance6.0 (107 votes)7020211228
American MadnessSocially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused for robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair...all in the same day.1932Frank Capra, Allan Dwan, Roy William NeillDrama7.4 (2K votes)7520211228
American Tragedy, AnA poor factory worker, employed by a wealthy uncle, falls in love with a beautiful heiress but his happiness and promising future are jeopardized by a previous affair with a coworker he impregnated.1931Josef von Sternberg (*)Crime, Drama, Romance6.5 (738 votes)9620211228
An Innocent ManA man framed for murder escapes prison and goes west, where he joins a gang with the real killer involved.1933Armand SchaeferWestern5.4 (1.2K votes)5420211228
Animal Kingdom, TheBased on a play by Philip Barry, this sophisticated comedy is about a man trying to justify his love for both his wife and his mistress.1932Edward H. Griffith, George CukorComedy, Drama, Romance6.4 (1.1K votes)8520211228
Are You ListeningA radio writer/producer accidentally kills his wife and then attempts to escape an on-air hunt for him.1932Harry BeaumontDrama6.2 (496 votes)7320211228
As the Earth TurnsDrama following the lives of an immigrant farm family in Maine.1934Alfred E. GreenDrama, Romance6.1 (230 votes)7320211228
Attorney for the DefenseAn ambitious lawyer uses circumstantial evidence to help convict an innocent man then tries to make amends with his family.1932Irving CummingsCrime, Drama6.4 (163 votes)7020220822
Baby FaceA young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank - by gleefully seducing her way to the top.1933Alfred E. GreenDrama, Romance7.6 (6.8K votes)7120211228
Bachelor BaitA well-meaning but bumbling clerk at the Marriage License Bureau winds up getting fired. He decides to open up his own "matchmaking" business and takes a personal interest in his clients, but things don't quite work out as smoothly a1934George Stevens (*)Comedy, Romance6.2 (313 votes)7420211228
Bachelor Father, TheOld man invites three of his illegitimate children to live with him.1931Robert Z. LeonardComedy, Drama, Romance6.5 (1.1K votes)9020211228
Back StreetA woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.1932John M. StahlDrama, Romance7.0 (740 votes)9320211228
Barbarian, TheAn American tourist catches the eye of a disguised Arab prince who decides to kidnap her, then try to win her love.1933Sam Wood (*)Adventure, Drama, Romance5.9 (596 votes)8320211228
Beast of the City, ThePolice Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it.1932Charles BrabinCrime, Drama, Film-Noir6.7 (1.3K votes)8620211228
Beauty and the BossAn executive hires a mousy, plain woman as his secretary so she will not divert him from his work, but she still becomes determined to win his heart.1932Roy Del RuthComedy, Romance6.9 (581 votes)6620211228
Beauty ParlorTwo manicurists mingle with the customers of a hotel barbershop.1932Richard ThorpeDrama, Romance5.7 (36 votes)6420211228
Bed of RosesA former prostitute, determined to reform upon leaving prison, falls in love with a cotton barge owner and must choose between him and her banker lover.1933Gregory La Cava (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance6.5 (849 votes)6720211228
Before DawnSinister forces compete to find the million dollars in gold hidden by recently deceased gangster Joe Valerie in his family's old dark house 15 years earlier,1933Irving PichelDrama, Mystery6.1 (412 votes)6020211228
Beggars in ErmineJohn Dawson loses control of his factory when he is crippled in an accident caused by a rival. Destitute, he travels the country organizing the homeless to help him regain control of his steel mill.1934Phil Rosen (*)Drama5.9 (125 votes)7220211228
Behind Office DoorsMary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.1931Melville W. BrownDrama, Romance6.1 (461 votes)8220211228
Behind Stone WallsEsther Clay, wife of District Attorney John Clay and mother of attorney Bob Clay, is having an affair with Jack Keene. Scorned by him Esther kills Jack. Bob comes to her defense and confesses to the shooting. The father prosecutes...1932Frank R. StrayerCrime, Drama, Romance5.4 (102 votes)5820240419
Behind That CurtainEve Mannering realizes too late that her abusive husband is a philanderer and murderer and seeks protection with her true love, explorer John Beetham.1929Irving CummingsAdventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance4.8 (472 votes)9120211228
Below the SeaA wealthy woman funds an underwater expedition to explore for marine life, but what she doesn't know is that her "colleagues" have other intentions.1933Albert S. RogellAction, Adventure, Romance6.0 (253 votes)7820211228
Big Broadcast, TheA radio-singer, Bing Hornsby, is none-too-concerned about his job, and an affair with Mona leads to his dismissal. When it appears Hornsby is getting and paying a lot of attention to his fiancée, Anita Rogers, station manager Leslie 1932Frank TuttleComedy, Musical, Romance6.8 (237 votes)8020211228
Big City BluesYoung man from small town moves to New York City looking for better life.1932Mervyn LeRoy (*)Comedy, Drama6.1 (765 votes)6320211228
Big House, TheA convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.1930George W. Hill, Ward WingCrime, Drama, Thriller7.1 (2.1K votes)8720211228
Big Shakedown, TheRacketeers flood the market with counterfeit cosmetics and drugs, causing some tragedies.1934John Francis DillonCrime, Drama6.5 (985 votes)6420211228
Big Timer, TheAn up and coming boxer ( Ben Lyon) runs into problems when he takes on a women fight manager (Constance Cummings). Ben Lyon is once again playing with Tom Dugan [They co-starred in "The Hot Heiress"(1931)]. This one is directed by Ed1932Edward BuzzellDrama, Sport5.7 (251 votes)7220211228
Big Trail, TheBreck Coleman leads hundreds of settlers in covered wagons from the Mississippi River to their destiny out West.1930Raoul Walsh, Louis R. LoefflerAdventure, Romance, Western7.2 (3.7K votes)12520211228
Bill of Divorcement, AA man, Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in a mental asylum. However, he finds things are not the way they were when he left.1932George Cukor (*)Drama6.5 (1.7K votes)7020211228
Bird of ParadiseA native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god.1932King Vidor (*)Adventure, Drama, Romance6.0 (1.3K votes)8020211228
Bishop Misbehaves, TheOn a walking tour of English cathedrals, Donald Meadows meets Hester Granthem in church. Hearing he is from that hot-bed of crime, Chicago, Hester asks Donald to help her in a robbery she has planned. Thinking it a joke, he plays ...1935Ewald André DupontComedy, Crime6.6 (325 votes)8520240605
Blessed EventAl Roberts writes a gossip column for the Daily Express. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets into a little difficulty with a hood named Goebel who sends Frankie to talk to Alvin. But Al has 1932Roy Del RuthDrama, Comedy7.0 (661 votes)8020220414
Blonde CrazyThe adventures of an egoistic con man and his glamorous accomplice.1931Roy Del RuthComedy, Crime, Drama, Romance7.1 (1.9K votes)7920211228
Blondie JohnsonStory of a Depression-downtrodden waif who uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.1933Ray Enright, Lucien HubbardCrime, Drama6.6 (652 votes)6720211228
BoleroAn egotistical nightclub dance performer named Raoul, has the determination to succeed at all costs, and the only woman in his life that truly matters to him is a dancing partner named Helen.1934Wesley Ruggles, Mitchell LeisenDrama, Music6.6 (328 votes)8520211228
Born to LoveA war officer who is thought dead returns to the woman he loves, only to find she has remarried.1931Paul L. SteinDrama, Romance, War5.8 (302 votes)8120211228
Bowery, TheIn New York's Bowery during the Gay Nineties, a saloon owner and a rebel share a rivalry.1933Raoul Walsh (*)Comedy, Drama, Music6.8 (497 votes)9220211228
Bright LightsA successful Broadway star ready to retire from her wild career announces her engagement. But her tumultuous past isn't done with her yet.1930Michael Curtiz (*)Drama, Musical, Romance5.7 (295 votes)6920220414
BroadmindedJack's father is sending Jack away to keep him from the gambling, booze, girls and late nights. He has Ossie go as Jack's companion, not knowing that Ossie does the same things as Jack. They decide to go to California and the trip is1931Mervyn LeRoy (*)Comedy5.8 (297 votes)6520211228
BroadwayA naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.1929Pál FejösCrime, Music, Romance6.2 (391 votes)10420211228
Bureau of Missing PersonsButch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police work. He regards the assignment as "kindergarten" work. When a young woman asks him to help locate her husband, Therme, he learns that s1933Roy Del RuthComedy, Crime, Drama6.8 (1.3K votes)7320211228
Call Her SavageSexy Texas gal storms her way through life, brawling and boozing until her luck runs out, forcing her to learn the errors of her ways.1932John Francis DillonDrama7.0 (778 votes)8820211228
Captain ThunderVictor Varconi plays a charming Mexican bandit gets involved in several conflicting paradoxical relations, including an alliance with a crooked rival bandit and a beautiful daughter of the governor.1930Alan CroslandAdventure, Drama, Music, Western4.6 (158 votes)6520211228
Careless LadyInnocent Sally Brown (Joan Bennett) thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the wife of an unmarried businessman on a trip to Paris.1932Kenneth MacKennaComedy, Romance6.3 (102 votes)6820211228
CavalcadeA portrayal of the triumphs and tragedies of two English families, the upper-crust Marryots and the working-class Bridgeses, from 1899 to 1933.1933Frank LloydDrama, Romance, War5.9 (5.1K votes)11220211228
Chance at HeavenAn ambitious mechanic is tempted to desert his wonderful girlfriend when a silly but rich debutante falls for him.1933William A. Seiter (*)Drama, Romance6.0 (560 votes)7120211228
ChancesTwo brothers on leave fall for the same girl in World War I London.1931Allan DwanDrama, Romance, War6.4 (223 votes)7220211228
Charming SinnersSet in London, Kathryn Miles's marriage is threatened when she discovers her husband's longstanding affair with her best friend but surprises everyone when she uses it to create a new life for herself.1929Robert Milton, Dorothy ArznerDrama, Romance6.3 (84 votes)6620211228
Cheat, TheWoman in debt makes an impulsive investment which doesn't go her way.1931George Abbott, Berthold ViertelDrama6.4 (532 votes)7420211228
Cheating BlondesA reporter sets out to prove the woman who rejected his marriage proposal is a murderer. Meanwhile, she's hiding in plain sight, posing as her missing twin sister.1933Joseph LeveringCrime, Drama, Mystery6.3 (58 votes)6620211228
Circus Queen Murder, TheSuave, lip-reading DA Thatcher Colt plans to get away from the big city for a while. So he and his secretary, Miss Kelly hop on a train for an Upstate NY town called Gilead. They expect a calm oasis, but when a small time circus roll1933Roy William NeillAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance6.1 (305 votes)6320211228
City StreetsMan joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison.1931Rouben Mamoulian (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance7.0 (1.6K votes)8320211228
Clear All Wires!Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being rescued from his alleged kidnappers, he finds that his boss, Stevens, at the Chicago1933George W. HillComedy, Drama, Romance5.9 (162 votes)7820211228
CleopatraThe man-hungry Queen of Egypt leads Julius Caesar and Mark Antony astray, amid scenes of DeMillean splendor.1934Cecil B. DeMille (*)Biography, Drama, History, War6.8 (3.8K votes)10020211228
College HumorA college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.1933Wesley RugglesAction, Comedy, Music, Romance, Sport5.9 (205 votes)8020220414
Common Law, TheYoung Valerie models for an American painter who tries to make a future in Paris and they fall in love.1931Paul L. SteinRomance, Drama6.0 (300 votes)7420211228
Consolation MarriageIn prohibition-era Manhattan, shopkeeper Mary Brown loses Aubrey, her childhood sweetheart, when he marries a rich woman. Reporter Steve "Rollo" Porter has lost -his- childhood sweetheart, Elaine, who has also married another. Mary a1931Paul SloaneDrama6.1 (464 votes)8120211228
CoquetteA flirtatious Southern belle is compromised with one of her suitors.1929Sam TaylorDrama, Romance5.6 (2.2K votes)7620220414
CorruptionA young lawyer is elected mayor of the city and promises to rid it of the corruption it's famous for. The problem is that most of the corruption he's vowed to eliminate is caused by the crooked political machine that helped elect him1933Charles E. RobertsAction, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance5.7 (152 votes)6720211228
CorsairA stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.1931Roland WestAdventure, Crime, Romance5.7 (241 votes)7520211228
Counsellor at LawSuccessful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.1933William Wyler (*)Comedy, Drama7.6 (1.2K votes)8220211228
Crash, TheRich couple loses their fortune in stock market crash.1932William Dieterle (*)Drama5.9 (326 votes)5820211228
Criminal Code, TheAfter a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.1930Howard Hawks (*)Crime, Drama, Romance7.0 (1.1K votes)9720211228
Crimson RomanceAfter Fred von Bergen, a German immigrant in America, is forced from his job by anti-German hysteria before the first world war, he and his friend Bob Wilson leave America and join the German air force1934David HowardAction, Drama, War5.7 (174 votes)7120220723
CroonerStory of a saxophonist and his rise to fame as a singing star.1932Lloyd Bacon (*)Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance6.0 (167 votes)6820211228
Cross StreetsA man falls in love with a young woman, only to discover that she's the daughter of an ex-girlfriend who jilted him almost 20 years before.1934Frank R. StrayerDrama, Romance6.3 (80 votes)6520240419
Crusader, TheGangsters scheme to get rid of a crusading District Attorney by blackmailing him through his daughter.1932Frank R. StrayerDrama6.0 (75 votes)6520240419
Cuckoo in the Nest, AA crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.1933Tom WallsComedy6.0 (115 votes)8520220414
DamesA multimillionaire decides to boycott "filthy" forms of entertainment such as Broadway shows.1934Ray Enright, Busby BerkeleyComedy, Music, Musical, Romance7.1 (2.1K votes)9120211228
Dance, Fools, DanceAfter the death of her father and loss of the family fortune, Bonnie gets a job as a cub reporter while her brother becomes involved in bootlegging.1931Harry BeaumontCrime, Drama, Romance6.1 (1K votes)8020211228
Dancers in the DarkA bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, things get complicated when he finds out that a gangster has designs on her too.1932David BurtonDrama6.0 (146 votes)7420211228
Dancing LadyAn attractive dancer is rescued from jail by a rich man, who helps her to have her first big opportunity at a musical play on Broadway.1933Robert Z. LeonardComedy, Musical, Romance6.7 (2.4K votes)9220211228
Danger LightsThe tough boss of a railroad yard befriends a young hobo, and unwittingly places in jeopardy his relationship with the woman he loves.1930George B. SeitzAdventure, Drama6.1 (528 votes)7420211228
Dangerous ParadiseHeyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger looms...1930William A. Wellman (*)Crime, Drama, Music, Romance5.6 (111 votes)5820211228
Daring DaughtersA savvy city girl tries to protect her naive sister, who has just moved from the country, from the temptations--and men--of big-city life.1933Christy CabanneDrama, Romance5.7 (40 votes)6320211228
Dark Horse, TheJailbird is hired to lead a dimwitted candidate's campaign for governor.1932Alfred E. GreenComedy7.1 (1.2K votes)7520211228
Day of ReckoningIn this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. He is sent to a high-rise facility in LA. It seems the fellow was only following the instructions of his 1933Charles BrabinDrama6.3 (253 votes)6920211228
Death Kiss, TheMurder during film shoot sparks search for a killer.1932Edwin L. MarinComedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance6.1 (1.1K votes)7520211228
Desert Song, TheThe Desert Song is a 1929 American Pre-Code operetta film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring John Boles, Louise Fazenda, and Myrna Loy.1929Roy Del RuthAction, Musical, Romance6.7 (108 votes)12320220414
Devil Is Driving, TheThere is a garage in downtown New York City on the ground floor of an eight-story building, with a winding ramp, that serves as a cache for stolen automobiles. The second floor is the repair shop, with the third, fourth and fifth ...1932Benjamin StoloffAction, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller6.1 (178 votes)6520240419
Devil's Holiday, TheA savvy city girl is hired to sugar an earnest farm boy into a business deal, but loses her heart.1930Edmund GouldingDrama, Romance6.1 (193 votes)8020211228
DiplomaniacsBarbers Willy Nilly and Hercules Glub have opened a barbershop in an Indian reservation, where they have no customers. When suddenly a white man asks for a shave, several Indians of the Oopadoop nation also enter, hearing the usual b1933William A. Seiter (*)Comedy, Musical6.5 (310 votes)6120211228
Divorcee, TheWhen a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.1930Robert Z. LeonardRomance, Drama6.7 (3K votes)8420211228
DixianaIn antebellum New Orleans, two men vie for the affections of a beautiful young girl during Mardi Gras.1930Luther ReedComedy, Drama, Music, Romance5.3 (367 votes)10020211228
Doctor XA wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.1932Michael Curtiz (*)Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller6.4 (3.4K votes)7620211228
Don't Bet on WomenAt a big party, Roger Fallon, now a woman-hater, right to the core - this all due to a failed marriage and disastrous love affairs - talks to Herbert Drake. Herbert who is happily married, bets Fallon that the next woman who walks in1931William K. HowardComedy, Romance6.1 (155 votes)7020211228
Doorway to Hell, TheDespite his efforts to go straight, a young gangster keeps falling back into crime.1930Archie MayoCrime, Drama6.5 (1.1K votes)7820220414
Double HarnessA woman tricks a playboy into marrying her and then tries to make him legitimately fall in love with her.1933John CromwellComedy, Drama6.8 (1.2K votes)6920211228
DownstairsAn amoral chauffeur seeks to seduce a young bride.1932Monta BellDrama, Romance6.8 (1.8K votes)7720211228
Dragon Murder Case, TheThe Stann family gives a small party prior to daughter Bernice's marriage to socialite Monty, but all of the guests seem to be against the match.1934H. Bruce HumberstoneMystery6.3 (604 votes)6720211228
DynamiteWealthy Cynthia is in love with not-so-wealthy Roger, who is married to Marcia. The threesome is terribly modern about the situation, and Marcia will gladly divorce Roger if Cynthia agrees to a financial settlement. But Cynthia's wea1929Cecil B. DeMille (*)Drama7.0 (429 votes)12920211228
Easiest Way, TheGrowing up in a poor working-class family, Laura decides not to marry the boy-next-door and instead accepts wealthy, older Will Brockton's invitation to move in with him. After falling in love with young up-and-coming newsman Jack Ma1931Jack ConwayDrama, Romance6.2 (508 votes)7320211228
Easy to LoveCarol feels, for whatever reason, that her husband, John, has grown indifferent to her, and is on a quest to find out why, suspecting another woman. She sees the family physician, Dr. Swope, first and then hires a private detective. 1934William KeighleyComedy, Romance6.6 (333 votes)6120211228
Eleventh Commandment, TheA wealthy but unmarried woman dies, and since no heirs can be found, her estate will automatically go to her attorney. The attorney's partner, however, would like to get his hands on the old woman's money, so he hatches a scheme with1933George MelfordDrama6.0 (47 votes)6820211228
EmmaAfter decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with resentment when she marries their father.1932Clarence BrownDrama7.0 (984 votes)7220211228
Employees' EntranceA working girl is menaced by her tyrannical employer.1933Roy Del RuthDrama, Romance7.2 (1.3K votes)7520211228
Evenings For SaleImpoverished Count von Dopenthal plans to commit suicide and spends his last night at a costume ball. There he meets lovely Lela Fischer and falls in love with her. A chance meeting with his former butler, brings a job offer as a gig1932Stuart WalkerComedy6.7 (116 votes)6120211228
Ever in My HeartWorld War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.1933Archie MayoDrama, Romance, War6.7 (718 votes)6820211228
Everything's RosieA carnival huckster and his 17-year-old foster daughter try to be accepted by the townspeople when she and a handsome lad fall in love.1931Clyde BruckmanComedy, Romance5.9 (160 votes)6720211228
Ex-LadyAlthough free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.1933Robert FloreyComedy, Drama6.7 (1.5K votes)6720211228
Expensive WomenExpensive Women is a 1931 Pre-Code talking film drama directed by silent film veteran Hobart Henley and stars Dolores Costello. It was Costello's final film as a leading lady and star for Warners, which she had been since 1925. She r1931Hobart HenleyDrama5.5 (219 votes)6020211228
ExtravaganceWhen spoiled Alice Kendall marries Fred Garlan, an up-and-coming entrepreneur, she expects her wealthy lifestyle to remain the same, causing problems in their marriage.1930Phil Rosen (*)Drama, Romance5.8 (142 votes)7120211228
FaithlessSocialite Carol Morgan romps through the depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.1932Harry BeaumontDrama6.7 (563 votes)7720211228
False FacesDr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital, primarily for a lack of ethics, and goes to Chicago and sets himself up as a plastic surgeon (unqualified) and seducer of women; his quack methods lead to an operating1932Lowell ShermanDrama6.5 (63 votes)7320211228
Famous Ferguson Case, TheA foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journa1932Lloyd Bacon (*)Crime, Drama6.5 (298 votes)7420211228
FemaleAlison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.1933Michael Curtiz, William Dieterle, William A. WellmanComedy, Drama, Romance6.7 (1.7K votes)6020211228
Finger Points, TheRookie reporter receives bribes from gangsters to suspend negative press.1931John Francis DillonCrime, Drama5.9 (446 votes)9020211228
Finishing SchoolThe trials and tribulations in a private, snobbish girls school.1934George Nichols Jr., Wanda TuchockDrama6.4 (550 votes)7320211228
Finn and HattieA child genius has fun getting her cousin into trouble. When she is not bedeviling her cousin, she is helping her father get out of trouble with con artists.1931Norman Z. McLeod, Norman TaurogComedy6.4 (60 votes)7820211228
Fireman Save My ChildJoe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small home town. He gets an offer to play in a big team, he hopes to get more money for his inventions. But he is invited to present his invention to a fire-extinguisher co1932Lloyd Bacon (*)Comedy, Sport5.9 (258 votes)6720211228
Five and TenAfter her businessman father moves her family from Kansas City to New York, a woman falls in love with an engaged man.1931Robert Z. LeonardDrama, Romance6.3 (1.4K votes)8920211228
Five Star FinalThe City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.1931Mervyn LeRoy (*)Crime, Drama7.3 (2.1K votes)8920211228
Flirting Widow, ThePhyllis wants to marry Bobby, but Father won't permit it until older sister Celia weds. So Celia invents a military fiancée in Arabia, unimaginatively christens him John Smith, writes him a love letter, and then kills him off. Onl...1930William A. Seiter (*)Comedy, Romance6.1 (292 votes)7220240419
Flying HighAn eccentric inventor and his new flying machine are the focus of this musical comedy.1931Charles ReisnerComedy, Musical, Romance5.7 (282 votes)8020211228
ForbiddenA librarian takes a cruise and falls for an unobtainable man, a district attorney married to an invalid.1932Frank Capra (*)Drama, Romance7.0 (1.5K votes)8520211228
Forsaking All OthersDill leaves Mary standing at the altar in order to marry his old flame, Connie, instead. Knowing that Mary still has feelings for Dill, Jeff keeps quiet about his own love for her.1934W.S. Van Dyke (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance6.3 (1.3K votes)8320211228
Four Frightened PeopleFour passengers escape their bubonic plague-infested ship and land on the coast of a wild jungle. In order to reach safety they have to trek through the jungle, facing wild animals and attacks by primitive tribesmen.1934Cecil B. DeMille (*)Adventure, Drama6.2 (599 votes)7820211228
FramedWoman swears revenge against an Inspector who was responsible for her father's death.1930George ArchainbaudAction, Crime, Drama, Romance6.1 (240 votes)6520211228
Free Soul, AAn alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.1931Clarence BrownCrime, Drama, Romance6.6 (2.5K votes)9320211228
Friends and LoversBritish Army Captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito. Sangrito, however, is well aware of the affair, as he uses his beautiful wife to lure men into romance with her, then blackmail1931Victor SchertzingerDrama, Romance, War5.5 (368 votes)6820211228
Friends of Mr. SweeneyAfter 20 years of writing for The Balance, Asaph has become a conservative shadow of his former self. When his ex-college chum visits Asaph, he cannot believe the change. So Ace decides to go out and has Beulah get a girl for Rixey. 1934Edward LudwigComedy, Drama, Romance6.1 (108 votes)6820211228
Frisco JennyFrisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of a prosperous bawdy house. She puts her son up for adoption and he rises to prominence as district attorney dedicated to closing down such houses. 1932William A. Wellman (*)Crime, Drama, Music, Romance6.9 (972 votes)7320211228
Gabriel Over the White HouseA political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.1933Gregory La Cava (*)Drama, Fantasy, Romance6.4 (1.3K votes)8620211228
Gay Bride, TheAfter the adversary of a bootlegger has him killed, he takes up with his widow, a gold-digging chorus girl, but a handsome bodyguard is also determined to win her over.1934Jack ConwayComedy, Crime6.5 (539 votes)8020211228
Gay Diplomat, TheCaptain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy, but many different women fit the bill and are attractive enough to make one question one's allegiance.1931Richard BoleslawskiDrama5.1 (175 votes)6720211228
Gentleman's FateJack lives the high life and wants to make Marjorie his one and only. He then learns that his deceased father is alive but dying of lead poisoning. His father sent him away, twenty years before, to keep him out of the rackets. But no1931Mervyn LeRoy (*)Crime, Drama6.4 (794 votes)9020211228
Gentlemen of the PressA driven newspaperman misses out on the joys and sorrows of ordinary life.1929Millard WebbDrama6.7 (89 votes)7520211228
George White's ScandalsOpening with a credit line that reads "Entire production conceived, created and directed by George White," a film evolves where the only plot line is a thin backstage romance between Jimmy Martin and Kitty Donnelly in and around a do1934Thornton Freeland, Harry Lachman, George WhiteMusical6.3 (87 votes)120211228
Ghoul, TheAn Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.1933T. Hayes HunterAction, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance5.9 (2.6K votes)7720211228
GigoletteKay Parrish, a society girl, finds she is penniless when her father dies. However she persuades Terry Gallagher to give her a hostess job at his New York City clip-joint, which he operates on the theory that if the suckers want it he1935Charles LamontDrama, Romance5.2 (31 votes)6520211228
Girl from Missouri, TheChorus girl Eadie is determined to marry a millionaire without sacrificing her virtue.1934Jack Conway, Sam WoodComedy, Drama, Romance6.6 (1.2K votes)7520211228
Girl MissingTwo sassy gold-diggers stranded in Palm Beach become involved in the case of a fellow chorine who goes missing on her wedding night.1933Robert FloreyComedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance6.7 (396 votes)6920211228
Girl Said No, TheA brash, pushy young man gets a job in a bank and sets his cap for his boss's secretary, but the death of his father makes him reassess his priorities.1930Sam Wood (*)Comedy, Romance5.4 (849 votes)9320211228
Girl Without a RoomTom Duncan, a young Tennessee painter, is thrilled to receive an art scholarship to Paris. When he arrives, he finds himself surrounded by a group of eclectic characters, as well as his beautiful new roommate, Kay. What relationship 1933Ralph MurphyComedy6.6 (68 votes)7820211228
Girls About TownTwo gold diggers prey on old rich men, but one of them falls in love with a young, rich man.1931George Cukor (*)Comedy6.8 (625 votes)8020211228
Glorifying the American GirlThe rise of a showgirl, Gloria Hughes, culminating in a Ziegfeld extravaganza "Glorifying the American Girl".1929Millard WebbComedy, Drama, Musical5.8 (711 votes)9520211228
God's Gift To WomenA Parisian descendant of Don Juan vows to stop philandering in order to win the hand of a virtous young lady with a disapproving father.1931Michael Curtiz (*)Comedy, Romance5.2 (370 votes)7220211228
Going HollywoodA love-struck teacher pursues a radio singer to Hollywood.1933Raoul Walsh (*)Musical, Romance6.2 (1.8K votes)7820211228
Going WildRollo and Lane just happen to be tossed off the train at White Beach where Robert Story -Air ace and writer- is supposed to stop. It is a case of mistaken identity as no one knows what Story looks like. So they get free room and meal1930William A. Seiter (*)Comedy5.9 (180 votes)6820211228
GoldieSailor Spike dates girls whose names he finds in an address book. Each girl has the same tatoo, placed there by another sailor Bill. When Spike meets Bill they become friends. In Calais Spike meets Goldie. Bill warns him against her,1931Benjamin StoloffComedy5.5 (136 votes)6820211228
Goodbye LoveA sexy golddigger lands who she thinks is a wealthy big-game hunter from a royal family. What she doesn't know is that not only is he not wealthy, nor a big-game hunter nor from a royal family, but he's only a butler. Complications e1933H. Bruce HumberstoneComedy5.4 (125 votes)6720211228
Good-bye LoveWealthy Chester is not Phyllis's first husband. And all pay alimony. After the wedding Chester learns that she has had eyes on a British big game hunter who turns out to be a pretender like Phyllis: Actually he is Chester's butler.1933H. Bruce HumberstoneComedy, Mystery, Romance5.3 (137 votes)6720231013
Great Meadow, TheBerk leaves Diony and their baby to hunt down his mother's murderer and is believed to be dead. Evan provides for them & marries Diony. Berk returns and challenges Evan to a fight but Diony will not be fought over "as if I'm not huma1931Charles BrabinDrama, Western6.1 (144 votes)7520211228
Greeks Had a Word for Them, The [Three Broadway Girls]Sophisticated comedy: a trio of money hungry women who all have sugar daddies who keep them in the lap of luxury, even as they drive the men crazy. Each woman represents a different personality type, from sensitive, to kind-hearted, 1932Lowell ShermanComedy6.2 (424 votes)7920211228
Guilty as HellThe sister of a convicted murder is convinced that he is innocent in this cat-and-mouse game where the murderer is always one step ahead until a final tense confrontation.1932Erle C. KentonMystery6.6 (97 votes)8020211228
Guilty HandsA district attorney commits the perfect murder when he kills his daughter's womanizing fiancé and then tries framing the fiancé's lover.1931W.S. Van Dyke, Lionel BarrymoreDrama, Crime6.9 (798 votes)6920211228
Half MarriageA young couple marries in secret. Judy's afraid her parents won't approve of Dick and she'll lose her generous allowance. Her parents bring her home from the city where she's been studying art and encourage the attentions of Tom, a p1929William J. CowenDrama, Romance5.6 (145 votes)6820211228
Half Shot at SunriseThe stage stars Wheeler and Woolsey play two soldiers who go absent without leave in Paris, during World War I.1930Paul SloaneComedy, Musical6.1 (346 votes)7820211228
Half-Naked Truth, TheA barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.1932Gregory La Cava (*)Comedy, Romance6.3 (558 votes)7720211228
HallelujahA sharecropper decides to become a preacher after falling for a vamp from the city.1929King Vidor (*)Drama, Musical6.8 (1.8K votes)10920211228
Hard to HandleSmall time con artist Lefty Merrill has co-organized a crooked dance marathon and set-up his girlfriend to win the prize money. When his partner disappears with money before the contest is over, he's forced to come up with a series o1933Mervyn LeRoy (*)Comedy, Romance6.7 (799 votes)7820211228
Hatchet Man, TheA hatchet man is ordered to kill his close friend for the sake of Tong.1932William A. Wellman (*)Crime, Drama6.3 (809 votes)7420211228
Havana WidowsTwo golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.1933Ray EnrightComedy6.3 (486 votes)6220211228
Headline ShooterThe adventures of a wayward newsreel cameraman.1933Otto BrowerAdventure, Crime, Drama, Romance6.1 (170 votes)6120211228
Heat LightningIn the Mojave Desert, Olga runs a gas station, lunch counter, and auto camp with her younger sister Myra. In a 24-hour period, Olga must deal with Myra's desire to go to a town dance with a cad, the appearance by happenstance of Geor1934Mervyn LeRoy (*)Crime, Drama7.1 (774 votes)6320220414
Hell BelowIn 1918, U.S. Navy Lt. Tommy Knowlton participates in dangerous submarine missions, disobeys orders, gets court-martialed and romances a married woman who happens to be his C.O.'s daughter.1933Jack ConwayRomance, Drama, War6.6 (467 votes)10120211228
Hell DiversStory of rivalry between 2 Navy aircrewmen on and off duty.1931George W. HillAdventure, Drama, Romance6.4 (622 votes)10920211228
Hell HarborLovely Anita dreams of escaping the monotony of her island home and sailing to bustling Havana. But when her abusive father promises her to the greasy local merchant, Anita does everything in her power to make her dream a reality.1930Henry KingDrama, Romance5.5 (176 votes)9320211228
Hell's HighwayChain gang prisoners forced to construct a "liberty highway" for their overseer chasten under his brutal stewardship, causing Duke Ellis to mastermind a mass riot.1932Rowland Brown, John CromwellAction, Crime, Drama6.7 (662 votes)6220220723
Hell's HouseJimmy idolizes bootlegger Matt, and when he refuses to implicate his friend, he is sent to reform school. He befriends Shorty, a boy with a heart condition, and escapes to let the world know about the brutal conditions.1932Howard HigginDrama6.1 (1.3K votes)7220211228
Her BodyguardThe ""sugar daddy"" of a Broadway star hires a bodyguard to protect her from thieves out to steal the jewels he's given her and also from the attentions of other men, most notably the producer of the show in which she's starring. Ho...1933William BeaudineComedy, Romance5.6 (30 votes)7120240715
Her Mad NightA woman is accused of murdering a man who molested her young daughter.1932E. Mason HopperCrime, Drama5.5 (61 votes)6720211228
Her ManHavana bar girl with tough "protector" falls for young sailor.1930Tay GarnettCrime, Drama, Romance6.5 (402 votes)8520211228
Her Private AffairHer Private Affair is a 1929 drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Ann Harding. It was produced and distributed by the Pathé Exchange company. It is a sound film using the RCA Photophone sound-on-film sound system.1929Paul L. SteinDrama5.2 (141 votes)7020211228
Here Comes the NavyA cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.1934Lloyd Bacon (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance, War6.3 (965 votes)8720211228
Here Is My HeartA rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a European princess.1934Frank TuttleMusical, Comedy6.8 (122 votes)7720211228
High PressureGar Evans is a "high pressure" promoter who tends to be unrealistically optimistic about his projects and exaggerates the chance of success. He sets up the "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company", and persuades a lot of people to inv1932Mervyn LeRoy (*)Comedy6.7 (575 votes)7320211228
Hips Hips HoorayTwo salesmen try to market a flavored lipstick.1934Mark Sandrich (*)Comedy, Musical6.4 (503 votes)6820211228
His Double LifePriam Farrel is a celebrated artist but a social recluse. When his valet dies of a sudden illness, a mix-up leads to the body being identified as Farrel's. The timid artist then assumes the identity of his former servant, but finds h1933Arthur HopkinsComedy, Drama6.4 (357 votes)6820211228
His WomanA woman masquerades as a missionary's daughter to get on a ship bound to New York.1931Edward SlomanDrama, Romance5.7 (188 votes)7620211228
Hold Your ManA woman is sent to a reformatory when her con artist lover flees after killing a man during a botched blackmail scheme.1933Sam Wood (*)Drama, Romance6.8 (1.6K votes)8720211228
Hole in the Wall, TheMrs. Ramsey sent Jean Oliver to prison on a false charge. To get even, Jean (disguised as Madame Mystera) plans to kidnap her daughter and turn her into a thief. Love entanglements with a gangster known as "The Fox" and newspaperman 1929Robert FloreyDrama, Mystery5.7 (182 votes)7320211228
Honor Among LoversJerry Stafford, a businessman, is in love with his secretary but she deserts him for another man. When she realizes her mistake, she goes back to him. Doris Brown is her girlfriend who is in love with a man named Monty Dunn.1931Dorothy ArznerDrama, Romance6.9 (282 votes)7520211228
HooplaA hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the son of the show's manager.1933Frank LloydDrama6.6 (270 votes)8520211228
Hot PepperComedy about a pair of ex-Marines who team up and get involved in a nightclub. Trouble ensues when they both fall in love with a feisty woman and begin fighting over her.1933John G. BlystoneAction, Adventure, Comedy, Crime5.8 (106 votes)7620211228
Hot SaturdayA pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious womanizer.1932William A. Seiter (*)Drama, Romance6.6 (1K votes)7320211228
House on 56th Street, TheIt is the World War I period, and Peggy Martin, a showgirl and mistress to London Fiske, marries her love, handsome Monte Van Tyle. They move into the house on 56th street and have a baby, Eleanor. Monte enlists in the army and is ki1933Robert FloreyDrama, History6.6 (595 votes)6820211228
HuddleTony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a company scholarship which will enable him to attend Yale college. Over the four years of his college career he learns about football, love, 1932Sam Wood (*)Drama, Romance, Sport5.8 (231 votes)10320211228
I Loved You WednesdayVicki Meredith, an American ballet student in Paris, falls in love with Randall Williams, another American studying architecture in Paree, and they set up some light housekeeping together until she learns that Randall has forgotten t1933Henry King, William Cameron MenziesComedy, Drama, Romance5.7 (46 votes)8020211228
IllicitA young couple lives together out of wedlock, but they find that they're ahead of their time.1931Archie MayoDrama, Romance6.1 (1K votes)7920211228
I'm No AngelCircus performer Tira seeks a better life pursuing the company of wealthy New York men with improbable comic complications along the way.1933Wesley RugglesComedy, Music, Romance6.9 (3.4K votes)8720211228
IndiscreetA young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.1931Leo McCarey (*)Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance6.2 (1.4K votes)9220211228
Is My Face RedPoster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets most of his information from his gal, Peggy who is a showgirl. When Bill sees Tony stab Angelo Spin1932William A. Seiter (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Romance6.1 (191 votes)6620211228
Jennie GerhardtJennie Gerhardt is a destitute young woman. While working in a hotel in Columbus, Ohio, Jennie meets George Brander, a United State Senator, who becomes infatuated with her. He helps her family and declares his wish to marry her.1933Marion GeringDrama6.6 (128 votes)8520211228
Jimmy the GentAn unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.1934Michael Curtiz (*)Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance6.9 (1.8K votes)6720211228
Journal of a CrimeA wife shoots her husband's mistress. Afterwards, she is tormented by guilt when someone else is blamed for the crime.1934William KeighleyDrama6.1 (431 votes)6520211228
Just a GigoloHaines plays the role of a festive British nobleman, for whom a marriage has been arranged by his relatives. He goes to a European Summer resort and poses as a gigolo to meet the girl chosen, learn what she's like and to apply the "a1931Jack ConwayComedy, Romance6.1 (889 votes)6620211228
Kept HusbandsDaughter of a wealthy family decides to marry a poor working man.1931Lloyd Bacon (*)Drama, Romance5.9 (540 votes)7620211228
Keyhole, TheAnne Brooks is being blackmailed by her old dancing partner Maurice. They married when she was young but broke up after which he said he was getting a quickie divorce. Anne married the much older millionaire Schuyler Brooks only to h1933Michael Curtiz (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance6.4 (596 votes)6920211228
King for a NightA prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.1933Kurt NeumannAction, Crime, Drama, Sport6.9 (76 votes)7820211228
King of JazzAmerican Pre-Code color film starring Paul Whiteman and his Jazz orchestra.1930John Murray Anderson, Walter LantzAnimation, Comedy, Musical6.7 (1.3K votes)9920211228
King of the JungleA white youth who is raised in the jungle by the animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.1933H. Bruce Humberstone, Max MarcinAction, Adventure6.6 (175 votes)7320211228
KlondikeDr. Robert Cromwell performs a delicate operation that has never been done before, and the patient dies. He is charged with malpractice and manslaughter and his trial is national news, but the jury acquits him. But the court of pu...1932Phil Rosen (*)Adventure, Drama5.4 (154 votes)6820240419
Ladies of LeisureAn upper-crust artist hires a 'party girl' as a model; romance follows.1930Frank Capra (*)Drama, Romance6.7 (1.2K votes)9920211228
Ladies of the JurySociety Matron, Mrs. Crane, is selected as a juror in the trail of an ex-chorus girl, Yvette Gordon, who's accused of murdering her rich elderly husband. In court, Mrs. Crane is your unorthodox and disruptive juror. During the first 1932Lowell ShermanComedy, Mystery6.3 (335 votes)6320211228
Ladies Should ListenThe switchboard operator in an apartment building falls in love with a businessman who lives in the building, whom she has gotten to know only over the phone. When she discovers that the man's current girlfriend is actually part of a1934Frank TuttleComedy, Romance6.3 (401 votes)6220211228
Ladies They Talk AboutAttractive Nan, member of a bank-robbery gang, goes to prison thanks to evangelist Dave Slade...who loves her.1933Howard Bretherton, William KeighleyDrama6.7 (1.6K votes)6920211228
Lady For A DayA gangster tries to make Apple Annie, the Times Square apple seller, a lady for a day.1933Frank Capra (*)Comedy, Drama7.4 (4.1K votes)9620211228
Lady Lies, TheMuch to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney takes up with a beautiful but "lower-class" woman.1929Hobart HenleyDrama, Romance6.7 (95 votes)7520211228
Lady of Chance, ASeasoned grifter Dolly Crandall returns to the 'badger game' but has a change of heart when she falls in love with a young man she believes is a rich Southerner.1928Robert Z. LeonardComedy, Drama, Romance7.0 (445 votes)7820211228
Lady of Scandal, TheA famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.1930Sidney FranklinRomance, Comedy, Drama6.0 (179 votes)7620211228
Lady With a PastA wealthy, proper society girl finds that she's much more popular with men when she pretends to be a "bad" girl.1932Edward H. GriffithComedy, Drama, Romance6.2 (333 votes)8020211228
Lash, TheDon Francisco Delfina, a nobleman of Southern California in 1848, disguises himself as El Puma and leads a revolt against the tyrannical land agent and politician Peter Harkness.1930Frank LloydWestern5.3 (159 votes)7720220912
Last Flight, TheWorld War 1 veterans roam Paris drinking and admiring a woman they recently met.1931William Dieterle (*)Drama6.8 (1.3K votes)7620211228
Last of Mrs. CheyneyAt an elegant gathering of English nobility, young widow Fay Cheyney wins with her beauty, musicality and clever repartee. Cheyney, however, is not who she claims to be.1929Sidney FranklinComedy, Drama6.1 (508 votes)9420211228
Laughing BoyLaughing Boy is a Navajo from a remote part of the reservation, while Slim Girl was raised by whites in town and lives as a white man's mistress. They meet at a powwow and marry, in spite of the disapproval of Laughing Boy's family. 1934W.S. Van Dyke (*)Drama, Romance, Western4.9 (150 votes)7920211228
Laughing Lady, TheA society woman wrongly -- and very publicly -- accused of infidelity is dropped by her friends, spurned by her husband, and faced with the loss of her child.1929Victor SchertzingerDrama6.8 (50 votes)8020211228
Laughing SinnersCabaret performer Ivy Stevens in an affair with a low-rent traveling salesman is dumped in a 'Dear Jane' letter and finds solace in joining the Salvation Army.1931Harry BeaumontDrama, Romance5.3 (747 votes)7220211228
LaughterA former chorus girl weds a millionaire after the composer she loves leaves. Meanwhile, she strings along an artist in love with her. When the composer returns, she struggles with her needs for security vs love. High jinks and drama 1930Harry d'Abbadie d'ArrastComedy, Romance6.4 (343 votes)8520211228
Lawyer ManIdealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully beats high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley in a murder case. Bentley asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm. But Adam's rising career takes a nosedive w1932William Dieterle (*)Drama, Romance6.5 (916 votes)7220211228
Let Us Be GayDowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home one day to break up their marriage. Bob had become bored with her lackluster appearance, their children and himself. K1930Robert Z. LeonardComedy, Drama6.4 (526 votes)7920211228
Let's Go NativeDress designer Joan Wood, who's heavily in debt, has created costumes for a Broadway show that is exported to Argentina. With the money she wants to pay her debts, but there was a mistake: she is receiving the money in Buenos Aires, 1930Leo McCarey (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance5.8 (142 votes)7720211228
Letter, TheJeanne Eagels plays the bored and restless Leslie Crosbie who turns to another man, Geoffrey Hammond (Herbert Marshall) for attention when neglected by her husband Robert (Reginald Owen). Robert decides to go out for the evening to p1929Jean de LimurDrama6.7 (696 votes)6520211228
Life BeginsAt a maternity hospital, future fathers pace the corridors while their wives wait for their babies either anxiously or happily. Efficient and compassionate nurse Miss Bowers keeps the ward running smoothly. Things liven up when Gr...1932James Flood, Elliott NugentDrama6.6 (395 votes)7120220723
Lights of New YorkTwo men are conned into bootlegging business.1928Bryan FoyCrime, Drama, Music, Romance5.7 (807 votes)5720211228
Lilly TurnerA carnival magician deserts his wife when he finds out she's pregnant. She then marries the carnival's barker, but finds herself attracted to a young engineer.1933William A. Wellman (*)Drama6.5 (443 votes)6520211228
Little WomenA chronicle of the lives of a group of sisters growing up in nineteenth-century America.1933George Cukor (*)Drama, Family, Romance, War7.2 (6.9K votes)11520211228
Local Boy Makes GoodJohn is a timid student who works at the University Book Store. He is studying to be a botanist and has a secret crush on the lovely Julia. One day, one of his letters gets accidentally mailed and Julia receives it. When the letter s1931Mervyn LeRoy (*)Action, Comedy, Romance, Sport6.2 (217 votes)6820211228
Lonely WivesA lonely husband whose wife has been away hires a lookalike impersonator to fill his place and fool his mother-in-law while he plays around with a pretty coquette. Confusion prevails when his wife returns that evening.1931Russell MackComedy, Romance6.3 (403 votes)8520211228
Loose AnklesIn this light romantic comedy, 17-year old Loretta Young is cast as Ann Harper, a wealthy socialite who has inherited a fortune provided the family is involved in no scandals appearing in print, and her two aunts and uncle consent to1930Ted WildeComedy, Romance6.0 (422 votes)6920211228
Love AffairHeiress Carol Owen learns to fly from aeronautical engineer Jim Leonard who begins neglecting his work as their affair progresses. Things get complicated when she learns her father died penniless and that she has been being supported1932Thornton FreelandDrama, Romance5.8 (460 votes)6820211228
Love Comes AlongAn American sailor comes to a seedy banana republic, and finds a fellow yank, a stranded girl, as a saloon singer. They fall in love, but a misunderstanding about her feelings toward the local dictator threaten their happiness.1930Rupert JulianAdventure, Drama, Music, Romance6.8 (48 votes)7720211228
Love is a RacketJimmy writes the 'Up and Down Broadway' column for the New York Globe, and he is head over heels for Mary. But Mary is more interested in her career and is looking at starring on Broadway with the help of Boncour. However, there is a1932William A. Wellman (*)Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance6.3 (435 votes)7120211228
Love Parade, TheThe queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.1929Ernst Lubitsch (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.0 (2.3K votes)10720211228
Lucky DevilsThey smash through skylights, tumble down staircases, drop from a high rooftop into a waiting convertible - the only fall Skipper Clark and his pals won't take is to fall in love.1933Ralph InceAction, Drama, Romance6.3 (212 votes)7020230728
Madame Du BarryMadame DuBarry is a 1934 American historical film directed by William Dieterle and starring Dolores del Rio, Reginald Owen, Victor Jory and Osgood Perkins. The film portrays the life of Madame Du Barry, the last mistress of King Loui1934William Dieterle (*)Comedy, Drama, History6.3 (265 votes)7920211228
Madame RacketeerInternational con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel at a Wisconsin spa. There undercover, she che1932Harry Wagstaff Gribble, Alexander HallComedy6.7 (62 votes)7220211228
Make Me a StarMerton Gill is longing to become a cowboy actor and leaves his hometown to try his luck in Hollywood, but there his acting ability is regarded as non-existent. Actress Flips gives him a chance in a bit part, but he fails in that; how1932William BeaudineComedy, Drama, Romance6.4 (517 votes)8620211228
Man of the WorldA young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. There she meets and is romanced by a worldly novelist; what she doesn't know is that he is a blackmailer who is using her to get to her uncle.1931Richard Wallace, Edward GoodmanDrama, Romance6.1 (924 votes)7420211228
Man To ManEighteen years ago, John Bolton found the man who killed his brother Joe and shot it out. The man was killed and John went to prison. His son Mike is now a college track star and when the fraternity finds out about his father, he ...1930Allan DwanCrime, Drama, Romance6.1 (146 votes)6820220531
Man WantedA female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.1932William Dieterle (*)Romance, Comedy, Drama6.5 (714 votes)6220211228
Man with Two Faces, TheA talented young actress seems to be under the spell of her unscrupulous, avaricious, and totally unprincipled husband.1934Archie MayoCrime, Drama6.4 (693 votes)7220220414
MandalayAbandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to put her past behind her on a steamer to Mandalay.1934Michael Curtiz (*)Drama6.6 (854 votes)6520211228
Manhattan MelodramaThe friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.1934W.S. Van Dyke, Jack Conway, George CukorCrime, Drama, Romance7.1 (4K votes)9320211228
Manhattan TowerThe lives of a number of the workers and executives in a Manhattan skyscraper are affected by the actions of a philandering and crooked company boss.1932Frank R. StrayerDrama6.5 (223 votes)6720220822
Marie GalanteMarie is kidnapped and taken aboard ship, then thrown off at Yucatan. She winds up singing in a café in the Panama Canal zone. There she gets involved in a plot to destroy the canal and runs into American intelligence officer Crawbet1934Henry KingDrama, Romance, Thriller5.7 (351 votes)8820211228
Mary Jane's PaSam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family (wife Ellen, two daughters and a son,) he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back 1935William KeighleyDrama6.4 (122 votes)7020211228
Mary Stevens, M.D.Mary Stevens (Kay Francis) and her old friend Don Andrews (Lyle Talbot) find themselves graduating from medical school at the same time. They decide to set up their respective medical offices in the same building. Mary builds her rep1933Lloyd Bacon (*)Drama6.5 (446 votes)7220211228
MassacreJoe Thunderhorse, a Sioux Indian who has become the wealthy star of a Wild West show, returns home to his reservation after years away and finds that his father is dying and his people are being abused by corrupt white officials.1934Alan CroslandAction, Drama6.9 (246 votes)7020220414
Match King, TheUnscrupulous Paul Kroll, starting as a Chicago janitor, uses graft to finance a trip to Sweden where by trickery he gains control of his uncle's small match factory. By expert manipulation of everyone and employment of femmes-fatale,1932Howard Bretherton, William KeighleyDrama6.9 (521 votes)7920211228
Maybe It's LoveA college football player (Joe E. Brown) persuades a beautiful young woman (Joan Bennett) to individually flirt with an entire team of All-American football players, in order to entice them over to her college. But the players get an1930William A. Wellman (*)Comedy, Music, Romance, Sport5.0 (303 votes)7220211228
Mayor of Hell, TheFive members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the state reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Soon, Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed deputy commissioner as a politi1933Archie Mayo, Michael CurtizCrime, Drama, Romance7.0 (1.6K votes)9020211228
Meanest Gal in Town, TheA stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.1934Russell MackComedy6.1 (94 votes)6220211228
Meet the BaronThe famous Baron Munchausen dumps two dimwits in the African jungle. A rescue team mistakes one of them for the missing Baron, and returns them to the US, where they're greeted as heroes. While giving a speech at a college, the "Baro1933Walter LangComedy5.6 (289 votes)6820211228
Melody CruiseA popular playboy goes on a cruise from New York in winter to California. He brings a friend to keep him from getting too serious with any of the many eligible women on the cruise. The plot complicates when he does fall in love with 1933Mark Sandrich (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance6.0 (277 votes)7620211228
Men Are Such FoolsAn struggling Italian of American nationality decides to go back to US. His girlfriend, who was ready to ditch him for wealthier people, marries him to get to USA. There, she flirts and then becomes lover of a rich night-club owner.,1932William NighDrama5.8 (69 votes)6420211228
Men Call It LoveA well-off bachelor finds himself at a loss for what to do when a married woman comes on to him while he's thoroughly involved with someone else's wife.1931Edgar SelwynDrama, Romance5.6 (164 votes)7220211228
Men of AmericaA gang of bank robbers hide out in a cabin near a valley road that was closed because of an earthquake. They had just robbed a bank of $50,000, but in $1000 bills, which the leader, Cicero, knows can never be spent. With no other mon1932Ralph Ince, William BoydCrime, Western, Drama6.2 (118 votes)5820211228
Men of ChanceHoping to get even with gambler/bookie Johnny Silk, racetrack owners and partners Dorval and Farley convince down-and-out Martha Preston to pose as a rich, single French countess, whom Silk falls in love with and asks to marry. After1931George ArchainbaudDrama6.0 (182 votes)6720211228
Merrily We Go to HellA drunken newspaperman is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.1932Dorothy ArznerComedy, Drama, Romance6.9 (1.4K votes)8320211228
Merry Frinks, TheAn under-appreciated mother inherits a fortune and abandons her family.1934Alfred E. GreenComedy, Romance5.8 (191 votes)6820211228
Merry Wives of RenoThree couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.1934H. Bruce HumberstoneComedy, Romance6.2 (288 votes)6420211228
MidnightThe foreman of a jury asks questions that send a woman to the electric chair for a murder committed in the heat of passion. On the night of the execution, his actions come back to haunt him.1934Chester ErskineCrime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance5.6 (931 votes)7620211228
Midnight ClubElegant Colin Grant and his associates are successful jewelry thieves, even unmasked to their victims, their perfect alibis making impossible for the Comissioner police to arrest them. Things are running smoothly until Nick Mason ent1933Alexander Hall, George SomnesCrime, Drama6.9 (94 votes)6420211228
Midnight MaryAn abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.1933William A. Wellman (*)Crime, Drama, Romance7.0 (1.4K votes)7420211228
MillieMillie's life begins to crumble when she finds out her husband is having an affair.1931John Francis DillonDrama, Romance6.2 (703 votes)8520211228
Million Dollar LegsA small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.1932Edward F. ClineComedy, Sport6.9 (1.1K votes)6420211228
Min and BillMin, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.1930George W. HillComedy, Drama6.8 (1.7K votes)6920220531
Mind Reader, TheChandler, a con-man, and his helper Frank decide to create a clairvoyant act for the carny circuit, as a little research reveals Americans spent $125 million on mind-readers and astrology. The carny, renamed Chandra, falls for one of1933Roy Del RuthAction, Crime, Drama, Romance6.7 (479 votes)7020211228
Miracle Woman, TheAfter an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?1931Frank Capra (*)Drama, Romance7.2 (2K votes)9020211228
Moby DickIn this extremely loose adaptation of Melville's classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and vengeful madman, but as a bit of a lovable scamp. Ashore in New Bedford, he meets and falls for Faith Mapple, daughter of 1930Lloyd Bacon (*)Adventure, Drama5.6 (475 votes)8020211228
Modern Hero, APierre is a young and handsome circus rider whose mother has long tolerated his amorous adventures but becomes genuinely concerned when he actually falls in love. She reveals to him that he's the son of a wealthy man, whom she could 1934Georg Wilhelm Pabst (*)Drama, Romance6.3 (248 votes)7120211228
Montana MoonA vacuous and flirtatious daughter of a wealthy rancher falls in love and marries a Texas cowboy and rancher, who calls her 'Montana', and eventually clash over their different lifestyles, to the point of almost ending their marriage1930Malcolm St. ClairWestern4.5 (573 votes)8920211228
Morning GloryWhen a naively innocent, aspiring actress arrives on the Broadway scene, she is taken under the wing of several theater veterans who mentor her to ultimate success.1933Lowell ShermanDrama, Romance6.4 (2.9K votes)7420211228
Moulin RougeA singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. However, her husband won't let her. When she hears that a popular French singer named "Raquel" is coming to New York, she decides to go 1934Sidney LanfieldComedy, Musical, Romance6.5 (151 votes)7020211228
Murder at the VanitiesA homicide detective with an eye for the ladies investigating a murder in Earl Carroll's Vanities allows the music review to continue during the investigation.1934Mitchell LeisenMusic, Mystery, Romance6.5 (750 votes)8920211228
Music in the AirConstantly quarreling couple decide to try the jealousy angle when a naive young couple comes along.1934Joe MayComedy, Musical, Romance6.0 (999 votes)8520211228
My PastYoung man and an older man fall for a stage actress.1931Roy Del RuthDrama, Romance5.6 (193 votes)7220211228
New Morals for OldA single mother struggles to raise her son and daughter,who find it difficult to listen to her life lessons.they forge their own lives,and make their own mistakes as a result.1932Charles BrabinDrama, Romance5.3 (213 votes)7520211228
New York NightsA chorus girl with marital woes is pursued by a gangster.1929Lewis MilestoneCrime, Drama, Music, Romance5.7 (221 votes)8220211228
Night After NightA successful ex-boxer opens a high-class speakeasy in what once was the childhood home of a formerly rich society girl.1932Archie MayoComedy, Drama6.8 (758 votes)7320211228
Night BeatA young couple finds themselves mixed up with mobsters planning to rob a warehouse.1931George B. SeitzCrime, Drama5.3 (63 votes)6120221116
Night Birds(1930) Jameson Thomas, Muriel Angelus, Jack Rain. Early British thriller about a master criminal named 'Flash Jack', who heads a gang of top-hatted thieves that rob the wealthy. A detective tracks the crimes to a posh night club.1930Richard EichbergCrime, Drama5.5 (38 votes)9720211228
Night CourtJudge and his mistress are investigated on suspicions of corruption.1932W.S. Van Dyke (*)Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller6.9 (379 votes)9220211228
Night FlightPolio breaks out in Rio de Janeiro, the serum is in Santiago and there's only one way to get the medicine where it's desperately needed: flown in by daring pilots who risk the treacherous weather and forbidding peaks of the Andes.1933Clarence BrownDrama6.2 (864 votes)8420211228
Night Life in RenoA story of love, humor and drama against the background of America's "Biggest Little City." An (interrupted) indiscretion by John Wyatt with a floozy prompts his wife, June, to make a trip to Reno, Nevada in order to get a quickie si1931Raymond CannonCrime, Drama, Romance5.0 (114 votes)7220211228
Night NurseA nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children.1931William A. Wellman (*)Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery7.0 (3.7K votes)7220211228
Night WorldStory of the goings-on at a Prohibition-era nightclub.1932Hobart HenleyDrama7.0 (392 votes)5820211228
No Greater GloryAdapted from The Paul Street Boys, an autobiographical novel by Ferenc Molnar, GLORY is an unusually sensitive evocation of the pain of youth and the senselessness of war. Frail Nemecsek, a lonely boy who yearns to belong, worships B1934Frank Borzage (*)Drama7.0 (438 votes)7420211228
No Man of Her OwnAn on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.1932Wesley RugglesComedy, Drama, Romance6.6 (1.4K votes)8520211228
No Marriage TiesAlcoholic reporter Bruce Foster is on the road to ruin when he partners with advertising man "Perk" Perkins to form a successful advertising agency. Foster makes the business a success, but his personal life suffers.1933J. Walter RubenDrama6.0 (137 votes)7220211228
No More OrchidsAn heiress forced to marry into royalty in order to save her banker father falls in love with another man while on a cruise.1932Walter LangDrama, Romance6.6 (345 votes)7820211228
No One ManWhen the boyfriend of a rich, bored socialite dies from a weak heart, she finds herself attracted to the doctor who treated him, a hard-working idealist decidedly different from the usual spoiled society rich kids she is used to.1932Lloyd CorriganDrama5.9 (71 votes)7320211228
Nothing But The TruthA young man bets $10,000 that he can tell for 24 hour nothing but the truth.1929Victor SchertzingerAction, Comedy, Romance6.5 (74 votes)7820211228
Notorious Affair, AA scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.1930Lloyd Bacon (*)Drama, Romance5.4 (285 votes)6920211228
Notorious But NiceJennie Jones, a girl with a mysterious past, is engaged to her employer's son. His father attempts to destroy her life so his son will reject her. When all seems lost, help comes from an unexpected source, but complications ensue.1933Richard ThorpeCrime, Drama6.2 (80 votes)6520211228
Notorious Sophie Lang, TheAfter an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police detective who's been trying to nail her finally comes up with what seems a foolproof s1934Ralph Murphy, William Cameron MenziesComedy, Crime6.8 (64 votes)6420211228
Now and ForeverA swindler and his girlfriend take in his young daughter, who has been living with the family of his deceased wife.1934Henry HathawayDrama, Music, Romance6.5 (986 votes)8120211228
Nuisance, TheAn ambulance-chasing lawyer gets tangled up with a female investigator out to end his shyster ways.1933Jack ConwayComedy, Drama, Romance6.7 (314 votes)8320211228
Office Wife, TheLarry Fellowes of Fellowes Publishing wants Kate to write her next book about the 'Office Wife'. The personal secretary/stenographer spends more time with the busy executive and makes more decisions than his wife ever well. This crea1930Lloyd Bacon, Michael CurtizDrama, Romance6.2 (443 votes)5920211228
Okay America!A gossip columnist's rise to fame, closely based on the real life of Walter Winchell.1932Tay GarnettDrama7.0 (98 votes)7820240323
Once in a LifetimeStory of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.1932Russell MackComedy6.6 (188 votes)9120211228
One Heavenly NightA poor but basically honest flower woman agrees to impersonate a wicked opera star.1930George FitzmauriceComedy, Musical, Romance5.2 (175 votes)8220211228
One Night at Susie'sA woman who owns a boarding house winds up being the "mother hen" to the assorted mobsters and racketeers who live there. Her foster son takes the blame for a murder that was actually committed by his girlfriend. When he's released, 1930John Francis DillonDrama5.8 (172 votes)6220211228
One Romantic NightA scheming mother wishes to make a succesful match between her daughter and a prince, yet another man, a commoner, may stand in the way.1930Paul L. SteinComedy, Romance5.7 (436 votes)7320211228
One Year LaterA man is convicted of killing his boss, whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife. On board the train taking him to prison for his execution are a reporter, who is dying of lung cancer and wants to interview the condemned m1933E. Mason HopperCrime, Drama, Romance6.7 (82 votes)6920220414
Only YesterdayA one-night fling during World War I results in a young girl getting pregnant. Years later, she meets him again. Now a successful businessman, he doesn't even remember her, but tries to seduce her.1933John M. StahlDrama, Romance7.4 (365 votes)10520211228
Other Men's WomenEvents take an unhappy turn for two Bill and Jack, two locomotive engineers, after Bill is attracted to his best friend's wife.1931William A. Wellman (*)Drama, Romance6.5 (1.2K votes)7120211228
Our BettersAlthough the British upper class may be thought our betters in society, but they are certainly not our betters, and perhaps our equals, in morality.1933George Cukor (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance6.2 (777 votes)8320211228
Our Blushing BridesThree department store girls--Connie, Franky, and Jerry--share an apartment on West 91st Street in New York City. Each earns little more than 20 dollars per week. Jerry is the sensible one, but the others throw themselves at amoral r1930Harry BeaumontDrama, Music, Romance5.9 (738 votes)10220211228
Our Dancing DaughtersA flapper who's secretly a good girl and a gold digging floozy masquerading as an ingénue both vie for the hand of a millionaire.1928Harry BeaumontDrama6.6 (1.8K votes)8520211228
Outcast LadyA woman's trials and tribulations over a romance since childhood, protecting her husband's secret past, and the trouble it causes with her brother.1934Robert Z. LeonardDrama, Romance5.4 (186 votes)7720211228
Pagan Lady, TheA free-spirited bartender on a tropical island has a reputation as a "pagan lady", who hops from man to man and bed to bed. The young son of the island's fire-and-brimstone evangelist arrives on the island, falls in love with her and1931John Francis DillonAdventure, Drama, Romance5.4 (48 votes)8020211228
PaidMary Turner goes up for three years on a crime she didn't commit. Once out she and former prison mates plan a scam in which old men can be sued for breach of promise - the "heart balm" racket. After plotting verious ways to get back 1930Sam Wood (*)Drama6.0 (757 votes)8620211228
Painted FacesA vaudeville performer is murdered backstage and another performer is tried for the crime.1929Albert S. RogellCrime, Mystery6.1 (65 votes)7420211228
Palooka [Joe Palooka]Knobby discovers young hunk Palooka and trains him to fight the reigning champ, also drunken sot, Al McSwatt.1934Benjamin StoloffComedy, Family, Music6.1 (365 votes)8620211228
Panama FloA New York chorus girl is coerced into keeping house for an oil man in South America to pay off a debt. Her boyfriend comes to get her but she finds out that he is only out for the oil man's money.1932Ralph Murphy, Tay GarnettAdventure, Drama, Romance6.4 (206 votes)7320230715
Parachute JumperTo share expenses, unemployed Alabama moves in with also unemployed Bill and Toodles. Bill is hired by a gangster's mistress and ultimately becomes the gangster's bodyguard. Alabama unknowingly applies for a stenographer's job at Mr.1933Alfred E. GreenDrama6.8 (1.1K votes)7220211228
Paris InterludeJulie has a star crossed romance with Sam, leaning on pal Cassie when unhappy. When Sam is believed dead Cassie urges Julie to take up with good guy Pat. When Sam returns Cassie tries to do the right thing by her best friend.1934Edwin L. MarinDrama5.9 (132 votes)7220211228
Parole GirlA young woman released on parole vows to ruin the life of the man who insisted on sending her to jail.1933Edward F. ClineCrime, Drama6.4 (279 votes)6720211228
Party GirlA cautionary tale. Ellen's past as a "party girl" is carefully hidden but may be exposed when another party girl tricks her fiance into marriage.1930Victor HalperinCrime, Drama, Romance5.3 (267 votes)6720211228
Party HusbandA liberated couple's divergent lifestyles almost ruin their marriage.1931Clarence G. BadgerComedy6.4 (94 votes)7420211228
Passport to Hell, AA notorious beautiful English woman (Myra) is kicked out of British West Africa to German West Africa, just before the start of World War I. She marries a German colonial official (Erich) to avoid internment. When Erich's father disc1932Frank LloydDrama6.6 (110 votes)7520211228
Pay-Off, TheA thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes them under his wing. The thug, resentful of the couple, plans to organize a mutiny1930Lowell ShermanAction, Crime, Drama5.5 (272 votes)7020211228
Peacock AlleyClaire Tree is a singer/dancer who goes after what she wants in a straight-forward, no-nonsense manner, so when she finds herself in the New York City hotel-suite, in fashionable Peacock Alley, of Stoddard Clayton, she wastes no time1930Marcel De SanoDrama, Music, Romance4.9 (121 votes)6320211228
Penguin Pool MurderShady stockbroker and abusive husband Gerald Parker is found dead in the penguin pool of a NYC aquarium after being knocked cold by his wife's boyfriend.1932George ArchainbaudComedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance7.0 (1.2K votes)7020211228
PenthouseA lawyer's fiancée leaves him after he defends a racketeer accused of murder, but she needs his help when her new beau is accused of killing an old flame.1933W.S. Van Dyke (*)Crime, Mystery, Romance6.8 (1.1K votes)9020211228
Phantom of Crestwood, TheJenny Wren coerces banker Priam Andes to have a dinner party at his shorefront estate Crestwood, and instructs him to invite three other men, each of whom she plans to extort money from. Jenny plans to retire to Europe after a life o1932J. Walter RubenCrime, Mystery6.5 (681 votes)7620211228
Phantom of ParisCheri-Bibi is an escape artist wrongly imprisoned for murdering the wealthy father of his admirer Cecile. The real murderer is Cecile's fiancé, so how will Bibi escape his death sentence and win back Cecile?1931John S. RobertsonDrama, Thriller6.5 (1.4K votes)7420211228
PiccadillyA young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act which soon leads to a plot of betrayal, forbidden love and murder.1929Ewald André DupontCrime, Drama7.1 (1.6K votes)9220211228
Pick-upThe scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison, she tries to put her life back together.1933Marion GeringCrime, Drama6.4 (170 votes)7620211228
Picture BridesFour "Picture Brides", from New Orleans, arrive in the Brazilian jungle on a riverboat, brought there to marry workers at Lottagrasso, a remote mining site of the Standard Diamond Mines.Also on the boat with the four "mail-order" ...1934Phil Rosen (*)Adventure, Crime, Romance5.9 (95 votes)6620220531
Picture SnatcherEx-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. He falls in love with Patricia, the daughter of the policeman who arrested him. Mr Nolan, her father, doesn't like that relation at first, but McLean, Kean1933Lloyd Bacon (*)Crime, Drama7.0 (1.6K votes)7720211228
Playing AroundNew York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go. She gets involved with the playboy and never seems to notice that he might by shady, unti1930Mervyn LeRoy (*)Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance6.0 (262 votes)6620211228
Pleasure CruiseA stay-at-home husband and his businesswoman wife plan separate vacations, but he doesn't go fishing. He masquerades as a barber on her pleasure cruise.1933Frank TuttleComedy, Romance6.4 (132 votes)7220211228
Polly of the CircusAfter a trapeze performer is injured during an accident, she is moved to a minister's house where they both fall in love.1932Alfred SantellComedy, Drama, Romance6.2 (1.1K votes)6920211228
PossessedAn ambitious factory girl meets a handsome, wealthy lawyer, but he's interested in her as a mistress, not a wife.1931Clarence BrownDrama, Romance6.9 (2.1K votes)7620211228
Private LivesDivorced couple unexpectedly meet each other during their honeymoon and rekindle their love.1931Sidney FranklinComedy, Drama, Romance6.8 (1.2K votes)8420211228
Private WorldsThe work of a progressive female psychiatrist and her colleague at a mental hospital is threatened by the arrival of a conservative new supervisor, who disapproves of both her methods and the fact that she is a woman in a "man's fiel1935Gregory La Cava (*)Drama6.5 (329 votes)8420211228
Prizefighter and the Lady, TheAn ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.1933W.S. Van Dyke, Howard HawksComedy, Crime, Romance, Sport6.3 (874 votes)10220211228
Professional SweetheartA vice-free radio singer wants to experience the dark side of life, so a press agent convinces her sponsor to choose a "professional sweetheart" from her fans.1933William A. Seiter (*)Comedy, Romance6.2 (585 votes)7320211228
ProsperityIn 1925, John becomes President of the prosperous Warren Bank when Maggie retires. Six years later, John, Helen and the two children are happy in their home, but the two mother-in-laws are still bickering. When Lizzy inadvertently st1932Sam Wood (*)Comedy, Drama6.4 (268 votes)8720211228
Purchase Price, TheA torch singer becomes a mail-order bride for a farmer.1932William A. Wellman (*)Comedy, Drama6.4 (1.6K votes)6820211228
Quick MillionsTruck driver Bugs Raymond organizes the trucking associations and takes protection money. Now rich, he decides to marry socialite Dorothy Stone. She rejects him for another, so he makes plans to kidnap her on her wedding day.1931Rowland BrownCrime, Drama6.4 (226 votes)7220211228
Racketeer, TheA dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.1929Howard HigginCrime, Drama, Thriller5.4 (407 votes)6820211228
Rafter RomanceA man and a woman share an apartment on a shift basis, never seeing each other; she dislikes him until they actually meet.1933William A. Seiter (*)Comedy, Romance6.7 (823 votes)7320211228
RainA prostitute newly arrived in the South Pacific finds herself at odds with a stern missionary determined to save her soul.1932Lewis MilestoneDrama6.9 (2.7K votes)9420211228
Reaching for the MoonWall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He then loses his fortune in the market crash1930Edmund GouldingComedy, Romance5.6 (421 votes)9120211228
Recaptured LoveAn errant husband wants to return to his wife.1930John G. AdolfiComedy, Drama5.7 (31 votes)7720211228
Reckless HourIn New York City, a young model is swept off her feet by a debonair, handsome young man. Unfortunately for her, he didn't want to get married but had been stringing her along. When she realizes he doesn't WANT her she will not force 1931John Francis DillonDrama, Romance6.2 (214 votes)7120211228
Red Headed WomanLillian relentlessly attempts to seduce a married man.1932Jack ConwayComedy, Romance7.0 (3K votes)7920211228
RenegadesFour one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for disorderly conduct, but they break out and rejoin their regiment and fight off a band of marauding Arabs, and are soon in Casablanca getting d1930Victor Fleming (*)Action, Adventure, Romance, War5.2 (286 votes)8420211228
Reunion in ViennaAn archduke who had been banished from Austria returns to Vienna for a reunion of his old fellow aristocrats and meets up with the former love of his life, who is now married to a psychoanalyst.1933Sidney FranklinDrama, Romance6.1 (321 votes)9820211228
RiptideMary is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford on a whim. Their marriage is successful, though, and they grow closer over the years.1934Edmund GouldingDrama, Romance6.4 (605 votes)9220211228
Road to ParadiseA young girl falls in with a gang of criminals. One of their capers is robbing the house of a wealthy socialite who happens to look just like her. In the process of cleaning out the house, the young girl discovers that the socialite 1930William BeaudineDrama5.7 (184 votes)7420211228
Road to Reno, TheA modern woman, whose youthful appearance leads people to believe she is her daughter's sister, divorced several times, is about to marry a man who is a fortune-hunter, against the wishes of her daughter and, especially, her outraged1931Richard WallaceDrama6.0 (45 votes)7420211228
Road To Ruin, TheA young girl gets involved with a crowd that smokes marijuana, drinks and has sex. She winds up an alcoholic, pregnant drug addict and is forced to get an abortion.1934Dorothy Davenport, Melville ShyerDrama4.8 (305 votes)6220211228
Road to Singapore, TheGossip, snobbery, mistrust, divorce and a mail-order engagement dominate the lives of the British upper class living in the plantation colonies of Southeast Asia.1931Alfred E. GreenDrama, Romance6.5 (302 votes)6920211228
Roar of the DragonA boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area. Seeking refuge in a fortified inn, the group is led by the boat's Captain Carson, who becomes involved with a woman who "be1932Wesley RugglesAdventure, Romance6.3 (224 votes)6920211228
RockabyeActress Judy Carroll, from the gas-house district has been trained, educated and developed so well by her manager, that not even the publicity-seeking world of the theater has guessed her antecedents. But she has not loved well or wi1932George Cukor, George FitzmauriceComedy, Drama, Romance5.7 (423 votes)6820211228
Royal Bed, TheThe hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming son who wants to be king himself and is plotting to take advantage of1931Lowell ShermanComedy5.9 (199 votes)7520211228
Ruling Voice, TheFor the love and respect of his daughter, a crime boss reconsiders his involvement in the extortion racket he's built.1931Rowland V. LeeCrime, Drama, Romance5.9 (264 votes)7620211228
Runaway BrideA young socialite and a rich playboy elope to Atlantic City. However, she soon realizes he's not the man she wants him to be and tries to call off the wedding. A jewelry store robbery, murder and other mayhem are soon involved.1930Donald CrispCrime, Drama, Romance5.1 (243 votes)6920211228
Safe In HellAfter accidentally killing the man who raped her and forced her into prostitution, a New Orleans woman flees to a Caribbean island. While she awaits her fiancé, the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her.1931William A. Wellman (*)Crime, Drama7.0 (1.3K votes)7320211228
Sagebrush TrailA man framed for murder escapes prison and goes west, where he joins a gang with the real killer involved.1933Armand SchaeferWestern5.4 (1.2K votes)5420211228
Sailor's LuckU.S. sailor Jimmy Harrigan, on shore leave in San Pedro, meets and falls for Sally Brent She promises to wait for him when he ships out to San Francisco, but Jimmy becomes jealous and tells her off when he learns Sally has entered a 1933Raoul Walsh (*)Comedy6.6 (93 votes)6420211228
Saturday Night Kid, TheMayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department Store. Mayme is in love with store clerk Bill, but Janie tries to steal him from her. Hazel, another salesgirl, is Jean Harlow's first credited role.1929A. Edward SutherlandComedy6.0 (249 votes)6320211228
Scarlet PagesNora Mason becomes entangled in a family mix-up of murder and scandal that threatens to ruin her career and entire future; Unless the mother she does not know can find a way to save her.1930Ray EnrightAction, Crime, Drama, Romance5.6 (140 votes)6620240419
Sea Bat, TheThe West Indies island of Portuga exists mainly for sponge diving. But the best area of collection is frequented by a very large manta ray. Nina loses her brother to the creature and is comforted by a newly arrived minister, who seem1930Lionel Barrymore, Wesley RugglesAction, Romance, Thriller5.3 (273 votes)5820211228
Sea Legsnan1930Victor Heerman, Richard WallaceComedy, Romance5.6 (39 votes)6320240419
Search for BeautyThree con artists dupe two Olympians into serving as editors of a new health and beauty magazine which is only a front for salacious stories and pictures.1934Erle C. KentonComedy, Crime, Romance6.1 (618 votes)7820211228
Secret of Madame Blanche, TheShowgirl Sally meets young playboy Leonard St. John; they fall in love and are secretly married. When Leonard's father discovers this he sets out to break them apart, and following a bitter row, Leonard kills himself, leaving Sally t1933Charles BrabinDrama, History, Romance6.5 (336 votes)8420211228
Secret of the Blue RoomTwenty years after 3 murders occur in a castle's "blue room", three men who each want to marry a beautiful girl decide to spend a night in the room to prove their bravery to her.1933Kurt NeumannDrama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller6.4 (792 votes)6620211228
Secret Six, TheAfter rising bootlegger Slaughterhouse Scorpio eliminates his gangland competition, two reporters and a cabal of six businessmen work to expose him.1931George W. HillCrime, Drama6.4 (875 votes)8320211228
Secrets of a SecretaryWhen her father dies, a wealthy young women discovers that she's not wealthy at all--her father lost all of his money in the 1929 stock market crash and she's now officially broke. She takes a job as the social secretary to her fathe1931George AbbottDrama6.6 (116 votes)7120211228
Secrets of the French PoliceA burglar is recruited to aid the police in finding his kidnapped girlfriend, a lovely but impoverished flower girl. Meanwhile, a deranged Russian emigre has been claiming that his ward is actually Princess Anastasia, last survivor o1932A. Edward SutherlandCrime5.8 (274 votes)5820211228
Secrets of Wu Sin, TheA murder mystery about the smuggling of illegal Chinese aliens into America through Chinatown.1932Richard ThorpeCrime, Mystery, Romance5.3 (42 votes)6520220723
Sex MadnessThis exploitation film belongs to the social guidance genre of quasi-documentary narratives, which exhort young adults to follow particular moral and social prescriptions related to sexuality and drug use.1938Dwain EsperDrama2.8 (897 votes)5720211228
She Done Him WrongIn the Gay Nineties, a seductive nightclub singer contends with several suitors, including a jealous escaped convict and a handsome temperance league member.1933Lowell ShermanComedy, Drama, History, Musical, Romance6.4 (6K votes)6620211228
She Had to Say YesIt is the bottom of the depression and Sol Glass has the idea that the girls in the stenographic department should be used to entertain the clients. Seems the clients are tiring of the regular fast and hard women and this would be a 1933George Amy, Busby BerkeleyDrama, Romance6.0 (469 votes)6520211228
Shoot the WorksNicky Nelson runs a small carnival on New York's 42nd Street under the auspices of Nicky Nelson Enterprises, which consists of Joe Davis and his band, stunt man "Sailor" Burke and his gold digger wife Jackie, and The Countess, a matr1934Wesley RugglesMusical, Comedy6.9 (45 votes)6420211228
ShopwornA poor woman and a man from an upper-class family fall in love, but his mother will go to any lengths to stop their marriage.1932Nick GrindeDrama, Romance6.4 (701 votes)7220211228
Should Ladies BehaveAn unhappy couple watch as their daughter throws herself at an older man because he is a sophisticated artist. The daughter doesn't know that her aunt is the man's lover. At a weekend retreat, everything comes to a head when the moth1933Harry BeaumontComedy, Drama5.8 (157 votes)8720211228
Side StreetsA destitute sailor secures a job with a spinster who runs a small fur trimming shop. They marry, and soon have a child, but he cheats on her with serious consequences.1934Alfred E. GreenDrama, Romance6.9 (191 votes)6320220414
Sidewalks of New YorkA dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) by transforming their rough neighborhood into a more decent place.1931Zion Myers, Jules WhiteComedy, Crime5.6 (493 votes)7420211228
Sign of the Cross, TheA Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.1932Cecil B. DeMille (*)Drama, History6.9 (2.3K votes)12520211228
Silver Cord, TheA domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son.1933John CromwellDrama, Romance6.9 (519 votes)7420211228
Silver Horde, TheA salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.1930George ArchainbaudDrama, Romance5.9 (494 votes)7520211228
Sin of Madolen Claudet, TheOut of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.1931Edgar SelwynDrama6.7 (884 votes)7520211228
Sin of Nora Moran, TheNora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputat1933Phil GoldstoneAdventure, Crime, Drama6.8 (647 votes)6520211228
Sin Ship, TheA lecherous ship captain becomes spiritually changed by a female passenger, not realizing she and her "minister" husband are really bank robbers.1931Louis WolheimDrama5.5 (274 votes)6520211228
Sin Takes a HolidayA plain secretary works for a womanizing divorce lawyer who only dates married women. To avoid having to deal with the matrimonial pursuits of any of his potential romances, he offers her financial support if she marries him in name 1930Paul L. SteinComedy, Romance6.2 (576 votes)8120211228
Sing, Sinner, SingA singer on a gambling ship is married to a wealthy playboy. When he is found murdered, all evidence points to her as the culprit, and she is put on trial for the crime.1933Howard ChristieDrama, Romance6.0 (71 votes)7420211228
Single Standard, TheWealthy Arden Stuart is bored in a party. After refusing Tommy Hewlett's wedding proposal, she has her driver driver her to a lonely place, where they have a one-night stand and return to the party, where she witnesses her driver com1929John S. RobertsonDrama, Romance6.7 (583 votes)7320211228
Sinners' HolidayMa Delano (Lucille LaVerne) runs a boardwalk penny arcade and lives upstairs with her sons Harry and Joe (James Cagney and Ray Gallagher) and daughter Jennie (Evalyn Knapp); their story involves rum-running, accidental murder, and a 1930John G. AdolfiAdventure, Crime, Romance6.3 (645 votes)6020211228
Sins of the Children, TheA German immigrant to a small American town is a barber with four children. He has saved enough money to invest in a savings-and-loan company with a friend. Unfortunately, one of his sons has been stricken with tuberculosis, and the 1930Sam Wood (*)Drama, Romance6.2 (258 votes)6720211228
Sitting PrettyChick Parker and Pete Pendleton are songwriters that are en route from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Dorothy, a lunch wagon proprietor, joins them.1933Harry Joe BrownComedy, Musical, Romance6.4 (164 votes)8520211228
Six Of A KindWhen a respectable middle-class couple take a cross-country trip by auto, they share expenses with a decidedly oddball couple, none of whom know the car carries embezzled funds.1934Leo McCarey (*)Comedy6.7 (653 votes)6220211228
Skyscraper SoulsAn entrepreneur will let nothing stand in his way of acquiring a 100-story office building.1932Edgar SelwynDrama, Romance7.2 (765 votes)9920211228
Slightly MarriedMary Smith is picked up by the police and is about to be sentenced, in night court, to jail for vagrancy. But a stranger, Jimmy Martin, stands up and tells the judge that Mary was waiting for him and they were going to be married. A 1932Richard ThorpeComedy, Romance6.3 (138 votes)6520211228
Slightly ScarletA jewel thief's accomplice falls for a mysterious gentleman crook. Together, they decide to reform but trouble finds them when the girl's boss is killed during a struggle.1930Louis J. Gasnier, Edwin H. KnopfComedy, Crime, Drama5.3 (38 votes)7020211228
Smart WomanA wife turns the tables on her cheating husband.1931Gregory La Cava (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance6.5 (414 votes)6820211228
SmartyVicki Wallace (Joan Blondell) takes great pleasure in teasing her husband,Tony Wallace (Warren William), who takes no pleasure at all in being teased and it isn't long before he ups and clips her on the chin. Vicki's friend and attor1934Robert FloreyComedy, Romance5.8 (506 votes)6520211228
Smilin' ThroughThe adoptive father of a young woman is horrified to learn she plans to marry the son of the man who accidentally killed her aunt years before.1932Sidney FranklinDrama, Romance6.9 (1.3K votes)9820211228
So This Is AfricaBert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey play a couple of broke, hungry vaudevillians who are holed up in a hotel room with a few (tame) lions. They are hired by a movie producer who wishes to send them and their lions to Africa with a great 1933Edward F. ClineComedy, Musical6.5 (125 votes)6120211228
Soldier's Plaything, AGeorgie thinks he has killed Hank. He flees with his pal Tim and ships off to the war in Europe, eventually serving in Germany after armistice. There Georgie falls for Gretchen and promises to marry only if he can right his past mist1930Michael Curtiz (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance, War4.3 (159 votes)5620211228
Something Always HappensUnemployed car salesman Peter is encouraged by his girlfriend Cynthia to approach the head of a petrol company with his plan for making petrol stations more attractive to customers. When the man rejects the idea Peter joins a rival c1934Michael Powell (*)Comedy, Romance6.3 (276 votes)6920211228
Son of the GodsA Chinese posing as an American goes to Monte Carlo where he falls in love with Alanna, who later goes berserk upon learning his true identity.1930Frank LloydDrama, Romance5.9 (189 votes)9320211228
Speak EasilyA timid professor inherits a large sum of money and decides to fund a terrible musical.1932Edward SedgwickComedy5.8 (999 votes)8220211228
Sporting BloodThe saga of thoroughbred Tommy Boy, born in a rain puddle, and his various owners as he evolves into a a champion stakes horse.1931Charles BrabinDrama, Romance, Sport6.0 (378 votes)8220240419
St. Louis KidTrucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty when he claims, that he had done it as an act of solidarism with the farmers. The ...1934Ray EnrightDrama, Romance6.6 (407 votes)6720220723
Stamboul QuestIn 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. He suspects Ali Bey, Turkish commander for the Dardanelles, and dispatches An1934Sam Wood, Jack ConwayRomance, Thriller, Drama6.3 (407 votes)8620211228
State's AttorneyAttorney Tom Cardigan is the discontented "mouthpiece" for Vanny Powers' mob. When Tom takes sweet June Perry as his mistress, she tries in vain to redeem him. But Powers decides Tom would be even more useful to him as District Attor1932George ArchainbaudDrama6.7 (370 votes)7920211228
Stepping OutWhen Sally (Charlotte Greenwood) and Eve (Leila Hyams) take a vacation together to make their rich husbands miss them, the boys (Reginald Denny and Harry Stubbs) promptly invite over two gold digging actresses (Lilian Bonds and Merna1931Charles ReisnerComedy, Romance5.6 (162 votes)7320211228
StingareeA young woman is seduced by a charismatic highwayman who offers her promises of fame as a singer in exchange for romance.1934William A. Wellman (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance5.8 (456 votes)7720211228
Stolen HeavenEngineering a $20,000 robbery, Mary and Joe draw up a pact to spend all the money foolishly and then commit suicide.1931George AbbottDrama, Romance6.6 (119 votes)7620211228
Story of Temple Drake, TheA wealthy but neurotic Southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers. The gang's leader lusts after her, and is determined not to let anything stand in the way of his having her.1933Stephen RobertsDrama7.1 (1.5K votes)7020211228
Strange Case of Clara Deane, TheA young dress designer marries an insurance agent. They soon have a daughter, but what the wife doesn't know is that her husband is actually a criminal, who soon involves her--unwittingly--in a robbery. Sentenced to prison, she gi...1932Louis J. Gasnier, Max MarcinCrime, Drama6.7 (56 votes)6020230619
Strange InterludeAfter Nina Leeds finds out that insanity runs in her husband's family, she has a love child with a handsome doctor and lets her husband believes the child is his.1932Robert Z. LeonardDrama5.7 (738 votes)10920211228
Strange Love of Molly Louvain, TheMolly Louvain's plans for a respectable marriage with her sweetheart Ralph fall through so she takes to the road with a two-bit crook and becomes wanted by the police in connection with a high-profile crime.1932Michael Curtiz (*)Crime, Drama, Romance6.3 (488 votes)7320211228
Strangers May KissAgainst her friends wishes, Lisbeth moves to Mexico to live with her lover.1931George FitzmauriceDrama, Romance6.0 (473 votes)8120211228
Street of WomenA married architect, stuck in a loveless marriage, due to his daughter, has an an affair with a dress designer (Natalie). Just when he's ready to ask his wife for a divorce, his daughter falls in love with Natalie's brother.1932Archie MayoDrama, Romance6.0 (354 votes)5920211228
Street SceneTwenty-four hours elapse on the stoop of a Hell's Kitchen tenement as a microcosm of the American melting pot interacts with each other during a summer heatwave.1931King Vidor (*)Drama, Romance7.6 (1.7K votes)8020211228
Strictly DynamiteA struggling writer finds success writing scripts for a radio comic at the expense of his high-brow ambitions.1934Elliott NugentComedy, Music5.7 (160 votes)7120211228
Study in Scarlet, AIn London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members. Society members start dropping like flies. Sherlock Holmes is approached by 1933Edwin L. MarinMystery, Thriller5.6 (921 votes)7220211228
Success at any PriceJoe comes from a rough neighborhood and when his brother Mike is gunned down in 1927, he decides to go into legitimate business. He wants to make a lot of money and fast so he is ambitious and rude. He wants what he cannot have and t1934J. Walter RubenDrama6.5 (242 votes)7420211228
Successful Calamity, AA wealthy industrialist tests the loyalty of his spoiled children and selfish wife by pretending to be broke.1932John G. AdolfiComedy, Drama6.9 (441 votes)7220211228
Sundown TrailDorothy, and her big city lawyer boyfriend, return to the Lazy 'B' ranch to read her late father's will. For Dorothy to inherit everything, she must stay on the ranch for 5 years. If she does not, everything goes to Buck, who is t...1931Robert F. HillWestern5.6 (113 votes)5620240419
Sunny Side UpMolly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long Island mansion but is markedly less happy, since his fiancée Jane won't discourage h1929David ButlerComedy, Musical6.6 (415 votes)12120211228
Sunnyside UpMolly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long Island mansion but is markedly less happy, since his fiancée Jane won't discourage h1929David ButlerComedy, Musical6.6 (416 votes)12120211228
Tanned LegsPeggy and Bill are high society lovebirds, but their marriage plans are put on hold while Peggy spends most of her summer straightening out her wayward parents and her unlucky-in-love sister Janet. Mama and Papa are set to rights fai1929Marshall NeilanComedy, Musical5.5 (173 votes)7120211228
Tarnished LadyTarnished Lady is a 1931 Pre-Code American drama film directed by George Cukor. The screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart is based on his short story, A Story of a New York Lady.1931George Cukor (*)Drama, Romance6.1 (205 votes)8320211228
TaxiIndependent cabbie Matt Nolan is primed to let his fists and handgun deliver payback after a big taxi firm uses intimidation and violence to squeeze out small-timers.1931Roy Del RuthCrime, Drama, Romance6.6 (1.3K votes)6920211228
Ten Cents A DanceMen pay a dime to dance with Barbara and her fellow taxi dancers. She marries Eddie and plans to quit dancing. Before she does, she meets a handsome and rich gentleman.1931Lionel Barrymore, Edward BuzzellCrime, Drama, Romance6.6 (768 votes)7520211228
Ten Nights in a BarroomA man's heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter.1931William A. O'ConnorDrama5.0 (116 votes)7220211228
Their Mad MomentTheir Mad Moment is a 1931 American Pre-Code film directed by Chandler Sprague and starring Dorothy Mackaill. It is based on the 1927 book by Eleanor Mercein Kelly, Basquerie.1931Hamilton MacFadden, Chandler SpragueComedy, Drama5.3 (57 votes)5520240419
Their Own DesireLally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays Polo. After 23 years of marriage, he decides to divorce his wife, and marry Mrs. Chevers. This sours Lally on all men, while on vacation she meets Jack, who succeeds in stealin1929E. Mason HopperDrama, Romance5.9 (685 votes)6520211228
They Call It SinMarian moves to New York to make it big in the chorus and becomes involved in a love triangle.1932Thornton FreelandDrama6.2 (620 votes)6920211228
Thirteen WomenUrsula plots to murder 12 women with her supernatural powers.1932George ArchainbaudDrama, Horror, Mystery6.2 (1.4K votes)7320211228
Thirteenth Guest, TheMurder of a woman sparks a search for a killer.1932Albert RayDrama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller5.8 (768 votes)6920211228
Thirty Day PrincessA European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her.1934Marion GeringComedy, Romance6.8 (913 votes)7420211228
This Is the NightAn affair is almost exposed when Claire's husband unexpectedly returns early from Summer Olympics.1932Frank TuttleComedy6.6 (614 votes)8020211228
Three on a MatchAlthough Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.1932Mervyn LeRoy (*)Crime, Drama, Romance7.2 (3.8K votes)6320211228
Three Who LovedJohn Hanson (Conrad Nagel) is a bank teller and invests in stocks. He and his best friend (another bank teller) Phil Wilson (Robert Ames) live at a boarding house run by his Swedish fiance's aunt, Mrs. Larson (Bodil Rosing). While Ph1931George ArchainbaudDrama5.7 (152 votes)6420211228
Three Wise GirlsCassie moves to New York and jumps from one job to another until she lands a modeling gig.1932William BeaudineComedy, Drama, Romance6.6 (615 votes)6820211228
Tip-Off, TheEddie Quillan falls in love with a gangster's girlfriend but avoids trouble when he becomes friends with Robert Armstrong and his girlfriend1931Albert S. RogellComedy, Crime5.7 (270 votes)7120211228
Today We LiveDuring WWI, two officers, one a pilot and the other in the navy, compete for the same beautiful young woman.1933Howard Hawks, Richard RossonDrama, Romance, War5.9 (1.2K votes)11320211228
TopazeAn honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's name and outstanding reputation in a crooked business scheme.1933Harry d'Abbadie d'ArrastDrama, Comedy6.8 (891 votes)7820211228
Torch SingerWhen she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer.1933Alexander Hall, George SomnesDrama, Musical, Romance6.7 (622 votes)7120211228
Trader HornTwo white traders in the darkest Africa of the 1870s find a missionary's daughter, who was captured as a child by a savage tribe and now worshiped as a goddess.1931W.S. Van Dyke (*)Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance6.3 (975 votes)12220211228
Trespasser, TheThe trial and tribulations of a strong-willed woman who elopes and gives birth out of wedlock without telling her ex-husband.1929Edmund GouldingDrama6.6 (1.3K votes)9020211228
Trumpet Blows, TheIn Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. His younger brother also comes home after having spent years in the U.S., and falls in love with his brother's intended fiancé. Rather tha1934Stephen RobertsDrama5.7 (51 votes)7220211228
Truth About Youth, TheRichard Carewe has raised his deceased friend's son from childhood with the help of his housekeeper and her beautiful daughter, Phyllis. He arranges a marriage between Phyllis and the boy, but the rascal impulsively marries a notorio1930William A. Seiter (*)Drama, Romance5.7 (296 votes)6920211228
Tugboat AnnieAnnie the tugboat captain tries to help two young lovers come together.1933Mervyn LeRoy (*)Comedy7.0 (669 votes)8620211228
Two Against the WorldA woman from high society must testify in a murder trial prosecuted by her suitor.1932Archie MayoDrama, Romance6.1 (204 votes)7020220414
Two AloneMazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. When reform school runaway Adam arrives, he is put to work by Slag and also mistreated. Mazie and Adam fall in love, but are threatened by1934Elliott NugentDrama, Romance6.3 (133 votes)7520211228
Two Kinds of WomenThe daughter of a senator from South Dakota visits Manhattan for the first time, eager to see the sights of the big city. While there, she finds herself caught up in an affair with a married man, whose wife soon commits suicide. Comp1932William C. de MilleDrama6.3 (61 votes)7520211228
UnashamedDick will do anything to protect his sister Jean as would her father. But she is in love with sleazy Harry Swift who has his eye on her money. When Harry has her stay with him at a hotel all night, her father still will not give his 1932Harry BeaumontDrama6.2 (184 votes)7720211228
Under 18A poor seamstress girl sours on her engagement to a grocery deliveryman after seeing her sister's abusive marriage. Trying to help her sister pay for a divorce lawyer, she turns to a rich playboy she met at work.1931Archie MayoDrama, Romance6.7 (414 votes)8020211228
Under-Cover ManWhen his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring that has been plaguing the police.1932James FloodCrime, Drama, Romance7.0 (67 votes)7420230619
Unholy LoveAn adaptation of Madame Bovary transported to Rye, New York in the 1930's. All characters have been renamed.1932Albert RayDrama5.2 (118 votes)7520211228
Union DepotTravelers of different and varied backgrounds meet and interact on one night in a metropolitan train station and its environs.1932Alfred E. GreenComedy, Drama, Romance7.0 (988 votes)6720211228
UntamedWhen her rich oilman father is killed, Bingo, raised in the wilds of South America, inherits the company. Her guardians Ben and Howard send her to New York for civilizing but on the way she meets Andy, wonderful in every way but weal1929Jack ConwayDrama5.0 (621 votes)8620211228
Up for MurderYoung reporter accidentially kills his newspaper's editor in a fight over the publisher's mistress, who is also the paper's society editor.1931Monta Bell, Edward L. CahnDrama5.9 (71 votes)6820211228
Up the RiverWhen paroled trustee Steve and former inmate Judy who try to put their criminal lives behind them are blackmailed, two career criminals come to their rescue.1930John Ford (*)Comedy, Crime, Drama6.0 (1.2K votes)9220211228
Uptown New YorkPat and Max are in love and share an intimate relationship. However, after Max receives his surgeon's diploma, his parents have arranged a marriage for him with a woman from a rich, good background.1932Victor SchertzingerDrama, Romance6.5 (135 votes)8020211228
Vanity StreetA NYC police-detective rescues a down-and-out showgirl from a bad situation, gets her a job in the 'Follies", and falls in love with her. Then, as he is about to lead her to the altar, he has to arrest her for a murder she did not co1932Nick GrindeAdventure, Crime, Drama, Romance7.0 (83 votes)6720211228
Vice Squad, TheA diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.1931John CromwellCrime, Drama6.6 (97 votes)8120211228
Virginian, TheA good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discovers his best friend is engaged in cattle rustling.1929Victor Fleming (*)Romance, Western6.9 (752 votes)9120211228
VirtueA relationship gradually develops between a savvy New York street girl and a good-hearted cab driver, but other matters keep getting in their way, including financial problems and a murder.1932Edward BuzzellCrime, Drama, Romance6.9 (812 votes)6820211228
Virtuous Sin, TheMarya is the wife of medical student Victor Sablin, who finds it impossible to deal with military life when he is inducted into the Russian army during World War I.1930George Cukor, Louis J. GasnierDrama, Romance, War5.6 (160 votes)8020211228
Voice of the City, TheAn escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clear the convict's name and nab the gangsters that framed him.1929Willard MackCrime, Drama, Romance5.9 (79 votes)8120211228
War NurseWomen from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I.1930Edgar SelwynDrama, Romance, War6.1 (323 votes)8120211228
Washington Merry-Go-RoundButton Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton, while falling for the granddaughter of the kindly senator Wylie. He then teams up with1932James CruzeDrama6.5 (164 votes)7920211228
Way for a SailorJack is a sailor who lives to go to sea. A typical sailor, he is always broke and has been in seven jails in the last seven ports. The one girl he tries to impress the most is in London and his mates call her 'the Eskimo'. For two...1930Sam Wood (*)Romance, Drama5.8 (622 votes)8520240419
WaywardWayward is a 1932 American drama film directed by Edward Sloman and written by Lillian Day, Mateel Howe Farnham and Gladys Unger. The film stars Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, Pauline Frederick, John Litel, Margalo Gillmore and Burke 1932Edward SlomanUnknown6.4 (53 votes)7620211228
Weary RiverA gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the outside, he finds success elusive and temptations abound.1929Frank LloydDrama6.1 (482 votes)8620211228
Week-End MarriageAn out-of-work husband (Norman Foster) resents his wife (Loretta Young) being the breadwinner in the family.1932Thornton FreelandComedy5.8 (277 votes)6520211228
Wharf Angel"Mother Bright's" place on the lawless, waterfront district of the 'Barbary Coast' in San Francisco is the toughest of all saloons that can be found, and that is where "Turk", a stoker on a freighter named "The Coyote", and his shipm1934William Cameron Menzies, George SomnesDrama6.5 (61 votes)6520211228
What Price HollywoodThe career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.1932George Cukor (*)Drama7.1 (2.3K votes)8820211228
What Price InnocenceA young woman has to pay the price for fooling around with men.1933Willard MackDrama, Romance4.9 (20 votes)6420211228
When Ladies MeetMary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the publisher's wife without telling Mary who she is.1933Harry Beaumont, Robert Z. LeonardComedy, Romance6.8 (958 votes)8520211228
Whistling in the DarkA mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to get writer's help in devising the "perfect crime"1933Elliott Nugent, Charles ReisnerComedy, Crime, Drama6.4 (326 votes)7920211228
White Sister, TheA young woman falls in love with a dashing officer, but becomes a nun when she believes him to be killed in battle.1933Victor Fleming (*)Drama, Romance6.0 (400 votes)10520211228
Whoopee!Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Sally flees the wedding with hypochondriac Henry Williams, who thinks he's just giving her a ride; but she left a1930Thornton FreelandComedy, Musical, Romance6.4 (1K votes)9320211228
Wide OpenA nervous woman-shy office clerk, already troubled by an amorous female co-worker, suddenly has to deal with a very forward and attractive young woman who has sneaked into his apartment - and doesn't want to leave.1930Archie MayoComedy5.9 (182 votes)6920211228
Wild Party, TheWild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets in trouble, her professor has to rescue her. Gossip linking the two escalates until 1929Dorothy ArznerDrama, Romance6.4 (476 votes)7720211228
Winner Take AllYoung boxer Jim Kane, resting at a New Mexico "health ranch," meets and falls for Peggy Harmon, former nightclub table singer...who needs $600 more for her sickly son to stay in the place. To help her, Jim endangers his health with a1932Roy Del RuthDrama6.2 (509 votes)6620211228
Woman Commands, ACaptain Alex Pastitsch falls into huge debts trying to ensure the expensive mistress. When the situation threatened his career, Colonel Stradimirovitsch has an idea how to fix it.1932Paul L. Stein, Harry Joe Brown, Horace Jackson, Val PaulDrama6.6 (61 votes)8320211228
Woman from Monte Carlo, TheThe wife Lil Dagover of a French battleship captain Walter Huston falls for a young officer Warren William.1932Michael Curtiz (*)Drama5.3 (227 votes)6520211228
Woman I Stole, TheA man (Jack Holt) wins his best friend's wife (Fay Wray) and seems to be plotting to ruin the man's oil business.1933Irving CummingsAction, Adventure6.7 (60 votes)7020211228
Woman of Affairs, AWhen two childhood sweethearts are kept from marrying, misery ensues.1928Clarence BrownDrama7.2 (1.5K votes)9820211228
Women in His LifeA brilliant, successful criminal defense attorney's life is turned upside down when he takes on a case of a murdered woman who turns out to be an old flame who left him 10 years ago.1933George B. SeitzCrime, Drama, Romance6.2 (200 votes)7520211228
Women in his Life, TheA brilliant, successful criminal defense attorney's life is turned upside down when he takes on a case of a murdered woman who turns out to be an old flame who left him 10 years ago.1933George B. SeitzCrime, Drama, Romance6.2 (200 votes)7520211228
Working GirlsTwo sisters, May, older, naive, and June, younger and worldly, arrive in New York straight from the country and settle down in a boarding house. Their search for jobs leads them to find beaus and romantic trouble.1931Dorothy ArznerDrama6.4 (198 votes)7720211228
Yellow Ticket, TheA young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country.1931Raoul Walsh (*)Adventure, Drama, War6.3 (210 votes)8820211228
You and MeAn altruistic department-store owner hires ex-convicts in order to give them a second chance at life. Unfortunately, one of the convicts he hires recruits two of his fellow ex-convicts in a plan to rob the store.1938Fritz Lang (*)Crime, Film-Noir, Romance6.9 (1.3K votes)9420211228
You Can't Buy EverythingHannah is so tight with her money that she takes her son, Donnie, to the charity ward a week after he hurts his leg. But she has always hoarded her money since her late husband wasted most of it and now she plans to save it for Donni1934Charles ReisnerDrama, Romance6.8 (167 votes)8220211228
Young BrideA shy and naive New York children's librarian must become stronger and wiser after she discovers that her new husband is a liar, a cheat, and a fraud.1932William A. Seiter (*)Drama6.2 (192 votes)7620211228
Young Man of ManhattanTwo flappers (Claudette Colbert and Ginger Rogers) try to get their newspaper reporter boyfriends to pay attention to them.1930Monta BellComedy, Musical, Romance, Sport6.0 (185 votes)7920211228
Convention City1933Archie MayoComedy, Music, Romance7.0 (Unkn) Excluded
Gold Diggers of Broadway1929Roy Del RuthComedy, Musical7.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Kleiner Mann - was nun?1933Fritz Wendhausen, Berthold ViertelDrama6.5 (Unkn) Excluded