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Movies by Lists - Pre-Code 1930s Movies (281 [281])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
3 Penny Opera, The [Die 3 Groschen-Oper]In London at the turn of the century, the bandit Mack the Knife marries Polly without the knowledge of her father, Peachum, the 'king of the beggars'.1931Georg Wilhelm Pabst (*)Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical7.3 (2.2K votes)11220211228
20,000 years in Sing SingBrash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.1932Michael Curtiz (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir7.0 (2.7K votes)7820211228
42nd StreetWhen the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.1933Lloyd Bacon (*)Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance7.4 (11.6K votes)8920211228
Abraham LincolnAn episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.1930D.W. Griffith (*)Biography, Drama, War5.7 (1.5K votes)9620211228
Affairs of Cellini, TheThe 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.1934Gregory La Cava (*)Comedy, Drama, History6.0 (408 votes)7920220414
All Quiet on the Western FrontA German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.1930Lewis MilestoneDrama, War8.1 (60.2K votes)15220211228
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
Animal CrackersMayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.1930Victor HeermanComedy, Family, Musical7.5 (14.3K votes)9720211228
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
Anna Christie [Brown]A young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.1930Clarence BrownDrama, Romance6.6 (3.1K votes)8920211228
ArrowsmithA medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.1931John Ford (*)Drama6.2 (1.7K votes)10820211228
Arsène LupinA detective is tasked to capture an elusive thief called Arsene Lupin.1932Jack ConwayCrime, Mystery, Romance6.9 (1.1K votes)8420211228
Babes in Toyland [March of the Wooden Soldiers]Opposing the evil Barnaby, Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try and fail to pay-off Mother Peep's mortgage and mislead his attempts to marry Little Bo. Enraged, Barnaby's Bogeymen are set on Toyland.1934Gus Meins, Charley RogersComedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical7.1 (6.8K votes)7720220423
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
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
Barretts of Wimpole Street, TheElizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.1934Sidney FranklinBiography, Drama, Romance7.0 (1.9K votes)10920211228
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
Belle Of The NinetiesRuby Carter, the American Beauty queen of the night club-sporting world, shifts her operations from St. Louis to New Orleans, mostly to get away from prizefighter Tiger Kid. Installed as the prize attraction of "The Sensation Club", 1934Leo McCarey (*)Comedy, Drama, Musical, Sport6.4 (764 votes)7320211228
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 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
Bitter Tea Of General Yen, TheA Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.1932Frank Capra (*)Drama, Romance, War7.0 (3.8K votes)8820211228
Black Cat, TheAmerican honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshipping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a road accident.1934Edgar G. Ulmer (*)Adventure, Crime, Horror, Romance, Thriller7.0 (10.9K votes)6520211228
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 VenusA cabaret singer takes up with a millionaire to pay for her gravely ill husband's operation.1932Josef von Sternberg (*)Drama7.1 (4.9K votes)9320211228
Blood MoneyBill Bailey (George Bancroft) is a Los Angeles, California bail bondsman who lives in a world of complete, casual corruption, where all he has to do is pick up the phone to get the charges against a client dismissed. He falls in love1933Rowland BrownDrama, Film-Noir, Romance6.8 (363 votes)6520211228
Blue Angel [Der blaue Engel]An elderly professor's ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer.1930Josef von Sternberg (*)Drama, Music7.7 (14.8K votes)10420211228
BombshellA glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.1933Victor Fleming (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance7.1 (2.7K votes)9620211228
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
Broadway Melody, TheA pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt.1929Harry BeaumontDrama, Musical, Romance5.7 (7K votes)10020211228
Cabin in the Cotton, TheA tenant farmer's son is caught in the middle of owner-tenant disputes when he falls for the plantation owner's seductive daughter.1932Michael Curtiz (*)Drama6.9 (1.7K votes)7820211228
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
Canary Murder Case, TheA beautiful showgirl, nicknamed 'the Canary', is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and soon ends up dead. But who killed 'the Canary'. All the suspects who knew her had been used by her. The only witness to the cr1929Malcolm St. Clair, Frank TuttleMystery6.0 (680 votes)8220211228
Cat and the Fiddle, TheA romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.1934William K. Howard, Sam WoodComedy, Musical, Romance, Drama6.4 (434 votes)8820211228
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
Champ , TheAn alcoholic ex-boxer struggles to provide a good living for his son.1931King Vidor (*)Drama, Family, Sport7.3 (3.1K votes)8620211228
Cheat, TheWoman in debt makes an impulsive investment which doesn't go her way.1931George Abbott, Berthold ViertelDrama6.4 (532 votes)7420211228
Christopher StrongA famous female flier and a member of Parliament drift into a potentially disastrous affair.1933Dorothy ArznerAction, Adventure, Drama, Romance6.3 (1.4K votes)7820211228
CimarronA newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.1931Wesley RugglesDrama, Western5.9 (6K votes)12320211228
City LightsWith the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.1931Charles Chaplin (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance8.5 (179.3K votes)8720211228
City StreetsMan joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison.1931Rouben Mamoulian (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance7.0 (1.6K votes)8320211228
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
Coconuts, TheDuring the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves.1929Robert Florey, Joseph SantleyAdventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance7.0 (7.5K votes)9620211228
Count of Monte Cristo, TheAfter greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to get his revenge on them.1934Rowland V. LeeAction, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller7.4 (2.8K votes)11320211228
Crime Without PassionProminent lawyer shoots unfaithful girlfriend during quarrel, has to establish alibi.1934Lee Garmes, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthurCrime, Drama7.0 (503 votes)7020211228
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
Crowd Roars, TheRace car driver becomes overprotective of his brother when he decides to become a racer as well.1932Howard Hawks (*)Action, Drama, Sport6.2 (1.3K votes)8520211228
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
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
Dawn Patrol, TheWorld War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but Courtney is soon promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.1930Howard Hawks (*)Action, Drama, War7.2 (1.9K votes)10820220723
Death Takes a HolidayThe Grim Reaper takes the form of a Prince in an attempt to relate to humans and, along the way, also learns what it is to love.1934Mitchell LeisenDrama, Fantasy, Romance7.0 (2K votes)7920211228
Design For LivingA woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.1933Ernst Lubitsch (*)Comedy, Romance7.5 (6.5K votes)9120211228
Dinner at EightAffluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.1933George Cukor (*)Drama7.5 (8.2K votes)11120211228
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
DishonoredThe Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.1931Josef von Sternberg (*)Drama, Romance, War7.2 (2.6K votes)9120211228
Doctor BullDoc Bull, a no-nonsense country doctor who has served his community for decades, fights small-town prejudice and provincialism in several crises.1933John Ford (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance6.5 (596 votes)7720211228
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
DownstairsAn amoral chauffeur seeks to seduce a young bride.1932Monta BellDrama, Romance6.8 (1.8K votes)7720211228
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeDr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.1931Rouben Mamoulian (*)Horror, Sci-Fi7.6 (13.6K votes)9820211228
DraculaTransylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.1931Tod Browning, Karl FreundDrama, Fantasy, Horror7.5 (50.7K votes)7520211228
Duck SoupRufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they'1933Leo McCarey (*)Comedy, Musical7.8 (59.3K votes)6920211228
Eagle and the Hawk, TheThe pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.1933Stuart Walker, Mitchell LeisenAction, Drama, War7.1 (1.2K votes)7320211228
Emperor Jones, TheUnscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.1933Dudley Murphy, William C. de MilleDrama, Music6.4 (1.1K votes)7220211228
Employees' EntranceA working girl is menaced by her tyrannical employer.1933Roy Del RuthDrama, Romance7.2 (1.3K votes)7520211228
EvergreenHarriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, has a guilty secret: She has a baby daughter, born out of wedlock. Harriet leaves her public and flees to South Africa to raise her daughter quietly. The year1934Victor SavilleComedy, Musical, Romance6.7 (563 votes)9420211228
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
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
Farewell to Arms, AAn American ambulance driver and an English nurse fall in love in Italy during World War I.1932Frank Borzage (*)Drama, Romance, War6.5 (5.8K votes)8020211228
Fast WorkersGunner and Bucker are pals who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry, which is often, Gunner will hit on his girl to see if she is true or not. So far, Gunner has not failed. But one night, while Gunner is in jail,1933Tod Browning (*)Drama6.2 (821 votes)6620211228
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
Finishing SchoolThe trials and tribulations in a private, snobbish girls school.1934George Nichols Jr., Wanda TuchockDrama6.4 (550 votes)7320211228
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
Flirtation WalkA Musical-romance with Dick Powell as a private stationed in Hawaii who gets involved with Ruby Keeler, the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when Powell's at West 1934Frank Borzage (*)Musical, Romance5.7 (715 votes)9720211228
Florodora Girl, TheThe friends of a New York chorus girl encourage her to pursue a handsome socialite.1930Harry BeaumontDrama, Musical, Romance6.1 (1.3K votes)7920211228
Flying Down to RioA bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.1933Thornton FreelandComedy, Musical, Romance6.7 (3.6K votes)8920211228
Footlight ParadeChester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.1933Lloyd Bacon (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.6 (5.3K votes)10420211228
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
FrankensteinDr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster out of lifeless body parts.1931James Whale (*)Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.8 (70.2K votes)7020211228
FreaksA circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.1932Tod Browning (*)Drama, Horror7.9 (45.1K votes)6420211228
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
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
Front Page, TheA crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.1931Lewis MilestoneComedy, Crime, Drama, Romance6.7 (2.8K votes)10120211228
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 Divorcee, TheA woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.1934Mark Sandrich (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.5 (7.7K votes)10720211228
Girl From Chicago, TheAn undercover government agent on a case in Mississipi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who's being menaced by a local crime boss. He rescues the girl, and they leave Mississippi and head to Harlem, but their trou1932Oscar MicheauxCrime, Drama4.6 (170 votes)7020211228
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
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
Gold Diggers of 1933A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play, but insists on remaining anonymous.1933Mervyn LeRoy (*)Comedy, Drama, Musical7.7 (8K votes)9720211228
Grand HotelA group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.1932Edmund GouldingDrama, Romance7.4 (18.8K votes)11220211228
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
Guardsman, TheA jealous stage actor disguises himself as a Russian guardsman in order to test his actress wife's loyalty.1931Sidney FranklinComedy, Drama6.5 (536 votes)8220211228
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
Hallelujah I'm A BumA New York tramp (Jolson) falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt1933Lewis MilestoneComedy, Drama, Musical, Romance6.9 (792 votes)8220211228
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
Havana WidowsTwo golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.1933Ray EnrightComedy6.3 (486 votes)6220211228
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's AngelsBrothers Monte and Ray leave Oxford to join the Royal Flying Corps. Ray loves Helen; Helen enjoys an affair with Monte; before they leave on their mission over Germany they find her in still another man's arms.1930Howard Hughes, Edmund Goulding, James WhaleDrama, War7.3 (5.3K votes)12720211228
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
Her ManHavana bar girl with tough "protector" falls for young sailor.1930Tay GarnettCrime, Drama, Romance6.5 (402 votes)8520211228
Heroes for SaleA veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world.1933William A. Wellman (*)Drama, Romance, War7.3 (2.2K votes)7620211228
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
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
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
Horse FeathersQuincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley University, accidentally hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against the rival Darwin University.1932Norman Z. McLeod (*)Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance, Sport7.6 (12.5K votes)6820211228
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
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain GangWrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a Southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.1932Mervyn LeRoy (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir8.2 (13K votes)9220211228
If I Had a MillionA dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.1932James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, Lothar MendesComedy, Drama7.0 (1.8K votes)8820211228
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
Imitation of LifeA struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business, but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.1934John M. StahlDrama, Romance7.5 (4.6K votes)11120211228
International HouseAssorted wacky characters converge on a Chinese hotel to bid on a new invention, television.1933A. Edward SutherlandComedy7.1 (1.3K votes)6820211228
Invisible Man, TheA scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.1933James Whale (*)Horror, Sci-Fi7.7 (33.9K votes)7120211228
Iron ManPrizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. Rose comes back and wants Mason to dump his manager Regan and replace him with her secret lover Lew1931Tod Browning (*)Drama6.0 (292 votes)7320211228
Island of Lost SoulsA mad doctor conducts ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor who finds himself trapped there.1932Erle C. KentonHorror, Sci-Fi7.4 (9.2K votes)7020211228
It Happened One NightA renegade reporter trailing a young runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York, and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.1934Frank Capra (*)Comedy, Romance8.1 (100.7K votes)10520211228
Its a GiftA henpecked New Jersey grocer makes plans to move to California to grow oranges, despite the resistance of his overbearing wife.1934Norman Z. McLeod (*)Comedy7.2 (5.3K votes)6820211228
Jewel RobberyA gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.1932William Dieterle (*)Comedy, Crime, Romance7.2 (2.1K votes)6820211228
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
Judge PriestJudge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, uses common sense and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky.1934John Ford (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance6.3 (2.2K votes)8020211228
Just ImagineNew York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a1930David ButlerComedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi5.4 (742 votes)11320211228
Kennel Murder Case, ThePhilo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.1933Michael Curtiz (*)Crime, Mystery6.9 (3.4K votes)7320211228
Kid From Spain, TheAn innocent man accused of robbing banks masquerades as a bullfighter to escape the police.1932Leo McCarey (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance6.4 (543 votes)9620211228
Kid MillionsA musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy (Eddie Cantor) who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.1934Roy Del Ruth, Willy PoganyComedy, Musical, Romance6.6 (517 votes)9020211228
King KongA film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal ape who takes a shine to their female blonde star. He is then captured and brought back to New York City for public exhibition.1933Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. SchoedsackAdventure, Horror, Sci-Fi7.9 (83.6K votes)10020211228
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
Kiss and Make UpA handsome plastic surgeon has a beauty clinic, where many a beautiful client falls in love with him. His unnoticed secretary is in love with him, too.1934Harlan ThompsonComedy, Musical, Romance6.0 (640 votes)7820211228
Kiss Before the Mirror, TheWhen a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney--who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.1933James Whale (*)Drama, Mystery6.5 (550 votes)6920211228
KongoThis remake of West of Zanzibar (1928) made four years later tries to outdo the Lon Chaney original in morbidity. From a wheelchair a handicapped white man rules an area of Africa as a living god. He rules the local natives through s1932William J. CowenDrama, Horror6.6 (867 votes)8620211228
La An' a LampA gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme.1932Ernst Lubitsch (*)Comedy, Crime, Romance8.0 (14.3K votes)8320211228
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 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 KillerA former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him.1933Roy Del RuthComedy, Crime7.0 (1.7K votes)7620211228
Lady Refuses, TheFather hires a woman to lure his son away from a gold digger.1931George ArchainbaudDrama, Romance6.0 (339 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
Law and OrderA lawman sets out to tame Tombstone, Arizona.1932Edward L. CahnWestern6.9 (300 votes)7520211228
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
Letty LyntonA socialite begins a shipboard romance with a wealthy man, but is blackmailed by a former lover.1932Clarence BrownDrama5.9 (547 votes)8420211228
Little CaesarA small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.1931Mervyn LeRoy (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Romance7.2 (13K votes)7920211228
Little Giant, TheWhen Prohibition ends, a beer baron sees the writing on the wall, quits the rackets, and tries to break into California society.1933Roy Del RuthComedy, Crime, Romance7.0 (1.3K votes)7620211228
Little Man, What NowA young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.1934Frank Borzage (*)Drama, Romance7.2 (495 votes)9820211228
Little Miss MarkerBookie Sorrowful Jones receives a little girl as an IOU.1934Alexander HallAdventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Music7.1 (1.3K votes)8020211228
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
Looking for TroubleJoe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and left in a burning building.1934William A. Wellman (*)Comedy, Crime, Drama6.4 (156 votes)8020211228
Lost Patrol, TheA dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.1934John Ford (*)Action, Adventure, Drama, War6.8 (3.3K votes)7320220731
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 Me TonightA Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.1932Rouben Mamoulian (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.6 (4K votes)10420211228
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
Mad Genius, TheA crippled man finds a boy and vows to make him a great dancer.1931Michael Curtiz (*)Drama, Horror, Romance6.3 (636 votes)8120211228
Madame BovarySoon after the death of his first wife (whose dowry was inadequate), Charles Bovary, a country doctor in Normandy, marries Emma Rouault, who is well-endowed in every sense. In her new home, Emma finds conflict with her mother-in-law,1934Jean Renoir (*)Drama6.7 (479 votes)10120211228
Maltese Falcon, The [Dangerous Woman]A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.1931Roy Del RuthCrime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery6.9 (2.9K votes)8020211228
Man WantedA female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.1932William Dieterle (*)Romance, Comedy, Drama6.5 (714 votes)6220211228
Man Who Knew Too Much, TheAn ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.1934Alfred Hitchcock (*)Crime, Mystery, Thriller6.8 (18.5K votes)7520211228
Man Who Reclaimed His Head, TheA brilliant but impoverished writer, who is a pacifist, goes to work for a publisher and writes anti-war editorials. When he discovers that the publisher has betrayed him and is in league with munitions manufacturers to make money of1934Edward LudwigDrama6.9 (172 votes)8020211228
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
ManiacA former vaudevillian gifted at impersonation assists a mad scientist in reanimating corpses and soon goes mad himself.1934Dwain EsperHorror, Sci-Fi3.7 (2.4K votes)5120211228
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
Mask of Fu Manchu, TheEnglishmen race to find the tomb of Genghis Khan before the sinister Fu Manchu does.1932Charles Brabin, Charles VidorAdventure, Horror, Sci-Fi6.3 (3.3K votes)6820211228
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
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
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
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 Widow, TheWhen a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.1934Ernst Lubitsch (*)Comedy, Musical, Romance7.3 (2.9K votes)9920211228
Midnight MaryAn abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.1933William A. Wellman (*)Crime, Drama, Romance7.0 (1.4K votes)7420211228
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
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
Miss PinkertonA hospital nurse is recruited by the police to watch a household where a suspicious death has occurred.1932Lloyd Bacon (*)Comedy, Mystery, Thriller6.1 (527 votes)6620211228
Monkey BusinessOn a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.1931Norman Z. McLeod (*)Comedy, Family, Musical7.5 (13.4K votes)7720211228
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
MoroccoA cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and due to the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.1930Josef von Sternberg (*)Drama, Romance7.1 (6.5K votes)9220211228
Most Dangerous Game, TheA psychotic big game hunter deliberately strands a luxury yacht on a remote island, where he begins to hunt its passengers for sport.1932Irving Pichel, Ernest B. SchoedsackAction, Adventure, Horror, Thriller7.1 (12K votes)6320211228
Mouthpiece, TheProsecutor becomes a defense attorney after an innocent man is sent to an electric chair.1932James Flood, Elliott NugentDrama7.1 (503 votes)8620211228
Movie CrazyAfter a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a test screening and goes off to Hollywood.1932Clyde Bruckman, Harold LloydComedy, Family, Romance7.1 (1.5K votes)8420211228
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage PatchThe Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr. Wiggs who wandered off long ago an has never been heard from. Do-gooder Miss Lucy brings them a real feast. Her boyfriend Bob arra1934Norman TaurogComedy, Drama6.2 (223 votes)8020211228
Mummy, TheAn Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he thinks is his long-lost princess.1932Karl FreundFantasy, Horror7.1 (25.9K votes)7320211228
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
Murders in the Rue MorgueA mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.1932Robert FloreyCrime, Horror, Mystery, Romance6.4 (4.3K votes)6120211228
Murders in the ZooA monomaniacal zoologist is pathologically jealous of his beautiful but unfaithful wife Evelyn and will not stop short of murder to keep her.1933A. Edward SutherlandCrime, Horror6.5 (1.1K votes)6220211228
Mystery of the Wax MuseumThe disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.1933Michael Curtiz (*)Horror, Mystery, Thriller6.8 (5.5K votes)7720211228
NanaNana is a 1934 American Pre-Code film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, released through United Artists, starring Anna Sten. and directed by Dorothy Arzner and George Fitzmaurice. This version of Émile Zola's heroine was to be the vehicle1934Dorothy Arzner, George FitzmauriceDrama6.0 (251 votes)9020211228
Nell GwynKing Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most1934Herbert WilcoxHistory6.4 (117 votes)8520211228
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
Of Human BondageA young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.1934John CromwellDrama, Romance7.1 (7.2K votes)8320211228
Old Dark House, TheSeeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.1932James Whale (*)Comedy, Horror, Thriller7.1 (10.7K votes)7220211228
Old Fashioned Way, TheThe Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.1934William BeaudineComedy7.4 (984 votes)7120211228
One Hour With YouAn unhappily married couple try to come between a happy one.1932George Cukor, Ernst LubitschComedy, Musical, Romance7.2 (2.5K votes)7820211228
One Night of LoveMary Barrett is an aspiring Opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working hours together and arguing, their relationship develops into love. But, jealousy a1934Victor SchertzingerMusic, Romance5.7 (591 votes)8420211228
One Sunday AfternoonMiddle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush and her husband Hugo, his ex-friend, who betrayed him.1933Stephen RobertsComedy, Drama, Romance6.4 (600 votes)8520220414
One Way PassageA terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.1932Tay GarnettComedy, Drama, Romance7.5 (3.7K votes)6720211228
Our Daily BreadA group of down-on-their-luck workers combine their abilities to make a Gallafentian-style commune... and bread!1934King Vidor (*)Drama, Romance7.0 (1.9K 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
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
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
PilgrimageA possessive mother pushes her son into World War I service rather than see him get married.1933John Ford (*)Drama7.2 (631 votes)9620211228
Platinum BlondeA young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.1931Frank Capra (*)Comedy, Romance6.8 (3.1K votes)8920211228
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
Power and the Glory, TheA man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company. In the meantime he lost touch with his family. When he saw what was happening it was 1933William K. HowardDrama6.7 (661 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
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
Public Enemy, TheAn Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.1931William A. Wellman (*)Crime, Drama7.6 (20.6K votes)8320211228
Queen ChristinaQueen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.1933Rouben Mamoulian (*)Biography, Drama, Romance7.6 (7.7K votes)9920211228
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
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
Rasputin and the EmpressA prince plots to kill the mad monk Rasputin for the good of the czar, the czarina and Russia.1932Richard Boleslawski, Charles BrabinBiography, Drama, History6.6 (1K votes)12120211228
Reckoning, TheTwo young lovers caught up in the underworld decide to get out and go straight, but a gang leader has other plans for them.1932Harry L. FraserCrime, Drama5.1 (46 votes)6320220822
Red DustThe owner of a rubber plantation becomes involved with the new wife of one of his employees.1932Victor Fleming (*)Drama, Romance7.3 (4.2K votes)8320211228
Red Headed WomanLillian relentlessly attempts to seduce a married man.1932Jack ConwayComedy, Romance7.0 (3K votes)7920211228
Rich and Strange - East of Shanghai (USA)Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.1931Alfred Hitchcock (*)Comedy, Drama, Romance5.8 (4.2K votes)8320211228
Roman ScandalsA kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Em1933Frank TuttleComedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance6.6 (675 votes)9220211228
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
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
ScarfaceAn ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.1932Howard Hawks, Richard RossonAction, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller7.7 (27.3K votes)9320211228
Scarlet EmpressA German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.1934Josef von Sternberg (*)Drama, History, Romance7.6 (6.4K votes)10420211228
Scarlet Pimpernel, TheA noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.1934Harold YoungAdventure, Drama7.4 (4.2K votes)9720211228
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
Shanghai ExpressA notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved.1932Josef von Sternberg (*)Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller7.3 (8.6K votes)8220211228
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 Loves Me NotA cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a male Princeton student.1934Elliott NugentComedy6.0 (164 votes)8520211228
Sherlock HolmesThe famous detective is pulled away from retirement and his fiancée when the condemned Moriarty escapes from prison and swears vengeance.1932William K. HowardDrama5.7 (221 votes)6820230929
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
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
SkippySkippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.1931Norman TaurogComedy, Drama, Family6.3 (791 votes)8520211228
Skyscraper SoulsAn entrepreneur will let nothing stand in his way of acquiring a 100-story office building.1932Edgar SelwynDrama, Romance7.2 (765 votes)9920211228
Smart MoneyA Greek barber has uncommon skills in playing poker and soon rises in the seedy world of illegal gambling, but pretty blondes remain his Achilles' heel.1931Alfred E. GreenCrime, Drama6.8 (2K votes)8120211228
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
Son of Kong, TheThe showman who brought Kong to New York returns to Skull Island and finds Kong's son, a spunky 12-footer with a winning personality and his dad's awesome strength.1933Ernest B. SchoedsackAdventure, Family, Horror, Sci-Fi5.7 (4.5K votes)7020211228
Song of Songs, TheLily falls in love with the sculptor who leaves her out of fear of commitment.1933Rouben Mamoulian (*)Drama, Romance6.8 (744 votes)9020211228
Sons of the DesertWhen Stan and Ollie trick their wives into thinking that they are taking a medicinal cruise while they're actually going to a convention, the wives find out the truth the hard way.1933William A. Seiter (*)Comedy, Family7.6 (8.7K votes)6820211228
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
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 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
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
SupernaturalA serial black widow murderess returns to life in the body of a young woman to exact revenge on a former lover, a phony spiritualist who betrayed her.1933Victor HalperinHorror, Mystery, Thriller6.2 (693 votes)6520211228
SvengaliThrough hypnotism and telepathic mind control, a sinister music maestro controls the singing voice, but not the heart, of the woman he loves.1931Archie MayoDrama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi6.8 (2K votes)8120211228
Tabu A Story of the South SeasOn the South Pacific island of Bora Bora, a young couple's love is threatened when the tribal chief declares the girl a sacred virgin.1931F.W. Murnau (*)Adventure, Drama, Romance7.5 (5.7K votes)8620211228
Tarzan And His MateThe idyllic life of Tarzan and Jane is challenged by men on safari who come seeking ivory, and come seeking Jane as well.1934Cedric Gibbons, James C. McKay, Jack ConwayAction, Adventure, Romance7.3 (5.1K votes)10420211228
Tarzan The Ape ManA trader and his daughter set off in search of the fabled graveyard of the elephants in deepest Africa, only to encounter a wild man raised by apes.1932W.S. Van Dyke (*)Action, Adventure, Romance7.0 (7.4K votes)10020211228
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
Thin Man, TheFormer detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.1934W.S. Van Dyke (*)Comedy, Mystery8.0 (28.8K votes)9120211228
This Day and AgeHigh school students band together to dispense vigilante justice against a vicious gangland boss.1933Cecil B. DeMille (*)Crime, Drama, Romance6.7 (144 votes)8620211228
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
ThunderboltA criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution 1929Josef von Sternberg (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Music, Romance6.5 (671 votes)8520211228
Tiger SharkA tuna fisherman marries a woman who doesn't love him.1932Howard Hawks (*)Drama, Romance6.4 (921 votes)7720211228
Tillie and GusTillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father's inheritance, including a ferry franchise and a boat. The only way to keep the franc1933Francis MartinComedy6.9 (480 votes)5820211228
Tonight or NeverA young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.1931Mervyn LeRoy (*)Comedy, Romance6.5 (1.4K votes)8020211228
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
Treasure IslandYoung Jim Hawkins is torn between his loyalty to his benefactors and his affection for lovable rogue Long John Silver in their struggle to recover a buried pirate treasure.1934Victor Fleming (*)Adventure, Family7.1 (2.8K votes)11020220723
Trouble in ParadiseA gentleman thief and a lady pickpocket join forces to con a beautiful perfume company owner. Romantic entanglements and jealousies confuse the scheme.1932Ernst Lubitsch (*)Comedy, Crime, Romance8.0 (14.3K votes)8320211228
Twentieth CenturyA flamboyant Broadway impresario who has fallen on hard times tries to get his former lover, now a Hollywood diva, to return and resurrect his failing career.1934Howard Hawks (*)Comedy, Romance7.4 (6.4K votes)9120211228
Two SecondsA condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair.1932Mervyn LeRoy (*)Drama, Thriller6.9 (1.1K votes)6720211228
Unholy Three, The"Talkie" remake of Tod Browning's 1925 silent film. A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.1930Jack ConwayCrime, Drama, Romance6.7 (1.2K votes)7220211228
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
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
Vampire Bat, TheWhen corpses drained of blood begin to show up in a European village, vampirism is suspected to be responsible.1933Frank R. StrayerDrama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi5.8 (2.5K votes)6520211228
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
Viva Villa!After enacting revenge on the overseer who murdered his father, Pancho Villa becomes a bandit, earning the respect of the poor by brutally attacking the wealthy.1934Jack Conway, Howard Hawks, William A. WellmanWestern6.4 (1.3K votes)11520211228
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
Wet ParadeThe evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family.1932Victor Fleming (*)Drama, History, Romance6.3 (479 votes)11820211228
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
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
White ZombieA young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiancé, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.1932Victor HalperinHorror6.3 (10.3K votes)6920211228
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
Wild Boys of the RoadIn the depths of the Depression, two teenage boys strike out on their own in order to help their struggling parents and find life on the road tougher than expected.1933William A. Wellman (*)Adventure, Drama7.5 (1.9K votes)6820211228
World Changes, TheAn ambitious farmer becomes a pioneer in the meat packing business, finding financial success but private disappointment over the course of many decades.1933Mervyn LeRoy (*)Drama, Romance6.7 (486 votes)9120211228
You're Telling MeA hard-drinking, socially-awkward inventor wrecks his daughter's chances of marriage into a rich family and bungles his own chances of success by selling one of his more practical inventions.1934Erle C. KentonComedy7.5 (1K votes)6620211228
Zoo in BudapestAn orphan girl escapes her caregivers to be with a young man raised at the zoo whose only previous friends are the animals.1933Rowland V. LeeDrama, Romance6.7 (462 votes)9420211228