Best 1930s Dramas

Pulse of Cinema lists 1109 films from the 1930s, ranked by the Pulse Score blended from IMDb, Letterboxd and TMDB. Standouts include Modern Times, City Lights, M.

Films

89

Modern Times

1936

89

City Lights

1931

87

M

1931

84

It Happened One Night

1934

83

Gone with the Wind

1939

83

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

83

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

82

Grand Illusion

1937

82

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932

82

The Wizard of Oz

1939

81

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937

79

I Was Born, But...

1932

79

The Rules of the Game

1939

79

The Thin Man

1934

79

Trouble in Paradise

1932

78

Freaks

1932

78

My Man Godfrey

1936

78

Stagecoach

1939

78

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

1933

78

King Kong

1933

78

The Roaring Twenties

1939

78

Bride of Frankenstein

1935

78

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938

78

Bringing Up Baby

1938

78

The Only Son

1936

77

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

77

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938

77

Fury

1936

77

You Can't Take It with You

1938

77

Ninotchka

1939

77

A Night at the Opera

1935

77

Only Angels Have Wings

1939

76

Les Misérables

1934

76

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939

76

Frankenstein

1931

76

L'Atalante

1934

76

The Invisible Man

1933

76

Scarface

1932

76

Port of Shadows

1938

76

Captains Courageous

1937

76

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1939

76

The Lady Vanishes

1938

76

Midnight

1939

76

Holiday

1938

76

Duck Soup

1933

75

Daybreak

1939

75

City Girl

1930

75

Marius

1931