1930s

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1939

1 THE RULES OF THE GAME (Jean Renoir)
2 ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (Howard Hawks)
3 THE ROARING TWENTIES (Raoul Walsh)
4 STAGECOACH (John Ford)
5 THE WOMEN (George Cukor)
6 DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK (John Ford)
7 THUGS WITH DIRTY MUGS (Tex Avery)
8 YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (John Ford)
9 DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (George Marshall)
10 NAUGHTY NEIGHBORS (Robert Clampett)
11 GUNGA DIN (George Stevens)
12 MIDNIGHT (Mitchell Leisen)

1938

1 HOLIDAY (George Cukor)
2 THE LADY VANISHES (Alfred Hitchcock)
3 PORKY IN WACKYLAND (Robert Clampett)
4 THE WOODS ARE FULL OF CUCKOOS (Frank Tashlin)
5 PORKY'S FIVE & TEN (Robert Clampett)
6 YOU AND ME (Fritz Lang)
7 SPAWN OF THE NORTH (Henry Hathaway)
8 THE CITADEL (King Vidor)
9 THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (Michael Powell)
10 LE QUAI DES BRUMES (Marcel Carné)
11 REMONTONS LES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES (Sacha Guitry)
12 PORKY IN EGYPT (Robert Clampett)
13 THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (Michael Curtiz)
14 LITTLE PANCHO VANILLA (Frank Tashlin)
15 KATNIP KOLLEGE (Cal Dalton, Ben Hardaway, Cal Howard)
16 BRINGING UP BABY (Howard Hawks)

1937

1 MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (Leo McCarey)
2 STAGE DOOR (Gregory La Cava)
3 ANGEL (Ernst Lubitsch)
4 HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT (Frank Borzage)
5 SHALL WE DANCE (Mark Sandrich)
6 THE GREAT GARRICK (James Whale)
7 EASY LIVING (Mitchell Leisen)
8 YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (Fritz Lang)
9 THE AWFUL TRUTH (Leo McCarey)
10 GRAND ILLUSION (Jean Renoir)
11 HUMANITY AND PAPER BALLOONS (Sadao Yamanaka)
12 YOUNG AND INNOCENT (Alfred Hitchcock)
13 FAISONS UN RÊVE (Sacha Guitry)
14 LES PERLES DE LA COURONNE (Sacha Guitry and Christian-Jaque)
15 THE SPANISH EARTH (Joris Ivens)
16 PÉPÉ LE MOKO (Julien Duvivier)
17 WHAT DID THE LADY FORGET? (Yasujiro Ozu)

1936

1 DODSWORTH (William Wyler)
2 FURY (Fritz Lang)
3 SABOTAGE (Alfred Hitchcock)
4 CAMILLE (George Cukor)
5 THE STORY OF A CHEAT (Sacha Guitry)
6 MARY OF SCOTLAND (John Ford)
7 AFTER THE THIN MAN (W.S. Van Dyke)
8 SWING TIME (George Stevens)
9 OSAKA ELEGY (Kenji Mizoguchi)
10 THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE (Jean Renoir)
11 BY THE BLUEST OF SEAS (Boris Barnet)
12 COME AND GET IT (Howard Hawks and William Wyler)
13 MODERN TIMES (Charles Chaplin)
14 REMBRANDT (Alexander Korda)
15 MY MAN GODFREY (Gregory La Cava)
16 PORKY IN THE NORTH WOODS (Frank Tashlin)
17 THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND (John Ford)
18 THE MILKY WAY (Leo McCarey)

1935

1 RUGGLES OF RED GAP (Leo McCarey)
2 THE 39 STEPS (Alfred Hitchcock)
3 THE GOOD FAIRY (William Wyler)
4 THE GIRL FROM MOORHOF (Douglas Sirk)
5 CEILING ZERO (Howard Hawks)
6 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt)
7 TOP HAT (Mark Sandrich)
8 THE PHANTOM LIGHT (Michael Powell)
9 SYLVIA SCARLET (George Cukor)
10 WIFE! BE LIKE A ROSE! (Mikio Naruse)
11 THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN (Josef von Sternberg)
12 AN INN IN TOKYO (Yasujiro Ozu)

1934

1 L'ATALANTE (Jean Vigo)
2 OUR DAILY BREAD (King Vidor)
3 THE BLACK CAT (Edgar G. Ulmer)
4 A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (Yasujiro Ozu)
5 THE MERRY WIDOW (Ernst Lubitsch)
6 FLIRTATION WALK (Frank Borzage)
7 LA SIGNORA DI TUTTI (Max Ophüls)
8 TWO-GUN MICKEY (Ben Sharpsteen)
9 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (Frank Capra)
10 THE SCARLET EMPRESS (Josef von Sternberg)
11 HEAT LIGHTNING (Mervyn LeRoy)
12 THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (Alfred Hitchcock)
13 THE GAY DIVORCEE (Mark Sandrich)
14 TWENTIETH CENTURY (Howard Hawks)

1933

1 THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (Fritz Lang)
2 COUNSELLOR AT LAW (William Wyler)
3 PILGRIMAGE (John Ford)
4 MAN'S CASTLE (Frank Borzage)
5 DESIGN FOR LIVING (Ernst Lubitsch)
6 EVERY NIGHT DREAMS (Mikio Naruse)
7 GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy)
8 ZÉRO DE CONDUITE (Jean Vigo)
9 LAS HURDES (Luis Buñuel)
10 LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT (Howard Bretherton and William Keighley)
11 EMPLOYEE'S ENTRANCE (Roy Del Ruth)
12 LITTLE WOMEN (George Cukor)
13 42ND STREET (Lloyd Bacon)
14 NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN (Alexander Alexeieff and Claire Parker)
15 OKRAINA (Boris Barnet)

1932

1 LOVE ME TONIGHT (Rouben Mamoulian)
2 LA NUIT DU CARREFOUR (Jean Renoir)
3 THE CROWD ROARS (Howard Hawks)
4 BLONDE VENUS (Josef von Sternberg)
5 TWO SECONDS (Mervyn LeRoy)
6 VAMPYR (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
7 SHANGHAI EXPRESS (Josef von Sternberg)
8 ONE HOUR WITH YOU (Ernst Lubitsch)
9 TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch)
10 THE HATCHET MAN (William A. Wellman)
11 NUMBER 17 (Alfred Hitchcock)
12 SCARFACE (Howard Hawks)
13 TOM BROWN OF CULVER (William Wyler)
14 WHERE NOW ARE THE DREAMS OF YOUTH? (Yasujiro Ozu)
15 TIGER SHARK (Howard Hawks)
16 SMILIN' THROUGH (Sidney Franklin)
17 A FAREWELL TO ARMS (Frank Borzage) 18 RED DUST (Victor Fleming)
19 I AM A FUGITIVE FROM THE CHAIN GANG (Mervyn LeRoy)

1931

1 M (Fritz Lang)
2 DISHONORED (Josef von Sternberg)
3 WATERLOO BRIDGE (James Whale)
4 PLATINUM BLONDE (Frank Capra)
5 BAD GIRL (Frank Borzage)
6 THE MIRACLE WOMAN (Frank Capra)
7 STAR WITNESS (William A. Wellman)
8 A HOUSE DIVIDED (William Wyler)
9 THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Ernst Lubitsch)
10 TOKYO CHORUS (Yasujiro Ozu)
11 POSSESSED (Clarence Brown)
12 THE BLUE ANGEL (Josef von Sternberg)
13 TABU (F.W. Murnau)
14 THE PUBLIC ENEMY (William A. Wellman)
15 THE STRUGGLE (D.W. Griffith)
16 THE CRIMINAL CODE (Howard Hawks)

1930

1 L'ÂGE D'OR (Luis Buñuel)
2 SOUS LES TOITS DE PARIS (René Clair)
3 I FLUNKED, BUT... (Yasujiro Ozu)
4 MOROCCO (Josef von Sternberg)
5 ABRAHAM LINCOLN (D.W. Griffith)
6 THE FIRE FIGHTERS (Burt Gillett)
7 THAT NIGHT'S WIFE (Yasujiro Ozu)
8 THE KING OF JAZZ (John Murray Anderson)
9 THE CHAIN GANG (Burt Gillett)
10 MONTE CARLO (Ernst Lubitsch)

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