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TopTenREVIEWS top movie of the year 1931 is M.
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| 1 |  | M (1931) |  3.2920 50 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$27.95
| A child murder is on the loose in the streets of the German city of Dusseldorf. With the police ...more about M starring Peter Lorre and Ellen Widmann |
| 2 |  | City Lights (1931) |  3.2290 45 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$20.69
| A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind girl. Her family is in financial trouble. The tramp's ...more about City Lights starring Virginia Cherrill and Florence Lee |
| 3 |  | Frankenstein (1931) | 3.1514 82 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.95
| Scientist Dr. Frankenstein creates and reanimates a creature compiled from various parts of the ...more about Frankenstein starring Colin Clive and Mae Clarke |
| 4 |  | Public Enemy, The (1931) | 3.0706 31 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Crime |
$6.16
| Tom's bad way of life is constantly set up against his brother Mike's, who has a job during the day ...more about Public Enemy starring James Cagney and Jean Harlow |
| 5 |  | Dracula (1931) | 3.0347 90 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Horror |
$12.95
| After a harrowing ride through the Carpathian mountains in eastern Europe, Renfield enters castle ...more about Dracula starring Bela Lugosi and Helen Chandler |
| 6 |  | Honor Among Lovers (1931) | 2.9679 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Fredric March, a businessman, is in love with his secretary (Claudette Colbert) but she deserts him ...more about Honor Among Lovers starring Claudette Colbert and Monroe Owsley |
| 7 |  | Little Caesar (1931) | 2.9255 16 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$6.99
| Rico joins Sam Ventori's gang. He replaces Sam as leader, pushes rival gang leader Arnie Lorch out ...more about Little Caesar starring Edward G. Robinson and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. |
| 8 |  | Front Page, The (1931) | 2.9098 9 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Hildy Johnson, newspaper reporter, is engaged to Peggy Grant and planning to move to New York for a ...more about Front Page starring Slim Summerville and Adolphe Menjou |
| 9 |  | Dishonored (1931) | 2.8557 9 reviews | NA | Drama, War | N/A | The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians. ...more about Dishonored starring Marlene Dietrich and Gustav von Seyffertitz |
| 10 |  | Monkey Business (1931) | 2.8443 15 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$44.28
| While stowing away on a ship to America, the boys get involuntarily pressed into service as toughs ...more about Monkey Business |
| 11 |  | Five Star Final (1931) | 2.8229 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | Editor Hinchecliffe wants to boost circulation for his "New York Gazette" and city editor Randall ...more about Five Star Final starring Edward G. Robinson and Marian Marsh |
| 12 |  | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) | 2.7733 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$6.24
| Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct ...more about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring Miriam Hopkins and Rose Hobart |
| 13 |  | Blonde Crazy (1931) | 2.7688 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Romance, Comedy | N/A | At a midwestern hotel, conniving bellhop Bert Harris has a finger in every pie. He promotes a job ...more about Blonde Crazy starring James Cagney and Joan Blondell |
| 14 |  | Platinum Blonde (1931) | 2.7560 9 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$3.95
| Reporter Gallagher loves reporter Smith who marries Anne. He's soon born being married to a ...more about Platinum Blonde starring Loretta Young and Robert Williams |
| 15 |  | Other Men's Women (1931) |  2.7305 1 reviews | NA | N/A | ...more about Other Men's Women starring Grant Withers and Mary Astor | |
| 16 |  | Consolation Marriage (1931) | 2.7031 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | In prohibition-era Manhattan, shopkeeper Mary Brown loses Aubrey, her childhood sweetheart, when he ...more about Consolation Marriage starring Irene Dunne and John Halliday |
| 17 |  | Seas Beneath (1931) | 2.6939 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War | N/A | In the waning days of WWI, a U.S. "Mystery Ship," sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a ...more about Seas Beneath starring Marion Lessing and Mona Maris |
| 18 |  | Arrowsmith (1931) | 2.6894 18 reviews | NA | Drama |
$6.33
| Based on a Sinclair Lewis novel "Martin Arrowsmith". A medical researcher is sent to a plague ...more about Arrowsmith starring Alec B. Francis and Ronald Colman |
| 19 |  | Mata Hari (1931) | 2.6422 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$8.51
| Mata Hari is a German spy, working in Paris. She has already seduced the Russian general Shubin, ...more about Mata Hari starring Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore |
| 20 |  | Waterloo Bridge (1931) | 2.6422 5 reviews | NA | Drama, War |
$28.89
| Roy Wetherby, a Canadian Solider in London on furlough, falls in love with Myra, unaware that she ...more about Waterloo Bridge starring Mae Clarke and Doris Lloyd |
| 21 | | Private Lives (1931) | 2.6414 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | Elyot and Sibyl are being married in a big church ceremony. Amanda and Victor are being married by ...more about Private Lives starring Norma Shearer and Una Merkel |
| 22 |  | Secret Six, The (1931) | 2.6209 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | Bootlegger/cafe owner Ralph Bellamy recruits crude working man Wallace Beery to join his gang which ...more about Secret Six starring Wallace Beery and Lewis Stone |
| 23 |  | Laughing Sinners (1931) | 2.6163 2 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Cafe entertainer Ivy Stevens falls for sleazy salesman Howard Palmer and jumps from a bridge when ...more about Laughing Sinners starring Joan Crawford and Neil Hamilton |
| 24 | | Strangers May Kiss (1931) | 2.6118 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | Lisbeth is a modern woman who thinks that marriage is old fashioned. She has two men in her life; ...more about Strangers May Kiss starring Norma Shearer and Neil Hamilton |
| 25 |  | Laughing Gravy (1931) | 2.6026 1 reviews | NA | Comedy, Short | N/A | Stanley and Oliver try unsuccessfully to keep their pet dog, "Laughing Gravy" hidden from their ...more about Laughing Gravy starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy |
| 26 | | My Past (1931) | 2.5752 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | ...more about My Past starring Bebe Daniels and Lewis Stone |
| 27 |  | Miracle Woman, The (1931) | 2.5722 10 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | After Florence Fallon's father is fired from the church where he preached for many years, she ...more about Miracle Woman starring Barbara Stanwyck and Sam Hardy |
| 28 |  | American Tragedy, An (1931) | 2.5716 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | ...more about American Tragedy starring Phillips Holmes and Sylvia Sidney |
| 29 |  | Broadminded (1931) | 2.5661 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Jack's father is sending Jack away to keep him from the gambling, booze, girls and late nights. He ...more about Broadminded starring Joe E. Brown and Ona Munson |
| 30 |  | Millionaire, The (1931) | 2.5661 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | Automaker James Alden is told to retire by his doctors and does so in deference to his wife Laura ...more about Millionaire starring George Arliss and Florence Arliss |
| 31 | | Smiling Lieutenant, The (1931) | 2.5615 6 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Lieutenant Niki of the Austrian royal guard has a new girlfriend, Franzi. He's crazy about her, and ...more about Smiling Lieutenant starring Maurice Chevalier and Claudette Colbert |
| 32 |  | Cimarron (1931) | 2.5524 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Western |
$6.72
| When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a ...more about Cimarron starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne |
| 33 |  | Champ, The (1931) | 2.5501 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Family, Sports |
$4.99
| Dink Purcell loves his alcoholic father, ex-heavyweight champion Andy "Champ" Purcell, despite his ...more about Champ starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper |
| 34 | | Sidewalks of New York (1931) | 2.5387 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | ...more about Sidewalks of New York starring Buster Keaton and Anita Page |
| 35 |  | Sporting Blood (1931) | 2.5296 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Sports | N/A | Gambler Rid Riddell wins a racehorse, Tommy Boy, on a bet. Rid consistently wins with the horse in ...more about Sporting Blood starring Clark Gable and Ernest Torrence |
| 36 |  | 3groschenoper, Die (1931) | 2.5113 7 reviews | NA | Musical | N/A | In London at the turn of the century, the bandit Mack the Knife marries Polly without the knowledge ...more about 3groschenoper starring Rudolf Forster and Reinhold Schünzel |
| 37 |  | Painted Desert, The (1931) | 2.4748 2 reviews | NA | Western |
$3.80
| Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash ...more about Painted Desert starring Helen Twelvetrees and William Farnum |
| 38 |  | Skin Game, The (1931) | 2.4682 10 reviews | NA | Drama |
$12.32
| A rich family, the Hillcrests, is fighting against the speculator, Hornblower, who sends away poor ...more about Skin Game starring Edmund Gwenn and Helen Haye |
| 39 | | Mother and Son (1931) | 2.4663 13 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Mother and Son starring Clara Kimball Young and Bruce Kimball Warren |
| 40 | | Maltese Falcon, The (1931) | 2.4638 9 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | Adhering closely to Dashiel Hammett's story, sleazy detective Sam Spade seeks the whereabouts of a ...more about Maltese Falcon starring Bebe Daniels and Ricardo Cortez |
| 41 | | Just a Gigolo (1931) | 2.4474 1 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy | N/A | Haines plays the role of a festive British nobleman, for whom a marriage has been arranged by his ...more about Just a Gigolo starring William Haines and Lenore Bushman |
| 42 |  | Man of the World (1931) | 2.4291 1 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$16.37
| A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. There she ...more about Man of the World starring William Powell and Carole Lombard |
| 43 |  | Connecticut Yankee, A (1931) | 2.4063 3 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Connecticut Yankee starring Will Rogers and William Farnum |
| 44 | | Transgression (1931) | 2.3561 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | When an English husband goes off to India for a year-long business trip, he also sends his wife to ...more about Transgression starring Kay Francis and Paul Cavanagh |
| 45 | | Common Law, The (1931) | 2.3378 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | ...more about Common Law starring Constance Bennett and Lew Cody |
| 46 |  | Criminal Code, The (1931) | 2.3378 5 reviews | NA | Crime | N/A | A wily D.A.(Brady) gets a 10 year conviction of a young 20 year old (Robert Graham)who he knows ...more about Criminal Code starring Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes |
| 47 | | Easiest Way, The (1931) | 2.3013 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Growing up in a poor working-class family, Laura decides not to marry the boy-next-door and instead ...more about Easiest Way starring Constance Bennett and Adolphe Menjou |
| 48 | | Entuziazm: Simfoniya Donbassa (1931) | 2.2830 1 reviews | NA | Documentary | N/A | ...more about Entuziazm: Simfoniya Donbassa |
| 49 | | Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931) | 2.2830 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Dan works for Pritchard and Pritchard out of San Francisco and is in love with Maisie, referred to ...more about Never the Twain Shall Meet starring Leslie Howard and Conchita Montenegro |
| 50 |  | Svengali (1931) | 2.2702 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror |
$6.06
| Sinister music maestro Svengali can control the actions of women through hypnotism and his ...more about Svengali starring John Barrymore and Marian Marsh |
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