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| 1 |  | King Kong (1933) |  3.6418 111 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$3.59
| A film crew exploring a remote island captures a gigantic ape and brings him back to New York for ...more about King Kong starring Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong |
| 2 |  | Island of Lost Souls (1933) |  3.2053 18 reviews | NA | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Romance | N/A | After his ship goes down, Edward Parker is rescued at sea. Parker gets into a fight with Captain ...more about Island of Lost Souls starring Charles Laughton and Richard Arlen |
| 3 |  | 42nd Street (1933) | 3.1822 38 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance |
$12.71
| Broadway director Julian Marsh insists on one last huge production before his death. We follow the ...more about 42nd Street starring Warner Baxter and Bebe Daniels |
| 4 |  | Baby Face (1933) | 3.1759 9 reviews | NA | Drama |
$28.89
| Lilly (Baby Face) sleeps her way from basement speakeasy bartender, literally floor by floor, to ...more about Baby Face starring Barbara Stanwyck and George Brent |
| 5 |  | Duck Soup (1933) | 3.0957 54 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$44.28
| To rescue the small country of Freedonia from bankruptcy, Mrs. Teasdale agrees to donate 20 million ...more about Duck Soup starring Raquel Torres |
| 6 |  | She Done Him Wrong (1933) | 3.0942 22 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy | N/A | New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. ...more about She Done Him Wrong starring Mae West and Cary Grant |
| 7 |  | Invisible Man, The (1933) | 3.0934 41 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$15.69
| A scientist turns himself invisible. However, the formula slowly drives him insane, causing him to ...more about Invisible Man starring Claude Rains and Gloria Stuart |
| 8 |  | Morning Glory (1933) | 3.0253 8 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Eva Lovelace, would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage, is a wildly optimistic ...more about Morning Glory starring Katharine Hepburn and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. |
| 9 |  | Footlight Parade (1933) | 3.0086 17 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$41.37
| Chester Kent produces Musical Comedies on the stage. With the beginning of the talkies aera he ...more about Footlight Parade starring James Cagney and Joan Blondell |
| 10 |  | Zoo in Budapest (1933) | 2.9862 9 reviews | NA | Romance | N/A | Flamboyant Zani grew up and works in the zoo. He loves animals so much that he steals animal furs ...more about Zoo in Budapest starring Loretta Young and Gene Raymond |
| 11 |  | Queen Christina (1933) | 2.9755 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Romance |
$8.68
| Young Christina ascends to the Swedish throne at age 5. While she is queen, Sweden becomes a ...more about Queen Christina starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert |
| 12 |  | Murders in the Zoo (1933) | 2.9713 12 reviews | NA | Horror, Crime, Mystery | N/A | Eric Gorman returns with his wife Evelyn from a trip to the Orient collecting zoo animals, having ...more about Murders in the Zoo starring Lionel Atwill and Gail Patrick |
| 13 |  | In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) | 2.9679 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | "In The Wake of The Bounty" is Errol Flynn's film debut as Fletcher Christian. This Austrailian ...more about In the Wake of the Bounty starring Mayne Lynton and Errol Flynn |
| 14 |  | Today We Live (1933) | 2.9679 1 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Romance | N/A | The two lovers are living together and are not married as they hesitantly explain to her brother. ...more about Today We Live starring Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper |
| 15 |  | Yogoto no yume (1933) | 2.9679 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Yogoto no yume |
| 16 |  | Dinner at Eight (1933) | 2.9480 34 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$12.71
| Millicent Jordan is pre-occupied with the plans she is making for a high-class dinner party. Her ...more about Dinner at Eight starring Marie Dressler and May Robson |
| 17 | | Hijosen no onna (1933) | 2.9314 2 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Hijosen no onna starring Kinuyo Tanaka and Joji Oka |
| 18 |  | Son of Kong, The (1933) | 2.8847 17 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Horror, Comedy |
$8.68
| After the disastrous results of his last expedition, Carl Denham leaves New York aboard a ship to ...more about Son of Kong starring Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack |
| 19 |  | Private Life of Henry VIII., The (1933) | 2.8842 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$17.99
| This movie tells the story of King Henry VIII and the last five of his six wives. Set almost ...more about Private Life of Henry VIII. starring Robert Donat and Franklin Dyall |
| 20 |  | Little Women (1933) | 2.8732 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Family |
$11.99
| Little Women is a "coming of age" drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. ...more about Little Women starring Katharine Hepburn and Joan Bennett |
| 21 |  | I'm No Angel (1933) | 2.8720 14 reviews | NA |
$5.96
| The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she ...more about I'm No Angel starring Mae West and Cary Grant | |
| 22 | | Bombshell (1933) | 2.8492 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | Lola Burns is at the top of the pile in Hollywood. But life ain't easy, what with her father and ...more about Bombshell starring Jean Harlow and Lee Tracy |
| 23 |  | I Loved a Woman (1933) | 2.8218 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | Art student John Hayden interrupts his studies in Greece to head his father's meat packing business ...more about I Loved a Woman starring Edward G. Robinson and Kay Francis |
| 24 | | Professional Sweetheart (1933) | 2.7853 1 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy | N/A | Radio singer Glory Eden is publicized as the ideal of American womanhood, in order to sell the ...more about Professional Sweetheart starring Ginger Rogers and Norman Foster |
| 25 |  | Vampire Bat, The (1933) | 2.7522 15 reviews | NA | Horror |
$3.00
| When the villagers of Klineschloss start dying of blood loss, the town fathers suspect a resurgence ...more about Vampire Bat starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray |
| 26 |  | Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) |  2.7487 20 reviews | NA | Musical |
$41.37
| Barneny Hopkins is producing a new show on Broadway, but the day before it opens, the set and ...more about Gold Diggers of 1933 starring Warren William and Joan Blondell |
| 27 | | Cavalcade (1933) | 2.7411 16 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Romance | N/A | A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 seen through the eyes of well-to-do ...more about Cavalcade starring Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook |
| 28 |  | Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) | 2.7319 22 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$3.68
| In London, sculptor Ivan Igor struggles in vain to prevent his partner Worth from burning his wax ...more about Mystery of the Wax Museum starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray |
| 29 |  | Prizefighter and the Lady, The (1933) | 2.7031 1 reviews | NA | Crime, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Steve is just a heavy duty bartender when Edwin J. Bennett, known as the Professor, starts training ...more about Prizefighter and the Lady starring Myrna Loy and Max Baer |
| 30 |  | Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933) | 2.7019 9 reviews | NA |
$6.99
| ...more about Hallelujah I'm a Bum starring Al Jolson and Madge Evans | |
| 31 |  | Tarzan the Fearless (1933) | 2.6556 5 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure |
$5.99
| Mary Brooks' father, who has been studying ancient tribes, falls into the hands of "the people of ...more about Tarzan the Fearless starring Buster Crabbe and E. Alyn Warren |
| 32 |  | Bitter Tea of General Yen, The (1933) | 2.6509 10 reviews | NA | Drama, War | N/A | Megan Davis, a young American, arrives in Shanghai during the Chinese Civil War in order to marry a ...more about Bitter Tea of General Yen starring Barbara Stanwyck and Nils Asther |
| 33 |  | Picture Snatcher (1933) | 2.6483 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | Ex-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. He falls in love with ...more about Picture Snatcher starring James Cagney and Ralph Bellamy |
| 34 | | Wild Boys of the Road (1933) | 2.6483 7 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama | N/A | At the bottom of the depression, Tom's mother has been out of work for months when Ed's father ...more about Wild Boys of the Road starring Frankie Darro and Edwin Phillips |
| 35 | | Supernatural (1933) | 2.6099 8 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery | N/A | In New York city, Ruth Rogan is convicted of killing 3 of her lovers and sentenced to be executed. ...more about Supernatural starring Carole Lombard and Vivienne Osborne |
| 36 | | College Coach (1933) | 2.6026 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Sports | N/A | A ruthless coach (Pat O'Brien) creates turmoil at a college by hiring players (Lyle Talbot) and ...more about College Coach starring Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak |
| 37 |  | Kennel Murder Case, The (1933) | 2.5844 12 reviews | NA | Mystery |
$5.16
| Archer Coe has been found dead in his locked bedroom. The cops consider it suicide, but Philo ...more about Kennel Murder Case starring William Powell and Mary Astor |
| 38 | | Storm at Daybreak (1933) | 2.5752 1 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Romance | N/A | Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade ...more about Storm at Daybreak starring Kay Francis and Nils Asther |
| 39 |  | Tugboat Annie (1933) | 2.5752 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy | N/A | Waterfront couple (Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery) raise their son to be a sea captain. He grows up ...more about Tugboat Annie starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery |
| 40 |  | Eagle and the Hawk, The (1933) | 2.5661 3 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, War | N/A | The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers ...more about Eagle and the Hawk starring Cary Grant and Jack Oakie |
| 41 |  | Lawyer Man (1933) | 2.5661 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York ...more about Lawyer Man starring William Powell and Joan Blondell |
| 42 | | Parachute Jumper (1933) | 2.5570 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Unemployed Bill and Toodles move in with Alabama to share expenses. Bill is hired by a gangster's ...more about Parachute Jumper starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Bette Davis |
| 43 | | Chance at Heaven (1933) | 2.5478 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Blackstone 'Blacky' Gorman, rising service station owner, is blessed with the devotion of supremely ...more about Chance at Heaven starring Ginger Rogers and Andy Devine |
| 44 | | Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933) | 2.5478 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Mary Stevens (Kay Francis) and her old friend Don Andrews (Lyle Talbot) find themselves graduating ...more about Mary Stevens starring Kay Francis and Lyle Talbot |
| 45 | | Employees' Entrance (1933) | 2.5387 4 reviews | NA | N/A | Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical owner of a New York department store in financial straits. He ...more about Employees' Entrance starring Warren William and Loretta Young | |
| 46 | | She Had to Say Yes (1933) | 2.5387 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | It is the bottom of the depression and Sol Glass has the idea that the girls in the stenographic ...more about She Had to Say Yes starring Hugh Herbert and Loretta Young |
| 47 | | Our Betters (1933) | 2.5204 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | American heiress Pearl Saunders marries Lord George Grayston and later sees him embracing his lover ...more about Our Betters starring Constance Bennett and Phoebe Foster |
| 48 |  | Grand Slam (1933) | 2.5186 7 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$19.99
| After waiter and would-be novelist Peter Stanislavsky marries Marcia, he learns to play bridge to ...more about Grand Slam starring Paul Lukas and Loretta Young |
| 49 | | If I Were Free (1933) | 2.5113 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | Gordon Evers, a dignified middle-aged barrister, is depressed and suicidal following an injury ...more about If I Were Free starring Irene Dunne and Clive Brook |
| 50 | | Narrow Corner, The (1933) | 2.5113 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Narrow Corner starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Patricia Ellis |
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