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TopTenREVIEWS top movie of the year 1936 is Modern Times.
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| 1 |  | Modern Times (1936) |  3.9187 76 reviews | G | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$20.69
| Charlie Chaplin is a production line worker driven insane by the monotony of his job. When he is ...more about Modern Times starring Charles Chaplin and Paulette Goddard |
| 2 |  | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) |  3.1609 38 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$10.23
| Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life - including playing the ...more about Mr. Deeds Goes to Town starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur |
| 3 |  | Show Boat (1936) | 3.1479 13 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical | N/A | Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very ...more about Show Boat starring Irene Dunne and Allan Jones |
| 4 |  | Fury (1936) | 3.1428 28 reviews | NA | Drama, Film-Noir |
$12.71
| Based on the story "Mob Rule" by Norman Krasna. Joe Wilson and Katherine Grant are in love, but he ...more about Fury starring Sylvia Sidney and Arthur Stone |
| 5 |  | Petrified Forest, The (1936) | 3.0903 24 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Romance |
$8.95
| Alan Squier, a failed, world-weary British writer, hikes into an isolated, weather-beaten desert ...more about Petrified Forest starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis |
| 6 |  | Swing Time (1936) | 3.0398 22 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$8.68
| Lucky is tricked into missing his wedding to Margaret by the other members of Pop's magic and dance ...more about Swing Time starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers |
| 7 |  | My Man Godfrey (1936) | 3.0087 42 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$9.98
| In the depths of the Depression, a party game brings dizzy socialite Irene Bullock to the city dump ...more about My Man Godfrey starring William Powell and Carole Lombard |
| 8 |  | Camille (1936) | 3.0077 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$12.71
| Marguerite is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand ...more about Camille starring Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor |
| 9 |  | Klondike Annie (1936) | 2.9709 6 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | ...more about Klondike Annie starring Mae West and Philip Reed |
| 10 |  | Mayerling (1936) | 2.9679 5 reviews | Not Rated | Foreign | N/A | ...more about Mayerling starring Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux |
| 11 |  | Libeled Lady (1936) | 2.9288 12 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$12.71
| Warren Haggerty is the chief editor of the New York Evening Star. He keeps on delaying his marriage ...more about Libeled Lady starring Jean Harlow and William Powell |
| 12 |  | Dracula's Daughter (1936) | 2.9142 40 reviews | NA | Horror |
$8.89
| Prof. Van Helsing is in danger of prosecution for the murder of Dracula...until a hypnotic woman ...more about Dracula's Daughter starring Otto Kruger and Gloria Holden |
| 13 |  | After the Thin Man (1936) | 2.8436 25 reviews | NA | Crime, Mystery, Romance, Comedy |
$41.37
| Elissa asks Nick to find her missing husband. He had been seeing a bit on the side, and ...more about After the Thin Man starring William Powell and Myrna Loy |
| 14 |  | Follow the Fleet (1936) | 2.8405 17 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$12.71
| When the fleet puts in at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old ...more about Follow the Fleet starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers |
| 15 |  | Ex-Mrs. Bradford, The (1936) | 2.8108 7 reviews | NA | Mystery, Comedy | N/A | Relations between Dr. 'Brad' Bradford and ex-wife Paula are surprisingly romantic. They divorced ...more about Ex-Mrs. Bradford starring William Powell and Jean Arthur |
| 16 |  | Come and Get It (1936) | 2.8035 13 reviews | NA | Drama |
$6.89
| In 1884 lumberman Barney Glasgow leaves his true love, saloon singer Lotta Morgan, to marry Emma ...more about Come and Get It starring Edward Arnold and Andrea Leeds |
| 17 |  | Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) | 2.8022 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Family |
$5.00
| After the death of Cedric ('Ceddie')'s English father, he and his mother live together in Brooklyn. ...more about Little Lord Fauntleroy starring Freddie Bartholomew and C. Aubrey Smith |
| 18 | | Living Dangerously (1936) | 2.7892 9 reviews | NA | Thriller | N/A | ...more about Living Dangerously |
| 19 |  | Devil-Doll, The (1936) | 2.7792 20 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$25.98
| Paul Lavond was a respected banker in Paris when he was framed for robbery and murder by crooked ...more about Devil-Doll starring Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan |
| 20 |  | Speed (1936) | 2.7670 1 reviews | NA | Action, Drama | N/A | Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired ...more about Speed starring James Stewart and Wendy Barrie |
| 21 |  | Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) | 2.7553 11 reviews | NA | Mystery |
$34.97
| Regarded by many as the best of the Charlie Chan series. The opera star Gravelle suffers amnesia. ...more about Charlie Chan at the Opera starring Warner Oland and Boris Karloff |
| 22 |  | Garden of Allah, The (1936) |  2.7250 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance |
$9.90
| Domini, an heiress who has led a cloistered life, visits the North African desert for spiritual ...more about Garden of Allah starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer |
| 23 |  | Sabotage (1936) | 2.7195 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$6.49
| Mr. Verloc is part of a gang of foreign saboteurs operating out of London. He manages a small ...more about Sabotage starring Desmond Tester and John Loder |
| 24 |  | Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) | 2.7041 22 reviews | NA | Biography, Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$7.99
| At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more ...more about Great Ziegfeld starring William Powell and Myrna Loy |
| 25 |  | Love on the Run (1936) | 2.6871 4 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy | N/A | In the company of reporter Michael Anthony, American heiress Sally Parker flees her planned wedding ...more about Love on the Run starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable |
| 26 |  | Pigskin Parade (1936) | 2.6848 6 reviews | NA | Musical, Sports | N/A | Married coaches Slug and Bessie find hillbilly football tosser Amos and the team gets invited to ...more about Pigskin Parade starring Stuart Erwin and Patsy Kelly |
| 27 |  | Satan Met a Lady (1936) | 2.6793 9 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery, Comedy |
$14.92
| Sardonic detective Shane, thrown out of one town for bringing trouble, heads for home and his ...more about Satan Met a Lady starring Bette Davis and Warren William |
| 28 |  | Next Time We Love (1936) | 2.6757 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | A young married couple's relationship becomes strained when he is assigned overseas as a foreign ...more about Next Time We Love starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart |
| 29 |  | San Francisco (1936) | 2.6726 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance |
$12.41
| Mary Blake arrives at Blackie Norton's Paradise gambling hall and beer garden looking for work as a ...more about San Francisco starring Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald |
| 30 | | Theodora Goes Wild (1936) | 2.6635 10 reviews | NA | Comedy |
$17.95
| The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They ...more about Theodora Goes Wild starring Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas |
| 31 |  | Tarzan Escapes (1936) | 2.6544 9 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure |
$41.37
| White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He ...more about Tarzan Escapes starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan |
| 32 |  | Invisible Ray, The (1936) | 2.6452 6 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$17.91
| Visionary scientist Janos Rukh convinces a group of scientists and supporters to mount an ...more about Invisible Ray starring Bela Lugosi and Frances Drake |
| 33 |  | Beloved Enemy (1936) | 2.6437 5 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Beloved Enemy starring Merle Oberon and Brian Aherne |
| 34 | | Lloyd's of London (1936) | 2.6391 1 reviews | NA | N/A | Blake is in love with an aristocratic woman whose husband seriously injures him. Blake's friendship ...more about Lloyd's of London starring Freddie Bartholomew and Madeleine Carroll | |
| 35 |  | Bas-fonds, Les (1936) | 2.6270 6 reviews | NA | Drama |
$27.95
| ...more about Bas-fonds starring Jean Gabin |
| 36 | | Green Pastures, The (1936) | 2.6260 13 reviews | NA | Drama |
$12.71
| God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are ...more about Green Pastures starring Rex Ingram and Oscar Polk |
| 37 |  | Things to Come (1936) | 2.6222 13 reviews | NA | Sci-Fi |
$5.85
| A global war begins in 1940. This war drags out over many decades until most of the people still ...more about Things to Come starring Edward Chapman and Ralph Richardson |
| 38 |  | Bride Walks Out, The (1936) | 2.6209 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Carolyn and Michael fall in love and decide to marry. However, Michael insists that Carolyn quit ...more about Bride Walks Out starring Barbara Stanwyck and Gene Raymond |
| 39 |  | Wife vs. Secretary (1936) | 2.6140 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$11.89
| Linda Stanhope isn't jealous of beautiful Whitey Wilson, secretary to her magazine publisher ...more about Wife vs. Secretary starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow |
| 40 | | These Three (1936) | 2.6026 8 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | This first film version of "The Children's Hour" uses a heterosexual triangle rather than the ...more about These Three starring Miriam Hopkins and Merle Oberon |
| 41 |  | Reefer Madness (1936) | 2.6021 27 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$2.95
| Propaganda film that relates the story, as told by high school principal Dr. Carroll to parents at ...more about Reefer Madness starring Dorothy Short and Kenneth Craig |
| 42 |  | Revolt of the Zombies (1936) | 2.5922 9 reviews | NA | Horror |
$6.99
| On the Franco-Austrian Frontier during WW I, an oriental priest, chaplain of a French colonial ...more about Revolt of the Zombies starring Dorothy Stone and Dean Jagger |
| 43 |  | Suzy (1936) | 2.5752 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | American showgirl Suzy is in London in 1914. She loves Irish inventor Terry who works for an ...more about Suzy starring Jean Harlow and Theodore von Eltz |
| 44 |  | Dimples (1936) | 2.5734 6 reviews | NA | Musical |
$9.99
| Shirley Temple lives with the pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains ...more about Dimples starring Shirley Temple and Robert Kent |
| 45 |  | Man Who Changed His Mind, The (1936) | 2.5679 5 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi |
$14.04
| Dr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. ...more about Man Who Changed His Mind starring Boris Karloff and Anna Lee |
| 46 |  | Under Two Flags (1936) | 2.5661 1 reviews | NA | Adventure | N/A | Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. ...more about Under Two Flags starring Ronald Colman and Claudette Colbert |
| 47 |  | Three Smart Girls (1936) | 2.5592 7 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$16.37
| The three Craig sisters, in Switzerland with their ten-years-divorced mother, run away to New York ...more about Three Smart Girls starring Binnie Barnes and Charles Winninger |
| 48 |  | White Angel, The (1936) | 2.5570 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography | N/A | ...more about White Angel starring Kay Francis and Ian Hunter |
| 49 |  | Unguarded Hour, The (1936) | 2.5478 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | A woman tries to save her husband, a prosecutor, from a man who is threatening to blackmail him ...more about Unguarded Hour starring Loretta Young and Franchot Tone |
| 50 |  | Bullets or Ballots (1936) | 2.5433 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.86
| After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner former detective Johnny Blake knocks ...more about Bullets or Ballots starring Edward G. Robinson and Joan Blondell |
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