Software
Web Services
Hardware
Movies
music
Games
In Theaters Now
In Theaters Now
best movies by decade Decades
1930s
In Theaters Now
In Theaters Now
Sign up for our Review Notifications
TopTenREVIEWS Blog
More news: Read about new site updates via our XML/RSS news feed
Our RSS/XML Feed

TopTenREVIEWS top movie of the 1930s is Modern Times.

Email to a friend

Top Movies By Decade 1930

Click on a movie title for more info and reviews 1 2 3 4
Movies are ranked according to overall critic score
Top Ranked Movies of the 1930s Best Movies of the 1930s Top Movies of the 1930s Movie Reviews For the 1930s Best Movie Releases of the 1930s Best Movie DVD Pricing for the 1930s Current Movie DVD Pricing for the 1930s Lowest Movie DVD Prices for the 1930s
151Movie reviews for What Price Hollywood? (1932)What Price Hollywood? (1932)Movie critics combined give What Price Hollywood? a score of 2.7974 out of 4
2.7974
3
reviews 		NADramaN/ABrown Derby waitress Mary Evans befriends seldom-sober director Max Carey and is soon in the ...more about What Price Hollywood?  starring Constance Bennett and Lowell Sherman
152Movie reviews for One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)Movie critics combined give One Hundred Men and a Girl a score of 2.7929 out of 4
2.7929
8
reviews 		NAComedy, MusicN/AThe daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends ...more about One Hundred Men and a Girl  starring Deanna Durbin and Eugene Pallette
153Movie reviews for Living Dangerously (1936)Living Dangerously (1936)Movie critics combined give Living Dangerously a score of 2.7892 out of 4
2.7892
9
reviews 		NAThrillerN/A ...more about Living Dangerously
154Movie reviews for Professional Sweetheart (1933)Professional Sweetheart (1933)Movie critics combined give Professional Sweetheart a score of 2.7853 out of 4
2.7853
1
reviews 		NARomance, ComedyN/ARadio 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
155Movie reviews for Mark of the Vampire (1935)Mark of the Vampire (1935)Movie critics combined give Mark of the Vampire a score of 2.7836 out of 4
2.7836
20
reviews 		NAHorror, Mystery $25.98 Purchase information for Mark of the Vampire (1935)
Compare Prices
Sir Karell Borotyn appears to have been killed by Count Mora, a vampire believed to haunt the local ...more about Mark of the Vampire  starring Lionel Barrymore and Elizabeth Allan
156Movie reviews for Barbary Coast (1935)Barbary Coast (1935)Movie critics combined give Barbary Coast a score of 2.7813 out of 4
2.7813
18
reviews 		NAAdventure, Drama, Western, Romance $6.62 Purchase information for Barbary Coast (1935)
Compare Prices
Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiance dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel ...more about Barbary Coast  starring Miriam Hopkins and Edward G. Robinson
157Movie reviews for Big Broadcast of 1938, The (1938)Big Broadcast of 1938, The (1938)Movie critics combined give Big Broadcast of 1938 a score of 2.7807 out of 4
2.7807
8
reviews 		NAMusical, Romance, Comedy $9.18 Purchase information for Big Broadcast of 1938, The (1938)
Compare Prices
New ocean liner S.S. Gigantic is about to race its rival, the Colossal. Gigantic owner T.F. Bellows ...more about Big Broadcast of 1938  starring W.C. Fields and Martha Raye
158Movie reviews for Each Dawn I Die (1939)Each Dawn I Die (1939)Movie critics combined give Each Dawn I Die a score of 2.7802 out of 4
2.7802
10
reviews 		NADrama, Thriller, Crime $9.99 Purchase information for Each Dawn I Die (1939)
Compare Prices
Although innocent, reporter Frank Ross is found guilty of murder and is sent to jail. While his ...more about Each Dawn I Die  starring James Cagney and George Raft
159Movie reviews for Devil-Doll, The (1936)Devil-Doll, The (1936)Movie critics combined give Devil-Doll a score of 2.7792 out of 4
2.7792
20
reviews 		NAHorror, Sci-Fi $25.98 Purchase information for Devil-Doll, The (1936)
Compare Prices
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
160Movie reviews for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)Movie critics combined give Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a score of 2.7733 out of 4
2.7733
22
reviews 		NADrama, Horror, Sci-Fi $6.24 Purchase information for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Compare Prices
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
161Movie reviews for Ukigusa monogatari (1934)Ukigusa monogatari (1934)Movie critics combined give Ukigusa monogatari a score of 2.7716 out of 4
2.7716
6
reviews 		NADrama $23.99 Purchase information for Ukigusa monogatari (1934)
Compare Prices
 ...more about Ukigusa monogatari  starring Takeshi Sakamoto and Chouko Iida
162Movie reviews for Another Thin Man (1939)Another Thin Man (1939)Movie critics combined give Another Thin Man a score of 2.7695 out of 4
2.7695
16
reviews 		NADrama, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Comedy $41.37 Purchase information for Another Thin Man (1939)
Compare Prices
In this adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's "The Farewell Murder", Nick and Nora (and their dog Asta) ...more about Another Thin Man  starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
163Movie reviews for Blonde Crazy (1931)Blonde Crazy (1931)Movie critics combined give Blonde Crazy a score of 2.7688 out of 4
2.7688
5
reviews 		NADrama, Crime, Romance, ComedyN/AAt 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
164Movie reviews for Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)Movie critics combined give Alexander's Ragtime Band a score of 2.7685 out of 4
2.7685
10
reviews 		NA  $6.59 Purchase information for Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Compare Prices
This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant ...more about Alexander's Ragtime Band  starring Tyrone Power and Alice Faye
165Movie reviews for Man of Aran (1934)Man of Aran (1934)Movie critics combined give Man of Aran a score of 2.7676 out of 4
2.7676
24
reviews 		NADocumentary $16.13 Purchase information for Man of Aran (1934)
Compare Prices
 ...more about Man of Aran  starring Colman 'Tiger' King and Maggie Dirrane
166Movie reviews for Speed (1936)Speed (1936)Movie critics combined give Speed a score of 2.7670 out of 4
2.7670
1
reviews 		NAAction, DramaN/ATerry 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
167Movie reviews for Gulliver's Travels (1939)Gulliver's Travels (1939)Movie critics combined give Gulliver's Travels a score of 2.7629 out of 4
2.7629
13
reviews 		NA  $3.42 Purchase information for Gulliver's Travels (1939)
Compare Prices
Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its ...more about Gulliver's Travels
168Movie reviews for Everybody Sing (1938)Everybody Sing (1938)Movie critics combined give Everybody Sing a score of 2.7624 out of 4
2.7624
2
reviews 		NAMusical, ComedyN/AA quirky theatrical family and their equally eccentric hired help are the subject of this MGM ...more about Everybody Sing  starring Allan Jones and Judy Garland
169Movie reviews for Young and Innocent (1937)Young and Innocent (1937)Movie critics combined give Young and Innocent a score of 2.7609 out of 4
2.7609
11
reviews 		Not RatedDrama, Thriller, Crime $6.99 Purchase information for Young and Innocent (1937)
Compare Prices
A film actress is murdered by her estranged husband who is jealous of all her young boyfriends. The ...more about Young and Innocent  starring Nova Pilbeam and Derrick De Marney
170Movie reviews for Wicked Woman, A (1934)Wicked Woman, A (1934)Movie critics combined give Wicked Woman a score of 2.7579 out of 4
2.7579
1
reviews 		NADramaN/ANaomi is almost to term with her fourth child when Ed decides to leave taking all their money and ...more about Wicked Woman  starring Mady Christians and Jean Parker
171Movie reviews for Beau Geste (1939)Beau Geste (1939)Movie critics combined give Beau Geste a score of 2.7563 out of 4
2.7563
8
reviews 		NAAction, Adventure, Drama, War $16.37 Purchase information for Beau Geste (1939)
Compare Prices
Beau, John, and Digby Geste are three inseparable, adventurous brothers who haven been adopted into ...more about Beau Geste  starring Gary Cooper and Ray Milland
172Movie reviews for Platinum Blonde (1931)Platinum Blonde (1931)Movie critics combined give Platinum Blonde a score of 2.7560 out of 4
2.7560
9
reviews 		NARomance, Comedy $3.95 Purchase information for Platinum Blonde (1931)
Compare Prices
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
173Movie reviews for Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)Movie critics combined give Charlie Chan at the Opera a score of 2.7553 out of 4
2.7553
11
reviews 		NAMystery $34.97 Purchase information for Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
Compare Prices
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
174Movie reviews for King Solomon's Mines (1937)King Solomon's Mines (1937)Movie critics combined give King Solomon's Mines a score of 2.7533 out of 4
2.7533
12
reviews 		NA  $9.99 Purchase information for King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Compare Prices
Fortune hunter Patrick O'Brien has left his daughter Kathy and guide Umbopa to trek across the ...more about King Solomon's Mines  starring Paul Robeson and Cedric Hardwicke
175Movie reviews for Vampire Bat, The (1933)Vampire Bat, The (1933)Movie critics combined give Vampire Bat a score of 2.7522 out of 4
2.7522
15
reviews 		NAHorror $3.00 Purchase information for Vampire Bat, The (1933)
Compare Prices
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
176Movie reviews for Maytime (1937)Maytime (1937)Movie critics combined give Maytime a score of 2.7510 out of 4
2.7510
7
reviews 		NADrama, Musical, Romance $28.14 Purchase information for Maytime (1937)
Compare Prices
An elderly Miss Morrison recounts her life as the once young and beautiful opera singer Marcia ...more about Maytime  starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
177Movie reviews for Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935)Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935)Movie critics combined give Legong: Dance of the Virgins a score of 2.7503 out of 4
2.7503
8
reviews 		NADrama, Romance, Short $24.32 Purchase information for Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935)
Compare Prices
 ...more about Legong: Dance of the Virgins  starring Poetoe Aloes Goesti and Bagus Mara Goesti
178Movie reviews for Morocco (1930)Morocco (1930)Movie critics combined give Morocco a score of 2.7496 out of 4
2.7496
16
reviews 		NADrama, Romance $16.37 Purchase information for Morocco (1930)
Compare Prices
The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly ...more about Morocco  starring Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich
179Movie reviews for Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)Movie critics combined give Gold Diggers of 1933 a score of 2.7487 out of 4
2.7487
20
reviews 		NAMusical $41.37 Purchase information for Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Compare Prices
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
180Movie reviews for Swing Your Lady (1938)Swing Your Lady (1938)Movie critics combined give Swing Your Lady a score of 2.7487 out of 4
2.7487
1
reviews 		NAComedyN/APromoter Ed Hatch comes to the Ozarks with his slow-witted wrestler Joe Skopapoulos whom he pits ...more about Swing Your Lady  starring Humphrey Bogart and Louise Fazenda
181Movie reviews for Anna Karenina (1935)Anna Karenina (1935)Movie critics combined give Anna Karenina a score of 2.7461 out of 4
2.7461
10
reviews 		NADrama $6.02 Purchase information for Anna Karenina (1935)
Compare Prices
This version of the Tolstoy classic lingers longer in Moscow during the weeks that follow the ...more about Anna Karenina  starring Greta Garbo and Freddie Bartholomew
182Movie reviews for Cavalcade (1933)Cavalcade (1933)Movie critics combined give Cavalcade a score of 2.7411 out of 4
2.7411
16
reviews 		NADrama, War, RomanceN/AA 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
183Movie reviews for Boy Meets Girl (1938)Boy Meets Girl (1938)Movie critics combined give Boy Meets Girl a score of 2.7411 out of 4
2.7411
8
reviews 		NAComedyN/ATwo lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be ...more about Boy Meets Girl  starring James Cagney and Marie Wilson
184Movie reviews for Midnight (1939)Midnight (1939)Movie critics combined give Midnight a score of 2.7378 out of 4
2.7378
12
reviews 		NARomance, ComedyN/AShowgirl Eve, stranded in Paris without a sou, befriends taxi driver Tibor Czerny, then gives him ...more about Midnight  starring Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche
185Movie reviews for Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)Movie critics combined give Mystery of the Wax Museum a score of 2.7319 out of 4
2.7319
22
reviews 		NAThriller, Horror $3.68 Purchase information for Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Compare Prices
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
186Movie reviews for Other Men's Women (1931)Other Men's Women (1931)Movie critics combined give Other Men's Women a score of 2.7305 out of 4
2.7305
1
reviews 		NA N/A ...more about Other Men's Women  starring Grant Withers and Mary Astor
187Movie reviews for Band Plays On, The (1934)Band Plays On, The (1934)Movie critics combined give Band Plays On a score of 2.7305 out of 4
2.7305
1
reviews 		NADramaN/A ...more about Band Plays On  starring Robert Young and Stuart Erwin
188Movie reviews for Dodge City (1939)Dodge City (1939)Movie critics combined give Dodge City a score of 2.7296 out of 4
2.7296
18
reviews 		NAWestern $8.68 Purchase information for Dodge City (1939)
Compare Prices
Dodge City. A wide-open cattle town run by Jeff Surrett. Even going on a children's Sunday outing ...more about Dodge City  starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland
189Movie reviews for Marked Woman (1937)Marked Woman (1937)Movie critics combined give Marked Woman a score of 2.7295 out of 4
2.7295
11
reviews 		NADrama, Crime $12.71 Purchase information for Marked Woman (1937)
Compare Prices
Mary Dwight works as a hostess at the Club Intime run by ruthless gangster Johnny Vanning. When one ...more about Marked Woman  starring Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart
190Movie reviews for Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)Movie critics combined give Broadway Melody of 1936 a score of 2.7259 out of 4
2.7259
10
reviews 		NAMusicalN/ABob Gordon is staging a new Broadway Show, but he is short of money. He gets an offer of money by ...more about Broadway Melody of 1936  starring Jack Benny and Eleanor Powell
191Movie reviews for Listen, Darling (1938)Listen, Darling (1938)Movie critics combined give Listen a score of 2.7259 out of 4
2.7259
2
reviews 		NADrama, Musical, Romance, ComedyN/ATo stop Pinkie's mother Dottie from marrying a man they know she does not love, Pinkie and her ...more about Listen  starring Judy Garland and Freddie Bartholomew
192Movie reviews for Garden of Allah, The (1936)Garden of Allah, The (1936)Movie critics combined give Garden of Allah a score of 2.7250 out of 4
2.7250
12
reviews 		NADrama, Romance $9.90 Purchase information for Garden of Allah, The (1936)
Compare Prices
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
193Movie reviews for At the Circus (1939)At the Circus (1939)Movie critics combined give At the Circus a score of 2.7226 out of 4
2.7226
18
reviews 		NAMusical, Comedy, Family $8.63 Purchase information for At the Circus (1939)
Compare Prices
Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10000. Before Jeff can pay, ...more about At the Circus
194Movie reviews for Secrets of an Actress (1938)Secrets of an Actress (1938)Movie critics combined give Secrets of an Actress a score of 2.7213 out of 4
2.7213
1
reviews 		NADrama, RomanceN/A ...more about Secrets of an Actress  starring Kay Francis and George Brent
195Movie reviews for Sabotage (1936)Sabotage (1936)Movie critics combined give Sabotage a score of 2.7195 out of 4
2.7195
17
reviews 		NADrama, Thriller $6.49 Purchase information for Sabotage (1936)
Compare Prices
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
196Movie reviews for Big Trail, The (1930)Big Trail, The (1930)Movie critics combined give Big Trail a score of 2.7157 out of 4
2.7157
13
reviews 		NAAdventure, Western, Romance $4.52 Purchase information for Big Trail, The (1930)
Compare Prices
Breck leads a wagon train of pioneers through Indian attack, storms, deserts, swollen rivers, down ...more about Big Trail  starring John Wayne and Tyrone Power Sr.
197Movie reviews for Skyscraper Souls (1932)Skyscraper Souls (1932)Movie critics combined give Skyscraper Souls a score of 2.7122 out of 4
2.7122
5
reviews 		NADramaN/AAspirations and the lives of several people working at the gigantic Seacoast National Bank Building ...more about Skyscraper Souls  starring Warren William and Maureen O'Sullivan
198Movie reviews for Nobody's Baby (1937)Nobody's Baby (1937)Movie critics combined give Nobody's Baby a score of 2.7104 out of 4
2.7104
5
reviews 		NA N/A ...more about Nobody's Baby  starring Patsy Kelly and Si Wills
199Movie reviews for Prince and the Pauper, The (1937)Prince and the Pauper, The (1937)Movie critics combined give Prince and the Pauper a score of 2.7092 out of 4
2.7092
3
reviews 		NAAdventure, Drama, Family $13.79 Purchase information for Prince and the Pauper, The (1937)
Compare Prices
On the same day two boys are born: the pauper Tom and prince Edvard. As a kid, Tom sneaks into the ...more about Prince and the Pauper  starring Errol Flynn and Claude Rains
200Movie reviews for Great Ziegfeld, The (1936)Great Ziegfeld, The (1936)Movie critics combined give Great Ziegfeld a score of 2.7041 out of 4
2.7041
22
reviews 		NABiography, Musical, Romance, Comedy $7.99 Purchase information for Great Ziegfeld, The (1936)
Compare Prices
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
1 2 3 4
Copyright ©2008 TopTenREVIEWS, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of TopTenREVIEWS, Inc. is prohibited.
Online Movie Ticket Review