Category:1933, Top Films

1929 -- 1930 -- 1931 -- 1932

-- -- 1933, Top Films -- --

1934 -- 1935 -- 1936 -- 1937

Ranking

My Picks

-- #1. Duck Soup -- #2. King Kong -- #3. Zero for Conduct -- #5. The Invisible Man -- #8. Gold Diggers of 1933 -- #11. 42nd Street -- #12. Dinner at Eight -- #14. Three Little Pigs -- #15. Footlight Parade -- #22. Sons of the Desert -- #30. Little Women -- #38. Wild Boys of the Road -- #47. Lady for a Day -- #50+. Rufus Jones for President -- #50+. The Emperor Jones

Limbo

-- #4. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse -- #6. Land Without Bread -- #7. Design for Living -- #9. Queen Christina (Mamoulian) -- #10. Baby Face -- #41. Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (Milestone) -- #50+. Cavalcade <Best Picture & Director> -- #50+. State Fair -- #50+. Counsellor at Law (Wyler)

Critical Reception

Paste Magazine, Best Films

#86. Dragnet Girl (Ozu)
#91. The Water Magician (Mizoguchi)

Silent Era, Best Films

-- 300+. Little Toys / Xiao Wanyi

MUBI, Best Films

50 Top Films of 1933

-- #1. Duck Soup -- #2. King Kong -- #3. Zero for Conduct -- #4. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse -- #5. The Invisible Man -- #6. Land Without Bread -- #7. Design for Living -- #8. Gold Diggers of 1933 -- #9. Queen Christina -- #10. Baby Face

-- #11. 42nd Street -- #12. Dinner at Eight -- #13. Japanese Girls at the Harbor -- #14. Three Little Pigs -- #15. Footlight Parade -- #16. Ecstasy -- #17. Snow-White -- #18. Liebelei -- #19. The Bitter Tea of General Yen -- #20. Every-Night Dreams

-- #22. Sons of the Desert -- #28. Woman of Tokyo -- #30. Little Women -- #31. Lullaby Land -- #32. The Private Life of Henry VIII -- #36. Bombshell -- #37. Mystery of the Wax Museum -- #38. Wild Boys of the Road -- #39. Im no Angel -- #40. She Done Him Wrong -- #41. Hallelujah Im a Bum -- #47. Lady for a Day

Oscar, Best Films

-- Cavalcade -- A Farewell to Arms (1932) -- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) -- Lady for a Day -- Little Women -- The Private Life of Henry VIII -- She Done Him Wrong -- Smilin' Through -- State Fair

Top Grossing Films

-- Roman Scandals -- I'm No Angel -- Gold Diggers of 1933 -- She Done Him Wrong -- Tugboat Annie -- Footlight Parade -- Dancing Lady -- 42nd Street -- #12. Dinner at Eight -- Little Women

Schneider, Best Films

-- 42nd Street -- King Kong -- Zero for Conduct -- Gold Diggers of 1933 -- Footlight Parade -- Duck Soup -- Sons of the Desert

-- <She Done Him Wrong> -- <Queen Christina> -- Las Hurdes

National Board of Review

-- Topaze [W] -- Berkeley Square -- Cavalcade -- Little Women -- Mama Loves Papa -- The Pied Piper -- She Done Him Wrong -- State Fair -- Three-Cornered Moon -- Zoo in Budapest

National Film Registry

-- Trouble in Paradise (1932) -- 42nd Street -- Baby Face -- Duck Soup -- The Emperor Jones -- Employees' Entrance -- Footlight Parade -- Gold Diggers of 1933 -- The Invisible Man -- King Kong -- The Power and the Glory -- She Done Him Wrong -- Snow White <short> -- Sons of the Desert -- State Fair -- Three Little Pigs <short> -- Wild Boys of the Road

American Film Institute

-- King Kong -- Duck Soup

NYT, Best Films

-- Cavalcade -- State Fair -- King Kong -- Zero for Conduct -- The Private Life of Henry VIII -- #12. Dinner at Eight -- Duck Soup -- Little Women

TSPDT, Best Films

-- Duck Soup -- King Kong -- Zero for Conduct -- The Testament of Dr. Mabuse -- Outskirts -- 42nd Street -- Design for Living

Top10ner, Best Films

-- Duck Soup -- King Kong -- The Invisible Man

-- The Testament of Dr. Mabuse

Film101, Best Films

-- King Kong -- Duck Soup -- Zero for Conduct -- 42nd Street -- Little Women -- #12. Dinner at Eight -- Gold Diggers of 1933 -- The Invisible Man -- Sons of the Desert

-- Queen Christina -- She Done Him Wrong -- The Private Life of Henry VIII

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Rufus Jones for President -- Wild Boys of the Road -- Zéro de conduite (France)

-- Brennendes Geheimnis / The Burning Secret (Germany) -- Broken Dreams -- Dekigokoro / Passing Fancy (Japan) -- High Gear -- Hitlerjunge Quex (Germany) -- The Kid from Borneo -- Lone Cowboy -- The Mayor of Hell -- Our Gang: Mush and Milk -- Oliver Twist -- Le petit roi / The Little King (France) -- The Power and the Glory -- The Wolf Dog -- Zoo in Budapest (1933)