Category:1936, Top Films

1932 -- 1933 -- 1934 -- 1935

-- -- 1936, Top Films -- --

1937 -- 1938 -- 1939 -- 1940

Ranking

My Picks

-- #1. Modern Times -- #3. A Day in the Country -- #4. Fury -- #5. The Only Son -- #6. I Love to Singa -- #11. Swing Time -- #34. Show Boat -- #50. The Plow That Broke the Plains <doc> -- #50+. San Francisco -- #50+. Yiddle With His Fiddle -- #50+. Little Lord Fauntleroy -- #50+. The Green Pasture

Limbo

-- #2. My Man Godfrey -- #9. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Capra) <Best Director> -- #13. Dodsworth -- #20. After the Thin Man -- #38. These Three -- #50+. Great Ziegfeld <Best Picture>

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films

50 Top Films of 1936

-- #1. Modern Times -- #3. A Day in the Country -- #4. Fury -- #5. The Only Son -- #6. I Love to Singa <short> -- #11. Swing Time -- #34. Show Boat -- #50. The Plow That Broke the Plains <doc>

-- #2. My Man Godfrey -- #7. Sisters of the Gion -- #8. Osaka Elegy -- #9. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -- #10. Sabotage -- #12. The Lower Depths -- #13. Dodsworth -- #14. The Petrified Forest -- #15. The Crime of Monsieur Lange -- #16. The Story of a Cheat -- #17. Camille -- #18. Mr. Thank You -- #19. By the Bluest of Seas -- #20. After the Thin Man -- #22. The Devil-Doll -- #24. Libeled Lady -- #26. The Prisoner of Shark Island -- #31. Things to Come -- #32. Follow the Fleet -- #38. These Three -- #48. The Country Cousin

Oscar, Best Films

-- The Great Ziegfeld [W] -- Anthony Adverse -- #13. Dodsworth -- Libeled Lady -- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -- Romeo and Juliet -- #50+. San Francisco -- The Story of Louis Pasteur -- A Tale of Two Cities -- Three Smart Girls -- #2. My Man Godfrey

Top Grossing Films

-- #1. Modern Times -- #11. Swing Time -- #50+. San Francisco

-- The Great Ziegfeld -- The Plainsman -- After the Thin Man -- Anthony Adverse -- Strike Me Pink -- Rose Marie -- Libeled Lady

Schneider, Best Films

-- #1. Modern Times -- #11. Swing Time

-- Things to Come -- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -- The Story of a Cheat -- #2. My Man Godfrey -- #13. Dodsworth -- Sabotage -- Camille

National Board of Review

-- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town [W] -- The Story of Louis Pasteur -- #1. Modern Times -- #4. Fury -- Winterset -- The Devil Is a Sissy -- Ceiling Zero -- Romeo and Juliet -- The Prisoner of Shark Island -- Green Pastures

National Film Registry

-- #1. Modern Times -- #4. Fury -- #11. Swing Time -- #34. Show Boat

-- #13. Dodsworth -- #2. My Man Godfrey -- Flash Gordon <serial> -- Master Hands <doc> -- The Plow That Broke the Plains <doc> -- Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor <short> -- Rose Hobart <short> -- Trance and Dance in Bali <doc> (1936-39)

American Film Institute

-- #1. Modern Times

NYT, Best Films

-- Mayerling -- #38. These Three -- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -- #4. Fury -- Romeo and Juliet -- #11. Swing Time -- #2. My Man Godfrey -- #13. Dodsworth -- Camille

TSPDT, Best Films

-- #1. Modern Times -- Partie de campagne -- The Crime of Monsieur Lange -- By the Bluest of Seas

Top10ner, Best Films

-- #1. Modern Times

-- #2. My Man Godfrey

Film101, Best Films

-- #1. Modern Times -- #4. Fury -- #11. Swing Time -- #34. Show Boat -- #50+. San Francisco

-- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -- #2. My Man Godfrey -- Things to Come -- A Day in the Country -- #13. Dodsworth -- Camille

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #20. After the Thin Man

ChildActors, Best Films

-- Little Lord Fauntleroy

-- Les deux gosses (France) -- The Devil Is a Sissy -- General Spanky -- Gentle Julia -- Légy jó mindhalálig [Be Good Until Death] (Hungary) -- Let's Sing Again -- The Little Red Schoolhouse -- Merijntje Gijzen's Jeugd (Netherlands) -- The Millionaire Kid -- Rainbow on the River -- Straight from the Shoulder -- Timothy's Quest -- Tough Guy

-- Anthony Adverse -- Captain January -- Stowaway -- Dimples -- General Spanky -- Lloyd’s of London -- The Poor Little Rich Girl -- #38. These Three -- Too Many Parents