Category:1936, Top Films

1932 -- 1933 -- 1934 -- 1935

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1937 -- 1938 -- 1939 -- 1940

-- #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

Notable Mention (1936)

-- #2. (@2 =14)My Man Godfrey (La Cava) -- #7. Sisters of the Gion (Mizoguchi) -- #8. Osaka Elegy (Mizoguchi) -- #9. (@3 =1) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Capra) -- #10. (@11) Sabotage (Hitchcock)

-- @5. (#20) After the Thin Man (Van Dyke) -- @7. (#24 =15) Libeled Lady (Conway) -- @8. (#14 =16) The Petrified Forest (Mayo) -- @9. (#13 =4) Dodsworth (Wyler)

-- =2. The Great Ziegfeld (Leonard) -- =5. Romeo and Juliet (Cukor) -- =6. The Story of Louis Pasteur (Dieterle) -- =7. A Tale of Two Cities -- =8. Anthony Adverse (LeRoy) -- =10. Winterset

Additional Films

-- #38. These Three -- #50+. Great Ziegfeld <Best Picture>

Critical Reception (1936)

MUBI, Best Films

-- #1. Modern Times (Chaplin) -- #2. My Man Godfrey (La Cava) -- #3. A Day in the Country (Renoir) -- #4. Fury (Lang) -- #5. The Only Son (Ozu) -- #6. I Love to Singa <short> -- #7. Sisters of the Gion (Mizoguchi) -- #8. Osaka Elegy (Mizoguchi) -- #9. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Capra) -- #10. Sabotage (Hitchcock)

-- #11. Swing Time (Stevens) -- #12. The Lower Depths (Renoir) -- #13. Dodsworth (Wyler) -- #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 -- #21. Rose Hobart -- #22. The Devil-Doll -- #23. Rainbow Dance <short> -- #24. Libeled Lady -- #25. Secret Agent -- #26. The Prisoner of Shark Island -- #27. Through the Mirror <short> -- #28. Allegretto <short> -- #29. Night Mail

-- #30. Desire -- #31. Things to Come -- #32. Follow the Fleet -- #33. Priest of Darkness -- #34. Show Boat -- #35. The Cobweb Hotel <short> -- #36. Rembrandt -- #37. Wife vs., Secretary -- #38. These Three -- #39. The birth of the Robot <short> -- #40. Our Relations -- #41. Watch Your Left -- #42. Christmas Comes But Once a Year <short> -- #43. Reefer Madness -- #44. Let's Go with Pancho Villa -- #45. Moving Day <short> -- #46. The Wave -- #47. Intermezzo (Molander) -- #48. The Country Cousin <short> -- #49. Mayerling -- #50. The Plow That Broke the Plains <doc>

Flickchart, Best Films

-- @1. Modern Times (Chaplin) -- @2. My Man Godfrey (La Cava) -- @3. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Capra) -- @4. Swing Time (Stevens) -- @5. After the Thin Man -- @6. Fury -- @7. Libeled Lady -- @8. The Petrified Forest -- @9. Dodsworth (Wyler) -- @10. A Day in the Country (Renoir)

-- @11. Sabotage (Hitchcock) -- @12. Things to Come (Menzies) -- @13. Secret Agent (Hitchcock) -- @14. Follow the Fleet (Sandrich) -- @15. The Only Son (Ozu) -- @16. Dracula's Daughter (Hillyer) -- @17. San Francisco (Van Dyke) -- @18. Show Boat (Whale) -- @19. Camille (Cukor) -- @20. The Crime of Monsieur Lange (Renoir)

CriticsTop10, Best Films

-- =1. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town -- =2. The Great Ziegfeld -- =3. San Francisco -- =4. Dodsworth -- =5. Romeo and Juliet (1936) -- =6. The Story of Louis Pasteur -- =7. A Tale of Two Cities -- =8. Anthony Adverse -- =9. The Great Pastures -- =10. Winterset

-- =11 Lloyds of London -- =12 Fury -- =13 These Three -- =14 My Man Godfrey -- =15 Libeled Lady -- =16 The Petrified Forest -- =17 Rose Marie -- =18 Show Boat (1936) -- =19 The Country Doctor -- =20 Theodora Goes Wild

-- =21 The Ghost Goes West -- =22 The Plainsman -- =23 Rembrandt -- =24 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine -- =25 Mary of Scotland -- =26 Three Smart Girls -- =27 Modern Times -- =28 Come and Get It -- =29 Little Lord Fauntleroy -- =30 Craig's Wife (1936)

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, Best Films

-- 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

-- Carnival in Flanders [W] -- The Ghost Goes West -- Les Miserables -- The New Earth, Rembrandt -- Nine Days a Queen -- Son of Mongolia -- The Secret Agent -- We Are From Kronstadt -- The Yellow Cruise

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