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1927 -- 1928 -- 1929 -- 1930

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1932 -- 1933 -- 1934 -- 1935

Notable 1931 movies

• Alice in Wonderland (1931)

Ranking

My Picks

-- #1. M -- #2. City Lights -- #3. Frankenstein -- #4. Dracula -- #6. The Public Enemy -- #7. À nous la liberté -- #10. Le Million -- #13. Dr. Jekill and My. Hyde -- #14. Little Caesar -- #17. La Chienne -- #18. The Smiling Lieutenant -- #27. The Champ -- #28. Dracula {es} -- #30. Marius -- #34. 'City Streets -- #35. 'The Maltese Falcon -- #50+. Emil und die Detective

Limbo

-- #5. Tabu (Murnau) -- #8. Limit (Peixoto) -- #9. Monkey Business (McLeod) -- #16. Girls in Uniform (Sagan)<Rotten Tomatoes> -- #50+. Cimarron (Ruggles) <Best Picture> -- #50+. Bad Girl (Borzage) <Best Director> -- #50+. Skippy (Taurog) <Best Director>

Critical Reception

The Film Daily, Best Films (1931)

-- #1 Cimarron (1931) 273 80% 1931 (273) -- #2 Street Scene 200 59% 1931 (200) -- #3 The Champ (1931) 214 58% 1932 (214) -- #4 Skippy 178 52% 1931 (178) -- #5 Arrowsmith 192 52% 1932 (192) -- #6 Bad Girl 172 51% 1931 (172) -- #7 Front Page 162 48% 1931 (162) -- #8 The Guardsman 170 46% 1932 (170) -- #9 Five Star Final 138 41% 1931 (138) -- #10 City Lights 128 38% 1931 (128)

-- #11 A Free Soul 114 34% 1931 (114) -- #12 The Sin of Madelon Claudet 99 29% 1931 (99) -- #13 Little Caesar 97 29% 1931 (97) -- #14 Smiling Lieutenantn 91 27% 1931 (91) -- #15 Trader Horn 88 26% 1931 (88) -- #16 An American Trajedy 69 20% 1931 (69) -- #17 Alexander Hamilton 65 19% 1931 (65) -- #18 Public Enemy 56 16% 1931 (56) -- #19 Waterloo Bridge (1931) 55 16% 1931 (55) -- #20 Daddy Long Legs (1931) 52 15% 1931 (52) -- #21 Susan Lenox 50 15% 1931 (50) -- #22 The Millionaire 45 13% 1931 (45) -- #22 A Connecticut Yankee (1931) 45 13% 1931 (45) -- #24 Tabu 42 12% 1931 (42) -- #25 Private Lives 37 10% 1932 (37) -- #26 Seed 31 9% 1931 (31) -- #26 East Lynne 31 9% 1931 (31) -- #28 Mati Hari 33 9% 1932 (33) -- #29 Blue Angel 28 8% 1931 (28) -- #30 Frankenstein 28 8% 1932 (28)

-- #31 Spirit of Notre Dame 22 6% 1931 (22) -- #32 Dirigible 20 6% 1931 (20) -- #33 Palmy Days 18 5% 1931 (18) -- #33 The Criminal Code 18 5% 1931 (18) -- #35 Monkey Business (1931) 17 5% 1931 (17) -- #35 Dracula 17 5% 1931 (17) -- #35 Devotion (1931) 17 5% 1931 (17) -- #38 Star Witness 16 5% 1931 (16) -- #38 Huckleberry Finn 16 5% 1931 (16) -- #40 Svengali 15 4% 1931 (15) -- #40 Smart Money 15 4% 1931 (15) -- #42 Transatlantic 14 4% 1931 (14) -- #42 Rebound 14 4% 1931 (14) -- #42 Merely Mary Ann 14 4% 1931 (14) -- #45 Strangers May Kiss 13 4% 1931 (13) -- #45 Sporting Blood 13 4% 1931 (13) -- #47 Platinum Blonde 12 4% 1931 (12) -- #47 Night Nurse 12 4% 1931 (12) -- #49 Politics 11 3% 1931 (11) -- #49 Miracle Woman 11 3% 1931 (11) -- #51 A Nous, La Liberte

MUBI, Best Films

• 50 Top Films of 1931

-- #1. M -- #2. City Lights -- #3. Frankenstein -- #4. Dracula -- #5. Tabu -- #6. The Public Enemy -- #7. À nous la liberté -- #8. Limit -- #9. Monkey Business -- #10. Le Million

-- #11. Taris -- #12. The Threepenny Opera -- #13. Dr. Jekill and My. Hyde -- #14. Little Caesar -- #15. Working on the Douro River -- #16. Girls in Uniform -- #17. La Chienne -- #18. The Smiling Lieutenant -- #19. Dishonored -- #20. Tokyo Chorus -- #21. Enthusiasm -- #22. Night Nurse -- #23. Bimbo's Iniziation -- #24. Flunky, Work Hard! -- #25. Waterloo Bridge -- #26. Safe in Hell -- #27. The Champ -- #28. Dracula {es} -- #29. The Light Penetrates the Dark -- #30. Marius

-- #31. Blonde Crazy -- #32. Autumn Fire -- #33. The Miracle Woman -- #34. 'City Streets -- #35. 'The Maltese Falcon -- #36. Rich and Strange -- #37. Comradeship -- #38. Street Scene -- #39. Possessed -- #40. Philips-Radio -- #41. Platinum Blonde -- #42. A Bronx Morning -- #43. Other Men's Women -- #44. The Threepenny Opera -- #45. Dainah la metisse -- #46. A Free soul -- #47. Egyptian Melodies -- #48. El desastre en Oaxaca -- #49. Beau Hunks -- #50. Mor'vran

Paste Magazine, Best Films

-- #16. Tabu -- #31. City Lights

Silent Era, Best Films

-- #4. City Lights -- #61. Tabu

-- #300+. Limite

Oscar, Best Films

-- Cimarron -- East Lynne -- The Front Page -- Skippy -- Trader Horn -- A Free Soul -- Morocco (1930)

Top Grossing Films

-- #2. City Lights -- Trader Horn -- Palmy Days -- The Man Who Came Back -- Merely Mary Ann -- #13. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- Arrowsmith -- A Connecticut Yankee -- Cimarron -- Bad Girl -- Possessed

Schneider, Best Films

-- #1. M -- #2. City Lights -- #3. Frankenstein -- #4. Dracula -- #6. The Public Enemy -- #7. À Nous la Liberté -- #10. Le Million -- #14. Little Caesar -- #17. La Chienne

-- #5. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas -- #8. Limit -- The Front Page -- Cimarron

National Board of Review

-- #2. City Lights -- #34. City Streets

-- #5. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas -- Cimarron -- Dishonored -- The Front Page -- The Guardsman -- Quick Millions -- Rango -- Surrender

National Film Registry

-- #2. City Lights -- #4. Dracula -- #3. Frankenstein -- #6. The Public Enemy -- #14. Little Caesar -- #28. Drácula

-- #5. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas -- The Front Page -- A Bronx Morning <short> -- The Forgotten Frontier <doc> -- Martha Graham dance films <short> (1931–1944)

American Film Institute

-- #2. City Lights -- #3. Frankenstein

NYT, Best Films

-- #1. M -- #3. Frankenstein -- #4. Dracula -- #6. The Public Enemy -- #7. À nous la liberté -- #13. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- #14. Little Caesar -- #17. La Chienne

TSPDT, Best Films

-- #1. M -- #2. City Lights -- #3. Frankenstein -- #10. Le Million -- #17. La Chienne

-- #5. Tabu -- #8. Limit

Top10ner, Best Films

-- #1. M -- #2. City Lights -- #3. Frankenstein

Film101, Best Films

-- #1. M -- #2. City Lights -- #3. Frankenstein -- #6. The Public Enemy -- #7. À nous la liberté -- #10. Le Million -- #13. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- #14. Little Caesar -- #17. La Chienne

-- The Front Page

Rotten Tomatoes, Best Films

-- #1. M -- #6. The Public Enemy -- #16. Girls in Uniform

ChildActors, Best Films

-- #27. The Champ -- #50+. Emil und die Detektive (Germany)

-- Huckleberry Finn -- Skippy

-- Ambassador Bill -- Father's Son -- Our Gang: Fly My Kite -- The Lightning Warrior -- Love Business -- On purge bébé [Baby's Laxative] (France) -- Penrod (serial) -- Penrod and Sam -- Putyovka v zhizn [Road to Life] (URSS) -- The Sin of Madelon Claudet -- Sooky -- The Star Witness -- The Vanishing Legion

Best International Films

{France}

-- #17. La chienne

TimeOut, Best French Films

-- #69. La Chienne