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1927 -- 1928 -- 1929 -- 1930

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>> Film Studies (1930s) <<

1932 -- 1933 -- 1934 -- 1935

-- #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

Notable Mentions

-- #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>

• Alice in Wonderland (1931)

Critical Reception

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 / Limite -- #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

The Film Daily, Best Films (1931)

-- #1 Cimarron (1931) -- #2 Street Scene -- #3 The Champ -- #4 Skippy -- #5 Arrowsmith -- #6 Bad Girl -- #7 Front Page -- #8 The Guardsman -- #9 Five Star Final -- #10 City Lights

-- #11 A Free Soul -- #12 The Sin of Madelon Claudet -- #13 Little Caesar -- #14 Smiling Lieutenant -- #15 Trader Horn -- #16 An American Trajedy -- #17 Alexander Hamilton -- #18 Public Enemy -- #19 Waterloo Bridge (1931) -- #20 Daddy Long Legs (1931) -- #21 Susan Lenox -- #22 The Millionaire -- #22 A Connecticut Yankee (1931) -- #24 Tabu -- #25 Private Lives -- #26 Seed -- #26 East Lynne -- #28 Mati Hari -- #29 Blue Angel -- #30 Frankenstein

-- #31 Spirit of Notre Dame -- #32 Dirigible -- #33 Palmy Days -- #33 The Criminal Code -- #35 Monkey Business -- #35 Dracula -- #35 Devotion (1931) -- #38 Star Witness -- #38 Huckleberry Finn -- #40 Svengali -- #40 Smart Money -- #42 Transatlantic -- #42 Rebound -- #42 Merely Mary Ann -- #45 Strangers May Kiss -- #45 Sporting Blood -- #47 Platinum Blonde -- #47 Night Nurse -- #49 Politics -- #49 The Miracle Woman -- #51 A Nous, La Liberte

Paste Magazine, Best Films

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

Silent Era, Best Films

-- #4. City Lights -- #61. Tabu -- #300+. Limit / 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 -- #5. Tabu: A Story of the South Seas -- #6. The Public Enemy -- #7. À Nous la Liberté -- #8. Limit -- #10. Le Million -- #14. Little Caesar -- #17. La Chienne

-- 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