Category:1933, Top Films

1929 -- 1930 -- 1931 -- 1932

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>> Film Studies (1930s) <<

1934 -- 1935 -- 1936 -- 1937

-- #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

Notable Mention

-- #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

MUBI, Best Films (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 (Lubitsch) -- #8. Gold Diggers of 1933 -- #9. Queen Christina (Mamoulian) -- #10. Baby Face (Green)

-- #11. 42nd Street (Bacon) -- #12. Dinner at Eight (Cukor) -- #13. Japanese Girls at the Harbor (Shimizu) -- #14. Three Little Pigs <short> -- #15. Footlight Parade (Bacon) -- #16. Ecstasy -- #17. Snow-White <short> -- #18. Liebelei (Ophuls) -- #19. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Capra) -- #20. Every-Night Dreams (Naruse) -- #21. Passing Fancy (Ozu) -- #22. Sons of the Desert -- #23. Apart from You (Naruse) -- #24. Man's Castle (Borzage) -- #25. A Song of Lisbon -- #26. Oramunde -- #27. Outskirts (Barnet) -- #28. Woman of Tokyo (Ozu) -- #29. Lot in Sodom -- #30. Little Women (Cukor)

-- #31. Lullaby Land <short> -- #32. The Private Life of Henry VIII -- #33. Night on Bald Mountain -- #34. Pilgrimage (Ford) -- #35. The Water Magician (Mizoguchi) -- #36. Bombshell (Fleming) -- #37. Mystery of the Wax Museum (Curtiz) -- #38. Wild Boys of the Road (Wellman) -- #39. Im no Angel (Ruggles) -- #40. She Done Him Wrong (Sherman) -- #41. Hallelujah Im a Bum (Milestone) -- #42. Dragnet Girl (Ozu) -- #43. The mad Doctor <short> -- #44. Heroes for Sale (Wellman) -- #45. Misere au Borinage -- #46. Midnight Mary (Wellman) -- #47. Lady for a Day (Capra) -- #48. Rough Diamons -- #49. Daybreak (Yu) -- #50. New Earth (Ivens)

CriticsTop10, Best Films (1933)

-- #1. Cavalcade -- #2. Little Women (1933) -- #3. 42nd Street -- #4. Private Life of Henry VIII -- #5. Lady for a Day -- #6. State Fair (1933) -- #7. She Done Him Wrong -- #8. Dinner at Eight -- #9. Rasputin and the Empress -- #10. Berkeley Square

-- #11. Tugboat Annie -- #12. When Ladies Meet (1933) -- #13. Morning Glory -- #14. Reunion in Vienna -- #15. The Sign of the Cross -- #16. Gabriel Over the White House -- #17. The Bowery -- #18. Power and the Glory -- #19. Footlight Parade -- #20. Another Language -- #21. Voltaire -- #22. Be Mine Tonight -- #23. Only Yesterday -- #24. King Kong (1933) -- #25. Topaze -- #26. Zoo in Budapest -- #27. Gold Diggers of 1933 -- #28. Little Man, What Now? -- #29. Stranger's Return -- #30. Emperor Jones

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

Paste Magazine, Best Films

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

Silent Era, Best Films

-- 300+. Little Toys / Xiao Wanyi

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)

Best International Films

{Japan} -- Japanese Girls at the Harbor

Internet

Tubi

-- The Private Life of Henry VIII -- Oliver Twist