Category:1931, Top Films

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 Mention

-- #5. Tabu (Murnau) -- #8. Limit (Peixoto) -- #9. Monkey Business (McLeod) -- #19. (=7) Front Page (Milestone) -- #50+. (=1) Cimarron (Ruggles) <Oscar>

Additional films

-- #16. Girls in Uniform (Sagan)<Rotten Tomatoes> -- #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

Flickchat, Best Films

-- @1. City Lights -- @2. M -- @3. Frankenstein -- @4. Dracula -- @5. The Public Enemy -- @6. Monkey Business -- @7. The Maltese Falcon -- @8. Dr. Jekill and My. Hyde -- @9. Little Caesar -- @10. Dracula

-- @11. Tabu -- @12. Liberty for Us / À nous la liberté (Clair) -- @13. Le Million -- @14. La Chienne -- @15. The Champ -- @16. Night Nurse -- @17. The Smiling Lieutenant -- @18. Madchen in Uniform -- @19. The Front Page -- @20. Dishonored

CriticsTop10, Best Films

-- =1 Cimarron (1931) -- =2 Street Scene -- =3 The Champ -- =4 Skippy -- =5 Arrowsmith -- =6 Bad Girl -- =7 The 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 -- =23 A Connecticut Yankee (1931) -- =24 Tabu -- =25 Private Lives -- =26 Seed -- =27 East Lynne -- =28 Mati Hari -- =29 Blue Angel -- =30 Frankenstein

-- =31 Spirit of Notre Dame -- =32 Dirigible -- =33 Palmy Days -- =34 The Criminal Code -- =35 Monkey Business -- =36 Dracula -- =37 Devotion (1931) -- =38 Star Witness -- =39 Huckleberry Finn -- =40 Svengali -- =41 Smart Money -- =42 Transatlantic -- =43 Rebound -- =44 Merely Mary Ann -- =45 Strangers May Kiss -- =46 Sporting Blood -- =47 Platinum Blonde -- =48 Night Nurse -- =49 Politics -- =50 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