Category:1932, Top Films

1928 -- 1929 -- 1930 -- 1931

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>> Film Studies (1930s) <<

1933 -- 1934 -- 1935 -- 1936

-- #1. Freaks (Browning) -- #2. Vampyr (Dreyer) -- #5. Trouble in Paradise (Lubitsch) -- #6. I Was Born, But... (Ozu) -- #11. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (Leroy) -- #14. Island of the Lost Soul (Kenton) -- #16. Grand Hotel (Goulding) <Best Picture> -- #17. The Music Box (Parrott) -- #19. Love Me Tonight (Mamoulian) -- #24. White Zombie (Halperin) -- =36. Tarzan, the Ape Man (Van Dyke) -- #43. Poil de carotte (Duvivier)

Notable Mention

. -- #3. Scarface (Hawks) -- #4. The Blood of a Poet (Cocteau) -- #7. Boudu Saved from Drowning (Renoir) -- #8. Shanghai Express (Sternberg) -- #9. Horse Feathers (McLeod) -- #10. The Most Dangerous Game (Schoedsack & Pichel)

-- @8. (#18) The Old Dark House -- @10. (#13) The Mummy -- =4. (@18) A Farewell to Arms (Borzage) -- =7 A Bill of Divorcement

Additional Films

-- * One Hour with You -- * The Mouthpiece

Critical Reception

MUBI, Best Films (1932)

-- #1. Freaks (Browning) -- #2. Vampyr (Dreyer) -- #3. Scarface (Hawks) -- #4. The Blood of a Poet (Cocteau) -- #5. Trouble in Paradise (Lubitsch) -- #6. I Was Born, But... (Ozu) -- #7. Boudu Saved from Drowning (Renoir) -- #8. Shanghai Express (Sternberg) -- #9. Horse Feathers (McLeod) -- #10. The Most Dangerous Game

-- #11. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (Leroy) -- #12. Que Viva Mexico! -- #13. The Mummy (Freund) -- #14. Island of the Lost Soul -- #15. Blonde Venus -- #16. Grand Hotel -- #17. The Music Box -- #18. The Old Dark House -- #19. Love Me Tonight -- #20. One Hour with You (Lubitsch) -- #21. Wooden Crosses -- #22. Flowers and Trees <short> -- #23. Minnie the Moocher <short> -- #24. White Zombie -- #25. A Farewell to Arms (Borzage) -- #26. Three on a Match (Leroy) -- #27. Red Dust (Fleming) -- #28. Night at the Crossroads (Renoir) -- #29. Broken Lullaby (Lubitsch) -- #30. Red-Headed Woman (Conway)

-- #31. No Blood Relation (Naruse) -- #32. The Blue Light -- #33. Me and My Gal (Walsh) -- #34. Fanny -- #35. County Hospital -- #36. Murders in the Rue Morgue -- #37. The Fortune Teller -- #38. The Mask of Fu Manchu -- #39. The Idea -- #40. Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? -- #41. Merrily We Go to Hell -- #42. Helpmates -- #43. Poil de carotte (Duvivier) -- #44. Bird of Paradise (Vidor) -- #45. Santa's Workshop <short> -- #46. American Madness -- #47. Rain (Milestone) -- #48. The Sign of the Cross (DeMille) -- #49. Doctor X -- #50. Million Dollar Legs

-- #50+. As You Desire Me -- The Mouthpiece -- Tarzan, the Ape Man

Flickchat, Best Films

-- @1. Trouble in Paradise (Lubitsch) -- @2. Freaks (Browning) -- @3. Horse Feathers (McLeod) -- @4. Vampyr (Dreyer) -- @5. Scarface (Hawks) -- @6. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (Leroy) -- @7. Island of the Lost Soul -- @8. The Old Dark House -- @9. Grand Hotel -- @10. The Mummy (Freund)

-- @11. The Most Dangerous Game -- @12. I Was Born, But... (Ozu) -- @13. Shanghai Express (Sternberg) -- @14. The Blood of a Poet (Cocteau) -- @15. Love Me Tonight -- @16. Boudu Saved from Drowning (Renoir) -- @17. The Music Box -- @18. A Farewell to Arms -- @19. White Zombie -- @20. One Hour with You (Lubitsch)

CriticsTop10, Best Films (1932)

-- =1 Grand Hotel -- =2 Smilin' Through (1932) -- =3 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) -- =4 Farewell to Arms -- =5 Emma (1932) -- =6 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang -- =7 A Bill of Divorcement -- =8 Back Street (1932) -- =9 Scarface (1932) -- =10 Maedchen in Uniform

-- =11 Shanghai Express -- =12 Animal Kingdom -- =13 Broken Lullaby -- =14 Man Who Played God -- =15 Blessed Event -- =16 Strange Interlude -- =17 Washington Merry-Go-Round -- =18 Love Me Tonight -- =19 Trouble in Paradise -- =20 Bring 'Em Back Alive -- =21 Washington Masqurade -- =22 Arsene Lupin -- =23 As You Desire Me -- =24 Congress Dances -- =25 Hell Divers -- =26 American Madness -- =27 One Hour with You -- =28 Movie Crazy -- =29 A Farewell to Arms (1932) -- =30 Life Begins

-- =31 The Phantom President -- =32 Silver Dollar -- =33 Once in a Lifetime -- =34 Wet Parade -- =35 If I Had a Million -- =36 Tarzan, the Ape Man -- =37 Night of June -- =38 Doomed Battalion -- =39 What Price Hollywood -- =40 Union Depot -- =41 Horse Feathers -- =42 So Big (1932) -- =43 Red Headed Woman -- =44 Big Broadcast -- =45 Tiger Shark -- =46 Dance Team -- =47 This Is the Night -- =48 The Mouthpiece -- =49 One Way Passage -- =50 Last Mile -- =51 Blondie of the Follies

Silent Era, Best Films

-- #129. I Was Born, But...

-- #300+. Happiness / Schastye

Paste Magazine, Best Films

#7 I Was Born, But...
#87. The Nail in the Boot (Kalazotov)

Oscar, Best Films

-- Grand Hotel -- Arrowsmith -- Bad Girl (1931) -- The Champ (1931) -- Five Star Final -- One Hour with You -- Shanghai Express -- The Smiling Lieutenant

Top Grossing Films

-- The Sign of the Cross -- The Kid from Spain -- Emma -- Hell Divers -- Grand Hotel -- Prosperity -- Tarzan the Ape Man -- Smilin' Through -- The Big Broadcast -- A Farewell to Arms -- Strange Interlude

Schneider, Best Films

-- #1. Freaks -- #2. Vampyr -- #5. Trouble in Paradise -- #7. Boudu Saved from Drowning -- #11. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang -- #19. Love Me Tonight

-- Shanghai Express -- Scarface -- Me and My Gal -- The Bitter Tea of General Yen

National Board of Review, Best Films

-- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang [W] -- As You Desire Me -- A Bill of Divorcement -- A Farewell to Arms -- Scarface -- Tarzan the Ape Man -- Trouble in Paradise -- Madame Racketeer -- Payment Deferred -- Two Seconds

-- The Battle of Gallipoli -- Der Andere -- Der Raub der Mona Lisa -- Golden Mountains -- Kameradschaft -- Madchen in Uniform -- A Nous la Liberte -- Reserved for Ladies -- Road to Life -- Zwei Menschen

National Film Registry

-- Freaks -- Grand Hotel -- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang -- Love Me Tonight -- Trouble in Paradise -- The Music Box <short> -- Red Dust -- Scarface

-- Flowers and Trees <short> -- A Study in Reds <short>

NYT, Best Films

-- Grand Hotel -- Trouble in Paradise -- The Mouthpiece -- One Hour with You

TSPDT, Best Films

-- Trouble in Paradise -- Freaks -- I Was Born, But... -- Love Me Tonight -- Vampyr -- Scarface -- Boudu Saved from Drowning

-- Land Without Bread -- La Nuit du carrefour

Top10ner, Best Films

-- #1. Freaks -- #2. Vampyr -- #3. Scarface -- #5. Trouble in Paradise -- #11. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Film101, Best Films

-- #1. Freaks -- #2. Vampyr -- #3. Scarface -- #5. Trouble in Paradise -- #7. Boudu Saved from Drowning -- #8. Shanghai Express -- #11. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang -- #16. Grand Hotel -- #17. The Music Box <short> -- #19. Love Me Tonight -- #20. One Hour with You