Best Films of the 30's

Submitted by AfterHours on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 17:32
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  1. 9/10
  2. M-Lang (1931)

  4. 8/10
  5. The Blue Angel-Von Sternberg (1930)

  7. 7.5/10
  8. Modern Times-Chaplin (1936)
  9. The Rules of the Game-Renoir (1939)
  10. L'Age d'Or-Bunuel (1930)
  11. L'Atlante-Vigo (1934)
  12. Bringing Up Baby-Hawks (1938)
  13. Vampyr-Dreyer (1931)
  14. Alexander Nevsky-Eisenstein (1938)
  15. Mr Smith Goes To Washington-Capra (1939)
  16. All Quiet On The Western Front-Milestone (1930)
  17. King Kong-Schoedsack (1933)
Marquee12/14/2009

I think the most conspicuous omissions are Chaplin's City Lights, Van Dyke's The Thin Man Renoir's The Grand Illusion, Hawks' Only Angels Have Wings and Ozu's I Was Born... But. I'd also give the nod to Lewis Milestone's The Front Page, but I can see it not being for everyone.

It's almost nice not to see the Marx Brothers. I never got their brand of comedy, far too dated. The Renoir, Bunuel and Vigo are all lower than I would place them, but they're included so I can't complain.

AfterHours12/17/2009

I'm a bit thin on the 30's. Haven't seen any of the ones in you mention in your 1st paragraph but I'll get to them. Grand Illusion and City Lights are on my must see list.