1939
1 ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (Howard Hawks)
2 THE RULES OF THE GAME (Jean Renoir)
3 WHEN TOMORROW COMES (John M. Stahl)
4 DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK (John Ford)
5 THE SPY IN BLACK (Michael Powell)
6 STAGECOACH (John Ford)
7 THE ROARING TWENTIES (Raoul Walsh)
8 5TH AVE GIRL (Gregory La Cava)
9 NINOTCHKA (Ernst Lubitsch)
10 FRONTIER MARSHAL (Allan Dwan)
11 THUGS WITH DIRTY MUGS (Tex Avery)
12 YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (John Ford)
13 MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (Frank Capra)
14 THE STORY OF THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Kenji Mizoguchi)
15 LOVE AFFAIR (Leo McCarey)
16 NAUGHTY NEIGHBORS (Robert Clampett)
17 GUNGA DIN (George Stevens)
18 MIDNIGHT (Mitchell Leisen)
19 BACK DOOR TO HEAVEN (William K. Howard)
THE WOMEN (George Cukor)
1938
1 HOLIDAY (George Cukor)
2 BRINGING UP BABY (Howard Hawks)
3 THE LADY VANISHES (Alfred Hitchcock)
4 PORKY IN WACKYLAND (Robert Clampett)
5 THE WOODS ARE FULL OF CUCKOOS (Frank Tashlin)
6 PORKY'S FIVE & TEN (Robert Clampett)
7 YOU AND ME (Fritz Lang)
8 THE CITADEL (King Vidor)
9 TEST PILOT (Victor Fleming)
10 CAREFREE (Mark Sandrich)
11 SPAWN OF THE NORTH (Henry Hathaway)
12 THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (Michael Powell)
13 LE QUAI DES BRUMES (Marcel Carné)
14 REMONTONS LES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES (Sacha Guitry)
15 PORKY IN EGYPT (Robert Clampett)
16 THE DRUM (Zoltan Korda)
17 THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (Michael Curtiz and William Keighley)
18 SUBMARINE PATROL (John Ford)
19 PENNY JOURNEY (Humphrey Jennings)
20 LITTLE PANCHO VANILLA (Frank Tashlin)
21 HAVE YOU GOT ANY CASTLES? (Frank Tashlin)
22 QUADRILLE (Sacha Guitry)
23 THE CRIME OF DOCTOR HALLET (S. Sylvan Simon)
24 UNDER WESTERN STARS (Joseph Kane)
BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE (Ernst Lubitsch)
1937
1 MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (Leo McCarey)
2 ANGEL (Ernst Lubitsch)
3 STAGE DOOR (Gregory La Cava)
4 HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT (Frank Borzage)
5 EASY LIVING (Mitchell Leisen)
6 SHALL WE DANCE (Mark Sandrich)
7 THE GREAT GARRICK (James Whale)
8 YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (Fritz Lang)
9 ARTISTS & MODELS (Raoul Walsh)
10 THE AWFUL TRUTH (Leo McCarey)
11 GRAND ILLUSION (Jean Renoir)
12 YOUNG AND INNOCENT (Alfred Hitchcock)
13 FLIGHT FROM GLORY (Lew Landers)
14 FAISONS UN RÊVE (Sacha Guitry)
15 LES PERLES DE LA COURONNE (Sacha Guitry and Christian-Jaque)
16 THE SPANISH EARTH (Joris Ivens)
17 PÉPÉ LE MOKO (Julien Duvivier)
18 WHAT DID THE LADY FORGET? (Yasujiro Ozu)
19 GREEN FIELDS (Jacob Ben-Ami and Edgar G. Ulmer)
1936
1 FURY (Fritz Lang)
2 SABOTAGE (Alfred Hitchcock)
3 CEILING ZERO (Howard Hawks)
4 CAMILLE (George Cukor)
5 THE STORY OF A CHEAT (Sacha Guitry)
6 THE ROAD TO GLORY (Howard Hawks)
7 MARY OF SCOTLAND (John Ford)
8 THE MILKY WAY (Leo McCarey)
9 SWING TIME (George Stevens)
10 OSAKA ELEGY (Kenji Mizoguchi)
11 THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE (Jean Renoir)
12 BY THE BLUEST OF SEAS (Boris Barnet)
13 COME AND GET IT (Howard Hawks and William Wyler)
14 MY MAN GODFREY (Gregory La Cava)
15 MODERN TIMES (Charles Chaplin)
16 AFTER THE THIN MAN (W.S. Van Dyke)
17 REMBRANDT (Alexander Korda)
18 ROMEO AND JULIET (George Cukor)
19 PORKY IN THE NORTH WOODS (Frank Tashlin)
20 THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND (John Ford)
GREAT GUY (John G. Blystone)
1935
1 RUGGLES OF RED GAP (Leo McCarey)
2 RECKLESS (Victor Fleming)
3 THE GOOD FAIRY (William Wyler)
4 THE 39 STEPS (Alfred Hitchcock)
5 THE GIRL FROM MOORHOF (Douglas Sirk)
6 THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN (Josef von Sternberg)
7 MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (John M. Stahl)
8 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt)
9 TOP HAT (Mark Sandrich)
10 'G' MEN (William Keighley)
11 THE PHANTOM LIGHT (Michael Powell)
12 SYLVIA SCARLETT (George Cukor)
13 SHE MARRIED HER BOSS (Gregory La Cava)
14 THE LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER (Henry Hathaway)
15 THE DAWN RIDER (Robert N. Bradbury)
16 THE FARMER TAKES A WIFE (Victor Fleming)
17 WIFE! BE LIKE A ROSE! (Mikio Naruse)
18 MARY BURNS, FUGITIVE (William K. Howard)
19 AN INN IN TOKYO (Yasujiro Ozu)
20 BORDER BRIGANDS (Nick Grinde)
21 LIVING ON VELVET (Frank Borzage)
22 FIRST A GIRL (Victor Saville)
23 THE CASE OF THE CURIOUS BRIDE (Michael Curtiz)
BONNIE SCOTLAND (James W. Horne)
1934
1 L'ATALANTE (Jean Vigo)
2 OUR DAILY BREAD (King Vidor)
3 THE SCARLET EMPRESS (Josef von Sternberg)
4 TWENTIETH CENTURY (Howard Hawks)
5 A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (Yasujiro Ozu)
6 THE BLACK CAT (Edgar G. Ulmer)
7 THE THIN MAN (W.S. Van Dyke)
8 THE MERRY WIDOW (Ernst Lubitsch)
9 FLIRTATION WALK (Frank Borzage)
10 LA SIGNORA DI TUTTI (Max Ophüls)
11 TWO-GUN MICKEY (Ben Sharpsteen)
12 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (Frank Capra)
13 CARAVAN (Erik Charell)
14 HEAT LIGHTNING (Mervyn LeRoy)
15 THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (Alfred Hitchcock)
16 JIMMY THE GENT (Michael Curtiz)
17 THE STAR PACKER (Robert N. Bradbury)
18 OPERATOR 13 (Richard Bolesawski)
19 HE WAS HER MAN (Lloyd Bacon)
20 THE CAPTAIN HATES THE SEA (Lewis Milestone)
21 NOW I'LL TELL (Edwin J. Burke)
22 GOOD DAME (Marion Gering)
23 THE LAWLESS FRONTIER (Robert N. Bradbury)
24 HERE COMES THE NAVY (Lloyd Bacon)
COME ON, MARINES! (Henry Hathaway)
20 THE CAPTAIN HATES THE SEA (Lewis Milestone)
21 NOW I'LL TELL (Edwin J. Burke)
22 GOOD DAME (Marion Gering)
23 THE LAWLESS FRONTIER (Robert N. Bradbury)
24 HERE COMES THE NAVY (Lloyd Bacon)
COME ON, MARINES! (Henry Hathaway)
BLACK MOON (Roy William Neill)
MIDNIGHT (Chester Erskine)
1933
1 THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (Fritz Lang)
2 PILGRIMAGE (John Ford)
3 POLICEMAN (Tomu Uchida)
4 COUNSELLOR AT LAW (William Wyler)
5 BLOOD MONEY (Rowland Brown)
6 EVERY NIGHT DREAMS (Mikio Naruse)
7 GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy)
8 THE KENNEL MURDER CASE (Michael Curtiz)
9 SONS OF THE DESERT (William A. Seiter)
10 ONLY YESTERDAY (John M. Stahl)
11 ZÉRO DE CONDUITE (Jean Vigo)
12 LAS HURDES (Luis Buñuel)
13 BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS (Roy Del Ruth)
14 DESIGN FOR LIVING (Ernst Lubitsch)
15 LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT (Howard Bretherton and William Keighley)
16 EMPLOYEE'S ENTRANCE (Roy Del Ruth)
17 STATE FAIR (Henry King)
18 LITTLE WOMEN (George Cukor)
19 TODAY WE LIVE (Howard Hawks)
20 TO THE LAST MAN (Henry Hathaway)
21 HARD TO HANDLE (Mervyn LeRoy)
22 42ND STREET (Lloyd Bacon)
23 THE THUNDERING HERD (Henry Hathaway)
24 DON'T BET ON LOVE (Murray Roth)
25 DOUBLE HARNESS (John Cromwell)
26 LADY KILLER (Roy Del Ruth)
27 BUSY BODIES (Lloyd French)
28 MAN'S CASTLE (Frank Borzage)
29 NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN (Alexander Alexeieff and Claire Parker)
30 OKRAINA (Boris Barnet)
31 PICTURE SNATCHER (Lloyd Bacon)
32 DRAGNET GIRL (Yasujiro Ozu)
33 THE MAD GAME (Irving Cummings)
HELLO, SISTER! (Erich von Stroheim)
DIRTY WORK (Lloyd French)
1932
1 LA NUIT DU CARREFOUR (Jean Renoir)
2 BACK STREET (John M. Stahl)
3 SHANGHAI EXPRESS (Josef von Sternberg)
4 BLONDE VENUS (Josef von Sternberg)
5 TWO SECONDS (Mervyn LeRoy)
6 MOVIE CRAZY (Clyde Bruckman)
7 THE MUSIC BOX (James Parrott)
8 VAMPYR (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
9 TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch)
10 ANY OLD PORT! (James W. Horne)
11 HERITAGE OF THE DESERT (Henry Hathaway)
12 WILD GIRL (Raoul Walsh)
13 THE GREEKS HAD A WORD FOR THEM (Lowell Sherman)
14 THE CROWD ROARS (Howard Hawks)
15 TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY (Alfred Santell)
16 L'ATLANTIDE (G.W. Pabst)
17 THE OLD DARK HOUSE (James Whale)
18 DOCTOR X (Michael Curtiz)
19 COUNTY HOSPITAL (James Parrott)
20 THE HATCHET MAN (William A. Wellman)
21 NUMBER 17 (Alfred Hitchcock)
22 AIR MAIL (John Ford)
23 HELPMATES (James Parrott)
24 SCARFACE (Howard Hawks)
25 TOM BROWN OF CULVER (William Wyler)
26 WHERE NOW ARE THE DREAMS OF YOUTH? (Yasujiro Ozu)
27 HELL'S HIGHWAY (Rowland Brown)
28 LOVE ME TONIGHT (Rouben Mamoulian)
29 RAIN (Lewis Milestone)
30 TIGER SHARK (Howard Hawks)
31 SMILIN' THROUGH (Sidney Franklin)
32 A FAREWELL TO ARMS (Frank Borzage)
33 ONE HOUR WITH YOU (Ernst Lubitsch)
34 SCANDAL FOR SALE (Russell Mack)
35 FORBIDDEN (Frank Capra)
36 RACKETY RAX (Alfred L. Werker)
37 AMERICAN MADNESS (Frank Capra)
38 RED DUST (Victor Fleming)
39 I AM A FUGITIVE FROM THE CHAIN GANG (Mervyn LeRoy)
40 VANITY STREET (Nick Grinde)
41 MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (Robert Florey)
TOWED IN A HOLE (George Marshall)
I AIN'T GOT NOBODY (Max Fleischer)
FLESH (John Ford)
SCRAM! (Ray McCarey)
1931
1 M (Fritz Lang)
2 KAMERADSCHAFT (G.W. Pabst)
3 BEAU HUNKS (James W. Horne)
4 DISHONORED (Josef von Sternberg)
5 WATERLOO BRIDGE (James Whale)
6 LA CHIENNE (Jean Renoir)
7 CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin)
8 PLATINUM BLONDE (Frank Capra)
9 QUICK MILLIONS (Rowland Brown)
10 FRANKENSTEIN (James Whale)
11 THE MIRACLE WOMAN (Frank Capra)
12 DIRIGIBLE (Frank Capra)
13 BAD GIRL (Frank Borzage)
14 THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Ernst Lubitsch)
15 A HOUSE DIVIDED (William Wyler)
16 TOKYO CHORUS (Yasujiro Ozu)
17 SEAS BENEATH (John Ford)
18 THE ROYAL BED (Lowell Sherman)
19 FRIENDS AND LOVERS (Victor Schertzinger)
20 PARDON US (70-minute version) (James W. Horne)
21 POSSESSED (Clarence Brown)
22 THE BLUE ANGEL (Josef von Sternberg)
23 TABU (F.W. Murnau)
24 THE PUBLIC ENEMY (William A. Wellman)
25 THE STRUGGLE (D.W. Griffith)
26 HIGH STAKES (Lowell Sherman)
27 CORSAIR (Roland West)
28 OUR WIFE (James W. Horne)
29 THE STAR WITNESS (William A. Wellman)
30 THE FRONT PAGE (Lewis Milestone)
THE BRAT (John Ford)
1930
1 L'ÂGE D'OR (Luis Buñuel)
2 MOROCCO (Josef von Sternberg)
3 CITY GIRL (F.W. Murnau)
4 HER MAN (Tay Garnett)
5 SOUS LES TOITS DE PARIS (René Clair)
6 THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY (George Cukor and Cyril Gardner)
7 ANIMAL CRACKERS (Victor Heerman)
8 I FLUNKED, BUT... (Yasujiro Ozu)
9 ABRAHAM LINCOLN (D.W. Griffith)
10 LILIOM (Frank Borzage)
11 THE FIRE FIGHTERS (Burt Gillett)
12 WESTFRONT 1918 (G.W. Pabst)
13 LAUGHING GRAVY (with alternate ending) (James W. Horne)
14 THE DAWN PATROL (Howard Hawks)
15 THAT NIGHT'S WIFE (Yasujiro Ozu)
16 THE LAUREL-HARDY MURDER CASE (James Parrott)
17 LADIES OF LEISURE (Frank Capra)
18 THE PAY-OFF (Lowell Sherman)
19 THE KING OF JAZZ (John Murray Anderson)
20 THE CHAIN GANG (Burt Gillett)
21 MONTE CARLO (Ernst Lubitsch)
22 THE DOORWAY TO HELL (Archie Mayo)
23 PAID (Sam Wood)
24 HOG WILD (James Parrott)
25 BORDERLINE (Kenneth Macpherson)
THE SEA WOLF (Alfred Santell)
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MIDNIGHT (Chester Erskine)
1933
1 THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (Fritz Lang)
2 PILGRIMAGE (John Ford)
3 POLICEMAN (Tomu Uchida)
4 COUNSELLOR AT LAW (William Wyler)
5 BLOOD MONEY (Rowland Brown)
6 EVERY NIGHT DREAMS (Mikio Naruse)
7 GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy)
8 THE KENNEL MURDER CASE (Michael Curtiz)
9 SONS OF THE DESERT (William A. Seiter)
10 ONLY YESTERDAY (John M. Stahl)
11 ZÉRO DE CONDUITE (Jean Vigo)
12 LAS HURDES (Luis Buñuel)
13 BUREAU OF MISSING PERSONS (Roy Del Ruth)
14 DESIGN FOR LIVING (Ernst Lubitsch)
15 LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT (Howard Bretherton and William Keighley)
16 EMPLOYEE'S ENTRANCE (Roy Del Ruth)
17 STATE FAIR (Henry King)
18 LITTLE WOMEN (George Cukor)
19 TODAY WE LIVE (Howard Hawks)
20 TO THE LAST MAN (Henry Hathaway)
21 HARD TO HANDLE (Mervyn LeRoy)
22 42ND STREET (Lloyd Bacon)
23 THE THUNDERING HERD (Henry Hathaway)
24 DON'T BET ON LOVE (Murray Roth)
25 DOUBLE HARNESS (John Cromwell)
26 LADY KILLER (Roy Del Ruth)
27 BUSY BODIES (Lloyd French)
28 MAN'S CASTLE (Frank Borzage)
29 NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN (Alexander Alexeieff and Claire Parker)
30 OKRAINA (Boris Barnet)
31 PICTURE SNATCHER (Lloyd Bacon)
32 DRAGNET GIRL (Yasujiro Ozu)
33 THE MAD GAME (Irving Cummings)
HELLO, SISTER! (Erich von Stroheim)
DIRTY WORK (Lloyd French)
1932
1 LA NUIT DU CARREFOUR (Jean Renoir)
2 BACK STREET (John M. Stahl)
3 SHANGHAI EXPRESS (Josef von Sternberg)
4 BLONDE VENUS (Josef von Sternberg)
5 TWO SECONDS (Mervyn LeRoy)
6 MOVIE CRAZY (Clyde Bruckman)
7 THE MUSIC BOX (James Parrott)
8 VAMPYR (Carl Theodor Dreyer)
9 TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch)
10 ANY OLD PORT! (James W. Horne)
11 HERITAGE OF THE DESERT (Henry Hathaway)
12 WILD GIRL (Raoul Walsh)
13 THE GREEKS HAD A WORD FOR THEM (Lowell Sherman)
14 THE CROWD ROARS (Howard Hawks)
15 TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY (Alfred Santell)
16 L'ATLANTIDE (G.W. Pabst)
17 THE OLD DARK HOUSE (James Whale)
18 DOCTOR X (Michael Curtiz)
19 COUNTY HOSPITAL (James Parrott)
20 THE HATCHET MAN (William A. Wellman)
21 NUMBER 17 (Alfred Hitchcock)
22 AIR MAIL (John Ford)
23 HELPMATES (James Parrott)
24 SCARFACE (Howard Hawks)
25 TOM BROWN OF CULVER (William Wyler)
26 WHERE NOW ARE THE DREAMS OF YOUTH? (Yasujiro Ozu)
27 HELL'S HIGHWAY (Rowland Brown)
28 LOVE ME TONIGHT (Rouben Mamoulian)
29 RAIN (Lewis Milestone)
30 TIGER SHARK (Howard Hawks)
31 SMILIN' THROUGH (Sidney Franklin)
32 A FAREWELL TO ARMS (Frank Borzage)
33 ONE HOUR WITH YOU (Ernst Lubitsch)
34 SCANDAL FOR SALE (Russell Mack)
35 FORBIDDEN (Frank Capra)
36 RACKETY RAX (Alfred L. Werker)
37 AMERICAN MADNESS (Frank Capra)
38 RED DUST (Victor Fleming)
39 I AM A FUGITIVE FROM THE CHAIN GANG (Mervyn LeRoy)
40 VANITY STREET (Nick Grinde)
41 MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE (Robert Florey)
TOWED IN A HOLE (George Marshall)
I AIN'T GOT NOBODY (Max Fleischer)
FLESH (John Ford)
SCRAM! (Ray McCarey)
1931
1 M (Fritz Lang)
2 KAMERADSCHAFT (G.W. Pabst)
3 BEAU HUNKS (James W. Horne)
4 DISHONORED (Josef von Sternberg)
5 WATERLOO BRIDGE (James Whale)
6 LA CHIENNE (Jean Renoir)
7 CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin)
8 PLATINUM BLONDE (Frank Capra)
9 QUICK MILLIONS (Rowland Brown)
10 FRANKENSTEIN (James Whale)
11 THE MIRACLE WOMAN (Frank Capra)
12 DIRIGIBLE (Frank Capra)
13 BAD GIRL (Frank Borzage)
14 THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (Ernst Lubitsch)
15 A HOUSE DIVIDED (William Wyler)
16 TOKYO CHORUS (Yasujiro Ozu)
17 SEAS BENEATH (John Ford)
18 THE ROYAL BED (Lowell Sherman)
19 FRIENDS AND LOVERS (Victor Schertzinger)
20 PARDON US (70-minute version) (James W. Horne)
21 POSSESSED (Clarence Brown)
22 THE BLUE ANGEL (Josef von Sternberg)
23 TABU (F.W. Murnau)
24 THE PUBLIC ENEMY (William A. Wellman)
25 THE STRUGGLE (D.W. Griffith)
26 HIGH STAKES (Lowell Sherman)
27 CORSAIR (Roland West)
28 OUR WIFE (James W. Horne)
29 THE STAR WITNESS (William A. Wellman)
30 THE FRONT PAGE (Lewis Milestone)
THE BRAT (John Ford)
1930
1 L'ÂGE D'OR (Luis Buñuel)
2 MOROCCO (Josef von Sternberg)
3 CITY GIRL (F.W. Murnau)
4 HER MAN (Tay Garnett)
5 SOUS LES TOITS DE PARIS (René Clair)
6 THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY (George Cukor and Cyril Gardner)
7 ANIMAL CRACKERS (Victor Heerman)
8 I FLUNKED, BUT... (Yasujiro Ozu)
9 ABRAHAM LINCOLN (D.W. Griffith)
10 LILIOM (Frank Borzage)
11 THE FIRE FIGHTERS (Burt Gillett)
12 WESTFRONT 1918 (G.W. Pabst)
13 LAUGHING GRAVY (with alternate ending) (James W. Horne)
14 THE DAWN PATROL (Howard Hawks)
15 THAT NIGHT'S WIFE (Yasujiro Ozu)
16 THE LAUREL-HARDY MURDER CASE (James Parrott)
17 LADIES OF LEISURE (Frank Capra)
18 THE PAY-OFF (Lowell Sherman)
19 THE KING OF JAZZ (John Murray Anderson)
20 THE CHAIN GANG (Burt Gillett)
21 MONTE CARLO (Ernst Lubitsch)
22 THE DOORWAY TO HELL (Archie Mayo)
23 PAID (Sam Wood)
24 HOG WILD (James Parrott)
25 BORDERLINE (Kenneth Macpherson)
THE SEA WOLF (Alfred Santell)
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