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Best of the Decade
1 ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (Howard Hawks)
2 LA NUIT DU CARREFOUR (Jean Renoir)
3 RUGGLES OF RED GAP (Leo McCarey)
4 THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE (Fritz Lang)
5 MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (Leo McCarey)
6 L'ATALANTE (Jean Vigo)
7 THE RULES OF THE GAME (Jean Renoir)
8 BACK STREET (John M. Stahl)
9 M (Fritz Lang)
10 OUR DAILY BREAD (King Vidor)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
