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1930-1939

1930
1. The Dawn Patrol (Howard Hawks, USA)
2. City Girl (F.W. Murnau, USA)

3. All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone, USA)

4. People on Sunday (Richard Siodmak/Edgar G. Ulmer, Germany) (NO USA RELEASE)
5. Morocco (Josef von Sternberg, USA)

6. Outside the Law (Tod Browning, USA)
7. Fragment of an Empire (Fridrikh Ermier, Soviet Union)

8. The Doorway to Hell (Archie Mayo, USA)

9. Her Man (Tay Garnett, USA)
10. Another Fine Mess (James Parrott, USA)

11. The Sea Wolf (Alfred Santell, USA)

12. Up the River (John Ford, USA)
13. Laughing Gravy (James W. Horne, USA)

14. Ladies of Leisure (Frank Capra, USA)

15. Madame Satan (Cecil B. DeMille, USA)

16. Min and Bill (George W. Hill, USA)

17. The Unholy Three (Jack Conway, USA)
18. Danger Lights (George B. Seitz, USA)
19. Sinner’s Holiday (John G. Adolfi, USA)
20. The White Hell of Pitz Palu (Arnold Fanck/G.W. Pabst, Germany)


1931
1. M (Fritz Lang, Germany) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1933)
2. Frankenstein (James Whale, USA)
3. An American Tragedy (Josef von Sternberg, USA)
4. City Lights (Charles Chaplin, USA)

5. Dracula (Tod Browning, USA

6. Bad Girl (Frank Borzage, USA)
7. The Miracle Woman (Frank Capra, USA)
8. Safe in Hell (Louis Wolheim, USA)
9. Svengali (Archie Mayo, USA)
10. Tokyo Chorus (Yasujiro Ozu, Japan) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1982)

11. Le Million (Rene Clair, France)

12. Waterloo Bridge (James Whale, USA)
13. Little Caesar (Mervyn LeRoy, USA)

14. Seed (John M. Stahl, USA)
15. The Yellow Ticket (Raoul Walsh, USA)
16. From Saturday to Sunday (Gustav Machaty, Czechoslovakia/Austria) (NO USA RELEASE)
17. The Public Enemy (William A. Wellman, USA)

18. Men in Her Life (William Beaudine, USA)

19. Five Star Final (Mervyn LeRoy, USA)
20. Chickens Come Home (James W. Horne, USA)
21. A Free Soul (Clarence Brown, USA)
22. The Champ (King Vidor, USA)
23. Night Nurse (William A. Wellman, USA)

24. The Secret Six (George W. Hill, USA)

25. Caught (Edward Sloman, USA)
26. Surrender (William K. Howard, USA)
27. Murder by the Clock (Edward Sloman, USA)

28. Smart Money (Alfred E. Green, USA)

29. Rich Man's Folly (John Cromwell, USA)

30. The Sin of Madelon Claudet (Edgar Selwyn, USA)

31. The Erl King (Marie-Louise Iribe, France)
32. Platinum Blonde (Frank Capra, USA)

33. Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (Edward Sedgwick, USA)
34. Blonde Crazy (Roy del Ruth, USA)

35. Smart Woman (Gregory La Cava, USA)

36. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Rouben Mamoulian, USA)

37. Arrowsmith (John Ford, USA)

38. Illicit (Archie Mayo, USA)

39. The Phantom of Paris (John S. Robertson, USA)

40. The Millionaire (John G. Adolfi, USA)
41. Cracked Nuts (Edward F. Cline, USA)


1932
1. Freaks (Tod Browning, USA)
2. Vampyr: Der Traum des Allan Grey (Carl Theodor Dreyer, Germany) (NO USA RELEASE)
3. Shanghai Express (Josef von Sternberg, USA)
4. Murders in the Rue Morgue (Robert Florey, USA)
5. The Music Box (James Parrott, USA)

6. The Most Dangerous Game (Ernest B. Schoedsack, USA)
7. The Old Dark House (James Whale, USA)
8. American Madness (Frank Capra, USA)
9. Kongo (William J. Cowen, USA)
10. Island of Lost Souls (Eric C. Kenton, USA)
11. Boudu Saved from Drowning (Jean Renoir, France) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1967)

12. Kameradschaft (G.W. Papst, Germany/France)
13. Scarface (Howard Hawks, USA)
​14. I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (Mervyn LeRoy, USA)
15. Tess of the Storm Country (Alfred Santell, USA)
16. Flesh (John Ford, USA)

17. So Big! (William A. Wellman, USA)

18. A Farewell to Arms (Frank Borzage, USA)
19. Me and My Gal (Raoul Walsh, USA)

20. Three on a Match (Mervyn LeRoy, USA)
21. The Mummy (Karl Freund, USA)
22. Grand Hotel (Edmund Goulding, USA)
23. Trouble in Paradise (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)

24. Merrily We Go to Hell (Dorothy Arzner, USA)

25. Frisco Jenny (William A. Wellman, USA)

26. The Strange Case of Clara Deane (Louis J. Gasnier/Max Marcin, USA)

27. Red Headed Woman (Jack Conway, USA)
28. The Dentist (Leslie Pearce, USA)
29. Doctor X (Michael Curtiz, USA)

30. The Purchase Price (William A. Wellman, USA)

31. The Beast of the City (Charles Brabin, USA)

32. She Wanted a Millionaire (John G. Blystone, USA)
33. Hell's Highway (Rowland Brown, USA)
34. White Zombie (Victor Halperin, USA)

35. Forbidden (Frank Capra, USA)
36. One Way Passage (Tay Garnett, USA)

37. Chandu the Magician (William Cameron Menzies, USA)
38. Horse Feathers (Norman Z. McLeod, USA)
39. Arsene Lupin (Jack Conway, USA)
40. Hell's House (Howard Higgin, USA)

41. Emma (Clarence Brown, USA)
42. Wild Girl (Raoul Walsh, USA)

43. Air Mail (John Ford, USA)

44. Rasputin and the Empress (Richard Boleslawski, USA)

45. Jewel Robbery (William Dieterle, USA)
46. Hell’s House (Howard Higgin, USA)
47. Night Court (W.S. Van Dyke, USA)
48. Union Depot (Alfred E. Green, USA)


1933
1. Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, USA)
2. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Fritz Lang, Germany) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1952)
3. Policeman (121 Minutes) (Tomu Uchida, Japan) (No USA Release)
4. Pilgrimage (John Ford, USA)

5. Footlight Parade (Lloyd Bacon, USA)
6. The Invisible Man (James Whale, USA)
7. Design for Living (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)
8. King Kong (Merian C. Cooper/Ernest B. Schoedsack, USA)

9. Wild Boys of the Road (William A. Wellman, USA)
10. The Barber Shop (Arthur Ripley, USA)
11. The Curse of a Broken Heart (Lester Neilson, USA)

12. Destination Unknown (Tay Garnett, USA)

13. Gold Diggers of 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy, USA)

14. Bombshell (Victor Fleming, USA)
15. Morning Glory (Lowell Sherman, USA)
16. The Silver Cord (George Archainbaud, USA)

17. Baby Face (Alfred E. Green, USA)
18. Murders in the Zoo (Edward Sutherland, USA)
19. The Ghoul (T. Hayes Hunter, UK)
20. The Fatal Glass of Beer (Clyde Bruckman, USA)
21. The Pharmacist (Arthur Ripley, USA)

22. Pick-Up (Marion Gering, USA)

23. Gabriel Over the White House (Gregory La Cava, USA)
24.  Heroes for Sale (William A. Wellman, USA) 

25. The Sin of Nora Moran (Phil Goldstone, USA)

26. Employees' Entrance (Roy Del Ruth, USA)
27. Picture Snatcher (Lloyd Bacon, USA)
28. Blood Money (Rowland Brown, USA)
29. Sons of the Desert (William A. Seiter, USA)

30. Hoop-La (Frank Lloyd, USA)
31. I Am Suzanne! (Rowland V. Lee, USA)

32. Doctor Bull (John Ford, USA)

33. Man's Castle (Frank Borzage, USA)

34. Ladies They Talk About (Howard Bretherton/William Keighley, USA) 

35. Bombshell (Victor Fleming, USA)

36. Moonlight and Pretzels (Karl Freund, USA)

37. Hold Your Man (Sam Wood, USA)
38. Me and My Pal (Charley Rogers, USA)
39. The Vampire Bat (Frank Strayer, USA)

40. Hard to Handle (Mervyn LeRoy, USA)

41. She Done Him Wrong (Lowell Sherman, USA)


Hello, Sister! (Erich von Stroheim, USA)

1934
1. The Black Cat (Edgar G. Ulmer, USA)
2. It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, USA)
3. It’s A Gift (Norman Z. McLeod, USA)
4. Twentieth Century (Howard Hawks, USA)

5. Dames (Busby Berkeley, USA)

6. Our Daily Bread (King Vidor, USA)

7. Imitation of Life (John M. Stahl, USA)

8. The Gay Divorcee (Mark Sandrich, USA)

9, Tarzan and His Mate (Cedric Gibbons, USA)
10 Les miserables (Raymond Bernard, France) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1936)

11. Zou Zou (Marc Allegrat, France) (Release in USA in 1989)
12. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, USA)
13. Black Moon (Roy William Neill, USA)

14. Glamour (William Wyler, USA)

15. A Modern Hero (G.W. Pabst, USA)
16. Journal of a Crime (William Keighley, USA)

17. La Belle de Nuit (Louis Valray, France) (No USA Release) 

18. Man of Aran (Robert J. Flaherty, UK)
19. Going Bye-Bye! (Charley Rogers, USA)

 

The Lost Patrol (John Ford, USA)

1935
1. Bride of Frankenstein (James Whale, USA)
2. The 39 Steps (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
3. Ruggles of Red Gap (Leo McCarey, USA)

4. Crime and Punishment (Josef von Sternberg, USA)

5. The Wedding Night (King Vidor, USA)
6. The Informer (John Ford, USA)

7. Mad Love (Karl Freund, USA)

8. Gold Diggers of 1935 (Busby Berkeley, USA)

9. The Whole Town's Talking (John Ford, USA)

10. Top Hat (Mark Sandrich, USA)
11. The Raven (Louis Friedlander, USA)
12. The Black Room (Roy William Neill, USA)

13. Peter Ibbetson (Henry Hathaway, USA)
14. Werewolf of London (Stuart Walker, USA)

15. Mary Burns, Fugitive (William K. Howard, USA)

16. Man on the Flying Trapeze (Clyde Bruckman, USA)
17. Mark of the Vampire (Tod Browning, USA)
18. The Clairvoyant (Maurice Elvey, USA)

19. Steamboat Round the Bend (John Ford, USA)

20. If You Could Only Cook (William A. Seiter, USA)
21. G-Men (William Knighley, USA)
22. Dr. Socrates (William Dieterie, USA)

23. The Awakening of Jim Burke (Lambert Hillyer, USA)

1936
1. Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, USA)
2. Fury (Fritz Lang, USA)
3. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (Frank Capra, USA)

4. The Prisoner of Shark Island (John Ford, USA)
5. Dracula’s Daughter (Lambert Hillyer, USA)
6. My Man Godfrey (Gregory La Cava, USA)

7. Libeled Lady (Jack Conway, USA)

8. Trouble for Two (J. Walter Ruben, USA)
9. The Devil Doll (Tod Browning, USA)

10. Swing Time (George Stevens, USA)
11. Sabotage (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)

12. The Man Who Could Work Miracles (Lothar Mendes, UK)
13.  The Walking Dead (Michael Curtiz, USA)
14. The Invisible Ray (Lambert Hillyer, USA)
15. The Prisoner of Shark Island (John Ford, USA)
16. Craig’s Wife (Dorothy Arzner, USA)


1937
1. Make Way for Tomorrow (Leo McCarey, USA)
2. Grand Illusion (Jean Renoir, France) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1938)
3. History Is Made At Night (Frank Borzage, USA)
4. The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, USA)

5. Lost Horizon (Frank Capra, USA)

6. Topper (Norman Z. MacLeod, USA)

7. Stage Door (Gregory La Cava, USA)
8. Night Must Fall (Richard Thorpe, USA)

9. The Great Garrick (James Whale, USA)

10. Wee Willie Winkie (John Ford, USA)

11. You Only Live Once (Fritz Lang, USA)
12. Way Out West (James W. Horne, USA)

13. Internes Can't Take Money (Alfred Santell, USA)

14. The Hurricane (John Ford, USA)
15. Night Key (Lloyd Corrigan, USA)


1938
1. The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
2. You Can’t Take It With You (Frank Capra, USA)
3. You and Me (Fritz Lang, USA)

4. Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, USA)
5. The Dybbuk (Michal Waszynski, Poland)

6. The Song of the Scarlet Flower (Teuvo Tulio, Finland) (NO USA RELEASE)

7. Submarine Patrol (John Ford, USA)

8. Three Comrades (Frank Borzage, USA)
9. Young and Innocent (Alfred Hitchcock, UK)
10. The Saint in New York (Ben Holmes, USA)
11. A Christmas Carol (Edwin L. Marin, USA)


1939
1. Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch, USA)

2. Stagecoach (John Ford, USA)
3. Son of Frankenstein (Rowland V. Lee, USA)
4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Frank Capra, USA)
5. Alexander Nevsky (Sergei M. Eisenstein, Soviet Union)
6. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, France) (RELEASED IN USA IN 1950)

7. The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, USA)

8. Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, USA)
9. On Borrowed Time (Harold S. Bucquet, USA)

10. Young Mr. Lincoln (John Ford, USA)

11. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (William Dieterie, USA)
12. Drums Along the Mohawk (John Ford, USA)

13. Goodbye Mr. Chips (Sam Wood, UK)
14. Intermezzo: A Love Story (Gregory Ratoff, USA)

15. 5th Ave Girl (Gregory La Cava, USA)

16.  Of Mice and Men (Lewis Milestone, USA
17. Dark Victory (Edmund Goulding, USA)

18. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Michael Curtiz, USA)

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