Top 10 Films of the 1930's

1. "La Règle du jeu" (1939, Jean Renoir, France)

2. "The Million Ryo Pot" (1935, Sadao Yamanaka, Japan)

3. "The Masseurs And A Woman" (1938, Hiroshi Shimizu, Japan)

4. "Arigato-san" (1936, Hiroshi Shimizu, Japan)

5. "King Kong" (1933, Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, RKO)

6. "Gone With The Wind" (1939, Victor Fleming, MGM)

7. "Midnight" (1939, Mitchell Leisen, Paramount)

8. "Bringing Up Baby" (1938, Howard Hawks, RKO)

9. "Duck Soup" (1933, Leo McCarey, Paramount)

10. "M" (1931, Fritz Lang, Germany)

Short Top 10:

1. "Las Hurdes" (1932, Luis Bunuel, Spain)

2. "Bezhin Meadow" (1937, Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet Union)

3. "The Music Box" (1932, James Parrott, Roach, USA)

4. "À propos de Nice" (1930, Jean Vigo, France)

5. "Partie de campagne" (1936, Jean Renoir, France)

6. "Busy Bodies" (1933, Lloyd French, Roach, USA)

7. "N Or NW" (1938, Len Lye, UK)

8. "Night Mail" (1936, Harry Watt, Basil Wright, UK)

9. "The Plow That Broke The Plains" (1936, Pare Lorentz, USA)

10. "Lot In Sodom" (1933, James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber, USA)

Cartoon Top 10:

1. "Snow White" (1933, Dave Fleischer, Paramount)

2. "Three Little Pigs" (1933, Burt Gillett, Disney)

3. "Peace On Earth" (1939, Hugh Harman, MGM)

4. "Komposition in Blau" (1935, Oskar Fischinger, Germany)

5. "Thugs With Dirty Mugs" (1939, Tex Avery, Warner)

6. "The Band Concert" (1935, Wilfred Jackson, Disney)

7. "Porky's Double Trouble" (1937, Frank Tashlin, Warner)

8. "Wot A Night" (1931, John Foster, George Stallings, RKO)

9. "Mickey's Trailer" (1938, Ben Sharpsteen, Disney)

10. "Bimbo's Initiation" (1931, Dave Fleischer, Paramount)

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Top 10 Films of 1939

1. "La Règle du jeu" (Jean Renoir, France)

2. "Gone With The Wind" (Victor Fleming, MGM)

3. "Midnight" (Mitchell Leisen, Paramount)

4. "The Wizard Of Oz" (Victor Fleming, MGM)

5. "Ninotchka" (Ernst Lubitsch, MGM)

6. "Only Angels Have Wings" (Howard Hawks, Columbia)

7. "Stagecoach" (John Ford, United Artists)

8. "Wuthering Heights" (William Wyler, United Artists)

9. "Gunga Din" (George Stevens, RKO)

10. "The Roaring Twenties" (Raoul Walsh, Warner)

Other great films:

The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes
L'amore si fa cosi (Italy)
Another Thin Man
At The Circus
Babes In Arms
Bachelor Mother
Beau Geste
Dark Victory
Daughters Courageous
Destry Rides Again
Doktor Murek (Poland)

The Four Feathers

Four Seasons Of Children (Japan)
The Great Citizen Part 2 (Soviet Union)
Gulliver's Travels
Honolulu
The Hound Of The Baskervilles

Hurra ich bin Papa (Germany)

It's A Wonderful World
Klamstwo Krystyny (Poland)
Love Affair
The Man In The Iron Mask
Mr Smith Goes To Washington
Der Opernball (Germany)
The Phantom Creeps
The Real Glory

Rose Of Washington Square

Second Fiddle
Shchors (Soviet Union)
Singing Lovebirds (Japan)
Son Of Frankenstein
The Spy In Black (UK)
The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle
Swanee River

Tale Of Late Chrysantemums (Japan)
Union Pacific
Way Down South
Wloczegi (Poland)
The Women
You Can't Cheat An Honest Man
Young Mr Lincoln


Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 1939:

1. "Le Jour se lève" (Marcel Carné, France)

2. "Sans lendemain" (Max Ophüls, France)

3. "Una Moglie in pericolo" (Max Neufeld, Italy)

4. "Fiery Summer" (Frantisek Cáp, Václav Krska, Böhmen und Mähren)

5. "Quartier Latin" (Christian Chamborant, Pierre Colombier, Alexander Esway, France)

6. "Robert Koch: The Battle Against Death" (Hans Steinhoff, Germany)

7. "Une Java" (Claude Orval, France)

8. "The World Parade: Bali Paradise Isle" (USA) - short

9. "Vi två" (Schamyl Bauman, Sweden)

10. "I dag begynder livet" (Lau Lauritzen, Alice O'Fredericks, Denmark)

Short Top 3:

1. "Sword Fishing" (DeLeon Anthony, Warner)

2. "How To Eat" (Roy Rowland, MGM)

3. "Hoagy Carmichael" (Leslie Roush, Paramount)

Other great shorts: 

Det unge Grænseværn (Denmark)

Cartoon Top 10

1. "Peace On Earth" (Hugh Harman, MGM)

2. "The Practical Pig" (Dick Rickard, Disney)

3. "Thugs With Dirty Mugs" (Tex Avery, Warner)

4. "The Pointer" (Clyde Geronimi, Disney)

5. "Jitterbug Follies" (Milt Gross, MGM)

6. "Mama's New Hat" (Friz Freleng, MGM)

7. "Wise Quacks" (Robert Clampett, Warner)

8. "Goofy And Wilbur" (Dick Huemer, Disney)

9. "Ugly Duckling" (Jack Cutting, Disney)

10. "The Bear That Couldn't Sleep" (Rudolf Ising, MGM)

Other great cartoons:

Aladdin And His Wonderful Lamp
The Autograph Hound

The Blue Danube
Daffy Duck And The Dinosaur
Dangerous Dan McFoo
Donald's Cousin Gus
Donald's Lucky Day

The Good Egg
Hare-Um Scare-Um
The Hockey Champ
It's An Ill Wind
Jeepers Creepers
Life Begins For Andy Panda
The Little Lion Hunter
Officer Duck
Petunia Natural Park
Porky's Movie Mystery
Presto Change-o
Scalp Trouble
Seal Skinners
Sea Scouts

Small Fry
Sniffles And The Bookworm
Snow Man's Land
Society Dog Show
Wanted: No Master

Weak films of 1939:

Bezdomni (Poland)
The Devil's Daughter
Drums Along The Mohawk
Eternally Yours
The Flying Deuces
Golden Boy
Goodbye, Mr Chips
Hollywood Cavalcade
The Hunchback Of Notre-Dame
I Grandi magazzini (Italy)
Intermezzo
Juarez
Lady Of The Tropics
The Little Princess
Midnight Shadow
Nurse Edith Cavell
O czym sie nie mowi (Poland)
Of Mice And Men
The Old Maid
The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex
The Rains Came
Susannah Of The Mounties
Tarzan Finds A Son
They Made Me A Criminal
Topper Takes A Trip
Torture Ship
When Tomorrow Comes

The Whole Family Works (Japan)

Weak shorts:

Class In Swing
Information Please
Mystery Plane
Prophet Without Honor
Sons Of Liberty
We Want Our Mummy

Weak cartoons:

Art Gallery
Bars And Stripes Forever
Beach Picnic
Believe It Or Else
The Bookworm
Chicken Jitters
The Curious Puppy
A Day At The Zoo
Detouring America
Dog Gone Modern
Donald's Penguin
Fagin's Freshman
The Film Fan
Fresh Fish
Goldilocks And The Three Bears
Gold Rush Daze
Hamateur Night
Hobo Gadget Band
It's The Natural Thing To Do
Kristopher Kolumbus Jr
Land Of The Midnight Fun
Little Brother Rat
The Little Goldfish
The Lone Stranger And Porky
Mad Maestro
Musical Mountaineers
My Friend The Monkey
Naughty But Mice
Naughty Neighbors
Nell's Yells
Old Glory
One Mother's Family
Pied Piper Porky
Polar Pals
Porky And Teabiscuit
Porky's Hotel
Porky's Picnic
Porky's Tire Trouble
Porky The Giant Killer
Rhythm On The Reservation
Robin Hood Makes Good
The Scared Crows 
Screwball Football
Sioux Me
So Does An Automobile