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Top 100 Classic Movies of the 1930’s | Decade: |
| Rank | Title | Cast | Score |
| 1 . | Bringing up Baby (1938) | Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett | 9.98 |
| 2 . | It Happened One Night (1934) | Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns | 9.08 |
| 3 . | Top Hat (1935) | Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes | 8.71 |
| 4 . | After the Thin Man (1936) | William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi | 7.78 |
| 5 . | The Thin Man (1934) | William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton | 7.74 |
| 6 . | The Gay Divorcee (1934) | Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton | 7.57 |
| 7 . | Swing Time (1936) | Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick | 7.56 |
| 8 . | The Awful Truth (1937) | Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Molly Lamont | 7.48 |
| 9 . | Gone with the Wind (1939) | Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Evelyn Keyes | 7.42 |
| 10 . | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr | 7.10 |
| 11 . | The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains | 7.02 |
| 12 . | Another Thin Man (1939) | William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger | 6.75 |
| 13 . | Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) | James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan | 6.47 |
| 14 . | Libeled Lady (1936) | Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy | 6.43 |
| 15 . | Shall We Dance (1937) | Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore | 6.29 |
| 16 . | Frankenstein (1931) | Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff | 6.15 |
| 17 . | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) | Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Ben Alexander | 6.13 |
| 18 . | Follow the Fleet (1936) | Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard | 6.10 |
| 19 . | Bride of Frankenstein (1935) | Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger | 5.88 |
| 20 . | Grand Hotel (1932) | Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery | 5.86 |
| 21 . | Holiday (1938) | Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton | 5.83 |
| 22 . | You Can't Take It With You (1938) | Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold | 5.83 |
| 23 . | Flying Down to Rio (1933) | Dolores del R?o, Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire | 5.76 |
| 24 . | My Man Godfrey (1936) | William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick | 5.74 |
| 25 . | The Women (1939) | Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland | 5.47 |
| 26 . | The Lady Vanishes (1938) | Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty | 5.26 |
| 27 . | Duck Soup (1933) | Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx | 5.18 |
| 28 . | Roberta (1935) | Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott | 5.18 |
| 29 . | Stella Dallas (1937) | Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil | 5.15 |
| 30 . | Captain Blood (1935) | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone | 5.13 |
| 31 . | Alice Adams (1935) | Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Evelyn Venable | 5.12 |
| 32 . | I'm No Angel (1933) | Mae West, Cary Grant, Gregory Ratoff, Edward Arnold | 5.09 |
| 33 . | Stage Door (1937) | Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick | 5.09 |
| 34 . | She Done Him Wrong (1933) | Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland | 5.06 |
| 35 . | Gunga Din (1939) | Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe | 5.03 |
| 36 . | Bachelor Mother (1939) | Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, Frank Albertson | 4.97 |
| 37 . | Animal Crackers (1930) | Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx | 4.93 |
| 38 . | Annie Oakley (1935) | Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Moroni Olsen | 4.93 |
| 39 . | The Roaring Twenties (1939) | James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George | 4.85 |
| 40 . | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) | Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander | 4.82 |
| 41 . | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) | Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert | 4.80 |
| 42 . | Dracula (1931) | B?la Lugosi, David Manners, Dwight Frye, Frances Dade | 4.80 |
| 43 . | Boys Town (1938) | Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton | 4.78 |
| 44 . | Carefree (1938) | Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, Luella Gear | 4.74 |
| 45 . | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold | 4.74 |
| 46 . | City Lights (1931) | Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers | 4.71 |
| 47 . | Golden Boy (1939) | Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, William Holden, Lee J. Cobb | 4.67 |
| 48 . | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) | Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Pinto Colvig | 4.60 |
| 49 . | Stagecoach (1939) | Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine | 4.58 |
| 50 . | Love Affair (1939) | Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman | 4.56 |
| 51 . | Topper (1937) | Constance Bennett, Cary Grant, Roland Young, Billie Burke | 4.56 |
| 52 . | Destry Rides Again (1939) | Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger | 4.54 |
| 53 . | King Kong (1933) | Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher | 4.54 |
| 54 . | The Petrified Forest (1936) | Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Dick Foran, Humphrey Bogart | 4.54 |
| 55 . | Babes in Arms (1939) | Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Charles Winninger, Guy Kibbee | 4.45 |
| 56 . | The Good Earth (1937) | Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch | 4.41 |
| 57 . | Nothing Sacred (1937) | Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly | 4.41 |
| 58 . | Union Pacific (1939) | Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston | 4.41 |
| 59 . | Dinner at Eight (1933) | Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow | 4.36 |
| 60 . | The Black Cat (1934) | Boris Karloff, B?la Lugosi, David Manners, Harry Cording | 4.34 |
| 61 . | Baby Face (1933) | Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Margaret Lindsay | 4.33 |
| 62 . | Jezebel (1938) | Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay | 4.31 |
| 63 . | The Public Enemy (1931) | James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell | 4.31 |
| 64 . | Ninotchka (1939) | Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, B?la Lugosi, Sig Ruman | 4.29 |
| 65 . | Camille (1936) | Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan | 4.24 |
| 66 . | 42nd Street (1933) | Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler | 4.23 |
| 67 . | A Night at the Opera (1935) | Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle | 4.22 |
| 68 . | The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) | Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce | 4.22 |
| 69 . | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) | Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan | 4.22 |
| 70 . | Anna Karenina (1935) | Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew, Maureen O'Sullivan | 4.20 |
| 71 . | Captains Courageous (1937) | Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas | 4.17 |
| 72 . | The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) | Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Walter Connolly, Lucien Littlefield | 4.16 |
| 73 . | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) | Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin | 4.12 |
| 74 . | Modern Times (1936) | Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford | 4.07 |
| 75 . | Wuthering Heights (1939) | Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson | 4.04 |
| 76 . | Night Nurse (1931) | Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell, Clark Gable | 4.03 |
| 77 . | The Mad Miss Manton (1938) | Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene, Stanley Ridges | 4.02 |
| 78 . | Twentieth Century (1934) | John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns | 4.01 |
| 79 . | A Damsel in Distress (1937) | Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joan Fontaine | 3.97 |
| 80 . | Dark Victory (1939) | Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald | 3.97 |
| 81 . | A Day at the Races (1937) | Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones | 3.97 |
| 82 . | Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) | Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler | 3.97 |
| 83 . | Born to Dance (1936) | Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce, Una Merkel | 3.95 |
| 84 . | Alice in Wonderland (1933) | Richard Arlen, Roscoe Ates, William Austin, Gary Cooper | 3.92 |
| 85 . | Footlight Parade (1933) | James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell | 3.92 |
| 86 . | The 39 Steps (1935) | Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle | 3.91 |
| 87 . | Little Miss Marker (1934) | Adolphe Menjou, Charles Bickford, Shirley Temple, Warren Hymer | 3.91 |
| 88 . | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) | Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, Alan Marshal | 3.88 |
| 89 . | Anna Christie (1930) (1930) | Greta Garbo, Charles Bickford, Marie Dressler | 3.87 |
| 90 . | Beau Geste (1939) | Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy | 3.87 |
| 91 . | Kid Galahad (1937) | Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Jane Bryan | 3.87 |
| 92 . | The Merry Widow (1934) | Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel | 3.87 |
| 93 . | Manhattan Melodrama (1934) | Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo | 3.82 |
| 94 . | Pygmalion (1938) | Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr | 3.82 |
| 95 . | The Little Princess (1939) | Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter | 3.78 |
| 96 . | The Mummy (1932) | Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Noble Johnson | 3.77 |
| 97 . | Wife vs. Secretary (1936) | Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, May Robson | 3.77 |
| 98 . | The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) | Richard Greene, Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barrie, Nigel Bruce | 3.76 |
| 99 . | Little Women (1933) | Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Paul Lukas, Edna May Oliver | 3.76 |
| 100 . | Four Daughters (1938) | Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn, John Garfield, Frank McHugh | 3.75 |
This chart uses a weighted rating based on the average rating per film and the number of votes per film.