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1930s English-language Movies

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs(1937)

3.6/5 (with 3,368 votes)

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.

Baby Face(1933)

1h 16min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 46 votes)

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.

Night Nurse(1931)

1h 12min | Crime, Drama, Comedy
3.4/5 (with 27 votes)

Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.

King Kong(1933)

NR
| 1h 44min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
3.8/5 (with 618 votes)

Adventurous filmmaker, Carl Denham, sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to displayed on Broadway as Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.

Gone with the Wind(1939)

G
| 3h 53min | Drama, War, Romance / Love
4.0/5 (with 1,869 votes)

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

The Lady Vanishes(1938)

NR
| 1h 36min | Mystery, Thriller, Comedy
3.8/5 (with 373 votes)

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.

Dracula(1931)

NR
| 1h 12min | Horror, Drama, Fantasy
3.6/5 (with 493 votes)

British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London and is, unbeknownst to Renfield, a vampire. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, the pair sail to London together, and as Dracula begins preying on London socialites, the two become the subject of study for a supernaturalist professor, Abraham Van Helsing.

Top Hat(1935)

3.7/5 (with 128 votes)

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.

Scarface(1932)

1h 33min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 245 votes)

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio "Tony" Camonte, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

Wuthering Heights(1939)

NR
| 1h 44min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 111 votes)

The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the moors and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff they're happy -- until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor.

City Lights(1931)

G
| 1h 27min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
4.2/5 (with 992 votes)

In this sound-era silent film, a tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower seller.

Frankenstein(1931)

NR
| 1h 11min | Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
3.7/5 (with 709 votes)

Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create life by assembling a creature from body parts of the deceased. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster, but, confused and traumatized, it escapes into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc. Frankenstein searches for the elusive being and eventually must confront his tormented creation.

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Modern Times(1936)

G
| 1h 27min | Comedy, Drama
4.2/5 (with 1,636 votes)

The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.

The Man Who Knew Too Much(1934)

1h 16min | Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 156 votes)

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.

All Quiet on the Western Front(1930)

2h 13min | Drama, War
3.9/5 (with 321 votes)

A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. Together with several other young German soldiers, he experiences the horrors of war, such evil of which he had not conceived of when signing up to fight. They eventually become sad, tormented, and confused of their purpose.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame(1939)

NR
| 1h 57min | Drama, Romance / Love, Horror
3.7/5 (with 75 votes)

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

The Blue Angel(1930)

NR
| 1h 48min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 131 votes)

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.

Grand Hotel(1932)

NR
| 1h 52min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 125 votes)

Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.

The Mummy(1932)

NR
| 1h 13min | Horror, Drama, Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 250 votes)

An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.

It Happened One Night(1934)

NR
| 1h 45min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 504 votes)

A renegade reporter and a young heiress meet on a bus heading for New York, and end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.

The Adventures of Robin Hood(1938)

3.8/5 (with 306 votes)

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

Freaks(1932)

NR
| 1h 2min | Drama, Horror
3.9/5 (with 503 votes)

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

A Christmas Carol(1938)

NR
| 1h 9min | Drama, Fantasy, Kids & Family
3.6/5 (with 53 votes)

Classic Charles Dickens holiday tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser's miser who has a huge change of heart after spirits whisk him into the past, present, and future.

The Invisible Man(1933)

NR
| 1h 11min | Horror, Science Fiction
3.8/5 (with 338 votes)

Working in Dr. Cranley's laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley's daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion's Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. But the experimental drug has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He's prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance.

The Bride of Frankenstein(1935)

NR
| 1h 15min | Horror, Science Fiction
3.8/5 (with 427 votes)

After recovering from injuries sustained in the mob attack upon himself and his creation, Dr. Frankenstein falls under the control of his former mentor, Dr. Pretorius, who insists the now-chastened doctor resume his experiments in creating new life. Meanwhile, the Monster remains on the run from those who wish to destroy him without understanding that his intentions are generally good despite his lack of socialization and self-control.

The 39 Steps(1935)

NR
| 1h 26min | Mystery, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 386 votes)

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.

The Great Ziegfeld(1936)

NR
| 2h 56min | Drama, Music, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 46 votes)

Lavish biography of Flo Ziegfeld, the producer who became Broadway's biggest starmaker.

Dodsworth(1936)

NR
| 1h 41min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 52 votes)

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

My Man Godfrey(1936)

3.8/5 (with 139 votes)

Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.

The Little Princess(1939)

G
| 1h 33min | Drama, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.4/5 (with 47 votes)

A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.

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