20 Greatest Movies of Each Year 1930s

  #. Movie Title - (Directors Name)

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1. The Wizard of Oz
(Victor Fleming)

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2. Gone with the Wind
(Victor Fleming)

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3. Stagecoach
(John Ford)

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4. The Rules of the Game
(Jean Renoir)

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5. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(Frank Capra)

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6. Ninotchka
(Ernst Lubitsch)

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7. Only Angels Have Wings
(Howard Hawks)

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8. Le Jour se lève
(Marcel Carné)

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9. The Story of the Late Chrysanthemums
(Kenji Mizoguchi)

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10. The Women
(George Cukor)

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11. The Roaring Twenties
(Raoul Walsh)

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12. Young Mr. Lincoln
(John Ford)

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13. Wuthering Heights
(William Wyler)

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14. Gunga Din
(George Stevens)

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15. Destry Rides Again
(George Marshall)

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16. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(William Dieterle)

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17. Love Affair
(Leo McCarey)

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18. Goodbye Mr. Chips
(Sam Wood)

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19. Midnight
(Mitchell Leisen)

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20. The Hound of the Baskervilles
(Sidney Lanfield)

1. Bringing Up Baby
(Howard Hawks)

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2. The Adventures of Robin Hood
(Michael Curtiz & William Keighley)

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3. Alexander Nevsky
(Sergei M. Eisenstein & Dmitriy Vasilyev)

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4. The Lady Vanishes
(Alfred Hitchcock)

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5. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
(Leni Riefenstahl)

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6. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
(Leni Riefenstahl)

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7. Angels with Dirty Faces
(Michael Curtiz)

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8. Port of Shadows
(Marcel Carné)

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9. You Can't Take It with You
(Frank Capra)

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10. Holiday
(George Cukor)

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11. La Bête Humaine
(Jean Renoir)

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12. Jezebel
(William Wyler)

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13. Pygmalion
(Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard)

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14. Porky in Wackyland
(Bob Clampett)

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15. The Baker's Wife
(Marcel Pagnol)

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16. Boys Town
(Norman Taurog)

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17. Alexander's Ragtime Band
(Henry King)

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18. The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
(Mark Donskoy)

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19. Hôtel du Nord
(Marcel Carné)

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20. Love Finds Andy Hardy
(George B. Seitz)

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(David Hand et al.)

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2. The Grand Illusion
(Jean Renoir)

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3. Make Way for Tomorrow
(Leo McCarey)

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4. The Awful Truth
(Leo McCarey)

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5. Pépé Le Moko
(Julien Duvivier)

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6. Captains Courageous
(Victor Fleming)

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7. Humanity and Paper Balloons
(Sadao Yamanaka)

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8. A Star Is Born
(William A. Wellman)

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9. Lost Horizon
(Frank Capra)

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10. A Day at the Races
(Sam Wood)

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11. Stage Door
(Gregory La Cava)

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12. You Only Live Once
(Fritz Lang)

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13. Stella Dallas
(King Vidor)

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14. The Life of Emile Zola
(William Dieterle)

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15. Way Out West
(James W. Horne)

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16. Dead End
(William Wyler)

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17. Topper
(Norman Z. McLeod) 18. The Old Mill
(Wilfred Jackson)

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19. The Tale of the Fox
(Irene & Ladislas Starevich)

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20. Street Angel
(Yuan Muzhi)

1. Modern Times
(Charles Chaplin)

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2. My Man Godfrey
(Gregory La Cava)

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3. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
(Frank Capra)

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4. Dodsworth
(William Wyler)

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5. Fury
(Fritz Lang)

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6. Swing Time
(George Stevens)

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7. The Petrified Forest
(Archie Mayo)

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8. Camille
(George Cukor)

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9. San Francisco
(W. S. Van Dyke)

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10. Libeled Lady
(Jack Conway)

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11. Things to Come
(William Cameron Menzies)

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12. Sabotage
(Alfred Hitchcock)

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13. The Crime of Monsieur Lange
(Jean Renoir)

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14. Show Boat
(James Whale)

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15. The Great Ziegfeld
(Robert Z. Leonard)

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16. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
(Dave Fleischer)

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17. Confessions of a Cheat
(Sacha Guitry)

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18. The Only Son
(Yasujiro Ozu)

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19. After the Thin Man
(W.S. Van Dyke)

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20. By the Bluest of Seas
(Boris Barnet)

1. The Bride of Frankenstein
(James Whale)

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2. Top Hat
(Mark Sandrich)

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3. The 39 Steps
(Alfred Hitchcock)

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4. A Night at the Opera
(Sam Wood)

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5. Mutiny on the Bounty
(Frank Lloyd)

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6. Triumph of the Will
(Leni Riefenstahl)

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7. Captain Blood
(Michael Curtiz)

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8. The Informer
(John Ford)

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9. Ruggles of Red Gap
(Leo McCarey)

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10. David Copperfield
(George Cukor)

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11. Toni
(Jean Renoir)

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12. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
(Henry Hathaway)

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13. Les Misérables
(Richard Boleslawski)

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14. A Tale of Two Cities
(Jack Conway)

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15. Anna Karenina
(Clarence Brown)

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16. The Little Colonel
(David Butler)

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17. The Band Concert
(Wilfred Jackson)

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18. Mad Love
(Karl Freund)

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19. Sylvia Scarlett
(George Cukor)

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20. Werewolf of London
(Stuart Walker)

1. It Happened One Night
(Frank Capra)

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2. The Thin Man
(W.S. Van Dyke)

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3. L'Atalante
(Jean Vigo)

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4. The Black Cat
(Edgar G. Ulmer)

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5. The Scarlet Empress
(Josef von Sternberg)

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6. Man of Aran
(Robert J. Flaherty)

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7. The Gay Divorcee
(Mark Sandrich)

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8. Twentieth Century
(Howard Hawks)

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9. Imitation of Life
(John M. Stahl)

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10. Tarzan and His Mate
(Cedric Gibbons)

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11. It's a Gift
(Norman Z. McLeod)

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12. Cleopatra
(Cecil B. DeMille)

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13. The Goddess
(Wu Yonggang)

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14. The Merry Widow
(Ernst Lubitsch)

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15. Of Human Bondage
(John Cromwell)

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16. Bright Eyes
(David Butler)

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17. Chapayev
(Georgi & Sergei Vasilyev)

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18. The Man Who Knew Too Much
(Alfred Hitchcock)

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19. A Story of Floating Weeds
(Yasujirô Ozu)

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20. Judge Priest
(John Ford)

1. King Kong
(Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack)

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2. Duck Soup
(Leo McCarey)

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3. The Invisible Man
(James Whale)

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4. 42nd Street
(Lloyd Bacon)

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5. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
(Fritz Lang)

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6. Zero for Conduct
(Jean Vigo)

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7. Gold Diggers of 1933
(Mervyn LeRoy)

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8. Sons of the Desert
(William A. Seiter)

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9. Queen Christina
(Rouben Mamoulian)

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10. She Done Him Wrong
(Lowell Sherman)

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11. Dinner at Eight
(George Cukor)

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12. Footlight Parade
(Lloyd Bacon)

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13. Design for Living
(Ernst Lubitsch)

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14. Three Little Pigs
(Burt Gillett)

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15. Baby Face
(Alfred E. Green)

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16. I'm No Angel
(Wesley Ruggles)

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17. The Private Life of Henry VIII
(Alexander Korda)

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18. Little Women
(George Cukor)

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19. Land Without Bread
(Luis Buñuel)

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20. Ecstasy
(Gustav Machatý)

1. Scarface
(Howard Hawks)

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2. Freaks
(Tod Browning)

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3. Trouble in Paradise
(Ernst Lubitsch)

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4. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
(Mervyn LeRoy)

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5. Love Me Tonight
(Rouben Mamoulian)

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6. Vampyr
(Carl Theodor Dreyer)

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7. Shanghai Express
(Josef von Sternberg)

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8. I Was Born, But...
(Yasujirô Ozu)

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9. The Mummy
(Karl Freund)

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10. Boudu Saved from Drowning
(Jean Renoir)

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11. Grand Hotel
(Edmund Goulding)

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12. Island of Lost Souls
(Erle C. Kenton)

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13. Horse Feathers
(Norman Z. McLeod)

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14. Tarzan the Ape Man
(W.S. Van Dyke)

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15. The Music Box
(James Parrott)

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16. The Old Dark House
(James Whale)

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17. White Zombie
(Victor Halperin)

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18. The Blood of a Poet
(Jean Cocteau)

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19. The Most Dangerous Game
(Irving Pichel & Ernst B. Schoedsack)

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20. Red Dust
(Victor Fleming)

1. City Lights
(Charles Chaplin)

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2. M
(Fritz Lang)

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3. Frankenstein
(James Whale)

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4. Dracula
(Tod Browning)

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5. The Public Enemy
(William A. Wellman)

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6. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(Rouben Mamoulian)

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7. Little Caesar
(Mervyn LeRoy)

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8. Tabu
(F. W. Murnau)

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9. À Nous la Liberté
(René Clair)

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10. La Chienne
(Jean Renoir)

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11. Le Million
(René Clair)

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12. Monkey Business
(Norman Z. McLeod)

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13. Mädchen in Uniform
(Leontine Sagan)

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14. Dishonored
(Josef von Sternberg)

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15. Limite
(Mário Peixoto)

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16. The Threepenny Opera
(G.W. Pabst)

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17. Bimbo's Initiation
(Dave Fleischer)

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18. The Champ
(King Vidor)

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19. Marius
(Alexander Korda)

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20. Kameradschaft
(G.W. Pabst)

1. All Quiet on the Western Front
(Lewis Milestone)

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2. The Blue Angel
(Josef von Sternberg)

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3. L'Âge d'or
(Luis Buñuel)

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4. Morocco
(Josef von Sternberg)

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5. Earth
(Aleksandr Dovzhenko)

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6. Hell's Angels
(Howard Hughes & Edmund Goulding)

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7. People on Sunday
(Robert Siodmak & Edgar G. Ulmer)

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8. The Big Trail
(Raoul Walsh)

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9. Animal Crackers
(Victor Heerman)

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10. Under the Roofs of Paris
(René Clair)

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11. The Big House
(George Hill)

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12. City Girl
(F.W. Murnau)

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13. Anna Christie
(Clarence Brown)

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14. À propos de Nice
(Jean Vigo)

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15. Westfront 1918
(G.W. Pabst)

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16. Min and Bill
(George Hill)

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17. The Dawn Patrol
(Howard Hawks)

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18. The Divorcee
(Robert Z. Leonard)

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19. Murder!
(Alfred Hitchcock)

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20. Brats
(James Parrott)