History Main / FilmsOfThe1930s

* The [[Creator/FredAstaire Astaire]] and [[Creator/GingerRogers Rogers]] musicals at RKO:
** ''Film/FlyingDownToRio'' (1933)
** ''Film/TheGayDivorcee'' (1934)
** ''Film/{{Roberta}}'' (1935)
** ''Film/TopHat'' (1935)
** ''Film/FollowTheFleet'' (1936)
** ''Film/SwingTime'' (1936)
** ''Film/ShallWeDance'' (1937)
** ''Film/{{Carefree}}'' (1938)
** ''The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle'' (1939)

* ''Film/AmbassadorBill'' -- Starring Will Rogers

* ''Film/LittleCaesar'' -- One of the three early talkie gangster films that in essence established the genre. Made EdwardGRobinson a star. "Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico?"
* ''Film/{{M}}'' -- By Creator/FritzLang
* ''Film/MadchenInUniform'' -- the first movie to explore the subjects of lesbian romance and TeacherStudentRomance.

* ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1931}}'' -- nope, not the one with Creator/HumphreyBogart

* ''Film/{{The Public Enemy|1931}}'' -- One of the three early talkie gangster films that in essence established the genre. Made Creator/JamesCagney a star. Pass the grapefruit.

* ''Film/{{The Mummy|1932}}'' -- Another product of the Franchise/UniversalHorror factory.

* ''Film/{{Scarface|1932}}'' -- ''Not'' the one with Creator/AlPacino; the ORIGINAL. One of the three early talkie gangster films that in essence established the genre. Look for Creator/BorisKarloff in a supporting role.

* ''[[Film/TheInvisibleMan1933 The Invisible Man]]'' -- Yet another product of the Franchise/UniversalHorror factory.

* ''Film/{{King Kong|1933}}'' -- The original, and the most famous "giant monster" movie until ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''. NOT a product of the Franchise/UniversalHorror factory.

* ''Film/TheBlackCat'' Still another product of the Franchise/UniversalHorror factory.

* ''Film/{{Maniac|1934}}'' -- completely bonkers ExploitationFilm

* ''Film/{{The Raven|1935}}'' And yet another product of the Franchise/UniversalHorror factory.

* ''Film/TriumphOfTheWill'' (''Triumph des Willens'') -- Like ''Film/{{The Birth of a Nation|1915}}'', a landmark of cinematographic art... which was also propaganda for a [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany hate group]]. Unlike ''Birth'', the propaganda was intentional.

* ''Film/WerewolfOfLondon'' -- Botanist is bitten by a werewolf in Tibet and returns to London to wreak havoc unwittingly. Yes, another product of the Franchise/UniversalHorror factory.

* ''Film/TheWholeTownsTalking'': Creator/EdwardGRobinson PlayingAgainstType 9 years before ''Film/DoubleIndemnity''.

* ''Film/TheInvisibleRay'' And still another product of the Franchise/UniversalHorror factory.

* ''Film/MaryOfScotland'' -- {{Narm}} that nearly sank Creator/KatharineHepburn's career

* ''Film/ReeferMadness'' -- Probably the original SoBadItsGood movie

* ''Film/{{Romeo and Juliet|1936}}'' -- Creator/NormaShearer and Creator/LeslieHoward version

* ''Film/SatanMetALady'' -- loose adaptation of ''The Maltese Falcon''

* ''Film/ThingsToCome'' -- adapted to the screen from Creator/HGWells' novel, by Wells himself

* ''ComicStrip/JungleJim'' -- a 12 part movie serial

* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' -- Few movies can legitimately claim to have single-handedly established a genre. This film did (the animated feature).

* ''Theatre/TheCatAndTheCanary'' -- starring Creator/BobHope

* ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'' -- Adjusted for inflation, the highest-grossing film of all time. Still a cultural icon today.

* ''WesternAnimation/GulliversTravels'' -- [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Max Fleischer's]] forgotten masterpiece.

* ''[[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' -- The Creator/CharlesLaughton version.

* ''[[Film/{{Midnight 1939}} Midnight]]''--Starring the forever classy, Creator/ClaudetteColbert.

* ''Film/TheRulesOfTheGame'' (''La règle du jeu'') -- Considered by many critics to be the "French Film/CitizenKane" (appears regularly on best-ever-made film-lists).

* ''Film/{{Stagecoach}}'' -- Another good example of [[TheWestern the typical western]].

* ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' -- Equal to GWTW as a cultural icon.

** "WesternAnimation/SnowWhite1933" -- the Betty Boop version

** WesternAnimation/PopeyeTheSailor (1933) First screen appearance of Franchise/{{Popeye}}

** "WesternAnimation/SinkinInTheBathtub" (1930) -- the first Looney Tunes film

** "WesternAnimation/DizzyDishes" First appearance of Betty Boop.

** "WesternAnimation/BimbosInitiation" (1931) -- guest-starring Betty Boop

** WesternAnimation/FelixTheCatOttoMessmer (1936): A very short lived revival of the [[WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat classic cartoon character]] as part of the ''Rainbow Parade'' series. Lasted three shorts, with a fourth one in the planning stages before Van Beuren went belly up in 1936.

* ''Film/InsideNaziGermany'' (1938) -- edition of the "March of Time" newsreel series

* ''Film/ThePlowThatBrokeThePlains'' (1936) -- documentary short about the Dust Bowl

** WesternAnimation/BettyBoopsBigBoss

* ''Film/{{Vampyr}}''

** ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'' (1935)

** ''Film/ThreeDumbClucks'' (1937)

** ''Film/APainInThePullman'' (1936)

** ''Film/DisorderInTheCourt'' (1936)

** ''Film/PunchDrunks'' (1934)

UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation took off in this decade as Creator/WaltDisney and others stepped up their game.

*** ''Film/TarzanTheApeMan'' (1932)

* ''Film/TheSpyInBlack''

* ''Film/{{Dangerous}}''

* The "Film/PeteSmithSpecialties" for MGM
** ''Film/{{Audioscopiks}}'' (1935)
** ''Film/LaFiestaDeSantaBarbara'' (1935)
** ''Film/{{Menu}}'' (1933)
** ''Film/PennyWisdom'' (1937)
** ''Film/RomanceOfRadium'' (1937)
** ''Film/StrikesAndSpares'' (1937)
** ''Film/SwingHigh'' (1932)
** ''Film/WantedAMaster'' (1936)

** ''Film/ADayAtTheRaces'' (1937)