The Top 50 Films of the 1930s
Introduction by Joe Boden, reviews by credited contributor.
1st September 2009

And here we are with instalment two of our series of lists centring around the top fifty films of a certain decade. This month, we’ve assembled a list on the 1930s, the decade where sound films became popular and movie stars were made on the grand scale that we’ve come to recognize today. Again, I think our list includes a pretty good assortment of the recognized classics and a few lesser known gems hidden amongst them in the lower half of the list. I’d recommend using this fifty as a must see guide from the decade, because I know that I’m going to be doing the same myself over the coming weeks.

We’ve also now allowed the public to get involved in the voting process alongside our own contributors. Last month, we opened up a thread for top twenties from our readers on the EMPIRE forum, and we aggregated those lists, with said aggregated list counting for one vote alongside our contributor lists. We’ll be doing the same next month with the 1940s list, so expect to see some threads opening up both on the EMPIRE forum and on our own forum, which you should all go and sign up to now.

And so, on to the list. We’re keeping the same successful presentation format from last month, so click the links below to see if “Modern Times” or “City Lights” are more popular, if we prefer Laurel and Hardy to the Marx Brothers, and – of course – to find out which is the best film of the 1930s. It’s been scientifically proven. We're just reporting the facts back to you.

THE LIST
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