MOFO Top 10: The 1930's

Just not that exciting to me. Maybe it is more stunning from an artistic point of view, but I've seen plenty more films that I believe excelled better in that category.

Just to be different, ten best by studio:

Warner Brothers (no order)

I Am s Prisoner in a Chain Gang

Jezebel

Public Enemy

Angels with Dirty Faces

The Roaring Twenties

The Petrified Forest

The Mystery of the Wax Museum

The Adventures of Robin Hood

42nd Street

Svengali

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I agree with you. I'm not defending the guy. He made two or three good flicks, but most of his stuff I give or . It still has the stamp of an auteur and is pretty easy to identify as his even if somebody is not into his aesthetic.

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It's a shame because when I read a brief description of the film I thought it would have potential

Updated top 10 of the 1930s

1. It Happened One Night
2. Wizard of Oz
3. Bringing Up Baby
4. M
5. All Quiet on the Western Front
6. The Public Enemy
7. Stagecoach
8. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
9. Horsefeathers
10. Destry Rides Again

Updating mine as well:

1. Trouble In Paradise (Lubitsch)
2. Make Way For Tomorrow (McCarey)
3. Humanity And Paper Balloons (Yamanaka)
4. M (Lang)
5. City Lights (Chaplin)
6. The Grand Illusion (Renoir)
7. Story Of The Late Chrysanthemums (Mizoguchi)
8. My Man Godfrey (La Cava)
9. Stagecoach (Ford)
10. Scarface (Hawks)

Tyler, I have to check out a lot of those that you have in your top 10. They may be great films.

So is this a game or a tournament or something?

Edit: I just noticed the dates on the earlier posts, where was I?

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Probably somewhere watching Mr. Popper's Penguins.

Just looked at mine to see if it's due for an update. ....it isn't.

...for the 20th time!

10. The Thin Man
9. Holiday
8. M
7. Stagecoach
6. Grand Illusion
5. The Lady Vanishes
4. L'Atalante
3. Wizard of Oz
2. It Happened One Night
1. City Lights

I haven't seen as much from this decade as I would have liked, but there were still a few that were tough to leave off, like Scarface and Bringing up Baby. I really want to watch some of the Japanese films from the 1930s that Tyler mentioned.