30's Recommendations
 

Lets not turn this into a list thread coz those are the worst. Let's just talk about the 30's here in anticipation of the Countdown @Citizen Rules is generously going to run for us, he's gave me a sneak peek and he's definitely thinking too highly of us bums.

Hope everyone takes part here without me curating a list no one reads anyway!

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The Old Dark House is like a Universal horror film that doesn't have it's own franchise, because there isn't a big baddie. If you like Universal horror films, this one comes highly recommended from yours truly.

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I Am A Fugitive From a Chain Gang is something everyone should watch.

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If you are a fan of surrealism, specifically Bunuel and/or Dali, check out L'Age d'Or.

https://www.salvador-dali.org/media/...6_10201020.JPG

I like how i was skipping through the Youtube copy to see if there was working subs and i ended up at a scene with a cow being chill in a bed. Think that image answered all of lifes questions for me.

I get sad when I think about how long that cow has probably been dead

When i was like 13 i started reading about Nazi's and whatever just bad people, it led me to the KKK and of course Birth of a Nation is so important in reviving and empowering them. So i put it on youtube, it was boring me so like 10 minutes in i went to the comments and someone had said something like "wow! all of these people have been dead for like 120 years" :laugh:

That seriously creeped me out so i abandoned it.

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Solid early Hitchcock

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Duck Soup (1933) and Gone With The Wind (1939) are the best recommendations which I can make from that decade. :)

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I'm seriously lacking in 30's films. If anyone has any recommendations for good horror or dark themed films it would be much appreciated?!
My recommendation for this countdown would be:-


https://a.ltrbxd.com/resized/sm/uplo...g?k=26e4832b71
The Most Dangerous Game (1982)


Samoan seal of approval.

Aforementioned -
Mad Love (1935)

also..
The Black Cat (1934)
Island of lost Souls (1932)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Things to Come (1936)
The Vampire Bat (1933)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
M (1931)
The Son of Kong (1933)

Which isn't including Frankenstein, Dracula, and Hitchcock (Jamaica Inn, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and The Lady Vanishes)

I gotta pimp out the first cycle of the gangster genre: Little Caesar (1931), The Public Enemy (1931), Scarface (1932), and The Roaring Twenties (1939).

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Here's my list of 30s 10/10s:

City Girl (1930)

https://78.media.tumblr.com/cbe1de56...4ru4o3_400.gif

Earth (1930)

https://78.media.tumblr.com/c3e719d4...3u4ao1_400.gif

M (1931)

https://78.media.tumblr.com/9bbf2ea5...4nfqo4_500.gif

Trouble in Paradise (1932)

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Les Misérables (1934)

http://www.ferdyonfilms.com/wp-conte...miserables.jpg

Grand Illusion (1937)

https://www.bestmoviesbyfarr.com/sta...?1508895038852

Olympia Part I + Part II (1938)

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7b/0a...0594e35bf4.gif

Port of Shadows (1938)

https://78.media.tumblr.com/7b72136d...02q2o3_400.gif

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

https://78.media.tumblr.com/1bce4cbb...yrono1_500.gif


Now I have a hard time coming up with a 30s film I still haven't seen that has a chance of getting a 10. :(

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For me, here are my picks

Scarface
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
A Night at the Opera
Duck Soup
Gold Diggers of 1933
Gold Diggers of 1935
Modern Times
The Public Enemy
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Shanghai Express
The Blue Angel
The Wizard of Oz
Gone with the Wind

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@Mr Minio what do you think of Bunuel's Land Without Bread?

A solid mockumentary, but kinda meh.

Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937) ‘Ninjô kami fûsen’ Directed by Sadao Yamanaka
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/69/6f...ccbde46929.jpg

Sadao Yamanaka died at the age of 28, a few months after completing this masterpiece. He's the Jean Vigo of Japan. Between 1932 and 1937 he directed 24 films and of this total, only three were preserved. Humanity and Paper Balloons was his last work. The script of Shintaro Mimura tells a story that takes place in the 18th century in a poor region of the hinterland of Japan. It's the history of Unno (Chojuro Kawarasaki), a ronin who struggles to survive in a group of people who have poor condition. Yamanaka makes an atypical samurai movie. His narrative draws closer to Yasujiro Ozu's intimacy than Akira Kurosawa's epic. The director's approach can at the same time address a social problem and be the portrait of a historical moment. And the best, without giving up poetry.

I saw all his surviving films and this one was his best. The Million Ryo Pot is a masterpiece too. Priest of Darkness is a little bit different, but is has a 16 years old Setsuko Hara.

Here's an interesting picture:

https://twitter.com/rpanh/status/607501424826552320

:eek:
Oh my gosh! That deserves to be a poster to be hung on my wall!