The MoFo Top 100 Movies of the 1930s Countdown

You'll see plenty of her in that movie.

YES, you do!

Never saw that one, Ed. Sounds like a pot-boiler. Let us know what you think. Cheers.

~Doc

I watched the Best Picture Oscar winner of 1931, Cimarron. Very progressive epic for it's time. Maybe not the best acting/dialogue but the theme of the movie was well worth watching. I think I'll try and catch all the 1930s Best Picture winners.

Happy you got this going Citixen. I have only seen 2026 from the decade. Time to get watching.

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You confused the dot with a coma. And yes, you should finish that fifth film.

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Look, I'm not judging you - after all, I'm posting here myself, but maybe, just maybe, if you spent less time here and more time watching films, maybe, and I stress, maybe your taste would be of some value. Just a thought, ya know.

Sadly, it did not work for me. The music was very corny, it never really got going and the acting was incredibly flat. I truly hate saying anything terrible about an actress I have ALWAYS loved. The only saving grace was the camera work. Which was more of a artistic study. I don't know, perhaps I should try it again, but the first time around. . .
Though it is on youtube as Exctase if anyone wishes to give it a go.

For those that have seen them, do you have to watch Dr. Mabuse the Gambler before The Testament of Dr. Mabuse or can you go straight to Testament? Probably going to watch both anyway just curious since the former is like four hours long.

It would certainly help if you watched all six hours very close to each other, but since Lang waited 11 years to make the sequel, I'd say it's not too important. The highlights of the sequel are mostly all visual.

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I'll do that over a couple of days then if possible. Testament is coming up on my 30's watchlist so i was just wondering how important it was especially since i've heard they are pretty nuts.

I was looking at Youtube for 1930s movies, there's like a ton of them, and they're public domain so you can watch or download them guilt free. Lot's of them I'd never heard of before.

Awesome. Great decade for films. Sorry, guys, haven't been around lately, but I'm in on this countdown for sure! Miss having a good Mofo countdown in my life. Thanks, Citizen, you're a great choice to run this.

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"Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."

Glad to hear you'll be participating!

I hope the MoFos will take up the challenge of watching some 1930s movies so that they can put together a list and send it to me for the big countdown by the deadline: September 30, 2018.

I vote after this we have another MoFo top 100 all time list again. Last one was 09 (almost 10 years ago!) and only had 28 Lists. Hardly represents modern Movieforums

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When this 1930s countdown is done and over, which won't be for 6 more months, then someone will make a thread to discuss what is next and people will have to decide among themselves which countdown everyone wants to do.

One thing is for sure, whatever countdown is done, it needs to have a host who will see it through and help promote it. It takes a lot of time to do one of these countdowns, but it can be rewarding too.

Maybe I should have put Countdown in the title? So everyone know what this is? Any questions?

@Yoda can edit that in

Will do, thanks.

It's been a long time since I've seen them, but it helps to see The Gambler first, since the stories sort of connect (Mabuse has a radical character arc between the two), but I saw Testament first years ago and still loved it. If you plan on watching both eventually anyway, The Gambler definitely should be first.

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