Films1930s
The 1930s.
281 hand-scored films from the 1930s. Each carries a twelve-axis taste fingerprint and a cinematography palette.
281 entries
The Wizard of Oz
1939 · family · fantasy
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1937 · animation · family
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · war · drama
Gone with the Wind
1939 · drama · romance
Frankenstein
1931 · horror · sci-fi
Dracula
1931 · horror · fantasy
The Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · horror · sci-fi
Grand Hotel
1932 · drama · romance
Wuthering Heights
1939 · drama · romance
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 · adventure · drama
The Invisible Man
1933 · universal · monster
Only Angels Have Wings
1939 · adventure · drama
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931 · horror · drama
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 · crime · drama
Aleksandr Nevsky
1938 · historical
City Lights
1931 · comedy · romance
Modern Times
1936 · comedy · silent
King Kong (1933)
1933 · fantasy · adventure
The Women
1939 · ensemble · comedy-of-manners
The Mummy
1932 · universal · monster
Fury
1936 · drama · crime
The Great Ziegfeld
1936 · mgm · biopic
San Francisco
1936 · mgm · macdonald
Jezebel
1938 · drama · romance
The Roaring Twenties
1939 · crime · gangster
The Public Enemy
1931 · crime · drama
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · drama
Bringing Up Baby
1938 · comedy · romance
It Happened One Night
1934 · comedy · romance
M
1931 · thriller · crime
Duck Soup
1933 · comedy
Stagecoach
1939 · western
The Thin Man
1934 · comedy · mystery
Top Hat
1935 · musical · romance
Triumph of the Will
1935 · documentary · german
Holiday
1938 · screwball · class-satire
Dinner at Eight
1933 · comedy · drama
Of Mice and Men
1939 · drama · social
Pygmalion
1938 · comedy · drama
L'Âge d'Or
1930 · surreal · comedy
Flying Down to Rio
1933 · rko · astaire-rogers
Camille
1936 · romance · drama
Little Caesar
1931 · crime · drama
42nd Street
1933 · musical · drama
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 · drama · biography
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934 · hitchcock · thriller
White Zombie
1932 · zombie · voodoo
Shall We Dance
1937 · rko · astaire-rogers
Footlight Parade
1933 · warner · berkeley
The Most Dangerous Game
1932 · pre-code · adventure
Imitation of Life
1934 · drama · melodrama
The Black Cat
1934 · horror
The Blue Angel
1930 · drama
Freaks
1932 · horror · drama
Scarface (1932)
1932 · crime · drama
The 39 Steps
1935 · thriller
Swing Time
1936 · musical · romance
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
1938 · adventure · action
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933 · musical · comedy
My Man Godfrey
1936 · screwball · class-satire
Love Me Tonight
1932 · musical · comedy
Destry Rides Again
1939 · western · comedy
Le Million
1931 · comedy · musical
The Threepenny Opera
1931 · musical · drama
The Gay Divorcee
1934 · rko · astaire-rogers
The Merry Widow
1934 · mgm · lubitsch
Dark Victory
1939 · drama · melodrama
Stella Dallas
1937 · drama · melodrama
Blonde Venus
1932 · pre-code · drama
Olympia
1938 · documentary · sport
La Bête Humaine
1938 · drama · noir
Pépé le Moko
1937 · crime · drama
Morocco
1930 · drama · romance
You Only Live Once
1937 · crime · drama
The Blood of a Poet
1932 · fantasy · experimental
Under the Roofs of Paris
1930 · musical · romance
Intermezzo
1936 · drama · romance
Secret Agent
1936 · thriller · espionage
Follow the Fleet
1936 · rko · astaire-rogers
Babes in Arms
1939 · mgm · garland-rooney
Naughty Marietta
1935 · mgm · macdonald-eddy
Rose-Marie
1936 · mgm · macdonald-eddy
Babes in Toyland
1934 · hal-roach · laurel-hardy
Baby Face
1933 · pre-code · drama
Libeled Lady
1936 · screwball · comedy
Dead End
1937 · crime · drama
Jamaica Inn
1939 · adventure · period
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932 · drama · crime
The Lady Vanishes
1938 · thriller · mystery
Grand Illusion
1937 · drama · war
Things to Come
1936 · sci-fi · drama
Twentieth Century
1934 · screwball · showbiz
Out on the Big Ranch
1936 · comedy · musical
Roberta
1935 · rko · astaire-rogers
One Hour with You
1932 · paramount · lubitsch
Maytime
1937 · mgm · macdonald-eddy
Nothing Sacred
1937 · screwball · comedy
The Front Page
1931 · pre-code · comedy
Queen Christina
1933 · pre-code · drama
Young and Innocent
1937 · thriller · chase
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 · fox · berlin
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 · crime · thriller
Sabotage
1936 · thriller · british
Shanghai Express
1932 · drama · romance
The Big Trail
1930 · western · frontier
Circus
1936 · comedy · musical
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935 · warner · berkeley
Born to Dance
1936 · mgm · powell
A Damsel in Distress
1937 · rko · astaire
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1933 · pre-code · drama
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933 · pre-code · horror
Easy Living
1937 · screwball · comedy
It's a Gift
1934 · comedy
She Done Him Wrong
1933 · pre-code · comedy
The Rules of the Game
1939 · drama · comedy
Stage Door
1937 · comedy · drama
Ninotchka (1939)
1939 · comedy · romance
Island of Lost Souls
1932 · horror · sci-fi
À Nous la Liberté
1931 · comedy · musical
Mädchen in Uniform
1931 · drama · lgbtq
Jolly Fellows
1934 · comedy · musical
Chir Chir
1938 · comedy · musical
Murder!
1930 · mystery · thriller
Dames
1934 · warner · berkeley
Red Dust
1932 · pre-code · drama
M (Fritz Lang) — re-pass
1931 · thriller · crime
Earth
1930 · drama · silent
The Scarlet Empress
1934 · drama · historical
Westfront 1918
1930 · war · drama
Kuhle Wampe
1932 · drama · social
Sant Tukaram
1936 · drama · biography
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934 · drama · silent
Widad
1936 · musical · umm-kulthum
The Smiling Lieutenant
1931 · paramount · lubitsch
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936 · drama · comedy
Hôtel du Nord
1938 · drama · romance
Let's Go with Pancho Villa
1936 · drama · war
Monte Carlo
1930 · paramount · lubitsch
Hollywood Hotel
1937 · warner · berkeley
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 · drama
The Awful Truth
1937 · comedy · romance
A Night at the Opera (1935)
1935 · comedy · musical
Gunga Din (1939)
1939 · adventure · action
Land Without Bread
1933 · documentary · spanish
The Plow That Broke the Plains
1936 · new-deal · environment
The River
1938 · new-deal · environment
Hyppolit, the Butler
1931 · comedy · classic
Devdas
1935 · drama · romance
The Neighbor's Wife and Mine
1931 · comedy
The Only Son
1936 · drama · family
The Woman of the Port
1934 · drama · melodrama
American Madness
1932 · pre-code · drama
The Old Dark House
1932 · horror · comedy
La Chienne
1931 · drama · noir
Tokyo Chorus
1931 · comedy · drama
Redes
1936 · drama · social
People on Sunday
1930 · drama · german
The Lower Depths
1936 · drama
An Inn in Tokyo
1935 · drama · silent
The Compadre Mendoza
1934 · drama · revolution
Ecstasy
1933 · drama · romance
Tractor Drivers
1939 · comedy · musical
Roman Scandals
1933 · samuel-goldwyn · cantor
King of Jazz
1930 · universal · whiteman
A Day at the Races (1937)
1937 · comedy · musical
Horse Feathers (1932)
1932 · comedy · musical
Monkey Business (1931)
1931 · comedy
Midnight (1939)
1939 · comedy · romance
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
1932 · comedy · romance
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
1936 · comedy · drama
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · comedy · romance
Captain Blood (1935)
1935 · adventure · action
The Lacplesis
1930 · drama · silent
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
1939 · drama · romance
Sisters of the Gion
1936 · drama · japanese
Osaka Elegy
1936 · drama · japanese
Night Mail
1936 · documentary · short
Chapaev
1934 · war · drama
La Marseillaise
1938 · historical · drama
Un Carnet de Bal
1937 · drama · romance
The Lor Girl
1933 · drama · historical
The Masseurs and a Woman
1938 · drama
Passing Fancy
1933 · drama · silent
Enthusiasm
1931 · documentary · experimental
Lenin in October
1937 · drama · historical
Lieutenant Kije
1934 · comedy · satire
Juno and the Paycock
1930 · drama · irish
Number Seventeen
1932 · thriller · mystery
Whoopee!
1930 · samuel-goldwyn · cantor
That Night's Wife
1930 · silent · crime
The Goddess
1934 · drama · chinese
Street Angel
1937 · drama · musical
Toni
1935 · drama · romance
La Belle Équipe
1936 · drama
Dragnet Girl
1933 · crime · drama
Two Monks
1934 · drama · gothic
Janitzio
1935 · drama · romance
Santa
1932 · drama · melodrama
Three Songs About Lenin
1934 · documentary · historical
By the Bluest of Seas
1936 · romance · comedy
Happiness
1935 · comedy · satire
The Mascot
1933 · stop-motion · puppet
Rich and Strange
1931 · comedy · drama
Woman of Tokyo
1933 · silent · drama
One Way Passage
1932 · pre-code · romance
A Bird of the East
1939 · drama · realism
The Lion Has Wings
1939 · war · propaganda
Bank Holiday
1938 · drama · romance
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
1932 · silent · drama
The Lady and the Beard
1931 · silent · comedy
Design for Living (1933)
1933 · comedy · romance
A Star Is Born (1937)
1937 · drama · musical
A Day in the Country (1936)
1936 · drama · romance
Boudu Saved from Drowning
1932 · comedy · drama
The Four Feathers (1939)
1939 · adventure · drama
Beau Geste (1939)
1939 · adventure · drama
Lost Horizon (1937)
1937 · adventure · drama
Spring Silkworms
1933 · drama · chinese
Determination
1939 · drama · egyptian
The Spy in Black
1939 · thriller · war
Long Live Love
1938 · musical · romance
Outskirts
1933 · drama · war
Shchors
1939 · drama · war
Mr. Thank You
1936 · drama
The Water Magician
1933 · silent · drama
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
1935 · samurai · comedy
Walk Cheerfully
1930 · crime · silent
What Did the Lady Forget?
1937 · comedy · drama
Baltic Deputy
1936 · drama · historical
L'Atalante
1934 · drama · romance
Limite
1931 · drama · brazilian
The White Rose
1933 · drama · musical
Crossroads
1937 · drama · comedy
The Dancing Girl of Izu
1933 · drama · romance
Singing Lovebirds
1939 · musical · comedy
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
1935 · drama · comedy
The Phantom of the Convent
1934 · horror · mystery
Salt for Svanetia
1930 · documentary · silent
Festival of St. Jorgen
1930 · comedy · satire
Aerograd
1935 · drama · adventure
The Skin Game
1931 · drama · play-adaptation
Waltzes from Vienna
1934 · musical · comedy
A Mother Should Be Loved
1934 · silent · family
Show Boat (1936)
1936 · musical · drama
The Informer (1935)
1935 · drama · crime
I Was Born, But... (1932)
1932 · comedy · drama
The Big Road
1934 · drama · chinese
Kochiyama Soshun
1936 · samurai · drama
Ivan
1932 · drama · historical
Tell England
1931 · war · drama
Children in the Wind
1937 · drama · family
No Blood Relation
1932 · silent · drama
Prisoners of the Earth
1939 · drama
Counterplan
1932 · drama · historical
The Teacher
1939 · drama
Deserter
1933 · drama · political
A Severe Young Man
1936 · drama · experimental
Every-Night Dreams
1933 · drama · silent
Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)
1937 · drama
Vampyr
1932 · horror
The Great Citizen
1938 · drama · political
Spring Shower
1932 · drama
Apart from You
1933 · silent · drama
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
1938 · drama · romance
Street Without End
1934 · silent · drama
Talk of the Devil
1936 · drama · crime
Flunky, Work Hard
1931 · silent · comedy
Burden of Life
1935 · comedy · family
The Whole Family Works
1939 · drama · family
A Woman's Sorrow
1937 · drama
Sincere Heart
1939 · drama
The Tale of the Fox
1930 · animation · family
Dodsworth
1936 · drama · romance
Tabu (Murnau)
1931 · drama · romance
Earth (Dovzhenko)
1930 · drama
Zero for Conduct
1933 · drama
Le Quai des Brumes
1938 · drama · romance
Le Jour Se Lève
1939 · drama · crime
City Girl
1930 · drama · romance
The Blue Light
1932 · drama · fantasy
Port of Shadows
1938 · drama · crime