1930's Best Movies: 90 Years Later

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Rankings come from the overall list of the top 1,000 films at They Shoot Pictures, Don't They.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
L'ÂGE D'OR (Luis Buñuel; France) [#140]	9
THE BLUE ANGEL (Josef von Sternberg; Germany) [#665]	3
EARTH (Alexander Dovzhenko; USSR) [#169]	3
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Lewis Milestone; USA) [#732]	2
THE BLOOD OF A POET (Jean Cocteau; France) #1156	2
PEOPLE ON SUNDAY (Robert Siodmak & Edgar G. Ulmer; Germany) #1313	2
MOROCCO (Josef von Sternberg; USA) [#831]	2
À PROPOS DE NICE (Jean Vigo; France) #1155	1
UNDER THE ROOFS OF PARIS (René Clair; France) #1490	1
CITY GIRL (F.W. Murnau; USA) #1708	0

― Vegemite Is My Grrl (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 June 2020 16:28 (five years ago)

Still haven't seen Earth!

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 June 2020 16:31 (five years ago)

This would likely be All Quiet on the Western Front for me anyway, but I still need to see the Cocteau, the Murnau and The Blue Angel.

― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Thursday, 4 June 2020 16:50 (five years ago)

L'Age D'Or always and forever without reflection

― hip posts without flaggadocio (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 June 2020 16:52 (five years ago)

mia:

ANIMAL CRACKERS
ANOTHER FINE MESS
THE DAWN PATROL
LITTLE LISE
TOMATOS ANOTHER DAY
LILIOM (Borzage)

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 June 2020 16:52 (five years ago)

laugh once in awhile!

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 June 2020 16:53 (five years ago)

Morocco is funny!

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 June 2020 16:55 (five years ago)

MURDER!
HELL'S ANGELS
THE BIG TRAIL

mighta heard of these guys

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 June 2020 16:56 (five years ago)

I'd also include:

Liliom
Animal Crackers

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 June 2020 17:06 (five years ago)

Big Trail was in 70mm, y'know

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 June 2020 17:41 (five years ago)

Oh great--El Brendel in widescreen.

― Life is a banquet and my invitation was lost in the mail (j.lu), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:09 (five years ago)

Conspicuously absent: Yamekraw; The Unholy Three.

― Life is a banquet and my invitation was lost in the mail (j.lu), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:13 (five years ago)

Also, the 1930 version of Liliom is fatally flawed by featuring Charles Farrell, who was ludicrously out of his depth as a playboy carnie. Charles Boyer in the 1934 version looked like Jean Gabin by comparison.

― Life is a banquet and my invitation was lost in the mail (j.lu), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:24 (five years ago)

L'Age d'Or is funny tbf

― hip posts without flaggadocio (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 4 June 2020 20:26 (five years ago)

oh top level

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 June 2020 21:28 (five years ago)

And, look, I voted for a comedy!

― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Friday, 5 June 2020 14:16 (five years ago)

Bump.

― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 16:26 (five years ago)

Morocco

― flappy bird, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:14 (five years ago)

To contrast with the letterboxd top 12:

City Lights (1931, Chaplin, 4.3)
M (1931, Lang, 4.3)
Modern Times (1936, Chaplin, 4.2)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937, McCarey, 4.2)
Grand Illusion (1937, Renoir, 4.2)
The Rules of the Game (1939, Renoir, 4.1)
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939, Mizoguchi, 4.1)
It Happened One Night (1934, Capra, 4.1)
Trouble in Paradise (1932, Lubitsch, 4.1)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939, Hawks, 4.0)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939, Capra, 4.0)
The Wizard of Oz (1939, Fleming, 4.0)

― closed beta (NotEnough), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 17:39 (five years ago)

voted for The Blood of a Poet

― Dan S, Thursday, 18 June 2020 03:37 (five years ago)

i'm surprised by the omission of L'ATALANTE, as well as M and CITY LIGHTS, already mentioned.

among the options it's between two very different films: EARTH and DER BLAUE ENGEL

― budo jeru, Thursday, 18 June 2020 04:02 (five years ago)

poll is of films from the year 1930, not 1930s films, I was confused by that too

― Dan S, Thursday, 18 June 2020 04:14 (five years ago)

OOOOOOOH

― budo jeru, Thursday, 18 June 2020 04:35 (five years ago)

geez i feel like a dork

― budo jeru, Thursday, 18 June 2020 04:35 (five years ago)

1920's Best Movies: 100 Years Later

― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 18 June 2020 15:34 (five years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Wednesday, 24 June 2020 00:01 (five years ago)

If I hadn't voted L'Age D'Or I'm guessing I would've chosen The Blood of a Poet.

― Juanita was robbed (Eric H.), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 13:34 (five years ago)

tempted by Blue Angel or People On Sunday but yeah only one way i cd vote

― never mind that shit, here comes scampo (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 14:42 (five years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Thursday, 25 June 2020 00:01 (five years ago)

Buñuel -- the Al Green of film makers.

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 June 2020 00:03 (five years ago)

Was Al Green a martini fan?

― Juanita was robbed (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 June 2020 14:28 (five years ago)

i assume Alfred meant "beloved by everybody but monsters"

― never mind that shit, here comes scampo (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 25 June 2020 14:31 (five years ago)

Time for the showdown: The Best Movies Of Years Celebrating An Anniversary Divisible By 10 (1920-2010)

― Juanita was robbed (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 June 2020 14:34 (five years ago)

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