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1001 Movies to See Before You Die (1930s)

This list is drawn from Steven Jay Schneider’s 1001 Movies to See Before You Die. There is a complete list available, but I got tired of it changing every year when the new edition came out (especially when the new picks are worse (I’ll miss you City of God)). Given that none of the new editions have deleted a film before the 1980s, this list should stand awhile.

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1. The Blue Angel
by Josef von Sternberg
  
2. Luis Bunuel's L'Age d'Or  
3.
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 Zemlya (Earth)
by Aleksandr Dovzhenko
  
4. Little Caesar
by Mervyn LeRoy
  
5. All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal Cinema Classics)
by Lewis Milestone
  
6. A Nous La Liberte - Criterion Collection
by René Clair
  
7. Le Million - Criterion Collection
by René Clair
  
8. Tabu (1931)
by F.W. Murnau
  
9.
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 Dracula (1931)
by Tod Browning (dir.), Bela Lugosi
  
10. Frankenstein (75th Anniversary Edition) (Universal Legacy Series)
by James Whale
  
11. City Lights (2 Disc Special Edition)
by Charles Chaplin
  
12. The Public Enemy
by William A. Wellman
  
13. M - Criterion Collection (Special Edition)  
14.
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 La Chienne (1931)
by Jean Renoir
  
15. Vampyr
by Carl Theodor Dreyer
  
16. Love Me Tonight
by Rouben Mamoulian
  
17. Boudu Saved from Drowning - Criterion Collection
by Jean Renoir
  
18. I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
by Mervyn LeRoy
  
19. Trouble in Paradise - Criterion Collection  
20.
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 Scarface (1932)
by Howard Hawks (dir.)
  
21. Shanghai Express - (Russian Import - PAL DVD)
by Josef von Sternberg
  
22. Freaks
by Tod Browning
  
23.
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 Me and My Gal
by Raoul Walsh
  
24.
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 Zéro de conduite (1933)
by Jean Vigo
  
25.
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 42nd Street (1933)
by Lloyd Bacon
  
26. dvd FOOTLIGHT PARADE 1933 Authentic Region 1 A Warner Brothers Release Starring JAMES CAGNEY, JOAN BLONDELL, RUBY KEELER and DICK POWELL  
27.
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 Gold Diggers of 1933
by Mervyn LeRoy
  
28.
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 She Done Him Wrong (1933)
by Lowell Sherman
  
29. Duck Soup
by Leo McCarey
  
30. Queen Christina
by Rouben Mamoulian
  
31.
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 Land Without Bread (Las hurdes)
by Luis Bunuel
  
32. King Kong (1933) (Single-Disc Edition)  
33.
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 The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
by Frank Capra
  
34.
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 Sons of the Desert (1933)
by William A. Seiter
  
35.
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 It's a Gift (1934)
by Norman Z. McLeod
  
36. Triumph of the Will (Special Edition)
by Leni Riefenstahl
  
37.
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 L'Atalante
by Jean Vigo
  
38.
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 The Black Cat (1934)  
39. Judge Priest
by John Ford
  
40. It Happened One Night
by Frank Capra
  
41. The Thin Man (Keepcase)
by W.S. Van Dyke
  
42. Captain Blood
by Michael Curtiz
  
43. Mutiny on the Bounty
by Frank Lloyd
  
44. A Night at the Opera
by Sam Wood
  
45. The 39 Steps - Criterion Collection  
46. The Bride of Frankenstein
by James Whale
  
47. Top Hat
by Mark Sandrich
  
48. A Day in the Country (Partie de campagne) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]
by Jean Renoir
  
49. Modern Times (2 Disc Special Edition)  
50. Swing Time
by George Stevens
  
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Created by jriekse on Sep 20, 2007.