10 лучших фильмов каждого года из 1930-х по версии Vadim Rizov:

1930.
1. HOMETOWN (Kenji Mizoguchi)
2. THE BLUE ANGEL (Josef von Sternberg)
3. HELL'S ANGELS (Howard Hughes)
4. CITY GIRL (F.W. Murnau)
5. WESTFRONT 1918 (G.W. Pabst)

Shorts: GOING PLACES (Murray Roth)

1931.
1. PLATINUM BLONDE (Frank Capra)
2. STRICTLY DISHONORABLE (John M. Stahl)
3. FRANKENSTEIN (James Whale)
4. A NOUS LA LIBERTE (René Clair)
5. GIRLS OF LEISURE (George Cukor)
6. SEED (John. M. Stahl)
7. MONKEY BUSINESS (Norman Z. McLeod)
8. THE PUBLIC ENEMY (William A. Wellman)
9. CONSOLATION MARRIAGE (Paul Sloane)
10. THE CRIMINAL CODE (Howard Hawks)

1932.
1. SHANGHAI EXPRESS (Josef von Sternberg)
2. LOVE ME TONIGHT (Rouben Mamoulian)
3. NIGHT WORLD (Hobart Henley)
4. I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (Mervyn LeRoy)
5. A BLONDE DREAM (Paul Martin)
6. RED DUST (Victor Fleming)
7. IVAN (Alexander Dovzhenko)
8. AIR MAIL (John Ford)
9. BY WHOSE HAND? (Ben Stoloff)
10. SINNERS IN THE SUN (Alexander Hall)

Also: VIRTUE (Edward Buzzell), JEWEL ROBBERY (William Dieterle), SCARFACE (Howard Hawks), HORSE FEATHERS (Norman Z. McLeod), TROUBLE IN PARADISE (Ernst Lubitsch), BLESSED EVENT (Roy Del Ruth)
Shorts: KOLORATUREN (Oskar Fischinger)

1933.
1. DUCK SOUP (Leo McCarey)
2. ZOO IN BUDAPEST (Rowland V. Lee)
3. FOOTLIGHT PARADE (Lloyd Bacon)
4. ONLY YESTERDAY (John M. Stahl)
5. BOMBSHELL (Victor Fleming)
6. PRISONER 13 (Fernando de Fuentes)
7. ZERO FOR CONDUCT (Jean Vigo)
8. PASSING FANCY (Yasujiro Ozu)
9. THE INVISIBLE MAN (James Whale)
10. KING KONG (Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper)

Also: STATE FAIR (Henry King), I AM SUZANNE! (Rowland V. Lee), WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD (William A. Wellman), OUTSKIRTS (Boris Barnet), SHE DONE HIM WRONG (Lowell Sherman)

1934.
1. THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY (William Beaudine)
2. THE SCARLET EMPRESS (Josef von Sternberg)
3. MY BUDDY MENDOZA (Fernando de Fuentes)
4. ONE MORE RIVER (James Whale)
5. IT'S A GIFT (Norman Z. McLeod)
6. THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (Alfred Hitchcock)
7. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (Frank Capra)
8. BULLDOG DRUMMOND STRIKES BACK (Roy Del Ruth)
9. THE THIN MAN (W.S. Van Dyke)
10. L'ATALANTE (Jean Vigo)

Also: TWENTIETH CENTURY (Howard Hawks)
Shorts: MURATTI GRAFT EIN (Oskar Fischinger)

1935.
1. RUGGLES OF RED GAP (Leo McCarey)
2. THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (James Whale)
3. TOP HAT (Mark Sandrich)
4. THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE (Clyde Bruckman)
5. THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN (Josef von Sternberg)
6. THE DOWNFALL OF OSEN (Kenji Mizoguchi)
7. MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (John M. Stahl)
8. WIFE! BE LIKE A ROSE! (Mikio Naruse)
9. AN INN IN TOKYO (Yasujiro Ozu)
10. THE GOOD FAIRY (William Wyler)

Also: THE SCOUNDREL (Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Lee Garmes), THE STEEL ANIMAL (Willy Zielke), THE 39 STEPS (Alfred Hitchcock), THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING (John Ford)
Shorts: KOMPOSITION IN BLAU (Oskar Fischinger)

1936.
1. MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (Frank Capra)
2. THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE (Jean Renoir)
3. SABOTAGE (Alfred Hitchcock)
4. SISTERS OF THE GION (Kenji Mizoguchi)
5. THE THIRTEEN (Mikhail Romm)
6. THE ONLY SON (Yasujiro Ozu)
7. COME AND GET IT (Howard Hawks, William Wyler)
8. CAMILLE (George Cukor)
9. MY MAN GODFREY (Gregory La Cava)
10. OSAKA ELEGY (Kenji Mizoguchi)

1937.
1. MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW (Leo McCarey)
2. YOUNG AND INNOCENT (Alfred Hitchcock)
3. STELLA DALLAS (King Vidor)
4. YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (Fritz Lang)
5. PEPE LE MOKO (Julien Duvivier)
6. STAGE DOOR (Gregory La Cava)
7. THE AWFUL TRUTH (Leo McCarey)
8. THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (Michael Powell)

1938.
1. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (Michael Curtiz)
2. THE LADY VANISHES (Alfred Hitchcock)
3. QUADRILLE (Sacha Guitry)
4. CAREFREE (Mark Sandrich)
5. FIVE SCOUTS (Tomotaka Tasaka)
6. HOLIDAY (George Cukor)
7. PORT OF SHADOWS (Marcel Carné)
8. BROADWAY MUSKETEERS (John Farrow)

Shorts: COTILLION (Joseph Cornell)

1939.
1. LOVE AFFAIR (Leo McCarey)
2. THE RULES OF THE GAME (Jean Renoir)
3. DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (George Marshall)
4. STAGECOACH (John Ford)
5. ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (Howard Hawks)
6. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (Frank Capra)
7. THE ROARING TWENTIES (Raoul Walsh)
8. THE STORY OF THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUMS (Kenji Mizoguchi)
9. THE WIZARD OF OZ (Victor Fleming, George Cukor)
10. NINOTCHKA (Ernst Lubitsch)

Also: MIDNIGHT (Mitchell Leisen)