Best Pre-code Movies & TV Series

3eyedraven's 229 top-rated pre-code movies and TV series — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

M 1931 ★ 8.1
It Happened One Night 1934 ★ 7.8
Freaks 1932 ★ 7.8
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 ★ 7.8
King Kong 1933 ★ 7.6
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932 ★ 7.8
Frankenstein 1931 ★ 7.5
The Invisible Man 1933 ★ 7.5
The Thin Man 1934 ★ 7.5
Scarface 1932 ★ 7.4
Trouble in Paradise 1932 ★ 7.4
Duck Soup 1933 ★ 7.3
The Blue Angel 1930 ★ 7.3
Dracula 1931 ★ 7.2
City Girl 1930 ★ 7.5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931 ★ 7.2
The Public Enemy 1931 ★ 7.2
Baby Face 1933 ★ 7.2
Gold Diggers of 1933 1933 ★ 7.2
Design for Living 1933 ★ 7.1
Lucky Star 1929 ★ 7.6
One Way Passage 1932 ★ 7.4
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas 1931 ★ 7.1
Sons of the Desert 1933 ★ 7.1