Best Pre-code Movies

3eyedraven's 229 top-rated pre-code movies — 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