Best Pre-code Movies & TV Series

3eyedraven's 233 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.

Night Owls 1930 ★ 7.4

Grand Hotel 1932 ★ 7.0

Monkey Business 1931 ★ 7.0

Shanghai Express 1932 ★ 7.0

Lady for a Day 1933 ★ 7.1

The Most Dangerous Game 1932 ★ 6.9

42nd Street 1933 ★ 6.9

Island of Lost Souls 1932 ★ 6.9

Imitation of Life 1934 ★ 7.0

Animal Crackers 1930 ★ 6.9

Manhattan Melodrama 1934 ★ 7.1

Horse Feathers 1932 ★ 6.9

Little Caesar 1931 ★ 6.9

The Scarlet Empress 1934 ★ 6.9

Queen Christina 1934 ★ 6.9

Red Dust 1932 ★ 6.9

Blonde Crazy 1931 ★ 7.0

Twentieth Century 1934 ★ 6.8

Possessed 1931 ★ 7.0

The Mayor of Hell 1933 ★ 7.0

Dinner at Eight 1933 ★ 6.8

Footlight Parade 1933 ★ 6.8

Blonde Venus 1932 ★ 6.8

Dishonored 1931 ★ 6.8