1930s Films
189 films from the 1930s, all public domain and free to watch.
The 1930s are when sound filmmaking matured and the studio system hit its stride. The public domain collection from this decade is heavy on pre-Code features made before July 1934, when the Production Code began to be enforced, and on B-pictures from Poverty Row studios. A lot of the films here entered the public domain because their production companies went out of business during the Depression or failed to renew their copyrights. The pre-Code material is a particular strength, since those films were made before censorship narrowed what studios could put on screen.
A Lady to Love
1930 - Drama - 6/10
A Notorious Affair
1930 - Drama - 5.6/10
Abraham Lincoln
1930 - Biography - 6.3/10
Adventures in Africa
1930 - Musical - 5.6/10
Africa
1930 - Animation - 5/10
Africa Speaks!
1930 - Documentary - 5.5/10
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 - War - 8.1/10
Animal Crackers
1930 - Comedy - 7.4/10
Anna Christie
1930 - Drama - 7/10
Born Reckless
1930 - Crime - 5.4/10
Check and Double Check
1930 - Comedy - 5/10
Clancy in Wall Street
1930 - Comedy - 4.9/10
Conspiracy
1930 - Mystery - 5.7/10
Danger Lights
1930 - Drama - 6/10
Dixiana
1930 - Comedy - 5.5/10
Doughboys
1930 - Comedy - 6/10
Earth
1930 - Drama - 7.6/10
Fast and Loose
1930 - Comedy - 5.5/10
Feet First
1930 - Comedy - 6.5/10
For the Defense
1930 - Crime - 6.3/10
Half Shot at Sunrise
1930 - Comedy - 5.5/10
Hell's Angels
1930 - War - 7/10
Hold Anything
1930 - Animation - 5.5/10
Holiday
1930 - Comedy - 6.5/10
Hook, Line and Sinker
1930 - Comedy - 5.5/10
Inside the Lines
1930 - Drama - 5.6/10
Just Imagine
1930 - Sci-Fi - 5.5/10
King of Jazz
1930 - Musical - 6.5/10
L'Âge d'Or
1930 - Comedy - 7.4/10
La Paloma
1930 - Animation - 5/10
Ladies of Leisure
1930 - Drama - 6.5/10
Laughter
1930 - Comedy - 6/10
Let Us Be Gay
1930 - Comedy - 5.5/10
Liliom
1930 - Drama - 7/10
Min and Bill
1930 - Comedy - 7/10
Morocco
1930 - Romance - 7.2/10
Murder!
1930 - Mystery - 6.6/10
Our Blushing Brides
1930 - Drama - 6/10
Outside the Law
1930 - Crime - 5.5/10
Paid
1930 - Crime - 6.8/10
Pioneer Days
1930 - Animation - 5.5/10
Playboy of Paris
1930 - Comedy - 5.5/10
Puddle Pranks
1930 - Animation - 5.5/10
Raffles
1930 - Crime - 6.4/10
Rain or Shine
1930 - Comedy - 6.4/10
Reaching for the Moon
1930 - Comedy - 5.5/10
Sinkin' in the Bathtub
1930 - Animation - 6/10
Sinners' Holiday
1930 - Crime - 6.3/10
Soup to Nuts
1930 - Comedy - 5.5/10
Street of Chance
1930 - Crime - 6.4/10
The Bat Whispers
1930 - Mystery - 6.3/10
The Benson Murder Case
1930 - Crime - 6.1/10
The Big House
1930 - Crime - 7.3/10
The Big Pond
1930 - Comedy - 6.5/10
The Big Trail
1930 - Western - 7/10
The Blue Angel
1930 - Drama - 7.6/10
The Booze Hangs High
1930 - Animation - 5.5/10
The Chain Gang
1930 - Animation - 6/10
The Dawn Patrol
1930 - War - 7.2/10
The Devil to Pay!
1930 - Comedy - 6.5/10
The Divorcee
1930 - Drama - 6.9/10
The Golf Specialist
1930 - Comedy - 6.5/10
The Love Parade
1930 - Musical - 7/10
The Pay-Off
1930 - Crime - 5.8/10
The Picnic
1930 - Animation - 6/10
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
1930 - Crime - 5.7/10
The Royal Family of Broadway
1930 - Comedy - 6.4/10
The Unholy Three
1930 - Crime - 6.6/10
True to the Navy
1930 - Comedy - 6/10
Under the Roofs of Paris
1930 - Drama - 7.3/10
Up the River
1930 - Comedy - 6.5/10
Woos Whoopee
1930 - Animation - 7/10
Beau Ideal
1931 - Adventure - 6/10
Behind Office Doors
1931 - Drama - 5.7/10
Bosko the Doughboy
1931 - Animation - 6/10
Bosko's Fox Hunt
1931 - Animation - 5.5/10
Dracula
1931 - Horror - 7.6/10
Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
1931 - Animation - 5.5/10
Kept Husbands
1931 - Drama - 5.9/10
Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
1931 - Animation - 5.5/10
Little Caesar
1931 - Crime - 7.4/10
Lonely Wives
1931 - Comedy - 6/10
Millie
1931 - Drama - 6/10
One More Time
1931 - Animation - 5.5/10
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931 - Comedy - 5/10
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
1931 - Animation - 6/10
The Bandmaster
1931 - Animation - 5.5/10
The Front Page
1931 - Comedy - 7.3/10
The Lady Refuses
1931 - Drama - 5.8/10
Trolley Troubles
1931 - Animation - 6.8/10
Wot a Night
1931 - Animation - 6.3/10
You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
1931 - Animation - 6.2/10
A Farewell to Arms
1932 - Drama - 6.6/10
Battling Bosko
1932 - Animation - 5.5/10
Bird of Paradise
1932 - Adventure - 6.4/10
Bosko at the Zoo
1932 - Animation - 5.5/10
Freddy the Freshman
1932 - Animation - 5.5/10
Goopy Geer
1932 - Animation - 6/10
I Love a Parade
1932 - Animation - 5.5/10
It's Got Me Again!
1932 - Animation - 6/10
Making Good
1932 - Animation - 5/10
Pagan Moon
1932 - Animation - 5/10
Rain
1932 - Drama - 6.5/10
Speak Easily
1932 - Comedy - 5.5/10
Tangled Destinies
1932 - Mystery - 5.3/10
The Animal Kingdom
1932 - Drama - 6.5/10
The Dentist
1932 - Comedy - 6.5/10
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932 - Comedy - 6.5/10
The Hurricane Express
1932 - Action - 6.2/10
The Monster Walks
1932 - Horror - 5/10
The Most Dangerous Game
1932 - Adventure - 7.3/10
White Zombie
1932 - Horror - 6.3/10
Oliver Twist
1933 - Drama - 5.8/10
Riders of Destiny
1933 - Western - 5.6/10
Sagebrush Trail
1933 - Western - 5.5/10
The Emperor Jones
1933 - Drama - 6.4/10
The Last Mail
1933 - Animation - 5/10
The Vampire Bat
1933 - Horror - 5.8/10
Blue Steel
1934 - Western - 5.6/10
Bubbling Over
1934 - Comedy - 5.8/10
Goode Knight
1934 - Animation - 5.8/10
Ha! Ha! Ha!
1934 - Animation - 6/10
Maniac
1934 - Horror - 3.9/10
Mystery Liner
1934 - Mystery - 4.6/10
Of Human Bondage
1934 - Drama - 7.3/10
Pastry Town Wedding
1934 - Animation - 5.5/10
Poor Cinderella
1934 - Animation - 6.5/10
Randy Rides Alone
1934 - Western - 5.3/10
The Lucky Texan
1934 - Western - 5.7/10
The Man from Utah
1934 - Western - 5.5/10
The Parrotville Fire Department
1934 - Animation - 5.5/10
The Scarlet Letter
1934 - Drama - 5.8/10
The Star Packer
1934 - Western - 5.6/10
The Vanishing Shadow
1934 - Sci-Fi - 5/10
West of the Divide
1934 - Western - 5.7/10
Becky Sharp
1935 - Drama - 6.6/10
Making Stars
1935 - Animation - 5.5/10
Scrooge
1935 - Drama - 6.6/10
Bold King Cole
1936 - Animation - 6.5/10
Christmas Comes But Once a Year
1936 - Animation - 6.5/10
Disorder in the Court
1936 - Comedy - 7.5/10
Great Guy
1936 - Crime - 6.2/10
My Man Godfrey
1936 - Comedy - 7.9/10
Neptune Nonsense
1936 - Animation - 6/10
Night Mail
1936 - Documentary - 7.2/10
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
1936 - Animation - 7.4/10
Reefer Madness
1936 - Drama - 3.8/10
The Amazing Adventure
1936 - Comedy - 6/10
The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
1936 - Animation - 6/10
The Mandarin Mystery
1936 - Mystery - 5.6/10
The Plow That Broke the Plains
1936 - Documentary - 6.8/10
The Rogues' Tavern
1936 - Horror - 5.2/10
Things to Come
1936 - Sci-Fi - 7/10
To Spring
1936 - Animation - 6.5/10
A Star Is Born
1937 - Drama - 7.5/10
Dark Manhattan
1937 - Crime - 5.8/10
Dick Tracy
1937 - Action - 6.5/10
I Wanna Be a Sailor
1937 - Animation - 5.5/10
Nothing Sacred
1937 - Comedy - 7.5/10
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
1937 - Animation - 7.2/10
Swing High, Swing Low
1937 - Comedy - 7/10
The Road to Health and Happiness
1937 - Educational - 5/10
A Date to Skate
1938 - Animation - 6/10
Algiers
1938 - Crime - 7/10
Boy Meets Dog!
1938 - Animation - 6/10
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
1938 - Mystery - 6.3/10
Have You Got Any Castles?
1938 - Animation - 6.5/10
Jungle Jitters
1938 - Animation - 4.5/10
Letter of Introduction
1938 - Comedy - 6.4/10
The River
1938 - Documentary - 7.2/10
The Terror of Tiny Town
1938 - Western - 3.8/10
Wives Under Suspicion
1938 - Crime - 6/10
A Day at the Zoo
1939 - Animation - 6.5/10
Africa Squawks
1939 - Animation - 5.5/10
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1939 - Animation - 7.1/10
Always Kickin'
1939 - Animation - 5/10
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939 - Mystery - 6.5/10
Gold Rush Daze
1939 - Animation - 5.5/10
Gulliver's Travels
1939 - Animation - 6.7/10
Hamateur Night
1939 - Animation - 6/10
Love Affair
1939 - Romance - 7.4/10
Made for Each Other
1939 - Drama - 7.2/10
Popeye the Sailor Meets Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1939 - Animation - 7/10
Prest-O Change-O
1939 - Animation - 6/10
Robin Hood Makes Good
1939 - Animation - 6/10
The City
1939 - Documentary - 7/10
The Flying Deuces
1939 - Comedy - 6.9/10
The Gorilla
1939 - Comedy - 5/10
The Little Princess
1939 - Family - 7.2/10