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Pre-1950s favorite films

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Prior to 1930

People who added this item 1441  Average listal rating (717 ratings) 8.3  IMDB Rating 8.4 
1. Metropolis (1927)
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People who added this item 810  Average listal rating (472 ratings) 8.1  IMDB Rating 8.2 
2. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
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People who added this item 685  Average listal rating (449 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.2 
3. The Gold Rush (1925)
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People who added this item 1259  Average listal rating (688 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating
4. Nosferatu (1922)
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People who added this item 70  Average listal rating (49 ratings) 6.8  IMDB Rating
5. The Cocoanuts (1929)
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People who added this item 843  Average listal rating (469 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating
6. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
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1930s

People who added this item 562  Average listal rating (372 ratings) 7.9  IMDB Rating
7. Duck Soup (1933)
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People who added this item 160  Average listal rating (101 ratings) 7.2  IMDB Rating 7.5 
8. Animal Crackers (1930)
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People who added this item 323  Average listal rating (210 ratings) 7.9  IMDB Rating
9. A Night at the Opera (1935)
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People who added this item 760  Average listal rating (446 ratings) 7.6  IMDB Rating
10. Frankenstein (1931)
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People who added this item 192  Average listal rating (82 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 7.9 
11. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
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People who added this item 917  Average listal rating (578 ratings) 7.3  IMDB Rating
12. King Kong (1933)
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People who added this item 309  Average listal rating (185 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 7.7 
13. The Invisible Man (1933)
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People who added this item 203  Average listal rating (109 ratings) 7.6  IMDB Rating 7.7 
14. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
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People who added this item 524  Average listal rating (306 ratings) 7.7  IMDB Rating 7.9 
15. The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
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People who added this item 121  Average listal rating (86 ratings) 7.4  IMDB Rating 7.5 
16. Monkey Business (1931)
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People who added this item 1097  Average listal rating (570 ratings) 8.6  IMDB Rating 8.5 
17. M (1931)
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People who added this item 140  Average listal rating (95 ratings) 7.2  IMDB Rating 7.6 
18. Horse Feathers (1932)
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People who added this item 637  Average listal rating (377 ratings) 7.3  IMDB Rating 7.6 
19. Dracula (1931)
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People who added this item 3016  Average listal rating (1956 ratings) 7.6  IMDB Rating 8.2 
20. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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People who added this item 722  Average listal rating (423 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 7.9 
21. Freaks (1932)
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People who added this item 144  Average listal rating (92 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating 7.5 
22. A Day at the Races (1937)
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People who added this item 591  Average listal rating (374 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 8.3 
23. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
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People who added this item 56  Average listal rating (36 ratings) 6.8  IMDB Rating 6.8 
24. At the Circus (1939)
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People who added this item 58  Average listal rating (35 ratings) 6.9  IMDB Rating 6.6 
25. Room Service (1938)
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1940s

People who added this item 95  Average listal rating (42 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating 7.8 
26. Le Corbeau (1943)
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People who added this item 313  Average listal rating (191 ratings) 7.6  IMDB Rating 7.8 
27. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
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People who added this item 149  Average listal rating (83 ratings) 7.4  IMDB Rating 7.3 
28. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
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People who added this item 1630  Average listal rating (983 ratings) 7.5  IMDB Rating 7.8 
29. Fantasia (1940)
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People who added this item 557  Average listal rating (360 ratings) 8  IMDB Rating
30. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
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People who added this item 99  Average listal rating (70 ratings) 6.3  IMDB Rating 6.4 
31. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
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People who added this item 55  Average listal rating (36 ratings) 7.1  IMDB Rating 6.8 
32. Go West (1940)
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People who added this item 79  Average listal rating (52 ratings) 7.1  IMDB Rating 6.9 
33. A Night in Casablanca (1946)
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People who added this item 1631  Average listal rating (1009 ratings) 8.2  IMDB Rating 8.7 
34. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
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People who added this item 313  Average listal rating (209 ratings) 7.3  IMDB Rating 7.3 
35. The Wolf Man (1941)
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People who added this item 2285  Average listal rating (1380 ratings) 6.8  IMDB Rating 7.6 
36. Pinocchio (1940)
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People who added this item 2225  Average listal rating (1371 ratings) 6.8  IMDB Rating 7.3 
37. Dumbo (1941)
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People who added this item 2298  Average listal rating (1435 ratings) 6.9  IMDB Rating 7.4 
38. Bambi (1942)
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People who added this item 24  Average listal rating (17 ratings) 6.2  IMDB Rating 5.1 
39. King of the Zombies (1941)
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People who added this item 80  Average listal rating (57 ratings) 6.2  IMDB Rating 6.1 
40. House of Frankenstein (1944)
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As you'll quickly notice here I haven't watched a lot of movies made prior to 1950. I've seen many from the 1930s (mostly due to Universal's horror movies & the Marx Bros.), but very few from the 1940s & even less from prior to 1930. So at this point in time splitting them up into separate lists seems like a waste. I'm currently working on catching up on films from these decades, so if/when I reach a point where I can justify this list being split up I'll do so.
Related lists:
My favorite Horror movies - 30s
My favorite Horror movies - 40s
Favorite films of the '50s
Swingin' films of the '60s
Super films of the '70s
My annual best movies of lists

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Comments

Posted: 1 year, 5 months ago at Dec 27 17:01
Le Corbeau is one of those films that keeps getting lost in my queue. Ah... actually should check that it is really available. I *love* being able to add movies to my queue when there are in fact no disks to be sent :P

Any'who... love the list good work :)
Posted: 1 year, 5 months ago at Dec 29 5:32
Great job! I've actually only seen 15 of these, so I've got plenty of work to do!
Posted: 1 year, 5 months ago at Jan 1 11:53
I still haven't seen a movie from before 1930 -
but after seeing Hugo there are a couple that I am interested in seeing and Nosferatu is in my horror classic collection.
Posted: 8 months, 1 week ago at Oct 9 11:45
Glad you have Pinocchio on there. It's my favourite cartoon!
Also Mr Smith Goes To Washington, Wizard Of Oz, It's A Wonderful Life, Fantasia & Metropolis

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