The Best Pre-Code Movies Ever Made
“What are the best Pre-Code Movies?” We looked at 285 of the top Pre-Code films, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 35 films, all appearing on 5 or more “Best Pre-Code” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 225+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.
Happy Scrolling!
Top 35 Best Pre-Code Movies Ever Made
35 .) 42nd Street (1933) directed by Lloyd Bacon
Lists It Appears On:
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- MUBI
- Ranker
A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.
34 .) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) directed by Lewis Milestone
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- IMDB
- MUBI
- Ranker
A young soldier faces profound disillusionment in the soul-destroying horror of World War I. Together with several other young German soldiers, he experiences the horrors of war, such evil of which he had not conceived of when signing up to fight. They eventually become sad, tormented, and confused of their purpose.
33 .) Design for Living (1933) directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Lists It Appears On:
- Btch Flicks
- Criterion Forum
- MUBI
- Taste Of Cinema
An independent woman can’t chose between the two men she loves.
32 .) Female (1933) directed by Michael Curtiz
Lists It Appears On:
- Btch Flicks
- Cinema Fanatic
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- MUBI
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man’s world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
31 .) Heroes for Sale (1933) directed by William A. Wellman
Lists It Appears On:
- Filmstruck
- Flick Chart 2
- IMDB
- MUBI
- Pre-Code
Tom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his battle wounds, a traumatized but courageous man who will experience, in the years to come, the pain of misfortune but also the happiness of success and hope and love for other human beings.
30 .) It Happened One Night (1934) directed by Frank Capra
Lists It Appears On:
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
- Shadows And Satin
Having just tied the knot with society aviator, King Westley, Ellie Andrews is whisked away to her father’s yacht and out of King’s clutches. Ellie jumps ship and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband. Reluctantly she must accept the help of out-of- work reporter, Peter Warne. Actually, Warne doesn’t give her any choice—either she sticks with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he’ll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father. Either way, Peter gets what he wants—a really juicy newspaper story. ×
29 .) Love Me Tonight (1932) directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Lists It Appears On:
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart 2
- MUBI
- Taste Of Cinema
A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.
28 .) Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) directed by Robert Florey
Lists It Appears On:
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart 2
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- List Verse
In 19th Century Paris, the maniacal Dr. Mirakle abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship. He constantly meets failure as the abducted women die. Medical student Pierre Dupin discovers what Mirakle is doing too late to prevent the abduction of his girlfriend Camille. Now he desperately tries to enlist the help of the police to get her back.
27 .) Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) directed by Michael Curtiz
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Enthusiast
- Flick Chart 2
- Horror Home Room
- List Challenges
- MUBI
Sculptor Ivan Igor struggles in vain to prevent his partner from burning his wax museum, and his “children”. Years later, Igor starts a new museum in New York, but his maimed hands confine him to directing lesser artists. People begin disappearing; Igor takes a sinister interest in Charlotte, fiancée of his assistant Ralph, but arouses the suspicions of roommate, wisecracking reporter Florence.
26 .) The Most Dangerous Game (1932) directed by Irving Pichel
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Enthusiast
- Horror Home Room
- IMDB
- MUBI
- Taste Of Cinema
When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.
25 .) The Mummy (1932) directed by Karl Freund
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Enthusiast
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- Ranker
An ancient Egyptian priest called Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep, escaping from the field site, goes in search for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
24 .) The Old Dark House (1932) directed by James Whale
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Enthusiast
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart 2
- MUBI
- Taste Of Cinema
Seeking shelter from a relentless rainstorm and landslides in a remote region of Wales, five travelers are admitted to a large foreboding old house that belongs to the extremely strange Femm family. Sepulchral Horace Femm and his obsessive, inhospitable sister Rebecca are the group’s peculiar hosts. The house also holds surprises – and a brutish mute manservant named Morgan.
23 .) Footlight Parade (1933) directed by Lloyd Bacon
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Fanatic
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- MUBI
- Provokr
- Ranker
James Cagney stars as a fledgling producer who finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences. Co-starring Joan Blondell and Dick Powell with spectacular Busby Berkeley dance sequences. Inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry.
22 .) Little Caesar (1931) directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Lists It Appears On:
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- Taste Of Cinema
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
21 .) Queen Christina (1933) directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Lists It Appears On:
- Btch Flicks
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart 2
- MUBI
- Pre-Code
Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.
20 .) The Divorcee (1930) directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Lists It Appears On:
- Btch Flicks
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- Pre-Code
- Silver Screen Modes
- Taste Of Cinema
When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond to his infidelities in kind.
19 .) Duck Soup (1933) directed by Leo McCarey
Lists It Appears On:
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- IMDB
- MUBI
- Ranker
- Taste Of Cinema
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.
18 .) Grand Hotel (1932) directed by Edmund Goulding
Lists It Appears On:
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- MUBI
- Ranker
- Taste Of Cinema
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
17 .) Night Nurse (1931) directed by William A. Wellman
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Fanatic
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- List Verse
- MUBI
- Pre-Code
Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.
16 .) Red-Headed Woman (1932) directed by Jack Conway
Lists It Appears On:
- Btch Flicks
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- List Verse
- MUBI
- Pre-Code
- Ranker
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.
15 .) Safe in Hell (1931) directed by William A. Wellman
Lists It Appears On:
- Criterion Forum
- Filmstruck
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- List Verse
- MUBI
- Pre-Code
After killing an ex-boyfriend in New Orleans, a prostitute flees to a Caribbean island. There the vicious local police chief sets his sights on her, unaware that she is a fugitive.
14 .) Tarzan and His Mate (1934) directed by Cedric Gibbons
Lists It Appears On:
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart 2
- IMDB
- MUBI
- Pre-Code
- Provokr
- Taste Of Cinema
Harry Holt returns to Africa to head up a large ivory expedition. This time he brings his womanizing friend Marlin Arlington. Holt also harbors ideas about convincing Jane to return to London. When Holt and Arlington show Jane some of the modern clothes and perfumes they brought from civilization, she is impressed but not enough to return.
13 .) Three on a Match (1932) directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Fanatic
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- MUBI
- Pre-Code
- Ranker
- Taste Of Cinema
Mary, Vivian and Ruth are old friends who do some catching up after a chance meeting. Of the three women, Vivian, who married successful lawyer Robert, seems to have the most glamorous life. Vivian really isn’t satisfied, though, and she soon deserts Robert and her son for Mike, a mobster. Before long, Vivian is hooked on drugs, and Mike needs cash – so the gangster decides to kidnap Vivian’s own son for ransom.
12 .) Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Lists It Appears On:
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- MUBI
- Pre-Code
- Ranker
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Toast
Things get tough for Carol and her showgirl pals, Trixie and Polly, when the Great Depression kicks in and all the Broadway shows close down. Wealthy songwriter Brad saves the day by funding a new Depression-themed musical for the girls to star in, but when his stuffy high-society brother finds out and threatens to disown Brad, Carol and her gold-digging friends scheme to keep the show going, hooking a couple of millionaires along the way.
11 .) I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Lists It Appears On:
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- IMDB
- Pre-Code
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Toast
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
10 .) Red Dust (1932) directed by Victor Fleming
Lists It Appears On:
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- Pre-Code
- Provokr
- Ranker
- Taste Of Cinema
Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police; but when his new surveyor, Gary, arrives along with his refined but sensual wife, Barbara, Dennis gets infatuated by her.
9 .) Trouble in Paradise (1932) directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Lists It Appears On:
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- MUBI
- Pre-Code
- Ranker
- Taste Of Cinema
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette’s personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
8 .) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Enthusiast
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- MUBI
- Pre-Code
- Ranker
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Toast
Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men – a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.
7 .) Freaks (1932) directed by Tod Browning
Lists It Appears On:
- 366 Weird Movies
- Cinema Enthusiast
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- MUBI
- Pre-Code
- Ranker
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Toast
A circus’ beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
6 .) Island of Lost Souls (1932) directed by Erle C. Kenton
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Enthusiast
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- Horror Home Room
- IMDB
- List Verse
- Taste Of Cinema
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
5 .) King Kong (1933) directed by Merian C. Cooper
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Fanatic
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- MUBI
- Provokr
- Ranker
A film crew discovers the “eighth wonder of the world,” a giant prehistoric ape, and brings him back to New York, where he wreaks havoc.
4 .) Baby Face (1933) directed by Alfred E. Green
Lists It Appears On:
- Btch Flicks
- Cinema Fanatic
- Filmstruck
- Flick Chart 2
- List Challenges
- MUBI
- Pre-Code
- Ranker
- Taste Of Cinema
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
3 .) Frankenstein (1931) directed by James Whale
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Enthusiast
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- Horror Home Room
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- MUBI
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Toast
Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
2 .) Scarface (1932) directed by Howard Hawks
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Fanatic
- Criterion Forum
- Filmstruck
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- MUBI
- Pre-Code
- Taste Of Cinema
A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
1 .) The Public Enemy (1931) directed by William A. Wellman
Lists It Appears On:
- Cinema Fanatic
- Criterion Forum
- Flick Chart
- Flick Chart 2
- IMDB
- List Challenges
- MUBI
- Ranker
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Toast
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
The 225+ Additional Best Pre-Code Films
| # | Movies | Directors | Lists |
| 36 | Animal Crackers (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | MUBI |
| 37 | Anna Christie (1930) | Btch Flicks | |
| – | – | – | Criterion Forum |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | MUBI |
| 38 | Bad Girl (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Pre-Code |
| 39 | Blonde Crazy (1931) | Cinema Fanatic | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 40 | Bombshell (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 41 | Doctor X (1932) | Michael Curtiz | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | Horror Home Room |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Verse |
| 42 | Dracula (1931) | Flick Chart | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 43 | Horse Feathers (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | MUBI |
| 44 | Madam Satan (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Shadows And Satin |
| 45 | Platinum Blonde (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 46 | The Beast of the City (1932) | Charles Brabin | Criterion Forum |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | The Toast |
| 47 | The Big House (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | MUBI |
| – | – | – | |
| 48 | The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) | Flick Chart 2 | |
| – | – | – | MUBI |
| – | – | – | Pre-Code |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 49 | The Black Cat (1934) | 366 Weird Movies | |
| – | – | – | Cinema Enthusiast |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | Pre-Code |
| 50 | The Invisible Man (1933) | James Whale | Cinema Enthusiast |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 51 | The Maltese Falcon | Flick Chart | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| – | – | – | The Toast |
| 52 | The Sign of the Cross (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | Pre-Code |
| – | – | – | Provokr |
| 53 | The Story of Temple Drake (1933) | Filmstruck | |
| – | – | – | List Verse |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| – | – | – | The Toast |
| 54 | The Thin Man (1934) | Flick Chart | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 55 | A Farewell to Arms (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | MUBI |
| 56 | A Free Soul (1931) | Flick Chart 2 | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Silver Screen Modes |
| 57 | Blonde Venus (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | Pre-Code |
| 58 | Call Her Savage (1932) | Filmstruck | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Pre-Code |
| 59 | Dinner at Eight (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | |
| 60 | Employees’ Entrance (1933) | Flick Chart 2 | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Pre-Code |
| 61 | Gabriel Over the White House (1933) | Gregory La Cava | Criterion Forum |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | Pre-Code |
| 62 | I’m no Angel (1933) | Flick Chart 2 | |
| – | – | – | Pre-Code |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 63 | Kongo (1932) | William J. Cowen | Criterion Forum |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 64 | Morocco (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | MUBI |
| 65 | Murders in the Zoo (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Horror Home Room |
| – | – | – | List Verse |
| 66 | Of Human Bondage (1934) | Flick Chart 2 | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | The Toast |
| 67 | Shanghai Express (1932) | MUBI | |
| – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 68 | She Done Him Wrong (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 69 | Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 70 | The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | MUBI |
| – | – | – | Shadows And Satin |
| 71 | The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) | Charles Brabin | Criterion Forum |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 72 | The Scarlet Empress (1934) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | MUBI |
| 73 | Wild Boys of the Road (1933) | William A. Wellman | Flick Chart 2 |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 74 | Beauty and the Boss (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| 75 | Born to be Bad (1934) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 76 | Fashions of 1934 (1934) | List Challenges | |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 77 | Flying Down to Rio | Flick Chart 2 | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 78 | Hallelujah! | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | MUBI |
| 79 | I’m No Angel (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| 80 | Kept Husbands (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | The Toast |
| 81 | L’Age d’Or (1930) | Luis Buñuel | 366 Weird Movies |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 82 | Ladies They Talk About (1933) | Flick Chart 2 | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 83 | Lady Killer (1933) | Roy Del Ruth | Criterion Forum |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 84 | Let Us Be Gay (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Silver Screen Modes |
| 85 | M (1931) | Fritz Lang | IMDB |
| – | – | – | The Toast |
| 86 | Man’s Castle (1933) | MUBI | |
| – | – | – | |
| 87 | Manhattan Melodrama (1934) | Flick Chart 2 | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 88 | Maniac (1934) | 366 Weird Movies | |
| – | – | – | List Verse |
| 89 | Mata Hari (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| 90 | Midnight Mary | Btch Flicks | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| 91 | Millie (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Shadows And Satin |
| 92 | Monkey Business (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | MUBI |
| 93 | One Way Passage (1932) | Flick Chart 2 | |
| – | – | – | |
| 94 | Picture Snatcher (1933) | Lloyd Bacon | Criterion Forum |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 95 | Possession (1981) | 366 Weird Movies | |
| – | – | – | Flick Chart 2 |
| 96 | Private Lives | Cinema Fanatic | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 97 | Rafter Romance (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 98 | Rain (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 99 | Riptide (1934) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Silver Screen Modes |
| 100 | Search for Beauty (1934) | Filmstruck | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 101 | The Animal Kingdom (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | Shadows And Satin |
| 102 | the Broadway Melody (1929) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | The Toast |
| 103 | the Champ (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | MUBI |
| 104 | the Letter (1929) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | The Toast |
| 105 | The Love Parade | MUBI | |
| – | – | – | Ranker |
| 106 | The Mayor of Hell (1933) | Archie Mayo | Criterion Forum |
| – | – | – | IMDB |
| 107 | The Smiling Lieutenant | Flick Chart 2 | |
| – | – | – | MUBI |
| 108 | The Song of Songs (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 109 | Three Wise Girls | Flick Chart 2 | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 110 | Twentieth Century (1934) | Howard Hawks | List Challenges |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 111 | Under 18 (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| – | – | – | List Challenges |
| 112 | Waterloo Bridge (1931) | Flick Chart 2 | |
| – | – | – | Taste Of Cinema |
| 113 | 13 Women | List Challenges | |
| 114 | After Tomorrow (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 115 | Applause | MUBI | |
| 116 | Arrowsmith (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 117 | Arsène Lupin (1932) | List Challenges | |
| 118 | Bed of Roses | MUBI | |
| 119 | Bird of Paradise | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 120 | Bird of Paradise (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 121 |
Bitter Tea of General Yen, the (1933, Frank Capra)
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List Challenges | |
| 122 | Black Moon (1934) | Criterion Forum | |
| 123 | Blondie Johnson (1933) | List Challenges | |
| 124 | Born Reckless (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| 125 | Bureau of Missing Persons (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| 126 | c | Criterion Forum | |
| 127 | Carole Lombard in the Thirties | Criterion Forum | |
| 128 | Cavalcade | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 129 | Christopher Strong (1933) | List Challenges | |
| 130 | Cimarron (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| 131 | Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection | Criterion Forum | |
| 132 | Counsellor at Law (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| 133 | Dance, Fools, Dance | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 134 | Dancing Lady | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 135 | Diplomaniacs (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| 136 | Dirigible | The Toast | |
| 137 | Dishonored (1931) | ||
| 138 | Doctor Bull (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| 139 | Dorothy MacKaill Double Feature | Criterion Forum | |
| 140 | Dorothy Mackaill in Safe in Hell (1931) | Shadows And Satin | |
| 141 | Dorothy MacKaill Pre-Code Double Feature | Criterion Forum | |
| 142 | Double Harness (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| 143 | Downstairs | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 144 | Dr. Monica (1934) | List Challenges | |
| 145 | Ecstasy | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 146 | Evelyn Prentice (1934) | Criterion Forum | |
| 147 | Ex-Lady | Btch Flicks | |
| 148 | Faithless | List Challenges | |
| 149 | Five Star Final (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| 150 | Flesh (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 151 | Forbidden | List Challenges | |
| 152 | Forbidden Hollywood Vol 1 | Criterion Forum | |
| 153 | Forbidden Hollywood Vol 2 | Criterion Forum | |
| 154 | Forbidden Hollywood Vol 3 | Criterion Forum | |
| 155 | Forbidden Hollywood Vol 4 | Criterion Forum | |
| 156 | Forbidden Hollywood Vol 5 | Criterion Forum | |
| 157 | Forbidden Hollywood Vol 6 | Criterion Forum | |
| 158 | Forbidden Hollywood Vol 7 | Criterion Forum | |
| 159 | Forbidden Hollywood Vol 8 | Criterion Forum | |
| 160 | Frank Capra: the Early Collection | Criterion Forum | |
| 161 | Frisco Jenny (1932) | Filmstruck | |
| 162 | Gentleman’s Fate (1932) | Shadows And Satin | |
| 163 | Girl Missing (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| 164 | Girls About Town (George Cukor) | List Challenges | |
| 165 | Gold Diggers of Broadway | Ranker | |
| 166 | Golden Dawn | The Toast | |
| 167 | Hat Check Girl | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 168 | Heat Lightning (1934) | Criterion Forum | |
| 169 | Hell’s Angels (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| 170 | Hell’s Heroes (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| 171 | Hell’s House (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 172 | Hold Your Man (1933) | Shadows And Satin | |
| 173 | Hollywood Party | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 174 | Hot Saturday | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 175 | Imitation of Life | The Toast | |
| 176 | In Old Arizona (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| 177 | Ingagi | List Verse | |
| 178 | International House (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| 179 | Jewel Robbery | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 180 | Ladies of Leisure (1930) | List Challenges | |
| 181 | Lady for a Day (1933) | List Challenges | |
| 182 | Lights of New York (1928) | List Challenges | |
| 183 | Liliom (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| 184 | Little Women | MUBI | |
| 185 | Lonesome | The Toast | |
| 186 | Loose Ankles (1930) | List Challenges | |
| 187 | Love Affair | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 188 | Lubitsch Musicals | Criterion Forum | |
| 189 | Mädchen in Uniform | The Toast | |
| 190 | Man Wanted 1932 | List Challenges | |
| 191 |
Marlene Dietrich: Directed by Josef von Sternberg
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Criterion Forum | |
| 192 | Men in White | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 193 | Men O’ War (Short, 1929) | Criterion Forum | |
| 194 | Merrily We Go to Hell | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 195 | Min and Bill | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 196 | Morning Glory | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 197 | Murder at the Vanities | Pre-Code | |
| 198 | Murder! | The Toast | |
| 199 | Night After Night (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 200 | Night Flight (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| 201 | Night Work 1930 | List Challenges | |
| 202 | Night World (1932) | List Challenges | |
| 203 | No Man of Her Own (Wesley Ruggles) | List Challenges | |
| 204 | One Hour with You | MUBI | |
| 205 | One Man’s Journey (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| 206 | Other Men’s Women | MUBI | |
| 207 | Our Modern Maidens (1929) | Criterion Forum | |
| 208 | Paid (1930) | List Challenges | |
| 209 | Penthouse (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| 210 | Pilgrimage (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| 211 | Pre-Code Double Feature | Criterion Forum | |
| 212 | Pre-Code Hollywood Collection | Criterion Forum | |
| 213 | Precode Hollywood Double Feature | Criterion Forum | |
| 214 | Professional Sweetheart (1933) | List Challenges | |
| 215 | Rasputin and the Empress (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 216 | Road to Paradise (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| 217 | Seas Beneath (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| 218 | Shock Troop (1934) | Ludwig Schmid-Wildy | IMDB |
| 219 | Sit Tight (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| 220 | Skyscraper Souls (1932) | List Challenges | |
| 221 | Smart Money (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| 222 | Smarty | Pre-Code | |
| 223 | So Big (1953) | List Challenges | |
| 224 | Song O’ My Heart (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| 225 | Stingaree (1934) | Criterion Forum | |
| 226 | Story of Temple Drake | Pre-Code | |
| 227 | Strangers May Kiss, | Silver Screen Modes | |
| 228 | Street Scene (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| 229 | Susan Lenox (Her Rise and Fall) (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| 230 | Svengali (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| 231 | Tabu (1931) | ||
| 232 | Ten Cents a Dance | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 233 | The Age of Consent | The Toast | |
| 234 | the Barbarian (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| 235 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street, | Silver Screen Modes | |
| 236 | The Blue Angel | The Toast | |
| 237 | The Cabin in the Cotton (1932) | List Challenges | |
| 238 | The Cheat (1931) | Shadows And Satin | |
| 239 | the Coconauts (1929) | Criterion Forum | |
| 240 | The Constant Woman (1933) | List Challenges | |
| 241 | the Criminal Code (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| 242 | the Crowd Roars (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 243 | the Dawn Patrol (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| 244 | the Death Kiss (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 245 | the Doorway to Hell (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| 246 | The Emperor Jones | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 247 | The Ex-Lady (1933) | Filmstruck | |
| 248 | The Gay Divorcee (1934) | List Challenges | |
| 249 | the Last Flight (1931) | Criterion Forum | |
| 250 | The Last of Mrs Cheyney | Silver Screen Modes | |
| 251 | the Little Giant (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| 252 | The Lost Patrol | Pre-Code | |
| 253 | the Love Trap (1929) | Criterion Forum | |
| 254 | The Merry Widow | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 255 | The Mind Reader (1933) | Filmstruck | |
| 256 | the Power and the Glory (1933) | Criterion Forum | |
| 257 | The Purchase Price | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 258 | the Sin of Nina Moran (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| 259 | The Son of Kong (1933) | Ernest B. Schoedsack | IMDB |
| 260 | the Sport Parade (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 261 | the Squall (1929) | Criterion Forum | |
| 262 | the Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 263 | the Tenderfoot (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 264 | The Truth About Youth | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 265 | The Unholy Three | List Challenges | |
| 266 | Their Own Desire (1929) | Criterion Forum | |
| 267 | They Had to See Paris (1929) | Criterion Forum | |
| 268 | This is the Night | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 269 | Tiger Shark (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 270 | Today We Live (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 271 | Torch Singer | Btch Flicks | |
| 272 | Tugboat Annie | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 273 | Two Seconds (1932) | Shadows And Satin | |
| 274 | Up the River (1930) | Criterion Forum | |
| 275 | Upperworld (1934) | Shadows And Satin | |
| 276 | Virtue | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 277 | Week-End Marriage (1932) | Criterion Forum | |
| 278 | Weekend Marriage 1932 | List Challenges | |
| 279 | West of Broadway (1931) | Shadows And Satin | |
| 280 | What Price Hollywood? | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 281 | White Zombie (1932) | List Challenges | |
| 282 | William Powell at Warner Bros. | Criterion Forum | |
| 283 | Wonder Bar | Flick Chart 2 | |
| 284 | Wonderbar (1934) | Criterion Forum | |
| 285 | Young America (1932) | Criterion Forum |
20 Best Pre-Code Film Sources/Lists
| Source | Article |
| Btch Flicks | Pre-Code Hollywood: When the Female Anti-Hero Reigned |
| Cinema Enthusiast | List: Top 10 Pre-Code Horror Films |
| Cinema Fanatic | Guest Post: Ten Great Films To Get You Hooked On Pre-Code |
| Criterion Forum | Hollywood Pre-Code Films |
| Filmstruck | Pre-Code Primer: There’s More to Pre-Code Movies Than Sin |
| Flick Chart | The Best Pre-Code Hollywood Movies of All Time |
| Flick Chart 2 | The Top 100 Pre-Code Hollywood Movies of the 1930s |
| Horror Home Room | 6 Essential Pre-Code Horror Films |
| IMDB | Top 25 Pre-Code Movies (1930-1934) |
| List Challenges | Pre-Code Hollywood (1930-1934) |
| List Verse | 10 Shocking Films From The Early Days Of Hollywood |
| MUBI | Best Pre-Code Cinema |
| Pre-Code | My List of Essential Pre-Code Hollywood Films |
| Provokr | 5 Lusty Pre-Code Classics – PROVOKR https://www.provokr.com/film/5-pre-code-classics |
| Ranker | Pre-Code Movies |
| Quintessential pre-code movies? | |
| Shadows And Satin | Pre-Code Films |
| Silver Screen Modes | Pre-Code Films Archives |
| Taste Of Cinema | 30 Essential Films For An Introduction To Pre-Code Hollywood |
| The Toast | Pre-Code Movies Worth Watching |
