The Best Films of 1934, 1935

It's getting to be that time of year again when I begin to compile my list of the 25 best movies of the year. As a prelude I revisit the Top 25 from past years. Click on the titles to learn more about the films.


1934
1. It Happened One Night
2. The Scarlet Empress
3. The Thin Man
4. L’Atalante
5. Twentieth Century
6. The Merry Widow
7. The Gay Divorcee
8. It’s a Gift
9. Tarzan and His Mate
10. The Black Cat
11. The Count of Monte Cristo
12. Little Man, What Now
13. Imitation of Life
14. Our Daily Bread
15. Dames
16. Treasure Island
17. One Night of Love
18. Babes in Toyland
19. Ukikusa Monogatari
20. Six of a Kind
21. The Lost Patrol
22. You’re Telling Me!
23. Music in the Air
24. The Old Fashioned Way
25 Charlie Chan in London

1935
1. Mutiny on the Bounty
2. A Tale of Two Cities
3. Top Hat
4. David Copperfield
5. A Night at the Opera
6. Ruggles of Red Gap
7. The Bride of Frankenstein
8. Captain Blood
9. Naughty Marietta
10. The Scarlet Pimpernel
11. The 39 Steps
12. The Story of Louis Pasteur
13. Love Me Forever
14. Anna Karenina
15. The Man on the Flying Trapeze
16. The Informer
17. Les Miserables
18. Midsummer Night’s Dream
19. The Good Fairy
20. Gold Diggers of 1935
21. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
22. Mad Love
23. “G” Men
24. Magnificent Obsession
25. Carnival in Flanders