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1. Second Best Bed (1938)

74 min | Comedy, Romance

A newly-married couple runs into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.

Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Jane Baxter, Veronica Rose, Carl Jaffe

Votes: 51

2. Six Weeks of Happiness (1939)

80 min | Comedy, Romance

Gábor Bozsó is a professional burglar, but his daughter Éva, who knows nothing about it, is raised in an upscale institution. When she falls in love with one of her father's victims, things take a big change.

Director: André De Toth | Stars: Klári Tolnay, Ferenc Kiss, László Szilassy, Erzsi Könyves Tóth

Votes: 29

3. Gardez le sourire (1933)

85 min

French version of the Austrian film Sonnenstrahl: a young woman full of despair comforts a lonely unemployed man who was going to drown himself.Together they find ways to make money and they become a couple.

Directors: Pál Fejös, René Sti | Stars: Annabella, Gustav Fröhlich, Marcel Vibert, Robert Ozanne

Votes: 53

4. Miss President (1935)

98 min | Comedy

The young, immature Zsuzsa Várkonyi becomes the president of the Várkonyi Textile Factory. When the managing director proposes to her she tells him she is in love with a young engineer who she doesn't really know anything about.

Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Lili Muráti, Pál Jávor, Ella Gombaszögi, Gyula Kabos

Votes: 64

10. Szegény gazdagok (1938)

70 min | Drama

Henriette is in a forced marriage with Baron Hátszegi, and her heart's choice is a poor lawyer, Szilárd Vámhidy. Her hard life is further complicated by a mysterious black masked bandit, ... See full summary »

Director: Jenö Csepreghy | Stars: Tivadar Uray, Zita Szeleczky, László Szilassy, Margit Lukács

Votes: 26

12. Öt óra 40 (1939)

85 min | Crime, Drama

Supposedly the first Hungarian crime thriller film: A woman wants to divorce her adventurer husband (who is suspected of strangling an opera diva) and marry a jurist whom she loved as a girl.

Director: André De Toth | Stars: Mária Tasnádi Fekete, Margit Makay, Ferenc Kiss, Tivadar Uray

Votes: 79

15. Mámi (1937)

84 min | Comedy, Romance

Torday Henrik is a wealthy invalid on his deathbed but, when relatives start gathering like vultures, he decides to spite them and get well. In the midst of the celebration Mami Gasparne ... See full summary »

Director: János Vaszary | Stars: Sári Fedák, Jenö Pataky, Piroska Vaszary, Béla Mihályffi

Votes: 29

26. The New Relative (1934)

91 min | Comedy

Sándor Esztáry lives a monotonous life with his wife, his son and his wife's impoverished relatives in his rural mansion until the arrival of another poor relative, Kitty, who was raised in... See full summary »

Director: Béla Gaál | Stars: Zita Perczel, Ferenc Delly, Gyula Gózon, Lili Berky

Votes: 89

27. Az én lányom nem olyan (1937)

78 min | Comedy

Ferenc, a handsome man, is the object of desire of Gitta, both members of a group of middle and upper-middle class youth. Gitta's family, especially her father Peter Hubay are not keen of ... See full summary »

Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: József Bihari, István Egri, László Földényi, Zoltán Greguss

Votes: 96

28. Nincsenek véletlenek (1939)

87 min | Comedy

A newly-married couple, stopping in a hotel for the night, discover among the wedding presents a ring with a note thanking the bride for past happiness. The husband accuses his bride of ... See full summary »

Director: László Kalmár | Stars: Ida Turay, László Szilassy, József Juhász, Blanka Szombathelyi

Votes: 18

29. Hello, Peter! (1939)

84 min | Comedy

An old tailcoat worn out of necessity makes electrical engineer Endre Tamás look like a distinguished guest at the Claridge's. Péter Tornay, who is mistaken for him, takes the opportunity ... See full summary »

Director: Sándor Szlatinay | Stars: Valéria Hidvéghy, Béla Mihályffi, Antal Páger, Ferenc Pethes

Votes: 23

30. Egy lány elindul (1937)

81 min | Comedy

Janka, a girl coming from an impoverished noble family plays the role of a fun-loving, shallow rich girl, to get jobs for her parents in a countryside mansion.

Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Lili Berky, Gyula Csortos, Gyula Gózon, Gerö Mály

Votes: 30

31. A hölgy egy kissé bogaras (1938)

84 min | Comedy

Bimbi is unemployed and she struggles to make a living. The previous tenant had a letter of recommendation for the director of 'Tormássy' company but she was sent to a madhouse in the ... See full summary »

Director: Ákos Ráthonyi | Stars: Klári Tolnay, Imre Ráday, Gerö Mály, Gyula Gózon

Votes: 91

36. Péntek Rézi (1938)

81 min | Comedy

How to get out of debt as soon as possible? There is a well-proven recipe for this: you have to marry a wealthy, wealthy lady. In the person of Edit Zsámbéki, this would be possible, but then what other problems could arise?

Director: Ladislao Vajda | Stars: Ida Turay, Mici Erdélyi, Antal Páger, Gábor Rajnay

Votes: 63

37. A harapós férj (1938)

82 min | Comedy, Romance

Gabor Rajnav and Margit Dayka are legally divorced, but due to an argument about the property settlement, they both live in the same house. Rajnav's lawyer advises him, in order to get ... See full summary »

Director: Márton Keleti | Stars: Rosy Barsony, Margit Dajka, Gábor Rajnay, Gyula Kabos

Votes: 42

38. Torockói menyasszony (1937)

70 min | Comedy

András and Rózsi have been engaged for years now, but, given the absence of her certificate of baptism, they cannot get married.

Director: Márton Keleti | Stars: Margit Dajka, Pál Jávor, István Berend, Andor Heltai

Votes: 19

41. Halálos tavasz (1939)

105 min | Drama

This adaptation of Lajos Zilahy's novel about a fatal love triangle was the first film of Katalin Karády who became a star overnight.

Director: László Kalmár | Stars: Pál Jávor, Katalin Karády, Éva Szörényi, Ilona Tasnádi

Votes: 356

43. Pénz áll a házhoz (1939)

90 min | Comedy, Romance

When Lajos Molnár loses his job and his love his friends tell him that a recently deceased Argentinian relative left millions to him.

Director: Béla Balogh | Stars: Romola Németh, Rudolf Somogyvári, Tivadar Bilicsi, Géza Berczy

Votes: 25

44. Pygmalion (1938)

89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.

Directors: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard | Stars: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr

Votes: 9,667 | Gross: $3.05M

45. A férfi mind örült (1937)

83 min | Comedy

Comedy about a kindly con artist painter who tries his luck with a rich widow. Taking place in Hungary in the 1930s, the hero of Rezsö Török's novel, the painter Gábor Sóváry, for all his ... See full summary »

Director: Viktor Gertler | Stars: Mária Lázár, Pál Jávor, Piroska Vaszary, Sándor Pethes

Votes: 40

46. Havi 200 fix (1936)

91 min | Comedy

Once upon a time, young people did not marry like today, only for love. Because if the love was there and they couldn't create their existence for it, then they must have faithfully waited ... See full summary »

Director: Béla Balogh | Stars: Pál Jávor, Erzsi Bársony, Tivadar Uray, Antal Páger

Votes: 38

47. A csúnya lány (1935)

84 min | Comedy

Dr Halmi has very strict principles towards women. He only employs ugly women in his office. So what can a poor unemployed secretary do? With the help of a wig and a pair of glasses, ... See full summary »

Directors: Béla Gaál, Henry Koster | Stars: Pál Jávor, Ella Gombaszögi, Gyula Kabos, Márton Rátkai

Votes: 85

48. Ez a villa eladó (1935)

83 min | Comedy

When a rich man, intending to go back to work, puts his villa up for sale, the butler hires a couple of agents to tell prospective customers the place is a bad buy.

Director: Géza von Cziffra | Stars: Ernö Verebes, Lili Berky, Gyula Kabos, Rózsi Csikós

Votes: 92

49. Meseautó (1934)

99 min | Comedy, Romance

A light hearted comedy, from the thirties. One of the most successful ones in Hungary. The ever enchanting story of a beautiful girl falling in love with a rich man.

Director: Béla Gaál | Stars: Zita Perczel, Ella Gombaszögi, Klári Tolnay, Jenö Törzs

Votes: 724

51. Boy, the Noszty (1938)

Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The wasteful Ferenc Noszty gets into serious trouble when even his family can't help him pay back his debts. There seems to be no other way, so they find him a rich girl to marry.

Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Pál Jávor, Éva Szörényi, Erika von Thellmann, Gábor Rajnay

Votes: 66

56. Romance in Budapest (1933)

83 min | Comedy

Eva goes to Budapest to visit her friend Tini's wedding but as soon as she arrives, the husband-to-be brakes up with Tini. Then Eva decides to take things into her own hand and follows him to the Hotel Atlantik.

Directors: Steve Sekely, Géza von Bolváry | Stars: Franciska Gaal, Werner Pledath, Lotte Spira, Paul Hörbiger

Votes: 20

57. Ein steinreicher Mann (1932)

73 min | Comedy

Mistaking it for his chewing gum Curt swallows the diamond he has been working on in the jeweler's shop. The owner and some gangsters threaten to have it cut out of him. Curt's girlfriend Dolly tries to prevent the worst.

Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Curt Bois, Dolly Haas, Adele Sandrock, Liselotte Schaak

Votes: 18

58. Hyppolit a lakáj (1931)

72 min | Comedy

A butler changes the life of a nouveau-riche entrepreneur's life, while his daughter falls in love with the company's manager instead of a suitor chosen for her.

Director: Steve Sekely | Stars: Gyula Csortos, Gyula Kabos, Mici Haraszti, Éva Fenyvessy

Votes: 1,754

59. Grand Hotel (I) (1932)

Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Romance

79 Metascore

A group of very different individuals staying at a luxurious hotel in Berlin deal with each of their respective dramas.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery

Votes: 20,885 | Gross: $2.69M

60. The Thin Man (1934)

TV-PG | 91 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

86 Metascore

Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendleton

Votes: 32,558

61. After the Thin Man (1936)

Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Private detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when there is a murder. The obvious suspect is his wife, Nora's cousin, Selma.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi

Votes: 12,126 | Gross: $4.34M

62. Another Thin Man (1939)

Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

63 Metascore

An explosives manufacturer suspects a young man is out to kill him. He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger

Votes: 8,167 | Gross: $3.32M

63. Secrets (1933)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance, Western

A New England society girl braves the West to help her husband build his fortune.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Mary Pickford, Leslie Howard, C. Aubrey Smith, Blanche Friderici

Votes: 716 | Gross: $0.70M

64. Man's Castle (1933)

75 min | Drama, Romance

Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Loretta Young, Marjorie Rambeau, Glenda Farrell

Votes: 1,770

65. No Greater Glory (1934)

Approved | 74 min | Drama, War

Frail Nemecsek, a lonely boy craving belonging, idolizes charismatic Boka, leader of a gang, in an evocative depiction of youth's pain and war's senselessness.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Frankie Darro, George P. Breakston, Jimmy Butler, Jackie Searl

Votes: 513

66. Little Man, What Now? (1934)

Passed | 98 min | Drama, Romance

A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, Douglass Montgomery, Alan Hale, Catherine Doucet

Votes: 641

67. Hearts Divided (1936)

Passed | 87 min | Drama, Romance

Napoleon needs money to fight his wars in Europe so he wants 20 million dollars for the Louisiana Territory in the United States. To help the negotiations, he sends his brother, Jerome, to ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Marion Davies, Dick Powell, Charles Ruggles, Claude Rains

Votes: 894

68. Three Comrades (1938)

Passed | 98 min | Drama, Romance

The close friendship of three German soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone, Robert Young

Votes: 2,078

69. The Lady Vanishes (1938)

Not Rated | 96 min | Mystery, Thriller

98 Metascore

While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty

Votes: 57,188

70. Parole! (1936)

Passed | 67 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In a state penitentiary on New Year's Eve, gangster "Okay" Percy Smith knifes fellow inmate Zingo Browning, killing him. The next day, convicted lawyers Russell Whalen and Marty Crawford ... See full synopsis »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Henry Hunter, Ann Shepherd, Alan Dinehart, Alan Baxter

Votes: 40

71. The 39 Steps (1935)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

93 Metascore

A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle

Votes: 61,574

72. Midnight (1939)

Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer

Votes: 5,607

73. Ninotchka (1939)

Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Romance

A stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Bela Lugosi

Votes: 22,910 | Gross: $1.19M

74. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Romance

After learning her multi-millionaire fiancé has already been married seven times, the daughter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, David Niven

Votes: 4,543

75. Music in the Air (1934)

Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Constantly quarreling couple decide to try the jealousy angle when a naive young couple comes along.

Director: Joe May | Stars: Gloria Swanson, John Boles, Douglass Montgomery, June Lang

Votes: 1,027

79. Emil and the Detectives (1931)

75 min | Adventure, Family, Drama

Emil goes to Berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. He wakes up at his stop with no money. It is up to him and a group of children to save the day.

Director: Gerhard Lamprecht | Stars: Rolf Wenkhaus, Käthe Haack, Fritz Rasp, Rudolf Biebrach

Votes: 717

80. People on Sunday (1930)

Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Two men and two women enjoy a pleasant Sunday at the beach amid the unending toil of the working week.

Directors: Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Rochus Gliese, Curt Siodmak, Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert, Wolfgang von Waltershausen, Christl Ehlers

Votes: 3,548

82. Charlie Chaplin Carnival (1938)

100 min | Comedy, Romance

Four Chaplin shorts from 1916: Behind the Screen, The Count, The Fireman, and The Vagabond, presented with music and sound effects.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Eric Campbell, Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Leo White

Votes: 179

83. City Lights (1931)

G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

99 Metascore

With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers

Votes: 196,142 | Gross: $0.02M

84. Wuthering Heights (1939)

Passed | 104 min | Drama, Romance

A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson

Votes: 19,776 | Gross: $0.76M

85. Jezebel (1938)

Approved | 104 min | Drama, Romance

In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay

Votes: 15,059

86. Dead End (1937)

Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The lives of a young man, a young woman, an notorious gangster, and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie

Votes: 8,591

87. Dodsworth (1936)

Passed | 101 min | Drama, Romance

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor

Votes: 10,205

88. These Three (1936)

Passed | 93 min | Drama, Romance

Two schoolteachers and the man they both love face ruin when a malicious student cooks up a lie.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea, Catherine Doucet

Votes: 3,034

89. The Good Fairy (1935)

Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Romance

A naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a 'good fairy' to strangers makes life awfully complicated.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen

Votes: 1,618

90. Counsellor at Law (1933)

Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Drama

A successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns that his wife has been unfaithful.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon, Isabel Jewell

Votes: 1,508

91. Easy Living (1937)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

When a wealthy banker throws his wife's expensive fur coat off a roof and it lands on the head of a stenographer, everyone assumes she is his mistress and has access to his millions.

Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland, Luis Alberni

Votes: 4,170

92. The Invisible Man (1933)

TV-PG | 71 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

87 Metascore

A scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.

Director: James Whale | Stars: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Henry Travers

Votes: 39,969

93. Angel (1937)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas, Edward Everett Horton

Votes: 3,211

94. The Merry Widow (1934)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

When a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Marcel Vallée

Votes: 3,263

95. Design for Living (1933)

Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton

Votes: 7,765

96. The Girl in the Crowd (1934)

52 min | Comedy

Bookseller David Gordon's new wife Marian has never met David's friend Bob but by telephone advises him on how to meet women by following the first attractive girl he sees. Unfortunately, ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Barry Clifton, Patricia Hilliard, Googie Withers, Harold French

Votes: 25

97. Hotel Splendide (1932)

53 min | Crime, Drama

Jerry Mason inherits a seaside hotel but discovers that a gang of robbers have buried their loot on the site where the hotel now stands.

Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Jerry Verno, Anthony Holles, Edgar Norfolk, Philip Morant

Votes: 53

98. Lost Horizon (1937)

Approved | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

When a revered diplomat's plane is diverted and crashes in the peaks of Tibet, he and the other survivors are guided to an isolated monastery at Shangri-La, where they wrestle with the invitation to stay.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard

Votes: 14,460

99. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Not Rated | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander

Votes: 23,231

100. It Happened One Night (1934)

Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Romance

87 Metascore

A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns

Votes: 112,333 | Gross: $4.36M



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