1932: World Premieres 1932: Still Left to See Looking Back Moving Ahead Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Home / Blog / E-Mail The Movies of 1932: World Premieres  By Title // By Grade ★ = Full Review   /   ★ = Capsule   /   ★ = Feature or Blog Post   /   ★ = Grain of Salt Updated: 5 Feb 2023, with Wooden Crosses, Love Me Tonight, and I Was Born, But... Top Ten List 1.  Trouble in Paradise Dir. Ernst Lubitsch. Herbert Marshall, Kay Francis A 2.  Wooden Crosses Dir. Raymond Bernard. Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Gabrio A 3.  Vampyr Dir. Carl-Theodor Dreyer. Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Sybille Schmitz A 4.  I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Paul Muni A– 5.  Red Dust Dir. Victor Fleming. Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Mary Astor A– 6.  Scarface Dir. Howard Hawks. Paul Muni, Karen Morley, Ann Dvorak A– 7.  I War Born, But... Dir. Yasujirō Ozu. Hideo Sugawara, Tomio Aoki A– 8.  Love Me Tonight Dir. Rouben Mamoulian. Maurice Chevalier A– 9.  Shanghai Express Dir. Josef von Sternberg. Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook A– 10.  Back Street Dir. John M. Stahl. Irene Dunne, John Boles, George Meeker A– Ranked Tiers of Films Screened Trouble in Paradise Dir. Ernst Lubitsch. Herbert Marshall, Kay Francis A Vampyr Dir. Carl-Theodor Dreyer. Julian West, Maurice Schutz, Sybille Schmitz A Wooden Crosses Dir. Raymond Bernard. Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Gabrio A Back Street Dir. John M. Stahl. Irene Dunne, John Boles, George Meeker A– I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Paul Muni A– I War Born, But... Dir. Yasujirō Ozu. Hideo Sugawara, Tomio Aoki A– Love Me Tonight Dir. Rouben Mamoulian. Maurice Chevalier A– Red Dust Dir. Victor Fleming. Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Mary Astor A– Scarface Dir. Howard Hawks. Paul Muni, Karen Morley, Ann Dvorak A– Shanghai Express Dir. Josef von Sternberg. Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook A– ★ Blonde Venus Dir. Josef von Sternberg. Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall B+ The Blue Light Dir. Leni Riefenstahl. Leni Riefenstahl, Mathias Wiemann B+ Freaks Dir. Tod Browning. Harry Earles, Daisy Earles, Olga Baclanova B+ ★ Grand Hotel Dir. Edmund Goulding. John Barrymore, Greta Garbo B+ ★ One Way Passage Dir. Tay Garnett. William Powell, Kay Francis B+ Merrily We Go to Hell Dir. Dorothy Arzner. Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March B+ Red-Headed Woman Dir. Jack Conway. Jean Harlow, Chester Morris B+ What Price Hollywood? Dir. George Cukor. Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman B+ A Farewell to Arms Dir. Frank Borzage. Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper B Hot Saturday Dir. William A. Seiter. Nancy Carroll, Cary Grant B The Rich Are Always with Us Dir. Alfred E. Green. Ruth Chatterton B– Three on a Match Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Bette Davis B– Bird of Paradise Dir. King Vidor. Joel McCrea, Dolores del Rio, John Halliday C+ Emma Dir. Clarence Brown. Marie Dressler, Jean Hersholt, Myrna Loy C+ One Hour with You Dir. Ernst Lubitsch, George Cukor. Maurice Chevalier C+ Smilin' Through Dir. Sidney Franklin. Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard C+ A Bill of Divorcement Dir. George Cukor. Lionel Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn C–