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Updated: 5 Mar 2023, with Sabotage, Sisters of the Gion, and The Petrified Forest

Anthony Adverse Dir. Mervyn LeRoy. Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland C

Broken Blossoms Dir. John Brahm. Emlyn Williams, Dolly Haas, Arthur Margetson B

Camille Dir. George Cukor. Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Henry Daniell A
Come and Get It Dirs. Howard Hawks and William Wyler. Edward Arnold B+
Craig's Wife Dir. Dorothy Arzner. Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Jane Darwell C+

Dodsworth Dir. William Wyler. Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Mary Astor A

Follow the Fleet Dir. Mark Sandrich. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott B+

The Garden of Allah Dir. Richard Boleslawski. Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer B–
The General Died at Dawn Dir. Lewis Milestone. Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll B–
The Gorgeous Hussy Dir. Clarence Brown. Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas B–
The Great Ziegfeld Dir. Robert Z. Leonard. William Powell, Myrna Loy C+

Libeled Lady Dir. Jack Conway. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy A–

Modern Times Dir. Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard A+
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Dir. Frank Capra. Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur B

My Man Godfrey Dir. Gregory La Cava. William Powell, Carole Lombard B+

The Petrified Forest Dir. Archie Mayo. Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Dick Foran B
Pigskin Parade Dir. David Butler. Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly, Eddie Nugent A–

Reefer Madness Dir. Louis Gasnier. Kenneth Craig, Dorothy Short, Dave O'Brien F
Romeo and Juliet Dir. George Cukor. Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard C

Sabotage Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, John Loder B
San Francisco Dir. W.S. Van Dyke. Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald B
Satan Met a Lady Dir. William Dieterle. Warren William, Bette Davis, Marie Wilson C
Sisters of the Gion Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi. Isuzu Yamada, Yōko Umemaru A–
Song of Freedom Dir. J. Elder Wills. Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Esme Percy B
The Story of Louis Pasteur Dir. William Dieterle. Paul Muni, Donald Woods C
Swing Time Dir. George Stevens. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore A–

Theodora Goes Wild Dir. Richard Boleslawski. Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas B–
These Three Dir. William Wyler. Merle Oberon, Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea B
Three Smart Girls Dir. Henry Koster. Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, Barbara Read B–

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie Dir. Wesley Ruggles. Gladys George, Jackie Moran B–