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Best Movies of 1933, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
87 films from 1933 are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is King Kong ('1933), at 7.9 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.3. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Little Women, 7.1 on IMDb against 92 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King Kong '1933 | Fantasy / Horror | 7.9 | 97% | 92 | 7.6 | Merian C. Cooper |
| 2 | The Testament of Dr. Mabuse '1933 | Crime / Mystery / Thriller | 7.9 | 86% | - | 7.6 | Fritz Lang |
| 3 | Duck Soup '1933 | Comedy / War | 7.7 | 91% | 93 | 7.3 | Leo McCarey |
| 4 | Gold Diggers of 1933 '1933 | Comedy / Drama | 7.7 | 100% | - | 7.2 | Mervyn LeRoy |
| 5 | The Invisible Man '1933 | Horror / Sci-Fi | 7.6 | 95% | 87 | 7.5 | James Whale |
| 6 | Sons of the Desert '1933 | Comedy | 7.5 | 100% | - | 7.1 | William A. Seiter |
| 7 | Baby Face '1933 | Drama | 7.5 | 100% | - | 7.3 | Alfred E. Green |
| 8 | Dinner at Eight '1933 | Comedy / Drama | 7.5 | 91% | - | 6.8 | George Cukor |
| 9 | Three Little Pigs '1933 | Musical / Animation / Comedy | 7.5 | - | - | 6.9 | Burt Gillett |
| 10 | Footlight Parade '1933 | Comedy / Musical | 7.5 | 100% | 80 | 6.8 | Lloyd Bacon |
| 11 | Busy Bodies '1933 | Comedy | 7.6 | - | - | 7.3 | Lloyd French |
| 12 | Design for Living '1933 | Comedy / Romance | 7.4 | 76% | - | 7.1 | Ernst Lubitsch |
| 13 | Popeye the Sailor '1933 | Animation / Comedy | 7.6 | - | - | 6.9 | Dave Fleischer |
| 14 | Lady for a Day '1933 | Comedy / Drama | 7.4 | 100% | - | 7.1 | Frank Capra |
| 15 | The Mascot '1933 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.7 | - | - | 7.0 | Władysław Starewicz |
| 16 | 42nd Street '1933 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.3 | 93% | 83 | 6.9 | Lloyd Bacon |
| 17 | A Song of Lisbon '1933 | Musical / Comedy | 7.7 | - | - | 8.5 | José Cottinelli Telmo |
| 18 | Wild Boys of the Road '1933 | Drama | 7.5 | 88% | - | 6.8 | William A. Wellman |
| 19 | The Mad Doctor '1933 | Animation / Comedy / Horror | 7.6 | - | - | 7.2 | David Hand |
| 20 | Land Without Bread '1933 | Documentary | 7.3 | 100% | - | 7.1 | Luis Buñuel |
| 21 | Dirty Work '1933 | Comedy | 7.5 | - | - | 6.9 | Lloyd French |
| 22 | Snow-White '1933 | Animation / Fantasy / Comedy / Musical | 7.4 | - | - | 6.8 | Dave Fleischer |
| 23 | Liebelei '1933 | Drama / Romance | 7.5 | - | - | 6.9 | Max Ophüls |
| 24 | Counsellor at Law '1933 | Drama | 7.5 | 100% | - | 6.5 | William Wyler |
| 25 | Zero for Conduct '1933 | Comedy / Drama | 7.2 | 94% | - | 6.9 | Jean Vigo |
| 26 | Little Women '1933 | Drama | 7.1 | 89% | 92 | 6.8 | George Cukor |
| 27 | The Old Man of the Mountain '1933 | Animation | 7.4 | - | - | 6.7 | Dave Fleischer |
| 28 | Employees' Entrance '1933 | Drama / Romance | 7.2 | 100% | - | 6.2 | Roy Del Ruth |
| 29 | Me and My Pal '1933 | Comedy | 7.2 | - | - | 6.5 | Charley Rogers |
| 30 | Passing Fancy '1933 | Comedy / Drama | 7.2 | - | - | 6.6 | Yasujirō Ozu |
| 31 | Bombshell '1933 | Comedy / Romance | 7.1 | 90% | 81 | 6.5 | Victor Fleming |
| 32 | The Story of Temple Drake '1933 | Crime / Drama | 7.1 | 86% | - | 6.5 | Stephen Roberts |
| 33 | The Devil's Brother '1933 | Comedy / Musical | 7.1 | - | - | 6.8 | Hal Roach |
| 34 | Man's Castle '1933 | Drama / Romance | 7.1 | 75% | - | 6.8 | Frank Borzage |
| 35 | The Private Life of Henry VIII '1933 | Drama | 7.0 | 94% | - | 6.4 | Alexander Korda |
| 36 | Outskirts '1933 | War / Drama / Comedy | 7.1 | - | - | 6.3 | Boris Barnet |
| 37 | A Man's Head '1933 | Crime / Mystery / Thriller | 7.1 | - | - | 6.1 | Julien Duvivier |
| 38 | Lady Killer '1933 | Comedy / Crime | 7.0 | - | - | 6.9 | Roy Del Ruth |
| 39 | The Midnight Patrol '1933 | Comedy | 7.0 | - | - | 6.6 | Lloyd French |
| 40 | The Eagle and the Hawk '1933 | War / Drama / Action | 7.0 | - | - | 6.6 | Stuart Walker |
| 41 | Building a Building '1933 | Animation / Comedy | 7.0 | - | - | 6.7 | David Hand |
| 42 | Dragnet Girl '1933 | Romance / Drama / Crime | 7.0 | - | 78 | 6.6 | Yasujirō Ozu |
| 43 | Woman of Tokyo '1933 | Drama | 7.0 | - | - | 6.8 | Yasujirō Ozu |
| 44 | The Night Before Christmas '1933 | Animation | 7.0 | - | - | 6.5 | Wilfred Jackson |
| 45 | The Bitter Tea of General Yen '1933 | Drama / Romance / War | 6.9 | 86% | - | 6.3 | Frank Capra |
| 46 | I'm No Angel '1933 | Comedy / Romance | 6.9 | 93% | - | 6.4 | Wesley Ruggles |
| 47 | The Mayor of Hell '1933 | Crime / Drama | 6.9 | - | - | 7.1 | Archie Mayo |
| 48 | Twice Two '1933 | Comedy | 6.9 | - | - | 6.7 | James Parrott |
| 49 | A Night on Bald Mountain '1933 | Animation / Fantasy / Horror | 6.9 | - | - | 6.3 | Claire Parker |
| 50 | Mickey's Gala Premiere '1933 | Animation / Comedy | 6.9 | - | - | 6.3 | Burt Gillett |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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