Movies released in 1931

Manhattan Parade

55/100

The fortunes of a Broadway costume company rise and fall depending on who is running it, and whether its clients' shows succeed or not.

Expensive Women

56/100

Expensive Women is a 1931 Pre-Code talking film drama. It was produced by First National Pictures and distributed through their parent company Warner Bros.. The film was directed by silent ... See full summary »

Side Show

53/100

The delightful Winnie Lightner stars in this comedy-drama as Pat, a traveling carnival troupe member who does everything from high diving to hula dancing, with time left over to romance ... See full summary »

I Take This Woman

64/100

A wealthy New York socialite falls for and marries a cowboy while out West. Her father disinherits her, and after trying to make a go of it as a cowboy's wife, they agree to divorce and she... See full summary »

50 Million Frenchmen

54/100

Independently wealthy American Jack Forbes has just arrived in Paris. Because of his wealth, he can have any woman on his arms. Currently that role is filled by Marcelle Dubrey, but Jack ... See full summary »

Bombs Over Monte Carlo

59/100

The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country's queen.

One Heavenly Night

58/100

A poor but basically honest flower woman agrees to impersonate a wicked opera star.

David Golder

68/100

The Royal Bed

60/100

The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend...

Men of Chance

61/100

Hoping to get even with gambler/bookie Johnny Silk, racetrack owners and partners Dorval and Farley...

Alam Ara

75/100

A period fantasy that told of the ageing king of Kamarpur, and his two rival queens, Navbahar and Dilbahar, and their rivalry when a fakir predicts that Navbahar will bear the king's heir. ... See full summary »

Alice in Wonderland

57/100

A young girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and wanders into the strange world of Wonderland.

Strictly Dishonorable

63/100

A womanizing singer falls for an old-fashioned Southern belle. The problem is, she already has a fiance.

Daybreak

62/100

Willi, a brash young lieutenant in the Austrian Imperial Guard, bent on an evening of pleasure, visits a house of ill repute and gambling parlor...

Ambassador Bill

64/100

An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest...

A House Divided

73/100

In a small Pacific village, a widowed fisherman marries a girl young enough to be his daughter. Complications ensue when the new wife falls in love with her husband's son.

The Great Meadow

66/100

Berk leaves Diony and their baby to hunt down his mother's murderer and is believed to be dead. Evan provides for them & marries Diony. Berk returns and challenges Evan to a fight but Diony will not be fought over "as if I'm not human".

Hell on Earth

68/100

During World War I, five soldiers from different nations end up together in some ruins in no man's land and decide to stick together.

The Big Gamble

61/100

Unable to repay a substantial gambling debt to mob boss North, Alan Beckwith concocts a last-ditch scheme...

My Past

58/100

Chinatown After Dark

47/100

The female head of a criminal gang in Chinatown is after a valuable jewel, and lets nothing stand in her way of finding it.

Berge in Flammen

71/100

My Sin

71/100

In Panama, notorious nightclub hostess Carlotta kills a man in self-defense and is arrested for murder...

Everything's Rosie

63/100

A carnival huckster and his 17-year-old foster daughter try to be accepted by the townspeople when she and a handsome lad fall in love.

Transatlantic

66/100