1936 (Features/Shorts) Best to Worst
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1. The Petrified Forest (1936)
Passed | 82 min | Drama, Thriller
A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Genevieve Tobin
Votes: 14,937
10/10
2. Modern Times (1936)
G | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford
Votes: 259,572 | Gross: $0.16M
10/10*
3. Swing Time (1936)
Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Roguish gambler/dancer "Lucky" Garnett is challenged by his fiance's father to come up with $25,000 to prove he's worthy of her hand. But after he falls in love with a dance instructor, Lucky'll do anything to keep from earning the bucks.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick
Votes: 14,588
10/10
4. Thru the Mirror (1936)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey has been reading Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There", and falls asleep. He finds himself on the other side of the mirror, where the furniture is ... See full summary »
Director: David Hand | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash, Purv Pullen, Walt Disney
Votes: 2,800
10/10
5. Three Little Wolves (1936)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Two frivolous pigs blow the "wolf" horn one too many times and Practical Pig ignores them. The Big Bad Wolf and Three Little Wolves capture the pigs and eventually Practical Pig manages to rescue them in nick of time with "Wolf Pacifier."
Directors: Burt Gillett, David Hand | Stars: Alyce Ardell, Leone Le Doux, Bonnie Poe, Billy Bletcher
Votes: 1,744
10/10
6. 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: 23,226
9/10
7. My Man Godfrey (1936)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler - but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick
Votes: 26,461
9/10
8. Fury (1936)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When a wrongly-accused prisoner barely survives a lynch-mob attack and is presumed dead, he vindictively decides to fake his death and frame the mob for his supposed murder.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 13,729
9/10*
9. Disorder in the Court (1936)
Unrated | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
The stooges are witnesses at a trial where their friend, a dancer at a nightclub where they are musicians, is accused of murder. The stooges manage to disrupt the proceedings but save the ... See full summary »
Director: Jack White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Nick Baskovitch
Votes: 2,305
9/10
10. Sabotage (1936)
Not Rated | 76 min | Crime, Thriller
A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, Desmond Tester, John Loder
Votes: 18,748
8/10
11. Stowaway (1936)
Approved | 87 min | Adventure, Family, Musical
A young girl lost in Shanghai is taken in by an American playboy and his girlfriend.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Shirley Temple, Robert Young, Alice Faye, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 1,484
8/10
12. Moving Day (1936)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, with the help of Goofy the iceman, try to move out before the sheriff can sell off their furniture.
Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,054
8/10
13. Sunday Go to Meetin' Time (1936)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
A black man sneaks out of church and tries to steal a chicken, but gets a taste of hell when he's accidentally knocked unconscious.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Ben Carter, Roy Glenn, Clifford Holland, Mantan Moreland
Votes: 259
8/10
14. Captain January (1936)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
A little girl named Star lives with the lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school, but she's rescued by relatives.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, Slim Summerville, Buddy Ebsen
Votes: 1,499
7/10
15. Follow the Fleet (1936)
Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Nelson
Votes: 4,720
7/10
16. Things to Come (1936)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, War
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
Director: William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott
Votes: 9,071
7/10
17. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
Approved | 16 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The legendary sailors Popeye and Sindbad do battle to see which one is the greatest.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Lou Fleischer, Gus Wicke
Votes: 4,032
7/10
18. Never Kick a Woman (1936)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye teaches Olive the art of self-defense, which comes in handy when a woman boxer flirts with him.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 341
7/10
19. Be Human (1936)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop is incensed at her farmer neighbor's cruelty to his animals. But the inventive Grampy knows how to teach him a lesson.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Gus Wicke, Mae Questel
Votes: 312
7/10
20. Alpine Climbers (1936)
Approved | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Up in the Swiss Alps, Mickey Mouse tangles with a mother eagle, Donald Duck scraps with an edelweiss-stealing goat and Pluto gets inebriated with a St. Bernard.
Director: David Hand | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, Melvin J. Gibby, Lee Millar
Votes: 1,066
7/10
21. The Spinach Roadster (1936)
6 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Popeye drives up to take Olive for a ride, but Bluto in his much fancier car does what he can to spoil their jaunt.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 275
7/10
22. A Song a Day (1936)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
At Betty Boop's Animal Hospital, various species have appropriate ailments. Morale becomes a problem; Professor Grampy to the rescue!
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Everett Clark, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 204
7/10
23. Hold the Wire (1936)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye is wooing Olive on the phone when Bluto comes over. He overhears, taps into the line, and impersonates Popeye. They proceed to have a high-wire fight on the telephone lines outside Olive's house.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 269
7/10
24. Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Approved | 79 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The daughter of a wealthy businessman becomes lost in the city while traveling to a new school, and is taken in by a pair of down-on-their-luck performers.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Gloria Stuart, Jack Haley
Votes: 1,590
6/10
25. Anything Goes (1936)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he discovers that she is an English ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Charles Ruggles, Ida Lupino
Votes: 521
6/10
26. Let's Get Movin' (1936)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye, resentful of Olive hiring Bluto to help her move, gets into a competition with the mover.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 277
6/10
27. Mickey's Rival (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Minnie's old sweetheart Mortimer drops in while she and Mickey are out on a picnic.
Director: Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Purv Pullen, Sonny Dawson, Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner
Votes: 1,314
6/10
28. Mickey's Circus (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey is ringmaster of a circus for orphans. Donald has a trained sea lion act, and does a bit of juggling himself. Mostly, though, he fights with a baby sea lion who keeps stealing both ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Marcellite Garner, Beatrice Hagen, Jayne Shadduck
Votes: 728
6/10
29. I Wanna Be a Life Guard (1936)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye applies for a lifeguard job when he sees Olive in the pool, but Bluto also wants the job (and Olive). The manager, Wimpy, asks them to demonstrate their skills in a contest. Popeye ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Lou Fleischer, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 373
6/10
30. More Pep (1936)
Passed | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In a return to the 'Out of the Inkwell' format, Betty Boop invents a 'pep' formula to speed up lazy Pudgy, but it escapes into the 'real world' with rapid results.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Max Fleischer, Mae Questel
Votes: 206
6/10
31. Not Now (1936)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A caterwauling cat annoys Betty Boop and Pudgy; the latter tries cat-chasing, but bites off more than he can chew.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 231
6/10
32. Mickey's Elephant (1936)
8 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
A friend shipped Mickey a baby elephant, Bobo (not, apparently, related to the Warner Bros. Bobo) as a playmate for Pluto. Pluto's first introduction is to Bobo's trunk, through a fence. ... See full summary »
Directors: David Hand, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Don Brodie, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, James MacDonald
Votes: 624
6/10
33. Brotherly Love (1936)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Inspired by Olive's preaching of the value of brotherly love, Popeye takes a walk through the city doing good deeds.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 299
5/10
34. A Clean Shaven Man (1936)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
That's what Olive wants. To even the score, the boys visit Wimpy's barber shop. Wimpy is out, so they shave each other; you'd think Popeye would know better than to let Bluto at him with a razor.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 313
5/10
35. Donald and Pluto (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Plumber Donald is using a large magnet in his work. When he drops it, it causes trouble for Pluto, especially after Pluto swallows it. Things begin clinging to him, especially his metal dog dish.
Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Lee Millar, Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,002
5/10
36. Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky (1936)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye is running a women's gymnasium next door to Bluto's cabaret; seeing Popeye's greater success with women, he dresses in drag and challenges Popeye to various feats of strength.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 328
5/10
37. Bridge Ahoy! (1936)
Passed | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Fed up with Bluto's greed with his expensive river ferry service, Popeye, Olive and Wimpy decide to undermine the bully by building a bridge instead.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Lou Fleischer, Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 276
5/10
38. Great Guy (1936)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The adventures of an investigator (Cagney) for the Bureau of Weights and Measures.
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: James Cagney, Mae Clarke, James Burke, Edward Brophy
Votes: 1,142
4/10
39. Little Swee'pea (1936)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye takes Swee' Pea to the zoo and spends most of his time rescuing the tot from the various animals.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Gus Wicke
Votes: 431
4/10
40. I Love to Singa (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A spoof of Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer", a strict piano teaching owl is cursed with a son who "loves to singa", but only jazz.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Billy Bletcher, Tommy Bond, Lou Fulton
Votes: 2,100
4/10
41. Porky's Poultry Plant (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
Porky is raising chickens, ducks, and geese. Many birds have fallen victim to the hawk, Porky's going to do everything he can to fight back. He takes to the air, but the buzzard calls in ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Louise Currie, Melvin J. Gibby, Barbara Brewster, Gloria Brewster
Votes: 438
3/10
42. The CooCoo Nut Grove (1936)
Not Rated | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
A visit to a Hollywood nightclub, featuring caricatures of, among others, Walter Winchell, Hugh Herbert, W.C. Fields, Katharine Hepburn, Ned Sparks, Johnny Weissmuller, Lupe Velez, John ... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Jeane Cowan, Verna Deane, Melvin J. Gibby, Bernice Hansen
Votes: 607
3/10
43. Toonerville Trolley (1936)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
The Skipper's morning trolley run is disrupted by several forces; first, a steep hill where all his passengers get out to help push and are left behind. Next, Molly Moo-Cow chases after the... See full summary »
Directors: Burt Gillett, Tom Palmer
Votes: 121
3/10
44. Training Pigeons (1936)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop is training a flock of pigeons, but one stray leads Pudgy the pup on a precarious chase over the rooftops.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Star: Mae Questel
Votes: 171
3/10
45. Mickey's Polo Team (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Mickey Mouse and his friends face off against a team of celebrities in a polo match.
Directors: David Hand, Wilfred Jackson | Stars: Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Ned Norton
Votes: 796
2/10
46. Orphans' Picnic (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Mickey and Donald take a truckload of mouse boys on a picnic. The boys delight in tormenting Donald, first by filching the picnic food, then giving him a flower with a bee inside (Donald ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Walt Disney, Marcellite Garner, Beatrice Hagen, Clarence Nash
Votes: 608
2/10
47. Little Beau Porky (1936)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short
Porky's in the foreign legion. But he's not allowed to fight; all he can do is scrub camels, and he's not particularly good at that. The other soldiers ride off to find the evil Ali Mode, ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Joe Dougherty
Votes: 331
2/10
48. Reefer Madness (1936)
PG | 66 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Cautionary tale that features a fictionalized take on marijuana use. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to "reefer" cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music.
Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien
Votes: 9,352
1/10
49. Page Miss Glory (1936)
G | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
A bellhop in the No 1. hotel of a smalltown awaiting the arrival of Miss Glory dreams he has to page Miss Glory at a first class hotel in New York, and this turns out to be a nightmare. ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Bernice Hansen, Jackie Morrow, The Varsity Three
Votes: 547
1/10
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