1939 (Features/Shorts) Best to Worst
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1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
PG | 102 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
Directors: Victor Fleming, King Vidor | Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr
Votes: 428,926 | Gross: $2.08M
10/10
2. Of Mice and Men (1939)
Passed | 106 min | Adventure, Drama
A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Charles Bickford
Votes: 6,861
10/10*
3. Gone with the Wind (1939)
Passed | 238 min | Drama, Romance, War
A sheltered and manipulative Southern belle and a roguish profiteer face off in a turbulent romance as the society around them crumbles with the end of slavery and is rebuilt during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 334,509 | Gross: $198.68M
10/10
4. Stagecoach (1939)
Passed | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
Director: John Ford | Stars: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine
Votes: 53,812
9/10*
5. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Passed | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane, Gladys George
Votes: 15,545
9/10
6. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Passed | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
At a remote South American trading port, the manager of an air-freight company is forced to risk his pilots' lives in order to win an important contract as a traveling American showgirl stops in town.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Richard Barthelmess
Votes: 15,670
9/10
7. Gulliver's Travels (1939)
Passed | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A doctor washes ashore on an island inhabited by little people.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky, Orestes Calpini, Roland Crandall, William Henning, Winfield Hoskins, Thomas Johnson, Frank Kelling, Seymour Kneitel, Robert G. Leffingwell, Grim Natwick, Tom Palmer | Stars: Jessica Dragonette, Lanny Ross, Pinto Colvig, Cal Howard
Votes: 4,854 | Gross: $7.13M
9/10
8. Each Dawn I Die (1939)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A corrupt D.A. (Thurston Hall) with political ambitions is angered by news stories implicating him in criminal activity and decides to frame the reporter (James Cagney) for manslaughter in order to silence him.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan, George Bancroft
Votes: 3,735
9/10*
9. Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1939)
Approved | 22 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Working in the story department of Surprise Pictures, Olive Oyl writes a script based on the story of Aladdin, casting Popeye as the thief and herself as the Princess.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Stars: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 815
9/10
10. At the Circus (1939)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Musical
The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kenny Baker
Votes: 6,474
8/10
11. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Passed | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold
Votes: 121,444 | Gross: $9.60M
8/10
12. Hello How Am I (1939)
TV-G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Olive invites Popeye over for a hamburger dinner. His roommate Wimpy hears this and disguises himself as Popeye. Wimpy fast-talks himself into the dinner, but eventually falls victim to spinach.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, William Henning | Stars: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Votes: 211
8/10
13. Beach Picnic (1939)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald Duck is at the beach and tries to ride a rubber horse. He notices Pluto sleeping at the shore and decides to have some fun with him by sending the rubber horse over to Pluto which ... See full summary »
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Burt Gillett | Stars: Lee Millar, Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,298
8/10
14. Officer Duck (1939)
7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Officer Donald Duck (Officer #13) is assigned to apprehend a criminal named Tiny Tom. Donald assumes by the name that he'll be a pushover but when he reaches Tom's hideout, he discovers "... See full summary »
Director: Clyde Geronimi | Stars: Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash
Votes: 669
8/10
15. Thugs with Dirty Mugs (1939)
8 min | Animation, Crime, Family
Killer and his gang are robbing every bank in town in numerical order, except they skip the 13th National Bank. The police are unable to catch them, despite their predictability (and their ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Danny Webb, Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, John Deering
Votes: 647
8/10
16. The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
When an eccentric family meets in their uncle's remote, decaying mansion on the tenth anniversary of his death for the reading of his will, murder and madness follow.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery
Votes: 3,770
7/10
17. Wotta Nitemare (1939)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Popeye is having a dream: Bluto takes Olive on a picnic. And even though it's Popeye's dream, Bluto still has the upper hand until spinach time. Popeye finds himself sleepwalking and otherwise acting out the dream.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Votes: 213
7/10
18. It's the Natural Thing to Do (1939)
7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
Popeye's fan club sends a telegram asking them to tone down the violence and act civilized, so everyone dresses up and acts formal for a while, at least.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Votes: 249
7/10
19. The Autograph Hound (1939)
8 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Autograph hound Donald, despite the security guard, manages to get signatures from Greta Garbo, 'Mickey Rooney', Sonja Henie, The Ritz Brothers, and Shirley Temple before he's recognized ... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Stars: Donald Barry, Sara Berner, Billy Bletcher, Clarence Nash
Votes: 757
7/10
20. Donald's Cousin Gus (1939)
7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Donald's cousin Gus Goose arrives unexpectedly. Despite the note from his mother saying "he don't eat much," he's soon eating Donald out of house and home.
Director: Jack King | Stars: James MacDonald, Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,066
7/10
21. Ghosks Is the Bunk (1939)
6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Olive reads a ghost story to Popeye and Bluto. Bluto leaves and rigs a haunted house and lures them to it. But they quickly discover him and, even better, a can of invisible paint, and they get the better of him.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, William Henning | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Votes: 233
7/10
22. Frontier Marshal (1939)
Approved | 71 min | Drama, Western
Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 1,035
6/10
23. Gunga Din (1939)
Approved | 117 min | Adventure, Comedy, War
In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Votes: 12,801
6/10
24. Leave Well Enough Alone (1939)
6 min | Comedy, Animation, Short
Popeye, feeling sorry for the puppies in the window of Olive's pet shop, buys all the animals (mostly dogs) and sets them all free. All except for one bird, who refuses to go, singing the ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Votes: 180
6/10
25. The Flying Deuces (1939)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Family, War
Ollie has fallen in love with the innkeeper's daughter in Paris. The only problem - she's very much in love with her husband. To forget her he joins the Foreign Legion with Stan. Bad idea.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 5,745
6/10
26. The Pointer (1939)
Approved | 9 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Mickey and Pluto's hunt for quail turns into a disaster when Mickey wakes up a bear.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Burt Gillett | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney, James MacDonald, Lee Millar
Votes: 692
6/10
27. Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Go back billions of years to the dinosaur age with Caspar Caveman and his pet dino, Fido. Caspar spots Daffy in a lake and hunts him but Daffy just keeps outsmarting him.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Jack Lescoulie
Votes: 1,037
6/10
28. Donald's Penguin (1939)
Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Admiral Byrd ships Donald a penguin from the South Pole. Donald is amused by it, until he thinks it has eaten his goldfish. It hasn't - yet - so Donald gets a fish from the fridge to make ... See full summary »
Director: Jack King | Stars: Louis Manley, Clarence Nash, Tootsie
Votes: 673
6/10
29. The Hockey Champ (1939)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Donald shows his nephews the moves that won him his hockey trophy. But the boys have a few moves of their own.
Director: Jack King | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 1,510
6/10
30. Seal Skinners (1939)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
A trained seal has escaped from the Jingling Brothers circus; there's a $100,000 reward. Both the Captain and John Silver hear this news, as does the seal. They show up, offering the seal a... See full summary »
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Don Brodie, Shirley Reed
Votes: 167
6/10
31. My Friend the Monkey (1939)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A swingin' hurdy-gurdy man goes by Betty Boop's house; she wants to buy the monkey, which causes plenty of trouble for Pudgy the Pup.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson | Stars: Lou Fleischer, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Votes: 201
6/10
32. The Little Princess (1939)
Approved | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A little girl is left by her father in an exclusive seminary for girls, when her father fights in the Second Boer War. Later, when he is presumed dead she is forced to become a servant.
Directors: Walter Lang, William A. Seiter | Stars: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter
Votes: 6,742
5/10
33. Hell's Kitchen (1939)
Passed | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A group of tough city kids have 'graduated' from reform school and are assigned to a "Boy's Town" type of inmate self-government city shelter. The shelter is run by Hiram Krispan (Grant ... See full summary »
Directors: Ewald André Dupont, Lewis Seiler | Stars: The Dead End Kids, Margaret Lindsay, Ronald Reagan, Stanley Fields
Votes: 386
5/10
34. Hare-um Scare-um (1939)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short
A hungry hunter pursues a wily rabbit who's one step ahead of him and his hound.
Directors: Cal Dalton, Ben Hardaway | Stars: Pinto Colvig, Mel Blanc
Votes: 520
5/10
35. Sea Scouts (1939)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Comedy
Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.
Director: Dick Lundy | Star: Clarence Nash
Votes: 894
5/10
36. Never Sock a Baby (1939)
TV-PG | 6 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
Popeye spanks Swee'pea and sends him to bed without supper. He wrestles with his conscience over this, while Swee'pea packs a bundle and runs away from home. They apparently live in the ... See full summary »
Directors: Dave Fleischer, William Henning | Stars: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Votes: 186
5/10
37. Society Dog Show (1939)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Rather out of place at a swanky dog show, Pluto flirts with Fifi, a dainty Pekingese. The judge orders Mickey and Pluto to leave, but when a fire breaks out Pluto rescues Fifi and is proclaimed a hero.
Director: Bill Roberts | Stars: Billy Bletcher, John McLeish, Walt Disney, Lee Millar
Votes: 1,163
5/10
38. Jamaica Inn (1939)
Passed | 98 min | Adventure, Crime
In Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton, Charles Laughton, Horace Hodges
Votes: 11,198
4/10
39. Prest-O Change-O (1939)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
On a dark and stormy night, the Two Curious Puppies wander into an old dark house, and fall victim to the tricks of a mischievous magician's rabbit.
Director: Chuck Jones | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 560
4/10
40. Wise Quacks (1939)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Mr. (and Mrs.!) Daffy Duck are expecting four ducklings; Daffy plays the nervous father, and Porky drops by to offer congratulations. Soon, a bald eagle hijacks the runt of the litter, and ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert Clampett
Votes: 351
4/10
41. Rhythm on the Reservation (1939)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop's Swing Band (sans musicians) visits an Indian reservation where Betty teaches the braves the true meaning of 'rhythm.'
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Myron Waldman | Stars: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Votes: 177
3/10
42. Porky and Teabiscuit (1939)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
Porky accidentally buys an old horse at an auction and must enter him in a race to recoup his loss.
Directors: Cal Dalton, Ben Hardaway | Stars: Mel Blanc, Pinto Colvig, Earle Hodgins, Joe Twerp
Votes: 418
3/10
43. Hobo Gadget Band (1939)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
At the hobo hotel, it's morning. One hobo awakens, and carefully avoids the shower, except for a drop on each eye. He stops at the medicine cabinet for some "soda fizz" which jets about, ... See full summary »
Directors: Cal Dalton, Ben Hardaway | Stars: Mel Blanc, Pinto Colvig
Votes: 106
3/10
44. Scalp Trouble (1939)
7 min | Animation, Family, Short
General Daffy Duck's fort is plagued by Indian raids. After struggling to awaken Porky Pig for his turn at guard duty, Daffy is terrified by an onslaught of Indians. The day seems lost, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Clampett | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 200
3/10
45. So Does an Automobile (1939)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
At Betty Boop's Auto Hospital, the cars are treated for various humanlike ailments.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Roland Crandall | Star: Mae Questel
Votes: 127
3/10
46. Convict's Code (1939)
62 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man is framed and sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. When he is let out on limited parole, he sets out to clear his name and find the real criminals.
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Robert Kent, Anne Nagel, Sidney Blackmer, Victor Kilian
Votes: 286
2/10
47. Mutiny in the Big House (1939)
Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama
A young man forges a check in order to help his mother, but is caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison. The prison chaplain, seeing that the new arrival is a good man who's had some bad ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Pat Moriarity, Dennis Moore
Votes: 95
2/10
48. The Film Fan (1939)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
Porky Pig is on his way to the store to pick up some groceries for his mother when he walks by a sign saying that the local movie theater is having a "kids admitted free" day. The excited ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Clampett, Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, The Rhythmettes, Billy Bletcher, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 506
2/10
49. The Scared Crows (1939)
Passed | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Betty Boop and Pudgy, doing the spring planting, are plagued by crows.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Dave Tendlar | Star: Margie Hines
Votes: 170
1/10
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