One Line Review's Film Masterpieces Checklist: 1931

Six Film Masterpieces from 1931:

1. M (Ger./ d. Fritz Lang) (****)

2. Little Caesar (US/ d. Mervyn LeRoy) (****)

3. City Lights (US/ d. Charles Chaplin) (*** 1/2)

4. Dracula (US/ d. Tod Browning) (***)

5. Frankenstein (US/ d. James Whale) (***)

6. La Chienne (Fr. /d. Jean Renoir) (***)

Film Masterpieces Checklist: 1931:
A Nous La Liberte (Fr. / d. Rene Clair) (** 1/2)
The Champ (US/ d. King Vidor) (** 1/2)
La Chienne (Fr. /d. Jean Renoir) (***)
Cimarron (US/ d. Wesley Ruggles) (**)
City Lights (US/ d. Charles Chaplin) (*** 1/2)
Dracula (US/ d. Tod Browning) (***)
Frankenstein (US/ d. James Whale) (***)
The Front Page (US/ d. Lewis Milestone) (**)
The Guardsman (US/ d. Sidney Franklin) (***)
* Hippolyt, the Lackey (Hun./ d. Steve Sekely)
* Kameradschaft (Ger./ d. G. W. Pabst)
* Limite (Braz./ d. Mario Peixoto)
Little Caesar (US/ d. Mervyn LeRoy) (****)
M (Ger./ d. Fritz Lang) (****)
Le Million (Fr./ d. Rene Clair) (** 1/2)
Maedchen in Uniform (Ger./ d. Leontine Sagan) (** 1/2)
Monkey Business (US/ d. Norman Z. McLeod) (**)
Night Nurse (US/ d. William Wellman) (***)
The Public Enemy (US/ d. William Wellman)
* Der Raub der Mona Lisa (Ger./ d. Gezavon Bolvary)
* The Road to Life (USSR/ d. Nickolai Ekk)
Street Scene (US/ d. King Vidor) (***)
Tabu (US/ d. F. W. Murnau, Robert Flaherty) (** 1/2)
* The 3 Penny Opera (Ger./ d. G. W. Pabst)