1931 (Features/Shorts) Best to Worst
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- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJames CagneyJean HarlowEdward WoodsAn Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.10/10
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsGroucho MarxHarpo MarxThe Marx BrothersOn a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship.10/10*
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinVirginia CherrillFlorence LeeWith the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a sightless flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.10/10
- DirectorDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsMargie HinesBilly MurrayWilliam PennellBimbo the dog is initiated into a secret society in a sadistic 'fun house'; then Betty Boop (with dog's ears) takes a hand.10/10
- DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge LandgutWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.10/10
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsColin CliveMae ClarkeBoris KarloffDr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.10/10
- DirectorRudolf IsingStarsMarcellite GarnerThe King's MenJohnny MurrayCop Foxy is trying to enforce the law in town, but dangerous drivers and gangsters who also kidnap his sweetheart are making this difficult.10/10
- DirectorDave FleischerShamus CulhaneStarsBilly MurrayMae QuestelBimbo's minding his baby brother, but neighbor Betty Boop (with dog's ears) wants him to come over and play.9/10
- DirectorDave FleischerAl EugsterStarsAnn LittleBilly MurrayBetty Boop is queen of the Masquerade Ball where, among other antics, Bimbo and a lecherous old man vie for her affections.9/10
- DirectorDave FleischerStarsAnn LittleBilly MurrayWilliam PennellBimbo climbs a beanstalk to find Betty Boop enslaved by the giant.9/10
- DirectorTod BrowningKarl FreundStarsBela LugosiHelen ChandlerDavid MannersTransylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.8/10
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsEdward G. RobinsonDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Glenda FarrellA small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.8/10
- DirectorDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsBimboBilly Murray8/10
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsGary CooperSylvia SidneyPaul LukasMan joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison.8/10
- DirectorDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsAnn LittleBilly MurrayBetty Boop goes to Grandma's through the woods despite wolf warnings; but Bimbo follows and gives the old story a new twist.8/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsMarcellite GarnerWalt DisneyMickey is driving a taxi. His first fare is a very large gentleman. Mickey stops traffic and gets a tongue-lashing from the officer. The cab runs into some bad road, bounces the fare down to almost nothing, then bounces the customer right out of the cab. Mickey pulls up to the curb and picks up his second passenger, Minnie. She plays her accordion while they ride. The cab gets a flat tire, and Mickey uses a pig to pump it up. Snake oil salesman Pegleg Pete happens by and pours some of his elixir into the car; it takes off without him, crashes, loses its wheels, and lands on a cow. The cow takes off, crashes into a barn, and then a poultry shed.8/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsBarbara BrewsterGloria BrewsterPinto ColvigDelivery boy Mickey encounters Minnie washing clothes and singing. He stops for a quick song and dance with her. Meanwhile, Pluto gets tangled up in tar. Mickey sends a beehive flying; it lands on his mule, who kicks Mickey's instrument-filled wagon into the air. He plays a march or two on the piano with Minnie, with many animals playing along.8/10
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsFredric MarchMiriam HopkinsRose HobartDr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.8/10
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsKen DarbyRochelle HudsonThe King's MenThings are hopping at a certain Mexican café. And then Foxy walks in and the customers go really wild.7/10
- DirectorDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsBilly MurrayMae QuestelGus WickeIn a vaudeville act, Betty Boop (with dog's ears) sings "You're Drivin' Me Crazy;" Bimbo sneaks into the show and runs afoul of a stage hypnotist.7/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsBeatrice HagenJayne ShadduckPinto ColvigMickey runs radio station ICU from his barn. His friends play various musical numbers. A cat wanders in and starts yowling (which sets Pluto, who was listing from his doghouse, off). Mickey puts it out, but it, and several kittens, keep coming back in, playing with the equipment, running through the musicians (chased by a broom-wielding Mickey, who does a great deal of damage himself), and generally making a mess of things.6/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigMarion DarlingtonWalt DisneyMickey and Minnie are next-door neighbors tending their yards. When Minnie is captured by a bird's song, Mickey hides in his bird-house and pretends to be a bird himself, until a cat attacks and blows his cover. Then he does a dance while wearing the house; their song attracts more birds, and again the cat. Pluto chases, but he's still pulling the lawnmower, and it causes much destruction.6/10
- DirectorHugh HarmanStarsRudolf IsingJohnny MurrayBosko joins a wacky fox hunt. But if the hunt worries anyone, it isn't the fox.6/10
- DirectorDave FleischerStarsRudy ValleeAnn LittleMae QuestelSun bonneted Betty Boop takes a train to "Rudy Valley" where she gains weight and Rudy Vallee performs the title song with Bouncing Ball.6/10
- DirectorRudolf IsingStarsKen DarbyMarcellite GarnerRudolf IsingPiggy and Fluffy have adventures on a riverboat. And Uncle Tom is chased by skeletons promising to take him to Hallelujah Land.6/10
- DirectorFriz FrelengRudolf IsingStarsMarcellite GarnerRudolf IsingThe King's MenHecklers hijack a stage show.6/10
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsHarriet LeeBilly MurrayMasked bandit Bimbo holds up a train carrying someone tougher...Betty Boop (with dog's ears), played by a different, deeper-voiced actress.5/10
- DirectorRudolf IsingStarsKen DarbyJohnny MurrayThe RhythmettesIn a toy shop, a villainous spider threatens the happiness of a red-headed baby doll and her sweetheart, a toy soldier named Napoleon.5/10
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsBernard B. BrownCarol TevisBosko and Honey go on a picnic that ends badly.5/10
- DirectorHugh HarmanStarsBernard B. BrownRudolf IsingBosko is shipwrecked on an island where he is chased by a lion and pursued by simian cannibals.4/10
- DirectorDave FleischerStarsBilly MurrayMae QuestelBetty Boop (with dog's ears) is moving; Bimbo comes with his moving van and is smitten with her. Songs: "Moving Day," "Hello Beautiful."4/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsMarcellite GarnerAnn HoveyTheodore SantoroMickey's friends throw him a wild surprise birthday party.4/10
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsBernard B. BrownRochelle HudsonBosko and Honey yodel happily in the Alps until a series of disasters end with Honey rushing downriver on an ice floe.4/10
- DirectorDave FleischerStarsAnn LittleA woman is packing her kids and belongings for a trip to the country. Dad will miss her it seems, but once they are gone Dad goes crazy partying.4/10
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsBilly MurrayA Bouncing-Ball rendition of the title song features animated cats.4/10
- DirectorWilfred JacksonBurt GillettStarsWalt DisneyMickey, apparently shipwrecked, is on a raft; he washes up on a tropical island, where a banana tree takes care of his hunger. He then discovers a piano that washed ashore, and begins playing it. The animals come around; a gorilla, after playing a 4-hands piece with his feet, destroys the piano. Mickey runs away and accidentally wakes a lion. The lion chases Mickey to a stream, where he jumps onto a rock that turns out to be right next to a crocodile. The lion lunges for Mickey, misses, and ends up in the croc. The rock Mickey is on turns out to be a giant turtle.3/10
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsRochelle HudsonJohnny MurrayBosko is a soda jerk, who gives poor service to a mouse and to his former schoolteacher. Later, he must contend with Honey's bratty kitten pupil.3/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsGeorge MagrillBarbara BrewsterGloria BrewsterAt Christmastime, Mickey Mouse, Minnie and Pluto are beset by an enormous litter of bratty orphan cats.3/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigMarion DarlingtonWalt DisneyMickey's hunting, along with a characteristically playful and distracted (and uncharacteristically talkative) Pluto. Pluto fetches a forked branch, and Mickey shoots, mistaking it for antlers, but Pluto is OK. Then they find a moose, and Mickey's gun fails but they escape when Pluto does an impression of Dumbo, with Mickey riding.3/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigMarion DarlingtonWalt DisneyMickey heads over to see Minnie, but Pluto won't leave him alone. He gets there and watches through the window, standing on Pluto, while Minnie plays piano. Pluto runs off to chase a cat and leaves Mickey stuck in the window. Minnie has him in, and he dances to her playing. Pluto chases the cat into the house and causes havoc. The chase leads into the piano, where Pluto picks up the player-piano roll as an extended tail, and the destruction continues.3/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsWalt DisneyPinto ColvigMarcellite GarnerA fun day at the beach. While Mickey, Horace, and Clarabelle go swimming, or try to, Minnie lays out a picnic. Pluto discovers why you shouldn't chase a crab. Everyone digs in to lunch. Mickey throws Pluto a string of sausages; he dives after them, and comes up with an angry octopus instead, who crashes into the picnic.3/10
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsKen DarbyRochelle HudsonRudolf IsingA streetcar conductor has adventures with a would-be passenger hippo, a cow blocking the tracks, and a runaway train while he, his passengers, and some hobos sing the title song.3/10
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsJohnny MurrayBosko the woodsman spurns cutting down trees and plays music instead. The trees and animals dance and make their own music.2/10
- DirectorHugh HarmanRudolf IsingStarsBernard B. BrownRudolf IsingBosko runs a hot dog stand at an amusement park; but he sneaks away to the racetrack to ride his mechanical horse.2/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsWalt DisneyLee MillarMickey takes Pluto fishing in a boat on a lake, but they aren't too successful. The fish mock them, and even steal the bait can. Finally, the game warden spots them (Mickey had ignored the "no fishing" sign) and gives chase.2/10
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerMickey plays a bluesy tune on a piano on a stage. Minnie sings. Then an unseen band plays while both sing and dance. Mickey then leads the 9-piece band in an uptempo number, with Pluto on trombone, Horace on percussion, and Clarabelle on bass, among others. Mickey steps out for a clarinet solo.1/10
- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsPaul LukasKay FrancisJudith WoodA diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.1/10
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour Kneitel1/10