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A list of American films released in 1931.
Cimarron won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| 1931 |
| Arrowsmith |
John Ford |
Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett |
Melodrama |
Academy Award |
| The Bachelor Father |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Marion Davies, Ralph Forbes, C. Aubrey Smith, Ray Milland, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams |
Comedy drama |
MGM |
| The Back Page |
Fatty Arbuckle |
Fatty Arbuckle |
Short Comedy |
|
| Be Big! |
James W. Horne, James Parrott |
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin , Charlie Hall |
Comedy |
|
| Beach Pajamas |
Fatty Arbuckle |
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| Beau Hunks |
James W. Horne |
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy |
Comedy |
|
| The Champ |
King Vidor |
Wallace Beery |
Drama |
|
| Chickens Come Home |
James W. Horne |
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy |
Comedy short |
|
| Cimarron |
Wesley Ruggles |
Richard Dix, Irene Dunne |
Western |
|
| City Lights |
Charles Chaplin |
Charlie Chaplin |
Comedy drama, Romance |
|
| Crashing Hollywood |
Fatty Arbuckle |
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| Dishonored |
Josef von Sternberg |
Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen |
Spy film, Romantic drama |
Paramount Pictures |
| Dracula |
Tod Browning |
Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye |
Horror |
|
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
Rouben Mamoulian |
Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins |
Horror |
|
| Ex-Plumber |
Fatty Arbuckle |
|
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|
| Five and Ten |
Robert Z. Leonard |
|
Comedy drama |
|
| Five Star Final |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, Aline McMahon |
Drama |
Academy Award nomination |
| Frankenstein |
James Whale |
Boris Karloff, Colin Clive |
Horror, Science fiction |
|
| The Front Page |
Lewis Milestone |
Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian |
Comedy |
|
| A Free Soul |
Clarence Brown |
Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, Clark Gable |
Melodrama |
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| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes |
| Honeymoon Trio |
Fatty Arbuckle |
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| Idle Roomers |
Fatty Arbuckle |
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| Indiscreet |
Leo McCarey |
Gloria Swanson |
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| Laughing Gravy |
James W. Horne |
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall , Harry Bernard |
Comedy |
|
| Little Caesar |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. |
Crime |
|
| The Lure of Hollywood |
Fatty Arbuckle |
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| The Maltese Falcon |
Roy Del Ruth |
Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez |
Mystery, Drama |
Warner Bros. |
| Marriage Rows |
Fatty Arbuckle |
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| Mata Hari |
George Fitzmaurice |
Greta Garbo, Lionel Barrymore |
Thriller, Spy film |
|
| The Miracle Woman |
Frank Capra |
Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy |
Drama |
|
| Monkey Business |
Norman Z. McLeod |
The Marx Brothers |
Comedy |
|
| Night Nurse |
William A. Wellman |
Barbara Stanwyck, Clark Gable |
Drama |
|
| Once a Hero |
Fatty Arbuckle |
|
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| Pardon Us |
James Parrott |
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy |
Comedy |
|
| Pete and Repeat |
Fatty Arbuckle |
|
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|
| Platinum Blonde |
Frank Capra |
Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Jean Harlow |
Romantic comedy |
|
| Possessed |
Clarence Brown |
Joan Crawford, Clark Gable |
Melodrama |
|
| Private Lives |
Sidney Franklin |
Noël Coward, Gertrude Lawrence, and Laurence Olivier |
Romantic comedy |
|
| The Public Enemy |
William A. Wellman |
James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell |
Crime |
|
| Queenie of Hollywood |
Fatty Arbuckle |
|
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| The Sin of Madelon Claudet |
Edgar Selwyn |
Helen Hayes |
Melodrama |
|
| Smart Money |
Alfred E. Green |
Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney |
Crime |
|
| Smart Work |
Fatty Arbuckle |
|
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| The Smiling Lieutenant |
Ernst Lubitsch |
Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert |
Comedy |
|
| The Stolen Jools |
William McGann |
Gary Cooper, Laurel and Hardy, Norma Shearer |
Comedy short |
|
| Svengali |
Archie Mayo |
John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Donald Crisp, Bramwell Fletcher |
Drama |
Warner Bros. |
| Tabu |
Robert Flaherty, F.W. Murnau |
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Documentary, Romance |
|
| Take 'em and Shake 'em |
Fatty Arbuckle |
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| The Tamale Vendor |
Fatty Arbuckle |
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| That's My Line |
Fatty Arbuckle |
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| That's My Meat |
Fatty Arbuckle |
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| This Modern Age |
Nick Grinde |
Joan Crawford |
Melodrama |
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| Three Hollywood Girls |
Fatty Arbuckle |
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| Up Pops the Duke |
Fatty Arbuckle |
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| Waterloo Bridge |
James Whale |
Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Bette Davis |
Drama |
Universal Pictures |
| Windy Riley Goes Hollywood |
Fatty Arbuckle |
Louise Brooks |
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Brooks' first talkie |
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