Best Movies of 1932

The highest-rated films from 1932 according to MovieMagicScore. Rankings based purely on what viewers actually think.

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Freaks

1932 · 1,249 ratings

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

7.8

Scarface

1932 · 644 ratings

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

7.4

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932 · 219 ratings

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.

7.8

Vampyr

1932 · 568 ratings

A superstitious drifter stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.

7.3

Trouble in Paradise

1932 · 295 ratings

Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.

7.4

The Music Box

1932 · 211 ratings

The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen's house. Their task is complicated by a sassy nursemaid and, unbeknownst to them, the impatient Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen himself. But the biggest problem is the force of gravity, which repeatedly pulls the piano back down to the bottom of the stairs.

7.5

I Was Born, But...

1932 · 139 ratings

Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming film is a social satire that draws from the antics of childhood as well as the tragedy of maturity.

7.5

Grand Hotel

1932 · 324 ratings

Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.

7.0

The Blood of a Poet

1932 · 179 ratings

In a poet’s room, an armless statue abruptly comes to life. It invites the poet to step through a mirror and to discover another world. Strange places and characters present themselves to him. The poet tears himself away from these twisted fascinations and returns, with some difficulty, to his room.

7.1

#10

The Most Dangerous Game

1932 · 293 ratings

When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.

6.9

#11

Island of Lost Souls

1932 · 255 ratings

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.

6.9

#12

Shanghai Express

1932 · 219 ratings

A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.

6.9

#13

The Mummy

1932 · 665 ratings

An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.

6.8

#14

Horse Feathers

1932 · 236 ratings

Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.

6.9

#15

Boudu Saved from Drowning

1932 · 141 ratings

Michel Simon gives one of the most memorable performances in screen history as Boudu, a Parisian tramp who takes a suicidal plunge into the Seine and is rescued by a well-to-do bookseller, Edouard Lestingois. The Lestingois family decides to take in the irrepressible bum, and he shows his gratitude by shaking the household to its foundations. With Boudu Saved from Drowning, legendary director Jean Renoir takes advantage of a host of Parisian locations and the anarchic charms of his lead actor to create an effervescent satire of the bourgeoisie.

6.9

#16

Flowers and Trees

1932 · 191 ratings

A jealous stump threatens two trees that are in love by starting a forest fire. When the rain comes and puts out the fire the forest revives and celebrates the wedding.

6.8

#17

The Old Dark House

1932 · 288 ratings

In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.

6.7

#18

Blonde Venus

1932 · 140 ratings

In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blonde Venus and catches the eye of a wealthy politician.

6.8

#19

Tarzan the Ape Man

1932 · 218 ratings

James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa in search of the elephant burial grounds that will provide enough ivory to make them rich. Parker's beautiful daughter Jane arrives unexpectedly to join them. Jane is terrified when Tarzan and his ape friends abduct her, but when she returns to her father's expedition she has second thoughts about leaving Tarzan.

6.6

#20

Santa's Workshop

1932 · 166 ratings

Santa's little helpers must hurry to finish the toys before Christmas Day.

6.6

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About 1932 Movies

These are the best-rated movies released in 1932 according to MovieMagicScore. Our ranking system aggregates genuine viewer ratings to give you an honest picture of what audiences actually think about these films.

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