List of American films of 1930
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A list of American feature films released in 1930.
All Quiet on the Western Front won the Academy Award for Best Picture
A
| Title |
Director |
Featured Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Abraham Lincoln | D. W. Griffith | Walter Huston, Kay Hammond | Drama | |
| Africa Speaks! | Walter Futter | Paul Hoefler, Lowell Thomas | Documentary | |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Lewis Milestone | Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, Arnold Lucy | Drama, War | |
| Along Came Youth | Lloyd Corrigan | Frances Dee, Charles Rogers, Evelyn Hall | Comedy | |
| Animal Crackers | Victor Heerman | Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont | Comedy | |
| Anna Christie | Clarence Brown | Greta Garbo, Marie Dressler, Charles Bickford | Drama | Greta Garbo's first talkie. |
| Anybody's Woman | Dorothy Arzner | Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Clive Brook | Drama | |
| Around the Corner | Bert Glennon | Charles Murray, George Sidney, Joan Peers | Comedy | |
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B-C
| Title |
Director |
Featured Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Back Pay | Francis Edward Faragoh | Corinne Griffith, Grant Withers, Vivien Oakland | Comedy, Drama | |
| The Bad Man | Clarence G. Badger | Walter Huston, James Rennie, Myrna Loy | Western | |
| The Bad One | George Fitzmaurice | Dolores del Río, Edmund Lowe, Blanche Friderici | Musical | |
| The Bat Whispers | Roland West | Chester Morris, Maude Eburne, Chance Ward | Horror, Comedy | Widescreen. |
| The Benson Murder Case | Frank Tuttle | William Powell, Paul Lukas, Natalie Moorehead | Drama | |
| Big Boy | Alan Crosland | Al Jolson, Lloyd Hughes, Claudia Dell | Musical | |
| The Big House | George W. Hill | Wallace Beery, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone | Drama | |
| The Big Pond | Hobart Henley | Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert | Romantic comedy | |
| The Big Trail | Raoul Walsh | John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill | Western | |
| Billy the Kid | King Vidor | Wallace Beery, Johnny Mack Brown | Western | Widescreen. |
| The Border Legion | Otto Brewer | Fay Wray, Richard Arlen | Western | |
| Born Reckless | Andrew Bennison, John Ford | Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, Frank Albertson | Drama, Crime | |
| Bride of the Regiment | John Francis Dillon | Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon | Musical | |
| Bright Lights | Michael Curtiz | James Murray, Noah Beery, Dorothy Mackaill | Musical | Full Technicolor. |
| Burning Up | A. Edward Sutherland | Richard Arlen, Francis McDonald, Charles Sellon | Drama | |
| Call of the Flesh | Charles Brabin | Ramón Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Ernest Torrence | Musical | In partial Technicolor. |
| Call of the West | Albert Ray | Dorothy Revier, Tom O'Brien, Alan Roscoe | Western | |
| The Cat Creeps | Rupert Julian | Helen Twelvetrees, Neil Hamilton | Mystery | |
| Chasing Rainbows | Charles Reisner | Bessie Love, Charles King | Musical | |
| Check and Double Check | Melville W. Brown | Freeman F. Gosden, Charles J. Correll, Duke Ellington | Comedy | |
| Children of Pleasure | Harry Beaumont | Lawrence Gray, Wynne Gibson | Musical comedy | |
| City Girl | F. W. Murnau | Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, Anne Shirley | Drama | |
| Common Clay | Victor Fleming | Constance Bennett, Lew Ayres | Drama | |
| Conspiracy | Christy Cabanne | Ned Sparks, Bessie Love, George Irving | Drama | |
| Courage | Archie Mayo | Belle Bennett, Marian Nixon, Blanche Friderici | Drama | |
| Crazy That Way | Hamilton MacFadden | Kenneth MacKenna, Joan Bennett | Comedy | |
| The Cuckoos | Paul Sloane | Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee | Musical comedy | |
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D-F
| Title |
Director |
Featured Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Danger Lights | George B. Seitz | Jean Arthur, Hugh Herbert, Louis Wolheim | Drama | |
| Dangerous Nan McGrew | Malcolm St. Clair | Helen Kane, Victor Moore, Frank Morgan | Comedy, Western | |
| The Dawn Patrol | Howard Hawks | Douglas Fairbanks, Neil Hamilton, Frank McHugh | Drama, War | |
| The Devil to Pay! | George Fitzmaurice | Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Myrna Loy | Comedy | |
| A Devil With Women | Irving Cummings | Victor McLaglen, Humphrey Bogart, Mona Maris | Drama | |
| The Divorcee | Robert Z. Leonard | Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Robert Montgomery | Drama | |
| Dixiana | Luther Reed | Bebe Daniels, Bert Wheeler | Musical | |
| The Doorway to Hell | Archie Mayo | James Cagney, Lew Ayres, Robert Elliott | Drama, Crime | |
| Doughboys | Edward Sedgwick | Buster Keaton, Sally Eilers, Edward Brophy | Comedy | |
| East Is West | Monta Bell | Edward G. Robinson, Lupe Vélez, Lew Ayres | Drama | |
| The Fall Guy | Leslie Pearce | Ned Sparks, Mae Clarke, Jack Mulhall | Comedy | |
| Fast and Loose | Fred C. Newmeyer | Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard, Frank Morgan | Romantic comedy | |
| Feet First | Clyde Bruckman | Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent | Comedy | |
| The Flirting Widow | A.E.W. Mason | Dorothy Mackaill, Basil Rathbone | Comedy | |
| Follow Thru | Lloyd Corrigan | Buddy Rogers, Nancy Carroll | Musical comedy | |
| For the Defense | John Cromwell | William Powell, Kay Francis, William B. Davidson | Drama | |
| Free and Easy | Edward Sedgwick | Buster Keaton, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page | Comedy | |
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G-K
| Title |
Director |
Featured Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| General Crack | Alan Crosland | John Barrymore, Marian Nixon, Lowell Sherman | Drama | In partial Technicolor |
| The Girl of the Golden West | John Francis Dillon | Ann Harding, James Rennie, Harry Bannister | Drama | |
| The Girl Said No | Sam Wood | William Haines, Marie Dressler, Polly Moran | Comedy | |
| Golden Dawn | Ray Enright | Walter Woolf King, Vivienne Segal | Operetta | |
| Good News | Nick Grinde | Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards | Musical | |
| Half Shot at Sunrise | Paul Sloane | Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee | Comedy | |
| Hell's Angels | Howard Hughes | Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, James Hall | Drama, War | |
| Hell's Heroes | William Wyler | Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton | Western | |
| High Society Blues | David Butler | Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Hedda Hopper | Musical, Comedy | |
| Hold Everything | Roy Del Ruth | Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown | Musical comedy | |
| Holiday | Edward H. Griffith | Ann Harding, Mary Astor | Romantic comedy | |
| Hot Curves | Norman Taurog | Benny Rubin, Rex Lease, Alice Day | Comedy | |
| Ingagi | William Campbell | | Exploitation | |
| Inside the Lines | Roy Pomeroy | Betty Compson, Montagu Love, Betty Carter | Drama, War | |
| Journey's End | James Whale | Colin Clive, David Manners | War | co-produced with GB |
| Just Imagine | David Butler | Maureen O'Sullivan, John Garrick | Musical | |
| King of Jazz | John Murray Anderson | Bing Crosby, Paul Whiteman, John Boles | Musical | In full Technicolor |
| Kismet | John Francis Dillon | Otis Skinner, Loretta Young, David Manners |
Costume drama | |
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L-N
| Title |
Director |
Featured Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Ladies Love Brutes | Rowland V. Lee | George Bancroft, Mary Astor, Fredric March | | |
| Ladies of Leisure | Frank Capra | Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves | Romantic drama | |
| A Lady to Love | Victor Sjostrom | Edward G. Robinson, Vilma Bánky, Robert Ames | Drama | |
| Leathernecking | Edward F. Cline | J. Roy Hunt | Musical comedy | |
| Let's Go Native | Leo McCarey | Jack Oakie, Jeanette MacDonald | Musical comedy | |
| The Life of the Party | Roy Del Ruth | Winnie Lightner, Jack Whiting | Musical comedy | |
| Lilies of the Field | Alexander Korda | Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes | Drama | |
| Little Accident | William James Craft | Douglas Fairbanks, Anita Page, Sally Blane | Comedy | |
| Loose Ankles | Ted Wilde | Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. | Romantic comedy | |
| Lord Byron of Broadway | Harry Beaumont | Charles Kaley, Ethelind Terry | Musical drama | |
| The Lottery Bride | Paul L. Stein | Jeanette MacDonald, John Garrick, Joe E. Brown | Musical | |
| Lovin' the Ladies | Melville W. Brown | Richard Dix, Rita La Roy, Lois Wilson | Comedy | |
| Madam Satan | Cecil B. DeMille | Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny | Drama | |
| Mamba | Albert S. Rogell | Jean Hersholt, Eleanor Boardman | | |
| Mammy | Michael Curtiz | Al Jolson, Lois Moran | Musical | |
| Manslaughter | George Abbott | Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Natalie Moorehead | Drama | |
| The Medicine Man | Scott Pembroke | Jack Benny, Betty Bronson | Comedy | |
| Min and Bill | George W. Hill | Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery | Comedy drama | |
| Moby Dick | Lloyd Bacon | John Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Noble Johnson | Drama | |
| Monte Carlo | Ernst Lubitsch | Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan, ZaSu Pitts | Musical | |
| Morocco | Josef von Sternberg | Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou | Drama | |
| Mothers Cry | Hobart Henley | Dorothy Peterson, Helen Chandler, David Manners | Drama | |
| New Movietone Follies of 1930 | Benjamin Stoloff | El Brendel, Marjorie White | Musical | |
| No, No, Nanette | Clarence G. Badger | Bernice Claire, Alexander Gray, Lucien Littlefield | Musical | |
| Not So Dumb | King Vidor | Marion Davies, Franklin Pangborn, Julia Faye | Comedy | |
| A Notorious Affair | Lloyd Bacon | Billie Dove, Basil Rathbone, Kay Francis | Romantic drama | |
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O-P
| Title |
Director |
Featured Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Oklahoma Cyclone | John P. McCarthy | Bob Steele, Slim Whitaker, Rita Rey | Western | |
| On Your Back | Guthrie McClintic | Irene Rich, Raymond Hackett, H. B. Warner | Drama | |
| Only the Brave | Frank Tuttle | Gary Cooper, Mary Brian, Guy Oliver | Drama, War | |
| Our Blushing Brides | Harry Beaumont, Bess Meredyth | Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page | Drama | |
| Outside the Law | Tod Browning | Edward G. Robinson, Mary Nolan, Owen Moore | Drama | |
| Paid | Sam Wood | Joan Crawford, Marie Provost, Robert Armstrong | Drama | |
| Paramount on Parade | Dorothy Arzner, Otto Brower | Jean Arthur, Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper | Musical | |
| Party Girl | Victor Halperin | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Jeanette Loff, Marie Provost | Drama | |
| The Pay-Off | Lowell Sherman | Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, William Janney | Drama | |
| Peacock Alley | Marcel de Sano | Mae Murray, Jason Robards, Sr. | | |
| Puttin' On The Ritz | Edward Sloman | Joan Bennett, Harry Richman, George Irving | Musical | |
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R-S
| Title |
Director |
Featured Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| Raffles | George Fitzmaurice | Ronald Colman, Kay Francis | | |
| Rain Or Shine | Frank Capra | Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers, Joe Cook | Comedy | |
| Reaching for the Moon | Edmund Goulding | Douglas Fairbanks, Edward Everett Horton, Bing Crosby | Musical | |
| The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu | Rowland V. Lee | Warner Oland, Jean Arthur | Detective | |
| The Right to Love | Richard Wallace | Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Irving Pachel | Drama | |
| Road to Paradise | William Beaudine | Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall, George Barraud | Drama | |
| The Rogue Song | Lionel Barrymore | Lawrence Tibbett, Clifford Grey | Operetta | |
| The Royal Family of Broadway | George Cukor | Fredric March, Mary Brian, Ina Claire | Comedy | |
| The Runaway Bride | Donald Crisp | Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Paul Hurst | Drama | |
| Safety in Numbers | Victor Schertzinger | Carole Lombard, Charles Rogers, Kathryn Crawford | Musical, Comedy | |
| Second Choice | Howard Bretherton | Dolores Costello, Chester Morris | Romance | |
| Second Honeymoon | Phil Rosen | Josephine Dunn, Bernice Elliott, Edward Earle | Comedy, Drama | |
| Show Girl in Hollywood | Mervyn LeRoy | Alice White, Jack Mulhall, Blanche Sweet | Musical comedy | |
| So This Is London | John G. Blystone | Will Rogers, Irene Rich | Comedy | |
| Son of the Gods | Frank Lloyd | Richard Barthelmess, Constance Bennett | Romance | |
| Song o' My Heart | Frank Borzage | John McCormack, Maureen O'Sullivan | Musical | |
| Song of the Flame | Alan Crosland | Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire, Noah Beery | Operetta | |
| Song of the West | Ray Enright | John Boles, Vivienne Segal | Musical | |
| Soup to Nuts | Benjamin Stoloff | Ted Healy, Shemp Howard, Frances McCoy | Comedy | |
| The Storm | William Wyler | Lupe Vélez, Paul Cavanagh, William Boyd | Western | |
| Street of Chance | John Cromwell | William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis | Comedy | |
| Such Men Are Dangerous | Kenneth Hawks | Catherine Dale Owen, Hedda Hopper, Bela Lugosi | Drama | |
| Sunny | William A. Seiter | Marilyn Miller, Lawrence Gray, O.P. Heggie | Musical | |
| Sunny Skies | Norman Taurog | Benny Rubin, Marceline Day, Rex Lease | Comedy. Musical | |
| Sweet Mama | Edward F. Cline | Alice White, David Manners | Drama | |
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T-Z
| Title |
Director |
Featured Cast |
Genre |
Note |
| The Texan | John Cromwell | Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Emma Dunn | Western | |
| Those Who Dance | William Beaudine | Monte Blue, Lila Lee, Betty Compson | Crime | |
| Thus is Life | George Crone | José Bohr, Delia Magana | Romantic comedy | Spanish language |
| Tom Sawyer | John Cromwell | Jackie Coogan, Junior Durkin, Mitzi Green | Adventure | |
| Top Speed | Mervyn LeRoy | Joe E. Brown, Laura Lee, Frank McHugh | Musical, Comedy | |
| True to the Navy | Frank Tuttle | Fredric March, Clara Bow, Harry Green | Comedy | |
| The Truth About Youth | William A. Seiter | Loretta Young, Myrna Loy, David Manners | Drama | |
| Under a Texas Moon | Michael Curtiz | Myrna Loy, Noah Beery, Raquel Torres | Western, Comedy | |
| The Unholy Three | Jack Conway | Lon Chaney, Lila Lee, Harry Earles | Drama, Crime | |
| Up the River | John Ford | Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Luce | Comedy, Drama | |
| The Utah Kid | Richard Thorpe | Rex Lease, Dorothy Sebastian, Tom Santschi | Western | |
| The Vagabond King | Ludwig Berger | Jeanette MacDonald, O.P. Heggie, Lillian Roth | Musical | |
| War Nurse | Edgar Selwyn | Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, June Walker | Drama, War | |
| Way for a Sailor | Sam Wood | John Gilbert, Wallace Beery | | |
| Way Out West | Fred Niblo | William Haines, Polly Moran, Leila Hyams | Comedy, Western | |
| What a Man! | George Crone | Reginald Denny, Miriam Seegar | Romantic comedy | |
| Whoopee! | Thornton Freeland | Eddie Cantor, Eleanor Hunt, Ethel Shutta | Musical | |
| Wide Open | Archie Mayo | Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller | Comedy | |
| The Widow From Chicago | Edward F. Cline | Edward G. Robinson, Alice White, Frank McHugh | Drama, Crime | |
| Wild Company | Leo McCarey | Joyce Compton, H. B. Warner, Bela Lugosi | Drama | |
| The Woman Racket | Albert H. Kelley | Tom Moore, Blanche Sweet, Tenen Holtz | Drama, Crime | |
| Young Eagles | William A. Wellman | Jean Arthur, Charles Rogers, Paul Lukas | Drama | |
| Young Man of Manhattan | Monta Bell | Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, Charles Ruggles | Comedy | |
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