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==Notable films released in 1930== [[List of American films of 1930|United States]] unless stated ===A=== *''[[Abi and Rabi]]'', starring and directed by [[Ovanes Ohanian]] – ([[List of Iranian films before 1960|Iran]]) *''[[Abraham Lincoln (1930 film)|Abraham Lincoln]]'', directed by [[D. W. Griffith]], starring [[Walter Huston]] and [[Una Merkel]] *''[[L'Âge d'Or]] (The Golden Age)'', directed by [[Luis Buñuel]] – ([[French films of 1930|France]]) *''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'', directed by [[Lewis Milestone]], starring [[Lew Ayres]] and [[Louis Wolheim]] *''[[Alraune (1930 film)|Alraune]]'', directed by [[Richard Oswald]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) *''[[Animal Crackers (1930 film)|Animal Crackers]]'', directed by [[Victor Heerman]], starring the [[Marx Brothers]] *''[[Anna Christie (1930 film)|Anna Christie]]'', directed by [[Clarence Brown]], starring [[Greta Garbo]] *''[[The Arizona Kid (1930 film)|The Arizona Kid]]'', directed by [[Alfred Santell]], starring [[Warner Baxter]] and [[Carole Lombard]] ===B=== *''[[The Bad Man (1930 film)|The Bad Man]]'', directed by [[Clarence G. Badger]], starring [[Walter Huston]] *''[[The Bat Whispers]]'', directed by [[Roland West]], starring [[Chester Morris]] and [[Una Merkel]] *''[[The Benson Murder Case (film)|The Benson Murder Case]]'', directed by [[Frank Tuttle]], starring [[William Powell]] *''[[Big Boy (film)|Big Boy]]'', directed by [[Alan Crosland]], starring [[Al Jolson]] *''[[The Big House (1930 film)|The Big House]]'', directed by [[George Hill (director)|George Hill]], starring [[Chester Morris]], [[Wallace Beery]], [[Lewis Stone]] and [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] *''[[The Big Pond]]'', directed by [[Hobart Henley]], starring [[Maurice Chevalier]] and [[Claudette Colbert]] *''[[The Big Trail]]'', directed by [[Raoul Walsh]], starring [[John Wayne]] *''[[Billy the Kid (1930 film)|Billy the Kid]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]], starring [[Johnny Mack Brown]] and [[Wallace Beery]] *''[[Der blaue Engel]] (The Blue Angel)'', directed by [[Josef von Sternberg]], starring [[Marlene Dietrich]] and [[Emil Jannings]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) *''[[The Blood of a Poet]] (Le Sang d'un Poète)'', directed by [[Jean Cocteau]] – ([[French films of 1930|France]]) *''[[Borderline (1930 film)|Borderline]]'', directed by [[Kenneth Macpherson]], starring [[Paul Robeson]] – ([[British films of 1930|GB]]) *''[[Bride of the Regiment]]'' (lost), directed by [[John Francis Dillon (director)|John Francis Dillon]], starring [[Walter Pidgeon]] *''[[Bright Lights (1930 film)|Bright Lights]]'', directed by [[Michael Curtiz]] ===C=== *''[[Call of the Flesh]]'', directed by [[Charles Brabin]], starring [[Ramón Novarro]] *''[[The Cat Creeps (1930 film)|The Cat Creeps]]'' (lost), directed by [[Rupert Julian]], starring [[Helen Twelvetrees]] *''[[Chasing Rainbows (1930 film)|Chasing Rainbows]]'', directed by [[Charles Reisner]], starring [[Charles King (musical actor)|Charles King]], [[Bessie Love]], [[Jack Benny]] and [[Marie Dressler]] *''[[Check and Double Check]]'', directed by [[Melville W. Brown]], starring [[Amos 'n' Andy]] *''[[Children of Pleasure]]'', directed by [[Harry Beaumont]] *''[[City Girl (1930 film)|City Girl]]'', directed by [[F. W. Murnau]], starring [[Mary Duncan]] and [[Charles Farrell]] *''[[Common Clay (1930 film)|Common Clay]]'' (lost), directed by [[Victor Fleming]], starring [[Constance Bennett]] and [[Lew Ayres]] *''[[The Cuckoos (1930 film)|The Cuckoos]]'', directed by [[Paul Sloane]], starring [[Wheeler & Woolsey]] ===D=== *''[[Danger Lights]]'', directed by [[George B. Seitz]], starring [[Louis Wolheim]], [[Robert Armstrong (actor)|Robert Armstrong]] and [[Jean Arthur]] *''[[The Dawn Patrol (1930 film)|The Dawn Patrol]]'', directed by [[Howard Hawks]], starring [[Richard Barthelmess]], [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]] and [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]] *''[[The Devil to Pay! (film)|The Devil to Pay!]]'', directed by [[George Fitzmaurice]], starring [[Ronald Colman]], [[Loretta Young]] and [[Myrna Loy]] *''[[The Divorcee]]'', directed by [[Robert Z. Leonard]], starring [[Norma Shearer]], [[Chester Morris]], [[Conrad Nagel]] and [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] *''[[Dixiana (film)|Dixiana]]'', directed by [[Luther Reed]], starring [[Bebe Daniels]] and [[Wheeler & Woolsey]] *''[[Doughboys (1930 film)|Doughboys]]'', directed by [[Edward Sedgwick]], starring [[Buster Keaton]] and [[Cliff Edwards]] ===E=== *''[[Earth (1930 film)|Earth]] (Zemlya)'', directed by [[Alexander Dovzhenko]] – ([[Soviet films of 1930|U.S.S.R.]]) *''[[Elstree Calling]]'', directed by [[Adrian Brunel]] and [[Alfred Hitchcock]] – ([[British films of 1930|GB]]) *''[[Escape (1930 film)|Escape!]]'', directed by [[Basil Dean]], starring [[Gerald du Maurier]] and [[Edna Best]] – ([[British films of 1930|GB]]) ===F=== *''[[Fast and Loose (1930 film)|Fast and Loose]]'', directed by [[Fred C. Newmeyer]], starring [[Miriam Hopkins]], [[Carole Lombard]] and [[Frank Morgan]] *''[[Feet First]]'', directed by [[Clyde Bruckman]], starring [[Harold Lloyd]] *''[[The Florodora Girl]]'', directed by [[Harry Beaumont]], starring [[Marion Davies]] *''[[The Flute Concert of Sanssouci]] (Das Flötenkonzert von Sans-souci)'', directed by [[Gustav Ucicky]], starring [[Otto Gebühr]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) *''[[Follow Thru (film)|Follow Thru]]'', directed by [[Laurence Schwab]] and [[Lloyd Corrigan]], starring [[Charles 'Buddy' Rogers]] *''[[Free and Easy (1930 film)|Free and Easy]]'', directed by [[Edward Sedgwick]], starring [[Buster Keaton]], [[Anita Page]] and [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] ===G=== *''[[The Girl Said No (1930 film)|The Girl Said No]]'', directed by [[Sam Wood]], starring [[William Haines]], [[Leila Hyams]] and [[Marie Dressler]] *''[[Good News (1930 film)|Good News]]'', directed by [[Nick Grinde]], starring [[Bessie Love]] and [[Cliff Edwards]] ===H=== *''[[Hell's Angels (film)|Hell's Angels]]'', directed by [[Howard Hughes]], starring [[Jean Harlow]] and [[Ben Lyon]] *''[[Her Man (1930 film)|Her Man]]'', directed by [[Tay Garnett]], starring [[Helen Twelvetrees]] *''[[High Society Blues]]'', directed by [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]], starring [[Janet Gaynor]] and [[Charles Farrell]] *''[[Hold Everything (1930 film)|Hold Everything]]'' (lost), directed by [[Roy Del Ruth]], starring [[Joe E. Brown]] *''[[Holiday (1930 film)|Holiday]]'', directed by [[Edward H. Griffith]], starring [[Ann Harding]] and [[Mary Astor]] ===I=== *''[[Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930 film)|Imperial and Royal Field Marshal]] (C. a k. polní maršálek)'', directed by [[Karel Lamač]] – ([[List of Czech films of the 1930s|Czechoslovakia]]) *''[[Ingagi]]'', directed by William S. Campbell ===J=== *''[[Journey's End (1930 film)|Journey's End]]'', directed by [[James Whale]], starring [[Colin Clive]] – ([[British films of 1930|GB]]/[[American films of 1930|US]]) *''[[Just Imagine (film)|Just Imagine]]'', directed by [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]] ===K=== *''[[The King of Jazz (1930 film)|King of Jazz]]'', directed by [[John Murray Anderson]], starring [[Paul Whiteman]], [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]] and [[Laura La Plante]] ===L=== *''[[Ladies Love Brutes]]'', directed by [[Rowland V. Lee]], starring [[George Bancroft (actor)|George Bancroft]], [[Mary Astor]] and [[Fredric March]] *''[[Ladies of Leisure]]'', directed by [[Frank Capra]], starring [[Barbara Stanwyck]] *''[[A Lady to Love]]'', directed by [[Victor Sjöström]], starring [[Vilma Bánky]] and [[Edward G. Robinson]] *''[[Leathernecking]]'', directed by [[Edward F. Cline]], starring [[Irene Dunne]] *''[[Let's Go Native]]'', directed by [[Leo McCarey]], starring [[Jack Oakie]] and [[Jeanette MacDonald]] *''[[Liliom (1930 film)|Liliom]]'', directed by [[Frank Borzage]], starring [[Charles Farrell]] and [[Rose Hobart]] *''[[Lightnin' (1930 film)|Lightnin']]'', directed by [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]], starring [[Will Rogers]], [[Louise Dresser]] and [[Joel McCrea]] *''[[Loose Ankles]]'', directed by [[Ted Wilde]], starring [[Loretta Young]] and [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]] *''[[Lord Byron of Broadway]]'', directed by [[Harry Beaumont]] and [[William Nigh]] *''[[The Lottery Bride]]'', directed by [[Paul L. Stein]], starring [[Jeanette MacDonald]], [[Joe E. Brown]] and [[ZaSu Pitts]] ===M=== *''[[Madam Satan]]'', directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]], starring [[Kay Johnson]] *''[[Mamba (film)|Mamba]]'', directed by [[Albert S. Rogell]], starring [[Jean Hersholt]] and [[Eleanor Boardman]] *''[[Mammy (1930 film)|Mammy]]'', directed by [[Michael Curtiz]], starring [[Al Jolson]] *''[[The Man from Blankley's]]'' (lost), directed by [[Alfred E. Green]], starring [[John Barrymore]] and [[Loretta Young]] *''[[A Man from Wyoming]]'', directed by [[Rowland V. Lee]], starring [[Gary Cooper]] *''[[Manslaughter (1930 film)|Manslaughter]]'', directed by [[George Abbott]], starring [[Claudette Colbert]] and [[Fredric March]] *''[[Min and Bill]]'', directed by [[George Hill (director)|George Hill]], starring [[Marie Dressler]] and [[Wallace Beery]] *''[[Montana Moon]]'', directed by [[Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker)|Malcolm St. Clair]], starring [[Joan Crawford]] and [[Johnny Mack Brown]] *''[[Monte Carlo (1930 film)|Monte Carlo]]'', directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]], starring [[Jack Buchanan]] and [[Jeanette MacDonald]] *''[[Morocco (film)|Morocco]]'', directed by [[Josef von Sternberg]], starring [[Gary Cooper]], [[Marlene Dietrich]] and [[Adolphe Menjou]] *''[[Murder!]]'', directed by [[Alfred Hitchcock]], starring [[Herbert Marshall]] – ([[British films of 1930|GB]]) *''{{Interlanguage link|Le Mystère de la chambre jaune (1930 film)|fr|3=Le Mystère de la chambre jaune (film, 1930)|lt=The Mystery of the Yellow Room}} (Le Mystère de la chambre jaune)'', directed by [[Marcel L'Herbier]] – ([[French films of 1930|France]]) ===N=== *''[[Nerone (1930 film)|Nerone]]'' (lost), directed by [[Alessandro Blasetti]], starring [[Ettore Petrolini]] – ([[Italian films of 1930|Italy]]) *''[[Night Birds (film)|Night Birds]]'', directed by [[Richard Eichberg]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]/[[British films of 1930|GB]]) *''[[Not So Dumb]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]], starring [[Marion Davies]] ===O=== *''[[The Other (1930 film)|The Other]] (Der Andere)'', directed by [[Robert Wiene]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) *''[[Outside the Law (1930 film)|Outside the Law]]'', directed by [[Tod Browning]], starring [[Edward G. Robinson]] and [[Mary Nolan]] ===P=== *''[[Paid (1930 film)|Paid]]'', directed by [[Sam Wood]], starring [[Joan Crawford]], [[Robert Armstrong (actor)|Robert Armstrong]] and [[Marie Prevost]] *''[[Paramount on Parade]]'', an all-star revue *''[[Peacock Alley (1930 film)|Peacock Alley]]'', directed by Marcel de Sano, starring [[Mae Murray]] *''[[People on Sunday]] (Menschen am Sonntag)'', directed by [[Robert Siodmak]] and [[Edgar G. Ulmer]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) *''[[Prix de Beauté]] (Beauty Prize)'', directed by [[Augusto Genina]], starring [[Louise Brooks]] – ([[French films of 1930|France]]) *''[[Puttin' On the Ritz (film)|Puttin' On the Ritz]]'', directed by [[Edward Sloman]], starring [[Harry Richman]] and [[Joan Bennett]] ===Q=== *''[[Queen High]]'', directed by [[Fred C. Newmeyer]], starring [[Charlie Ruggles|Charles Ruggles]], [[Frank Morgan]], and [[Ginger Rogers]] ===R=== *''[[Raffles (1930 film)|Raffles]]'', directed by [[George Fitzmaurice]], starring [[Ronald Colman]] and [[Kay Francis]] *''[[Reaching for the Moon (1930 film)|Reaching for the Moon]]'', directed by [[Edmund Goulding]], starring [[Douglas Fairbanks]] and [[Bebe Daniels]] *''[[Renegades (1930 film)|Renegades]]'', directed by [[Victor Fleming]], starring [[Warner Baxter]], [[Myrna Loy]] and [[Noah Beery Sr.]] *''[[The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu]]'', directed by [[Rowland V. Lee]], starring [[Warner Oland]], [[Jean Arthur]] and [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]] *''[[The Rogue Song (film)|The Rogue Song]]'' (lost), directed by [[Lionel Barrymore]], starring [[Lawrence Tibbett]] *''[[The Royal Family of Broadway]]'', directed by [[George Cukor]] and [[Cyril Gardner]], starring [[Fredric March]] and [[Mary Brian]] ===S=== *''[[Show Girl in Hollywood]]'', directed by [[Mervyn LeRoy]], starring [[Alice White]] *''[[Son of the Gods]]'', directed by [[Frank Lloyd]]. starring [[Richard Barthelmess]] and [[Constance Bennett]] *''[[Song o' My Heart]]'', directed by [[Frank Borzage]], starring [[John McCormack (tenor)|John McCormack]] *''[[The Song of Love (1930 film)|The Song of Love]] (La canzone dell'amore)'', directed by [[Gennaro Righelli]] – ([[Italian films of 1930|Italy]]) *''[[Soup to Nuts]]'', directed by [[Benjamin Stoloff]], starring [[Ted Healy]] and [[The Three Stooges|His Stooges]] *''[[Spring Is Here (film)|Spring Is Here]]'', directed by [[John Francis Dillon (director)|John Francis Dillon]] *''[[St. Jorgen's Day]] (Prazdnik svyatogo Yorgena)'', directed by [[Yakov Protazanov]] – ([[Soviet films of 1930|U.S.S.R.]]) *''[[Street of Chance (1930 film)|Street of Chance]]'', directed by [[John Cromwell (director)|John Cromwell]], starring [[William Powell]], [[Jean Arthur]] and [[Kay Francis]] *''[[Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930 film)|Sweet Kitty Bellairs]]'', directed by [[Alfred E. Green]], starring [[Claudia Dell]] and [[Walter Pidgeon]] ===T=== *''[[Tarakanova (film)|Tarakanova]]'', directed by [[Raymond Bernard (filmmaker)|Raymond Bernard]] – ([[French films of 1930|France]]) *''[[The Temporary Widow]]'', directed by [[Gustav Ucicky]], starring [[Lilian Harvey]] and [[Laurence Olivier]] – ([[British films of 1930|GB]]/[[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) *''[[Three Faces East (1930 film)|Three Faces East]]'', directed by [[Roy Del Ruth]], starring [[Constance Bennett]] and [[Erich von Stroheim]] *''[[The Three from the Filling Station (1930 film)|The Three from the Filling Station]] (Die Drei von der Tankstelle)'', directed by [[Wilhelm Thiele]], starring [[Lilian Harvey]] and [[Willy Fritsch]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) *''[[Tom Sawyer (1930 film)|Tom Sawyer]]'', directed by [[John Cromwell (director)|John Cromwell]], starring [[Jackie Coogan]] *''[[True to the Navy]]'', directed by [[Frank Tuttle]], starring [[Clara Bow]] and [[Fredric March]] *''[[Two Hearts in Waltz Time]] (Zwei Herzen im ¾ Takt)'', directed by [[Géza von Bolváry]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) ===U=== *''[[Under a Texas Moon (film)|Under a Texas Moon]]'', directed by [[Michael Curtiz]] *''[[Under the Roofs of Paris]] (Sous les toits de Paris)'', directed by [[René Clair]] – ([[French films of 1930|France]]) *''[[The Unholy Three (1930 film)|The Unholy Three]]'', directed by [[Jack Conway (filmmaker)|Jack Conway]], starring [[Lon Chaney]] and [[Lila Lee]] ===V=== *''[[The Vagabond King (1930 film)|The Vagabond King]]'', directed by [[Ludwig Berger (director)|Ludwig Berger]], starring [[Dennis King (actor)|Dennis King]] and [[Jeanette MacDonald]] *''[[Viejo smoking]] (Old Smoking Jacket)'', directed by [[Eduardo Morera]] – ([[List of Argentine films of 1930|Argentina]]) ===W=== *''[[The W Plan]]'', directed by [[Victor Saville]], starring [[Brian Aherne]] and [[Madeleine Carroll]] – ([[British films of 1930|GB]]) *''[[Wara Wara]]'', directed by [[José Maria Velasco Maidana]] – ([[List of Bolivian films|Bolivia]]) *''[[Way for a Sailor]]'', directed by [[Sam Wood]], starring [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]], [[Wallace Beery]] and [[Leila Hyams]] *''[[Westfront 1918]] (Vier von der Infanterie)'', directed by [[G. W. Pabst]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]) *''[[Whoopee! (film)|Whoopee!]]'', directed by [[Thornton Freeland]], starring [[Eddie Cantor]] ===Y=== *''[[Young Man of Manhattan]]'', directed by [[Monta Bell]], starring [[Claudette Colbert]], [[Norman Foster (director)|Norman Foster]], [[Charles Ruggles]] and [[Ginger Rogers]] *''[[Young Woodley (1930 film)|Young Woodley]]'', directed by [[Thomas Bentley (director)|Thomas Bentley]], starring [[Madeleine Carroll]] – ([[British films of 1930|GB]]) ===Z=== * ''[[Zaynab (film)|Zaynab]]'', directed by [[Mohammed Karim]], starring [[Bahiga Hafez]] and [[Zaki Rostom]] – ([[List of Egyptian films of 1930|Egypt]])
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