Best Movies of 1936

These are the 10 best-rated movies released in 1936, led by Sisters of the Gion, The Cat Came Back and Mayerling. Ranked by audience score, with cast, trailers and legal places to watch on every page.

1. Sisters of the Gion (1936)

★ 7.1/10

Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is…
2. The Cat Came Back (1936)

★ 6.7/10

Mama cat is teaching her kittens to catch mice. Meanwhile, across the basement, mama mouse is teaching her little ones how to avoid cats.
3. Mayerling (1936)

★ 6.5/10

Rudolf, the only heir to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, is trapped in a loveless marriage to a Belgian princess. As he seeks to flee his stifling environment, he meets the beautiful Maria, and the two enter…
4. Alpine Climbers (1936)

★ 6.5/10

Donald, Mickey, and Pluto climb the Alps. While up top, Donald has a run-in with a mountain goat over some edelweiss, Mickey has a row with an eagle over its eggs; one of them hatches, and gives Pluto some trouble (as…
5. More Than a Secretary (1936)

★ 6.5/10

When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs through secretaries, she's mistaken for an applicant. Drawn to him, she accepts the position.
6. Three Smart Girls (1936)

★ 6.5/10

The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and reunite him with their mother.
7. Be Human (1936)

★ 6.0/10

Betty Boop is incensed at her farmer neighbor's cruelty to his animals. Grampy knows how to teach him a lesson.
8. Kelly the Second (1936)

★ 6.0/10

A feisty Irish woman turns a truck driver into a championship boxer.
9. Youth of the World (1936)

★ 5.9/10

This Nazi propaganda film covers the 1936 Winter Olympics that were held in Germany.
10. Tea Pot Town (1936)

★ 5.0/10

Created in conjunction with Lipton as a soft-sell for its products, Tea Pot Town seems largely inspired by the Sunshine Makers narrative. Just as Sunshine Makers promoted milk - showing cheerful gnomes using it to…