Best 1930s Animation Movies

Looking for the best 1930s Animation movies? These are the 12 highest-rated 1930s Animation titles in our catalogue, led by Pale-Face, Bimbo's Initiation and The Cat Came Back. The list is ranked by audience score; open any title for its cast, trailer and legal places to watch.

1. Pale-Face (1933)

★ 7.5/10

Flip's lunchtime picnic with his sweetheart (a human one) is interrupted by an Indian attack. The buffoonish "Injuns" drive them to a log cabin with their arrows, and there's a grand shootout. Eventually, though, they…
2. Bimbo's Initiation (1931)

★ 7.0/10

Bimbo finds himself surrounded by a mysterious group of robed figures who invite him to become a member of their secret organisation. When he refuses, they fling him through a nightmarish sequence of terror and torture…
3. 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.
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. Donald's Cousin Gus (1939)

★ 6.5/10

Donald Duck's gluttonous cousin, Gus Goose, comes for a visit and practically eats him out of house and home. When the direct approach to getting rid of his voracious houseguest fails, Donald resorts to desperate…
6. Poor Cinderella (1934)

★ 6.3/10

In the only Betty Boop color cartoon, Cinderella (Betty) goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother. Later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.
7. Betty Boop's Big Boss (1933)

★ 6.2/10

Betty takes a secretarial job where the boss sexually harasses her… but not without some encouragement from Betty.
8. 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.
9. Betty Boop's Prize Show (1934)

★ 5.7/10

In a melodrama at the Slumbertown Theatre, Freddie is the sheriff and Betty is a school-marm desired by outlaw "Phillip the Fiend."
10. Be Up to Date (1938)

★ 5.7/10

Betty Boop's Traveling Department Store comes to Hillbillyville; the mountain folks find old uses for the new gadgets.
11. Betty Boop's Little Pal (1934)

★ 5.5/10

Pudgy the Pup makes a mess of Betty Boop's picnic, is sent home, and runs afoul of the dog catcher.
12. 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…