1930s melodrama films

1934 film by John M. Stahl

1936 film by Grigori Aleksandrov

1935 film by John M. Stahl

1932 film by Frank Capra

1932 film by Howard Hawks

1937 film by Douglas Sirk

1937 film by Michael Curtiz, Archie Mayo

1930 film by Jack Conway

1939 film by John Farrow

1931 film by William A. Wellman

thumb|Manoos thumb|x220px|Aadmi Manoos, also called ''Life's for Living, is a 1939 Indian Marathi social melodrama film directed by V. Shantaram. The movie was simultaneously made in Hindi as Aadmi''. The film was based on a short story called "The Police Constable". The story was by A. Bhaskarrao, with screenplay and dialogue by Anant Kanekar. The cinematographer was V. Avadhoot and the music was composed by Master Krishna Rao, with lyrics by Kanekar. The cast included Shahu Modak, Shanta Hublikar, Sundara Bai, Ram Marathe, Narmada, Ganpatrao and Raja Paranjpe.

Schlußakkord (Final Accord or better Final Chord; sometimes anglicised Schlussakkord) is a German film melodrama of the Nazi period, the first melodrama directed by Detlef Sierck, who later had a career in Hollywood as Douglas Sirk and specialised in melodramas. It was made under contract for (UFA), stars Lil Dagover and Willy Birgel and also features Maria von Tasnady, and premièred in 1936. It shows stylistic features later developed by Sierck/Sirk and makes symbolic and thematic use of music.

1935 film by Leonard Buczkowski

1935 film directed by Stuart Walker

1937 film by William Dieterle

1935 American drama film directed by Archie Mayo

1930 film by Lionel Barrymore, Wesley Ruggles

1938 film by Juliusz Gardan

1935 film by Mervyn LeRoy

1936 film by Edward H. Griffith

1933 film by William A. Wellman

1931 film by Edward Sedgwick

1939 film by Lloyd Bacon

1931 film by George Archainbaud

1935 film by Alfred Santell

1938 film by Michał Waszyński

1938 film by Robert Florey

1930 film by George Archainbaud

1934 film by Amasi Martirosyan

1933 film by J. Walter Ruben

1934 film by William Keighley

1938 film by Michał Waszyński

1930 film by Christy Cabanne