Top-Grossing Films (1930 - 1966)

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"The following list of top-grossing films has been garnered from the records of The Motion Picture Herald, Motion Picture Daily, and Film Daily. For each year, the films have been listed in alphabetical order. . ." Source: The American Movies Reference Book: The Sound Era.

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  1. 170 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  2. 830 new

    The Sound of Music

    1965, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 747 new

    West Side Story

    1961, in 22 top lists Check
  4. 727 new

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 355 new

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  6. 229 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 773 new

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 683 new

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  9. 602 new

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  10. 823 new

    My Fair Lady

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 500 new

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    1951, in 15 top lists Check
  12. 626 new

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 739 new

    Lolita

    1962, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 600 new

    Rebel Without a Cause

    1955, in 16 top lists Check
  15. 171 new

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
  16. 451 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  17. 192 new

    The Great Dictator

    1940, in 25 top lists Check
  18. 864 new

    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

    1966, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 546 new

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
  20. 846 new

    Doctor Zhivago

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
  21. 550 new

    Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

    1954, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 3 new

    Cimarron

    1931, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 525 new

    Shane

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 625 new

    The Ten Commandments

    1956, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 176 new

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 84 new

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  27. 681 new

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  28. 629 new

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  29. 759 new

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 4 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  31. 494 new

    The Quiet Man

    1952, in 15 top lists Check
  32. 720 new

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  33. 333 new

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  34. 487 new

    The Greatest Show on Earth

    1952, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 291 new

    Meet Me in St. Louis

    1944, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 182 new

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  37. 458 new

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  38. 211 new

    How Green Was My Valley

    1941, in 11 top lists Check
  39. 605 new

    An Affair to Remember

    1957, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 33 new

    Cavalcade

    1933, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 418 new

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 613 new

    Giant

    1956, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 775 new

    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    1962, in 15 top lists Check
  44. 735 new

    The Hustler

    1961, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 346 new

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  46. 469 new

    Harvey

    1950, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 750 new

    Cleopatra

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 673 new

    Rio Bravo

    1959, in 20 top lists Check
  49. 226 new

    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    1942, in 12 top lists Check
  50. 350 new

    Duel in the Sun

    1946, in 7 top lists Check
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