List of British films of 1931

A list of British films released in 1931. By this point the British film industry had completed the conversion from silent to sound films. Prominent British production companies included British International Pictures and Gainsborough Pictures. The requirements of the 1927 Film Act led a number of American companies to produce or distribute films in Britain, including a growing number of quota quickies.

A-L
Title Director Cast Genre Notes
77 Park LaneAlbert de CourvilleDennis Neilson-Terry, Betty Stockfeld, Malcolm KeenCrime[1]
AlibiLeslie S. HiscottAustin Trevor, Elizabeth Allan, Franklin DyallDrama[2]
Almost a DivorceJack Raymond, Arthur VarneyMargery Binner, Sydney Howard, Kay HammondComedy[3]
The Beggar StudentVictor Hanbury, John HarvelMargaret Halstan, Frederick Lloyd, Jerry VernoMusical[4]
The BellsOscar Werndorff, Harcourt TemplemanDonald Calthrop, Jane Welsh, Edward SinclairDrama[5]
Bill's LegacyHarry RevierLeslie Fuller, Mary Clare, Syd CourtenayComedy
Black CoffeeLeslie S. HiscottAustin Trevor, Elizabeth Allan, Richard CooperCrime[6]
BraceletsSewell CollinsBert Coote, Joyce Kennedy, Stella ArbeninaDrama[7]
Brown SugarLeslie S. HiscottConstance Carpenter, Francis Lister, Chili BouchierDrama[8]
Cape ForlornE. A. DupontFay Compton, Frank Harvey, Ian Hunter, Donald CalthropDrama[9]
CaptivationJohn HarvelBetty Stockfeld, Conway Tearle, Violet VanbrughRomantic comedy[10]
CarmenCecil LewisMarguerite Namara, Lester Matthews, Mary ClareMusical
CarnivalHerbert WilcoxMatheson Lang, Chili Bouchier, Joseph Schildkraut, Kay HammondDrama[11]
The Chance of a Night TimeHerbert Wilcox, Ralph LynnRalph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Sunday WilshinComedy[12]
Chin Chin ChinamanGuy NewallLeon M. Lion, Elizabeth Allan, George CurzonRomantic drama[13]
City of SongCarmine GalloneJan Kiepura, Betty Stockfeld, Heather AngelMusical[14]
Contraband LoveSidney MorganC. Aubrey Smith, Haddon Mason, Rosalinde FullerRomantic drama[15]
Creeping ShadowsJohn OrtonFranklin Dyall, Margot Grahame, Jeanne StuartCrime
Dance Pretty LadyAnthony AsquithAnn Casson, Carl Harbord, Moore MarriottDrama
Dangerous SeasEdward DryhurstJulie Suedo, Gerald Rawlinson, Wallace BoscoDrama[16]
DeadlockGeorge KingStewart Rome, Marjorie Hume, Esmond KnightThriller[17]
Doctor Josser K.C.Norman LeeErnie Lotinga, Molly Lamont, Binnie BarnesComedy[18]
Down RiverPeter GodfreyCharles Laughton, Jane Baxter, Harold HuthCrime[19]
DreyfusMilton RosmerCedric Hardwicke, George Merritt, Garry MarshDrama[20]
East Lynne on the Western FrontGeorge PearsonHerbert Mundin, Alf Goddard, Mark DalyComedy[21]
The Eternal FeminineArthur VarneyTerence De Marney, Guy Newall, Jill EsmondRomantic comedy[22]
FascinationMiles ManderMadeleine Carroll, Carl Harbord, Kay HammondDrama[23]
The Flying FoolWalter SummersHenry Kendall, Benita Hume, Wallace GeoffreyThriller[24]
A Gentleman of ParisSinclair HillArthur Wontner, Vanda Gréville, Hugh WilliamsCrime[25]
The Ghost TrainWalter FordeJack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Ann ToddComedy/mysteryAdapted from Arnold Ridley's The Ghost Train[26]
The Girl in the NightHenry EdwardsHenry Edwards, Dorothy Boyd, Sam LiveseyCrime
GlamourSeymour Hicks, Harry HughesSeymour Hicks, Ellaline Terriss, Margot GrahameRomantic drama[27]
The Great Gay RoadSinclair HillStewart Rome, Frank Stanmore, Pat PatersonDrama[28]
GuiltReginald FogwellJames Carew, Anne Grey, Harold HuthRomance[29]
The Happy EndingMillard WebbBenita Hume, George Barraud, Anne GreyDrama
Her ReputationSidney MorganIris Hoey, Frank Cellier, Lillian Hall-DavisComedy drama[30]
Hindle WakesVictor SavilleBelle Chrystall, John Stuart, Norman McKinnelDrama[31]
Hobson's ChoiceThomas BentleyJames Harcourt, Viola Lyel, Frank PettingellComedy
The House of UnrestLeslie Howard GordonDorothy Boyd, Malcolm Keen, Leslie Perrins Thriller[32]
The House OppositeWalter SummersHenry Kendall, Frank Stanmore, Arthur MacraeCrime[33]
In a Lotus GardenFred PaulH. Agar Lyons, Roy Galloway, Jocelyn YeoMusical comedy[34]
InquestG. B. SamuelsonCampbell Gullan, Mary Glynne, Sidney MorganCrime[35]
JealousyG.B. Samuelson Lilian Oldland, Malcolm Keen, Harold FrenchDrama
Let's Love and LaughRichard EichbergGene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus, Frank StanmoreComedy[36]
The Love HabitHarry LachmanSeymour Hicks, Margot Grahame, Edmund BreonComedy[37]
Love LiesLupino LaneStanley Lupino, Dorothy Boyd, Binnie BarnesComedy[18]
The Love RaceLupino LaneStanley Lupino, Jack Hobbs, Dorothy BoydComedy[38]
The Loves of ArianePaul CzinnerElisabeth Bergner, Percy Marmont, Warwick WardDrama[39]
The Lyons MailArthur MaudeJohn Martin Harvey, Norah Baring Ben WebsterMystery[40]

M-Z
Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Madame GuillotineReginald FogwellMadeleine Carroll, Brian Aherne, Henry HewittHistorical romance[41]
The Man at SixHarry HughesAnne Grey, Lester Matthews, Gerald RawlinsonCrime
The Man They Couldn't ArrestT. Hayes HunterHugh Wakefield, Gordon Harker, Garry MarshCrime
Many WatersMilton RosmerLillian Hall-Davis, Arthur Margetson, Elizabeth AllanRomance[42]
MaryAlfred HitchcockAlfred Abel, Olga Tschechowa, Paul GraetzMysteryThe German-language version of Hitchcock's Murder!
Michael and MaryVictor SavilleHerbert Marshall, Edna Best, Elizabeth AllanDrama[43]
MischiefJack RaymondRalph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Jeanne StuartComedy
Never Trouble TroubleLupino LaneLupino Lane, Renee Clama, Jack HobbsComedy[44]
A Night in MontmartreLeslie S. HiscottHugh Williams, Heather Angel, Austin TrevorMystery
No LadyLupino LaneLupino Lane, Sari Maritza, Renee ClamaComedy[45]
The Officers' MessManning HaynesRichard Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Harold FrenchComedy[46]
The Old ManH. Manning HaynesMaisie Gay, Anne Grey, Lester MatthewsMystery[47]
Old Soldiers Never DieMonty BanksLeslie Fuller, Molly Lamont, Alf GoddardComedy[48]
Other People's SinsSinclair HillHorace Hodges, Anne Grey, Stewart RomeCrime[49]
The Other WomanG.B. SamuelsonIsobel Elsom, David Hawthorne, Eva MooreDrama[50]
Out of the BlueGene GerrardGene Gerrard, Jessie Matthews, Kay HammondComedy[18]
The OutsiderHarry LachmanJoan Barry, Norman McKinnel, Harold Huth Drama[51]
P.C. JosserMilton RosmerErnie Lotinga, Robert Douglas, Garry MarshComedy
The Perfect LadyMilton RosmerMoira Lynd, Henry Wilcoxon, Reginald GardinerComedy
PlunderTom WallsRalph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Robertson HareComedy[52]
Poor Old BillMonty BanksLeslie Fuller, Iris Ashley, Syd CourtenayComedy[53]
Potiphar's WifeMaurice ElveyNora Swinburne, Laurence Olivier, Norman McKinnelDrama[54]
Rich and StrangeAlfred HitchcockHenry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy MarmontComedy
The RingerWalter FordePatrick Curwen, Esmond Knight, Carol GoodnerCrime[23]
Romany LoveFred PaulEsmond Knight, Roy Travers, Florence McHughMusical[55]
The RosaryGuy NewallMargot Grahame, Elizabeth Allan, Leslie Perrins Drama[56]
RynoxMichael PowellStewart Rome, John Longden, Dorothy BoydCrime[57]
A Safe AffairHerbert WynneFranklin Dyall, Connie Emerald, Douglas JefferiesCrime
Sally in Our AlleyMaurice ElveyGracie Fields, Ian Hunter, Florence DesmondDrama
The Shadow BetweenNorman WalkerGodfrey Tearle, Kathleen O'Regan, Ann CassonRomance/drama
ShadowsAlexander EswayJacqueline Logan, Bernard Nedell, Gordon HarkerCrime[58]
The Skin GameAlfred HitchcockEdmund Gwenn, Helen Haye, Jill EsmondDrama[59]
The Sleeping CardinalLeslie S. HiscottArthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Jane WelshMystery drama[60]
The Speckled BandJack RaymondRaymond Massey, Lyn Harding, Angela BaddeleyMystery drama[61]
Splinters in the NavyWalter FordeSydney Howard, Alf Goddard, Helena PickardComedy[62]
The Sport of KingsVictor SavilleLeslie Henson, Hugh Wakefield, Gordon HarkerComedy[63]
StrangleholdHenry EdwardsIsobel Elsom, Garry Marsh, Derrick De MarneyDrama[23]
Strictly BusinessJacqueline LoganBetty Amann, Carl Harbord, Molly LamontComedy
The Stronger SexGareth GundreyColin Clive, Adrianne Allen, Gordon HarkerDrama[64]
Sunshine SusieVictor SavilleRenate Müller, Jack Hulbert, Owen NaresComedy
Tell EnglandAnthony AsquithFay Compton, Carl Harbord, Dennis HoeyWorld War I drama[65]
Third Time LuckyWalter FordeBobby Howes, Dorothy Boyd, Gordon HarkerComedy[66]
Tilly of BloomsburyJack RaymondSydney Howard, Phyllis Konstam, Edward ChapmanComedy[67]
To Oblige a LadyH. Manning HaynesMaisie Gay, Warwick Ward, Lilian OldlandComedy[68]
Two Crowded HoursMichael PowellJohn Longden, Jane Welsh, Jerry VernoDrama[69]
Uneasy VirtueNorman WalkerFay Compton, Edmund Breon, Margot Grahame Comedy[70]
Up for the CupJack RaymondSydney Howard, Joan Wyndham, Sam LiveseyComedy[71]
What a Night!Monty BanksLeslie Fuller, Molly Lamont, Charles PatonComedy[72]
The Wickham MysteryG.B. SamuelsonEve Gray, John Longden, Lester MatthewsMystery
The Wife's FamilyMonty BanksGene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus, Molly LamontComedy[73]
The Woman BetweenMiles ManderOwen Nares, Adrianne Allen, David HawthorneRomance[74]
The Written LawReginald FogwellMadeleine Carroll, Percy Marmont, Henry HewittDrama[75]

Short films
Title Director Cast Genre Notes
Aroma of the South SeasW. P. KellinoReginald Gardiner, Wyn Richmond, Wallace LupinoComedy[76]
Bill and CooJohn OrtonBilly Merson, Herman Darewski, Hal GordonComedy
Bull RushesW. P. KellinoReginald Gardiner, Dorrie Deane, Wallace LupinoComedy[77]
Harry Lauder SongsGeorge PearsonShort
Hot HeirW. P. KellinoCharles Austin, Bobbie ComberComedy[78]
How He Lied to Her HusbandCecil LewisEdmund Gwenn, Vera LennoxShort[79]
Immediate PossessionArthur Varney-SerraoHerbert Mundin, Dorothy BartlamComedy[80]
M'BlimeyJ. Elder WillsBernard Ansell, Kenneth KoveShort[81]
MoritaFred PaulDaphne Lennard, Jean RomaineMusical Short[82]
My Old ChinaW. P. KellinoReginald Gardiner, Clifford Heatherley, Constance Carpenter, Gibb McLaughlinComedy[83]
The Other Mrs. PhippsJulius HagenSydney Fairbrother, Richard Cooper, Jane WelshComedy short[84]
Rodney Steps InGuy NewallRichard Cooper, Elizabeth AllanComedy[85]
Stepping StonesGeoffrey BensteadJade Hales, George BellamyMusical[86]
Who Killed Doc Robin?W. P. KellinoClifford Heatherley, Dorrie DeaneComedy[87]
The Wrong Mr. PerkinsArthur VarneyHerbert Mundin, Sonia BellamyComedy[88]

See also

References
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  6. "Black Coffee". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  7. "Bracelets". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  8. "Brown Sugar". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  9. "Cape Forlorn". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  10. "Captivation". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  11. "Carnival". Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  12. "The Chance of a Night Time". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 5, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  13. "Chin Chin Chinaman". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  14. "City of Song". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  15. "Contraband Love". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  16. "Dangerous Seas". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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  19. "Down River". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 20, 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  20. "Dreyfus". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  21. "East Lynne on the Western Front". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  22. "The Eternal Feminine". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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  24. "The Flying Fool". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  25. "A Gentleman of Paris". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  26. "The Ghost Train". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 5, 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  27. "Glamour". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  28. "The Great Gay Road". Park Circus. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  29. "Guilt". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 18, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  30. "Her Reputation". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  31. "Hindle Wakes". British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  32. "The House of Unrest". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  33. "The House Opposite". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  34. "I a Lotus Garden". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  35. "Inquest". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  36. "Let's Love and Laugh". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 3, 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  37. "The Love Habit". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  38. "The Love Race". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  39. "The Loves of Ariane". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  40. "The Lyons Mail". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  41. "Madame Guillotine". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  42. "Many Waters". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 11, 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  43. "Michael and Mary". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  44. "Never Trouble Trouble". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  45. "No Lady". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  46. "The Officers' Mess". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  47. "The Old Man". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  48. "Old Soldiers Never Die". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  49. "Other People's Sins". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  50. "The Other Woman". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  51. "The Outsider". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  52. "Plunder". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  53. "Poor Old Bill". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  54. "Potiphar's Wife". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  55. "Romany Love". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  56. "The Rosary". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  57. "Rynox". Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  58. "Shadows". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  59. "The Skin Game". Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  60. "The Sleeping Cardinal". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  61. "The Speckled Band". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 11, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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  63. "The Sport of Kings". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  64. "The Stronger Sex". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  65. "Tell England". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  66. "Third Time Lucky". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  67. "Tilly of Bloomsbury". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on July 5, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  68. "To Oblige a Lady". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  69. "Two Crowded Hours". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 20, 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  70. "Uneasy Virtue". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  71. "Up for the Cup". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 16, 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  72. "What a Night!". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  73. "The Wife's Family". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  74. "The Woman Between". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  75. "The Written Law". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  76. "Aroma of the South Seas". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  77. "Bull Rushes". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  78. "Hot Heir". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  79. "How He Lied to Her Husband". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  80. "Immediate Possession". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 24, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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  82. "Morita". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  83. "My Old China". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  84. "The Other Mrs. Phipps". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  85. "Rodney Steps In". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  86. "Stepping Stones". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 12, 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  87. "Who Killed Doc Robin?". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  88. "The Wrong Mr. Perkins". Bfi. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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