Here's why 1934, in alphabetical order.
L'Atalante
The Black Cat
Chapaev (Best Foreign Film by US National Board of Review)
Cleopatra (Junior Approved)
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Gay Divorcee
The Goddess (China)
Imitation of Life
It Happened One Night
It's a Gift (Junior Approved)
Judge Priest (Junior Approved)
Liliom (Fritz Lang version)
Little Man, What Now? (Junior Super Approved)
The Lost Patrol
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Les Miserables (French)
No Greater Glory (Junior Super approved)
Of Human Bondage
The Scarlet Empress (Junior Super approved)
A Story of Floating Weeds (Japan)
The Thin Man
Twentieth Century (Junior kinda approved, could use a rewatch)
roujin can back me up with the ones that I missed. He counted 44 potentially worthy films.