| R | TITLE | L | L% | Lists By Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) | 416 | 78% | 1936 (416) |
| 2 | David Copperfield | 339 | 75% | 1935 (339) |
| 3 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | 278 | 62% | 1935 (278) |
| 4 | The Informer | 256 | 57% | 1935 (256) |
| 5 | Naughty Marietta | 250 | 55% | 1935 (250) |
| 6 | Les Miserables (1935) | 235 | 52% | 1935 (235) |
| 7 | Ruggles of Red Gap | 222 | 49% | 1935 (222) |
| 8 | Top Hat | 174 | 39% | 1935 (174) |
| 9 | Broadway Melody of 1936 | 166 | 37% | 1935 (166) |
| 10 | Roberta | 155 | 34% | 1935 (155) |
| 11 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 166 | 31% | 1936 (166) |
| 12 | Anna Karenina | 129 | 29% | 1935 (129) |
| 13 | Magnificent Obsession (1935) | 149 | 28% | 1936 (149) |
| 14 | Ah, Wilderness! | 138 | 26% | 1936 (138) |
| 15 | Alice Adams | 115 | 25% | 1935 (115) |
| 16 | The Dark Angel (1935) | 96 | 21% | 1935 (96) |
| 17 | Imitation of Life (1935) | 89 | 20% | 1935 (89) |
| 18 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | 84 | 19% | 1935 (84) |
| 19 | G-Men | 80 | 18% | 1935 (80) |
| 20 | Captain Blood | 94 | 18% | 1936 (94) |
| 21 | China Seas | 77 | 17% | 1935 (77) |
| 22 | The Scoundrel | 65 | 14% | 1935 (65) |
| 22 | Escape Me Never | 65 | 14% | 1935 (65) |
| 24 | Oil for the Lamps of China | 64 | 14% | 1935 (64) |
| 25 | Becky Sharp | 63 | 14% | 1935 (63) |
| 26 | Cardinal Richelieu | 62 | 14% | 1935 (62) |
| 27 | The Crusades | 60 | 13% | 1935 (60) |
| 28 | Black Fury | 59 | 13% | 1935 (59) |
| 29 | Private Worlds | 52 | 12% | 1935 (52) |
| 30 | Diamond Jim | 48 | 11% | 1935 (48) |
| 31 | Steamboat 'Round the Bend | 46 | 10% | 1935 (46) |
| 31 | Clive of India | 46 | 10% | 1935 (46) |
| 33 | The 39 Steps | 35 | 8% | 1935 (35) |
| 33 | Love Me Forever | 35 | 8% | 1935 (35) |
| 35 | She Married Her Boss | 29 | 6% | 1935 (29) |
| 36 | Barbary Coast | 28 | 6% | 1935 (28) |
| 37 | The Little Colonel | 26 | 6% | 1935 (26) |
| 38 | The Farmer Takes a Wife | 25 | 6% | 1935 (25) |
| 39 | Escapade | 24 | 5% | 1935 (24) |
| 40 | A Night at the Opera | 26 | 5% | 1936 (26) |
| 41 | Curly Top | 20 | 4% | 1935 (20) |
| 42 | The Last Days of Pompeii | 19 | 4% | 1935 (19) |
| 43 | The Wedding Night | 18 | 4% | 1935 (18) |
| 43 | Call of the Wild | 18 | 4% | 1935 (18) |
| 45 | Rendezvous (1935) | 17 | 4% | 1935 (17) |
| 45 | I Live My Life | 17 | 4% | 1935 (17) |
| 45 | Hands Across the Table | 17 | 4% | 1935 (17) |
| 45 | County Chairman | 17 | 4% | 1935 (17) |
| 49 | Sanders of the River | 16 | 4% | 1935 (16) |
| 49 | Life Begins at 40 | 16 | 4% | 1935 (16) |
Lists Included 451
L Total number of lists where the film was selected as one of the top 10 films of the year
L% Percentage of total lists where the film was selected as one of the top 10 films of the year
Lists By Year Number of votes in annual Film Daily poll
The Results of this poll are directly from The Film Daily annual poll that asked newspapers around the nation to submit a top 10 list. Films have been recategorized to U.S. release dates, as the poll often took place prior to year-end.