# List of American films of 1938

This list of American films of 1938 compiles American feature films that were released in 1938.
The comedy You Can't Take It with You won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

## A–B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Accidents Will Happen | William Clemens | Ronald Reagan, Gloria Blondell, Dick Purcell | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Adventure in Sahara | D. Ross Lederman | Paul Kelly, Lorna Gray, C. Henry Gordon | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Adventures of Marco Polo | Archie Mayo | Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone | Historical | United Artists |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Michael Curtiz | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Norman Taurog | Tommy Kelly, Jackie Moran, Victor Jory | Adventure | United Artists |
| The Affairs of Annabel | Benjamin Stoloff | Lucille Ball, Jack Oakie, Bradley Page | Comedy | RKO |
| Air Devils | John Rawlins | Dick Purcell, Larry J. Blake, Beryl Wallace | Action | Universal |
| Alexander's Ragtime Band | Henry King | Don Ameche, Tyrone Power, Ethel Merman | Musical comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Algiers | John Cromwell | Hedy Lamarr, Charles Boyer, Joseph Calleia | Mystery | United Artists |
| Always Goodbye | Sidney Lanfield | Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Cesar Romero | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Always in Trouble | Joseph Santley | Jane Withers, Nana Bryant, Eddie Collins | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Anatole Litvak | Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Crisp | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Angels with Dirty Faces | Michael Curtiz | James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart | Crime drama | Warner Bros. |
| Annabel Takes a Tour | Lew Landers | Lucille Ball, Jack Oakie, Ruth Donnelly | Comedy | RKO |
| The Arkansas Traveler | Alfred Santell | Bob Burns, Jean Parker, John Beal | Comedy | Paramount |
| Army Girl | George Nicholls Jr. | Preston Foster, Madge Evans, James Gleason | Comedy drama | Republic |
| Arrest Bulldog Drummond | James P. Hogan | John Howard, Heather Angel, Reginald Denny | Thriller | Paramount |
| Arsène Lupin Returns | George Fitzmaurice | Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William | Mystery | MGM |
| Arson Gang Busters | Joseph Kane | Robert Livingston, Jackie Moran, Rosalind Keith | Action | Republic |
| Artists and Models Abroad | Mitchell Leisen | Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland | Comedy, Musical | Paramount |
| Bar 20 Justice | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, Russell Hayden | Western | Paramount |
| Barefoot Boy | Karl Brown | Jackie Moran, Ralph Morgan, Claire Windsor | Drama | Monogram |
| The Baroness and the Butler | Walter Lang | William Powell, Annabella, Henry Stephenson | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Battle of Broadway | George Marshall | Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Gypsy Rose Lee | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Beloved Brat | Arthur Lubin | Bonita Granville, Donald Crisp, Dolores Costello | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Big Broadcast of 1938 | Mitchell Leisen | W. C. Fields, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| Billy the Kid Returns | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| Black Bandit | George Waggner | Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, Jack Rockwell | Western | Universal |
| The Black Doll | Otis Garrett | C. Henry Gordon, Nan Grey, Donald Woods | Mystery | Universal |
| Blind Alibi | Lew Landers | Richard Dix, Whitney Bourne, Eduardo Ciannelli | Drama | RKO |
| Blockade | William Dieterle | Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda, Leo Carrillo | War drama | United Artists |
| Block-Heads | John G. Blystone | Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Patricia Ellis | Comedy | MGM |
| Blond Cheat | Joseph Santley | Joan Fontaine, Derrick De Marney, Lilian Bond | Comedy | RKO |
| Blondes at Work | Frank McDonald | Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Blondie | Frank R. Strayer | Arthur Lake, Penny Singleton, Jonathan Hale | Comedy | Columbia |
| Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | Ernst Lubitsch | Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, David Niven | Comedy | Paramount |
| Booloo | Clyde E. Elliott | Colin Tapley, Jayne Regan, Ratna Asmara | Adventure | Paramount |
| Border G-Man | David Howard | George O'Brien, Laraine Day, Rita La Roy | Adventure | RKO |
| Border Wolves | Joseph H. Lewis | Bob Baker, Constance Moore, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Universal |
| Born to be Wild | Joseph Kane | Ralph Byrd, Doris Weston, Ward Bond | Action | Republic |
| Boy Meets Girl | Lloyd Bacon | James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Marie Wilson | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Boys Town | Norman Taurog | Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull | Drama | MGM |
| Breaking the Ice | Edward F. Cline | Charles Ruggles, Dolores Costello, John King | Drama | RKO |
| Bringing Up Baby | Howard Hawks | Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, May Robson | Comedy | RKO |
| Broadway Musketeers | John Farrow | Margaret Lindsay, Ann Sheridan, Marie Wilson | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Brother Rat | William Keighley | Wayne Morris, Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Buccaneer | Cecil B. DeMille | Fredric March, Hugh Sothern, Margot Grahame | Adventure | Paramount |
| Bulldog Drummond in Africa | Louis King | John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner | Thriller | Paramount |
| Bulldog Drummond's Peril | James P. Hogan | John Howard, John Barrymore, Louise Campbell | Thriller | Paramount |

## C–D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| California Frontier | Elmer Clifton | Buck Jones, Milburn Stone, Stanley Blystone | Western | Columbia |
| Call of the Rockies | Alan James | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis | Western | Columbia |
| Call of the Yukon | B. Reeves Eason | Richard Arlen, Beverly Roberts, Lyle Talbot | Adventure | Republic |
| Call the Mesquiteers | John English | Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Lynne Roberts | Western | Republic |
| Campus Confessions | George Archainbaud | Betty Grable, Thurston Hall, William Henry | Comedy | Paramount |
| Carefree | Mark Sandrich | Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson | Musical comedy | RKO |
| Cassidy of Bar 20 | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Nora Lane | Western | Paramount |
| Cattle Raiders | Sam Nelson | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis | Western | Universal |
| Change of Heart | James Tinling | Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, Lyle Talbot | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Charlie Chan in Honolulu | H. Bruce Humberstone | Sidney Toler, Phyllis Brooks, Victor Sen Yung | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| The Chaser | Edwin L. Marin | Lewis Stone, Nat Pendleton, John Qualen | Drama | MGM |
| Child Bride | Harry Revier | Shirley Mills, Warner Richmond, Angelo Rossitto | Exploitation | Independent |
| A Christmas Carol | Edwin L. Marin | Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Barry MacKay | Fantasy drama | MGM |
| Cipher Bureau | Charles Lamont | Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Joan Woodbury | Action | Grand National |
| City Girl | Alfred L. Werker | Phyllis Brooks, Ricardo Cortez, Robert Wilcox | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| City Streets | Albert S. Rogell | Leo Carrillo, Edith Fellows, Tommy Bond | Drama | Columbia |
| Cocoanut Grove | Alfred Santell | Fred MacMurray, Eve Arden, Rufe Davis | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| Code of the Rangers | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Rex Lease, Wheeler Oakman | Western | Monogram |
| College Swing | Raoul Walsh | George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bob Hope | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Colorado Trail | Sam Nelson | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Edward LeSaint | Western | Columbia |
| Come On, Leathernecks! | James Cruze | Richard Cromwell, Marsha Hunt, Edward Brophy | Action | Republic |
| Come On, Rangers | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, Raymond Hatton | Western | Republic |
| Comet Over Broadway | Busby Berkeley | Kay Francis, Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Condemned Women | Lew Landers | Anne Shirley, Sally Eilers, Lee Patrick | Drama | RKO |
| Convicted | Leon Barsha | Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, Marc Lawrence | Action | Columbia |
| Convicts at Large | Scott R. Beal | Ralph Forbes, Paula Stone, John Kelly | Crime | Independent |
| The Cowboy and the Lady | H. C. Potter | Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Walter Brennan | Western comedy | United Artists |
| Cowboy from Brooklyn | Lloyd Bacon | Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Priscilla Lane | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Crashing Through Danger | Sam Newfield | Ray Walker, Sally Blane, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams | Drama | Independent |
| Crashing Hollywood | Lew Landers | Lee Tracy, Joan Woodbury, Lee Patrick | Comedy | RKO |
| The Crime of Doctor Hallet | S. Sylvan Simon | Ralph Bellamy, Josephine Hutchinson, Barbara Read | Drama | Universal |
| Crime Ring | Leslie Goodwins | Allan Lane, Clara Blandick, Bradley Page | Drama | RKO |
| Crime School | Lewis Seiler | Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Billy Halop | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Crime Takes a Holiday | Lewis D. Collins | Jack Holt, Marcia Ralston, Russell Hopton | Crime | Columbia |
| The Crowd Roars | Richard Thorpe | Robert Taylor, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edward Arnold | Action | MGM |
| Danger on the Air | Otis Garrett | Donald Woods, Nan Grey, Jed Prouty | Mystery | Universal |
| Dangerous to Know | Robert Florey | Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick | Crime | Paramount |
| Daredevil Drivers | B. Reeves Eason | Beverly Roberts, Dick Purcell, Gloria Blondell | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| The Dawn Patrol | Edmund Goulding | Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven | War | Warner Bros. |
| Delinquent Parents | Nick Grinde | Doris Weston, Maurice Murphy, Helen MacKellar | Drama | Independent |
| Desert Patrol | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Rex Lease, Ted Adams | Western | Republic |
| A Desperate Adventure | John H. Auer | Ramon Novarro, Marian Marsh, Eric Blore | Comedy | Republic |
| The Devil's Party | Ray McCarey | Victor McLaglen, Beatrice Roberts, William Gargan | Crime | Universal |
| Doctor Rhythm | Frank Tuttle | Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle, Andy Devine | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| Double Danger | Lew Landers | Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Donald Meek | Crime | RKO |
| Down in 'Arkansaw' | Nick Grinde | Ralph Byrd, June Storey, Berton Churchill | Comedy | Republic |
| Down on the Farm | Malcolm St. Clair | Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Louise Fazenda | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Dramatic School | Robert B. Sinclair | Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Lana Turner | Drama | MGM |
| The Duke of West Point | Alfred E. Green | Joan Fontaine, Tom Brown, Richard Carlson | Drama | United Artists |
| Durango Valley Raiders | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Louise Stanley, Karl Hackett | Western | Republic |

## E–F

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Everybody Sing | Edwin L. Marin | Judy Garland, Fanny Brice, Billie Burke | Musical comedy | MGM |
| Everybody's Doing It | Christy Cabanne | Sally Eilers, Preston Foster, Guinn Williams | Romantic comedy | RKO |
| Exposed | Harold D. Schuster | Glenda Farrell, Otto Kruger, Herbert Mundin | Drama | Universal |
| Extortion | Lambert Hillyer | Scott Kolk, Mary Russell, Thurston Hall | Mystery | Columbia |
| Fast Company | Edward Buzzell | Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice, Claire Dodd | Comedy | MGM |
| Federal Man-Hunt | Nick Grinde | Robert Livingston, June Travis, John Gallaudet | Crime | Republic |
| Female Fugitive | William Nigh | Evelyn Venable, Craig Reynolds, Reed Hadley | Drama | Monogram |
| The Feud Maker | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Karl Hackett, Budd Buster | Western | Republic |
| The First Hundred Years | Richard Thorpe | Robert Montgomery, Virginia Bruce, Warren William | Comedy | MGM |
| Five of a Kind | Herbert I. Leeds | Jean Hersholt, Claire Trevor, Cesar Romero | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Flight into Nowhere | Lewis D. Collins | Jack Holt, Jacqueline Wells, Dick Purcell | Adventure | Columbia |
| Flight to Fame | Charles C. Coleman | Charles Farrell, Hugh Sothern, Julie Bishop | Science fiction | Columbia |
| Flirting with Fate | Frank McDonald | Joe E. Brown, Beverly Roberts, Wynne Gibson | Comedy | MGM |
| Fools for Scandal | Mervyn LeRoy | Carole Lombard, Ralph Bellamy, Fernand Gravey | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Forbidden Valley | Wyndham Gittens | Noah Beery Jr., Robert Barrat, Samuel S. Hinds | Western | Universal |
| Four Daughters | Michael Curtiz | Priscilla Lane, Claude Rains, John Garfield | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Four Men and a Prayer | John Ford | Loretta Young, David Niven, George Sanders | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Four's a Crowd | Michael Curtiz | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Rosalind Russell | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Freshman Year | Frank McDonald | Constance Moore, Dixie Dunbar, William Lundigan | Musical | Universal |
| Frontier Scout | Sam Newfield | George Houston, Beth Marion, Al St. John | Western | Grand National |
| Frontier Town | Ray Taylor | Tex Ritter, Ann Evers, Karl Hackett | Western | Grand National |
| The Frontiersmen | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, Evelyn Venable | Western | Paramount |
| Fugitives for a Night | Leslie Goodwins | Eleanor Lynn, Allan Lane, Bradley Page | Mystery | RKO |

## G–H

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Gambling Ship | Aubrey Scotto | Robert Wilcox, Helen Mack, Edward Brophy | Mystery | Universal |
| Gang Bullets | Lambert Hillyer | Anne Nagel, Robert Kent, Morgan Wallace | Crime | Monogram |
| Gang Smashers | Leo C. Popkin | Nina Mae McKinney, Mantan Moreland, Laurence Criner | Comedy drama | Independent |
| Gangs of New York | James Cruze | Charles Bickford, Ann Dvorak, Wynne Gibson | Crime | Republic |
| Gangster's Boy | William Nigh | Jackie Cooper, Louise Lorimer, Tommy Wonder | Comedy drama | Monogram |
| Garden of the Moon | Busby Berkeley | Pat O'Brien, Rudy Vallée, Johnnie Davis | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Gateway | Alfred L. Werker | Arleen Whelan, Don Ameche, Gregory Ratoff | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Ghost Town Riders | George Waggner | Bob Baker, Fay McKenzie, George Cleveland | Western | Universal |
| The Girl Downstairs | Norman Taurog | Franciska Gaal, Franchot Tone, Walter Connolly | Comedy | MGM |
| The Girl of the Golden West | Robert Z. Leonard | Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Walter Pidgeon | Musical | MGM |
| Girls on Probation | William C. McGann | Jane Bryan, Ronald Reagan, Susan Heyward | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Girls' School | John Brahm | Anne Shirley, Nan Grey, Ralph Bellamy | Comedy | Columbia |
| Give Me a Sailor | Elliott Nugent | Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Betty Grable | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| The Gladiator | Edward Sedgwick | Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Dickie Moore | Comedy | Columbia |
| Go Chase Yourself | Edward F. Cline | Lucille Ball, Joe Penner, Fritz Feld | Comedy | RKO |
| God's Step Children | Oscar Micheaux | Ethel Moses, Alice B. Russell, Dorothy Van Engle | Drama | Independent |
| Going Places | Ray Enright | Dick Powell, Anita Louise, Ronald Reagan | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Gold Diggers in Paris | George Barnes, Ray Enright | Rudy Vallée, Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Gold Is Where You Find It | Michael Curtiz | George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains | Western romance | Warner Bros. |
| Gold Mine in the Sky | Joseph Kane | Gene Autry, Carol Hughes, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| The Goldwyn Follies | H. C. Potter, George Marshall | Adolphe Menjou, Ritz Brothers, Vera Zorina | Musical | United Artists |
| Goodbye Broadway | Ray McCarey | Alice Brady, Charles Winninger, Dorothea Kent | Comedy | Universal |
| The Great Waltz | Josef von Sternberg, Julien Duvivier | Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravey, Lionel Atwill | Musical drama | MGM |
| Guilty Trails | George Waggner | Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, Jack Rockwell | Western | Universal |
| Gun Law | David Howard | George O'Brien, Ward Bond, Robert Gleckler | Western | RKO |
| Gun Packer | Wallace Fox | Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, Charles King | Western | Monogram |
| Gunsmoke Trail | Sam Newfield | Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, Al St. John | Western | Monogram |
| Happy Landing | Roy Del Ruth | Sonja Henie, Don Ameche, Cesar Romero | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Hard to Get | Ray Enright | Olivia de Havilland, Dick Powell, Charles Winninger | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Having Wonderful Time | Alfred Santell | Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Eve Arden | Romantic comedy | RKO |
| Hawaiian Buckaroo | Ray Taylor | Smith Ballew, Evalyn Knapp, Harry Woods | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Hawaii Calls | Edward F. Cline | Ned Sparks, Bobby Breen, Warren Hull | Musical | RKO |
| The Headleys at Home | Chris Beute | Evelyn Venable, Grant Mitchell, Vince Barnett | Comedy | Independent |
| Heart of Arizona | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Natalie Moorhead | Western | Paramount |
| Heart of the North | Lewis Seiler | Dick Foran, Gale Page, Allen Jenkins | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| He Couldn't Say No | Lewis Seiler | Frank McHugh, Jane Wyman, Cora Witherspoon | Romantic comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Held for Ransom | Clarence Bricker | Blanche Mehaffey, Grant Withers, Jack Mulhall | Action | Grand National |
| Her Jungle Love | George Archainbaud | Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland, Lynne Overman | Adventure | Paramount |
| Heroes of the Hills | George Sherman | Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Priscilla Lawson | Western | Republic |
| The Higgins Family | Gus Meins | James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Lynne Roberts | Comedy | Republic |
| Highway Patrol | Charles C. Coleman | Robert Paige, Julie Bishop, Robert Middlemass | Action | Columbia |
| His Exciting Night | Gus Meins | Charles Ruggles, Marion Martin, Ona Munson | Comedy | Universal |
| Hold That Co-ed | George Marshall | John Barrymore, George Murphy, Joan Davis | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Hold That Kiss | Edwin L. Marin | Maureen O'Sullivan, Dennis O'Keefe, Mickey Rooney | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| Holiday | George Cukor | Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Lew Ayres | Comedy drama | Columbia |
| Hollywood Stadium Mystery | David Howard | Neil Hamilton, Evelyn Venable, Barbara Pepper | Mystery | Republic |
| Hunted Men | Louis King | Lloyd Nolan, Mary Carlisle, Anthony Quinn | Crime | Paramount |

## I–J

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| I Am a Criminal | William Nigh | John Carroll, Kay Linaker, Craig Reynolds | Crime | Monogram |
| I Am the Law | Alexander Hall | Edward G. Robinson, Otto Kruger, Barbara O'Neil | Crime | Columbia |
| I Demand Payment | Clifford Sanforth | Jack La Rue, Betty Burgess, Guinn Williams | Drama | Independent |
| I Met My Love Again | George Cukor | Joan Bennett, Henry Fonda, Louise Platt | Romance | United Artists |
| I Stand Accused | John H. Auer | Robert Cummings, Helen Mack, Lyle Talbot | Drama | Republic |
| I'll Give a Million | Walter Lang | Warner Baxter, Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt | Comedy drama | 20th Century Fox |
| I'm From the City | Ben Holmes | Joe Penner, Richard Lane, Lorraine Krueger | Western comedy | RKO |
| If I Were King | Frank Lloyd | Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee | Adventure | Paramount |
| Illegal Traffic | Louis King | J. Carrol Naish, Mary Carlisle, Robert Preston | Crime | Paramount |
| In Early Arizona | Joseph Levering | Bill Elliott, Dorothy Gulliver, Harry Woods | Western | Columbia |
| In Old Chicago | Henry King | Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| In Old Mexico | Edward D. Venturini | William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, Russell Hayden | Western | Paramount |
| International Crime | Charles Lamont | Rod La Rocque, Astrid Allwyn, Thomas Jackson | Mystery | Grand National |
| International Settlement | Eugene Forde | Dolores del Río, George Sanders, June Lang | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Invisible Enemy | John H. Auer | Alan Marshal, Tala Birell, Herbert Mundin | Crime | Republic |
| The Invisible Menace | John Farrow | Boris Karloff, Marie Wilson, Regis Toomey | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Island in the Sky | Herbert I. Leeds | Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, Leon Ames | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| It's All in Your Mind | Bernard B. Ray | Byron Foulger, Constance Bergen, Lynton Brent | Drama | Independent |
| Jezebel | William Wyler | Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Josette | Allan Dwan | Don Ameche, William Collier Sr., Simone Simon | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Joy of Living | Tay Garnett | Irene Dunne, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Guy Kibbee | Musical comedy | RKO |
| Judge Hardy's Children | George B. Seitz | Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden | Comedy | MGM |
| The Jury's Secret | Edward Sloman | Kent Taylor, Fay Wray, Jane Darwell | Drama | Universal |
| Just Around the Corner | Irving Cummings | Shirley Temple, Charles Farrell, Franklin Pangborn | Musical comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Juvenile Court | D. Ross Lederman | Paul Kelly, Rita Hayworth, Frankie Darro | Crime | Columbia |

## K–L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Keep Smiling | Herbert I. Leeds | Jane Withers, Gloria Stuart, Henry Wilcoxon | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Kentucky | David Butler | Loretta Young, Walter Brennan, Richard Greene | Romance | Fox |
| Kentucky Moonshine | David Butler | Ritz Brothers, Marjorie Weaver, Tony Martin | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Kidnapped | Otto Preminger, Alfred L. Werker | Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, Reginald Owen | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| The Kid Comes Back | B. Reeves Eason | Wayne Morris, Barton MacLane, June Travis | Sports | Warner Bros. |
| King of Alcatraz | Robert Florey | Lloyd Nolan, Robert Preston, J. Carrol Naish | Crime | Paramount |
| King of the Newsboys | Bernard Vorhaus | Lew Ayres, Helen Mack, Victor Varconi | Drama | Republic |
| King of the Sierras | Arthur Rosson | Hobart Bosworth, Frank Campeau, Harry Harvey | Western | Grand National |
| Knight of the Plains | Sam Newfield | Fred Scott, Al St. John, John Merton | Western | Independent |
| Ladies in Distress | Gus Meins | Alison Skipworth, Robert Livingston, Virginia Grey | Drama | Republic |
| Lady Behave! | Lloyd Corrigan | Sally Eilers, Neil Hamilton, Joseph Schildkraut | Comedy | Republic |
| The Lady in the Morgue | Otis Garrett | Preston Foster, Patricia Ellis, Frank Jenks | Mystery | Universal |
| The Lady Objects | Erle C. Kenton | Gloria Stuart, Lanny Ross, Joan Marsh | Drama | Columbia |
| Land of Fighting Men | Alan James | Jack Randall, Bruce Bennett, Louise Stanley | Western | Monogram |
| The Last Express | Otis Garrett | Kent Taylor, Dorothea Kent, Greta Granstedt | Mystery | Universal |
| The Last Stand | Joseph H. Lewis | Bob Baker, Constance Moore, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Universal |
| The Last Warning | Albert S. Rogell | Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Kay Linaker | Mystery | Universal |
| Law of the Plains | Sam Nelson | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Robert Warwick | Western | Columbia |
| Law of the Texan | Elmer Clifton | Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay, Kenneth Harlan | Western | Columbia |
| Law of the Underworld | Lew Landers | Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli | Crime | Universal |
| The Law West of Tombstone | Glenn Tryon | Tim Holt, Harry Carey, Paul Guilfoyle | Western | RKO |
| Lawless Valley | David Howard | George O'Brien, Kay Sutton, Walter Miller | Western | RKO |
| Letter of Introduction | John M. Stahl | Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds, Ann Sheridan | Comedy drama | Universal |
| Lightning Carson Rides Again | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Joan Barclay, Ted Adams | Western | Independent |
| The Little Adventuress | D. Ross Lederman | Edith Fellows, Julie Bishop, Richard Fiske | Adventure | Columbia |
| Listen, Darling | Edwin L. Marin | Judy Garland, Freddie Bartholomew, Mary Astor | Comedy, Musical | MGM |
| Little Miss Broadway | Irving Cummings | Shirley Temple, Jimmy Durante, Edna May Oliver | Comedy, Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Little Miss Roughneck | Aubrey Scotto | Edith Fellows, Julie Bishop, Leo Carrillo | Drama | Columbia |
| Little Miss Thoroughbred | John Farrow | John Litel, Frank McHugh, Ann Sheridan | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Little Orphan Annie | Ben Holmes | Ann Gillis, Robert Kent, June Travis | Comedy | Paramount |
| Little Tough Guy | Harold Young | Huntz Hall, Helen Parrish, Robert Wilcox | Drama, Crime | Universal |
| Little Tough Guys in Society | Erle C. Kenton | Mischa Auer, Mary Boland, Edward Everett Horton | Comedy | Universal |
| The Lone Wolf in Paris | Albert S. Rogell | Francis Lederer, Frances Drake, Walter Kingsford | Drama, Mystery | Columbia |
| Lord Jeff | Sam Wood | Freddie Bartholomew, Mickey Rooney, Charles Coburn | Comedy, Crime | MGM |
| Love Finds Andy Hardy | George B. Seitz | Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Lewis Stone | Comedy, Romance | MGM |
| Love, Honor and Behave | Stanley Logan | Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Dick Foran | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Love Is a Headache | Richard Thorpe | Gladys George, Franchot Tone, Mickey Rooney | Comedy | MGM |
| Love on a Budget | Herbert I. Leeds | Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |

## M–N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Mad About Music | Norman Taurog | Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, William Frawley | Musical | Universal |
| The Mad Miss Manton | Leigh Jason | Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene | Mystery comedy | RKO |
| Maid's Night Out | Ben Holmes | Joan Fontaine, Allan Lane, Cecil Kellaway | Comedy | RKO |
| The Main Event | Danny Dare | Julie Bishop, Robert Paige, Arthur Loft | Drama | Columbia |
| Making the Headlines | Lewis D. Collins | Jack Holt, Beverly Roberts, Marjorie Gateson | Crime | Columbia |
| Man-Proof | Karl Freund | Myrna Loy, Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon | Comedy | MGM |
| The Man from Music Mountain | Joseph Kane | Gene Autry, Carol Hughes, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| A Man to Remember | Garson Kanin | Anne Shirley, Edward Ellis, Lee Bowman | Drama | RKO |
| Man's Country | Robert F. Hill | Jack Randall, Marjorie Reynolds, Walter Long | Western | Monogram |
| Marie Antoinette | W. S. Van Dyke | Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore | Historical | MGM |
| The Marines are Here | Phil Rosen | Gordon Oliver, June Travis, Ray Walker | Comedy | Monogram |
| The Marines Come Thru | Louis J. Gasnier | Wallace Ford, Toby Wing, Grant Withers | Action | Grand National |
| Meet the Girls | Eugene Forde | June Lang, Lynn Bari, Ruth Donnelly | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Men Are Such Fools | Busby Berkeley | Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Men with Wings | William A. Wellman | Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, Louise Campbell | Drama | Paramount |
| Merrily We Live | Norman Z. McLeod | Constance Bennett, Billie Burke, Brian Aherne | Comedy | MGM |
| The Mexicali Kid | Wallace Fox | Jack Randall, Wesley Barry, Eleanor Stewart | Western | Monogram |
| Midnight Intruder | Arthur Lubin | Louis Hayward, Eric Linden, Barbara Read | Mystery | Universal |
| The Missing Guest | John Rawlins | Paul Kelly, Constance Moore, William Lundigan | Mystery | Universal |
| Mother Carey's Chickens | Rowland V. Lee | Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison | Drama | RKO |
| Mr. Boggs Steps Out | Gordon Wiles | Stuart Erwin, Helen Chandler, Tully Marshall | Comedy | Grand National |
| Mr. Chump | William Clemens | Johnnie Davis, Lola Lane, Penny Singleton | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Mr. Doodle Kicks Off | Leslie Goodwins | Joe Penner, June Travis, Ben Alexander | Comedy | RKO |
| Mr. Moto's Gamble | James Tinling | Peter Lorre, Keye Luke, Douglas Fowley | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Mr. Moto Takes a Chance | Norman Foster | Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Kent | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Mr. Wong, Detective | William Nigh | Boris Karloff, Evelyn Brent, Grant Withers | Mystery | Monogram |
| My Bill | John Farrow | Kay Francis, Dickie Moore, Bonita Granville | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| My Lucky Star | Roy Del Ruth | Sonja Henie, Cesar Romero, Richard Greene | Romantic comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| My Old Kentucky Home | Lambert Hillyer | Evelyn Venable, Grant Richards, Bernadene Hayes | Romance | Monogram |
| Mysterious Mr. Moto | Norman Foster | Peter Lorre, Mary Maguire, Henry Wilcoxon | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| The Mysterious Rider | Lesley Selander | Douglass Dumbrille, Sidney Toler, Russell Hayden | Western | Paramount |
| Mystery House | Noel M. Smith | Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| The Mystic Circle Murders | Frank O'Connor | Robert Fiske, Arthur Gardner, Betty Compson | Drama | Grand National |
| Nancy Drew... Detective | William Clemens | Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frank Orth | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Newsboys' Home | Harold Young | Jackie Cooper, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie | Crime | Universal |
| Next Time I Marry | Garson Kanin | Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Mantan Moreland | Comedy | RKO |
| The Night Hawk | Sidney Salkow | Robert Livingston, June Travis, Robert Armstrong | Crime | Republic |
| Night Spot | Christy Cabanne | Allan Lane, Joan Woodbury, Lee Patrick | Comedy | RKO |
| No Time to Marry | Harry Lachman | Richard Arlen, Mary Astor, Virginia Dale | Comedy | Columbia |
| Numbered Woman | Karl Brown | Sally Blane, Lloyd Hughes, Mayo Methot | Drama | Monogram |
| The Nurse from Brooklyn | S. Sylvan Simon | Sally Eilers, Paul Kelly, Larry J. Blake | Drama | Universal |

## O–P

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Of Human Hearts | Clarence Brown | Walter Huston, James Stewart, John Carradine | Western | MGM |
| The Old Barn Dance | Joseph Kane | Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Roy Rogers | Western | Republic |
| On the Great White Trail | Albert Herman | James Newill, Robert Frazer, Richard Alexander | Western | Grand National |
| One Wild Night | Eugene Forde | June Lang, Dick Baldwin, Lyle Talbot | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Orphans of the Street | John H. Auer | Robert Livingston, June Storey, Ralph Morgan | Drama | Republic |
| Out West with the Hardys | George B. Seitz | Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden | Comedy | MGM |
| Outlaw Express | George Waggner | Bob Baker, Cecilia Callejo, Don Barclay | Western | Universal |
| Outlaws of Sonora | George Sherman | Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Jack Mulhall | Western | Republic |
| Outside of Paradise | John H. Auer | Phil Regan, Penny Singleton, Bert Gordon | Comedy | Republic |
| Over the Wall | Frank McDonald | Dick Foran, John Litel, Veda Ann Borg | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Overland Express | Drew Eberson | Buck Jones, Marjorie Reynolds, Maston Williams | Western | Columbia |
| Overland Stage Raiders | George Sherman | John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Louise Brooks | Western | Republic |
| Painted Desert | David Howard | George O'Brien, Laraine Day, Ray Whitley | Western | RKO |
| The Painted Trail | Robert F. Hill | Tom Keene, Eleanor Stewart, LeRoy Mason | Western | Monogram |
| Pals of the Saddle | George Sherman | John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Doreen McKay | Western | Republic |
| Panamint's Bad Man | Ray Taylor | Smith Ballew, Evelyn Daw, Noah Beery | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Paradise for Three | Edward Buzzell | Robert Young, Mary Astor, Frank Morgan | Comedy | MGM |
| Paroled from the Big House | Elmer Clifton | Jean Carmen, Ted Adams, Gwen Lee | Crime | Independent |
| Paroled - To Die | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Karl Hackett, Horace Murphy | Western | Republic |
| Partners of the Plains | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Gwen Gaze | Western | Paramount |
| Passport Husband | James Tinling | Stuart Erwin, Pauline Moore, Joan Woodbury | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Patient in Room 18 | Crane Wilbur | Ann Sheridan, Patric Knowles, John Ridgely | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus | Sam Wood | Tommy Kelly, Edgar Kennedy, Billy Gilbert | Comedy | RKO |
| Penitentiary | John Brahm | Walter Connolly, Jean Parker, John Howard | Crime | Columbia |
| Penrod and His Twin Brother | William C. McGann | Billy and Bobby Mauch, Frank Craven, Spring Byington | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Penrod's Double Trouble | Lewis Seiler | Billy and Bobby Mauch, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Personal Secretary | Otis Garrett | William Gargan, Joy Hodges, Ruth Donnelly | Comedy | Universal |
| Phantom Gold | Joseph Levering | Jack Luden, Beth Marion, Slim Whitaker | Western | Columbia |
| Phantom Ranger | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Suzanne Kaaren, Karl Hackett | Western | Monogram |
| Pioneer Trail | Joseph Levering | Jack Luden, Joan Barclay, Slim Whitaker | Western | Columbia |
| The Port of Missing Girls | Karl Brown | Harry Carey, Judith Allen, Milburn Stone | Mystery | Monogram |
| Port of Seven Seas | James Whale | Wallace Beery, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Morgan | Drama | MGM |
| Prairie Justice | George Waggner | Bob Baker, Dorothy Fay, Jack Rockwell | Western | Universal |
| Prairie Moon | Ralph Staub | Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Shirley Deane | Western | Republic |
| Pride of the West | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Russell Hayden | Western | Paramount |
| Prison Break | Arthur Lubin | Barton MacLane, Glenda Farrell, Ward Bond | Drama | Universal |
| Prison Farm | Louis King | Lloyd Nolan, Shirley Ross, May Boley | Crime | Paramount |
| Prison Nurse | James Cruze | Henry Wilcoxon, Marian Marsh, Bernadene Hayes | Drama | Republic |
| Prison Train | Gordon Wiles | Fred Keating, Dorothy Comingore, Faith Bacon | Crime | Independent |
| Professor Beware | Elliott Nugent | Harold Lloyd, Phyllis Welch, Lionel Stander | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Purple Vigilantes | George Sherman | Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Joan Barclay | Western | Republic |

## R–S

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Racket Busters | Lloyd Bacon | George Brent, Allen Jenkins, Humphrey Bogart | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Radio City Revels | Benjamin Stoloff | Jack Oakie, Bob Burns, Ann Miller | Musical comedy | RKO |
| The Rangers' Round-Up | Sam Newfield | Fred Scott, Al St. John, Christine McIntyre | Western | Independent |
| The Rage of Paris | Henry Koster | Danielle Darrieux, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mischa Auer | Romantic comedy | Universal |
| Rascals | H. Bruce Humberstone | Jane Withers, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Wilcox | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Rawhide | Ray Taylor | Lou Gehrig, Smith Ballew, Evalyn Knapp | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Allan Dwan | Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Helen Westley | Comedy drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Rebellious Daughters | Jean Yarbrough | Marjorie Reynolds, Verna Hillie, Sheila Bromley | Drama | Independent |
| Reckless Living | Frank McDonald | Robert Wilcox, Nan Grey, William Lundigan | Drama | Universal |
| Red River Range | George Sherman | John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune | Western | Republic |
| Reformatory | Lewis D. Collins | Jack Holt, Charlotte Wynters, Grant Mitchell | Crime | Columbia |
| The Renegade Ranger | David Howard | George O'Brien, Rita Hayworth, Tim Holt | Western | RKO |
| Rhythm of the Saddle | George Sherman | Gene Autry, Peggy Moran, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| Rich Man, Poor Girl | Reinhold Schünzel | Lew Ayres, Robert Young, Lana Turner | Comedy | MGM |
| Ride a Crooked Mile | Alfred E. Green | Frances Farmer, Akim Tamiroff, Lynne Overman | Western | Paramount |
| Riders of the Black Hills | George Sherman | Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Ann Evers | Western | Republic |
| Rio Grande | Sam Nelson | Charles Starrett, Ann Doran, Bob Nolan | Western | Columbia |
| Road Demon | Otto Brower | Henry Arthur, Joan Valerie, Henry Armetta | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| The Road to Reno | S. Sylvan Simon | Randolph Scott, Hope Hampton, Glenda Farrell | Comedy | Universal |
| Rolling Caravans | Joseph Levering | Jack Luden, Eleanor Stewart, Harry Woods | Western | Columbia |
| Rollin' Plains | Albert Herman | Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett, Horace Murphy | Western | Grand National |
| Romance in the Dark | H. C. Potter | Gladys Swarthout, John Boles, John Barrymore | Romance | Warner Bros. |
| Romance of the Limberlost | William Nigh | Jean Parker, Eric Linden, Marjorie Main | Drama | Monogram |
| Romance on the Run | Gus Meins | Donald Woods, Patricia Ellis, Grace Bradley | Comedy crime | Republic |
| Room Service | William A. Seiter | Marx Brothers, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller | Comedy | RKO |
| Rough Riding Rhythm | J.P. McGowan | Kermit Maynard, Beryl Wallace, Olin Francis | Western | Independent |
| Rose of the Rio Grande | William Nigh | John Carroll, Movita, Gino Corrado | Adventure | Monogram |
| Safety in Numbers | Malcolm St. Clair | Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Saint in New York | Ben Holmes | Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Jack Carson | Thriller | RKO |
| Saleslady | Arthur Greville Collins | Anne Nagel, Weldon Heyburn, Kenneth Harlan | Comedy | Monogram |
| Sally, Irene and Mary | William A. Seiter | Alice Faye, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Davis | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Santa Fe Stampede | George Sherman | John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, June Martel | Western | Republic |
| Say It in French | Andrew L. Stone | Ray Milland, Irene Hervey, Mary Carlisle | Comedy | Paramount |
| Scandal Street | James P. Hogan | Lew Ayres, Louise Campbell, Lucien Littlefield | Drama | Paramount |
| Secrets of a Nurse | Arthur Lubin | Dick Foran, Helen Mack, Edmund Lowe | Mystery | Universal |
| Secrets of an Actress | William Keighley | Kay Francis, George Brent, Ian Hunter | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Sergeant Murphy | B. Reeves Eason | Ronald Reagan, Mary Maguire, Donald Crisp | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Service de Luxe | Rowland V. Lee | Constance Bennett, Vincent Price, Charlie Ruggles | Comedy | Universal |
| Shadows Over Shanghai | Charles Lamont | Ralph Morgan, Robert Barrat, Robert Barrat | Drama | Grand National |
| Sharpshooters | James Tinling | Brian Donlevy, Lynn Bari, Douglass Dumbrille | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Shine On, Harvest Moon | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Lynne Roberts, Stanley Andrews | Western | Republic |
| The Shining Hour | Frank Borzage | Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan, Melvyn Douglas | Drama | MGM |
| The Shopworn Angel | H. C. Potter | James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Walter Pidgeon | War drama | MGM |
| Sing You Sinners | Wesley Ruggles | Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Ellen Drew | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| The Singing Outlaw | Joseph H. Lewis | Bob Baker, Joan Barclay, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Universal |
| Sinners in Paradise | James Whale | Bruce Cabot, Marion Martin, Gene Lockhart | Drama | Universal |
| The Sisters | Anatole Litvak | Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Anita Louise | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Six Gun Trail | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, Ben Corbett | Western | Independent |
| Six-Shootin' Sheriff | Harry Fraser | Ken Maynard, Marjorie Reynolds, Lafe McKee | Western | Grand National |
| Sky Giant | Lew Landers | Joan Fontaine, Richard Dix, Harry Carey | Adventure | RKO |
| Slander House | Charles Lamont | Adrienne Ames, Craig Reynolds, Esther Ralston | Drama | Independent |
| A Slight Case of Murder | Lloyd Bacon | Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, John Litel | Comedy crime | Warner Bros. |
| Smashing the Rackets | Lew Landers | Chester Morris, Rita Johnson, Frances Mercer | Drama | RKO |
| Smashing the Spy Ring | Christy Cabanne | Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, Ann Doran | Mystery | Columbia |
| Song of the Buckaroo | Albert Herman | Tex Ritter, Jinx Falkenburg, Tom London | Western | Monogram |
| Songs and Bullets | Sam Newfield | Fred Scott, Al St. John,Charles King | Western | Independent |
| Songs and Saddles | Harry L. Fraser | Gene Austin, Henry Roquemore, Charles King | Western | Grand National |
| Sons of the Legion | James P. Hogan | Lynne Overman, Evelyn Keyes, Tim Holt | Drama | Paramount |
| South of Arizona | Sam Nelson | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan | Western | Columbia |
| Spawn of the North | Henry Hathaway | George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour | Adventure | Paramount |
| Special Inspector | Leon Barsha | Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, George McKay | Crime | Columbia |
| Speed to Burn | Otto Brower | Michael Whalen, Lynn Bari, Henry Armetta | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| Spirit of Youth | Harry L. Fraser | Joe Louis, Mantan Moreland, Edna May Harris | Sports | Independent |
| Spring Madness | S. Sylvan Simon | Maureen O'Sullivan, Lew Ayres, Burgess Meredith | Comedy | MGM |
| The Spy Ring | Joseph H. Lewis | William Hall, Jane Wyman, Esther Ralston | Thriller | Universal |
| Squadron of Honor | Charles C. Coleman | Don Terry, Mary Russell, Thurston Hall | Action | Columbia |
| Stablemates | Sam Wood | Wallace Beery, Mickey Rooney, Arthur Hohl | Sports | MGM |
| Stagecoach Days | Joseph Levering | Jack Luden, Eleanor Stewart, Harry Woods | Western | Columbia |
| Starlight Over Texas | Albert Herman | Tex Ritter, Carmen Laroux, Rosa Turich | Western | Monogram |
| Start Cheering | Albert S. Rogell | Jimmy Durante, Joan Perry, Walter Connolly | Comedy | Columbia |
| State Police | John Rawlins | William Lundigan, Constance Moore, John King | Crime | Universal |
| Stolen Heaven | Andrew L. Stone | Gene Raymond, Glenda Farrell, Lewis Stone | Drama | Paramount |
| The Storm | Harold Young | Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Nan Grey | Drama | Universal |
| Storm Over Bengal | Sidney Salkow | Patric Knowles, Richard Cromwell, Rochelle Hudson | Adventure | Republic |
| Straight, Place and Show | David Butler | Ritz Brothers, Ethel Merman, Richard Arlen | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Strange Faces | Errol Taggart | Dorothea Kent, Frank Jenks, Mary Treen | Drama | Universal |
| The Stranger from Arizona | Elmer Clifton | Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay, Roy Barcroft | Western | Columbia |
| The Strange Case of Dr. Meade | Lewis D. Collins | Jack Holt, Beverly Roberts, John Qualen | Mystery | Columbia |
| Submarine Patrol | John Ford | Preston Foster, Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Sunset Murder Case | Louis J. Gasnier | Sally Rand, Esther Muir, Vince Barnett | Mystery | Grand National |
| Suez | Allan Dwan | Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella | Historical | 20th Century Fox |
| Sweethearts | W. S. Van Dyke | Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan | Musical | MGM |
| Swing It, Sailor! | Raymond Cannon | Wallace Ford, Isabel Jewell, Mary Treen | Comedy | Grand National |
| Swing! | Oscar Micheaux | Cora Green, Amanda Randolph, Trixie Smith | Musical | Independent |
| Swing, Sister, Swing | Joseph Santley | Ken Murray, Johnny Downs, Nana Bryant | Musical | Universal |
| Swing That Cheer | Harold D. Schuster | Tom Brown, Robert Wilcox, Constance Moore | Sports comedy | Universal |
| Swing Your Lady | Ray Enright | Frank McHugh, Humphrey Bogart, Penny Singleton | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Swiss Miss | John G. Blystone | Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Grete Natzler, Eric Blore | Comedy | MGM |

## T–U

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Tarnished Angel | Leslie Goodwins | Sally Eilers, Ann Miller, Paul Guilfoyle | Drama | RKO |
| Tarzan's Revenge | D. Ross Lederman | Glenn Morris, Eleanor Holm, Hedda Hopper | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Ten Laps to Go | Elmer Clifton | Rex Lease, Muriel Evans, Duncan Renaldo | Action | Independent |
| Tenth Avenue Kid | Bernard Vorhaus | Bruce Cabot, Beverly Roberts, Horace McMahon | Crime | Republic |
| The Terror of Tiny Town | Sam Newfield | Billy Curtis, "Little Billy" Rhodes, Charlie Becker | Western comedy | Columbia |
| Test Pilot | Victor Fleming, Howard Hawks | Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy | Drama | MGM |
| The Texans | James P. Hogan | Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott, Robert Cummings | Western | Paramount |
| Thanks for Everything | William A. Seiter | Jack Oakie, Adolphe Menjou, Jack Haley | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Thanks for the Memory | George Archainbaud | Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Otto Kruger | Comedy | Paramount |
| That Certain Age | Edward Ludwig | Deanna Durbin, Melvyn Douglas, Jackie Cooper | Musical comedy | Universal |
| There Goes My Heart | Norman Z. McLeod, Hal Roach | Fredric March, Patsy Kelly, Virginia Bruce | Comedy | United Artists |
| There's That Woman Again | Alexander Hall | Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Margaret Lindsay | Comedy mystery | Columbia |
| There's Always a Woman | Alexander Hall | Joan Blondell, Melvyn Douglas, Mary Astor | Comedy mystery | Columbia |
| This Marriage Business | Christy Cabanne | Victor Moore, Cecil Kellaway, Jack Carson | Comedy | RKO |
| Three Blind Mice | William A. Seiter | Loretta Young, Joel McCrea, David Niven | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Three Comrades | Frank Borzage | Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone, Guy Kibbee | Drama | MGM |
| Three Loves Has Nancy | Richard Thorpe | Janet Gaynor, Robert Montgomery, Franchot Tone | Comedy | MGM |
| Thunder in the Desert | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Louise Stanley, Charles King | Western | Republic |
| Time Out for Murder | H. Bruce Humberstone | Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, Douglas Fowley | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| Tip-Off Girls | Louis King | Mary Carlisle, Lloyd Nolan, Roscoe Karns | Crime | Paramount |
| Tom Sawyer, Detective | Louis King | Billy Cook, Donald O'Connor, Janet Waldo | Mystery | Paramount |
| Too Hot to Handle | Jack Conway | Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon | Comedy | MGM |
| Topa Topa | Vin Moore | Joan Valerie, James Bush, LeRoy Mason | Western | Grand National |
| Topper Takes a Trip | Norman Z. McLeod | Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke | Comedy | United Artists |
| Torchy Blane in Panama | William Clemens | Lola Lane, Paul Kelly, Tom Kennedy | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Torchy Gets Her Man | William Beaudine | Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Touchdown, Army | Kurt Neumann | John Howard, Mary Carlisle, Robert Cummings | Comedy | Paramount |
| Tough Kid | Howard Bretherton | Frankie Darro, Dick Purcell, Judith Allen | Crime | Monogram |
| The Toy Wife | Richard Thorpe | Luise Rainer, Melvyn Douglas, H. B. Warner | Drama | MGM |
| Trade Winds | Tay Garnett | Joan Bennett, Fredric March, Ann Sothern | Comedy | United Artists |
| A Trip to Paris | Malcolm St. Clair | Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Tropic Holiday | Theodore Reed | Bob Burns, Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| Two Gun Justice | Alan James | Tim McCoy, Betty Compson, Joan Barclay | Western | Monogram |
| Two-Gun Man from Harlem | Richard C. Kahn | Herb Jeffries, Marguerite Whitten, Mantan Moreland | Western | Independent |
| Under the Big Top | Karl Brown | Marjorie Main, Anne Nagel, Jack La Rue | Drama | Monogram |
| Under Western Stars | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Carol Hughes, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| Up the River | Alfred L. Werker | Preston Foster, Arthur Treacher, Phyllis Brooks | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Utah Trail | Albert Herman | Tex Ritter, Horace Murphy, Pamela Blake | Western | Grand National |

## V–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Vacation from Love | George Fitzmaurice | Florence Rice, Reginald Owen, Dennis O'Keefe | Comedy | MGM |
| Valley of the Giants | William Keighley | Claire Trevor, Wayne Morris, Charles Bickford | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Vivacious Lady | George Stevens | James Stewart, Ginger Rogers, Beulah Bondi | Comedy | RKO |
| Walking Down Broadway | Norman Foster | Claire Trevor, Leah Ray, Phyllis Brooks | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Wanted by the Police | Howard Bretherton | Frankie Darro, Evalyn Knapp, Robert Kent | Crime | Monogram |
| West of Cheyenne | Sam Nelson | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Bob Nolan | Western | Columbia |
| West of Rainbow's End | Alan James | Tim McCoy, Walter McGrail, George Cooper | Western | Monogram |
| West of the Santa Fe | Sam Nelson | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis | Western | Columbia |
| Western Jamboree | Ralph Staub | Gene Autry, Jean Rouverol, Esther Muir | Western | Republic |
| Western Trails | George Waggner | Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, John Ridgely | Western | Universal |
| When G-Men Step In | Charles C. Coleman | Don Terry, Julie Bishop, Robert Paige | Action | Columbia |
| When Were You Born | William C. McGann | Margaret Lindsay, Anna May Wong, Lola Lane | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Where the Buffalo Roam | Al Herman | Tex Ritter, Dorothy Short, Horace Murphy | Western | Monogram |
| Where the West Begins | J. P. McGowan | Jack Randall, Fuzzy Knight, Luana Walters | Western | Monogram |
| While New York Sleeps | H. Bruce Humberstone | Michael Whalen, Jean Rogers, Chick Chandler | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| Whirlwind Horseman | Robert F. Hill | Ken Maynard, Joan Barclay, Kenneth Harlan | Western | Grand National |
| White Banners | Edmund Goulding | Claude Rains, Fay Bainter, Jackie Cooper | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Who Killed Gail Preston? | Leon Barsha | Don Terry, Rita Hayworth, Robert Paige | Crime | Columbia |
| Wide Open Faces | Kurt Neumann | Joe E. Brown, Jane Wyman, Lucien Littlefield | Comedy | Columbia |
| Wild Horse Canyon | Robert F. Hill | Jack Randall, Dorothy Short, Warner Richmond | Western | Monogram |
| Wives Under Suspicion | James Whale | Warren William, Gail Patrick, Constance Moore | Crime | Universal |
| Woman Against Woman | Robert B. Sinclair | Herbert Marshall, Virginia Bruce, Mary Astor | Drama | MGM |
| Women Are Like That | Stanley Logan | Kay Francis, Pat O'Brien, Melville Cooper | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Women in Prison | Lambert Hillyer | Scott Kolk, Mayo Methot, Arthur Loft | Drama | Columbia |
| A Yank at Oxford | Jack Conway | Robert Taylor, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh | Comedy drama | MGM |
| Yellow Jack | George B. Seitz | Robert Montgomery, Virginia Bruce, Buddy Ebsen | Drama | MGM |
| You and Me | Fritz Lang | Sylvia Sidney, George Raft, Barton MacLane | Film noir | Paramount |
| You Can't Take It with You | Frank Capra | James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore | Comedy | Columbia |
| Young Dr. Kildare | Sam Wood | Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Emma Dunn | Drama | MGM |
| Young Fugitives | John Rawlins | Robert Wilcox, Harry Davenport, Dorothea Kent | Crime drama | Universal |
| The Young in Heart | Richard Wallace | Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Billie Burke | Comedy drama | United Artists |
| Youth Takes a Fling | Archie Mayo | Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, Dorothea Kent | Comedy | Universal |

## Short films

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Ship That Died | Jacques Tourneur | John Nesbitt, Leonard Penn, Rhea Mitchell | Short drama | |
| Too Much Johnson | Orson Welles | Joseph Cotten, Virginia Nicolson | Comedy | Never publicly released |