# List of American films of 1941

A list of American films released in 1941.
How Green Was My Valley won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

## A–B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Accent on Love | Ray McCarey | George Montgomery, Osa Massen, J. Carrol Naish | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Across the Sierras | D. Ross Lederman | Wild Bill Elliott, Luana Walters, Richard Fiske | Western | Columbia |
| Adam Had Four Sons | Gregory Ratoff | Ingrid Bergman, Warner Baxter, Susan Hayward | Drama | Columbia |
| Adventure in Washington | Alfred E. Green | Herbert Marshall, Virginia Bruce, Gene Reynolds | Drama | Columbia |
| Affectionately Yours | Lloyd Bacon | Merle Oberon, Rita Hayworth, Dennis Morgan | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| All-American Co-Ed | Leroy Prinz | Frances Langford, Johnny Downs, Marjorie Woodworth | Comedy | United Artists |
| Aloma of the South Seas | Alfred Santell | Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Katherine DeMille | Adventure | Paramount |
| Along the Rio Grande | Edward Killy | Tim Holt, Betty Jane Rhodes, Ruth Clifford | Western | RKO |
| Among the Living | Stuart Heisler | Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward, Frances Farmer | Horror | Paramount |
| Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | George B. Seitz | Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Kathryn Grayson | Family | MGM |
| Angels with Broken Wings | Bernard Vorhaus | Jane Frazee, Mary Lee, Binnie Barnes | Comedy | Republic |
| The Apache Kid | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, LeRoy Mason | Western | Republic |
| Appointment for Love | William A. Seiter | Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Rita Johnson | Romantic comedy | Universal |
| Arizona Bound | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Luana Walters | Western | Monogram |
| Arizona Cyclone | Joseph H. Lewis | Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day | Western | Universal |
| Arkansas Judge | Frank McDonald | Roy Rogers, Veda Ann Borg, Pauline Moore | Western | Republic |
| Babes on Broadway | Busby Berkeley | Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter | Musical | MGM; third in Berkeley's backyard musicals |
| Bachelor Daddy | Harold Young | Edward Everett Horton, Donald Woods, Evelyn Ankers | Comedy | Universal |
| Back in the Saddle | Lew Landers | Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Lee | Western | Republic |
| Back Street | Robert Stevenson | Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Richard Carlson | Drama | Universal. Remake of the 1932 film |
| Badlands of Dakota | Alfred E. Green | Robert Stack, Frances Farmer, Richard Dix | Western | Universal |
| The Bad Man | Richard Thorpe | Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day | Western | MGM |
| Bad Man of Deadwood | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Carol Adams, Sally Blane | Western | Republic |
| Bad Men of Missouri | Ray Enright | Jane Wyman, Dennis Morgan, Wayne Morris | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Bahama Passage | Edward H. Griffith | Sterling Hayden, Madeleine Carroll, Flora Robson | Adventure | Paramount |
| Ball of Fire | Howard Hawks | Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oskar Homolka | Comedy | RKO. Remade as a musical in 1948 |
| The Bandit Trail | Edward Killy | Tim Holt, Ray Whitley, Janet Waldo | Western | RKO |
| Barnacle Bill | Richard Thorpe | Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Leo Carrillo | Comedy | MGM |
| Bedtime Story | Alexander Hall | Loretta Young, Fredric March, Robert Benchley | Comedy | Columbia; Remade as a 1964 film |
| Belle Starr | Irving Cummings | Gene Tierney, Randolph Scott, Dana Andrews | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Big Boss | Charles Barton | Otto Kruger, Gloria Dickson, John Litel | Crime | Columbia |
| The Big Store | Charles Reisner | Marx Brothers, Tony Martin, Virginia Grey | Comedy | Last of the Marx Brothers’ films with MGM |
| Billy the Kid | David Miller | Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Ian Hunter | Western | MGM. Remake of 1930 film Billy the Kid |
| Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Carleton Young, Al St. John | Western | PRC |
| Billy the Kid in Santa Fe | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Marin Sais, Rex Lease | Western | PRC |
| Billy the Kid's Range War | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Joan Barclay, Carleton Young | Western | PRC |
| Billy the Kid's Round-Up | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Carleton Young, Joan Barclay | Western | PRC |
| Billy the Kid Wanted | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Dave O'Brien, Glenn Strange | Western | PRC |
| Birth of the Blues | Victor Schertzinger | Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy | Musical | Paramount |
| The Black Cat | Albert S. Rogell | Basil Rathbone, Broderick Crawford, Bela Lugosi | Horror | Universal. Based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe |
| Blonde Comet | William Beaudine | Virginia Vale, Robert Kent, Vince Barnett | Action | PRC |
| The Blonde from Singapore | Edward Dmytryk | Florence Rice, Leif Erickson, Alexander D'Arcy | Drama | Columbia |
| Blonde Inspiration | Busby Berkeley | John Shelton, Virginia Grey, Albert Dekker | Comedy | MGM |
| Blondie Goes Latin | Frank R. Strayer | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Tito Guízar | Comedy | Columbia |
| Blondie in Society | Frank R. Strayer | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Jonathan Hale | Comedy | Columbia |
| Blood and Sand | Rouben Mamoulian | Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth | Drama | 20th Century Fox. Previously made in both 1922 and 1916 |
| Blossoms in the Dust | Mervyn LeRoy | Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart | Drama | MGM. 4 Academy Award nominations |
| Blues in the Night | Anatole Litvak | Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Lloyd Nolan | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| The Body Disappears | D. Ross Lederman | Jeffrey Lynn, Jane Wyman, Edward Everett Horton | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Border Vigilantes | Derwin Abrahams | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Frances Gifford | Western | Paramount |
| Borrowed Hero | Lewis D. Collins | Florence Rice, Alan Baxter, Constance Worth | Drama | Monogram |
| Bowery Blitzkrieg | Wallace Fox | East Side Kids, Keye Luke, Warren Hull | Comedy | Monogram |
| The Bride Came C.O.D. | William Keighley | James Cagney, Bette Davis, Eugene Pallette | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Bride Wore Crutches | Shepard Traube (1907–1983) | Lynne Roberts, Robert Armstrong, Edgar Kennedy | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Broadway Limited | Gordon Douglas | Victor McLaglen, Patsy Kelly, ZaSu Pitts | Comedy | United Artists |
| Buck Privates | Arthur Lubin | Abbott and Costello, Lee Bowman, Jane Frazee | Comedy | Universal |
| Bullets for O'Hara | William K. Howard | Joan Perry, Roger Pryor, Anthony Quinn | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Burma Convoy | Noel M. Smith | Charles Bickford, Evelyn Ankers, Cecil Kellaway | Drama | Universal |
| Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day | Western | Universal |
| Buy Me That Town | Eugene Forde | Constance Moore, Lloyd Nolan, Albert Dekker | Comedy | Paramount |

## C–D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Cadet Girl | Ray McCarey | Carole Landis, George Montgomery, William Tracy | Musical comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Case of the Black Parrot | Noel M. Smith | William Lundigan, Maris Wrixon, Paul Cavanagh | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Caught in the Act | Jean Yarbrough | Henry Armetta, Iris Meredith, Inez Palange | Comedy | PRC |
| Caught in the Draft | David Butler | Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Bracken | Comedy | Paramount |
| Charley's Aunt | Archie Mayo | Jack Benny, Kay Francis, Anne Baxter | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Charlie Chan in Rio | Harry Lachman | Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Kay Linaker | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Cheers for Miss Bishop | Tay Garnett | Martha Scott, William Gargan, Edmund Gwenn | Drama | Universal |
| The Chocolate Soldier | Roy Del Ruth | Nelson Eddy, Risë Stevens, Nigel Bruce | Musical | MGM |
| Citadel of Crime | George Sherman | Robert Armstrong, Linda Hayes, Frank Albertson | Drama | Republic |
| Citizen Kane | Orson Welles | Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore | Drama | RKO; Academy Award Best Original Screenplay; voted AFI and Sight & Sound greatest film of all time |
| City of Missing Girls | Elmer Clifton | Astrid Allwyn, H. B. Warner, John Archer | Crime | Independent |
| Come Live with Me | Clarence Brown | James Stewart, Hedy Lamarr, Ian Hunter | Comedy | MGM |
| Confessions of Boston Blackie | Edward Dmytryk | Chester Morris, Harriet Hilliard, Richard Lane | Mystery | Columbia |
| Confirm or Deny | Archie Mayo | Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Roddy McDowall | War drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Corsican Brothers | Gregory Ratoff | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff | Swashbuckler | United Artists |
| Country Fair | Frank McDonald | June Clyde, Eddie Foy Jr., William Demarest | Comedy | Republic |
| The Cowboy and the Blonde | Ray McCarey | Mary Beth Hughes, George Montgomery, Alan Mowbray | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Cracked Nuts | Edward F. Cline | Stuart Erwin, Una Merkel, Mischa Auer | Comedy | Universal |
| Criminals Within | Joseph H. Lewis | Eric Linden, Ann Doran, Ben Alexander | Drama | PRC |
| Cyclone on Horseback | Edward Killy | Tim Holt, Marjorie Reynolds, Ray Whitley | Western | RKO |
| Dance Hall | Irving Pichel | Carole Landis, Cesar Romero, June Storey | Romance | 20th Century Fox |
| A Dangerous Game | John Rawlins | Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Jean Brooks | Mystery | Universal |
| Dangerous Lady | Bernard B. Ray | Neil Hamilton, June Storey, Evelyn Brent | Mystery | PRC |
| Dangerously They Live | Robert Florey | John Garfield, Nancy Coleman, Raymond Massey | Thriller | Warner Bros. |
| Dead Men Tell | Harry Lachman | Sidney Toler, Sheila Ryan, Kay Aldridge | Mystery | 20th Century Fox. Charlie Chan |
| The Deadly Game | Phil Rosen | Charles Farrell, June Lang, John Miljan | Thriller | Monogram |
| Death Valley Outlaws | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Milburn Stone | Western | Republic |
| Desert Bandit | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, William Haade | Western | Republic |
| Design for Scandal | Norman Taurog | Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold | Comedy | MGM |
| Desperate Cargo | William Beaudine | Ralph Byrd, Carol Hughes, Julie Duncan | Thriller | PRC |
| The Devil and Daniel Webster | William Dieterle | Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, James Craig | Fantasy | RKO |
| The Devil and Miss Jones | Sam Wood | Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn, Robert Cummings | Comedy | RKO |
| The Devil Commands | Edward Dmytryk | Boris Karloff, Amanda Duff, Richard Fiske | Horror | Columbia |
| The Devil Pays Off | John H. Auer | Osa Massen, J. Edward Bromberg, Margaret Tallichet | Drama | Republic |
| Dive Bomber | Michael Curtiz | Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray, Alexis Smith | War drama | Warner Bros. |
| Doctors Don't Tell | Jacques Tourneur | Florence Rice, John Beal, Edward Norris | Mystery | Republic |
| Doomed Caravan | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Russell Hayden | Western | Paramount |
| Double Cross | Albert H. Kelley | Kane Richmond, Wynne Gibson, Pauline Moore | Crime | PRC |
| Double Date | Glenn Tryon | Edmund Lowe, Una Merkel, Peggy Moran | Comedy | Universal |
| Double Trouble | William Beaudine | Harry Langdon, Cathy Lewis, Charley Rogers | Comedy | Monogram |
| Down in San Diego | Robert B. Sinclair | Bonita Granville, Dan Dailey, Ray McDonald | Comedy | MGM |
| Down Mexico Way | Joseph Santley | Gene Autry, Fay McKenzie, Harold Huber | Western | Republic |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Victor Fleming | Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner | Horror | MGM. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson novel; remake of 1931 film |
| Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Harold S. Bucquet | Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Red Skelton | Drama | MGM |
| Dressed to Kill | Eugene Forde | Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Sheila Ryan | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| The Driftin' Kid | Robert Emmett Tansey | Tom Keene, Betty Miles, Glenn Strange | Western | Monogram |
| Dude Cowboy | David Howard | Tim Holt, Marjorie Reynolds, Ray Whitley | Western | RKO |
| Dumbo | Ben Sharpsteen | Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, Cliff Edwards | Animated | Disney; won Oscar for Musical Score |
| Dynamite Canyon | Robert Emmett Tansey | Tom Keene, Sugar Dawn, Evelyn Finley | Western | Monogram |

## E–F

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring | James P. Hogan | Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Mona Barrie | Mystery | Columbia |
| Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | James P. Hogan | Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, H. B. Warner | Mystery | Columbia |
| Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | James P. Hogan | Ralph Bellamy, Margaret Lindsay, Anna May Wong | Mystery | Columbia |
| Emergency Landing | William Beaudine | Forrest Tucker, Carol Hughes, Evelyn Brent | Action | PRC |
| Escort Girl | Edward E. Kaye | Betty Compson, Margaret Marquis, Robert Kellard | Crime | Independent |
| The Face Behind the Mask | Robert Florey | Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, George E. Stone | Horror | Columbia |
| Father Takes a Wife | Jack Hively | Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Swanson, Desi Arnaz | Comedy | RKO |
| Father's Son | D. Ross Lederman | John Litel, Frieda Inescort, Christian Rub | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Father Steps Out | Jean Yarbrough | Frank Albertson, Lorna Gray, Jed Prouty | Comedy | Monogram |
| Federal Fugitives | William Beaudine | Neil Hamilton, Victor Varconi, George Carleton | Thriller | PRC |
| The Feminine Touch | W. S. Van Dyke | Rosalind Russell, Don Ameche, Kay Francis | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| Fiesta | LeRoy Prinz | Ann Ayars, Armida, Antonio Moreno | Musical | United Artists |
| Fighting Bill Fargo | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Jean Brooks | Western | Universal |
| The Flame of New Orleans | René Clair | Marlene Dietrich, Mischa Auer, Roland Young | Romantic comedy | Universal |
| Flight from Destiny | Vincent Sherman | Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, Thomas Mitchell | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Flying Blind | Frank McDonald | Jean Parker, Richard Arlen, Nils Asther | Drama | Paramount |
| Flying Cadets | Erle C. Kenton | William Gargan, Edmund Lowe, Peggy Moran | Adventure | Universal |
| Flying Wild | William Beaudine | Leo Gorcey, David Gorcey, Joan Barclay | Aviation | Monogram. Fifth in East Side Kids series |
| Footlight Fever | Irving Reis | Alan Mowbray, Donald MacBride, Elyse Knox | Comedy | RKO |
| Footsteps in the Dark | Lloyd Bacon | Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| For Beauty's Sake | Shepard Traube | Marjorie Weaver, Ned Sparks Joan Davis | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Forbidden Trails | Robert N. Bradbury | Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton | Western | Monogram |
| Forced Landing | Gordon Wiles | Richard Arlen, Eva Gabor, J. Carrol Naish | Action | Paramount |
| Four Mothers | William Keighley | Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Free and Easy | George Sidney | Robert Cummings, Ruth Hussey, Judith Anderson | Comedy | MGM |
| Fugitive Valley | S. Roy Luby | Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Julie Duncan | Western | Monogram |

## G–H

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Gambling Daughters | Max Nosseck | Cecilia Parker, Gale Storm, Roger Pryor | Mystery | PRC |
| Gangs of Sonora | John English | Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Rufe Davis | Western | Republic |
| The Gang's All Here | Jean Yarbrough | Frankie Darro, Mantan Moreland, Robert Homans | Action comedy | Monogram |
| Gauchos of El Dorado | Lester Orlebeck | Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Rufe Davis | Western | Republic |
| The Gay Falcon | Irving Reis | George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins | Mystery | RKO |
| The Gay Vagabond | William Morgan | Roscoe Karns, Ruth Donnelly, Margaret Hamilton | Comedy | Republic |
| Gentleman from Dixie | Albert Herman | Jack La Rue, Marian Marsh, Clarence Muse | Drama | Monogram |
| The Get-Away | Edward Buzzell | Robert Sterling, Donna Reed, Charles Winninger | Crime | MGM |
| A Girl, a Guy and a Gob | Richard Wallace | Lucille Ball, George Murphy, Edmond O'Brien | Comedy | RKO |
| Glamour Boy | Ralph Murphy | Jackie Cooper, Susanna Foster, Walter Abel | Comedy | Paramount |
| Golden Hoofs | Lynn Shores | Jane Withers, Buddy Rogers, Kay Aldridge | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Go West, Young Lady | Frank R. Strayer | Ann Miller, Glenn Ford, Ann Miller | Western comedy | Columbia |
| Great Guns | Monty Banks | Laurel and Hardy, Sheila Ryan, Mae Marsh | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Great American Broadcast | Archie Mayo | Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Great Awakening | Reinhold Schünzel | Ilona Massey, Alan Curtis, Binnie Barnes | Drama | United Artists |
| The Great Lie | Edmund Goulding | Mary Astor, Bette Davis, George Brent | Drama | Warner Bros.; based on novel The Far Horizon; Academy Award for Astor |
| The Great Mr. Nobody | Benjamin Stoloff | Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, John Litel | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Great Swindle | Lewis D. Collins | Jack Holt, Marjorie Reynolds, Henry Kolker | Mystery | Columbia |
| The Great Train Robbery | Joseph Kane | Bob Steele, Claire Carleton, Milburn Stone | Western | Republic |
| The Gunman from Bodie | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton | Western | Monogram |
| H. M. Pulham, Esq. | King Vidor | Robert Young, Hedy Lamarr, Ruth Hussey | Drama | MGM. |
| Hands Across the Rockies | Lambert Hillyer | Wild Bill Elliott, Dub Taylor, Kenneth MacDonald | Western | Columbia |
| The Hard-Boiled Canary | Andrew L. Stone | Susanna Foster, Allan Jones, Margaret Lindsay | Comedy | Paramount |
| Hard Guy | Elmer Clifton | Jack LaRue, Mary Healy, Iris Adrian | Crime | PRC |
| Harmon of Michigan | Charles Barton | Tom Harmon, Anita Louise, Larry Parks | Sports | Columbia |
| Harvard, Here I Come | Lew Landers | Maxie Rosenbloom, Arline Judge, Marie Wilson | Comedy | Columbia |
| Hello, Sucker | Edward F. Cline | Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, June Storey | Comedy | Universal |
| Hellzapoppin' | H. C. Potter | Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Martha Raye | Musical comedy | Universal; based on stage musical |
| Henry Aldrich for President | Hugh Bennett | Jimmy Lydon, Mary Anderson, June Preisser | Comedy | Paramount |
| Here Comes Happiness | Noel M. Smith | Mildred Coles, Edward Norris, Richard Ainley | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Alexander Hall | Robert Montgomery, Evelyn Keyes, Claude Rains | Comedy | Columbia; 7 Oscar nominations, 2 wins; prequel to Down to Earth (1947) |
| Her First Beau | Theodore Reed | Jane Withers, Jackie Cooper, Josephine Hutchinson | Comedy drama | Columbia |
| High Sierra | Raoul Walsh | Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Leslie | Film noir | Warner Bros.; remade as I Died a Thousand Times (1955) |
| Highway West | William C. McGann | Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy, William Lundigan | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Hit the Road | Joe May | Gladys George, Barton MacLane, Dead End Kids | Crime Comedy | Universal |
| Hold Back the Dawn | Mitchell Leisen | Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard | Romance | Paramount |
| Hold That Ghost | Arthur Lubin | Abbott and Costello, Richard Carlson, Joan Davis | Comedy | Universal |
| Honeymoon for Three | Lloyd Bacon | Ann Sheridan, George Brent, Jane Wyman | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Honky Tonk | Jack Conway | Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Claire Trevor | Western | MGM |
| Honolulu Lu | Charles Barton | Lupe Vélez, Bruce Bennett, Leo Carrillo | Comedy | Columbia |
| Horror Island | George Waggner | Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Leo Carrillo | Thriller | Universal |
| How Green Was My Valley | John Ford | Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Roddy McDowall | Drama | 20th Century Fox; nominated for 10 Academy Awards, won 5, including Best Picture |
| Hudson's Bay | Irving Pichel | Paul Muni, Gene Tierney, Virginia Field | Historical | 20th Century Fox |
| Hurricane Smith | Bernard Vorhaus | Ray Middleton, Jane Wyatt, Harry Davenport | Action | Republic |
| Hurry, Charlie, Hurry | Charles E. Roberts | Leon Errol, Mildred Coles, Cecil Cunningham | Comedy | RKO |

## I–J

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| I Killed That Man | Phil Rosen | Ricardo Cortez, Joan Woodbury, Iris Adrian | Mystery | Monogram |
| I Wake Up Screaming | H. Bruce Humberstone | Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis | Film noir | 20th Century Fox |
| I Wanted Wings | Mitchell Leisen | Ray Milland, William Holden, Brian Donlevy | Drama | Paramount |
| I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island | Lew Landers | Sally Eilers, Donald Woods, Eduardo Ciannelli | Crime | Columbia |
| Ice-Capades | Joseph Santley | James Ellison, Phil Silvers, Barbara Jo Allen | Comedy | Republic |
| I'll Sell My Life | Elmer Clifton | Rose Hobart, Michael Whalen, Joan Woodbury | Crime | Independent |
| I'll Wait for You | Robert B. Sinclair | Robert Sterling, Marsha Hunt, Carol Hughes | Drama | MGM |
| In Old Cheyenne | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Joan Woodbury, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Republic |
| In Old Colorado | Howard Bretherton | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Margaret Hayes | Western | Paramount |
| In the Navy | Arthur Lubin | Abbott and Costello, Dick Powell, Claire Dodd | Comedy | Universal |
| International Lady | Tim Whelan | George Brent, Ilona Massey, Basil Rathbone | Spy thriller | United Artists |
| International Squadron | Lewis Seiler, Lothar Mendes | Ronald Reagan, Olympe Bradna, James Stephenson | War | Warner Bros. |
| Invisible Ghost | Joseph H. Lewis | Bela Lugosi, Polly Ann Young, John McGuire | Horror | Monogram |
| It Started with Eve | Henry Koster | Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Robert Cummings | Musical | Universal |
| Jesse James at Bay | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Sally Payne, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Republic |
| Johnny Eager | Mervyn LeRoy | Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold | Film noir | MGM |
| Jungle Man | Harry L. Fraser | Buster Crabbe, Sheila Darcy, Charles Middleton | Adventure | PRC |

## K–L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Kansas Cyclone | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Dorothy Sebastian | Western | Republic |
| Kathleen | Harold S. Bucquet | Shirley Temple, Gail Patrick, Laraine Day | Drama | MGM |
| Keep 'Em Flying | Arthur Lubin | Abbott and Costello, Martha Raye, Carol Bruce | Comedy | Universal |
| The Kid from Kansas | William Nigh | Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine, Ann Doran | Action | Universal |
| The Kid's Last Ride | S. Roy Luby | Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Luana Walters | Western | Monogram |
| King of Dodge City | Lambert Hillyer | Wild Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Dub Taylor | Western | Columbia |
| King of the Zombies | Jean Yarbrough | Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, Henry Victor | Horror comedy | Monogram |
| Kiss the Boys Goodbye | Victor Schertzinger | Mary Martin, Don Ameche, Virginia Dale | Comedy | Paramount |
| Kisses for Breakfast | Lewis Seiler | Jane Wyatt, Shirley Ross, Dennis Morgan | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Knockout | William Clemens | Arthur Kennedy, Olympe Bradna, Virginia Field | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Ladies in Retirement | Charles Vidor | Ida Lupino, Louis Hayward, Evelyn Keyes | Drama | Columbia |
| Lady Be Good | Norman Z. McLeod | Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young | Musical | MGM |
| The Lady Eve | Preston Sturges | Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Eugene Pallette | Screwball comedy | Paramount |
| The Lady from Cheyenne | Frank Lloyd | Loretta Young, Robert Preston Edward Arnold | Western | Universal |
| Lady from Louisiana | Bernard Vorhaus | John Wayne, Ona Munson, Henry Stephenson | Drama | Republic |
| Lady Scarface | Frank Woodruff | Dennis O'Keefe, Mildred Coles, Judith Anderson | Crime | RKO |
| Last of the Duanes | James Tinling | George Montgomery, Eve Arden, Lynne Roberts | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Las Vegas Nights | Ralph Murphy | Bert Wheeler, Constance Moore, Tommy Dorsey | Musical | Paramount |
| Law of the Range | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Nell O'Day, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Universal |
| Law of the Timber | Bernard B. Ray | Marjorie Reynolds, Monte Blue, J. Farrell MacDonald | Crime | PRC |
| Law of the Tropics | Ray Enright | Constance Bennett, Jeffrey Lynn, Mona Maris | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Let's Go Collegiate | Jean Yarbrough | Frankie Darro, Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran | Comedy | Monogram |
| Let's Make Music | Leslie Goodwins | Jean Rogers, Bob Crosby, Elisabeth Risdon | Musical | RKO |
| Life Begins for Andy Hardy | George B. Seitz | Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden | Family | MGM; 11th in series |
| Life with Henry | Theodore Reed | Jackie Cooper, Eddie Bracken, Leila Ernst | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Little Foxes | William Wyler | Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright | Drama | RKO; 8 Oscar nominations |
| The Lone Rider Ambushed | Sam Newfield | George Houston, Al St. John, Frank Hagney | Western | PRC |
| The Lone Rider Fights Back | Sam Newfield | George Houston, Al St. John, Dorothy Short | Western | PRC |
| The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury | Sam Newfield | George Houston, Al St. John, Hillary Brooke | Western | PRC |
| The Lone Rider in Ghost Town | Sam Newfield | George Houston, Rebel Randall, Al St. John | Western | PRC |
| The Lone Rider Rides On | Sam Newfield | George Houston, Hillary Brooke, Al St. John | Western | PRC |
| Lone Star Law Men | Robert Emmett Tansey | Tom Keene, Betty Miles, Frank Yaconelli | Western | Monogram |
| The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Sidney Salkow | Warren William, Frances Robinson, Bruce Bennett | Mystery | Columbia |
| The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | Sidney Salkow | Warren William, June Storey, Henry Wilcoxon | Mystery | Columbia |
| Look Who's Laughing | Allan Dwan | Edgar Bergen, Lucille Ball, Jim Jordan | Comedy | RKO |
| Louisiana Purchase | Irving Cummings | Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, Irène Bordoni | Comedy | Paramount |
| Love Crazy | Jack Cummings | William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| Lucky Devils | Lew Landers | Andy Devine, Richard Arlen, Janet Shaw | Mystery | Universal |
| Lydia | Julien Duvivier | Merle Oberon, Joseph Cotten, Edna May Oliver | Drama | United Artists |

## M–N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Mad Doctor | Tim Whelan | Basil Rathbone, Ellen Drew, Ralph Morgan | Horror | Paramount |
| The Maltese Falcon | John Huston | Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet | Mystery | Warner Bros.; based on novel by Dashiell Hammett |
| A Man Betrayed | John H. Auer | John Wayne, Frances Dee, Wallace Ford | Drama | Republic |
| Man Hunt | Fritz Lang | Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders | Thriller | 20th Century Fox. remade as Rogue Male |
| Man at Large | Eugene Forde | George Reeves, Marjorie Weaver, Steven Geray | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Man from Montana | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Nell O'Day, Jean Brooks | Western | Universal |
| Man Made Monster | George Waggner | Lon Chaney Jr., Lionel Atwill, Anne Nagel | Horror | Universal |
| Manpower | Raoul Walsh | Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Man Who Lost Himself | Edward Ludwig | Brian Aherne, Kay Francis, Henry Stephenson | Drama | Universal |
| Married Bachelor | Edward Buzzell | Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, Felix Bressart | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| Marry the Boss's Daughter | Thornton Freeland | Brenda Joyce, Hardie Albright, Ludwig Stössel | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Maisie Was a Lady | Edwin L. Marin | Ann Sothern, Lew Ayres, Maureen O'Sullivan | Comedy | MGM |
| The Masked Rider | Ford Beebe | Johnny Mack Brown, Nell O'Day, Virginia Carroll | Western | Universal |
| The Medico of Painted Springs | Lambert Hillyer | Charles Starrett, Wheeler Oakman, Ben Taggart | Western | Columbia |
| Meet Boston Blackie | Robert Florey | Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Lane | Mystery | Columbia |
| Meet John Doe | Frank Capra | Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan | Dramatic comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Meet the Chump | Edward F. Cline | Hugh Herbert, Jeanne Kelly, Anne Nagel | Comedy | Universal |
| Melody for Three | Erle C. Kenton | Jean Hersholt, Fay Wray, Astrid Allwyn | Drama | RKO. Dr. Christian series |
| Melody Lane | Charles Lamont | Leon Errol, Anne Gwynne, Robert Paige | Comedy | Universal |
| The Men in Her Life | Gregory Ratoff | Loretta Young, Conrad Veidt, Otto Kruger | Drama | Columbia |
| Men of Boys Town | Norman Taurog | Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Darryl Hickman | Drama | MGM |
| Men of the Timberland | John Rawlins | Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Linda Hayes | Action | Universal |
| Mercy Island | William Morgan | Ray Middleton, Gloria Dickson, Otto Kruger | Drama | Republic |
| The Mexican Spitfire's Baby | Leslie Goodwins | Lupe Vélez, Leon Errol, ZaSu Pitts | Comedy | RKO. One of series |
| Million Dollar Baby | Curtis Bernhardt | Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Miracle Kid | William Beaudine | Tom Neal, Carol Hughes, The Miracle Kid | Sports | PRC |
| Miss Polly | Fred Guiol | ZaSu Pitts, Slim Summerville, Brenda Forbes | Comedy | United Artists |
| A Missouri Outlaw | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Paul Fix | Western | Republic |
| Mob Town | William Nigh | Dick Foran, Anne Gwynne, Billy Halop | Comedy drama | Universal |
| Model Wife | Leigh Jason | Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Charles Ruggles | Comedy | Universal |
| The Monster and the Girl | Stuart Heisler | Ellen Drew, Robert Paige, Paul Lukas | Horror | Paramount |
| Moonlight in Hawaii | Charles Lamont | Jane Frazee, Johnny Downs, Mischa Auer | Musical | Universal |
| Moon Over Her Shoulder | Alfred L. Werker | Lynn Bari, John Sutton, Dan Dailey | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Moon Over Miami | Walter Lang | Betty Grable, Don Ameche, Carole Landis | Romantic comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Mountain Moonlight | Nick Grinde | Betty Jane Rhodes, John Archer, Kane Richmond | Comedy | Republic |
| Mr. Celebrity | William Beaudine | Robert "Buzz" Henry, James Seay, William Halligan | Comedy | PRC |
| Mr. Bug Goes to Town | Dave Fleischer | Kenny Gardner Jack Mercer, Tedd Pierce | Animated | Paramount |
| Mr. Dynamite | John Rawlins | Lloyd Nolan, Irene Hervey, J. Carrol Naish | Thriller | Universal |
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Alfred Hitchcock | Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond | Screwball comedy | RKO |
| Mr. District Attorney | William Morgan | Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Peter Lorre | Mystery | Republic |
| Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case | Bernard Vorhaus | James Ellison, Virginia Gilmore, Franklin Pangborn | Mystery | Republic |
| Murder Among Friends | Ray McCarey | Marjorie Weaver, John Hubbard, Mona Barrie | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Murder by Invitation | Phil Rosen | Wallace Ford, Marian Marsh, Sarah Padden | Mystery | Monogram |
| Mutiny in the Arctic | John Rawlins | Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Anne Nagel | Adventure | Universal |
| My Life with Caroline | Lewis Milestone | Ronald Colman, Anna Lee, Charles Winninger | Comedy | RKO |
| Mystery Ship | Lew Landers | Paul Kelly, Lola Lane, Larry Parks | Thriller | Columbia |
| Naval Academy | Erle C. Kenton | Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Pierre Watkin | Drama | Columbia |
| Navy Blues | Lloyd Bacon | Ann Sheridan, Martha Raye, Jack Oakie | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Nevada City | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Sally Payne, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Republic |
| Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | Edward Cline | W. C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Mona Barrie | Comedy | Universal |
| New York Town | Charles Vidor | Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, Robert Preston | Romantic comedy | Paramount |
| Niagara Falls | Gordon Douglas | Marjorie Woodworth, Tom Brown, ZaSu Pitts | Comedy | United Artists |
| Nice Girl? | William A. Seiter | Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan | Musical | Universal |
| The Night of January 16th | William Clemens | Robert Preston, Ellen Drew, Nils Asther | Crime | Paramount |
| Nine Lives Are Not Enough | A. Edward Sutherland | Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry, Faye Emerson | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| No Greater Sin | William Nigh | Leon Ames, Luana Walters, Pamela Blake | Drama | Independent |
| No Hands on the Clock | Frank McDonald | Jean Parker, Chester Morris, Dick Purcell | Crime | Paramount |
| North from the Lone Star | Lambert Hillyer | Wild Bill Elliott, Richard Fiske, Dorothy Fay | Western | Columbia |
| Nothing But the Truth | Elliott Nugent | Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Edward Arnold | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Nurse's Secret | Noel M. Smith | Lee Patrick, Julie Bishop, Regis Toomey | Mystery | Warner Bros. |

## O–P

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Officer and the Lady | Sam White | Rochelle Hudson, Bruce Bennett, Roger Pryor | Drama | Columbia |
| One Foot in Heaven | Irving Rapper | Fredric March, Martha Scott, Gene Lockhart | Biography | Warner Bros. |
| One Night in Lisbon | Edward H. Griffith | Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Patricia Morison | Thriller | Paramount |
| Our Wife | John M. Stahl | Melvyn Douglas, Ruth Hussey, Ellen Drew | Comedy | Columbia |
| Out of the Fog | Anatole Litvak | Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Eddie Albert | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Outlaws of Cherokee Trail | Lester Orlebeck | Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Rufe Davis | Western | Republic |
| Outlaws of the Desert | Howard Bretherton | William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Duncan Renaldo | Western | Paramount |
| Outlaws of the Panhandle | Sam Nelson | Charles Starrett, Frances Robinson, Ray Teal | Western | Columbia |
| Outlaws of the Rio Grande | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Rex Lease, Charles King | Western | PRC |
| Pacific Blackout | Ralph Murphy | Robert Preston, Martha O'Driscoll, Eva Gabor | Mystery | Paramount |
| Pals of the Pecos | Lester Orlebeck | Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Rufe Davis | Western | Republic |
| Paper Bullets | Phil Rosen | Joan Woodbury, Jack La Rue, Alan Ladd | Crime | PRC |
| Parachute Battalion | Leslie Goodwins | Robert Preston, Nancy Kelly, Edmond O'Brien | War | RKO |
| Paris Calling | Edwin L. Marin | Elisabeth Bergner, Randolph Scott, Basil Rathbone | Film noir | Universal |
| The Parson of Panamint | William C. McGann | Charlie Ruggles, Ellen Drew, Phillip Terry | Western | Paramount |
| Passage from Hong Kong | D. Ross Lederman | Lucile Fairbanks, Paul Cavanagh, Richard Ainley | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| The Penalty | Harold S. Bucquet | Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold, Marsha Hunt | Crime drama | MGM |
| Penny Serenade | George Stevens | Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi | Drama | Columbia; Oscar nomination for Grant |
| The People vs. Dr. Kildare | Harold S. Bucquet | Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Bonita Granville | Drama | MGM |
| The Perfect Snob | Ray McCarey | Lynn Bari, Cornel Wilde, Charles Ruggles | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Petticoat Politics | Erle C. Kenton | Ruth Donnelly, Roscoe Karns, Polly Moran | Comedy | Republic |
| The Phantom Cowboy | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Virginia Carroll, Milburn Stone | Western | Republic |
| The Pinto Kid | Lambert Hillyer | Charles Starrett, Louise Currie, Bob Nolan | Western | Columbia |
| The Pioneers | Albert Herman | Tex Ritter, Wanda McKay, Red Foley | Western | Monogram |
| Pirates on Horseback | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Eleanor Stewart | Western | Paramount |
| The Pittsburgh Kid | Jack Townley | Billy Conn, Jean Parker, Veda Ann Borg | Sports | Republic |
| Play Girl | Frank Woodruff | Kay Francis, Mildred Coles, Nigel Bruce | Comedy | RKO |
| Playmates | David Butler | John Barrymore, Kay Kyser, Lupe Vélez | Comedy | RKO |
| Pot o' Gold | George Marshall | James Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Charles Winninger | Comedy | United Artists |
| Power Dive | James P. Hogan | Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Helen Mack | War | Paramount |
| Prairie Pioneers | Lester Orlebeck | Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Rufe Davis | Western | Republic |
| Prairie Stranger | Lambert Hillyer | Charles Starrett, Cliff Edwards, Patti McCarty | Western | Columbia |
| Private Nurse | David Burton | Brenda Joyce, Jane Darwell, Sheldon Leonard | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Public Enemies | Albert S. Rogell | Wendy Barrie, Phillip Terry, Edgar Kennedy | Comedy | Republic |
| Puddin' Head | Joseph Santley | Judy Canova, Francis Lederer, Raymond Walburn | Comedy | Republic |

## R–S

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Rage in Heaven | W. S. Van Dyke | Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders | Thriller | MGM |
| Rags to Riches | Joseph Kane | Alan Baxter, Mary Carlisle, Jerome Cowan | Crime | Republic |
| Raiders of the Desert | John Rawlins | Andy Devine, Richard Arlen, Maria Montez | Adventure | Universal |
| Rawhide Rangers | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day | Western | Universal |
| Reaching for the Sun | William A. Wellman | Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Eddie Bracken | Comedy | Paramount |
| Red River Valley | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes, Sally Payne | Western | Republic |
| Redhead | Edward L. Cahn | Johnny Downs, June Lang, Eric Blore | Comedy | Monogram |
| Reg'lar Fellers | Arthur Dreifuss | Billy Lee, Sarah Padden, Roscoe Ates | Comedy | PRC |
| The Reluctant Dragon | Alfred L. Werker | Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Nana Bryant | Family | Disney |
| Remember the Day | Henry King | Claudette Colbert, John Payne, Shepperd Strudwick | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Repent at Leisure | Frank Woodruff | Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie, Thurston Hall | Comedy | RKO |
| The Return of Daniel Boone | Lambert Hillyer | Wild Bill Elliott, Betty Miles, Carl Stockdale | Western | Columbia |
| The Richest Man in Town | Charles Barton | Frank Craven, Edgar Buchanan, Roger Pryor | Comedy | Columbia |
| Ride, Kelly, Ride | Norman Foster | Eugene Pallette, Marvin Stephens, Rita Quigley | Sports | 20th Century Fox |
| Ride on Vaquero | Herbert I. Leeds | Cesar Romero, Mary Beth Hughes, Lynne Roberts | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Riders of the Badlands | Howard Bretherton | Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Cliff Edwards | Western | Columbia |
| Riders of the Purple Sage | James Tinling | George Montgomery, Mary Howard, Lynne Roberts | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Riders of the Timberline | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Eleanor Stewart | Western | Paramount |
| Ridin' on a Rainbow | Lew Landers | Gene Autry, Mary Lee, Carol Adams | Western | Republic |
| Ridin' the Cherokee Trail | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Tex Ritter, Betty Miles, Forrest Taylor | Western | Monogram |
| Riding the Sunset Trail | Robert Emmett Tansey | Tom Keene, Betty Miles, Frank Yaconelli | Western | Monogram |
| Ringside Maisie | Edwin L. Marin | Ann Sothern, George Murphy, Robert Sterling | Comedy | MGM |
| Riot Squad | Edward Finney | Richard Cromwell, Rita Quigley, John Miljan | Crime | Monogram |
| Rise and Shine | Allan Dwan | Jack Oakie, Linda Darnell, George Murphy | Crime comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Road Agent | Charles Lamont | Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine | Western | Universal |
| Road Show | Hal Roach | Carole Landis, Adolphe Menjou, John Hubbard | Drama | United Artists |
| Road to Zanzibar | Victor Schertzinger | Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour | Comedy | Paramount; second in Road series |
| Roar of the Press | Phil Rosen | Jean Parker, Wallace Ford, Suzanne Kaaren | Mystery | Monogram |
| Roaring Frontiers | Lambert Hillyer | Tex Ritter, Bill Elliott, Ruth Ford | Western | Columbia |
| Robbers of the Range | Edward Killy | Tim Holt, Virginia Vale, Emmett Lynn | Western | RKO |
| Robin Hood of the Pecos | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Marjorie Reynolds, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Republic |
| Romance of the Rio Grande | Herbert I. Leeds | Cesar Romero, Patricia Morison, Lynne Roberts | Western | Paramount |
| Rookies on Parade | Joseph Santley | Bob Crosby, Ruth Terry, Marie Wilson | Musical | Republic |
| The Round Up | Lesley Selander | Richard Dix, Patricia Morison, Preston Foster | Western | Paramount |
| The Royal Mounted Patrol | Lambert Hillyer | Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Wanda McKay | Western | Columbia |
| Saddlemates | Lester Orlebeck | Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Rufe Davis | Western | Republic |
| Saddle Mountain Roundup | S. Roy Luby | Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Jack Mulhall | Western | Monogram |
| Sailors on Leave | Albert S. Rogell | Shirley Ross, William Lundigan, Ruth Donnelly | Comedy | Republic |
| The Saint in Palm Springs | Jack Hively | George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Linda Hayes | Mystery | RKO |
| San Antonio Rose | Charles Lamont | Jane Frazee, Eve Arden, Robert Paige | Musical | Universal |
| Scattergood Baines | Christy Cabanne | Guy Kibbee, Carol Hughes, John Archer | Comedy | RKO |
| Scattergood Meets Broadway | Christy Cabanne | Guy Kibbee, Mildred Coles, Joyce Compton | Comedy | RKO |
| Scattergood Pulls the Strings | Christy Cabanne | Guy Kibbee, Bobs Watson, Susan Peters | Comedy | RKO |
| Scotland Yard | Norman Foster | Nancy Kelly, Edmund Gwenn, Henry Wilcoxon | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| The Sea Wolf | Michael Curtiz | Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Secret Evidence | William Nigh | Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Quigley, Kenneth Harlan | Drama | PRC |
| Secret of the Wastelands | Derwin Abrahams | William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Barbara Britton | Western | Paramount |
| Secrets of the Lone Wolf | Edward Dmytryk | Warren William, Ruth Ford, Eric Blore | Mystery | Columbia |
| Sergeant York | Howard Hawks | Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie | Biography | Warner Bros.;Oscar for Cooper; 10 nominations |
| Shadow of the Thin Man | W. S. Van Dyke | William Powell, Myrna Loy, Donna Reed | Mystery | MGM; 4th in series |
| Shadows on the Stairs | D. Ross Lederman | Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh, Heather Angel | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| The Shanghai Gesture | Josef von Sternberg | Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature | Thriller | United Artists |
| She Knew All the Answers | Richard Wallace | Joan Bennett, Franchot Tone, Eve Arden | Comedy | Columbia |
| The Shepherd of the Hills | Henry Hathaway | John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey | Drama | Paramount |
| Sheriff of Tombstone | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Elyse Knox, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Republic |
| Shining Victory | Irving Rapper | James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| A Shot in the Dark | William C. McGann | William Lundigan, Nan Wynn, Ricardo Cortez | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Sierra Sue | William Morgan | Gene Autry, Fay McKenzie, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| Sign of the Wolf | Howard Bretherton | Michael Whalen, Grace Bradley, Mantan Moreland | Adventure | Monogram |
| Silver Stallion | Edward Finney | David Sharpe, LeRoy Mason, Janet Waldo | Western | Monogram |
| Sing Another Chorus | Charles Lamont | Jane Frazee, Johnny Downs, Mischa Auer | Comedy | Universal |
| Sing for Your Supper | Charles Barton | Jinx Falkenburg, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Eve Arden | Musical | Columbia |
| Singapore Woman | Jean Negulesco | Brenda Marshall, Virginia Field, David Bruce | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Singing Hill | Lew Landers | Gene Autry, Mary Lee, Virginia Dale | Western | Republic |
| Sis Hopkins | Joseph Santley | Judy Canova, Bob Crosby, Susan Hayward | Comedy | Republic |
| Six Gun Gold | David Howard | Tim Holt, Fern Emmett, Eddy Waller | Western | RKO |
| Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga | John Rawlins | Lupe Vélez, Leon Errol, Helen Parrish | Comedy | Universal |
| Skylark | Mark Sandrich | Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne | Comedy | Paramount |
| Sleepers West | Eugene Forde | Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| The Smiling Ghost | Lewis Seiler | Alexis Smith, Wayne Morris, Brenda Marshall | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Smilin' Through | Frank Borzage | Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Ian Hunter | Drama | MGM |
| So Ends Our Night | John Cromwell | Fredric March, Margaret Sullavan, Glenn Ford | Drama | United Artists |
| The Son of Davy Crockett | Lambert Hillyer | Wild Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Dub Taylor | Western | Columbia |
| South of Panama | Jean Yarbrough | Roger Pryor, Virginia Vale, Lionel Royce | Thriller | PRC |
| South of Tahiti | George Waggner | Maria Montez, Brian Donlevy, Broderick Crawford | Adventure | Universal |
| Spooks Run Wild | Phil Rosen | Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan | Comedy | Columbia |
| Steel Against the Sky | A. Edward Sutherland | Alexis Smith, Lloyd Nolan, Gene Lockhart | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Strange Alibi | D. Ross Lederman | Arthur Kennedy, Joan Perry, Jonathan Hale | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Strawberry Blonde | Raoul Walsh | James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Stick to Your Guns | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Jennifer Holt, Andy Clyde | Western | Paramount |
| The Stork Pays Off | Lew Landers | Victor Jory, Rochelle Hudson, Maxie Rosenbloom | Comedy | Columbia |
| Sullivan's Travels | Preston Sturges | Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick | Comedy | Paramount; voted one of 100 top films |
| Sundown | Henry Hathaway | Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot, George Sanders | War | United Artists |
| Sun Valley Serenade | H. Bruce Humberstone | Sonja Henie, Lynn Bari, John Payne | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Sunny | Herbert Wilcox | Anna Neagle, Ray Bolger, Edward Everett Horton | Musical | RKO |
| Sunset in Wyoming | William Morgan | Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Maris Wrixon | Western | Republic |
| Suspicion | Alfred Hitchcock | Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Nigel Bruce | Thriller | RKO; Oscar for Fontaine |
| Swamp Water | Jean Renoir | Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Swamp Woman | Elmer Clifton | Ann Corio, Jack La Rue, Ian MacDonald | Drama | PRC |
| Sweetheart of the Campus | Edward Dmytryk | Ruby Keeler, Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Hilliard | Musical | Columbia |
| Swing It Soldier | Harold Young | Ken Murray, Frances Langford, Elvia Allman | Musical | Universal |

## T–U

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Tall, Dark and Handsome | H. Bruce Humberstone | Cesar Romero, Virginia Gilmore, Milton Berle | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Tanks a Million | Fred Guiol | William Tracy, James Gleason, Elyse Knox | Comedy | United Artists |
| Tarzan's Secret Treasure | Richard Thorpe | Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield | Adventure | MGM; fifth in series |
| Texas | George Marshall | William Holden, Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor | Western | Columbia |
| The Texas Marshal | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Art Davis, Karl Hackett | Western | PRC |
| That Hamilton Woman | Alexander Korda | Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray | Historical | United Artists |
| That Night in Rio | Irving Cummings | Don Ameche, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| That Uncertain Feeling | Ernst Lubitsch | Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith | Comedy | United Artists |
| They Dare Not Love | James Whale | Martha Scott, George Brent, Paul Lukas | Drama | Columbia |
| They Died with Their Boots On | Raoul Walsh | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Sydney Greenstreet | Western | Warner Bros.; story of General Custer |
| They Meet Again | Erle C. Kenton | Jean Hersholt Dorothy Lovett, Neil Hamilton | Drama | RKO |
| They Met in Argentina | Jack Hively | Maureen O'Hara, James Ellison, Diosa Costello | Drama | RKO |
| They Met in Bombay | Clarence Brown | Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Peter Lorre | Adventure | MGM |
| Thieves Fall Out | Ray Enright | Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Jane Darwell | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| This Woman Is Mine | Frank Lloyd | Franchot Tone, Carol Bruce, Nigel Bruce | Drama | Universal |
| Three Girls About Town | Leigh Jason | Joan Blondell, Janet Blair, Binnie Barnes | Comedy | Columbia |
| Three Sons o' Guns | Benjamin Stoloff | Marjorie Rambeau, Wayne Morris, Irene Rich | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Thunder Over the Prairie | Lambert Hillyer | Charles Starrett, Cliff Edwards, David Sharpe | Western | Columbia |
| Tight Shoes | Albert S. Rogell | John Howard, Binnie Barnes, Broderick Crawford | Comedy | Universal |
| Tillie the Toiler | Sidney Salkow | Kay Harris, William Tracy, Daphne Pollard | Comedy | Columbia |
| Time Out for Rhythm | Sidney Salkow | Rudy Vallée, Ann Miller, The Three Stooges | Musical comedy | Columbia |
| Tobacco Road | John Ford | Charley Grapewin, Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney | Drama | 20th Century Fox; from novel by Erskine Caldwell |
| Tom, Dick and Harry | Garson Kanin | Ginger Rogers, George Murphy, Alan Marshal | Comedy | RKO |
| Tonto Basin Outlaws | S. Roy Luby | Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Jan Wiley | Western | Monogram |
| Too Many Blondes | Thornton Freeland | Rudy Vallée, Helen Parrish, Lon Chaney Jr. | Comedy | Universal |
| Top Sergeant Mulligan | Jean Yarbrough | Nat Pendleton, Carol Hughes, Marjorie Reynolds | Comedy | Monogram |
| Topper Returns | Roy Del Ruth | Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis | Comedy | United Artists; second sequel to 1937 film |
| The Trial of Mary Dugan | Robert Z. Leonard | Laraine Day, Robert Young, Tom Conway | Drama | MGM |
| Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona | S. Roy Luby | Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Sheila Darcy | Western | Monogram |
| Tuxedo Junction | Frank McDonald | Sally Payne, Frankie Darro, Thurston Hall | Musical | Republic |
| Twilight on the Trail | Howard Bretherton | William Boyd, Wanda McKay, Andy Clyde | Western | Paramount |
| Two-Faced Woman | George Cukor | Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Constance Bennett | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| Two Gun Sheriff | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Lupita Tovar | Western | Republic |
| Two in a Taxi | Robert Florey | Anita Louise, Russell Hayden, Dick Purcell | Comedy | Columbia |
| Two Latins from Manhattan | Charles Barton | Joan Davis, Jinx Falkenburg, Joan Woodbury | Comedy | Columbia |
| Uncle Joe | William Strohbach | Gale Storm, ZaSu Pitts, Slim Summerville | Comedy | Monogram |
| Under Age | Edward Dmytryk | Nan Grey, Alan Baxter, Mary Anderson | Crime | Columbia |
| Under Fiesta Stars | Frank McDonald | Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes | Western | Republic |
| Underground | Vincent Sherman | Jeffrey Lynn, Philip Dorn, Kaaren Verne | War | Warner Bros. |
| Underground Rustlers | S. Roy Luby | Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Gwen Gaze | Western | Monogram |
| Unexpected Uncle | Peter Godfrey | Charles Coburn, James Craig, Anne Shirley | Comedy | RKO |
| Unfinished Business | Gregory La Cava | Irene Dunne, Robert Montgomery, Preston Foster | Comedy | Universal |
| Unholy Partners | Mervyn LeRoy | Edward G. Robinson, Laraine Day, Edward Arnold | Drama | MGM |

## V–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| A Very Young Lady | Harold D. Schuster | Jane Withers, Nancy Kelly, John Sutton | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Virginia | Edward H. Griffith | Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Sterling Hayden | Drama | Paramount |
| The Wagons Roll at Night | Ray Enright | Humphrey Bogart, Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Sylvia Sidney | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Wanderers of the West | Robert F. Hill | Tom Keene, Sugar Dawn, Betty Miles | Western | Monogram |
| Washington Melodrama | S. Sylvan Simon | Ann Rutherford, Frank Morgan, Dan Dailey | Drama | MGM |
| Week-End in Havana | Walter Lang | Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, John Payne | Musical comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Weekend for Three | Irving Reis | Jane Wyatt, Dennis O'Keefe, Edward Everett Horton | Comedy | RKO |
| We Go Fast | William C. McGann | Alan Curtis, Lynn Bari, Sheila Ryan | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| West of Cimarron | Lester Orlebeck | Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Rufe Davis | Western | Republic |
| West Point Widow | Robert Siodmak | Anne Shirley, Richard Carlson, Frances Gifford | Comedy | Paramount |
| Western Union | Fritz Lang | Randolph Scott, Robert Young, Virginia Gilmore | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| When Ladies Meet | Robert Z. Leonard | Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Greer Garson | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| Where Did You Get That Girl? | Arthur Lubin | Leon Errol, Helen Parrish, Eddie Quillan | Musical comedy | Universal |
| Whistling in the Dark | S. Sylvan Simon | Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford | Comedy | MGM |
| Wide Open Town | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Evelyn Brent | Western | Paramount |
| Wild Geese Calling | John Brahm | Henry Fonda, Joan Bennett, Warren William | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Wild Man of Borneo | Robert B. Sinclair | Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Bonita Granville | Comedy | MGM |
| The Wolf Man | George Waggner | Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy | Horror | Universal; 4 sequels for Chaney |
| A Woman's Face | George Cukor | Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt | Drama | MGM |
| World Premiere | Ted Tetzlaff | John Barrymore, Frances Farmer, Eugene Pallette | Comedy | Paramount |
| Wrangler's Roost | S. Roy Luby | Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Gwen Gaze | Western | Monogram |
| Wyoming Wildcat | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Julie Duncan, Syd Saylor | Western | Republic |
| A Yank in the R.A.F. | Henry King | Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton | War | 20th Century Fox |
| You Belong to Me | Wesley Ruggles | Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Ruth Donnelly | Romantic comedy | Columbia |
| You'll Never Get Rich | Sidney Lanfield | Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley | Musical comedy | Columbia |
| You're in the Army Now | Lewis Seiler | Jimmy Durante, Jane Wyman, Phil Silvers | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| You're Out of Luck | Howard Bretherton | Frankie Darro, Kay Sutton, Mantan Moreland | Comedy | Monogram |
| You're the One | Ralph Murphy | Bonnie Baker, Orrin Tucker, Edward Everett Horton | Comedy | Paramount |
| Ziegfeld Girl | Robert Z. Leonard | James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner | Musical drama | MGM |
| Zis Boom Bah | William Nigh | Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Jan Wiley | Musical | Monogram |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| A Place to Live | Irving Lerner | | Documentary | |
| Ring of Steel | | Narrated by Spencer Tracy | | Army recruiting film |

## Serials

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Adventures of Captain Marvel | William Witney, John English | Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr., Louise Currie | Serial | Republic's first comic book adaptation |
| Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc | William Witney, John English | Ralph Byrd | Serial | Based on the comic strip |
| The Green Hornet Strikes Again | Ford Beebe, John Rawlins | Warren Hull, Keye Luke | Serial | Sequel to The Green Hornet (1940) |
| Jungle Girl | William Witney, John English | Frances Gifford | Serial | Republic |
| Jungle Man | Harry L. Fraser | Buster Crabbe, Sheila Darcy | Serial | |
| Riders of Death Valley | Ray Taylor | Dick Foran, Buck Jones, Ford Beebe | Serial | Universal |
| Sea Raiders | Ford Beebe | Dead End Kids, Little Tough Guys | Serial | |
| Sky Raiders | Ford Beebe | Donald Woods | Serial | |
| White Eagle | James W. Horne | Buck Jones, Dorothy Fay | Serial | |

## Shorts

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| An Ache in Every Stake | Del Lord | The Three Stooges | Comedy short | |
| All the World's a Stooge | Del Lord | The Three Stooges | Comedy short | |
| All This and Rabbit Stew | Tex Avery | Bugs Bunny | Animation | Warner Bros. |
| The Art of Self Defense | Jack Kinney | Goofy | Animation | |
| Aviation Vacation | Tex Avery | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Chef Donald | Jack King | Donald Duck | Cartoon | |
| Dutiful But Dumb | Del Lord | The Three Stooges | Comedy Short | Columbia |
| Elmer's Pet Rabbit | Chuck Jones | Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny | Cartoon | Warner Bros. |
| Golden Eggs | Wilfred Jackson | Donald Duck | Cartoon | |
| The Heckling Hare | Tex Avery | Looney Tunes | Animation | |
| Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt | Friz Freleng | Bugs Bunny | Animation | |
| I'll Never Heil Again | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy Short | Columbia |
| In the Sweet Pie and Pie | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy short | Columbia |
| The Little Whirlwind | Riley Thomson | Mickey Mouse | Animated Short | |
| The Midnight Snack | Hanna-Barbera | | Animated short | Tom and Jerry |
| Moods of the Sea | | | Avant-garde Short | |
| The Nifty Nineties | | | Animated Short | |
| The Night Before Christmas | Hanna-Barbera | | Animated Short | Tom and Jerry |
| Old MacDonald Duck | Jack King | Donald Duck | Cartoon | |
| Pantry Panic | Walter Lantz | Woody Woodpecker | Animated | Universal |
| Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat | Walter Lantz | | Animated short | 7 minutes |
| So Long Mr. Chumps | Jules White | The Three Stooges | Comedy | Columbia |
| Some More of Samoa | Del Lord | The Three Stooges | Comedy | Columbia |
| Timber | | Donald Duck, Peg Leg Pete | Animated Short | |
| Tortoise Beats Hare | Tex Avery | Bugs Bunny, Cecil Turtle | Animation | |
| Trail of the Silver Spurs | S. Roy Luby | Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max Terhune, Dorothy Short | Western | Monogram |
| Wabbit Twouble | | Bugs Bunny | Animation | |