# List of American films of 1930

A list of American feature films released in 1930.
All Quiet on the Western Front won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

## A

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Abraham Lincoln | D. W. Griffith | Walter Huston, Kay Hammond | Historical drama | United Artists |
| Across the World with Mr. and Mrs. Johnson | J. Leo Meehan | Martin and Osa Johnson, George Eastman | Documentary | Martin Johnson Productions |
| Africa Speaks! | Walter Futter | Paul Hoefler, Lowell Thomas | Documentary | Columbia |
| Alias French Gertie | George Archainbaud | Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon | Romantic melodrama | RKO |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Lewis Milestone | Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim, Arnold Lucy | War drama | Universal |
| Alma de Gaucho | Henry Otto | Manuel Granada, Mona Rico, Francisco Amerise | Musical drama | Chris Phillis Productions. Spanish language. Rendered in English as Soul of the Gaucho. |
| Along Came Youth | Lloyd Corrigan | Frances Dee, Charles Rogers, Evelyn Hall | Comedy | Paramount |
| Amor Audaz | Louis J. Gasnier | Adolphe Menjou, Rosita Moreno | Comedy drama | Paramount. Spanish language production of Slightly Scarlet. |
| Animal Crackers | Victor Heerman | Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont | Musical comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| Anna Christie | Clarence Brown | Greta Garbo, Marie Dressler, Charles Bickford | Drama | MGM. Garbo's first talkie. Co-production with Germany. |
| Anybody's War | Richard Wallace | Joan Peers, Neil Hamilton | Comedy | Paramount |
| Anybody's Woman | Dorothy Arzner | Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Clive Brook | Drama | Paramount-Publix |
| The Apache Kid's Escape | Robert J. Horner | Jack Perrin, Fred Church, Josephine Hill | Western | Robert J. Horner Productions |
| The Arizona Kid | Alfred Santell | Warner Baxter, Mona Maris, Carole Lombard | Western | Fox Film |
| Around the Corner | Bert Glennon | Charles Murray, George Sidney, Joan Peers | Comedy | Columbia |
| Así es la Vida | George Crone | José Bohr, Lolita Vendrell, Delia Magaña | Comedy | Sono Art-World Productions, Inc. Spanish language production of What a Man |
| Az Orvos Titka | Tibor Hegedüs | Artúr Somlay, Dezső Kertész | Melodrama | Cinéstudio Continental. Hungarian language production of The Doctor's Secret. Co-production with France. |

## B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Back Pay | William A. Seiter | Corinne Griffith, Grant Withers, Vivien Oakland | Dramedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Bad Man | Clarence G. Badger | Walter Huston, James Rennie, Myrna Loy | Western | First National |
| The Bad One | George Fitzmaurice | Dolores del Río, Edmund Lowe, Blanche Friderici | Musical | United Artists |
| Bar L Ranch | Harry Webb | Buffalo Bill Jr., Yakima Canutt, Betty Baker | Western | Big 4 Film Corp. |
| The Bat Whispers | Roland West | Chester Morris, Maude Eburne, Chance Ward | Mystery melodrama | United Artists. Widescreen. |
| Be Yourself | Thornton Freeland | Fanny Brice, Robert Armstrong | Musical comedy | United Artists |
| Beau Bandit | Lambert Hillyer | Rod La Rocque, Doris Kenyon | Western comedy | RKO |
| Behind the Make-Up | Robert Milton | William Powell, Fay Wray, Kay Francis | Drama | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| The Benson Murder Case | Frank Tuttle | William Powell, Paul Lukas, Natalie Moorehead | Mystery melodrama | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Beyond the Law | J. P. McGowan | Robert Frazer, Louise Lorraine, Lane Chandler | Western | Rayart |
| Beyond the Rio Grande | Harry Webb | Jack Perrin, Franklyn Farnum, Charline Burt | Western | Biltmore Productions |
| Big Boy | Alan Crosland | Al Jolson, Lloyd Hughes, Claudia Dell | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| The Big Fight | Walter Lang | Lola Lane, Ralph Ince, Guinn Williams | Melodrama | James Cruze Productions |
| The Big House | George W. Hill | Wallace Beery, Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone | Drama | MGM |
| Big Money | Russell Mack | Eddie Quillan, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason | Drama | Pathe Exchange |
| The Big Party | John G. Blystone | Sue Carol, Dixie Lee | Comedy | Fox Film |
| The Big Pond | Hobart Henley | Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert | Dramedy | Paramount-Publix |
| The Big Trail | Raoul Walsh | John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill | Western | Fox Film |
| Billy the Kid | King Vidor | Wallace Beery, Johnny Mack Brown | Western | MGM. Widescreen. |
| The Bishop Murder Case | Nick Grinde | Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young | Mystery drama | MGM |
| The Border Legion | Otto Brewer | Fay Wray, Richard Arlen | Western | Paramount-Publix |
| Born Reckless | Andrew Bennison, John Ford | Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, Frank Albertson | Crime drama | Fox Film |
| Borrowed Wives | Frank R. Strayer | Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds | Comedy | Tiffany |
| The Boudoir Diplomat | Malcolm St. Clair | Betty Compson, Mary Duncan | Comedy | Universal |
| The Break Up | Jack Robertson | Jack Robertson | Documentary | Unknown production company |
| Breed of the West | Alan James | Wally Wales, Virginia Brown Faire, Buzz Barton | Western | National Players |
| Breezy Bill | J. P. McGowan | Bob Steele, Edna Aslin, Bud Osborne | Western | Independent |
| Bride of the Regiment | John Francis Dillon | Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon | Musical | First National |
| Bright Lights | Michael Curtiz | James Murray, Noah Beery, Dorothy Mackaill | Musical drama | First National Full Technicolor. |
| Brothers | Walter Lang | Bert Lytell, Dorothy Sebastian | Crime, romance | Columbia |
| Burning Up | A. Edward Sutherland | Richard Arlen, Francis McDonald, Charles Sellon | Sports drama | Paramount Famous Lasky |

## C

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Call of the Circus | Frank O'Connor | Francis X. Bushman, Ethel Clayton | Drama | Pickwick Pictures |
| Call of the Flesh | Charles Brabin | Ramón Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Ernest Torrence | Musical/Romance/Drama | MGM. In partial Technicolor. |
| Call of the West | Albert Ray | Dorothy Revier, Tom O'Brien, Alan Roscoe | Western | Columbia |
| Cameo Kirby | Irving Cummings | J. Harold Murray, Norma Terris, Myrna Loy | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| Captain of the Guard | John S. Robertson | Laura La Plante, John Boles | Melodrama | Universal |
| Captain Thunder | Alan Crosland | Fay Wray, Victor Varconi | Dramedy | Warner Bros. |
| Caught Short | Charles Reisner | Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, Anita Page | Comedy | MGM |
| The Case of Sergeant Grischa | Herbert Brenon | Chester Morris, Betty Compson | War drama | RKO |
| The Cat Creeps...While the Canary Sleeps! | Rupert Julian | Helen Twelvetrees, Neil Hamilton | Horror | Universal |
| Charley's Aunt | Al Christie | Charles Ruggles, Hugh Williams | Comedy | Columbia |
| Chasing Rainbows | Charles Reisner | Bessie Love, Charles King | Musical comedy | MGM |
| Check and Double Check | Melville W. Brown | Freeman F. Gosden, Charles J. Correll, Duke Ellington | Comedy | RKO |
| Cheer Up and Smile | Sidney Lanfield | Dixie Lee, Olga Baclanova | Musical dramedy | Fox Film |
| Children of Pleasure | Harry Beaumont | Lawrence Gray, Wynne Gibson | Romantic musical comedy | MGM |
| City Girl | F. W. Murnau | Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, Anne Shirley | Drama | Fox Film |
| The Climax | Renaud Hoffman | Jean Hersholt, Kathryn Crawford | Romance | Universal |
| Code of Honor | J.P. McGowan | Mahlon Hamilton, Doris Hill, Lafe McKee | Western | Independent |
| The Cohens and Kellys in Africa | Vin Moore | George Sidney, Vera Gordon | Comedy | Universal |
| The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland | William James Craft | George Sidney, Vera Gordon | Comedy | Universal |
| College Lovers | John G. Adolfi | Marian Nixon, Frank McHugh | Romantic comedy | First National |
| Common Clay | Victor Fleming | Constance Bennett, Lew Ayres | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| The Concentratin' Kid | Arthur Rosson | Hoot Gibson, Kathryn Crawford | Western | Universal |
| Conspiracy | Christy Cabanne | Ned Sparks, Bessie Love, George Irving | Melodrama | RKO |
| Courage | Archie Mayo | Belle Bennett, Marian Nixon, Blanche Friderici | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Crazy That Way | Hamilton MacFadden | Kenneth MacKenna, Joan Bennett | Comedy | Fox Film |
| The Cuckoos | Paul Sloane | Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee | Musical comedy | RKO |
| The Czar of Broadway | William James Craft | John Wray, Betty Compson, Claud Allister | Crime | Universal |

## D-F

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Dames Ahoy! | William James Craft | Glenn Tryon, Gertrude Astor | Comedy | Universal |
| The Dancers | Chandler Sprague | Lois Moran, Phillips Holmes, Mae Clarke | Drama | Fox Film |
| Dancing Sweeties | Ray Enright | Grant Withers, Sue Carol, Tully Marshall | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Danger Lights | George B. Seitz | Jean Arthur, Hugh Herbert, Louis Wolheim | Drama | RKO |
| Dangerous Nan McGrew | Malcolm St. Clair | Helen Kane, Victor Moore, Frank Morgan | Western comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| Dangerous Paradise | William A. Wellman | Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, Warner Oland | Drama | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| A Daughter of the Congo | Oscar Micheaux | Kathleen Noisette, Lorenzo Tucker, Salem Tutt Whitney | Adventure | Micheaux Pictures |
| The Dawn Patrol | Howard Hawks | Douglas Fairbanks, Neil Hamilton, Frank McHugh | War drama | Warner Bros., Academy Award winner for the Best Original Screenplay |
| The Dawn Trail | Christy Cabanne | Marceline Day, Miriam Seegar | Western | Columbia |
| Derelict | Rowland V. Lee | George Bancroft, Jessie Royce Landis | Adventure | Paramount-Publix |
| The Devil to Pay! | George Fitzmaurice | Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Myrna Loy | Comedy | United Artists |
| A Devil with Women | Irving Cummings | Victor McLaglen, Humphrey Bogart, Mona Maris | Action | Fox Film |
| The Devil's Holiday | Edmund Goulding | Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes | Drama | Paramount-Publix |
| Divorce Among Friends | Roy Del Ruth | James Hall, Irene Delroy | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Divorcee | Robert Z. Leonard | Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Robert Montgomery | Drama | MGM |
| Dixiana | Luther Reed | Bebe Daniels, Bert Wheeler | Musical comedy | RKO |
| The Doorway to Hell | Archie Mayo | James Cagney, Lew Ayres, Robert Elliott | Crime drama | Warner Bros. |
| Double Cross Roads | Alfred L. Werker | Robert Ames, Lila Lee | Romantic drama | Fox Film |
| Doughboys | Edward Sedgwick | Buster Keaton, Sally Eilers, Edward Brophy | Comedy | MGM |
| Du Barry, Woman of Passion | Sam Taylor | Norma Talmadge, William Farnum | Historical | United Artists |
| The Dude Wrangler | Richard Thorpe | Lina Basquette, Tom Keene | Western comedy | Sono Art |
| Dumbbells in Ermine | John G. Adolfi | Robert Armstrong, Barbara Kent, Beryl Mercer | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| East Is West | Monta Bell | Edward G. Robinson, Lupe Vélez, Lew Ayres | Drama | Universal |
| Embarrassing Moments | William James Craft | Reginald Denny, Merna Kennedy | Dramedy | Universal |
| Extravagance | Phil Rosen | June Collyer, Lloyd Hughes | Drama | Tiffany |
| Ex-Flame | Victor Halperin | Neil Hamilton, Marian Nixon | Drama | Liberty |
| The Eyes of the World | Henry King | Eulalie Jensen, Hugh Huntley, Una Merkel | Drama | United Artists |
| The Fall Guy | Leslie Pearce | Ned Sparks, Mae Clarke, Jack Mulhall | Crime comedy | RKO |
| Fast and Loose | Fred C. Newmeyer | Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard, Frank Morgan | Drama | Paramount-Publix |
| Feet First | Clyde Bruckman | Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent | Comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| The Fighting Legion | Harry Joe Brown | Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dwan | Western | Universal |
| Firebrand Jordan | Alan James | Lane Chandler, Sheldon Lewis, Yakima Canutt | Western | Independent |
| The Flirting Widow | William A. Seiter | Dorothy Mackaill, Basil Rathbone | Comedy | First National |
| The Florodora Girl | Harry Beaumont | Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray | Musical | MGM |
| Follow the Leader | Norman Taurog, Albert Parker | Ed Wynn, Ginger Rogers, Ethel Merman | Musical comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| Follow Thru | Lloyd Corrigan | Buddy Rogers, Nancy Carroll | Musical comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| For the Defense | John Cromwell | William Powell, Kay Francis, William B. Davidson | Drama | Paramount-Publix |
| Framed | George Archainbaud | Evelyn Brent, Regis Toomey | Crime | RKO |
| Free and Easy | Edward Sedgwick | Buster Keaton, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page | Comedy | MGM |
| Free Love | Hobart Henley | Conrad Nagel, Genevieve Tobin | Comedy | Universal |
| The Furies | Alan Crosland | Lois Wilson, H. B. Warner | Mystery/Melodrama | First National |

## G-K

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| General Crack | Alan Crosland | John Barrymore, Marian Nixon, Lowell Sherman | Drama | Warner Bros. MGM. In partial Technicolor |
| Girl of the Port | Bert Glennon | Sally O'Neil, Mitchell Lewis | Romantic drama | RKO |
| The Girl of the Golden West | John Francis Dillon | Ann Harding, James Rennie, Harry Bannister | Western | First National |
| The Girl Said No | Sam Wood | William Haines, Marie Dressler, Polly Moran | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| The Gorilla | Bryan Foy | Joe Frisco, Walter Pidgeon, Lila Lee | Mystery | First National |
| The Green Goddess | Alfred E. Green | George Arliss, Alice Joyce, H.B. Warner | Melodrama | Warner Bros. |
| The Golden Calf | Millard Webb | Jack Mulhall, Sue Carol | Musical romantic comedy | Fox Film |
| Golden Dawn | Ray Enright | Walter Woolf King, Vivienne Segal | Musical melodrama | Warner Bros. |
| Going Wild | William A. Seiter | Joe E. Brown, Lawrence Gray, Ona Munson | Musical | First National |
| Good Intentions | William K. Howard | Edmund Lowe, Marguerite Churchill | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| Good News | Nick Grinde | Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards | Musical comedy | MGM |
| The Grand Parade | Fred C. Newmeyer | Helen Twelvetrees, Fred Scott | Drama | Pathé Exchange |
| Grumpy | George Cukor | Cyril Maude, Frances Dade | Melodrama | Paramount |
| Guilty? | George B. Seitz | Virginia Valli, John Holland | Melodrama | Columbia |
| Half Shot at Sunrise | Paul Sloane | Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee | Comedy | RKO |
| Harmony at Home | Hamilton MacFadden | Marguerite Churchill, Charlotte Henry | Dramedy | Fox Film |
| He Knew Women | Hugh Herbert | Lowell Sherman, Alice Joyce | Dramedy | RKO |
| Headin' North | John P. McCarthy | Bob Steele, Barbara Luddy | Western | Tiffany |
| Heads Up | Victor Schertzinger | Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Helen Kane | Comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| Hell Harbor | Henry King | Lupe Vélez, Jean Hersholt | Romantic drama | United Artists |
| Hell's Angels | Howard Hughes | Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, James Hall | War drama | United Artists |
| Hell's Heroes | William Wyler | Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton | Western | Universal |
| Hell's Island | Edward Sloman | Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Dorothy Sebastian | Drama | Columbia |
| Her Wedding Night | Frank Tuttle | Clara Bow, Ralph Forbes | Romantic comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| Hide-Out | Reginald Barker | James Murray, Kathryn Crawford | Melodrama | Universal |
| High Society Blues | David Butler | Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Hedda Hopper | Musical comedy | Fox Film |
| Hit the Deck | Luther Reed | Jack Oakie, Roger Gray | Musical comedy | RKO |
| Hold Everything | Roy Del Ruth | Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Holiday | Edward H. Griffith | Ann Harding, Mary Astor | Romantic comedy | Pathé Exchange |
| Honey | Wesley Ruggles | Nancy Carroll, Lillian Roth | Comedy | Paramount |
| Hook, Line and Sinker | Edward F. Cline | Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee | Romantic comedy | RKO |
| Hot Curves | Norman Taurog | Benny Rubin, Rex Lease, Alice Day | Dramedy | Tiffany |
| In Gay Madrid | Robert Z. Leonard | Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan | Musical comedy | MGM |
| In the Next Room | Edward F. Cline | Jack Mulhall, Alice Day | Melodrama/Thriller | First National |
| Ingagi | William Campbell | | Exploitation | Congo Pictures |
| Inside the Lines | Roy Pomeroy | Betty Compson, Montagu Love, Betty Carter | Melodrama | RKO |
| Isle of Escape | Howard Bretherton | Monte Blue, Myrna Loy | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| The Jazz Cinderella | Scott Pembroke | Myrna Loy, Nancy Welford | Drama | Chesterfield |
| Journey's End | James Whale | Colin Clive, David Manners | War | Tiffany. Co-production with the United Kingdom. |
| Just Imagine | David Butler | Maureen O'Sullivan, John Garrick | Musical | Fox Film |
| Just Like Heaven | Roy William Neill | Anita Louise, David Newell, Yola d'Avril | Drama | Tiffany |
| Kathleen Mavourneen | Albert Ray | Sally O'Neil, Charles Delaney | Drama | Tiffany |
| The Kibitzer | Edward Sloman | Mary Brian, Neil Hamilton | Comedy | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| King of Jazz | John Murray Anderson | Bing Crosby, Paul Whiteman, John Boles | Musical | Universal. In full Technicolor |
| Kismet | John Francis Dillon | Otis Skinner, Loretta Young, David Manners | Costume drama | First National |

## L-N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Ladies in Love | Edgar Lewis | Alice Day, Johnnie Walker | Romance | Chesterfield |
| Ladies Love Brutes | Rowland V. Lee | George Bancroft, Mary Astor, Fredric March | Comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| Ladies of Leisure | Frank Capra | Barbara Stanwyck, Ralph Graves | Romantic drama | Columbia |
| The Lady of Scandal | Sidney Franklin | Ruth Chatterton, Basil Rathbone | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| A Lady Surrenders | John M. Stahl | Genevieve Tobin, Conrad Nagel | Drama | Universal |
| A Lady to Love | Victor Sjostrom | Edward G. Robinson, Vilma Bánky, Robert Ames | Romantic drama | MGM |
| A Lady's Morals | Sidney Franklin | Grace Moore, Reginald Denny, Wallace Beery | Musical melodrama | MGM |
| The Land of Missing Men | John P. McCarthy | Bob Steele, Al St. John | Western | Tiffany |
| The Lash | Frank Lloyd | Richard Barthelmess, Mary Astor, Marian Nixon | Drama | First National |
| The Last of the Duanes | Alfred L. Werker | George O'Brien, Lucile Browne | Western | Fox Film |
| Laughter | Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast | Nancy Carroll, Fredric March | Comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| Lawful Larceny | Lowell Sherman | Bebe Daniels, Olive Tell | Melodrama | RKO |
| Leathernecking | Edward F. Cline | Irene Dunne, Ken Murray | Musical comedy/drama | RKO |
| Let Us Be Gay | Robert Z. Leonard | Norma Shearer, Marie Dressler, Rod La Rocque | Dramedy | MGM |
| Let's Go Native | Leo McCarey | Jack Oakie, Jeanette MacDonald | Musical comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| Let's Go Places | Frank R. Strayer | Joseph Wagstaff, Lola Lane | Musical | Fox Film |
| The Life of the Party | Roy Del Ruth | Winnie Lightner, Jack Whiting | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Lightnin' | Henry King | Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea | Comedy | Fox Film |
| The Light of Western Stars | Otto Brower | Richard Arlen, Mary Brian | Western | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Lilies of the Field | Alexander Korda | Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes | Drama | First National |
| Liliom | Frank Borzage | Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart | Melodrama/Fantasy | Fox Film |
| The Little Accident | William James Craft | Douglas Fairbanks, Anita Page, Sally Blane | Comedy | Universal |
| The Lone Rider | Louis King | Buck Jones, Vera Reynolds, Harry Woods | Western | Columbia |
| The Lone Star Ranger | A.F. Erickson | George O'Brien, Sue Carol | Western | Fox Film |
| Loose Ankles | Ted Wilde | Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Lord Byron of Broadway | Harry Beaumont | Charles Kaley, Ethelind Terry | Romantic drama | MGM |
| The Lottery Bride | Paul L. Stein | Jeanette MacDonald, John Garrick, Joe E. Brown | Musical melodrama | United Artists |
| Lotus Lady | Phil Rosen | Fern Andra, Betty Francisco | Romance | Audible Pictures |
| Love Among the Millionaires | Frank Tuttle | Clara Bow, Stuart Erwin | Drama | Paramount-Publix |
| Love Comes Along | Rupert Julian | Bebe Daniels, Montagu Love | Romantic melodrama | RKO |
| Love in the Rough | Charles Reisner | Robert Montgomery, Dorothy Jordan | Musical comedy | MGM |
| The Love Trader | Joseph Henabery | Chester Conklin, Henry B. Walthall | Drama | Tiffany |
| Lovin' the Ladies | Melville W. Brown | Richard Dix, Rita La Roy, Lois Wilson | Comedy | RKO |
| Lucky Larkin | Harry Joe Brown | Ken Maynard, Nora Lane | Western | Universal |
| Lummox | Herbert Brenon | Winifred Westover, Dorothy Janis | Drama | United Artists |
| Madam Satan | Cecil B. DeMille | Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny | Musical romantic comedy | MGM |
| Madonna of the Streets | John S. Robertson | Evelyn Brent, Robert Ames | Drama | Columbia |
| Mamba | Albert S. Rogell | Jean Hersholt, Eleanor Boardman | Drama | Tiffany |
| Mammy | Michael Curtiz | Al Jolson, Lois Moran | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| The Man from Blankley's | Alfred E. Green | John Barrymore, Loretta Young | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| A Man from Wyoming | Rowland V. Lee | Gary Cooper, June Collyer, Regis Toomey | War romance | Paramount-Publix |
| The Man Hunter | D. Ross Lederman | Rin Tin Tin, Nora Lane | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Man to Man | Allan Dwan | Phillips Holmes, Grant Mitchell | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Man Trouble | Berthold Viertel | Dorothy Mackaill, Kenneth MacKenna | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| Manslaughter | George Abbott | Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Natalie Moorehead | Drama | Paramount-Publix |
| The Matrimonial Bed | Michael Curtiz | Frank Fay, Lilyan Tashman | Dramedy | Warner Bros. |
| Maybe It's Love | William A. Wellman | Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Medicine Man | Scott Pembroke | Jack Benny, Betty Bronson | Romantic comedy | Tiffany |
| The Melody Man | Roy William Neill | John St. Polis, Alice Day | Musical | Columbia |
| Men Are Like That | Frank Tuttle | Hal Skelly, Doris Hill | Drama | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Men of the North | Hal Roach | Gilbert Roland, Arnold Korff | Western | MGM |
| Men Without Women | John Ford | Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| Midnight Daddies | Mack Sennett | Andy Clyde, Harry Gribbon, Rosemary Theby | Comedy | Independent |
| Midnight Mystery | George B. Seitz | Betty Compson, Lowell Sherman | Thriller | RKO |
| The Midnight Special | Duke Worne | Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy | Drama | Chesterfield |
| Min and Bill | George W. Hill | Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery | Dramedy | MGM |
| Moby Dick | Lloyd Bacon | John Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Noble Johnson | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| A Modern Jean Val Jean; or a Frame Up | unknown | Al Hagan | Biography | production company unknown |
| Montana Moon | Malcolm St. Clair | Joan Crawford, Ricardo Cortez | Western dramedy | MGM |
| Monte Carlo | Ernst Lubitsch | Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan, ZaSu Pitts | Musical comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| Morocco | Josef von Sternberg | Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, Adolphe Menjou | Drama | Paramount-Publix |
| Mothers Cry | Hobart Henley | Dorothy Peterson, Helen Chandler, David Manners | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Mountain Justice | Harry Joe Brown | Ken Maynard, Kathryn Crawford | Western | Universal |
| The Mounted Stranger | Arthur Rosson | Hoot Gibson, Fred Burns | Western | Universal |
| Murder on the Roof | George B. Seitz | Dorothy Revier, Raymond Hatton | Mystery melodrama | Columbia |
| Murder Will Out | Clarence G. Badger | Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee, Noah Beery | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Near the Rainbow's End | J. P. McGowan | Bob Steele, Louise Lorraine | Western | Tiffany |
| New Moon | Jack Conway | Lawrence Tibbett, Grace Moore, Adolphe Menjou | Musical | MGM |
| New Movietone Follies of 1930 | Benjamin Stoloff | El Brendel, Marjorie White | Musical | Fox Film |
| Night Ride | John S. Robertson | Joseph Schildkraut, Barbara Kent, Edward G. Robinson | Melodrama | Universal |
| No, No, Nanette | Clarence G. Badger | Bernice Claire, Alexander Gray, Lucien Littlefield | Musical | First National |
| Not Damaged | Chandler Sprague | Lois Moran, Robert Ames | Romantic dramedy | Fox Film |
| Not So Dumb | King Vidor | Marion Davies, Franklin Pangborn, Julia Faye | Comedy | MGM |
| A Notorious Affair | Lloyd Bacon | Billie Dove, Basil Rathbone, Kay Francis | Romance | First National |
| Numbered Men | Mervyn LeRoy | Bernice Claire, Conrad Nagel | Melodrama | First National |

## O-Q

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Office Wife | Lloyd Bacon | Dorothy Mackaill, Lewis Stone, Joan Blondell | Romantic drama | Warner Bros. |
| Officer O'Brien | Tay Garnett | William Boyd, Ernest Torrence, Dorothy Sebastian | Crime | Pathe Exchange |
| Oh, For a Man! | Hamilton MacFadden | Jeanette MacDonald, Reginald Denny | Musical | Fox Film |
| Oh Sailor Behave | Archie Mayo | Irene Delroy, Lowell Sherman | Musical dramedy | Warner Bros. |
| Oklahoma Cyclone | John P. McCarthy | Bob Steele, Slim Whitaker | Western drama | Tiffany |
| Old English | Alfred E. Green | George Arliss, Leon Janney | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| On the Border | William C. McGann | Rin Tin Tin, Armida | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| On the Level | Irving Cummings | Victor McLaglen, Lilyan Tashman, Fifi D'Orsay | Action | Fox Film |
| On Your Back | Guthrie McClintic | Irene Rich, Raymond Hackett, H. B. Warner | Drama | Fox Film |
| Once a Gentleman | James Cruze | Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson, Francis X. Bushman | Comedy | Sono Art |
| One Mad Kiss | James Tinling | José Mojica, Mona Maris | Musical | Fox Film |
| One Night at Susie's | John Francis Dillon | Billie Dove, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Melodrama | First National |
| One Romantic Night | Paul L. Stein | Lillian Gish, Rod La Rocque | Romance | United Artists |
| Only Saps Work | Cyril Gardner, Edwin H. Knopf | Leon Errol, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian | Comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| Only the Brave | Frank Tuttle | Gary Cooper, Mary Brian, Guy Oliver | War romance | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| The Other Tomorrow | Lloyd Bacon | Billie Dove, Kenneth Thomson, Grant Withers | Drama | First National |
| Our Blushing Brides | Harry Beaumont, Bess Meredyth | Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Anita Page | Melodrama | MGM |
| Outside the Law | Tod Browning | Edward G. Robinson, Mary Nolan, Owen Moore | Criminal melodrama | Universal |
| Outward Bound | Robert Milton | Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Helen Chandler | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Paid | Sam Wood | Joan Crawford, Marie Provost, Robert Armstrong | Melodrama | MGM |
| Parade of the West | Harry Joe Brown | Ken Maynard, Gladys McConnell | Western | Universal |
| Paradise Island | Bert Glennon | Kenneth Harlan, Marceline Day | Musical | Tiffany |
| Paramount on Parade | Dorothy Arzner, Otto Brower | Jean Arthur, Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper | Musical | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Part Time Wife | Leo McCarey | Edmund Lowe, Leila Hyams | Comedy | Fox Film |
| Party Girl | Victor Halperin | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jeanette Loff, Marie Provost | Drama | Personality Pictures |
| Passion Flower | William C. deMille | Kay Francis, Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford | Drama | MGM |
| The Pay-Off | Lowell Sherman | Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, William Janney | Melodrama | RKO |
| Peacock Alley | Marcel de Sano | Mae Murray, Jason Robards Sr. | Romance | Tiffany |
| The Phantom of the Desert | Harry S. Webb | Jack Perrin, Eva Novak, Josef Swickard | Western | Independent |
| Playboy of Paris | Ludwig Berger | Maurice Chevalier, Frances Dee | Musical romantic comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| Playing Around | Mervyn LeRoy | Alice White, Chester Morris | Drama | First National |
| Playthings of Hollywood | William A. O'Connor | Rita La Roy, Sheila Bromley, Donald Reed | Drama | Independent |
| The Poor Millionaire | George Melford | Richard Talmadge, Constance Howard, George Irving | Drama | Independent |
| The Princess and the Plumber | Alexander Korda | Charles Farrell, Maureen O'Sullivan | Romantic dramedy | Fox Film |
| Puttin' On The Ritz | Edward Sloman | Joan Bennett, Harry Richman, George Irving | Musical | United Artists |
| Queen High | Fred C. Newmeyer | Charlie Ruggles, Frank Morgan, Ginger Rogers | Musical comedy | Paramount-Publix |

## R-S

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Raffles | George Fitzmaurice | Ronald Colman, Kay Francis | Mystery | United Artists |
| Rain Or Shine | Frank Capra | Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers, Joe Cook | Dramedy | Columbia |
| The Rampant Age | Phil Rosen | James Murray, Merna Kennedy, Eddie Borden | Drama | Independent |
| Recaptured Love | John G. Adolfi | Belle Bennett, Dorothy Burgess | Comedy-Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Redemption | Fred Niblo | John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Conrad Nagel | Drama | MGM |
| Remote Control | Malcolm St. Clair | William Haines, Mary Doran | Comedy | MGM |
| Renegades | Victor Fleming | Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery | Western | Fox Film |
| The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu | Rowland V. Lee | Warner Oland, Jean Arthur | Detective | Paramount-Publix |
| The Right to Love | Richard Wallace | Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Irving Pichel | Drama | Paramount-Publix |
| River's End | Michael Curtiz | Charles Bickford, Evalyn Knapp | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Road to Paradise | William Beaudine | Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall, George Barraud | Melodrama | First National |
| Roadhouse Nights | Hobart Henley | Helen Morgan, Charles Ruggles | Crime comedy | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Roaring Ranch | B. Reeves Eason | Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers | Western | Universal |
| Rogue of the Rio Grande | Spencer Gordon Bennet | José Bohr, Myrna Loy | Comedy | Sono Art |
| The Rogue Song | Lionel Barrymore | Lawrence Tibbett, Clifford Grey | Operetta | MGM |
| Romance | Clarence Brown | Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone | Romantic drama | MGM |
| Romance of the West | Robert Emmett Tansey | Jack Perrin, Edna Marion, Tom London | Western | Independent |
| Rough Romance | A.F. Erickson | George O'Brien, Helen Chandler | Western | Fox Film |
| Rough Waters | John Daumery | Rin Tin Tin, Jobyna Ralston | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| A Royal Romance | Erle C. Kenton | William Collier Jr., Pauline Starke, Clarence Muse | Romantic comedy | Columbia Pictures |
| The Runaway Bride | Donald Crisp | Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Paul Hurst | Melodrama | RKO |
| Safety in Numbers | Victor Schertzinger | Carole Lombard, Charles Rogers, Kathryn Crawford | Musical, Comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| The Santa Fe Trail | Otto Brewer | Richard Arlen, Rosita Moreno | Western | Paramount-Publix |
| The Sap from Syracuse | A. Edward Sutherland | Jack Oakie, Ginger Rogers | Comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| Sarah and Son | Dorothy Arzner | Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March | Drama | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Scarlet Pages | Ray Enright | Elsie Ferguson, John Halliday, Grant Withers | Melodrama | First National |
| Scotland Yard | William K. Howard | Edmund Lowe, Joan Bennett | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| The Sea Bat | Wesley Ruggles | Raquel Torres, Charles Bickford, Nils Asther | Melodrama | MGM |
| The Sea God | George Abbott | Richard Arlen, Fay Wray | Adventure | Paramount-Publix |
| Sea Legs | Victor Heerman | Jack Oakie, Lillian Roth | Comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| The Sea Wolf | Alfred Santell | Milton Sills, Raymond Hackett | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| Second Choice | Howard Bretherton | Dolores Costello, Chester Morris | Romance | Warner Bros. |
| The Second Floor Mystery | Roy Del Ruth | Grant Withers, Loretta Young, H. B. Warner | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Second Honeymoon | Phil Rosen | Josephine Dunn, Bernice Elliott, Edward Earle | Comedy, Drama | Trem Carr Pictures |
| Second Wife | Russell Mack | Conrad Nagel, Lila Lee | Drama | RKO |
| See America Thirst | William James Craft | Harry Langdon, Bessie Love | Comedy | Universal |
| Seven Days Leave | Richard Wallace | Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer | Drama | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Shadow of the Law | Louis J. Gasnier | William Powell, Marion Shilling | Crime/Romance | Paramount-Publix |
| Shadow Ranch | Louis King | Buck Jones, Marguerite De La Motte | Western | Columbia |
| She Couldn't Say No | Lloyd Bacon | Winnie Lightner, Chester Morris | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| She Got What She Wanted | James Cruze | Betty Compson, Lee Tracy | Comedy | Tiffany |
| She's My Weakness | Melville W. Brown | Sue Carol, Arthur Lake | Romantic comedy | RKO |
| The Ship from Shanghai | Charles Brabin | Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson | Melodrama | MGM |
| Shooting Straight | George Archainbaud | Richard Dix, James Neill | Crime | RKO |
| Showgirl in Hollywood | Mervyn LeRoy | Alice White, Jack Mulhall, Blanche Sweet | Musical dramedy | First National |
| The Silver Horde | George Archainbaud | Evelyn Brent, Joel McCrea, Jean Arthur | Melodrama | RKO |
| Sin Takes a Holiday | Paul L. Stein | Constance Bennett, Basil Rathbone | Romance | Pathé |
| Sinners' Holiday | John G. Adolfi | Grant Withers, Evalyn Knapp | Melodrama | Warner Bros. |
| The Sins of the Children | Sam Wood | Louis Mann, Robert Montgomery | Drama | MGM |
| Sisters | James Flood | Sally O'Neil, Molly O'Day | Crime | Columbia |
| Slightly Scarlet | Louis J. Gasnier, Edwin H. Knopf | Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook | Comedy drama | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| So This Is London | John G. Blystone | Will Rogers, Irene Rich | Comedy | Fox Film |
| The Social Lion | A. Edward Sutherland | Jack Oakie, Mary Brian, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher | Sports/Romantic comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| A Soldier's Plaything | Michael Curtiz | Ben Lyon, Harry Langdon, Noah Beery | War comedy/drama | Warner Bros. |
| Soldiers and Women | Edward Sloman | Aileen Pringle, Grant Withers | Mystery | Columbia |
| Son of the Gods | Frank Lloyd | Richard Barthelmess, Constance Bennett | Romantic drama | Warner Bros. |
| Song o' My Heart | Frank Borzage | John McCormack, Maureen O'Sullivan | Musical drama | Fox Film |
| Song of the Caballero | Harry Joe Brown | Ken Maynard, Doris Hill | Western | Universal |
| Song of the Flame | Alan Crosland | Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire, Noah Beery | Drama | First National/Warner Bros. |
| Song of the West | Ray Enright | John Boles, Vivienne Segal | Musical/Western | Warner Bros. |
| Sons of the Saddle | Harry Joe Brown | Ken Maynard, Doris Hill | Western | Universal |
| Soup to Nuts | Benjamin Stoloff | Ted Healy, Shemp Howard, Frances McCoy | Comedy | Fox Film |
| The Spoilers | Edwin Carewe | Gary Cooper, Kay Johnson | Western | Paramount-Publix |
| Spring Is Here | John Francis Dillon | Lawrence Gray, Bernice Claire | Musical | First National |
| The Squealer | Harry Joe Brown | Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier | Crime | Columbia |
| Spurs | B. Reeves Eason | Hoot Gibson, Robert Homans | Western | Universal |
| The Storm | William Wyler | Lupe Vélez, Paul Cavanagh, William Boyd | Western | Universal |
| Street of Chance | John Cromwell | William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis | Drama | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Strictly Modern | William A. Seiter | Dorothy Mackaill, Sidney Blackmer | Romance | Warner Bros. |
| Strictly Unconventional | David Burton | Catherine Dale Owen, Paul Cavanagh | Drama | MGM |
| Such Men Are Dangerous | Kenneth Hawks | Catherine Dale Owen, Hedda Hopper, Bela Lugosi | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| Sunny | William A. Seiter | Marilyn Miller, Lawrence Gray, O. P. Heggie | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Sunny Skies | Norman Taurog | Benny Rubin, Marceline Day, Rex Lease | Comedy. Musical | Tiffany |
| Sweet Kitty Bellairs | Alfred E. Green | Claudia Dell, Walter Pidgeon, Ernest Torrence | Musical drama | Warner Bros. |
| Sweet Mama | Edward F. Cline | Alice White, David Manners | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Sweethearts and Wives | Clarence G. Badger | Billie Dove, Clive Brook, Sidney Blackmer | Mystery | First National |
| The Swellhead | James Flood | James Gleason, Marion Shilling | Melodrama | Tiffany |
| Swing High | Joseph Santley | Helen Twelvetrees, Dorothy Burgess, John Sheehan | Musical | Pathe Exchange |

## T-Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Take the Heir | Lloyd Ingraham | Edward Everett Horton, Dorothy Devore, Edythe Chapman | Comedy | Independent |
| Temple Tower | Donald Gallaher | Kenneth MacKenna, Marceline Day | Thriller | Fox Film |
| The Texan | John Cromwell | Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Emma Dunn | Western | Paramount-Publix |
| The Thoroughbred | Richard Thorpe | Wesley Barry, Judith Barrett, Pauline Garon | Sports drama | Tiffany |
| They Learned About Women | Jack Conway, Sam Wood | Van and Schenck, Bessie Love | Musical | MGM |
| The Third Alarm | Emory Johnson | Anita Louise, Jean Hersholt | Adventure | Tiffany |
| This Mad World | William C. deMille | Kay Johnson, Basil Rathbone | War drama | MGM |
| Those Three French Girls | Harry Beaumont | Fifi D'Orsay, Reginald Denny | Comedy | MGM |
| Those Who Dance | William Beaudine | Monte Blue, Lila Lee, Betty Compson | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Three Faces East | Roy Del Ruth | Constance Bennett, Erich von Stroheim | War/Romance | Warner Bros. |
| The Three Sisters | Paul Sloane | Louise Dresser, Joyce Compton | Drama | Fox Film |
| Thus Is Life | George Crone | José Bohr, Delia Magana | Romantic comedy | Tiffany. Spanish language |
| Today | William Nigh | Conrad Nagel, Catherine Dale Owen | Drama | Majestic |
| Tol'able David | John G. Blystone | Richard Cromwell, Noah Beery | Melodrama | Columbia |
| Tom Sawyer | John Cromwell | Jackie Coogan, Junior Durkin, Mitzi Green | Adventure | Paramount-Publix |
| Top Speed | Mervyn LeRoy | Joe E. Brown, Laura Lee, Frank McHugh | Musical, Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Trailing Trouble | Arthur Rosson | Hoot Gibson, William McCall | Western | Universal |
| Trigger Tricks | B. Reeves Eason | Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers | Western | Universal |
| Troopers Three | Norman Taurog, B. Reeves Eason | Rex Lease, Dorothy Gulliver | Comedy-Drama | Tiffany |
| True to the Navy | Frank Tuttle | Fredric March, Clara Bow, Harry Green | Comedy | Paramount-Publix |
| The Truth About Youth | William A. Seiter | Loretta Young, Myrna Loy, David Manners | Romance | First National |
| Under a Texas Moon | Michael Curtiz | Myrna Loy, Noah Beery, Raquel Torres | Western, Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Under Montana Skies | Richard Thorpe | Kenneth Harlan, Slim Summerville, Dorothy Gulliver | Western | Tiffany |
| Undertow | Harry A. Pollard | Mary Nolan, Johnny Mack Brown | Drama | Universal |
| The Unholy Three | Jack Conway | Lon Chaney, Lila Lee, Harry Earles | Criminal melodrama | MGM |
| Up the River | John Ford | Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Luce | Comedy, Drama | Fox Film |
| The Utah Kid | Richard Thorpe | Rex Lease, Dorothy Sebastian, Tom Santschi | Western | Tiffany |
| The Vagabond King | Ludwig Berger | Jeanette MacDonald, O.P. Heggie, Lillian Roth | Musical | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Viennese Nights | Alan Crosland | Vivienne Segal, Walter Pidgeon | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| The Virtuous Sin | George Cukor | Walter Huston, Kay Francis | Comedy drama | Paramount-Publix |
| War Nurse | Edgar Selwyn | Robert Montgomery, Anita Page, June Walker | War drama | MGM |
| Way for a Sailor | Sam Wood | John Gilbert, Wallace Beery | Romantic dramedy | MGM |
| The Way of All Men | Frank Lloyd | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dorothy Revier | Melodrama | First National |
| Way Out West | Fred Niblo | William Haines, Polly Moran, Leila Hyams | Western comedy drama | MGM |
| Westward Bound | Harry S. Webb | Jay Wilsey, Allene Ray, Buddy Roosevelt | Western | Independent |
| What a Man! | George Crone | Reginald Denny, Miriam Seegar | Romantic comedy | Tiffany |
| What a Widow! | Allan Dwan | Gloria Swanson, Owen Moore | Romantic comedy | United Artists |
| What Men Want | Ernst Laemmle | Pauline Starke, Ben Lyon | Drama | Universal |
| Whoopee! | Thornton Freeland | Eddie Cantor, Eleanor Hunt, Ethel Shutta | Musical | United Artists |
| Wide Open | Archie Mayo | Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Widow From Chicago | Edward F. Cline | Edward G. Robinson, Alice White, Frank McHugh | Drama, Crime | First National |
| Wild Company | Leo McCarey | Joyce Compton, H. B. Warner, Bela Lugosi | Drama | Fox Film |
| Wings of Adventure | Richard Thorpe | Rex Lease, Armida, Clyde Cook | Action | Tiffany |
| The Woman Racket | Albert H. Kelley | Tom Moore, Blanche Sweet, Tenen Holtz | Drama, Crime | MGM |
| Women Everywhere | Alexander Korda | J. Harold Murray, Fifi D'Orsay | Romance | Fox Film |
| Worldly Goods | Phil Rosen | James Kirkwood Sr., Merna Kennedy | Melodrama | Trem Carr Pictures. |
| Young Desire | Lewis D. Collins | Mary Nolan, William Janney | Drama | Universal |
| Young Eagles | William A. Wellman | Jean Arthur, Charles Rogers, Paul Lukas | Melodrama | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Young Man of Manhattan | Monta Bell | Claudette Colbert, Ginger Rogers, Charles Ruggles | Drama | Paramount-Publix |