# List of American films of 1942

A list of American films released in 1942.
Bob Hope hosted the 15th Academy Awards ceremony at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The winner of the Outstanding Motion Picture (later: Best Picture) category was MGM's Mrs. Miniver.
The other nine nominated pictures were 49th Parallel; Kings Row; The Magnificent Ambersons; The Pied Piper; The Pride of the Yankees; Random Harvest; The Talk of the Town; Wake Island; and Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Casablanca was released in 1942, but won its three Oscars in 1944.

## A-B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| A-Haunting We Will Go | Alfred L. Werker | Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dante the Magician, Sheila Ryan | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Across the Pacific | John Huston | Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Halton | Thriller | Warner Bros. |
| The Adventures of Martin Eden | Sidney Salkow | Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes | Drama | Columbia |
| The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Bernard Vorhaus | Dennis O'Keefe, Ruth Terry, Gloria Dickson | Mystery | Republic |
| The Affairs of Martha | Jules Dassin | Marsha Hunt, Richard Carlson, Marjorie Main | Romance | MGM |
| Alias Boston Blackie | Lew Landers | Chester Morris, Adele Mara, George E. Stone | Mystery | Columbia |
| All Through the Night | Vincent Sherman | Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne | Thriller | Warner Bros. |
| Almost Married | Charles Lamont | Jane Frazee, Robert Paige, Eugene Pallette | Comedy | Universal |
| Along the Sundown Trail | Sam Newfield | Bill Boyd, Lee Powell, Julie Duncan | Western | PRC |
| Always in My Heart | Jo Graham | Kay Francis, Walter Huston, Gloria Warren | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| American Empire | William C. McGann | Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford | Western | Paramount |
| Andy Hardy's Double Life | George B. Seitz | Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden | Comedy | MGM |
| Apache Trail | Richard Thorpe | Lloyd Nolan, Donna Reed, Ann Ayars | Western | MGM |
| Arabian Nights | John Rawlins | Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu | Adventure | Universal |
| Are Husbands Necessary? | Norman Taurog | Ray Milland, Betty Field, Patricia Morison | Comedy | Paramount |
| Arizona Roundup | Robert Emmett Tansey | Tom Keene, Frank Yaconelli | Western | Monogram |
| Arizona Stage Coach | S. Roy Luby | Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Nell O'Day | Western | Monogram |
| Arizona Terrors | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick | Western | Republic |
| Army Surgeon | A. Edward Sutherland | Jane Wyatt, James Ellison, Kent Taylor | Drama | RKO |
| Atlantic Convoy | Lew Landers | Bruce Bennett, Virginia Field, Larry Parks, Lloyd Bridges | War | Columbia |
| Baby Face Morgan | Arthur Dreifuss | Mary Carlisle, Richard Cromwell, Robert Armstrong | Comedy crime | PRC |
| Bad Men of the Hills | William Berke | Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Luana Walters | Western | Columbia |
| Bambi | David Hand | | Animated | RKO, Disney |
| Bandit Ranger | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Joan Barclay | Western | RKO |
| The Bashful Bachelor | Malcolm St. Clair | Lum and Abner, ZaSu Pitts | Comedy | RKO |
| Behind the Eight Ball | Edward F. Cline | Carol Bruce, Dick Foran | Comedy | Universal Pictures |
| Bells of Capistrano | William Morgan | Gene Autry, Virginia Grey | Western | Republic |
| Below the Border | Howard Bretherton | Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton | Western | Monogram |
| Berlin Correspondent | Eugene Forde | Virginia Gilmore, Dana Andrews, Mona Maris | Thriller | 20th Century Fox |
| Between Us Girls | Henry Koster | Diana Barrymore, Robert Cummings, Kay Francis | Comedy | Universal |
| Beyond the Blue Horizon | Alfred Santell | Dorothy Lamour, Richard Denning, Patricia Morison | Adventure | Paramount |
| The Big Shot | Lewis Seiler | Humphrey Bogart, Irene Manning | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| The Big Street | Irving Reis | Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton MacLane | Drama | RKO |
| Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Joan Barclay | Western | PRC |
| Billy the Kid Trapped | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Anne Jeffreys | Western | PRC |
| Black Dragons | William Nigh | Bela Lugosi, Joan Barclay, Robert Frazer | Thriller | Monogram |
| The Black Swan | Henry King | Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Blondie's Blessed Event | Frank R. Strayer | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Jonathan Hale | Comedy | Columbia |
| Blondie Goes to College | Frank R. Strayer | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Janet Blair | Comedy | Columbia |
| Blondie for Victory | Frank R. Strayer | Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Stuart Erwin | Comedy | Columbia |
| Blue, White and Perfect | Herbert I. Leeds | Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, Helene Reynolds | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Bombay Clipper | John Rawlins | William Gargan, Maria Montez, Irene Hervey | Thriller | Universal |
| Bombs Over Burma | Joseph H. Lewis | Anna May Wong, Noel Madison | War | PRC |
| The Boogie Man Will Get You | Lew Landers | Boris Karloff | Comedy Horror | Columbia |
| Boot Hill Bandits | S. Roy Luby | Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Jean Brooks | Western | Monogram |
| Border Roundup | Sam Newfield | George F. Houston, Dennis Moore | Western | PRC |
| Born to Sing | Edward Ludwig | Virginia Weidler, Douglas McPhail | Musical | MGM |
| The Boss of Big Town | Arthur Dreifuss | Florence Rice, John Litel, H. B. Warner | Crime | PRC |
| Boss of Hangtown Mesa | Joseph H. Lewis | Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, William Farnum | Western | Universal |
| Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood | Michael Gordon | Chester Morris, Constance Worth | Mystery | Columbia |
| Bowery at Midnight | Wallace Fox | Bela Lugosi, John Archer, Wanda McKay | Horror | Monogram |
| Broadway | William A. Seiter | George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair | Crime musical | Universal |
| Broadway Big Shot | William Beaudine | Ralph Byrd, Virginia Vale, Herbert Rawlinson | Drama | PRC |
| Brooklyn Orchid | Kurt Neumann | William Bendix, Grace Bradley | Comedy | United Artists |
| The Bugle Sounds | S. Sylvan Simon | Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Donna Reed | War | MGM |
| Bullet Scars | D. Ross Lederman | Regis Toomey, Howard Da Silva, Adele Longmire | Crime drama | Warner Bros. |
| Bullets for Bandits | Wallace Fox | Tex Ritter, Wild Bill Elliott | Western | Columbia |
| Busses Roar | D. Ross Lederman | Richard Travis, Julie Bishop, Eleanor Parker | Crime drama | Warner Bros. |
| Butch Minds the Baby | Albert S. Rogell | Virginia Bruce, Broderick Crawford, Dick Foran | Comedy | Universal |

## C-D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Cadets on Parade | Lew Landers | Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Raymond Hatton | Drama | Columbia |
| Cairo | W. S. Van Dyke | Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young, Lionel Atwill | Comedy thriller | MGM |
| Call of the Canyon | Joseph Santley | Gene Autry, Ruth Terry | Western | Republic |
| Call Out the Marines | Frank Ryan | Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Binnie Barnes | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Calling Dr. Gillespie | Harold S. Bucquet | Lionel Barrymore, Donna Reed | Drama | MGM |
| Canal Zone | Lew Landers | Chester Morris, Harriet Nelson, Larry Parks | Action | Columbia |
| Captains of the Clouds | Michael Curtiz | James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall | War | Warner Bros. |
| Careful, Soft Shoulders | Oliver H. P. Garrett | Virginia Bruce, James Ellison, Sheila Ryan | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Casablanca | Michael Curtiz | Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Dooley Wilson, Peter Lorre | Drama, Romance | Warner Bros.; Academy Award Best Picture in 1943 |
| Castle in the Desert | Harry Lachman | Sidney Toler, Arleen Whelan | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Cat People | Jacques Tourneur | Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph | Horror | RKO; |
| China Girl | Henry Hathaway | Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| City of Silent Men | William Nigh | Frank Albertson, June Lang, Jan Wiley | Crime | PRC |
| A Close Call for Ellery Queen | James P. Hogan | William Gargan, Margaret Lindsay, Kay Linaker | Mystery | Columbia |
| Code of the Outlaw | John English | Bob Steele, Tom Tyler | Western | Republic |
| Come on Danger | Edward Killy | Tim Holt, Ray Whitley | Western | RKO |
| Commandos Strike at Dawn | John Farrow | Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish | War | Columbia |
| The Corpse Vanishes | Wallace Fox | Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters | Horror | Monogram |
| Counter-Espionage | Edward Dmytryk | Warren William, Forrest Tucker, Hillary Brooke | Mystery | Columbia |
| The Courtship of Andy Hardy | George B. Seitz | Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Donna Reed | Comedy | MGM |
| Cowboy Serenade | William Morgan | Gene Autry, Fay McKenzie | Western | Republic |
| Criminal Investigator | Jean Yarbrough | Robert Lowery, Edith Fellows, John Miljan | Mystery | Monogram |
| Crossroads | Jack Conway | William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor | Mystery | MGM |
| The Cyclone Kid | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick | Western | Republic |
| Danger in the Pacific | Lewis D. Collins | Don Terry, Louise Allbritton | Spy | Universal |
| Daring Young Man | Frank R. Strayer | Joe E. Brown, Marguerite Chapman, William Wright | Comedy | Columbia |
| A Date with the Falcon | Irving Reis | George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins | Mystery | RKO |
| The Dawn Express | Albert Herman | Michael Whalen, Anne Nagel, Constance Worth | Thriller | PRC |
| Dawn on the Great Divide | Howard Bretherton | Buck Jones, Mona Barrie, Raymond Hatton | Western | Monogram |
| Deep in the Heart of Texas | Elmer Clifton | Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Jennifer Holt | Western | Universal |
| A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen | James P. Hogan | William Gargan, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel | Mystery | Columbia |
| Desperate Journey | Raoul Walsh | Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Raymond Massey | War | Warner Bros. |
| Destination Unknown | Ray Taylor | William Gargan, Irene Hervey, Turhan Bey | Thriller | Universal |
| The Devil's Trail | Lambert Hillyer | Wild Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Noah Beery | Western | Monogram |
| Don't Get Personal | Charles Lamont | Jane Frazee, Anne Gwynne | Comedy | Universal |
| Down Rio Grande Way | William Berke | Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden | Western | Columbia |
| Down Texas Way | Howard Bretherton | Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Luana Walters | Western | Monogram |
| Dr. Broadway | Anthony Mann | Macdonald Carey, Jean Phillips | Mystery | Paramount |
| Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant | Willis Goldbeck | Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnson, Susan Peters | Drama | MGM |
| Dr. Kildare's Victory | W. S. Van Dyke | Lew Ayres, Ann Ayars, Lionel Barrymore | Drama | MGM |
| Dr. Renault's Secret | Harry Lachman | J. Carrol Naish, George Zucco, Lynne Roberts | Horror | 20th Century Fox |
| Drums of the Congo | Christy Cabanne | Ona Munson, Stuart Erwin, Peggy Moran | Adventure | Universal |
| Duke of the Navy | William Beaudine | Ralph Byrd, Stubby Kruger, Veda Ann Borg | Comedy | PRC |

## E-F

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Eagle Squadron | Arthur Lubin | Robert Stack, Diana Barrymore | War | Universal |
| Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen | James P. Hogan | William Gargan, Gale Sondergaard, Margaret Lindsay | Mystery | Columbia |
| Escape from Crime | D. Ross Lederman | Richard Travis, Jackie Gleason, Julie Bishop | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Escape from Hong Kong | William Nigh | Marjorie Lord, Leo Carrillo | Mystery | Universal |
| Eyes in the Night | Fred Zinnemann | Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed | Mystery | MGM |
| Eyes of the Underworld | Roy William Neill | Richard Dix, Wendy Barrie, Don Porter | Drama | Universal |
| The Falcon's Brother | Stanley Logan | George Sanders, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph | Mystery | RKO |
| The Falcon Takes Over | Irving Reis | George Sanders, Lynn Bari, Allen Jenkins | Mystery | RKO |
| Fall In | Kurt Neumann | William Tracy, Jean Porter | Comedy | United Artists |
| Fingers at the Window | Charles Lederer | Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone | Mystery | MGM |
| The Fleet's In | Victor Schertzinger | Dorothy Lamour, William Holden, Betty Hutton | Musical | Paramount |
| Flight Lieutenant | Sidney Salkow | Pat O'Brien, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes | Drama | Columbia |
| Fly-by-Night | Robert Siodmak | Richard Carlson, Nancy Kelly, Albert Bassermann | Thriller | Paramount |
| Flying Tigers | David Miller | John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee | War | Republic |
| Flying with Music | George Archainbaud | Marjorie Woodworth, George Givot | Musical | United Artists |
| Footlight Serenade | Gregory Ratoff | Betty Grable, John Payne, Victor Mature | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Foreign Agent | William Beaudine | John Shelton, Gale Storm, Ivan Lebedeff | Crime drama | Monogram |
| The Forest Rangers | George Marshall | Fred MacMurray, Susan Hayward, Paulette Goddard | Drama | Paramount |
| For Me and My Gal | Busby Berkeley | Judy Garland, Gene Kelly | Musical | MGM |
| Four Jacks and a Jill | Jack Hively | Ray Bolger, Desi Arnaz, June Havoc, Anne Shirley | Musical | RKO |
| Freckles Comes Home | Jean Yarbrough | Gale Storm, Johnny Downs, Mantan Moreland | Comedy | Monogram |
| Friendly Enemies | Allan Dwan | Charles Winninger, Charles Ruggles, Nancy Kelly | Drama | United Artists |
| Frisco Lil | Erle C. Kenton | Irene Hervey, Kent Taylor, Jerome Cowan | Drama | Universal |

## G-H

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Gallant Lady | William Beaudine | Rose Hobart, Jane Novak Sidney Blackmer | Drama | PRC |
| The Gay Sisters | Irving Rapper | Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| A Gentleman After Dark | Edwin L. Marin | Miriam Hopkins, Brian Donlevy, Preston Foster | Crime | United Artists |
| A Gentleman at Heart | Ray McCarey | Cesar Romero, Carole Landis, Milton Berle | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Gentleman Jim | Raoul Walsh | Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Alan Hale | Bio-pic | Warner Bros. |
| George Washington Slept Here | William Keighley | Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Get Hep to Love | Charles Lamont | Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor, Jane Frazee, Peggy Ryan | Musical comedy | Universal |
| The Ghost of Frankenstein | Erle C. Kenton | Lon Chaney Jr., Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy | Horror | Universal |
| Ghost Town Law | Howard Bretherton | Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton | Western | Monogram |
| The Girl from Alaska | Nick Grinde | Jean Parker, Ray Middleton, Jerome Cowan | Western | Republic |
| Girl Trouble | Harold D. Schuster | Don Ameche, Joan Bennett | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Girls' Town | Victor Halperin | Edith Fellows, June Storey, Alice White, Anna Q. Nilsson | Drama | PRC |
| Give Out, Sisters | Edward F. Cline | The Andrews Sisters, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor | Musical | Universal |
| The Glass Key | Stuart Heisler | Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix | Film noir | Paramount; remake of 1935 film |
| Grand Central Murder | S. Sylvan Simon | Van Heflin, Cecilia Parker, Virginia Grey | Mystery | MGM |
| The Great Gildersleeve | Gordon Douglas | Harold Peary, Jane Darwell | Comedy | RKO |
| The Great Man's Lady | William A. Wellman | Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy | Western | Paramount |
| The Great Impersonation | John Rawlins | Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers, Kaaren Verne | Drama | Universal |
| Halfway to Shanghai | John Rawlins | Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Henry Stephenson | Adventure | Universal |
| Hay Foot | Fred Guiol | William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Elyse Knox | Comedy | United Artists |
| Heart of the Golden West | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Ruth Terry, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| Heart of the Rio Grande | William Morgan | Gene Autry, Fay McKenzie, Edith Fellows | Western | Republic |
| Hello, Annapolis | Lew Landers | Tom Brown, Jean Parker, Larry Parks | Comedy | Columbia |
| Henry Aldrich, Editor | Hugh Bennett | Jimmy Lydon, Olive Blakeney, Rita Quigley | Comedy | Paramount |
| Henry and Dizzy | Hugh Bennett | Jimmy Lydon, Mary Anderson, John Litel | Comedy | Paramount |
| Her Cardboard Lover | George Cukor | Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, George Sanders | Comedy | MGM |
| Here We Go Again | Allan Dwan | Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Edgar Bergen | Comedy | RKO |
| The Hidden Hand | Benjamin Stoloff | Craig Stevens, Elisabeth Fraser, Julie Bishop | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Highways by Night | Peter Godfrey | Richard Carlson, Jane Randolph, Barton MacLane | Drama | RKO |
| Hi, Neighbor | Charles Lamont | Jean Parker John Archer, Janet Beecher | Comedy | Republic |
| Hillbilly Blitzkrieg | Roy Mack | Bud Duncan, Edgar Kennedy, Cliff Nazarro | Comedy | Monogram |
| Hitler – Dead or Alive | Nick Grinde | Ward Bond, Dorothy Tree, Warren Hymer | Thriller | Independent |
| Holiday Inn | Mark Sandrich | Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale | Musical | Paramount |
| Home in Wyomin' | William Morgan | Gene Autry, Fay McKenzie | Western | Republic |
| House of Errors | Bernard B. Ray | Harry Langdon, Marian Marsh, Betty Blythe | Comedy | PRC |

## I-J

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| I Live on Danger | Sam White | Chester Morris, Jean Parker | Suspense | Paramount |
| I Married a Witch | René Clair | Veronica Lake, Fredric March, Susan Hayward | Romantic comedy | United Artists |
| I Married an Angel | W. S. Van Dyke | Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy | Musical | MGM |
| I Was Framed | D. Ross Lederman | Julie Bishop, Tod Andrews | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Ice-Capades Revue | Bernard Vorhaus | Ellen Drew, Richard Denning, Jerry Colonna | Comedy | Republic |
| Iceland | H. Bruce Humberstone | Sonja Henie, John Payne, Jack Oakie | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| In Old California | William C. McGann | John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Albert Dekker | Western | Republic |
| In This Our Life | John Huston | Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Invisible Agent | Edwin L. Marin | Ilona Massey, Jon Hall, Peter Lorre | War | Universal |
| Inside the Law | Hamilton MacFadden | Wallace Ford, Luana Walters | Crime comedy | PRC |
| Isle of Missing Men | Richard Oswald | John Howard, Helen Gilbert, Gilbert Roland | Drama | Monogram |
| It Happened in Flatbush | Ray McCarey | Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Sara Allgood | Sports comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| It's All True | Orson Welles, Norman Foster | | Unfinished film | shot in South America |
| Jackass Mail | Norman Z. McLeod | Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, J. Carrol Naish | Western | MGM |
| Jail House Blues | Albert S. Rogell | Nat Pendleton, Anne Gwynne, Robert Paige | Comedy | Universal |
| Jesse James, Jr. | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick | Western | Republic |
| Joan of Ozark | Joseph Santley | Judy Canova, Joe E. Brown, Jerome Cowan | Comedy | Republic |
| Joan of Paris | Robert Stevenson | Michèle Morgan, Paul Henreid, Laird Cregar | War | RKO |
| Joe Smith, American | Richard Thorpe | Robert Young, Marsha Hunt | Drama | MGM |
| Johnny Doughboy | John H. Auer | Jane Withers, Ruth Donnelly, Henry Wilcoxon | Comedy | Republic |
| Johnny Eager | Mervyn LeRoy | Robert Taylor, Lana Turner | Film noir | MGM |
| Journey for Margaret | W. S. Van Dyke | Robert Young, Laraine Day, Fay Bainter, Nigel Bruce | Drama | MGM |
| Juke Box Jenny | Harold Young | Ken Murray, Harriet Hilliard, Iris Adrian | Comedy | Universal |
| Juke Girl | Curtis Bernhardt | Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Gene Lockhart | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Jungle Book | Zoltan Korda | Sabu, Joseph Calleia | Adventure | United Artists |
| Jungle Siren | Sam Newfield | Ann Corio, Buster Crabbe, Arno Frey | Adventure | PRC |
| Junior Army | Lew Landers | Freddie Bartholomew, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall | Drama | Columbia |
| Just Off Broadway | Herbert I. Leeds | Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Phil Silvers | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |

## K-L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Kid Glove Killer | Fred Zinnemann | Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt | Crime | MGM |
| King of the Mounties | William Witney | Allan Lane, Peggy Drake | Action | Republic |
| King of the Stallions | Edward Finney | Dave O'Brien, Rick Vallin, Chief Thundercloud | Western | Monogram |
| Kings Row | Sam Wood | Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Robert Cummings | Drama | Warner Bros.; nominated Academy Award for Best Picture |
| Klondike Fury | William K. Howard | Edmund Lowe, Lucile Fairbanks, Ralph Morgan | Adventure | Monogram |
| Lady for a Night | Leigh Jason | John Wayne, Joan Blondell, Ray Middleton | Drama | Republic |
| Lady from Chungking | William Nigh | Anna May Wong, Harold Huber, Mae Clarke | War | PRC |
| Lady Gangster | Robert Florey | Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| The Lady Has Plans | Sidney Lanfield | Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Roland Young | Comedy | Paramount |
| Lady in a Jam | Gregory LaCava | Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles | Comedy | Universal |
| The Lady Is Willing | Mitchell Leisen | Marlene Dietrich, Fred MacMurray | Comedy | Columbia; Remake of 1934 film |
| Land of the Open Range | Edward Killy | Tim Holt, Janet Waldo | Western | RKO |
| Larceny, Inc. | Lloyd Bacon | Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford | Crime Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Laugh Your Blues Away | Charles Barton | Jinx Falkenburg, Bert Gordon, Isobel Elsom | Comedy | Columbia |
| Law and Order | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John, Wanda McKay | Western | PRC |
| Law of the Jungle | Jean Yarbrough | Arline Judge, John King, | Drama | Monogram |
| Lawless Plainsmen | William Berke | Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Luana Walters | Western | Columbia |
| Let's Get Tough! | Wallace Fox | East Side Kids, Florence Rice | Comedy | Monogram |
| Life Begins at Eight-Thirty | Irving Pichel | Ida Lupino, Monty Woolley, Cornel Wilde | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Little Joe, the Wrangler | Lewis D. Collins | Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Jennifer Holt | Western | Universal |
| Little Tokyo, U.S.A. | Otto Brower | Preston Foster, Brenda Joyce, June Duprez | Thriller | 20th Century Fox |
| The Living Ghost | William Beaudine | James Dunn, Joan Woodbury | Suspense | Monogram |
| The Lone Prairie | William Berke | Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor | Western | Columbia |
| The Lone Rider in Cheyenne | Sam Newfield | George Houston, Al St. John, Dennis Moore | Western | PRC |
| Lone Star Ranger | James Tinling | John Kimbrough, Sheila Ryan | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Lone Star Vigilantes | Wallace Fox | Wild Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Luana Walters | Western | Columbia |
| Lost Canyon | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Lola Lane | Western | United Artists |
| The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe | Harry Lachman | Linda Darnell, Shepperd Strudwick, Virginia Gilmore | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Lucky Ghost | William Beaudine | Mantan Moreland, F. E. Miller | Comedy | Independent |
| Lucky Jordan | Frank Tuttle | Alan Ladd, Helen Walker, Sheldon Leonard | Comedy thriller | Paramount |
| Lucky Legs | Charles Barton | Jinx Falkenburg, Leslie Brooks, Russell Hayden | Comedy | Columbia |
| Lure of the Islands | Jean Yarbrough | Margie Hart, Robert Lowery, Gale Storm | Adventure | Monogram |

## M-N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Mad Doctor of Market Street | Joseph H. Lewis | Lionel Atwill, Anne Nagel, Claire Dodd, Una Merkel | Horror | Universal |
| The Mad Martindales | Alfred L. Werker | Jane Withers, Marjorie Weaver, Alan Mowbray | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Mad Monster | Sam Newfield | George Zucco, Anne Nagel, Glenn Strange | Horror | PRC |
| Madame Spy | Roy William Neill | Constance Bennett, Don Porter, John Litel | Spy | Universal |
| The Magnificent Ambersons | Orson Welles | Joseph Cotten, Anne Baxter, Dolores Costello, Agnes Moorehead, Tim Holt | Drama, Romance | RKO |
| The Magnificent Dope | Walter Lang | Henry Fonda, Lynn Bari, Don Ameche | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Major and the Minor | Billy Wilder | Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Male Animal | Elliott Nugent | Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Leslie | Romantic comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Man from Cheyenne | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Sally Payne | Western | Republic |
| Man from Headquarters | Jean Yarbrough | Frank Albertson, Joan Woodbury, Byron Foulger | Comedy crime | Monogram |
| The Man in the Trunk | Malcolm St. Clair | Lynne Roberts, Raymond Walburn, J. Carrol Naish | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Man Who Came to Dinner | William Keighley | Monty Woolley, Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Billie Burke | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Man Who Returned to Life | Lew Landers | Lucile Fairbanks, John Howard | Drama | Columbia |
| The Man Who Wouldn't Die | Herbert I. Leeds | Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Henry Wilcoxon | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Man with Two Lives | Phil Rosen | Edward Norris, Marlo Dwyer | Fantasy thriller | Monogram |
| A Man's World | Charles Barton | William Wright, Marguerite Chapman, Larry Parks, Wynne Gibson | Thriller | Columbia |
| Manila Calling | Herbert I. Leeds | Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Cornel Wilde | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Maisie Gets Her Man | Roy Del Ruth | Ann Sothern, Red Skelton, Allen Jenkins | Comedy | MGM |
| The Mayor of 44th Street | Alfred E. Green | George Murphy, Anne Shirley, Richard Barthelmess | Comedy | RKO |
| The McGuerins from Brooklyn | Kurt Neumann | William Bendix, Grace Bradley | Comedy | United Artists |
| Meet the Stewarts | Alfred E. Green | William Holden, Frances Dee | Comedy | Columbia |
| Men of San Quentin | William Beaudine | Eleanor Stewart, Dick Curtis | Crime drama | PRC |
| Men of Texas | Ray Enright | Robert Stack, Jackie Cooper, Broderick Crawford | Western | Universal |
| Mexican Spitfire at Sea | Leslie Goodwins | Lupe Vélez, Leon Errol, Zasu Pitts | Comedy | RKO |
| Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost | Leslie Goodwins | Lupe Vélez, Buddy Rogers, Elisabeth Risdon | Comedy | RKO |
| Mexican Spitfire's Elephant | Leslie Goodwins | Lupe Vélez, Walter Reed, Elisabeth Risdon | Comedy | RKO |
| Miss Annie Rooney | Edwin L. Marin | Shirley Temple, Dickie Moore, Guy Kibbee | Drama | United Artists |
| Miss V from Moscow | Albert Herman | Lola Lane, Noel Madison, Paul Weigel | Spy drama | PRC |
| Mississippi Gambler | John Rawlins | Kent Taylor, Frances Langford, John Litel | Crime | Universal |
| Mokey | Wells Root | Donna Reed, Dan Dailey | Drama | MGM |
| Moonlight in Havana | Anthony Mann | Allan Jones, Jane Frazee, Marjorie Lord | Drama | Universal |
| Moonlight Masquerade | John H. Auer | Dennis O'Keefe, Jane Frazee | Comedy | Republic |
| The Moon and Sixpence | Albert Lewin | George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Elena Verdugo | Drama | United Artists |
| Moontide | Archie Mayo | Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Claude Rains | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Mr. and Mrs. North | Robert B. Sinclair | Gracie Allen, Paul Kelly, Rose Hobart | Mystery | MGM |
| Mr. Wise Guy | William Nigh | East Side Kids, Billy Gilbert, Joan Barclay | Comedy | Monogram |
| Mrs. Miniver | William Wyler | Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright | War drama | MGM; won 6 Oscars including Garson, Wright and Best Picture |
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Norman Taurog | Fay Bainter, Hugh Herbert | Comedy | Paramount |
| Mug Town | Ray Taylor | Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Grace McDonald | Comedy | Universal |
| The Mummy's Tomb | Harold Young | Lon Chaney Jr., Dick Foran, Elyse Knox | Horror | Universal |
| Murder in the Big House | B. Reeves Eason | Van Johnson, Faye Emerson | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| My Favorite Blonde | Sidney Lanfield | Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard, George Zucco | Comedy | Paramount |
| My Favorite Spy | Tay Garnett | Kay Kyser, Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman | Comedy | RKO |
| My Gal Sal | Irving Cummings | Rita Hayworth, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Phil Silvers | Musical biopic | 20th Century Fox |
| My Heart Belongs to Daddy | Robert Siodmak | Richard Carlson, Martha O'Driscoll, Cecil Kellaway | Comedy | Paramount |
| My Sister Eileen | Alexander Hall | Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne Janet Blair | Comedy, Musical | Columbia; Remade as 1955 film |
| The Mysterious Rider | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Caroline Burke | Western | PRC |
| The Mystery of Marie Roget | Phil Rosen | Maria Montez, Patric Knowles, John Litel | Suspense | Universal |
| The Navy Comes Through | A. Edward Sutherland | Pat O'Brien, George Murphy, Jane Wyatt | Drama | RKO |
| Nazi Agent | Jules Dassin | Conrad Veidt, Ann Ayars, Frank Reicher | Spy thriller | MGM |
| 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge | Wallace Fox | East Side Kids, Ann Gillis | Comedy | Monogram |
| The Night Before the Divorce | Robert Siodmak | Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Nils Asther | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Night in New Orleans | William Clemens | Patricia Morison, Preston Foster, Albert Dekker | Mystery | Paramount |
| Night Monster | Ford Beebe | Bela Lugosi Lionel Atwill, Irene Hervey | Mystery horror | Universal |
| Night Plane from Chungking | Ralph Murphy | Robert Preston | War drama | Paramount |
| A Night to Remember | Richard Wallace | Loretta Young, Brian Aherne | Drama | Columbia |
| Nightmare | Tim Whelan | Diana Barrymore, Brian Donlevy, Henry Daniell | Crime | Universal Pictures |
| North of the Rockies | Lambert Hillyer | Wild Bill Elliott, Shirley Patterson, Larry Parks | Western | Columbia |
| North to the Klondike | Erle C. Kenton | Broderick Crawford, Evelyn Ankers | Western | Universal |
| Northwest Rangers | Joseph M. Newman | William Lundigan, Patricia Dane | Drama | MGM |
| Not a Ladies' Man | Lew Landers | Paul Kelly, Fay Wray, Douglas Croft | Drama | Columbia |
| Now, Voyager | Irving Rapper | Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper | Drama | Warner Bros.; won Oscar for Music Score |

## O-P

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Obliging Young Lady | Richard Wallace | Joan Carroll, Ruth Warrick, Eve Arden | Comedy | RKO |
| The Old Chisholm Trail | Elmer Clifton | Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Jennifer Holt | Western | Universal |
| The Old Homestead | Frank McDonald | Anne Jeffreys, Maris Wrixon | Comedy | Republic |
| The Omaha Trail | Edward Buzzell | James Craig, Pamela Blake | Western | MGM |
| Once Upon a Honeymoon | Leo McCarey | Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Walter Slezak | Romantic Comedy | RKO |
| One Thrilling Night | William Beaudine | Wanda McKay, John Beal | Romantic Comedy | Monogram |
| On the Sunny Side | Harold D. Schuster | Roddy McDowall, Jane Darwell, Katharine Alexander | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Orchestra Wives | Archie Mayo | Ann Rutherford, George Montgomery, Glenn Miller | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Outlaws of Boulder Pass | Sam Newfield | George Houston, Al St. John, Dennis Moore | Western | PRC |
| Outlaws of Pine Ridge | William Witney | Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Noah Beery | Western | Republic |
| Over My Dead Body | Malcolm St. Clair | Milton Berle, Mary Beth Hughes, Reginald Denny | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Overland to Deadwood | William Berke | Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Leslie Brooks | Western | Columbia |
| Overland Stagecoach | Sam Newfield | Robert Livingston, Al St. John, Julie Duncan | Western | PRC |
| Pacific Rendezvous | George Sidney | Lee Bowman, Jean Rogers, Mona Maris | Drama | MGM |
| The Palm Beach Story | Preston Sturges | Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallée | Screwball Comedy | Paramount |
| Panama Hattie | Norman Z. McLeod | Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, Marsha Hunt | Musical | MGM |
| The Panther's Claw | William Beaudine | Sidney Blackmer, Rick Vallin, Herbert Rawlinson | Mystery | PRC |
| Parachute Nurse | Charles Barton | Marguerite Chapman, William Wright, Louise Allbritton | Drama | Columbia |
| Pardon My Gun | William Berke | Charles Starrett, Alma Carroll | Western | Columbia; Remake of 1930 film |
| Pardon My Sarong | Erle C. Kenton | Abbott and Costello, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill | Comedy | Universal |
| Pardon My Stripes | John H. Auer | Sheila Ryan, William Henry, Edgar Kennedy | Comedy | Republic |
| The Pay Off | Arthur Dreifuss | Lee Tracy, Tom Brown, Evelyn Brent | Crime Drama | PRC |
| Perils of Nyoka | William Witney | Kay Aldridge | Action, Adventure | Republic |
| Phantom Killer | William Beaudine | Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury | Romance, Mystery | Monogram |
| The Phantom Plainsmen | John English | Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Lois Collier | Western | Republic |
| The Pied Piper | Irving Pichel | Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Anne Baxter | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Pierre of the Plains | George B. Seitz | Ruth Hussey, Bruce Cabot, Reginald Owen, Evelyn Ankers | Adventure | MGM |
| Pirates of the Prairie | Howard Bretherton | Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, Nell O'Day | Western | RKO |
| Pittsburgh | Lewis Seiler | John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott | Drama | Universal |
| Police Bullets | Jean Yarbrough | Joan Marsh, John Archer | Crime | Monogram |
| The Postman Didn't Ring | Harold D. Schuster | Brenda Joyce, Richard Travis, Spencer Charters | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Powder Town | Rowland V. Lee | Edmond O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, June Havoc | Drama | RKO |
| Prairie Gunsmoke | Lambert Hillyer | Wild Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Virginia Carroll | Western | Columbia |
| Prairie Pals | Sam Newfield | Bill Boyd, Lee Powell | Western | PRC |
| The Pride of the Yankees | Sam Wood | Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan, Babe Ruth | Biopic, Sports | RKO; |
| Priorities on Parade | Albert S. Rogell | Ann Miller, Johnnie Johnston, Betty Jane Rhodes | Musical | Paramount |
| Prisoner of Japan | Arthur Ripley | Alan Baxter, Gertrude Michael, Corinna Mura | Thriller | PRC |
| Private Buckaroo | Edward F. Cline | The Andrews Sisters, Harry James, Joe E. Lewis | Musical | Universal |
| Private Snuffy Smith | Edward F. Cline | Bud Duncan, Edgar Kennedy | Comedy | Monogram |

## Q-R

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Queen of Broadway | Sam Newfield | Rochelle Hudson, Buster Crabbe, Paul Bryar | Drama | PRC |
| Quiet Please, Murder | John Larkin | George Sanders, Gail Patrick, Lynne Roberts | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Raiders of the Range | John English | Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Lois Collier | Western | Republic |
| Raiders of the West | Sam Newfield | Bill Boyd, Lee Powell, Virginia Carroll | Western | PRC |
| Random Harvest | Mervyn LeRoy | Ronald Colman, Greer Garson | Drama | MGM; 7 Oscar nominations |
| The Rangers Take Over | Albert Herman | Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Iris Meredith | Western | PRC |
| Reap the Wild Wind | Cecil B. DeMille | John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland | Adventure | Paramount |
| Red River Robin Hood | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards | Western | RKO |
| The Remarkable Andrew | Stuart Heisler | William Holden, Brian Donlevy, Ellen Drew | Fantasy | Paramount |
| Remember Pearl Harbor | Joseph Santley | Don "Red" Barry, Fay McKenzie, Sig Ruman | War | Republic |
| Reunion in France | Jules Dassin | Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Philip Dorn | War Drama | MGM |
| Rhythm Parade | Howard Bretherton | Nils Granlund, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery | Musical | Monogram |
| Ride 'Em Cowboy | Arthur Lubin | Abbott and Costello, Anne Gwynne, Dick Foran | Comedy | Universal |
| Riders of the Northland | William Berke | Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Shirley Patterson | Western | Columbia |
| Riders of the West | Howard Bretherton | Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton | Western | Monogram |
| Ridin' Down the Canyon | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Linda Hayes | Western | Republic |
| Riding the Wind | Edward Killy | Tim Holt, Joan Barclay | Western | RKO |
| Riding Through Nevada | William Berke | Charles Starrett, Shirley Patterson, Arthur Hunnicutt | Western | Columbia |
| Right to the Heart | Eugene Forde | Brenda Joyce, Stanley Clements, Cobina Wright | Sports comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Rings on Her Fingers | Rouben Mamoulian | Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Rio Rita | S. Sylvan Simon | Abbott and Costello, Kathryn Grayson | Comedy | MGM |
| Road to Happiness | Phil Rosen | John Boles, Mona Barrie | Drama | |
| Road to Morocco | David Butler | Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour | Musical comedy | Paramount; third in Road series |
| Rock River Renegades | S. Roy Luby | Ray Corrigan, Christine McIntyre | Western | Monogram |
| Rolling Down the Great Divide | Sam Newfield | Bill Boyd, Wanda McKay | Western | PRC |
| Romance on the Range | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Sally Payne | Western | Republic |
| Roxie Hart | William A. Wellman | Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Nigel Bruce | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Rubber Racketeers | Harold Young | Rochelle Hudson, Ricardo Cortez, Barbara Read | Crime | Monogram |
| Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book | Zoltan Korda | Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen | Adventure | United Artists |

## S

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Sabotage Squad | Lew Landers | Bruce Bennett, Edward Norris | Action | Columbia |
| Saboteur | Alfred Hitchcock | Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Norman Lloyd | Film noir | Universal |
| Scattergood Rides High | Christy Cabanne | Guy Kibbee, Jed Prouty | Comedy | RKO |
| Scattergood Survives a Murder | Christy Cabanne | Guy Kibbee, Margaret Hayes, John Archer | Comedy | RKO |
| Sealed Lips | George Waggner | William Gargan, June Clyde | Drama | Universal |
| Secret Agent of Japan | Irving Pichel | Preston Foster, Lynn Bari | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Secret Enemies | Benjamin Stoloff | Craig Stevens, Faye Emerson | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Secrets of a Co-Ed | Joseph H. Lewis | Otto Kruger, Rick Vallin, Marcia Mae Jones | Drama | PRC |
| Secrets of the Underground | William Morgan | John Hubbard, Virginia Grey, Lloyd Corrigan | Thriller | Republic |
| Seven Days' Leave | Tim Whelan | Lucille Ball, Victor Mature | Comedy | RKO |
| Seven Miles from Alcatraz | Edward Dmytryk | James Craig, Bonita Granville | Crime | RKO |
| Seven Sweethearts | Frank Borzage | Kathryn Grayson, Marsha Hunt, Cecilia Parker | Musical | MGM |
| Shadows on the Sage | Lester Orlebeck | Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Cheryl Walker | Western | Republic |
| She's in the Army | Jean Yarbrough | Lucile Gleason, Veda Ann Borg, Marie Wilson | Comedy | Monogram |
| Shepherd of the Ozarks | Frank McDonald | Frank Albertson, Thurston Hall | Comedy | Republic |
| Sheriff of Sage Valley | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe, Al St. John | Western | PRC |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | Roy William Neill | Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill | Mystery | Universal |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | John Rawlins | Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny | Mystery | Univeresal |
| Ship Ahoy | Edward Buzzell | Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien | Musical comedy | MGM |
| Shut My Big Mouth | Charles Barton | Joe E. Brown, Adele Mara, Joan Woodbury | Comedy Western | Columbia |
| The Silver Bullet | Joseph H. Lewis | Johnny Mack Brown, William Farnum, Jennifer Holt | Western | Universal |
| Silver Queen | Lloyd Bacon | George Brent, Priscilla Lane | Western | United Artists |
| Sin Town | Ray Enright | Constance Bennett, Broderick Crawford, Ward Bond | Western | Universal |
| Sing Your Worries Away | A. Edward Sutherland | Buddy Ebsen, Patsy Kelly, Bert Lahr | Musical | RKO |
| Sleepytime Gal | Albert S. Rogell | Judy Canova, Billy Gilbert, Ruth Terry | Comedy | Republic |
| Small Town Deb | Harold Schuster | Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Cecil Kellaway | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Smart Alecks | Wallace Fox | Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gale Storm | Comedy | Monogram |
| Smith of Minnesota | Lew Landers | Bruce Smith, Arline Judge, Don Beddoe | Sports | Columbia |
| The Sombrero Kid | George Sherman | Don 'Red' Barry, Lynn Merrick | Western | Republic |
| Somewhere I'll Find You | Wesley Ruggles | Clark Gable, Lana Turner | Romance | MGM |
| Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | John Cromwell | Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, George Sanders | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Song of the Islands | Walter Lang | Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Jack Oakie | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Sons of the Pioneers | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Maris Wrixon | Western | Republic |
| So's Your Aunt Emma | Jean Yarbrough | ZaSu Pitts, Roger Pryor, Douglas Fowley | Comedy | Monogram |
| South of Santa Fe | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Linda Hayes | Western | Republic |
| The Spirit of Stanford | Charles Barton | Frankie Albert, Marguerite Chapman, Shirley Patterson | Sports | Columbia |
| The Spoilers | Ray Enright | John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott | Western | Universal |
| Springtime in the Rockies | Irving Cummings | Betty Grable, John Payne, Cesar Romero | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Spy Ship | B. Reeves Eason | Craig Stevens, Irene Manning | Spy drama | Warner Bros. |
| Stagecoach Buckaroo | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Nell O'Day, Anne Nagel | Western | Universal |
| Stagecoach Express | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick | Western | Republic |
| Stand By All Networks | Lew Landers | Florence Rice, John Beal, Margaret Hayes | Thriller | Columbia |
| Stand By for Action | Robert Z. Leonard | Robert Taylor, Walter Brennan, Charles Laughton | War | MGM |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | George Marshall | Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Victor Moore | Musical | Paramount |
| Stardust on the Sage | William Morgan | Gene Autry, Edith Fellows, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| The Strange Case of Doctor Rx | William Nigh | Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Anne Gwynne | Drama | Universal |
| Street of Chance | Jack Hively | Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor | Crime | Paramount |
| Strictly in the Groove | Vernon Keays | Mary Healy, Leon Errol, Franklin Pangborn | Musical | Universal |
| Submarine Raider | Lew Landers | John Howard, Marguerite Chapman | War | Columbia |
| Sunday Punch | David Miller | William Lundigan, Jean Rogers, Dan Dailey | Comedy | MGM |
| The Sundown Kid | Elmer Clifton | Don "Red" Barry, Ian Keith | Western | Republic |
| Sundown Jim | James Tinling | John Kimbrough, Arleen Whelan, Virginia Gilmore | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Sunset on the Desert | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Lynne Carver, Beryl Wallace | Western | Republic |
| Sunset Serenade | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Helen Parrish | Western | Republic |
| Sweater Girl | William Clemens | Eddie Bracken, June Preisser, Nils Asther | Musical | Paramount |
| Sweetheart of the Fleet | Charles Barton | Joan Davis, Jinx Falkenburg, Joan Woodbury | Comedy | Columbia |
| Syncopation | William Dieterle | Adolphe Menjou, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville | Musical | RKO |

## T

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Take a Letter, Darling | Mitchell Leisen | Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Constance Moore | Comedy | Paramount |
| Tales of Manhattan | Julien Duvivier | Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Robeson | Drama, comedy; 6 separate stories | 20th Century Fox |
| The Talk of the Town | George Stevens | Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman | Screwball comedy | Columbia |
| Tarzan's New York Adventure | Richard Thorpe | Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan | Adventure | MGM |
| Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Henry Hathaway | George Montgomery, Maureen O'Hara, John Sutton | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Tennessee Johnson | William Dieterle | Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey | Historical | MGM |
| Texas Justice | Sam Newfield | George Houston, Dennis Moore, Wanda McKay | Western | PRC |
| Texas Man Hunt | Sam Newfield | Bill Boyd, Lee Powell, Julie Duncan | Western | PRC |
| Texas to Bataan | Robert Emmett Tansey | John 'Dusty' King, Max Terhune | Western | Monogram |
| Texas Trouble Shooters | S. Roy Luby | Ray Corrigan, John 'Dusty' King, Max Terhune | Western | Monogram |
| That Other Woman | Ray McCarey | Virginia Gilmore, Janis Carter, James Ellison | Comedy | RKO |
| There's One Born Every Minute | Harold Young | Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, Guy Kibbee | Comedy | Universal |
| They All Kissed the Bride | Alexander Hall | Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas | Comedy | Columbia |
| They Raid by Night | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Lyle Talbot, June Duprez, Victor Varconi | War | PRC |
| This Above All | Anatole Litvak | Tyrone Power, Joan Fontaine | Romance | 20th Century Fox |
| This Gun for Hire | Frank Tuttle | Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Laird Cregar | Thriller | Paramount |
| This Time for Keeps | Charles Reisner | Ann Rutherford, Robert Sterling, Irene Rich | Comedy | MGM |
| Thru Different Eyes | Thomas Z. Loring | Frank Craven, June Walker, Vivian Blaine | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Thunder Birds | William A. Wellman | Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John Sutton | War | 20th Century Fox |
| Thunder River Feud | S. Roy Luby | Ray Corrigan, John 'Dusty' King, Max Terhune | Western | Monogram |
| Thundering Hoofs | Lesley Selander | Tim Holt, Luana Walters | Western | RKO |
| Timber | Christy Cabanne | Marjorie Lord, Dan Dailey | Drama | Universal |
| Time to Kill | Herbert I. Leeds | Lloyd Nolan, Heather Angel, Ralph Byrd | Crime drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Tish | S. Sylvan Simon | ZaSu Pitts, Marjorie Main, Aline MacMahon | Comedy | MGM |
| To Be or Not to Be | Ernst Lubitsch | Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack | Screwball comedy | United Artists |
| Today I Hang | Oliver Drake | Walter Woolf King, Mona Barrie, William Farnum | Drama | Producers Releasing Corporation |
| To the Shores of Tripoli | H. Bruce Humberstone | Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Randolph Scott | Romantic drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Tombstone | William McGann | Richard Dix, Frances Gifford, Kent Taylor | Western | Paramount |
| Tomorrow We Live | Edgar G. Ulmer | Ricardo Cortez, Jean Parker, Emmett Lynn | Action | PRC |
| Too Many Women | Bernard B. Ray | Neil Hamilton, June Lang, Joyce Compton | Comedy | PRC |
| Top Sergeant | Christy Cabanne | Leo Carrillo, Don Terry, Elyse Knox | War | Universal |
| A Tornado in the Saddle | William Berke | Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor, Alma Carroll | Western | Columbia |
| Torpedo Boat | John Rawlins | Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Mary Carlisle | War | Paramount |
| Tortilla Flat | Victor Fleming | Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield | Comedy, drama | MGM; based on John Steinbeck book |
| Tough as They Come | William Nigh | Billy Halop, Helen Parrish, Ann Gillis | Crime | Universal |
| A Tragedy at Midnight | Joseph Santley | John Howard, Margaret Lindsay, Mona Barrie | Comedy | Republic |
| Trail Riders | Robert Emmett Tansey | John Dusty King, Evelyn Finley, Max Terhune | Western | Monogram |
| The Traitor Within | Frank McDonald | Don "Red" Barry, Jean Parker, Ralph Morgan | Action | Republic |
| Tramp, Tramp, Tramp | Charles Barton | Jackie Gleason, Florence Rice, Bruce Bennett, Mabel Todd | Comedy | Columbia |
| Treat 'Em Rough | Ray Taylor | Eddie Albert, Peggy Moran | Drama | Universal |
| True to the Army | Albert S. Rogell | Judy Canova, Ann Miller, Allan Jones | Comedy | Paramount |
| Tumbleweed Trail | Sam Newfield | Bill Boyd, Lee Powell | Western | PRC |
| The Tuttles of Tahiti | Charles Vidor | Charles Laughton, Jon Hall, Peggy Drake | Adventure | RKO |
| Twin Beds | Tim Whelan | Joan Bennett, George Brent, Mischa Auer | Comedy | United Artists |
| Two Yanks in Trinidad | Gregory Ratoff | Pat O'Brien, Brian Donlevy, Janet Blair | Spy comedy | Columbia |

## U-V

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Undercover Man | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Antonio Moreno, Nora Lane | Western | United Artists |
| Underground Agent | Michael Gordon | Bruce Bennett, Leslie Brooks, Frank Albertson | Thriller | Columbia |
| The Undying Monster | John Brahm | James Ellison, Heather Angel, Bramwell Fletcher | Horror | 20th Century Fox |
| Unseen Enemy | John Rawlins | Don Terry, Irene Hervey | War | Universal |
| Valley of Hunted Men | John English | Bob Steele, Tom Tyler | Western | Republic |
| Valley of the Sun | George Marshall | Lucille Ball, James Craig, Cedric Hardwicke | Western | RKO |
| The Vanishing Virginian | Frank Borzage | Kathryn Grayson, Frank Morgan | Musical | MGM |
| Vengeance of the West | Lambert Hillyer | Wild Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Adele Mara | Western | Universal |

## W-Z

| Title | Director | hahaha | Genre | Notes |
| Wake Island | John Farrow | Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston | War drama | Paramount |
| The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Harold Bucquet | Fay Bainter, Edward Arnold, Jean Rogers | Drama | MGM |
| War Dogs | S. Roy Luby | Billy Lee, Addison Richards, Kay Linaker | Drama | Monogram |
| We Were Dancing | Robert Z. Leonard | Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick | Comedy | MGM |
| Western Mail | Robert Emmett Tansey | Tom Keene, LeRoy Mason | Western | Monogram |
| West of the Law | Howard Bretherton | Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Raymond Hatton | Western | Monogram |
| West of Tombstone | Howard Bretherton | Charles Starrett, Marcella Martin | Western | Columbia |
| Westward Ho | John English | Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Evelyn Brent | Western | Republic |
| What's Cookin'? | Edward F. Cline | The Andrews Sisters, Jane Frazee, Gloria Jean | Musical | Universal |
| When Johnny Comes Marching Home | Charles Lamont | Allan Jones, Jane Frazee, Gloria Jean | Musical | Universal |
| Where Trails End | Robert Emmett Tansey | Tom Keene, Wilhelm von Brincken | Western | Monogram |
| Whispering Ghosts | Alfred L. Werker | Milton Berle, Brenda Joyce | Comedy horror | 20th Century Fox |
| Whistling in Dixie | S. Sylvan Simon | Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Diana Lewis | Comedy crime | MGM |
| White Cargo | Richard Thorpe | Hedy Lamarr, Walter Pidgeon, Richard Carlson | Drama | MGM |
| Who Done It? | Erle C. Kenton | Abbott and Costello, Patric Knowles, Louise Allbritton | Comedy | Universal |
| Who Is Hope Schuyler? | Thomas Z. Loring | Sheila Ryan, Joan Valerie, Ricardo Cortez | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| The Wife Takes a Flyer | Richard Wallace | Joan Bennett, Franchot Tone, Allyn Joslyn | Romantic comedy | Columbia |
| Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Ray Enright | Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot, Warren William | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Wildcat | Frank McDonald | Richard Arlen, Arline Judge, William Frawley | Drama | Paramount |
| Wings for the Eagle | Lloyd Bacon | Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Woman of the Year | George Stevens | Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Reginald Owen | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| Wrecking Crew | Frank McDonald | Jean Parker, Richard Arlen, Evelyn Brent | Drama | Paramount |
| X Marks the Spot | George Sherman | Dick Purcell, Anne Jeffreys | Drama | Republic |
| Yankee Doodle Dandy | Michael Curtiz | James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston | Biography | Warner Bros.; 9 Academy Award nominations, Oscar for Cagney |
| A Yank at Eton | Norman Taurog | Mickey Rooney, Edmund Gwenn, Ian Hunter | Drama | MGM |
| A Yank in Libya | Albert Herman | Joan Woodbury, H. B. Warner, Duncan Renaldo | Spy | PRC |
| A Yank on the Burma Road | George B. Seitz | Laraine Day, Barry Nelson, Keye Luke | Adventure | MGM |
| The Yanks Are Coming | Alexis Thurn-Taxis | Mary Healy, Henry King | Musical | PRC |
| Yokel Boy | Joseph Santley | Joan Davis, Albert Dekker, Alan Mowbray | Comedy | Republic |
| You Can't Escape Forever | Jo Graham | George Brent, Brenda Marshall, Gene Lockhart | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| You Were Never Lovelier | William A. Seiter | Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou | Musical comedy | Columbia |
| Young America | Louis King | Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Lynne Roberts | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| You're Telling Me | Charles Lamont | Hugh Herbert, Anne Gwynne, Robert Paige | Comedy | Universal |
| Youth on Parade | Albert S. Rogell | John Hubbard, Ruth Terry, Martha O'Driscoll | Musical comedy | Republic |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Battle of Midway | John Ford | | Propaganda | Academy Award |
| December 7th: The Movie | John Ford, Gregg Toland | Walter Huston, Dana Andrews | Propaganda film | Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject |
| The News Parade of the Year 1942 | Eugene W. Castle | | Short documentary | |
| Prelude to War | Frank Capra | | Documentary | The first of Capra's Why We Fight film series |
| Sex Hygiene | Otto Brower, John Ford | George Reeves, Richard Derr | Docudrama | |
| We Are the Marines | Louis de Rochemont | | War documentary | 20th Century Fox |

## Serials

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Don Winslow of the Navy | Ray Taylor | Don Terry | Serial | Universal |
| Gang Busters | Noel M. Smith, Ray Taylor | Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey | Serial | Universal |
| Junior G-Men of the Air | | Dead End Kids, Little Tough Guys | Serial | Universal |
| Overland Mail | Ford Beebe | Noah Beery Jr., Don Terry | Serial | Universal |
| Spy Smasher | William Witney | Kane Richmond, Marguerite Chapman | Spy serial | Republic |

## Shorts

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Any Bonds Today? | Bob Clampett | | Animated Propaganda | Warner Bros. |
| The Arm Behind the Army | | | Propaganda Short | 10 minutes |
| The Bowling Alley Cat | Hanna Barbera | | Animated Short | Warner Bros. |
| Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid | Robert Clampett | | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| Campus on the March | | | Propaganda | |
| Dog Trouble | Hanna Barbera | | Animated Short | MGM |
| Donald Gets Drafted | Jack King | Donald Duck | Animated Short | RKO, Disney |
| The Dover Boys | Charles M. Jones | | Animated Short | Warner Bros. |
| The Draft Horse | | | Animated Short | Warner Bros. |
| Fine Feathered Friend | Hanna Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated Short | MGM |
| Fraidy Cat | Hanna Barbera | Tom and Jerry | Animated Short | MGM |
| Fresh Hare | I. Freleng | | Animated Short | Warner Bros. |
| Hemp for Victory | Raymond Evans | | Propaganda | |
| Henry Browne, Farmer | Canada Lee | | Propaganda Short | |
| Hold the Lion, Please | Chuck Jones | | Animated Short | Warner Bros. |
| How to Play Baseball | Jack Kinney | | Animated Short | RKO |
| How to Swim | Jack Kinney | | Animated Short | RKO, Disney |
| It's Everybody's War | | | Propaganda short | |
| Jam Session | | Duke Ellington and orchestra | Short | performing C Jam Blues |
| Japanese Relocation | | | Short war propaganda | produced by Office of War Information |
| Manpower | | | Propaganda short | produced by Office of War Information |
| Mickey's Birthday Party | Riley Thomson | Mickey Mouse | Short animation | Disney, RKO |
| My Favorite Duck | | Porky Pig and Daffy Duck | Animated comedy | |
| Puss 'n' Toots | William Hanna, Joseph Barbera | | Short animation | MGM |
| Safeguarding Military Information | John Huston | | Propaganda short | |
| The Squawkin' Hawk | Chuck Jones | | Animated short | Warner Bros. |
| A Tale of Two Kitties | Bob Clampett | | Animation | |
| Tulips Shall Grow | | | Animated short | nominated for Academy Award |
| The Wabbit Who Came to Supper | I. Freleng | | Animated | Warner Bros. |
| Winning Your Wings | John Huston | | Propaganda short | |
| Wood for War | Arthur H. Wolf | | Propaganda short | |
| The World at War | Frank Capra | | Propaganda short | Produced by Office of War Information |
| You're a Sap, Mr. Jap | Dan Gordon | Popeye cartoon | Propaganda short Animated short | Famous Studios Paramount Pictures |