# List of American films of 1929

The following is a list of American films released in 1929. The Broadway Melody won the Academy Award for Outstanding Picture at the 2nd Academy Awards, presented on April 3, 1930.

## A–C

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Studio |
| Acquitted | Frank R. Strayer | Lloyd Hughes, Margaret Livingston | Criminal melodrama | Columbia |
| After the Fog | Leander De Cordova | Mary Philbin, Edmund Burns, Carmelita Geraghty | Drama | Independent |
| The Air Legion | Bert Glennon | Antonio Moreno, Ben Lyon | Melodrama | FBO |
| Alibi | Roland West | Chester Morris, Mae Busch | Crime drama | United Artists |
| All at Sea | Alfred Goulding | Karl Dane, George K. Arthur | Dramedy | MGM |
| All Faces West | Raymond K. Johnson | Ben Lyon, Marie Prevost, Anders Randolf | Western | Independent |
| Applause | Rouben Mamoulian | Helen Morgan, Joan Peers | Musical | Paramount |
| Anne Against the World | Duke Worne | Shirley Mason, Jack Mower | Drama | Trem Carr Productions |
| The Argyle Case | Howard Bretherton | Thomas Meighan, H. B. Warner, Lila Lee | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| The Aviator | Roy Del Ruth | Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller | Crime dramedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Awful Truth | Marshall Neilan | Ina Claire, Henry Daniell | Comedy | Pathé Exchange/Columbia |
| The Bachelor Girl | Richard Thorpe | William Collier Jr., Jacqueline Logan | Drama | Columbia |
| The Bachelor's Club | Noel M. Smith | Richard Talmadge, Barbara Worth, Edna Murphy | Comedy | Independent |
| Bad Men's Money | J.P. McGowan | Yakima Canutt, Peggy Montgomery, John Lowell | Western | Independent |
| Barnum Was Right | Del Lord | Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy, Otis Harlan | Dramedy | Universal |
| Behind Closed Doors | Roy William Neill | Virginia Valli, Gaston Glass | Mystery melodrama | Columbia |
| Behind That Curtain | Irving Cummings | Warner Baxter, Lois Moran | Mystery melodrama | Fox Film |
| Below the Deadline | J. P. McGowan | Frank Leigh, Barbara Worth | Crime | Chesterfield |
| Berth Marks | Lewis R. Foster | Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Paulette Goddard | Comedy | MGM |
| Betrayal | Lewis Milestone | Emil Jannings, Esther Ralston, Gary Cooper | Drama | Paramount |
| Big Business | James W. Horne, Leo McCarey | Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy | Comedy | MGM |
| The Big Diamond Robbery | Eugene Forde | Tom Mix, Kathryn McGuire | Western | FBO |
| Big Time | Kenneth Hawks | Lee Tracy, Mae Clarke | Drama | Fox Film |
| Black Hills | Norman Dawn | Katherine Dawn, George Fisher, George Chandler | Drama | Independent |
| Black Magic | George B. Seitz | Josephine Dunn, Earle Foxe | Drama | Fox Film |
| The Black Watch | John Ford | Victor McLaglen, Myrna Loy | Adventure/Crime/Drama | Fox Film |
| Blue Skies | Alfred L. Werker | Freddie Burke Frederick, Ethel Wales | Romantic drama | Fox Film |
| The Body Punch | Leigh Jason | Jack Dougherty, Virginia Brown Faire | Drama | Universal |
| Border Romance | Richard Thorpe | Armida, Don Terry, Marjorie Kane | Romantic western | Tiffany |
| Born to the Saddle | Joseph Levigard | Ted Wells, Duane Thompson | Western | Universal |
| Bride of the Desert | Duke Worne | Alice Calhoun, LeRoy Mason | Western | Trem Carr Productions |
| The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Charles Brabin | Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence | Historical | MGM |
| Broadway | Pál Fejös | Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent | Crime melodrama | Universal |
| Broadway Babies | Mervyn LeRoy | Alice White, Marion Byron | Musical drama | First National |
| Broadway Fever | Edward F. Cline | Sally O'Neil, Roland Drew, Corliss Palmer | Comedy | Tiffany |
| The Broadway Hoofer | George Archainbaud | Marie Saxon, Jack Egan | Melodrama | Columbia |
| The Broadway Melody | Harry Beaumont | Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love | Musical comedy | MGM |
| Broadway Scandals | George Archainbaud | Sally O'Neil, Carmel Myers | Musical | Columbia |
| Bulldog Drummond | F. Richard Jones | Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love | Melodrama | United Artists |
| The California Mail | Albert S. Rogell | Ken Maynard, Dorothy Dwan | Drama | First National |
| Campus Knights | Albert H. Kelley | Raymond McKee, Shirley Palmer | Comedy | Chesterfield |
| The Canary Murder Case | Malcolm St. Clair | William Powell, Louise Brooks, Jean Arthur | Drama | Paramount |
| Captain Lash | John G. Blystone | Victor McLaglen, Claire Windsor | Adventure | Fox Film |
| Careers | John Francis Dillon | Billie Dove, Thelma Todd | Comedy | First National |
| The Careless Age | John Griffith Wray | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Carmel Myers | Drama | First National |
| The Carnival Man | George Abbott | Walter Huston | Drama | Paramount. Short film. |
| The Case of Lena Smith | Josef von Sternberg | Esther Ralston, James Hall | Drama | Paramount |
| The Charlatan | George Melford | Holmes Herbert, Margaret Livingston | Melodrama | Universal |
| Chasing Through Europe | David Butler, Alfred L. Werker | Sue Carol, Nick Stuart | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| Cheyenne | Albert S. Rogell | Ken Maynard, Gladys McConnell | Western | First National |
| Children of the Ritz | John Francis Dillon | Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Mulhall | Dramedy | Warner Bros. |
| Chinatown Nights | William A. Wellman | Wallace Beery, Florence Vidor, Warner Oland | Melodrama | Paramount |
| Christina | William K. Howard | Janet Gaynor, Charles Morton | Drama | Fox Film |
| Circumstantial Evidence | Wilfred Noy | Cornelius Keefe, Helen Foster | Melodrama | Chesterfield |
| Clear the Decks | Joseph Henabery | Reginald Denny, Olive Hasbrouck | Drama | Universal |
| Close Harmony | John Cromwell, A. Edward Sutherland | Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Nancy Carroll | Musical dramedy | Paramount |
| The Cocoanuts | Robert Florey, Joseph Santley | Marx Brothers, Mary Eaton | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| The Cohens and the Kellys in Atlantic City | William James Craft | George Sidney, Vera Gordon | Comedy | Universal |
| The College Coquette | George Archainbaud | Ruth Taylor, William Collier Jr. | Melodrama | Columbia |
| College Love | Nat Ross | George J. Lewis, Dorothy Gulliver | Dramedy | Universal |
| Come Across | Ray Taylor | Lina Basquette, Reed Howes | Crime | Universal |
| Come and Get It | Wallace Fox | Bob Steele, Marin Sais | Action | FBO |
| Coquette | Sam Taylor | Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown, Matt Moore | Melodrama | Pickford Corporation |
| The Cock-Eyed World | Raoul Walsh | Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Lili Damita | Musical dramedy | Fox Film |
| Condemned | Wesley Ruggles | Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges | Drama | United Artists |
| Courtin' Wildcats | Jerome Storm | Hoot Gibson, Harry Todd | Western | Universal |
| The Cowboy and the Outlaw | J.P. McGowan | Bob Steele, Edna Aslin, Bud Osborne | Western | Independent |
| 'Neath Western Skies | J. P. McGowan | Tom Tyler, Lotus Thompson, Hank Bell | Western | J.P. McGowan Productions |

## D–F

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Dance Hall | Melville W. Brown | Olive Borden, Arthur Lake | Musical | RKO |
| The Dance of Life | John Cromwell, A. Edward Sutherland | Hal Skelly, Nancy Carroll, Dorothy Revier | Adventure/Melodrama | Paramount. Technicolor sequences |
| Dangerous Curves | Lothar Mendes | Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, Kay Francis | Romantic comedy | Paramount |
| A Dangerous Woman | Rowland V. Lee, Gerald Grove | Olga Baclanova, Clive Brook | Melodrama | Paramount |
| Dark Skies | Harry S. Webb | Shirley Mason, Wallace MacDonald, Josef Swickard | Drama | Independent |
| Dark Streets | Frank Lloyd | Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee | Melodrama | First National |
| Daughters of Desire | Burton L. King | Irene Rich, Richard Tucker | Drama | Independent |
| The Delightful Rogue | Lynn Shores, Leslie Pearce | Rod La Rocque, Rita La Roy | Romantic melodrama | RKO |
| Desert Nights | William Nigh | John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence | Melodrama | MGM |
| The Desert Rider | Nick Grinde | Tim McCoy, Raquel Torres | Western | MGM |
| The Desert Song | Roy del Ruth | John Boles, Louise Fazenda, Myrna Loy | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Devil-May-Care | Sidney Franklin | Ramón Novarro, Dorothy Jordan | Musical | MGM |
| The Devil's Apple Tree | Elmer Clifton | Dorothy Sebastian, Larry Kent | Melodrama | Tiffany |
| Disraeli | Alfred E. Green | George Arliss, Joan Bennett | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Divine Lady | Frank Lloyd | Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi | Historical | First National |
| The Donovan Affair | Frank Capra | Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier | Mystery dramedy | Columbia |
| Drag | Frank Lloyd | Richard Barthelmess, Alice Day | Drama | First National |
| The Drake Case | Edward Laemmle | Gladys Brockwell, Robert Frazer | Thriller | Universal |
| The Drifter | Robert De Lacey | Tom Mix, Dorothy Dwan | Western | FBO |
| Dynamite | Cecil B. DeMille | Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson | Melodrama | MGM |
| Eternal Love | Ernst Lubitsch | John Barrymore, Camilla Horn | Romance | Feature Productions |
| The Eternal Woman | John P. McCarthy | Olive Borden, Ralph Graves, Ruth Clifford | Drama | Columbia |
| Evangeline | Edwin Carewe | Dolores del Río, Roland Drew | Romantic drama | United Artists |
| Evidence | John G. Adolfi | Pauline Frederick, Conway Tearle | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| The Exalted Flapper | James Tinling | Sue Carol, Irene Rich | Romantic comedy | Fox Film |
| Eyes of the Underworld | Leigh Jason | Bill Cody, Sally Blane | Crime | Universal |
| The Faker | Phil Rosen | Jacqueline Logan, Charles Delaney, Warner Oland | Drama | Columbia |
| The Fall of Eve | Frank R. Strayer | Patsy Ruth Miller, Ford Sterling | Comedy | Columbia |
| Fancy Baggage | John G. Adolfi | Audrey Ferris, Myrna Loy | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Far Call | Allan Dwan | Charles Morton, Leila Hyams, Warner Baxter | Melodrama | Fox Film. Lost film |
| Fashions in Love | Victor Schertzinger | Adolphe Menjou, Fay Compton | Romantic comedy | Paramount |
| Fast Company | A. Edward Sutherland | Evelyn Brent, Jack Oakie | Sport romantic comedy | Paramount |
| Fast Life | John Francis Dillon | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young | Melodrama | First National |
| Flight | Frank Capra | Jack Holt, Lila Lee | Adventure | Columbia |
| The Flying Fleet | George W. Hill | Ramon Navarro, Ralph Graves, Anita Page | Romantic crime drama | MGM |
| The Flying Marine | Albert S. Rogell | Ben Lyon, Shirley Mason | Action | Columbia |
| The Flying Fool | Tay Garnett | William Boyd, Marie Prevost | Melodrama | Pathé Exchange |
| Footlights and Fools | William A. Seiter | Colleen Moore, Raymond Hackett, Fredric March | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Forward Pass | Edward F. Cline | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young | Drama | First National |
| The Four Feathers | Merian C. Cooper | Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Clive Brook | Adventure/Crime/War | Paramount |
| Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 | David Butler | Sue Carol, Dixie Lee | Musical dramedy | Fox Film |
| From Headquarters | Howard Bretherton | Monte Blue, Gladys Brockwell | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Frozen Justice | Allan Dwan | Lenore Ulric, Robert Frazer, Louis Wolheim | Adventure | Fox Film |
| Frozen River | F. Harmon Weight | Rin Tin Tin, Davey Lee | Melodrama | Warner Bros. |
| Fugitives | William Beaudine | Madge Bellamy, Don Terry | Drama | Fox Film |

## G–I

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Gamblers | Michael Curtiz | H. B. Warner, Lois Wilson | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Ghost Talks | Lewis Seiler | Helen Twelvetrees, Charles Eaton | Dramedy | Fox Film |
| The Girl from Havana | Benjamin Stoloff | Lola Lane, Paul Page | Crime | Fox Film |
| The Girl from Woolworth's | William Beaudine | Alice White, Gladden James | Romance | First National |
| The Girl in the Glass Cage | Ralph Dawson | Loretta Young, Carroll Nye | Melodrama/Thriller | First National |
| The Girl in the Show | Edgar Selwyn | Bessie Love, Raymond Hackett | Comedy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Girl on the Barge | Edward Sloman | Jean Hersholt, Sally O'Neil | Drama | Universal |
| Girl Overboard | Wesley Ruggles | Mary Philbin, Fred Mackaye | Romantic drama | Universal |
| The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait | Leon Abrams | Margaret Livingston, William Scott, Gertrude Short | Drama | Independent |
| Girls Gone Wild | Lewis Seiler | Sue Carol, Nick Stuart | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| Glad Rag Doll | Michael Curtiz | Dolores Costello, Ralph Graves | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Glorifying the American Girl | Millard Webb | Mary Eaton, Dan Healy | Musical | Paramount |
| Gold Diggers of Broadway | Roy Del Ruth | Nancy Welford, Conway Tearle | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Great Divide | Reginald Barker | Dorothy Mackaill, Myrna Loy | Western | First National |
| The Great Gabbo | James Cruze | Erich von Stroheim, Betty Compson | Musical | Sono Art |
| The Great Power | Joe Rock | Minna Gombell, Herschel Mayall | Drama | Bristolphone |
| The Greyhound Limited | Howard Bretherton | Monte Blue, Edna Murphy | Melodrama | Warner Bros. |
| Grit Wins | Joseph Levigard | Ted Wells, Kathleen Collins | Western | Universal |
| Gun Law | Robert De Lacey | Tom Tyler, Barney Furey | Western | FBO |
| Half Marriage | William J. Cowen | Olive Borden, Morgan Farley | Drama | RKO |
| Hallelujah! | King Vidor | Daniel L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney | Drama | MGM |
| Handcuffed | Duke Worne | Virginia Brown Faire, Dean Jagger | Mystery | Rayart |
| Happy Days | Benjamin Stoloff | Marjorie White, Stuart Erwin, Janet Gaynor | Musical | Fox Film |
| Hard to Get | William Beaudine | Dorothy Mackaill, Charles Delaney | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Hardboiled Rose | F. Harmon Weight | Myrna Loy, William Collier Jr. | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Harvest of Hate | Henry MacRae | Jack Perrin, Helen Foster | Western | Universal |
| Headin' Westward | J.P. McGowan | Bob Custer, Mary Mayberry, John Lowell | Western | Independent |
| Hearts in Dixie | Paul H. Sloan | Clarence Muse, Stepin Fetchit | Musical dramedy | Fox Film |
| Hearts in Exile | Michael Curtiz | Dolores Costello, Grant Withers | Romance | Warner Bros. |
| Her Private Life | Alexander Korda | Billie Dove, Walter Pidgeon | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Heroic Lover | Noel Mason Smith | Leonard St. Leo, Barbara Bedford | Comedy | Richard Talmadge Productions |
| His Captive Woman | George Fitzmaurice | Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill | First National | |
| His First Command | Gregory La Cava | William Boyd, Dorothy Sebastian | Romantic dramedy | Pathé Exchange. Technicolor sequences |
| His Glorious Night | Lionel Barrymore | John Gilbert, Catherine Dale Owen | Romance | MGM |
| His Lucky Day | Edward F. Cline | Reginald Denny, Lorayne Du Val | Comedy | Universal |
| Hold Your Man | Emmett J. Flynn | Laura La Plante, Eugene Borden | Dramedy | Universal |
| The Hole in the Wall | Robert Florey | Claudette Colbert, Edward G. Robinson | Mystery melodrama | Paramount |
| The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Charles Reisner | Conrad Nagel, Jack Benny | Musical | MGM |
| Honky Tonk | Lloyd Bacon | Sophie Tucker, Lila Lee | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Hot for Paris | Raoul Walsh | Victor McLaglen, Fifi D'Orsay | Musical comedy | Fox Film |
| Hot Stuff | Mervyn LeRoy | Alice White, Louise Fazenda | Comedy | First National |
| The Hottentot | Roy Del Ruth | Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller | Dramedy | Warner Bros. |
| House of Horror | Benjamin Christensen | Louise Fazenda, Thelma Todd | Mystery comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Idaho Red | Robert De Lacey | Tom Tyler, Patricia Caron | Western | FBO |
| The Idle Rich | William C. deMille | Conrad Nagel, Bessie Love, Leila Hyams | Comedy | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Illusion of Love | | John Ho, Florence Lee | Drama | |
| Innocents of Paris | Richard Wallace | Maurice Chevalier, Sylvia Beecher | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| In Old Arizona | Irving Cummings | Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe | Western dramedy | Fox Film |
| In Old California | Burton L. King | Tom Keene, Helen Ferguson, Henry B. Walthall | Western | Independent |
| In the Headlines | John G. Adolfi | Grant Withers, Marian Nixon | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Iron Mask | Allan Dwan | Douglas Fairbanks, Belle Bennett | Romantic adventure | United Artists |
| Is Everybody Happy? | Archie Mayo | Ted Lewis, Alice Day | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| The Isle of Lost Ships | Irvin Willat | Jason Robards, Virginia Valli | Melodrama/Thriller | First National |
| It Can Be Done | Fred C. Newmeyer | Glenn Tryon, Sue Carol | Comedy | Universal |

## J–L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Jazz Age | Lynn Shores | Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Marceline Day | Melodrama | FBO |
| Jazz Heaven | Melville W. Brown | Sally O'Neil, Johnny Mack Brown | Dramedy | RKO |
| Joy Street | Raymond Cannon | Lois Moran, Rex Bell | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| Just Off Broadway | Frank O'Connor | Donald Keith, Ann Christy | Drama | Chesterfield |
| The Kid's Clever | William James Craft | Glenn Tryon, Kathryn Crawford | Comedy | Universal |
| Kid Gloves | Ray Enright | Conrad Nagel, Lois Wilson | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| King of the Herd | Frank Mattison | Raymond McKee, Nola Luxford | Western | Frank S. Mattison Productions |
| King of the Rodeo | Henry MacRae | Hoot Gibson, Kathryn Crawford | Western | Universal |
| The Kiss | Jacques Feyder | Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel | Romantic drama | MGM |
| The Lady Lies | Hobart Henley | Walter Huston, Claudette Colbert | Drama | Paramount |
| Lady of the Pavements | D. W. Griffith | Lupe Vélez, William Boyd | Romantic drama | Art Cinema |
| The Lariat Kid | B. Reeves Eason | Hoot Gibson, Ann Christy | Western | Universal |
| The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Sidney Franklin | Norma Shearer, Basil Rathbone | Dramedy | MGM |
| The Last Warning | Paul Leni | Laura La Plante, Montagu Love | Mystery | Universal |
| The Lawless Legion | Harry Joe Brown | Ken Maynard, Nora Lane | Western | First National |
| Law of the Plains | J. P. McGowan | Tom Tyler, Natalie Joyce | Western | J. P. McGowan Productions |
| The Letter | Jean de Limur | Jeanne Eagels, Reginald Owen | Drama | Paramount |
| Little Johnny Jones | Mervyn LeRoy | Alice Day, Edward Buzzell | Sport dramedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Locked Door | George Fitzmaurice | Rod LaRocque, Barbara Stanwyck, William "Stage" Boyd | Melodrama | Feature Productions |
| The Lone Wolf's Daughter | Albert S. Rogell | Bert Lytell, Gertrude Olmstead | Melodrama | Columbia |
| The Long Long Trail | Arthur Rosson | Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers | Western | Universal |
| The Lost Zeppelin | Edward Sloman | Conway Tearle, Virginia Valli | Adventure | Tiffany |
| Love and the Devil | Alexander Korda | Milton Sills, María Corda | Melodrama | First National |
| Love at First Sight | Edgar Lewis | Norman Foster, Doris Rankin | Musical comedy | Chesterfield |
| The Love Doctor | Melville W. Brown | Richard Dix, June Collyer | Comedy | Paramount |
| Love, Live and Laugh | William K. Howard | George Jessel, Lila Lee, John Loder | War drama | Fox Film |
| The Love Parade | Ernst Lubitsch | Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald | Musical | Paramount |
| The Love Racket | William A. Seiter | Dorothy Mackaill, Sidney Blackmer | Crime drama | First National |
| The Love Trap | William Wyler | Laura La Plante, Neil Hamilton | Romantic comedy | Universal |
| Lucky Boy | Norman Taurog | George Jessel, Gwen Lee | Musical dramedy | Tiffany |
| Lucky in Love | Kenneth Webb | Morton Downey, Betty Lawford, Colin Keith-Johnston | Musical | Pathe Exchange |
| Lucky Star | Frank Borzage | Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell | Melodrama | Fox Film |

## M–O

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Madame X | Lionel Barrymore | Ruth Chatterton, Lewis Stone | Drama | MGM |
| Madonna of Avenue A | Michael Curtiz | Dolores Costello, Grant Withers, Louise Dresser | Melodrama | Warner Bros. |
| Making the Grade | Alfred E. Green | Lois Moran, Edmund Lowe | Dramedy | Fox Film |
| The Man I Love | William A. Wellman | Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Olga Baclanova | Drama | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| The Man and the Moment | George Fitzmaurice | Billie Dove, Rod La Rocque | Dramedy | First National-Pathé |
| Man, Woman and Wife | Edward Laemmle | Norman Kerry, Pauline Starke, Marian Nixon | Drama | Universal |
| Marianne | Robert Z. Leonard | Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray, Cliff Edwards | Drama | Cosmopolitan |
| Marquis Preferred | Frank Tuttle | Adolphe Menjou, Nora Lane | Comedy | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Married in Hollywood | Marcel Silver | J. Harold Murray, Norma Terris | Romantic drama | Fox Film |
| Masked Emotions | Kenneth Hawks | George O'Brien, Nora Lane | Adventure | Fox Film |
| Masquerade | Russell Birdwell | Alan Birmingham, Leila Hyams | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| Melody Lane | Robert F. Hill | Eddie Leonard, Josephine Dunn | Musical melodrama | Universal |
| Mexicali Rose | Erle C. Kenton | Barbara Stanwyck, Sam Hardy | Romance | Columbia |
| Midstream | James Flood | Ricardo Cortez, Claire Windsor, Montagu Love | Drama | Tiffany |
| The Mighty | John Cromwell | George Bancroft, Esther Ralston, Warner Oland | Melodrama | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| The Million Dollar Collar | D. Ross Lederman | Rin Tin Tin, Evelyn Peirce | Melodrama | Warner Bros. |
| The Mississippi Gambler | Reginald Barker | Joseph Schildkraut, Joan Bennett | Romance | Universal |
| Mister Antonio | James Flood | Leo Carrillo, Virginia Valli | Drama | Tiffany |
| Molly and Me | Albert Ray | Belle Bennett, Joe E. Brown, Alberta Vaughn | Comedy | Tiffany |
| Modern Love | Arch Heath | Kathryn Crawford, Jean Hersholt | Dramedy | Universal |
| A Most Immoral Lady | John Griffith Wray | Leatrice Joy, Walter Pidgeon | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| My Lady's Past | Albert Ray | Belle Bennett, Joe E. Brown, Alma Bennett | Drama | Tiffany |
| The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu | Rowland V. Lee | Warner Oland, Jean Arthur | Drama/Thriller | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| The Mysterious Island | Lucien Hubbard | Lionel Barrymore, Jacqueline Gadsden | Adventure/Sci-fi | MGM |
| Navy Blues | Clarence Brown | William Haines, Anita Page | Dramedy | MGM |
| New Orleans | Reginald Barker | Ricardo Cortez, William Collier Jr., Alma Bennett | Melodrama | Tiffany |
| New Year's Eve | Henry Lehrman | Mary Astor, Charles Morton | Drama | Fox Film |
| New York Nights | Lewis Milestone | Norma Talmadge, Gilbert Roland | Crime | United Artists |
| Night Parade | Malcolm St. Clair | Aileen Pringle, Hugh Trevor, Dorothy Gulliver | Sport melodrama | RKO |
| Nix on Dames | Donald Gallaher | Mae Clarke, Robert Ames | Dramedy | Fox Film |
| No Defense | Lloyd Bacon | Monte Blue, May McAvoy | Romance | Warner Bros. |
| Noisy Neighbors | Charles Reisner | Eddie Quillan, Alberta Vaughn, Jane Keckley | Comedy | Pathe Exchange |
| Not Quite Decent | Irving Cummings | Louise Dresser, June Collyer | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| Oh, Yeah! | Tay Garnett | Robert Armstrong, James Gleason, Zasu Pitts | Action | Pathe Exchange |
| The Oklahoma Kid | J.P. McGowan | Bob Custer, Henry Roquemore | Western | Independent |
| One Hysterical Night | William James Craft | Reginald Denny, Nora Lane | Romantic comedy | Universal |
| One Splendid Hour | Cliff Wheeler | Viola Dana, George Periolat, Jack Richardson | Drama | Independent |
| One Stolen Night | Scott R. Dunlap | Betty Bronson, William Collier | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| The One Woman Idea | Berthold Viertel | Rod La Rocque, Marceline Day | Romance | Fox Film |
| On with the Show! | Alan Crosland | Joe E. Brown, Betty Compson | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Our Modern Maidens | Jack Conway | Joan Crawford, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Drama | MGM |
| Outlawed | Eugene Forde | Tom Mix, Sally Blane | Western | FBO |
| Overland Bound | Leo D. Maloney | Allene Ray, Jack Perrin, Lydia Knott | Western | Rayart |

## P–S

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Pagan | W. S. Van Dyke | Ramon Novarro, Renee Adoree, Donald Crisp | Romantic melodrama | MGM |
| The Painted Angel | Millard Webb | Billie Dove, Edmund Lowe | Melodrama | First National |
| Painted Faces | Albert S. Rogell | Joe E. Brown, Helen Foster, Barton Hepburn | Mystery | Tiffany |
| Paris | Clarence G. Badger | Irene Bordoni, Jack Buchanan | Musical comedy | First National |
| Paris Bound | Edward H. Griffith | Ann Harding, Fredric March | Romance | Pathé Exchange |
| The Peacock Fan | Phil Rosen | Lucien Prival, Dorothy Dwan | Mystery/Thriller | Chesterfield |
| The Phantom in the House | Phil Rosen | Ricardo Cortez, Nancy Welford | Crime | Trem Carr Productions |
| Pleasure Crazed | Donald Gallaher, Charles Klein | Marguerite Churchill, Kenneth MacKenna, Dorothy Burgess | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| Plunging Hoofs | Henry MacRae | Jack Perrin, Barbara Worth | Western | Universal |
| Pointed Heels | A. Edward Sutherland | William Powell, Fay Wray | Musical dramedy | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Points West | Arthur Rosson | Hoot Gibson, Alberta Vaughn | Western | Universal |
| Port of Dreams | Wesley Ruggles | Mary Philbin, Otis Harlan | Drama | Universal |
| The Pride of Pawnee | Robert De Lacey | Tom Tyler, Ethlyne Clair | Western | FBO |
| Prisoners | William A. Seiter | Corinne Griffith, Ian Keith | Drama | Walter Morosco |
| Protection | Benjamin Stoloff | Dorothy Burgess, Paul Page | Drama | Fox Film |
| Queen Kelly | Erich von Stroheim | Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron | Romance | United Artists |
| Queen of the Night Clubs | Bryan Foy | Texas Guinan, Lila Lee | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| The Quitter | Joseph Henabery | Ben Lyon, Dorothy Revier | Drama | Columbia |
| The Rainbow | Reginald Barker | Dorothy Sebastian, Lawrence Gray | Western | Tiffany |
| The Rainbow Man | Fred Newmeyer | Eddie Dowling, Frankie Darro | Musical dramedy | Sono Art |
| The Redeeming Sin | Howard Bretherton | Dolores Costello, Conrad Nagel | Romance | Warner Bros. |
| Redskin | Victor Schertzinger | Richard Dix, Jane Novak | Western | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Red Hot Rhythm | Leo McCarey | Alan Hale, Kathryn Crawford | Musical comedy | Pathé Exchange |
| Red Hot Speed | Joseph Henabery | Reginald Denny, Alice Day | Comedy | Universal |
| The Red Sword | Robert G. Vignola | William Collier Jr., Marian Nixon, Carmel Myers | Drama | FBO |
| The Rescue | Herbert Brenon | Ronald Colman, Lili Damita | Adventure/Romance | United Artists |
| The Ridin' Demon | Ray Taylor | Ted Wells, Kathleen Collins | Western | Universal |
| Rio Rita | Luther Reed | Bebe Daniels, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey | Musical | RKO |
| The River | Frank Borzage | Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan | Drama | Fox Film |
| Romance of the Rio Grande | Alfred Santell | Warner Baxter, Mona Maris | Western | Fox Film |
| The Royal Rider | Harry Joe Brown | Ken Maynard, Olive Hasbrouck | Western | First National |
| The Sacred Flame | Archie Mayo | Pauline Frederick, Conrad Nagel, Lila Lee | Romance | Warner Bros. |
| Sally | John Francis Dillon | Marilyn Miller, Alexander Gray | Musical comedy | First National |
| Salute | John Ford | George O'Brien, Helen Chandler | Sports | Fox Film |
| The Sap | Archie Mayo | Edward Everett Horton, Alan Hale | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Saturday's Children | Gregory La Cava | Corinne Griffith, Grant Withers | Romantic comedy | Walter Morosco Productions |
| The Saturday Night Kid | A. Edward Sutherland | Clara Bow, Jean Arthur | Romantic comedy | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Say It with Songs | Lloyd Bacon | Al Jolson, Davey Lee | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Scandal | Wesley Ruggles | Laura La Plante, John Boles | Drama | Universal |
| Scarlet Seas | John Francis Dillon | Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, Loretta Young | Romantic drama | First National |
| Señor Americano | Harry Joe Brown | Ken Maynard, Kathryn Crawford | Western | Universal |
| Seven Faces | Berthold Viertel | Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill | Romantic drama | Fox Film |
| Seven Footprints to Satan | Benjamin Christensen | Thelma Todd, Creighton Hale | Drama | First National |
| The Shakedown | William Wyler | James Murray, Barbara Kent | Melodrama | Universal |
| Shanghai Lady | John S. Robertson | Mary Nolan, James Murray | Drama | Universal |
| Shanghai Rose | Scott Pembroke | Irene Rich, William Conklin, Ruth Hiatt | Crime | Rayart |
| The Shannons of Broadway | Emmett J. Flynn | James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Mary Philbin | Comedy | Universal |
| She Goes to War | Henry King | Eleanor Boardman, John Holland | Drama | Inspiration |
| Show Boat | Harry A. Pollard | Laura La Plante, Joseph Schildkraut | Romance | Universal |
| The Show of Shows | John G. Adolfi | John Barrymore, Loretta Young, Richard Barthelmess | Musical revue | Warner Bros. |
| Side Street | Malcolm St. Clair | Owen Moore, Emma Dunn | Crime drama | RKO |
| Silent Sentinel | Alan James | Gareth Hughes, Josephine Hill | Crime melodrama | Chesterfield |
| Silks and Saddles | Robert F. Hill | Richard Walling, Marian Nixon | Sports | Universal |
| The Sin Sister | Charles Klein | Nancy Carroll, Josephine Dunn | Action/Adventure/Drama | Fox Film |
| Sin Town | J. Gordon Cooper, William K. Howard | Elinor Fair, Ivan Lebedeff | Western | Pathé Exchange |
| A Single Man | Harry Beaumont | Lew Cody, Marceline Day | Comedy | MGM |
| The Single Standard | John S. Robertson | Greta Garbo, Nils Asther, Johnny Mack Brown | Romantic drama | MGM |
| The Skeleton Dance | Walt Disney | | Animated short | Walt Disney |
| Skin Deep | Ray Enright | Monte Blue, Davey Lee, Betty Compson | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Skinner Steps Out | William James Craft | Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy | Comedy | Universal |
| The Sky Hawk | John G. Blystone | John Garrick, Helen Chandler | Crime/Romance/War | Fox Film |
| The Sky Skidder | Bruce Mitchell | Al Wilson, Helen Foster | Action | Universal |
| Slim Fingers | Joseph Levigard | Bill Cody, Duane Thompson | Mystery | Universal |
| Smilin' Guns | Henry MacRae | Hoot Gibson, Blanche Mehaffey | Western | Universal |
| Smiling Irish Eyes | William A. Seiter | Colleen Moore, James Hall | Dramedy | First National |
| The Smiling Terror | Joseph Levigard | Ted Wells, Derelys Perdue | Western | Universal |
| Smoke Bellew | Scott R. Dunlap | Conway Tearle, Barbara Bedford | Adventure | Independent |
| So Long Letty | Lloyd Bacon | Charlotte Greenwood, Claude Gillingwater | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Some Mother's Boy | Duke Worne | Mary Carr, Jason Robards Sr., Jobyna Ralston | Drama | Rayart |
| A Song of Kentucky | Lewis Seiler | Lois Moran, Joseph Wagstaff | Romance | Fox Film |
| Song of Love | Erle C. Kenton | Belle Baker, Ralph Graves | Musical | Columbia |
| The Sophomore | Leo McCarey | Eddie Quillan, Sally O'Neil, Jeanette Loff | Comedy | Pathe Exchange |
| South Sea Rose | Allan Dwan | Lenore Ulric, Charles Bickford | Romantic dramedy | Fox Film |
| Speakeasy | Benjamin Stoloff | Lola Lane, Paul Page | Sports romantic melodrama | Fox Film |
| Spite Marriage | Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton | Buster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian | Romantic comedy | MGM. Silent |
| The Squall | Alexander Korda | Richard Tucker, Alice Joyce | Melodrama | Warner Bros. |
| Square Shoulders | E. Mason Hopper | Frank Coghlan Jr., Louis Wolheim, Anita Louise | Drama | Pathe Exchange |
| St. Louis Blues | Dudley Murphy | Bessie Smith | Musical | RKO. Short film |
| Stark Mad | Lloyd Bacon | H. B. Warner, Louise Fazenda, Jacqueline Logan | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Stolen Kisses | Ray Enright | May McAvoy, Hallam Cooley | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Strange Cargo | Arthur Gregor | Lee Patrick, George Barraud | Mystery/Melodrama/Thriller | Pathé Exchange |
| Street Girl | Wesley Ruggles | Betty Compson, John Harron | Romantic comedy | RKO |
| Strong Boy | John Ford | Victor McLaglen, Leatrice Joy | Criminal dramedy | Fox Film |
| Sunny Side Up | David Butler | Janet Gaynor, Marjorie White | Romantic musical dramedy | Fox Film. Technicolor sequences |
| Syncopation | Bert Glennon | Barbara Bennett, Bobby Watson | RKO | |
| Synthetic Sin | William A. Seiter | Colleen Moore, Antonio Moreno | Dramedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Studio Murder Mystery | Frank Tuttle | Neil Hamilton, Doris Hill |

## T–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Talk of Hollywood | Mark Sandrich | Nat Carr, Fay Marbe | Musical comedy | Sono Art |
| The Taming of the Shrew | Sam Taylor | Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks | Comedy | United Artists |
| Tanned Legs | Marshall Neilan | Arthur Lake, June Clyde, Dorothy Revier | Musical comedy/Melodrama | RKO |
| They Had to See Paris | Frank Borzage | Will Rogers, Marguerite Churchill, Fifi D'Orsay | Comedy | Fox Film |
| The Thirteenth Chair | Tod Browning | Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams | Mystery melodrama | MGM |
| This Is Heaven | Alfred Santell | Vilma Bánky, James Hall | Romantic dramedy | United Artists |
| This Thing Called Love | Paul L. Stein | Edmund Lowe, Constance Bennett | Romantic drama | Pathé Exchange |
| Three Live Ghosts | Thornton Freeland | Joan Bennett, Robert Montgomery, Claud Allister | War comedy | United Artists |
| The Three Outcasts | Clifford Smith | Yakima Canutt, Pete Morrison, Gertrude Short | Western | Independent |
| Thru Different Eyes | John G. Blystone | Mary Duncan, Edmund Lowe, Warner Baxter | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| Thunder | William Nigh | Lon Chaney, Phyllis Haver | Melodrama | MGM |
| Thunderbolt | Josef von Sternberg | George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen | Melodrama | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Tide of Empire | Allan Dwan | Renee Adoree, Tom Keene | Western | MGM |
| Tiger Rose | George Fitzmaurice | Monte Blue, Lupe Vélez | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| The Time, the Place and the Girl | Howard Bretherton | Grant Withers, Betty Compson | Musical dramedy | Warner Bros. |
| Times Square | Joseph Boyle | Alice Day, Arthur Lubin, Emile Chautard | Drama | Independent |
| The Tip Off | Leigh Jason | Bill Cody, Duane Thompson | Crime | Universal |
| Tonight at Twelve | Harry A. Pollard | Madge Bellamy, Robert Ellis | Drama | Universal |
| Trent's Last Case | Howard Hawks | Raymond Griffith, Marceline Day | Thriller | Fox Film |
| The Trespasser | Edmund Goulding | Gloria Swanson, Robert Ames | Drama | United Artists |
| True Heaven | James Tinling | George O'Brien, Lois Moran | War drama | Fox Film |
| Twin Beds | Alfred Santell | Jack Mulhall, Patsy Ruth Miller | Comedy | First National |
| Two Men and a Maid | George Archainbaud | William Collier Jr., Alma Bennett | Drama | Tiffany |
| Two Sisters | Scott Pembroke | Viola Dana, Rex Lease, Claire Du Brey | Action, Adventure, Crime | Trem Carr Productions |
| Two Weeks Off | William Beaudine | Dorothy Mackaill, Gertrude Astor | Comedy | First National |
| Under the Southern Cross | Lew Collins | Patiti Warbrick, Witarina Mitchell | Documentary | Universal. Co-production with New Zealand |
| Unmasked | Edgar Lewis | Robert Warwick, Milton Krims, Sam Ash | Mystery | Independent |
| Untamed Justice | Harry S. Webb | Virginia Brown Faire, Gaston Glass, David Torrence | Action | Independent |
| The Vagabond Lover | Neil Marshall | Rudy Vallée, Sally Blane, Marie Dressler | Dramedy | RKO |
| The Valiant | William K. Howard | Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| The Veiled Woman | Emmett J. Flynn | Lia Torá, Walter McGrail | Drama | Fox Film |
| The Very Idea | Richard Rosson | Frank Craven, Hugh Trevor, Sally Blane | Comedy | RKO |
| The Virginian | Victor Fleming | Gary Cooper, Walter Huston | Western | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| The Wagon Master | Harry Joe Brown | Ken Maynard, Edith Roberts | Western | Ken Maynard Productions |
| Wall Street | Roy William Neill | Ralph Ince, Aileen Pringle | Melodrama | Columbia |
| Weary River | Frank Lloyd | Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson | Romantic drama | First National |
| Wedding Rings | William Beaudine | H. B. Warner, Lois Wilson | Drama | First National |
| Welcome Danger | Clyde Bruckman, Malcolm St. Clair | Harold Lloyd | Dramedy | Harold Lloyd Corporation. Lloyd's first talkie |
| When Dreams Come True | Duke Worne | Helene Costello, Rex Lease, Claire McDowell | Drama | Rayart |
| Where East is East | Tod Browning | Lon Chaney, Lupe Vélez | Melodrama | MGM |
| Whispering Winds | James Flood | Patsy Ruth Miller, Malcolm McGregor, Eve Southern | Melodrama | Tiffany |
| The White Outlaw | Robert J. Horner | Art Acord, Bill Patton, Lew Meehan | Western | Independent |
| Why Be Good? | William A. Seiter | Colleen Moore, Neil Hamilton | Comedy | First National |
| Why Leave Home? | Raymond Cannon | Sue Carol, Nick Stuart | Musical dramedy | Fox Film |
| Wild Orchids | Sidney Franklin | Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, Nils Asther | Romantic drama | MGM |
| The Winged Horseman | B. Reeves Eason | Hoot Gibson, Ruth Elder | Western | Universal |
| The Wolf of Wall Street | Rowland V. Lee | George Bancroft, Olga Baclanova, Nancy Carroll | Melodrama | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Wolf Song | Victor Fleming | Gary Cooper, Lupe Vélez | Western | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Wolves of the City | Leigh Jason | Bill Cody, Sally Blane | Crime | Universal |
| The Woman from Hell | A. F. Erickson | Mary Astor, Robert Armstrong | Melodrama | Fox Film |
| The Woman I Love | George Melford | Margaret Morris, Robert Frazer, Leota Lorraine | Drama | FBO |
| Woman to Woman | Victor Saville | Betty Compson, George Barraud | Romance | Tiffany |
| Woman Trap | William A. Wellman | Hal Skelly, Chester Morris, Evelyn Brent | Melodrama | Paramount Famous Lasky |
| Wonder of Women | Clarence Brown | Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams | Drama | MGM |
| Words and Music | James Tinling | Lois Moran, Helen Twelvetrees | Musical | Fox Film |
| Wyoming Tornado | J.P. McGowan | Art Acord, Peggy Montgomery, John Lowell | Western | Independent |
| Young Nowheres | Frank Lloyd | Richard Barthelmess, Marian Nixon | Romantic drama | First National |
| The Younger Generation | Frank Capra | Jean Hersholt, Lina Basquette, Ricardo Cortez | Drama | Columbia |