# List of American films of 1936

This list of American films of 1936 compiles American feature-length motion pictures that were released in 1936. The Great Ziegfeld won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

## A-B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 13 Hours by Air | Mitchell Leisen | Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, Brian Donlevy | Drama | Paramount |
| 15 Maiden Lane | Allan Dwan | Claire Trevor, Cesar Romero, Lloyd Nolan | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| 36 Hours to Kill | Eugene Forde | Brian Donlevy, Gloria Stuart, Warren Hymer | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Absolute Quiet | George B. Seitz | Lionel Atwill, Raymond Walburn, Irene Hervey | Comedy drama | MGM |
| The Accusing Finger | James P. Hogan | Paul Kelly, Kent Taylor, Marsha Hunt | Crime | Paramount |
| Aces and Eights | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Luana Walters, Rex Lease | Western | Independent |
| Aces Wild | Harry L. Fraser | Harry Carey, Gertrude Messinger, Theodore Lorch | Western | Independent |
| Adventure in Manhattan | Edward Ludwig | Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Reginald Owen | Comedy | Columbia |
| After the Thin Man | W. S. Van Dyke | William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart | Comedy mystery | MGM |
| Alibi for Murder | D. Ross Lederman | William Gargan, Marguerite Churchill, Gene Morgan | Crime | Columbia |
| All American Chump | Edwin L. Marin | Stuart Erwin, Betty Furness, Edmund Gwenn | Comedy | MGM |
| Along Came Love | Bert Lytell | Irene Hervey, H. B. Warner, Charles Starrett | Comedy | Paramount |
| Ambush Valley | Bernard B. Ray | Bob Custer, Victoria Vinton, Eddie Phillips | Western | Independent |
| And So They Were Married | Elliott Nugent | Mary Astor, Melvyn Douglas, Edith Fellows | Romantic comedy | Columbia |
| And Sudden Death | Charles Barton | Randolph Scott, Frances Drake, Tom Brown | Drama | Paramount |
| Anthony Adverse | Mervyn LeRoy | Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Woods, Anita Louise | Drama | Warner Bros. Best Picture nominee |
| Anything Goes | Lewis Milestone | Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Ida Lupino | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| Arizona Mahoney | James P. Hogan | Joe Cook, Robert Cummings, June Martel | Western | Paramount |
| The Arizona Raiders | James P. Hogan | Buster Crabbe, Raymond Hatton, Marsha Hunt | Western | Paramount |
| August Weekend | Charles Lamont | Valerie Hobson, Paul Harvey, Betty Compson | Drama | Chesterfield |
| Avenging Waters | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Ken Maynard, Beth Marion, Ward Bond | Western | Columbia |
| Back to Nature | James Tinling | Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Dixie Dunbar | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Banjo on My Knee | John Cromwell | Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Walter Brennan | Musical comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Below the Deadline | Charles Lamont | Cecilia Parker, Russell Hopton, Theodore von Eltz | Crime | Chesterfield |
| Beloved Enemy | H. C. Potter | Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, David Niven | Drama | United Artists |
| Bengal Tiger | Louis King | Barton MacLane, June Travis, Paul Graetz | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Beware of Ladies | Irving Pichel | Donald Cook, Judith Allen, George Meeker | Crime | Republic |
| The Big Broadcast of 1937 | Mitchell Leisen | Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| Big Brown Eyes | Raoul Walsh | Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, Walter Pidgeon | Comedy mystery | Paramount |
| The Big Game | George Nicholls Jr. | James Gleason, Bruce Cabot, June Travis | Sports | RKO |
| The Big Noise | Frank McDonald | Guy Kibbee, Warren Hull, Alma Lloyd | Crime comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Big Show | Mack V. Wright | Gene Autry, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| Black Gold | Russell Hopton | Frankie Darro, Gloria Shea, LeRoy Mason | Action | Independent |
| Blackmailer | Gordon Wiles | William Gargan, Florence Rice, H. B. Warner | Thriller | Columbia |
| Blazing Justice | Albert Herman | Bill Cody, Gertrude Messinger, Gordon Griffith | Western | Independent |
| The Bohemian Girl | James W. Horne, Charley Rogers | Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd | Comedy | MGM |
| The Bold Caballero | Wells Root | Robert Livingston, Heather Angel, Sig Ruman | Adventure | Republic |
| Border Caballero | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Lois January, Ralph Byrd | Western | Independent |
| Border Flight | Otho Lovering | Frances Farmer, John Howard, Grant Withers | Drama | Paramount |
| The Border Patrolman | David Howard | George O'Brien, Polly Ann Young, Mary Doran | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Born to Dance | Roy Del Ruth | Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce | Musical comedy | MGM |
| Born to Fight | Charles Hutchison | Frankie Darro, Jack La Rue, Sheila Bromley | Drama | Independent |
| The Boss Rider of Gun Creek | Lesley Selander | Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, Harvey Clark | Western | Universal |
| Boulder Dam | Frank McDonald | Ross Alexander, Patricia Ellis, Lyle Talbot | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Brand of the Outlaws | Robert N. Bradbury | Bob Steele, Margaret Marquis, Jack Rockwell | Western | Independent |
| The Bride Walks Out | Leigh Jason | Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young | Comedy | RKO |
| Brides Are Like That | William C. McGann | Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Gene Lockhart | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Bridge of Sighs | Phil Rosen | Onslow Stevens, Dorothy Tree, Walter Byron | Drama | Chesterfield |
| Brilliant Marriage | Phil Rosen | Joan Marsh, Hugh Marlowe, Inez Courtney | Drama | Chesterfield |
| Bulldog Edition | Charles Lamont | Evalyn Knapp, Ray Walker, Regis Toomey | Crime | Republic |
| Bullets or Ballots | William Keighley | Edward G. Robinson, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Bunker Bean | William Hamilton | Owen Davis, Louise Latimer, Lucille Ball | Comedy | RKO |
| Burning Gold | Sam Newfield | William Boyd, Judith Allen, Lloyd Ingraham | Western | Republic |

## C-D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Cain and Mabel | Lloyd Bacon | Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins | Romantic comedy | Warner Bros. |
| California Mail | Noel M. Smith | Dick Foran, Edmund Cobb, Milton Kibbee | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Call of the Prairie | Howard Bretherton | William Boyd, Muriel Evans, James Ellison | Western | Paramount |
| Camille | George Cukor | Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore | Drama, Romance | MGM |
| Can This Be Dixie? | George Marshall | Jane Withers, Slim Summerville, Hattie McDaniel | Comedy, Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Captain Calamity | John Reinhardt | George Houston, Marian Nixon, Vince Barnett | Adventure, Romance | Grand National |
| Captain January | David Butler | Shirley Temple, Buddy Ebsen, Guy Kibbee | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| The Captain's Kid | Nick Grinde | May Robson, Sybil Jason, Guy Kibbee | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Career Woman | Lewis Seiler | Claire Trevor, Michael Whalen, Isabel Jewell | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Caryl of the Mountains | Bernard B. Ray | Lois Wilde, Ralph Bushman, Josef Swickard | Adventure | Independent |
| The Case Against Mrs. Ames | William A. Seiter | Madeleine Carroll, George Brent, Arthur Treacher | Drama | Paramount |
| The Case of the Black Cat | William C. McGann | Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Guy Usher | Mystery | Warner Bros. Perry Mason |
| The Case of the Velvet Claws | William Clemens | Warren William, Claire Dodd, Winifred Shaw | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| The Cattle Thief | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Ken Maynard, Geneva Mitchell, Ward Bond | Western | Columbia |
| Cavalcade of the West | Harry L. Fraser | Hoot Gibson, Rex Lease, Marion Shilling | Western | Grand National |
| Cavalry | Robert N. Bradbury | Bob Steele, Frances Grant, Karl Hackett | Western | Republic |
| Ceiling Zero | Howard Hawks | James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Barton MacLane | Drama, Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Champagne Charlie | James Tinling | Paul Cavanagh, Helen Wood, Thomas Beck | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade | Michael Curtiz | Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp | Drama, Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Charlie Chan at the Circus | Harry Lachman | Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Maxine Reiner | Comedy, Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Charlie Chan at the Opera | H. Bruce Humberstone | Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Boris Karloff | Comedy, Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Charlie Chan at the Race Track | H. Bruce Humberstone | Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood | Comedy, Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Charlie Chan's Secret | Gordon Wiles | Warner Oland, Rosina Lawrence, Henrietta Crosman | Comedy, Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Chatterbox | George Nicholls Jr. | Anne Shirley, Phillips Holmes, Lucille Ball | Comedy, Drama | RKO |
| China Clipper | Ray Enright | Pat O'Brien, Ross Alexander, Humphrey Bogart | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Code of the Range | Charles C. Coleman | Charles Starrett, Edward Coxen, Allan Cavan | Western | Columbia |
| Colleen | Alfred E. Green | Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert | Comedy, Musical | Warner Bros. |
| College Holiday | Frank Tuttle | George Burns, Gracie Allen, Jack Benny | Comedy | Paramount |
| Come and Get It | Howard Hawks, William Wyler | Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan | Drama | United Artists |
| Come Closer, Folks | D. Ross Lederman | James Dunn, Marian Marsh, Wynne Gibson | Comedy | Columbia |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | Mack V. Wright | Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| Conflict | David Howard | John Wayne, Jean Rogers, Ward Bond | Drama, Sport | Universal |
| Counterfeit | Erle C. Kenton | Lloyd Nolan, Chester Morris, George McKay | Drama, Crime | Columbia |
| Counterfeit Lady | D. Ross Lederman | Ralph Bellamy, Joan Perry, Douglass Dumbrille | Comedy | Columbia |
| The Country Beyond | Eugene Forde | Rochelle Hudson, Paul Kelly, Alan Hale | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Country Doctor | Henry King | Jean Hersholt, Jane Darwell, John Qualen | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Country Gentlemen | Ralph Staub | Chic Johnson, Ole Olsen, Joyce Compton | Comedy | Republic |
| The Cowboy and the Kid | Ray Taylor | Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier, Harry Worth | Western | Universal |
| The Cowboy Star | David Selman | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Marc Lawrence | Western | Columbia |
| Crack-Up | Malcolm St. Clair | Peter Lorre, Brian Donlevy, Helen Wood | Drama | Fox |
| Craig's Wife | Dorothy Arzner | Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Alma Kruger | Drama | Columbia |
| Crash Donovan | William Nigh | Jack Holt, Ward Bond, Nan Grey | Drama, Crime | Universal |
| The Crime of Dr. Forbes | George Marshall | Gloria Stuart, Robert Kent, Henry Armetta | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| The Crooked Trail | S. Roy Luby | Johnny Mack Brown, Lucile Browne, John Merton | Western | Independent |
| Dancing Feet | Joseph Santley | Ben Lyon, Joan Marsh, Edward Nugent | Comedy | Republic |
| Dancing Pirate | Lloyd Corrigan | Charles Collins, Frank Morgan, Steffi Duna | Musical | RKO |
| Dangerous Intrigue | David Selman | Ralph Bellamy, Gloria Shea, Joan Perry | Drama | Columbia |
| Dangerous Waters | Lambert Hillyer | Robert Armstrong, Jack Holt, Edwin Maxwell | Drama | Universal |
| Daniel Boone | David Howard | George O'Brien, Heather Angel, John Carradine | Western | RKO |
| The Dark Hour | Charles Lamont | Ray Walker, Irene Ware, Hedda Hopper | Mystery | Chesterfield |
| Death in the Air | Elmer Clifton | Lona Andre, John Carroll, Leon Ames | Drama, Mystery | |
| Desert Gold | James P. Hogan | Buster Crabbe, Robert Cummings, Marsha Hunt | Western | Paramount |
| Desert Guns | Charles Hutchison | Conway Tearle, Margaret Morris, William Gould | Western | Independent |
| Desert Justice | William Berke | Jack Perrin, Warren Hymer, David Sharpe | Western | Independent |
| Desert Phantom | S. Roy Luby | Johnny Mack Brown, Sheila Bromley, Ted Adams | Western | Independent |
| Desire | Frank Borzage | Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, William Frawley | Comedy, Drama | Paramount |
| The Devil Is a Sissy | W. S. Van Dyke | Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper, Mickey Rooney | Comedy drama | MGM |
| The Devil on Horseback | Crane Wilbur | Lili Damita, Fred Keating, Renee Torres | Comedy | Grand National |
| Devil's Squadron | Erle C. Kenton | Richard Dix, Lloyd Nolan, Karen Morley | Drama, Action | Columbia |
| The Devil-Doll | Tod Browning | Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Pedro de Cordoba | Science fiction | MGM |
| Dimples | William A. Seiter | Shirley Temple, Frank Morgan, Helen Westley | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Dodge City Trail | Charles C. Coleman | Charles Starrett, Russell Hicks, Si Jenks | Western | Columbia |
| Dodsworth | William Wyler | Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Mary Astor | Drama | United Artists. Best Picture nominee |
| Don't Gamble with Love | Dudley Murphy | Ann Sothern, Bruce Cabot, Irving Pichel | Drama | Columbia |
| Don't Get Personal | William Nigh | James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Pinky Tomlin | Comedy | Universal |
| Don't Turn 'Em Loose | Ben Stoloff | Lewis Stone, James Gleason, Betty Grable | Crime drama | RKO |
| Doughnuts and Society | Lewis D. Collins | Maude Eburne, Louise Fazenda, Franklin Pangborn | Comedy | Republic |
| Down the Stretch | William Clemens | Willie Best, Mickey Rooney, Patricia Ellis | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Down to the Sea | Lewis D. Collins | Ben Lyon, Ann Rutherford, Russell Hardie | Drama | Republic |
| Dracula's Daughter | Lambert Hillyer | Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, John Carradine | Horror | Universal |
| The Drag-Net | Vin Moore | Rod La Rocque, Marian Nixon, Betty Compson | Crime | Independent |
| Drift Fence | Otho Lovering | Buster Crabbe, Katherine DeMille, Tom Keene | Western | Paramount |

## E-F

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Early to Bed | Norman Z. McLeod | Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, Lucien Littlefield | Comedy | Paramount |
| Earthworm Tractors | Ray Enright | Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Guy Kibbee | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Easy Money | Phil Rosen | Onslow Stevens, Kay Linaker, Noel Madison | Crime | Chesterfield |
| Easy to Take | Glenn Tryon | Marsha Hunt, John Howard, Eugene Pallette | Comedy | Paramount |
| Educating Father | James Tinling | Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Dixie Dunbar | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Ellis Island | Phil Rosen | Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon, Bradley Page | Crime drama | Chesterfield |
| Empty Saddles | Lesley Selander | Buck Jones, Louise Brooks, Harvey Clark | Western | Universal |
| End of the Trail | Erle C. Kenton | Jack Holt, Louise Henry, Douglass Dumbrille | Western | Columbia |
| Everybody's Old Man | James Flood | Irvin S. Cobb, Rochelle Hudson, Sara Haden | Comedy drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Everyman's Law | Albert Ray | Johnny Mack Brown, Beth Marion, Frank Campeau | Western | Independent |
| Every Saturday Night | James Tinling | June Lang, Thomas Beck, Jed Prouty | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Stephen Roberts | William Powell, Jean Arthur, Eric Blore | Comedy mystery | RKO |
| Exclusive Story | George B. Seitz | Franchot Tone, Madge Evans, Joseph Calleia | Drama | MGM |
| F-Man | Edward F. Cline | Jack Haley, William Frawley, Grace Bradley | Comedy | Paramount |
| A Face in the Fog | Robert F. Hill | Lawrence Gray, June Collyer, Forrest Taylor | Mystery | Independent |
| The Farmer in the Dell | Ben Holmes | Frank Albertson, Moroni Olsen, Lucille Ball | Comedy | RKO |
| Fast Bullets | Harry S. Webb | Tom Tyler, Rex Lease, William Gould | Western | Independent |
| Fatal Lady | Edward Ludwig | Mary Ellis, Ruth Donnelly, Samuel S. Hinds | Mystery | Paramount |
| Federal Agent | Sam Newfield | William Boyd, Irene Ware, Don Alvarado | Crime | Republic |
| Feud of the West | Harry L. Fraser | Hoot Gibson, Joan Barclay, Bob Kortman | Western | Grand National |
| The Final Hour | D. Ross Lederman | Ralph Bellamy, Marguerite Churchill, John Gallaudet | Drama | Columbia |
| The First Baby | Lewis Seiler | Marjorie Gateson, Shirley Deane, Hattie McDaniel | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Florida Special | Ralph Murphy | Frances Drake, Jack Oakie, Claude Gillingwater | Comedy | Paramount |
| Flying Hostess | Murray Roth | William Gargan, Judith Barrett, Astrid Allwyn | Drama | Universal |
| Follow the Fleet | Mark Sandrich | Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball | Musical comedy | RKO |
| Follow Your Heart | Aubrey Scotto | Marion Talley, Luis Alberni, Nigel Bruce | Drama, Musical | Republic |
| For the Service | Buck Jones | Buck Jones, Beth Marion, Phillip Trent | Western | Universal |
| Forgotten Faces | E. A. Dupont | Herbert Marshall, Gertrude Michael, Robert Cummings | Drama | Paramount |
| Four Days' Wonder | Sidney Salkow | Kenneth Howell, Martha Sleeper, Alan Mowbray | Mystery | Universal |
| Frankie and Johnny | John H. Auer, Chester Erskine | Helen Morgan, Chester Morris, Walter Kingsford | Drama | Republic |
| Freshman Love | William C. McGann | Frank McHugh, Patricia Ellis, Mary Treen | Comedy, Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| From Nine to Nine | Edgar G. Ulmer | Ruth Roland, Roland Drew, Kenne Duncan | Mystery | Independent |
| Fugitive in the Sky | Nick Grinde | Jean Muir, Warren Hull, Winifred Shaw | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Fugitive Sheriff | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Ken Maynard, Beth Marion, Walter Miller | Western | Columbia |
| Fury | Fritz Lang | Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, Walter Brennan | Drama, Crime | MGM |
| Fury Below | Harry L. Fraser | Russell Gleason, Maxine Doyle, LeRoy Mason | Action | Independent |

## G-H

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Galloping Dynamite | Harry L. Fraser | Kermit Maynard, John Merton, Stanley Blystone | Western | Independent |
| Gambling with Souls | Elmer Clifton | Wheeler Oakman, Bryant Washburn, Vera Steadman | Crime drama | Independent |
| The Garden Murder Case | Edwin L. Marin | Edmund Lowe, Virginia Bruce, Benita Hume | Mystery | MGM |
| The Garden of Allah | Richard Boleslawski | Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone | Drama | United Artists |
| The Gay Desperado | Rouben Mamoulian | Ida Lupino, Leo Carrillo, Nino Martini | Comedy | United Artists |
| The General Died at Dawn | Lewis Milestone | Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Akim Tamiroff | Drama | Paramount |
| General Spanky | Fred Newmeyer | George McFarland, Phillips Holmes, Rosina Lawrence | Comedy | MGM |
| Gentle Julia | John G. Blystone | Jane Withers, Tom Brown, Marsha Hunt | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Gentleman from Louisiana | Irving Pichel | Eddie Quillan, Charlotte Henry, John Miljan | Drama | Republic |
| Ghost Patrol | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Claudia Dell, Wheeler Oakman | Action | Independent |
| Ghost-Town Gold | Joseph Kane | Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune | Western | Republic |
| Ghost Town | Harry L. Fraser | Harry Carey, David Sharpe, Jane Novak | Western | Independent |
| The Girl from Mandalay | Howard Bretherton | Conrad Nagel, Kay Linaker, Esther Ralston | Action | Republic |
| Girl of the Ozarks | William Shea | Virginia Weidler, Henrietta Crosman, Leif Erickson | Drama | Paramount |
| The Girl on the Front Page | Harry Beaumont | Gloria Stuart, Edmund Lowe, Spring Byington | Comedy, Drama | Universal |
| Girls' Dormitory | Irving Cummings | Herbert Marshall, Ruth Chatterton, Simone Simon | Romance | 20th Century Fox |
| Give Me Your Heart | Archie Mayo | Kay Francis, George Brent, Roland Young, Patric Knowles | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Give Us This Night | Alexander Hall | Gladys Swarthout, Jan Kiepura, Alan Mowbray | Musical | Paramount |
| The Glory Trail | Lynn Shores | Tom Keene, Joan Barclay, Frank Melton | Western | Independent |
| Go-Get-'Em, Haines | Sam Newfield | William Boyd, Sheila Terry, Eleanor Hunt | Mystery | Republic |
| Go West, Young Man | Henry Hathaway | Mae West, Warren William, Alice Brady | Comedy | Paramount |
| Gold Diggers of 1937 | Busby Berkeley, Lloyd Bacon | Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Victor Moore | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| The Golden Arrow | Alfred E. Green | Bette Davis, George Brent, Eugene Pallette | Comedy, Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Gorgeous Hussy | Clarence Brown | Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone | Historical | MGM |
| Grand Jury | Albert S. Rogell | Fred Stone, Louise Latimer, Owen Davis Jr. | Drama | RKO |
| Great Guy | John G. Blystone | James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Edward Brophy | Crime | Grand National |
| The Great Ziegfeld | Robert Z. Leonard | William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer | Musical Biography | MGM. Academy Award for Best Picture |
| The Green Pastures | William Keighley | Rex Ingram, Al Stokes, Eddie Anderson | Fantasy | Warner Bros. |
| Gun Grit | William Berke | Jack Perrin, David Sharpe, Roger Williams | Western | Independent |
| The Gun Ranger | Robert N. Bradbury | Bob Steele, Eleanor Stewart, Ernie Adams | Western | Republic |
| Gun Smoke | Bartlett Carré | Marion Shilling, Bud Osborne, Roger Williams | Western | Independent |
| Guns and Guitars | Joseph Kane | Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Dorothy Dix | Western | Republic |
| Half Angel | Sidney Lanfield | Frances Dee, Brian Donlevy, Charles Butterworth | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Hair-Trigger Casey | Harry L. Fraser | Jack Perrin, Betty Mack, Robert Walker | Western | Independent |
| Happy Go Lucky | Aubrey Scotto | Phil Regan, Evelyn Venable, Jed Prouty | Musical | Republic |
| The Harvester | Joseph Santley | Alice Brady, Ann Rutherford, Russell Hardie | Comedy | Republic |
| Hats Off | Boris Petroff | Mae Clarke, John Payne, Luis Alberni | Musical | Grand National |
| Headin' for the Rio Grande | Robert N. Bradbury | Tex Ritter, Warner Richmond, Eleanor Stewart | Western | Grand National |
| Headline Crasher | Leslie Goodwins | Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Muriel Evans | Drama | Independent |
| Heart of the West | Howard Bretherton | William Boyd, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Paramount |
| Hearts Divided | Frank Borzage | Claude Rains, Dick Powell, Marion Davies | Comedy, Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Hearts in Bondage | Lew Ayres | James Dunn, Mae Clarke, David Manners | War | Republic |
| Hell-Ship Morgan | D. Ross Lederman | George Bancroft, Ann Sothern, Victor Jory | Drama | Columbia |
| Her Master's Voice | Joseph Santley | Edward Everett Horton, Peggy Conklin, Laura Hope Crews | Comedy | Paramount |
| Here Comes Carter | William Clemens | Ross Alexander, Glenda Farrell, Anne Nagel | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Here Comes Trouble | Lewis Seiler | Paul Kelly, Arline Judge, Mona Barrie | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Heroes of the Range | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Ken Maynard, June Gale, Harry Woods | Western | Columbia |
| Hideaway Girl | George Archainbaud | Shirley Ross, Robert Cummings, Martha Raye | Comedy | Paramount |
| High Tension | Allan Dwan | Brian Donlevy, Glenda Farrell, Norman Foster | Comedy drama | 20th Century Fox |
| His Brother's Wife | W. S. Van Dyke | Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Jean Hersholt | Drama | MGM |
| Hitch Hike to Heaven | Frank R. Strayer | Henrietta Crosman, Herbert Rawlinson, Russell Gleason | Drama | Chesterfield |
| Hollywood Boulevard | Robert Florey | John Halliday, Robert Cummings, Marsha Hunt | Drama | Paramount |
| Hopalong Cassidy Returns | Nate Watt | William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, Gail Sheridan | Western | Paramount |
| Hot Money | William C. McGann | Joseph Cawthorn, Beverly Roberts, Ross Alexander | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The House of a Thousand Candles | Arthur Lubin | Phillips Holmes, Mae Clarke, Rosita Moreno | Thriller | Republic |
| House of Secrets | Roland D. Reed | Muriel Evans, Leslie Fenton, Noel Madison | Drama, Mystery | Chesterfield |
| Human Cargo | Allan Dwan | Claire Trevor, Brian Donlevy, Alan Dinehart | Action | 20th Century Fox |

## I-J

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| I Conquer the Sea! | Victor Halperin | Steffi Duna, Dennis Morgan, Douglas Walton | Drama | Independent |
| I Cover Chinatown | Norman Foster | Elaine Shepard, Theodore von Eltz, Vince Barnett | Crime | Independent |
| I Married a Doctor | Archie Mayo | Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Ross Alexander | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| I'd Give My Life | Edwin L. Marin | Guy Standing, Frances Drake, Tom Brown | Drama | Paramount |
| Idaho Kid | Robert F. Hill | Rex Bell, Marion Shilling, David Sharpe | Western | Independent |
| In His Steps | Karl Brown | Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker, Harry Beresford | Drama | Grand National |
| In Paris, A.W.O.L. | Roland D. Reed | Lola Lane, Irene Ware, Lawrence Gray | Comedy | Independent |
| The Invisible Ray | Lambert Hillyer | Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake | Science fiction | Universal |
| Isle of Fury | Frank McDonald | Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Woods | Drama, Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| It Couldn't Have Happened – But It Did | Phil Rosen | Reginald Denny, Evelyn Brent, Jack La Rue | Crime drama | Chesterfield |
| It Had to Happen | Roy Del Ruth | George Raft, Rosalind Russell, Alan Dinehart | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| It's Up to You | Christy Cabanne | Erville Alderson, Betty Blythe, James P. Burtis | Crime drama | Independent |
| Jailbreak | Nick Grinde | Barton MacLane, June Travis, Craig Reynolds | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Jungle Princess | Wilhelm Thiele | Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland, Molly Lamont | Drama, Adventure | Paramount |
| Just My Luck | Ray Heinz | Charles Ray, Anne Grey, Eddie Nugent | Comedy | Independent |

## K-L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Kelly of the Secret Service | Robert F. Hill | Lloyd Hughes, Jack Mulhall, Sheila Bromley | Mystery | Independent |
| Kelly the Second | Gus Meins | Patsy Kelly, Guinn Williams, Charley Chase | Comedy | MGM |
| The Kid Ranger | Robert N. Bradbury | Bob Steele, William Farnum, Joan Barclay | Western | Independent |
| Killer at Large | David Selman | Mary Brian, George McKay, Betty Compson | Mystery | Columbia |
| King of Burlesque | Sidney Lanfield | Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Fats Waller | Comedy, Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| King of Hockey | Noel M. Smith | Dick Purcell, Anne Nagel, Marie Wilson | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| King of the Pecos | Joseph Kane | John Wayne, Muriel Evans, Cy Kendall | Western | Republic |
| King of the Royal Mounted | Howard Bretherton | Robert Kent, Rosalind Keith, Alan Dinehart | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The King Steps Out | Josef von Sternberg | Grace Moore, Franchot Tone, Victor Jory | Musical | Columbia |
| Klondike Annie | Raoul Walsh | Mae West, Victor McLaglen, Phillip Reed | Comedy | Paramount |
| Ladies in Love | Edward H. Griffith | Loretta Young, Janet Gaynor, Don Ameche | Comedy, Romance | Fox |
| Lady Be Careful | Theodore Reed | Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle, Grant Withers | Drama | Paramount |
| The Lady Consents | Stephen Roberts | Ann Harding, Herbert Marshall, Margaret Lindsay | Melodrama | RKO |
| Lady from Nowhere | Gordon Wiles | Mary Astor, Charles Quigley, Thurston Hall | Crime | Columbia |
| Lady Luck | Charles Lamont | Patricia Farr, Iris Adrian, Jameson Thomas | Comedy | Chesterfield |
| Lady of Secrets | Marion Gering | Ruth Chatterton, Lionel Atwill, Otto Kruger | Drama | Columbia |
| Last of the Warrens | Robert N. Bradbury | Bob Steele, Margaret Marquis, Charles King | Western | Independent |
| The Last Outlaw | Christy Cabanne | Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson, Tom Tyler | Western | RKO |
| The Last of the Mohicans | George B. Seitz | Randolph Scott, Bruce Cabot, Henry Wilcoxon | Adventure | United Artists |
| Laughing at Trouble | Frank R. Strayer | Jane Darwell, Allan Lane, Lois Wilson | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Laughing Irish Eyes | Joseph Santley | Phil Regan, Evalyn Knapp, Walter C. Kelly | Comedy | Republic |
| Law and Lead | Robert F. Hill | Rex Bell, Harlene Wood, Hal Taliaferro | Western | Independent |
| The Law in Her Hands | William Clemens | Margaret Lindsay, Glenda Farrell, Warren Hull | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Law Rides | Robert N. Bradbury | Bob Steele, Harley Wood, Buck Connors | Western | Independent |
| The Lawless Nineties | Joseph Kane | John Wayne, Ann Rutherford, Gabby Hayes | Western | Republic |
| The Leathernecks Have Landed | Howard Bretherton | Lew Ayres, Clay Clement, Ward Bond | Drama, Adventure | Republic |
| The Leavenworth Case | Lewis D. Collins | Donald Cook, Jean Rouverol, Norman Foster | Mystery | Republic |
| Legion of Terror | Charles C. Coleman | Bruce Cabot, Ward Bond, Marguerite Churchill | Drama, Crime | Columbia |
| Let's Make a Million | Ray McCarey | Charlotte Wynters, Edward Everett Horton, Porter Hall | Comedy | Paramount |
| Let's Sing Again | Kurt Neumann | Bobby Breen, Henry Armetta, Vivienne Osborne | Musical | RKO |
| Libeled Lady | Jack Conway | Jean Harlow, William Powell, Spencer Tracy | Comedy, Romance | MGM. Best Picture nominee |
| Lightnin' Bill Carson | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Lois January, Rex Lease | Western | Independent |
| The Lion's Den | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Joan Woodbury, Don Barclay | Western | Independent |
| The Lion Man | John P. McCarthy | Jon Hall, Kathleen Burke, Ted Adams | Adventure | Independent |
| Little Lord Fauntleroy | John Cromwell | Freddie Bartholomew, C. Aubrey Smith, Mickey Rooney | Comedy, Drama | United Artists |
| Little Miss Nobody | John G. Blystone | Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Ralph Morgan | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Little Red Schoolhouse | Charles Lamont | Lloyd Hughes, Dickie Moore, Ann Doran | Drama | Chesterfield |
| Lloyd's of London | Henry King | Freddie Bartholomew, Madeleine Carroll, Tyrone Power | Historical | Fox |
| The Lonely Trail | Joseph Kane | John Wayne, Ann Rutherford, Cy Kendall | Western | Republic |
| The Longest Night | Errol Taggart | Robert Young, Florence Rice, Julie Haydon | Mystery | MGM |
| Love Before Breakfast | Walter Lang | Carole Lombard, Cesar Romero, Preston Foster | Comedy | Universal |
| Love Begins at 20 | Frank McDonald | Hugh Herbert, Patricia Ellis, Warren Hull | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Love Letters of a Star | Lewis R. Foster | Polly Rowles, Walter Coy, Ralph Forbes | Mystery | Universal |
| Love on a Bet | Leigh Jason | Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie, Helen Broderick | Romantic Comedy | RKO |
| Love on the Run | W. S. Van Dyke | Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone | Comedy, Romance | MGM |
| The Luckiest Girl in the World | Edward Buzzell | Jane Wyatt, Eugene Pallette, Catherine Doucet | Comedy | Universal |
| Lucky Corrigan | Lewis D. Collins | William Gargan, Molly Lamont, Libby Taylor | Drama | Columbia |
| Lucky Terror | Alan James | Hoot Gibson Lona Andre, George Chesebro | Western | Grand National |

## M-N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| M'Liss | George Nicholls | Anne Shirley, John Beal, Guy Kibbee | Drama | RKO |
| Mad Holiday | George B. Seitz | Edmund Lowe, Elissa Landi, ZaSu Pitts | Comedy, Mystery | MGM |
| The Magnificent Brute | John G. Blystone | Victor McLaglen, Binnie Barnes, Jean Dixon | Drama | Universal |
| Make Way for a Lady | David Burton | Anne Shirley, Herbert Marshall, Gertrude Michael | Comedy | RKO |
| A Man Betrayed | John H. Auer | Edward J. Nugent, Kay Hughes, Theodore von Eltz | Crime comedy | Republic |
| Man Hunt | William Clemens | Ricardo Cortez, Marguerite Churchill, William Gargan | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Man I Marry | Ralph Murphy | Doris Nolan, Nigel Bruce, Michael Whalen | Drama | Universal |
| The Man Who Lived Twice | Harry Lachman | Ralph Bellamy, Thurston Hall, Isabel Jewell | Drama, Crime | Columbia |
| The Mandarin Mystery | Ralph Staub | Eddie Quillan, Charlotte Henry, Rita La Roy | Mystery | Republic |
| Mariners of the Sky | Nate Watt | William Gargan, Claire Dodd, Douglas Fowley | Comedy | Republic |
| Mary of Scotland | John Ford | Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Moroni Olsen | Historical | RKO |
| Men of the Plains | Robert F. Hill | Rex Bell, Joan Barclay, Charles King | Western | Independent |
| Meet Nero Wolfe | Herbert Biberman | Edward Arnold, Lionel Stander, Dennie Moore | Mystery | Columbia |
| A Message to Garcia | George Marshall | John Boles, Barbara Stanwyck, Wallace Beery | War | 20th Century Fox |
| The Milky Way | Leo McCarey | Harold Lloyd, Adolphe Menjou, Helen Mack | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Millionaire Kid | Bernard B. Ray | Bryant Washburn, Betty Compson, Charles Delaney | Drama | Independent |
| Mind Your Own Business | Norman Z. McLeod | Charles Ruggles, Alice Brady, Gene Lockhart | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Mine with the Iron Door | David Howard | Richard Arlen, Cecilia Parker, Henry B. Walthall | Adventure | Columbia |
| Missing Girls | Phil Rosen | Roger Pryor, Muriel Evans, Noel Madison | Crime | Chesterfield |
| Modern Times | Charles Chaplin | Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Chester Conklin | Comedy drama | United Artists |
| The Moon's Our Home | William A. Seiter | Henry Fonda, Margaret Sullavan, Walter Brennan | Comedy | Paramount |
| Moonlight Murder | Edwin L. Marin | Chester Morris, Madge Evans, Benita Hume | Crime | MGM |
| More Than a Secretary | Alfred E. Green | Jean Arthur, George Brent, Ruth Donnelly | Comedy, Romance | Columbia |
| Mr. Cinderella | Edward Sedgwick | Betty Furness, Arthur Treacher, Jack Haley | Comedy | MGM |
| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Frank Capra | Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, Lionel Stander | Comedy | Columbia. Best Picture nominee |
| Mummy's Boys | Fred Guiol | Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Barbara Pepper | Comedy | RKO |
| Murder at Glen Athol | Frank R. Strayer | John Miljan, Irene Ware, Iris Adrian | Mystery | Chesterfield |
| Murder by an Aristocrat | Frank McDonald | Lyle Talbot, Marguerite Churchill, Claire Dodd | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| The Murder of Dr. Harrigan | Frank McDonald | Ricardo Cortez, Kay Linaker, Mary Astor | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Murder on a Bridle Path | William Hamilton | James Gleason, Helen Broderick, Louise Latimer | Mystery | RKO |
| Murder with Pictures | Charles Barton | Lew Ayres, Gail Patrick, Paul Kelly | Mystery | Paramount |
| The Music Goes 'Round | Victor Schertzinger | Harry Richman, Rochelle Hudson, Walter Connolly | Musical | Columbia |
| Muss 'Em Up | Charles Vidor | Preston Foster, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Morgan | Mystery | RKO |
| My American Wife | Harold Young | Francis Lederer, Ann Sothern, Billie Burke | Comedy | Paramount |
| My Man Godfrey | Gregory La Cava | William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, | Comedy | Universal |
| My Marriage | George Archainbaud | Claire Trevor, Kent Taylor, Pauline Frederick | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Mysterious Avenger | David Selman | Charles Starrett, Joan Perry, Wheeler Oakman | Western | Columbia |
| Mysterious Crossing | Arthur Lubin | James Dunn, Jean Rogers, Andy Devine | Mystery | Universal |
| Neighborhood House | Alan Hale | Charley Chase, Rosina Lawrence, Darla Hood | Comedy | MGM |
| Next Time We Love | Edward H. Griffith | James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Ray Milland | Drama, Romance | Universal |
| Night Cargo | Charles Hutchison | Lloyd Hughes, Julie Bishop, Walter Miller | Crime | Independent |
| Night Waitress | Lew Landers | Margot Grahame, Gordon Jones, Billy Gilbert | Drama, Crime | RKO |
| Nobody's Fool | Arthur Greville Collins | Edward Everett Horton, Glenda Farrell, Cesar Romero | Comedy | Universal |
| North of Nome | William Nigh | Jack Holt, Evelyn Venable, John Miljan | Drama | Columbia |

## O-P

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| O'Malley of the Mounted | David Howard | George O'Brien, Irene Ware, Stanley Fields | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Oh, Susanna! | Joseph Kane | Gene Autry, Frances Grant, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| The Old Corral | Joseph Kane | Gene Autry, Irene Manning, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| Old Hutch | J. Walter Ruben | Wallace Beery, Cecilia Parker, Eric Linden | Comedy | MGM |
| One in a Million | Sidney Lanfield | Sonja Henie, Adolphe Menjou, Don Ameche | Comedy, Musical | Fox |
| One Rainy Afternoon | Rowland V. Lee | Ida Lupino, Hugh Herbert, Roland Young | Comedy | United Artists |
| The Oregon Trail | Scott Pembroke | John Wayne, Ann Rutherford, Joseph W. Girard | Western | Republic |
| Our Relations | Harry Lachman | Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Alan Hale | Comedy | MGM |
| Outlaws of the Range | Albert Herman | Bill Cody, William McCall, Gordon Griffith | Western | Independent |
| Paddy O'Day | Lewis Seiler | Jane Withers, Pinky Tomlin, Rita Hayworth | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Palm Springs | Aubrey Scotto | Frances Langford, Guy Standing, Spring Byington | Comedy drama | Paramount |
| Panic on the Air | D. Ross Lederman | Lew Ayres, Florence Rice, Edwin Maxwell | Drama | Columbia |
| Parole! | Lew Landers | Henry Hunter, Ann Preston, Anthony Quinn | Drama, Crime | Universal |
| Pennies from Heaven | Norman Z. McLeod | Bing Crosby, Madge Evans, Louis Armstrong | Comedy, Musical | Columbia |
| Pepper | James Tinling | Jane Withers, Irvin S. Cobb, Dean Jagger | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Petrified Forest | Archie Mayo | Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart | Drama, Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Petticoat Fever | George Fitzmaurice | Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, Reginald Owen | Comedy | MGM |
| The Phantom of the Range | Robert F. Hill | Tom Tyler, Beth Marion, Forrest Taylor | Western | Independent |
| Phantom Patrol | Charles Hutchison | Kermit Maynard, Joan Barclay, George Cleveland | Western | Independent |
| Picadilly Jim | Robert Z. Leonard | Robert Montgomery, Frank Morgan, Billie Burke | Romantic comedy | MGM |
| Pigskin Parade | David Butler | Stuart Erwin, Patsy Kelly, Jack Haley | Musical comedy | Fox |
| Pinto Rustlers | Harry S. Webb | Tom Tyler, George Walsh, Earl Dwire | Western | Reliable |
| The Plainsman | Cecil B. DeMille | Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison | Western | Paramount |
| The Plot Thickens | Ben Holmes | James Gleason, ZaSu Pitts, Louise Latimer | Mystery | RKO |
| Polo Joe | William C. McGann | Joe E. Brown, Carol Hughes, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Poor Little Rich Girl | Irving Cummings | Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Jack Haley | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Poppy | A. Edward Sutherland | W. C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell | Comedy | Paramount |
| Postal Inspector | Otto Brower | Patricia Ellis, Ricardo Cortez, Bela Lugosi | Crime | Universal |
| The President's Mystery | Phil Rosen | Henry Wilcoxon, Sidney Blackmer, Betty Furness | Drama, Mystery | Republic |
| The Preview Murder Mystery | Robert Florey | Reginald Denny, Frances Drake, Gail Patrick | Mystery | Paramount |
| Pride of the Marines | D. Ross Lederman | Charles Bickford, Florence Rice, Thurston Hall | Comedy | Columbia |
| The Princess Comes Across | William K. Howard | Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Douglass Dumbrille | Comedy mystery | Paramount |
| Prison Shadows | Robert F. Hill | Edward J. Nugent, Lucille Lund, Joan Barclay | Drama | Independent |
| The Prisoner of Shark Island | John Ford | Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater | Biography | 20th Century Fox |
| Private Number | Roy Del Ruth | Loretta Young, Robert Taylor, Basil Rathbone | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Public Enemy's Wife | Nick Grinde | Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay, Cesar Romero | Crime | Warner Bros. |

## R-S

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Racing Blood | Victor Halperin | Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Gladys Blake | Sports | Independent |
| Rainbow on the River | Kurt Neumann | Bobby Breen, May Robson, Charles Butterworth | Musical | RKO |
| Ramona | Henry King | Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Kent Taylor | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Rebellion | Lynn Shores | Tom Keene, Rita Hayworth, Duncan Renaldo | Western | Independent |
| The Reckless Way | Raymond K. Johnson | Marian Nixon, Kane Richmond, Inez Courtney | Drama | Independent |
| Red Lights Ahead | Roland D. Reed | Andy Clyde, Lucile Gleason, Ann Doran | Comedy | Chesterfield |
| Red River Valley | B. Reeves Eason | Gene Autry, Frances Grant, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| Reefer Madness | Louis J. Gasnier | Dorothy Short, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien | Exploitation | Independent |
| The Return of Jimmy Valentine | Lewis D. Collins | Roger Pryor, Charlotte Henry, Robert Warwick | Crime | Republic |
| The Return of Sophie Lang | George Archainbaud | Gertrude Michael, Guy Standing, Ray Milland | Drama | Paramount |
| Reunion | Norman Taurog | Jean Hersholt, Rochelle Hudson, Dionne Quintuplets | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Revolt of the Zombies | Victor Halperin | Dean Jagger, Dorothy Stone, Roy D'Arcy | Horror | Independent |
| Rhythm on the Range | Norman Taurog | Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, Bob Burns | Musical western | Paramount |
| Ride 'Em Cowboy | Lesley Selander | Buck Jones, Luana Walters, Donald Kirke | Western | Universal |
| Ride Ranger Ride | Joseph Kane | Gene Autry, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| The Riding Avenger | Harry L. Fraser | Hoot Gibson, Ruth Mix, June Gale | Western | Grand National |
| Ridin' On | Ira Webb | Tom Tyler, Joan Barclay, Rex Lease | Western | Independent |
| Riffraff | J. Walter Ruben | Spencer Tracy, Jean Harlow, Mickey Rooney | Comedy, Crime | MGM |
| Ring Around the Moon | Charles Lamont | Donald Cook, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Ann Doran | Drama | Chesterfield |
| Rio Grande Ranger | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Robert Allen, Iris Meredith, Paul Sutton | Western | Columbia |
| Rio Grande Romance | Robert F. Hill | Edward J. Nugent, Maxine Doyle, Lucille Lund | Adventure | Independent |
| Rip Roarin' Buckaroo | Robert F. Hill | Tom Tyler, Beth Marion, Forrest Taylor | Western | Independent |
| Road Gang | Louis King | Donald Woods, Kay Linaker, Joseph Crehan | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Road to Glory | Howard Hawks | Lionel Barrymore, Fredric March, June Lang | War drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Roaming Lady | Albert S. Rogell | Fay Wray, Thurston Hall, Ralph Bellamy | Drama | Columbia |
| Roamin' Wild | Bernard B. Ray | Tom Tyler, Al Ferguson, Max Davidson | Western | Independent |
| Roarin' Guns | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Rex Lease, Wheeler Oakman | Western | Independent |
| Roarin' Lead | Sam Newfield | Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Christine Maple | Western | Republic |
| Robin Hood of El Dorado | William A. Wellman | Warner Baxter, Margo, Bruce Cabot | Western | MGM |
| Rogue of the Range | S. Roy Luby | Johnny Mack Brown, Lois January, Stephen Chase | Western | Independent |
| The Rogues Tavern | Robert F. Hill | Wallace Ford, Joan Woodbury, Barbara Pepper | Comedy horror | Independent |
| Romance Rides the Range | Harry L. Fraser | Fred Scott, Cliff Nazarro, Marion Shilling | Western | Independent |
| Romeo and Juliet | George Cukor | Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Basil Rathbone | Drama | MGM. Best Picture nominee |
| Rose Bowl | Charles Barton | Eleanore Whitney, Tom Brown, Buster Crabbe | Comedy | Paramount |
| Rose Marie | W. S. Van Dyke | Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, James Stewart | Musical Western | MGM |
| Rose of the Rancho | Marion Gering | John Boles, Gladys Swarthout, Charles Bickford | Drama | Paramount |
| San Francisco | W. S. Van Dyke | Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy | Drama | MGM. Best Picture nominee |
| Santa Fe Bound | Harry S. Webb | Tom Tyler, Richard Cramer, Slim Whitaker | Western | Independent |
| Satan Met a Lady | William Dieterle | Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth | Comedy, Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Sea Spoilers | Frank R. Strayer | John Wayne, Nan Grey, William Bakewell | Drama, Mystery | Universal |
| Second Wife | Edward Killy | Gertrude Michael, Walter Abel, Erik Rhodes | Drama | RKO |
| Secret Patrol | David Selman | Charles Starrett, Henry Mollison, J.P. McGowan | Western | Columbia |
| Senor Jim | Jacques Jaccard | Conway Tearle, Barbara Bedford, Betty Mack | Western | Independent |
| Shakedown | David Selman | Lew Ayres, Joan Perry, Henry Mollison | Crime | Columbia |
| Show Boat | James Whale | Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Paul Robeson | Musical | Universal |
| Silly Billies | Fred Guiol | Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee | Comedy | RKO |
| Silks and Saddles | Robert F. Hill | Bruce Bennett, Toby Wing, Fuzzy Knight | Action | Independent |
| Silver Spurs | Ray Taylor | Gabby Hayes, Buck Jones, Muriel Evans | Western | Universal |
| Sing, Baby, Sing | Sidney Lanfield | Alice Faye, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Sing Me a Love Song | Ray Enright | James Melton, Patricia Ellis, ZaSu Pitts | Comedy, Musical | Warner Bros. |
| The Singing Cowboy | Mack V. Wright | Gene Autry, Lois Wilde, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| The Singing Kid | William Keighley | Al Jolson, Sybil Jason, Beverly Roberts | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Sinner Take All | Errol Taggart | Bruce Cabot, Margaret Lindsay, Joseph Calleia | Murder mystery | MGM |
| Sins of Man | Otto Brower | Jean Hersholt, Don Ameche, Allen Jenkins | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Sitting on the Moon | Ralph Staub | Roger Pryor, Grace Bradley, Pert Kelton | Musical | Republic |
| The Sky Parade | Otho Lovering | William Gargan, Katherine DeMille, Kent Taylor | Drama | Paramount |
| Small Town Girl | William A. Wellman | Robert Taylor, Janet Gaynor, James Stewart | Comedy, Drama | MGM |
| Smartest Girl in Town | Joseph Santley | Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Eric Blore | Comedy | RKO |
| Snowed Under | Ray Enright | George Brent, Genevieve Tobin, Glenda Farrell | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Soak the Rich | Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur | Walter Connolly, Lionel Stander, Ilka Chase | Comedy | Paramount |
| A Son Comes Home | E.A. Dupont | Mary Boland, Julie Haydon, Donald Woods | Drama | Paramount |
| Song and Dance Man | Allan Dwan | Claire Trevor, Michael Whalen, Paul Kelly | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Song of the Gringo | John P. McCarthy | Tex Ritter, Joan Woodbury, Monte Blue | Western | Grand National |
| Song of the Saddle | Louis King | Dick Foran, Alma Lloyd, Charles Middleton | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Song of the Trail | Russell Hopton | Kermit Maynard, Evelyn Brent, Fuzzy Knight | Western | Independent |
| Sons o' Guns | Lloyd Bacon | Joe E. Brown, Joan Blondell, Beverly Roberts | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Special Investigator | Louis King | Richard Dix, Margaret Callahan, Owen Davis Jr. | Drama, Crime | RKO |
| Speed | Edwin L. Marin | James Stewart, Wendy Barrie, Ralph Morgan | Action | MGM |
| The Speed Reporter | Bernard B. Ray | Richard Talmadge, Luana Walters, Richard Cramer | Crime | Independent |
| Spendthrift | Raoul Walsh | Henry Fonda, Pat Paterson, Mary Brian | Romance | Paramount |
| Stage Struck | Busby Berkeley | Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Frank McHugh | Comedy, Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Stampede | Ford Beebe | Charles Starrett, J.P. McGowan, Finis Barton | Western | Columbia |
| Star for a Night | Lewis Seiler | Claire Trevor, Jane Darwell, Dean Jagger | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Step on It | Harry S. Webb | Richard Talmadge, Lois Wilde, Roger Williams | Crime | Independent |
| Stormy Trails | Sam Newfield | Rex Bell, Lois Wilde, Lane Chandler | Western | Independent |
| The Story of Louis Pasteur | William Dieterle | Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise | Biography | Warner Bros. Best Picture nominee |
| Stowaway | William A. Seiter | Shirley Temple, Robert Young, Eugene Pallette | Comedy, Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Straight from the Shoulder | Stuart Heisler | Ralph Bellamy, Katherine Locke, Roger Williams | Drama | Paramount |
| Strike Me Pink | Norman Taurog | Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Sally Eilers | Musical comedy | United Artists |
| Sunset of Power | Ray Taylor | Buck Jones, Donald Kirke, Charles Middleton | Western | Universal |
| Sutter's Gold | James Cruze | Edward Arnold, Lee Tracy, Montagu Love | Drama, Western | Universal |
| Suzy | George Fitzmaurice | Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone, Cary Grant | Drama | MGM |
| Swing Time | George Stevens | Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore | Comedy, Musical | RKO |
| Sworn Enemy | Edwin L. Marin | Florence Rice, Robert Young, Joseph Calleia | Drama, Crime | MGM |

## T-U

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Taming the Wild | Robert F. Hill | Rod La Rocque, Maxine Doyle, Barbara Pepper | Comedy crime | Independent |
| Tango | Phil Rosen | Marian Nixon, Chick Chandler, Franklin Pangborn | Drama | Chesterfield |
| Tarzan Escapes | Richard Thorpe, John Farrow | Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Weissmuller, John Buckler | Drama, Adventure | MGM |
| A Tenderfoot Goes West | Maurice G. O'Neill | Jack La Rue, Russell Gleason, Virginia Carroll | Western comedy | Independent |
| The Texas Rangers | King Vidor | Fred MacMurray, Jean Parker, Jack Oakie | Western | Paramount |
| Thank You, Jeeves! | Arthur Greville Collins | Arthur Treacher, Virginia Field, David Niven | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| That Girl from Paris | Leigh Jason | Lily Pons, Gene Raymond, Lucille Ball | Comedy, Musical | RKO |
| Theodora Goes Wild | Richard Boleslawski | Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thurston Hall | Comedy | Columbia |
| These Three | William Wyler | Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea | Drama | United Artists |
| They Met in a Taxi | Alfred E. Green | Fay Wray, Chester Morris, Raymond Walburn | Comedy | Columbia |
| Thirteen Hours by Air | Mitchell Leisen | Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, ZaSu Pitts | Drama | Paramount |
| Three Cheers for Love | Ray McCarey | Eleanore Whitney, Robert Cummings, William Frawley | Musical | Paramount |
| Three Godfathers | Richard Boleslawski | Chester Morris, Walter Brennan, Irene Hervey | Western | MGM |
| Three Live Ghosts | H. Bruce Humberstone | Richard Arlen, Beryl Mercer, Claud Allister | Comedy | MGM |
| Three Married Men | Edward Buzzell | Lynne Overman, Roscoe Karns, Mary Brian | Comedy | Paramount |
| Three Men on a Horse | Mervyn LeRoy | Frank McHugh, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Three Mesquiteers | Ray Taylor | Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Kay Hughes | Western | Republic |
| Three of a Kind | Phil Rosen | Evalyn Knapp, Chick Chandler, Berton Churchill | Comedy | Chesterfield |
| Three on the Trail | Howard Bretherton | William Boyd, Muriel Evans, Onslow Stevens | Western | Paramount |
| Three Smart Girls | Henry Koster | Deanna Durbin, Binnie Barnes, Ray Milland | Musical | Universal. Best Picture nominee |
| The Three Wise Guys | George B. Seitz | Robert Young, Betty Furness, Bruce Cabot | Drama | MGM |
| Ticket to Paradise | Aubrey Scotto | Roger Pryor, Wendy Barrie, Claude Gillingwater | Drama | Republic |
| Till We Meet Again | Robert Florey | Herbert Marshall, Gertrude Michael, Lionel Atwill | Drama, War | Paramount |
| Times Square Playboy | William C. McGann | Gene Lockhart, Warren William, June Travis | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Timothy's Quest | Charles Barton | Eleanore Whitney, Tom Keene, Dickie Moore | Comedy | Paramount |
| To Mary With Love | John Cromwell | Myrna Loy, Warner Baxter, Claire Trevor | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Too Many Parents | Robert F. McGowan | Frances Farmer, Lester Matthews, Anne Grey | Comedy | Paramount |
| Too Much Beef | Robert F. Hill | Rex Bell, Forrest Taylor, Lloyd Ingraham | Western | Grand National |
| Tough Guy | Chester Franklin | Jackie Cooper, Joseph Calleia, Jean Hersholt | Action | MGM |
| Trail Dust | Nate Watt | William Boyd, James Ellison, Gwynne Shipman | Western | Paramount |
| The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Henry Hathaway | Sylvia Sidney, Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda | Romance | Paramount |
| Trailin' West | Noel M. Smith | Dick Foran, Paula Stone, Bill Elliott | Western | Warner Bros. |
| The Traitor | Sam Newfield | Tim McCoy, Frances Grant, Pedro Regas | Western | Independent |
| Trapped by Television | Del Lord | Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot, Joyce Compton | Drama | Columbia |
| Treachery Rides the Range | Frank McDonald | Dick Foran, Paula Stone, Monte Blue | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Trouble for Two | J. Walter Ruben | Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen | Comedy | MGM |
| Tugboat Princess | David Selman | Walter C. Kelly, Valerie Hobson, Edith Fellows | Drama | Columbia |
| Tundra | Norman Dawn | Merrill McCormick, Frank Baker, Earl Dwire | Adventure | Independent |
| Two Against the World | William C. McGann | Humphrey Bogart, Beverly Roberts, Claire Dodd | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Two-Fisted Gentleman | Gordon Wiles | James Dunn, June Clayworth, Muriel Evans | Sports drama | Columbia |
| Two in a Crowd | Alfred E. Green | Joan Bennett, Joel McCrea, Elisha Cook Jr. | Comedy | Universal |
| Two in Revolt | Glenn Tryon | John Arledge, Louise Latimer, Moroni Olsen | Drama | RKO |
| Two in the Dark | Benjamin Stoloff | Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford | Mystery | RKO |
| Two Minutes to Play | Robert F. Hill | Bruce Bennett, Edward Nugent, Betty Compson | Sports | Independent |
| Under Two Flags | Frank Lloyd | Ronald Colman, Claudette Colbert, Victor McLaglen, Rosalind Russell | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Under Your Spell | Otto Preminger | Lawrence Tibbett, Wendy Barrie, Berton Churchill | Musical comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Undercover Man | Albert Ray | Johnny Mack Brown, Suzanne Kaaren, Ted Adams | Western | Republic |
| The Unknown Ranger | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Walter Miller, Bud Osborne, Robert Allen | Western | Columbia |
| The Unguarded Hour | Sam Wood | Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, Roland Young | Drama | MGM |

## V-Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Wesley Ruggles | Gladys George, Arline Judge, John Howard | Drama | Paramount |
| Valley of the Lawless | Robert North Bradbury | Johnny Mack Brown, Joyce Compton, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Independent |
| Vengeance of Rannah | Bernard B. Ray | Bob Custer, Victoria Vinton, John Elliott | Western | Independent |
| The Voice of Bugle Ann | Richard Thorpe | Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Eric Linden | Drama | MGM |
| The Walking Dead | Michael Curtiz | Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn | Science fiction | Warner Bros. |
| Walking on Air | Joseph Santley | Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Jessie Ralph | Comedy, Musical | RKO |
| Wanted! Jane Turner | Edward Killy | Ann Preston, Lee Tracy, John McGuire | Drama, Crime | RKO |
| We Went to College | Joseph Santley | Charles Butterworth, Walter Abel, Una Merkel | Comedy | MGM |
| Wedding Present | Richard Wallace | Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, Conrad Nagel | Drama | Paramount |
| We're in the Legion Now! | Crane Wilbur | Reginald Denny, Esther Ralston, Eleanor Hunt | Adventure | Grand National |
| West of Nevada | Robert F. Hill | Rex Bell, Joan Barclay, Al St. John | Western | Independent |
| What Becomes of the Children? | Walter Shumway | Joan Marsh, Robert Frazer, Natalie Moorhead | Drama | Independent |
| The White Angel | William Dieterle | Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Donald Crisp | Historical | Warner Bros. |
| White Fang | David Butler | Michael Whalen, Jean Muir, Slim Summerville | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| White Hunter | Irving Cummings | Warner Baxter, June Lang, Gail Patrick, Wilfrid Lawson | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| White Legion | Karl Brown | Ian Keith, Tala Birell, Suzanne Kaaren | Drama | Grand National |
| Wife vs. Secretary | Clarence Brown | Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow | Comedy | MGM |
| The Widow from Monte Carlo | Arthur Greville Collins | Dolores del Río, Warren William, Colin Clive | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Wild Brian Kent | Howard Bretherton | Ralph Bellamy, Mae Clarke, Helen Lowell | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Wildcat Trooper | Elmer Clifton | Kermit Maynard, Hobart Bosworth, Lois Wilde | Western | Independent |
| Wild Horse Round-Up | Alan James | Kermit Maynard, Beth Marion, John Merton | Western | Independent |
| Winds of the Wasteland | Mack V. Wright | John Wayne, Phyllis Fraser, Lane Chandler | Western | Republic |
| Winterset | Alfred Santell | Burgess Meredith, Margo, Eduardo Ciannelli | Drama | RKO |
| With Love and Kisses | Leslie Goodwins | Pinky Tomlin, Toby Wing, Kane Richmond | Musical | Independent |
| Without Orders | Lew Landers | Sally Eilers, Robert Armstrong, Charley Grapewin | Drama | RKO |
| The Witness Chair | George Nicholls Jr. | Ann Harding, Walter Abel, Douglass Dumbrille | Drama | RKO |
| Wives Never Know | Elliott Nugent | Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, Adolphe Menjou | Comedy | Paramount |
| Wolves of the Sea | Elmer Clifton | Hobart Bosworth, Jean Carmen, Warner Richmond | Adventure | Independent |
| A Woman Rebels | Mark Sandrich | Katharine Hepburn, Herbert Marshall, Elizabeth Allan | Drama | RKO |
| Woman Trap | Harold Young | Gertrude Michael, George Murphy, Akim Tamiroff | Drama | Paramount |
| Women Are Trouble | Errol Taggart | Stuart Erwin, Florence Rice, Paul Kelly | Crime | MGM |
| Yellow Cargo | Crane Wilbur | Conrad Nagel, Vince Barnett, Eleanor Hunt | Drama | Grand National |
| Yellow Dust | Wallace Fox | Richard Dix, Leila Hyams, Moroni Olsen | Western | RKO |
| Yellowstone | Arthur Lubin | Judith Barrett, Henry Hunter, Alan Hale | Crime | Universal |
| Yiddle with His Fiddle | Joseph Green | Molly Picon, Leon Liebgold | Musical | Independent. Yiddish |
| You May Be Next | Albert S. Rogell | Ann Sothern, Lloyd Nolan, Douglass Dumbrille | Crime | Columbia |
| Yours for the Asking | Alexander Hall | George Raft, Ida Lupino, Dolores Costello | Comedy | Paramount |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Beyond the Caribbean | André Roosevelt, Ewing Scott | André Roosevelt, Carol Jeffries | Drama, Adventure | |

## Note

Although it was released at the end of 1935 and appears on the List of American films of 1935, A Tale in Two Cities was one of ten films competing for the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1936 at the 9th Academy Awards on March 4, 1937.