# List of American films of 1937

This list of American films of 1937 compiles American feature-length motion pictures that were released in 1937.
The 10th Academy Awards, hosted by Bob Burns, were presented on March 10, 1938 at the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel. There were ten nominees for Best Picture: The Awful Truth (also director [win], actress and supporting actor), Captains Courageous (also actor [win]), Dead End (also supporting actress), The Good Earth (also director and actress [win]), In Old Chicago (also supporting actress [win]), Lost Horizon (also supporting actor), One Hundred Men and a Girl, Stage Door (also director and supporting actress), A Star Is Born (also director, actor and actress) and the winner, The Life of Emile Zola (also director, actor and supporting actor [win]).
Additional films with acting nominations: Camille (actress), Conquest (actor), The Hurricane (supporting actor), Night Must Fall (actor and supporting actress), Stella Dallas (actress and supporting actress), Topper (supporting actor).
Films listed by number of nominations in all categories: The Life of Emile Zola (10 [3 wins]), A Star Is Born (7 [1 win and 1 non-competitive win]), Lost Horizon (7 [2 wins]), In Old Chicago (6 [2 wins]), The Awful Truth (6 [1 win]), The Good Earth (5 [2 wins]), One Hundred Men and a Girl (5 [1 win]), Captains Courageous (4 [1 win]), Stage Door (4), Dead End (4), The Hurricane (3 [1 win]), Conquest (2), Night Must Fall (2), Stella Dallas (2), Topper (2), Camille (1).
Additional films with nominations: Souls at Sea (3), A Damsel in Distress (2), Maytime (2), The Prisoner of Zenda (2), Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (2), Waikiki Wedding (2), Black Legion (1), Wings over Honolulu (1).

## A–B

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The 13th Man | William Nigh | Weldon Heyburn, Milburn Stone, Robert Homans | Mystery | Monogram |
| 23 1/2 Hours Leave | John G. Blystone | James Ellison, Terry Walker, Arthur Lake | Comedy | Grand National |
| 45 Fathers | James Tinling | Jane Withers, Richard Carle, Hattie McDaniel | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| 52nd Street | Harold Young | Dorothy Peterson, Kenny Baker, ZaSu Pitts | Musical comedy | United Artists |
| Adventure's End | Arthur Lubin | John Wayne, Diana Gibson, Montagu Love | Adventure | Universal |
| The Adventurous Blonde | Frank McDonald | Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Anne Nagel | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Affairs of Cappy Ricks | Ralph Staub | Walter Brennan, Mary Brian, Lyle Talbot | Comedy drama | Republic |
| Alcatraz Island | William C. McGann | Ann Sheridan, George E. Stone, John Litel | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Ali Baba Goes to Town | David Butler | Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Gypsy Rose Lee | Musical comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| All American Sweetheart | Lambert Hillyer | Patricia Farr, Scott Kolk, Gene Morgan | Crime | Columbia |
| All Over Town | James W. Horne | Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Mary Howard | Musical comedy | Republic |
| Amateur Crook | Sam Katzman | Joan Barclay, Bruce Bennett, Vivien Oakland | Comedy | Independent |
| Angel | Ernst Lubitsch | Marlene Dietrich, Melvyn Douglas, Herbert Marshall | Comedy drama | Paramount |
| Angel's Holiday | James Tinling | Jane Withers, Joan Davis, Sally Blane | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Annapolis Salute | Christy Cabanne | James Ellison, Marsha Hunt, Van Heflin | Drama | RKO |
| Another Dawn | William Dieterle | Kay Francis, Errol Flynn, Ian Hunter | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Anything for a Thrill | Leslie Goodwins | Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, June Johnson | Crime | Independent |
| Arizona Days | John English | Tex Ritter, Syd Saylor, William Faversham | Western | Grand National |
| Arizona Gunfighter | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Jean Carmen, Ted Adams | Western | Republic |
| Armored Car | Lewis R. Foster | Robert Wilcox, Judith Barrett, Cesar Romero | Crime | Universal |
| Artists and Models | Raoul Walsh | Jack Benny, Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| As Good as Married | Edward Buzzell | John Boles, Doris Nolan, Walter Pidgeon | Comedy | Universal |
| Atlantic Flight | William Nigh | Dick Merrill, Paula Stone, Weldon Heyburn | Adventure | Monogram |
| The Awful Truth | Leo McCarey | Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy | Comedy | Columbia |
| Back in Circulation | Ray Enright | Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, Margaret Lindsay | Comedy drama | Warner Bros. |
| Bad Guy | Edward L. Cahn | Bruce Cabot, Virginia Grey, Charley Grapewin | Crime | MGM |
| The Bad Man of Brimstone | J. Walter Ruben | Wallace Beery, Virginia Bruce, Lewis Stone | Western | MGM |
| Bank Alarm | Louis J. Gasnier | Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Vince Barnett | Crime Drama | Grand National |
| Bar-Z Bad Men | Sam Newfield | Johnny Mack Brown, Lois January, Tom London | Western | Republic |
| The Barrier | Lesley Selander | Leo Carrillo, Jean Parker, Otto Kruger | Adventure | Paramount |
| Battle of Greed | Howard Higgin | James Bush, Jimmy Butler, Tom Keene | Western | Independent |
| Beg, Borrow or Steal | Leonard Lee | Florence Rice, Frank Morgan, Herman Bing | Comedy | MGM |
| Behind the Headlines | Richard Rosson | Lee Tracy, Diana Gibson, Donald Meek | Crime | RKO |
| Behind the Mike | Sidney Salkow | William Gargan, Judith Barrett, Sterling Holloway | Comedy | Universal |
| Between Two Women | George B. Seitz | Franchot Tone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Virginia Bruce | Drama | MGM |
| Big City | Frank Borzage | Spencer Tracy, Luise Rainer, Eddie Quillan | Drama | MGM |
| The Big Shot | Edward Killy | Guy Kibbee, Cora Witherspoon, Gordon Jones | Comedy | RKO |
| Big Town Girl | Alfred L. Werker | Claire Trevor, Donald Woods, Spencer Charters | Comedy crime | 20th Century Fox |
| Bill Cracks Down | William Nigh | Grant Withers, Beatrice Roberts, Judith Allen | Action | Republic |
| Black Aces | Lesley Selander | Buck Jones, Kay Linaker, Robert Frazer | Western | Universal |
| Black Legion | Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz | Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Joe Sawyer | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Blazing Barriers | Aubrey Scotto | Junior Coghlan, Florine McKinney, Irene Franklin | Drama | Monogram |
| Blazing Sixes | Noel M. Smith | Dick Foran, Joan Valerie, John Merton | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Blonde Trouble | George Archainbaud | Eleanore Whitney, Johnny Downs, Lynne Overman | Comedy | Paramount |
| Blossoms on Broadway | Richard Wallace | Edward Arnold, Shirley Ross, John Trent | Comedy | Paramount |
| Boothill Brigade | Sam Newfield | Johnny Mack Brown, Claire Rochelle, Dick Curtis | Western | Republic |
| Boots and Saddles | Joseph Kane | Gene Autry, Judith Allen, Ronald Sinclair | Western | Republic |
| Boots of Destiny | Arthur Rosson | Ken Maynard, Claudia Dell, Vince Barnett | Western | Grand National |
| Border Cafe | Lew Landers | George Irving, Harry Carey, Leona Roberts | Western | RKO |
| Border Phantom | S. Roy Luby | Bob Steele, Harlene Wood, Don Barclay | Western | Republic |
| Borderland | Nate Watt | William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, James Ellison | Western | Paramount |
| Born Reckless | Malcolm St. Clair | Rochelle Hudson, Brian Donlevy, Barton MacLane | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| Born to the West | Charles Barton | John Wayne, Marsha Hunt, Johnny Mack Brown | Western | Paramount |
| Borrowing Trouble | Frank R. Strayer | Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Boss of Lonely Valley | Ray Taylor | Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, Harvey Clark | Western | Universal |
| Boy of the Streets | William Nigh | Jackie Cooper, Kathleen Burke, Marjorie Main | Drama | Monogram |
| Breakfast for Two | Alfred Santell | Barbara Stanwyck, Glenda Farrell, Herbert Marshall | Comedy | RKO |
| Breezing Home | Milton Carruth | Binnie Barnes, William Gargan, Wendy Barrie | Drama | Universal |
| A Bride for Henry | William Nigh | Anne Nagel, Warren Hull, Claudia Dell | Romance | Monogram |
| The Bride Wore Red | Dorothy Arzner | Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Billie Burke | Comedy drama | MGM |
| Broadway Melody of 1938 | Roy Del Ruth | Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell, Judy Garland | Musical | MGM |
| Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | Louis King | John Howard, John Barrymore, Louise Campbell | Thriller | Paramount |
| Bulldog Drummond Escapes | James P. Hogan | Ray Milland, Guy Standing, Heather Angel | Thriller | Paramount |
| Bulldog Drummond's Revenge | Louis King | John Barrymore, John Howard, Louise Campbell | Thriller | Paramount |

## C–D

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Cafe Metropole | Edward H. Griffith | Loretta Young, Tyrone Power, Adolphe Menjou | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| California Straight Ahead | Arthur Lubin | John Wayne, Louise Latimer, Theodore von Eltz | Action | Universal |
| The Californian | Gus Meins | Ricardo Cortez, Marjorie Weaver, Katherine DeMille | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Call It a Day | Archie Mayo | Olivia de Havilland, Ian Hunter, Frieda Inescort | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Captains Courageous | Victor Fleming | Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore | Adventure | MGM |
| Carnival Queen | Nate Watt | Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent, Hobart Cavanaugh | Crime | Universal |
| The Case of the Stuttering Bishop | William Clemens | Donald Woods, Ann Dvorak, Anne Nagel | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Champagne Waltz | A. Edward Sutherland | Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Vivienne Osborne | Comedy | Paramount |
| Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo | Eugene Forde | Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Virginia Field | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Charlie Chan at the Olympics | H. Bruce Humberstone | Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille, Pauline Moore | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Charlie Chan on Broadway | Eugene Forde | Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Joan Marsh | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Checkers | H. Bruce Humberstone | Jane Withers, Stuart Erwin, Una Merkel | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| The Cherokee Strip | Noel M. Smith | Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Joan Valerie | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Cheyenne Rides Again | Robert F. Hill | Tom Tyler, Lon Chaney Jr., Carmen Laroux | Western | Independent |
| China Passage | Edward Killy | Leslie Fenton, Vinton Hayworth, Constance Worth | Mystery | RKO |
| Circus Girl | John H. Auer | June Travis, Robert Livingston, Donald Cook | Drama | Republic |
| Clarence | George Archainbaud | Roscoe Karns, Eleanore Whitney, Eugene Pallette | Comedy | Paramount |
| Clipped Wings | Stuart Paton | Lloyd Hughes, William Janney, Rosalind Keith | Action | Independent |
| The Colorado Kid | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Karl Hackett, Ernie Adams | Western | Republic |
| Come On, Cowboys | Joseph Kane | Robert Livingston, Maxine Doyle, Ray Corrigan | Western | Republic |
| Confession | Joe May | Kay Francis, Basil Rathbone, Ian Hunter | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Conquest | Clarence Brown | Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen | Historical | MGM |
| Counsel for Crime | John Brahm | Otto Kruger, Douglass Montgomery, Thurston Hall | Crime drama | Columbia |
| County Fair | Howard Bretherton | John Arledge, Mary Lawrence, Fuzzy Knight | Sports | Monogram |
| Courage of the West | Joseph H. Lewis | Bob Baker, J. Farrell MacDonald, Lois January | Western | Universal |
| The Crime Nobody Saw | Charles Barton | Lew Ayres, Eugene Pallette, Vivienne Osborne | Comedy | Paramount |
| Criminal Lawyer | Christy Cabanne | Lee Tracy, Eduardo Ciannelli, William Stack | Drama | RKO |
| Criminals of the Air | Charles C. Coleman | Rosalind Keith, Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth | Action | Columbia |
| Damaged Goods | Phil Goldstone | Pedro de Cordoba, Phyllis Barry, Douglas Walton | Drama | Grand National |
| A Damsel in Distress | George Stevens | Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, Montagu Love | Musical comedy | RKO |
| Dance Charlie Dance | Frank McDonald | Stuart Erwin, Jean Muir, Glenda Farrell | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Danger – Love at Work | Otto Preminger | Ann Sothern, Edward Everett Horton, John Carradine | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Danger Patrol | Lew Landers | Sally Eilers, John Beal, Harry Carey | Drama | RKO |
| Danger Valley | Robert N. Bradbury | Addison Randall, Lois Wilde, Charles King | Western | Monogram |
| A Dangerous Adventure | D. Ross Lederman | Don Terry, Rosalind Keith, Russell Hicks | Drama | Columbia |
| Dangerous Holiday | Nicholas T. Barrows | Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Hedda Hopper, Jack La Rue | Drama | Republic |
| Dangerous Number | Richard Thorpe | Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Cora Witherspoon | Comedy | MGM |
| Dangerously Yours | Malcolm St. Clair | Cesar Romero, Phyllis Brooks, Jane Darwell | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| Dark Manhattan | Ralph Cooper, Harry L. Fraser | Ralph Cooper, Clarence Brooks, Sam McDaniel | Crime | Independent |
| Daughter of Shanghai | Robert Florey | Anna May Wong, Charles Bickford, Buster Crabbe | Crime | Paramount |
| A Day at the Races | Sam Wood | Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Maureen O'Sullivan | Comedy | MGM |
| Dead End | William Wyler | Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart | Crime drama | United Artists |
| The Devil Diamond | Leslie Goodwins | Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, June Gale | Crime | Independent |
| The Devil Is Driving | Harry Lachman | Richard Dix, Joan Perry, Nana Bryant | Drama | Columbia |
| Devil's Playground | Erle C. Kenton | Dolores del Río, Richard Dix, Ward Bond | Drama | Columbia |
| The Devil's Saddle Legion | Bobby Connolly | Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, Willard Parker | Western | Warner Bros. |
| A Doctor's Diary | Charles Vidor | George Bancroft, Helen Burgess, Molly Lamont | Drama | Paramount |
| Don't Tell the Wife | Christy Cabanne | Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Guinn Williams | Comedy | RKO |
| Doomed at Sundown | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Warner Richmond, Earl Dwire | Western | Republic |
| Double or Nothing | Theodore Reed | Bing Crosby, Mary Carlisle, Martha Raye | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| Double Wedding | Richard Thorpe | William Powell, Myrna Loy, Florence Rice | Comedy | MGM |
| Draegerman Courage | Louis King | Jean Muir, Barton MacLane, Henry O'Neill | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Drums of Destiny | Ray Taylor | Tom Keene, Edna Lawrence, Budd Buster | Western | Independent |
| The Duke Comes Back | Irving Pichel | Allan Lane, Heather Angel, Genevieve Tobin | Drama | Republic |

## E–F

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Easy Living | Mitchell Leisen | Jean Arthur, Ray Milland, Edward Arnold | Comedy | Paramount |
| Ebb Tide | James P. Hogan | Frances Farmer, Ray Milland, Oskar Homolka | Adventure | Paramount |
| The Emperor's Candlesticks | George Fitzmaurice | William Powell, Luise Rainer, Robert Young | Drama | MGM |
| Empty Holsters | B. Reeves Eason | Dick Foran, Emmett Vogan, Glenn Strange | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Escape by Night | Hamilton MacFadden | William Hall, Dean Jagger, Ward Bond | Crime | Republic |
| Espionage | Kurt Neumann | Edmund Lowe, Madge Evans, Paul Lukas | Thriller | MGM |
| Ever Since Eve | Lloyd Bacon | Marion Davies, Robert Montgomery, Frank McHugh | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Every Day's a Holiday | A. Edward Sutherland | Mae West, Edmund Lowe, Louis Armstrong | Comedy | Paramount |
| Exclusive | Alexander Hall | Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer, Porter Hall | Drama | Paramount |
| Exiled to Shanghai | Nick Grinde | Wallace Ford, June Travis, Dean Jagger | Comedy | Republic |
| Expensive Husbands | Bobby Connolly | Beverly Roberts, Patric Knowles, Allyn Joslyn | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Fair Warning | Norman Foster | J. Edward Bromberg, Betty Furness, Bill Burrud | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| A Family Affair | George B. Seitz | Lionel Barrymore, Spring Byington, Mickey Rooney | Comedy | MGM |
| Federal Bullets | Karl Brown | Milburn Stone, Zeffie Tilbury, William Harrigan | Crime | Monogram |
| Feud of the Trail | Robert F. Hill | Tom Tyler, Harlene Wood, Milburn Morante | Independent |
| Fifty Roads to Town | Norman Taurog | Don Ameche, Ann Sothern, Jane Darwell | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Fight for Your Lady | Benjamin Stoloff | John Boles, Ida Lupino, Jack Oakie | Romantic Comedy | RKO |
| A Fight to the Finish | Charles C. Coleman | Don Terry, Rosalind Keith, Ward Bond | Drama | Columbia |
| The Fighting Deputy | Sam Newfield | Fred Scott, Al St. John, Marjorie Beebe | Western | Independent |
| The Fighting Texan | Charles Abbott | Kermit Maynard, Elaine Shepard, Budd Buster | Western | Independent |
| Find the Witness | David Selman | Charles Quigley, Henry Mollison, Rosalind Keith | Drama | Columbia |
| The Firefly | Robert Z. Leonard | Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William | Musical | MGM |
| First Lady | Stanley Logan | Kay Francis, Verree Teasdale, Walter Connolly | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Fit for a King | Edward Sedgwick | Joe E. Brown, Helen Mack, Paul Kelly | Comedy | RKO |
| Flight from Glory | Lew Landers | Chester Morris, Van Heflin, Whitney Bourne | Drama | RKO |
| Fly-Away Baby | Frank McDonald | Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Gordon Oliver | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Flying Fists | Robert F. Hill | Bruce Bennett, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Fuzzy Knight | Sports | Independent |
| The Footloose Heiress | William Clemens | Craig Reynolds, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Forlorn River | Charles Barton | Buster Crabbe, June Martel, Syd Saylor | Western | Paramount |
| Forty Naughty Girls | Edward F. Cline | ZaSu Pitts, James Gleason, Marjorie Lord | Mystery | RKO |
| The Frame-Up | D. Ross Lederman | Paul Kelly, Julie Bishop, George McKay | Crime | Columbia |

## G–H

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Galloping Dynamite | Harry L. Fraser | Kermit Maynard, John Merton, David Sharpe | Western | Independent |
| The Gambling Terror | Sam Newfield | Johnny Mack Brown, Iris Meredith, Charles King | Western | Republic |
| The Game That Kills | D. Ross Lederman | Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, John Gallaudet | Mystery | Columbia |
| The Girl from Scotland Yard | Robert G. Vignola | Karen Morley, Eduardo Ciannelli, Katharine Alexander | Mystery | Paramount |
| Girl Loves Boy | Duncan Mansfield | Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker, Roger Imhof | Drama | Grand National |
| Girl Overboard | Sidney Salkow | Gloria Stuart, Walter Pidgeon, Hobart Cavanaugh | Mystery | Universal |
| The Girl Said No | Andrew L. Stone | Robert Armstrong, Irene Hervey, Paula Stone | Musical comedy | Grand National |
| A Girl with Ideas | S. Sylvan Simon | Wendy Barrie, Walter Pidgeon, Kent Taylor | Comedy | Universal |
| Girls Can Play | Lambert Hillyer | Julie Bishop, Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth | Drama | Columbia |
| Git Along Little Dogies | Joseph Kane | Gene Autry, Judith Allen, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| The Go Getter | Busby Berkeley | George Brent, Anita Louise, Henry O'Neill | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| God's Country and the Man | Robert North Bradbury | Tom Keene, Betty Compson, Charlotte Henry | Western | Monogram |
| God's Country and the Woman | William Keighley | George Brent, Beverly Roberts, Barton MacLane | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Gold Racket | Louis J. Gasnier | Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Fuzzy Knight | Crime | Grand National |
| The Good Earth | Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming | Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly | Drama | MGM |
| The Good Old Soak | J. Walter Ruben | Wallace Beery, Una Merkel, Judith Barrett | Drama | MGM |
| The Great Gambini | Charles Vidor | Marian Marsh, Akim Tamiroff, William Demarest | Mystery | Paramount |
| The Great Garrick | James Whale | Olivia de Havilland, Brian Aherne, Edward Everett Horton | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| The Great Hospital Mystery | James Tinling | Jane Darwell, Sig Ruman, Sally Blane | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| The Great O'Malley | William Dieterle | Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Green Fields | Edgar G. Ulmer | Helen Beverley, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Gorrin | Comedy drama | Yiddish |
| Green Light | Frank Borzage | Errol Flynn, Anita Louise, Cedric Hardwicke | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Louis Stanley, Karl Hackett | Western | Republic |
| Guns in the Dark | Sam Newfield | Johnny Mack Brown, Claire Rochelle, Syd Saylor | Western | Republic |
| Guns of the Pecos | Noel M. Smith | Dick Foran, Anne Nagel, Joseph Crehan | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Gunsmoke Ranch | Joseph Kane | Robert Livingston, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Jean Carmen | Western | Republic |
| Harlem on the Prairie | Jed Buell, Sam Newfield | Herb Jeffries, Mantan Moreland, Nathan Curry | Western | Independent |
| Headin' East | Ewing Scott | Buck Jones, Ruth Coleman, Don Douglas | Western | Columbia |
| Heart of the Rockies | Joseph Kane | Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Lynne Roberts | Western | Republic |
| Heidi | Allan Dwan | Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Her Husband Lies | Edward Ludwig | Gail Patrick, Ricardo Cortez, Louis Calhern | Drama | Paramount |
| Her Husband's Secretary | Frank McDonald | Jean Muir, Beverly Roberts, Warren Hull | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Here's Flash Casey | Lynn Shores | Eric Linden, Boots Mallory, Holmes Herbert | Action | Grand National |
| Heroes of the Alamo | Harry L. Fraser | Rex Lease, Lane Chandler, Earle Hodgins | Western | Independent |
| Hideaway | Richard Rosson | J. Carrol Naish, Emma Dunn, Fred Stone | Comedy | RKO |
| High Flyers | Edward F. Cline | Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Lupe Vélez | Musical comedy | RKO |
| High Hat | Clifford Sanforth | Frank Luther, Dorothy Dare, Lona Andre | Musical comedy | Independent |
| High, Wide and Handsome | Rouben Mamoulian | Irene Dunne, Randolph Scott, Dorothy Lamour | Western, Musical | Paramount |
| Hills of Old Wyoming | Nate Watt | William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, Gail Sheridan | Western | Paramount |
| History Is Made at Night | Frank Borzage | Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur, Colin Clive | Drama | United Artists |
| Hit Parade of 1937 | Gus Meins | Louise Henry, Phil Regan, Duke Ellington | Musical | Republic |
| Hit the Saddle | Mack V. Wright | Robert Livingston, Rita Hayworth, Ray "Crash" Corrigan | Western | Republic |
| Hitting a New High | Raoul Walsh | Lily Pons, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore | Musical comedy | RKO |
| Hittin' the Trail | Robert N. Bradbury | Tex Ritter, Hank Worden, Earl Dwire | Western | Grand National |
| Hollywood Cowboy | Ewing Scott | George O'Brien, Cecilia Parker, Maude Eburne | Western | RKO |
| Hollywood Hotel | Busby Berkeley | Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Hollywood Round-Up | Ewing Scott | Buck Jones, Helen Twelvetrees, Grant Withers | Western | Columbia |
| The Holy Terror | James Tinling | Jane Withers, Joe E. Lewis, Tony Martin | Comedy drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Hoosier Schoolboy | William Nigh | Mickey Rooney, Anne Nagel, Frank Shields | Drama | Monogram |
| Hopalong Rides Again | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Nora Lane, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Paramount |
| Hot Water | Frank R. Strayer | Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Hotel Haywire | George Archainbaud | Leo Carrillo, Lynne Overman, Spring Byington | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Hurricane | John Ford | Dorothy Lamour, Mary Astor, Jon Hall | Adventure | United Artists |

## I–J

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| I Cover the War! | Arthur Lubin | John Wayne, Gwen Gaze. Don Barclay | War drama | Universal |
| Idol of the Crowds | Arthur Lubin | John Wayne, Sheila Bromley, Huntley Gordon | Sports drama | Universal |
| I Met Him in Paris | Wesley Ruggles | Claudette Colbert, Robert Young, Melvyn Douglas | Romantic comedy | Paramount |
| I Promise to Pay | D. Ross Lederman | Chester Morris, Leo Carrillo, Helen Mack | Drama | Columbia |
| I'll Take Romance | Edward H. Griffith | Grace Moore, Melvyn Douglas, Stuart Erwin | Musical comedy | Columbia |
| In Old Chicago | Henry King | Tyrone Power, Alice Brady, Don Ameche | Musical | Fox |
| Internes Can't Take Money | Alfred Santell | Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Lloyd Nolan | Drama | Paramount |
| Island Captives | Paul Kerschner | Edward Nugent, Joan Barclay, Henry Brandon | Adventure | Independent |
| It Can't Last Forever | Hamilton MacFadden | Ralph Bellamy, Betty Furness, Robert Armstrong | Comedy | Columbia |
| It Could Happen to You! | Phil Rosen | Alan Baxter, Andrea Leeds, Astrid Allwyn | Drama | Republic |
| It Happened in Hollywood | Harry Lachman | Fay Wray, Richard Dix, Franklin Pangborn | Comedy | Columbia |
| It Happened Out West | Howard Bretherton | Paul Kelly, Judith Allen, LeRoy Mason | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| It's All Yours | Elliott Nugent | Madeleine Carroll, Mischa Auer, Francis Lederer | Comedy | Columbia |
| It's Love I'm After | Archie Mayo | Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard | Romantic comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Jim Hanvey, Detective | Phil Rosen | Guy Kibbee, Tom Brown, Catherine Doucet | Mystery | Republic |
| John Meade's Woman | Richard Wallace | Edward Arnold, Gail Patrick, George Bancroft | Drama | Paramount |
| Join the Marines | Ralph Staub | Paul Kelly, June Travis, Reginald Denny | Action | Republic |
| The Jones Family in Big Business | Frank R. Strayer | Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |

## K–L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Kid Galahad | Michael Curtiz | Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The King and the Chorus Girl | Mervyn LeRoy | Joan Blondell, Fernand Gravey, Edward Everett Horton | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| King of Gamblers | Robert Florey | Akim Tamiroff, Claire Trevor, Lloyd Nolan | Crime | Paramount |
| The Lady Escapes | Eugene Forde | Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, George Sanders | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Lady Fights Back | Milton Carruth | Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, William Lundigan | Drama | Universal |
| Lancer Spy | Gregory Ratoff | Dolores del Río, George Sanders, Peter Lorre | Thriller | 20th Century Fox |
| Land Beyond the Law | B. Reeves Eason | Dick Foran, Wayne Morris, Harry Woods | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Larceny on the Air | Irving Pichel | Robert Livingston, Grace Bradley, Willard Robertson | Crime | Republic |
| The Last Gangster | Edward Ludwig | Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, Rose Stradner | Crime | MGM |
| The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Dorothy Arzner | Joan Crawford, William Powell, Nigel Bruce | Comedy drama | MGM |
| The Last Train from Madrid | James P. Hogan | Dorothy Lamour, Lew Ayres, Gilbert Roland | Drama | Paramount |
| The Law Commands | William Nigh | Tom Keene, Robert Fiske, Budd Buster | Western | Independent |
| Law for Tombstone | Buck Jones | Muriel Evans, Harvey Clark, Carl Stockdale | Western | Universal |
| Law of the Ranger | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Robert Allen, Elaine Shepard, John Merton | Western | Columbia |
| Lawless Land | Albert Ray | Johnny Mack Brown, Louise Stanley, Julian Rivero | Western | Republic |
| A Lawman Is Born | Sam Newfield | Johnny Mack Brown, Iris Meredith, Warner Richmond | Western | Republic |
| The League of Frightened Men | Alfred E. Green | Walter Connolly, Irene Hervey, Lionel Stander | Mystery | Columbia |
| Left-Handed Law | Lesley Selander | Buck Jones, Noel Francis, Nina Quartero | Western | Universal |
| The Legion of Missing Men | Hamilton MacFadden | Ralph Forbes, Roy D'Arcy, Ben Alexander | Adventure | Monogram |
| Let Them Live | Harold Young | John Howard, Nan Grey, Judith Barrett | Drama | Universal |
| Let's Get Married | Alfred E. Green | Ida Lupino, Ralph Bellamy, Walter Connolly | Comedy | Columbia |
| Life Begins in College | William A. Seiter | The Ritz Brothers, Gloria Stuart, Joan Davis | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Life Begins with Love | Ray McCarey | Jean Parker, Douglass Montgomery, Edith Fellows | Romantic drama | Columbia |
| The Life of Émile Zola | William Dieterle | Paul Muni, Joseph Schildkraut, Gale Sondergaard | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Life of the Party | William A. Seiter | Gene Raymond, Franklin Pangborn, Ann Miller | Musical comedy | RKO |
| Lightnin' Crandall | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Lois January, Charles King | Western | Republic |
| Live, Love and Learn | George Fitzmaurice | Rosalind Russell, Robert Benchley, Monty Woolley | Comedy | MGM |
| Living on Love | Lew Landers | Whitney Bourne, Joan Woodbury, James Dunn | Comedy | RKO |
| London by Night | Wilhelm Thiele | George Murphy, Rita Johnson, Virginia Field | Mystery | MGM |
| Lost Horizon | Frank Capra | Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, H. B. Warner | Fantasy adventure | Columbia |
| Lost Ranch | Sam Katzman | Tom Tyler, Slim Whitaker, Theodore Lorch | Western | Independent |
| Love and Hisses | Sidney Lanfield | Walter Winchell, Simone Simon, Joan Davis | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Love in a Bungalow | Ray McCarey | Nan Grey, Kent Taylor, Louise Beavers | Comedy | Universal |
| Love Is News | Tay Garnett | Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche | Romantic comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Love Is on the Air | Nick Grinde | Ronald Reagan, June Travis, Eddie Acuff | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Love on Toast | E. A. Dupont | John Payne, Stella Adler, Grant Richards | Comedy | Paramount |
| Love Takes Flight | Conrad Nagel | Bruce Cabot, Beatrice Roberts, Edwin Maxwell | Drama | Grand National |
| Love Under Fire | George Marshall | Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Katherine DeMille | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Luck of Roaring Camp | Irvin Willat | Owen Davis, Joan Woodbury, Sheila Bromley | Western | Monogram |

## M–N

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Madame X | Sam Wood | Gladys George, Warren William, Reginald Owen | Drama | MGM |
| Maid of Salem | Frank Lloyd | Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Gale Sondergaard | Historical | Paramount |
| Make a Wish | Kurt Neumann | Bobby Breen, Basil Rathbone, Ralph Forbes | Musical | RKO |
| Make Way for Tomorrow | Leo McCarey | Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell | Drama | Paramount |
| Mama Runs Wild | Ralph Staub | Mary Boland, Ernest Truex, Lynne Roberts | Comedy | Republic |
| Mama Steps Out | George B. Seitz, Anita Loos | Alice Brady, Gene Lockhart, Guy Kibbee | Comedy | MGM |
| The Man in Blue | Milton Carruth | Robert Wilcox, Nan Grey, Edward Ellis | Crime | Universal |
| Man of the People | Edwin L. Marin | Joseph Calleia, Florence Rice, Ted Healy | Drama | MGM |
| The Man in Blue | Milton Carruth | Robert Wilcox, Edward Ellis, Nan Grey | Crime | Universal |
| The Man Who Cried Wolf | Lewis R. Foster | Lewis Stone, Jameson Thomas, Barbara Read | Drama | Universal |
| The Man Who Found Himself | Lew Landers | Joan Fontaine, George Irving, John Beal | Drama | RKO |
| Manhattan Merry-Go-Round | Charles Reisner | Ann Dvorak, Cab Calloway, Louis Prima | Musical | Republic |
| Manhattan Shakedown | Leon Barsha | John Gallaudet, Rosalind Keith, Phyllis Clare | Crime | Independent |
| Mannequin | Frank Borzage | Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis | Drama | MGM |
| Marked Woman | Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz | Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Eduardo Ciannelli | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Married Before Breakfast | Edwin L. Marin | Robert Young, Florence Rice, Barnett Parker | Comedy | MGM |
| Marry the Girl | William C. McGann | Mary Boland, Hugh Herbert, Mischa Auer | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Maytime | Robert Z. Leonard | Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore | Musical | MGM |
| Melody of the Plains | Sam Newfield | Fred Scott, Al St. John, David Sharpe | Western | Independent |
| Melody for Two | Louis King | James Melton, Patricia Ellis, Marie Wilson | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Men in Exile | John Farrow | Dick Purcell, June Travis, Victor Varconi | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Meet the Boyfriend | Ralph Staub | Robert Paige, Carol Hughes, Warren Hymer | Comedy | Republic |
| Meet the Missus | Joseph Santley | Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Anne Shirley | Comedy | RKO |
| Merry-Go-Round of 1938 | Irving Cummings | Bert Lahr, Jimmy Savo, Alice Brady | Comedy | Universal |
| Michael O'Halloran | Karl Brown | Wynne Gibson, Warren Hull, Jackie Moran | Drama | Republic |
| Midnight Court | Frank McDonald | Ann Dvorak, Joseph Crehan, John Litel | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Midnight Madonna | James Flood | Warren William, Mady Correll, Edward Ellis | Drama | Paramount |
| Midnight Taxi | Eugene Forde | Brian Donlevy, Frances Drake, Alan Dinehart | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| The Mighty Treve | Lewis D. Collins | Noah Beery, Barbara Read, Hobart Cavanaugh | Western | Universal |
| Mile-a-Minute-Love | Elmer Clifton | William Bakewell, Arletta Duncan, Duncan Renaldo | Drama | Independent |
| Million Dollar Racket | Robert F. Hill | Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Bryant Washburn | Crime | Independent |
| A Million to One | Lynn Shores | Bruce Bennett, Joan Fontaine, Monte Blue | Sports | Independent |
| Missing Witnesses | William Clemens | John Litel, Dick Purcell, Sheila Bromley | Crime | Warner Bros. |
| Moonlight on the Range | Sam Newfield | Fred Scott, Al St. John, Lois January | Western | Independent |
| Motor Madness | D. Ross Lederman | Rosalind Keith, Marc Lawrence, J.M. Kerrigan | Drama | Columbia |
| Mountain Justice | Michael Curtiz | Josephine Hutchinson, Guy Kibbee, George Brent | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Mountain Music | Robert Florey | Bob Burns, Martha Raye, John Howard | Musical | Paramount |
| Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Alfred E. Green | Kenny Baker, Frank McHugh, Alice Brady | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Murder Goes to College | Charles Reisner | Roscoe Karns, Marsha Hunt, Lynne Overman | Mystery | Paramount |
| Murder in Greenwich Village | Albert S. Rogell | Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Raymond Walburn | Mystery | Columbia |
| Murder Is News | Leon Barsha | John Gallaudet, Iris Meredith, George McKay | Mystery | Columbia |
| Music for Madame | John G. Blystone | Nino Martini, Joan Fontaine, Alan Mowbray | Musical comedy | RKO |
| My Dear Miss Aldrich | George B. Seitz | Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, Edna May Oliver | Comedy | MGM |
| The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen | Ray Taylor | Tex Ritter, Iris Meredith, Horace Murphy | Western | Grand National |
| Mystery Range | Sam Katzman | Tom Tyler, Milburn Morante, Lafe McKee | Western | Independent |
| Nancy Steele Is Missing! | George Marshall Otto Preminger | Victor McLaglen, Walter Connolly, Peter Lorre | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Nation Aflame | Victor Halperin | Noel Madison, Lila Lee Douglas Walton | Drama | Independent |
| Navy Blue and Gold | Sam Wood | James Stewart, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore | Sports | MGM |
| Navy Blues | Ralph Staub | Dick Purcell, Mary Brian, Warren Hymer | Comedy | Republic |
| Navy Spy | Joseph H. Lewis, Crane Wilbur | Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Judith Allen | Thriller | Grand National |
| New Faces of 1937 | Leigh Jason | Joe Penner, Milton Berle, Harriet Hilliard | Musical | RKO |
| Night Club Scandal | Ralph Murphy | John Barrymore, Louise Campbell, Lynne Overman | Drama | Paramount |
| Night Key | Lloyd Corrigan | Boris Karloff, Jean Rogers, Alan Baxter | Crime | Universal |
| Night Must Fall | Richard Thorpe | Rosalind Russell, Robert Montgomery, Dame May Whitty | Thriller | MGM |
| Night of Mystery | E.A. Dupont | Grant Richards, Roscoe Karns, Helen Burgess | Mystery | Paramount |
| Nobody's Baby | Gus Meins | Patsy Kelly, Lyda Roberti, Lynne Overman | Comedy | MGM |
| North of the Rio Grande | Nate Watt | William Boyd, Gabby Hayes, Lee J. Cobb | Western | Paramount |
| Nothing Sacred | William A. Wellman | Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Walter Connolly | Comedy | United Artists |

## O–P

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Off to the Races | Frank R. Strayer | Slim Summerville, Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Oh, Doctor | Ray McCarey | Edward Everett Horton, Eve Arden, Thurston Hall | Comedy | Universal |
| Old Louisiana | Irvin Willat | Tom Keene, Rita Hayworth, Allan Cavan | Western | Independent |
| The Old Wyoming Trail | Folmar Blangsted | Charles Starrett, Barbara Weeks, Dick Curtis | Western | Universal |
| On Again-Off Again | Edward F. Cline | Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Marjorie Lord | Musical comedy | RKO |
| On Such a Night | E. A. Dupont | Grant Richards, Karen Morley, Roscoe Karns | Crime | Paramount |
| On the Avenue | Roy Del Ruth | Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye | Musical comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Once a Doctor | William Clemens | Jean Muir, Donald Woods, Gordon Oliver | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| One Hundred Men and a Girl | Henry Koster | Deanna Durbin, Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady | Musical comedy | Universal |
| One Man Justice | Leon Barsha | Charles Starrett, Barbara Weeks, Wally Wales | Western | Columbia |
| One Mile from Heaven | Allan Dwan | Claire Trevor, Fredi Washington, Sally Blane | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Orphan of the Pecos | Sam Katzman | Tom Tyler, Theodore Lorch, Forrest Taylor | Western | Independent |
| Outcast | Robert Florey | Warren William, Karen Morley, Lewis Stone | Drama | Paramount |
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat | Christy Cabanne | Preston Foster, Virginia Weidler, Van Heflin | Western | RKO |
| The Outer Gate | Raymond Cannon | Ralph Morgan, Kay Linaker, Ben Alexander | Crime | Monogram |
| Outlaws of the Orient | Ernest B. Schoedsack | Jack Holt, Mae Clark, Harold Huber | Action adventure | Columbia |
| Outlaws of the Prairie | Sam Nelson | Charles Starrett, Iris Meredith, Dick Curtis | Western | Columbia |
| Over the Goal | Noel M. Smith | William Hopper, June Travis, Gordon Oliver | Sports | Warner Bros. |
| Paid to Dance | Charles C. Coleman | Don Terry, Jacqueline Wells, Rita Hayworth | Drama | Columbia |
| Paradise Express | Joseph Kane | Grant Withers, Dorothy Appleby, Arthur Hoyt | Drama | Republic |
| Paradise Isle | Arthur Greville Collins | Movita Castaneda, Warren Hull, William B. Davidson | Drama | Monogram |
| Park Avenue Logger | David Howard | George O'Brien, Beatrice Roberts, Ward Bond | Western | RKO |
| Parnell | John M. Stahl | Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Alan Marshal | Drama, Biography | MGM |
| Parole Racket | Charles C. Coleman | Paul Kelly, Rosalind Keith, Thurston Hall | Crime | Columbia |
| Partners in Crime | Ralph Murphy | Lynne Overman, Roscoe Karns, Anthony Quinn | Crime | Paramount |
| Penrod and Sam | William C. McGann | Billy Mauch, Spring Byington, Frank Craven | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Perfect Specimen | Michael Curtiz | Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Personal Property | W. S. Van Dyke | Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor, Reginald Owen | Comedy | MGM |
| Pick a Star | Edward Sedgwick | Rosina Lawrence, Jack Haley, Lyda Roberti | Musical comedy | MGM |
| The Plough and the Stars | John Ford | Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Barry Fitzgerald | Drama | RKO |
| Portia on Trial | George Nicholls Jr. | Heather Angel, Neil Hamilton, Walter Abel | Drama | Republic |
| Prairie Thunder | B. Reeves Eason | Dick Foran, Frank Orth, Janet Shaw | Western | Warner Bros. |
| Prescription for Romance | S. Sylvan Simon | Wendy Barrie, Kent Taylor, Mischa Auer | Romantic comedy | Universal |
| The Prince and the Pauper | William Keighley | Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephenson | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | John Cromwell, W. S. Van Dyke | Ronald Colman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Raymond Massey | Adventure | United Artists |
| Public Cowboy No. 1 | Joseph Kane | Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| Public Wedding | Nick Grinde | Jane Wyman, Dick Purcell, Marie Wilson | Comedy | Warner Bros. |

## Q–R

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Quality Street | George Stevens | Katharine Hepburn, Franchot Tone, Estelle Winwood | Comedy | RKO |
| Quick Money | Edward Killy | Fred Stone, Berton Churchill, Gordon Jones | Comedy | RKO |
| Racing Lady | Wallace Fox | Ann Dvorak, Smith Ballew, Harry Carey | Drama | RKO |
| Racketeers in Exile | Erle C. Kenton | George Bancroft, Evelyn Venable, Wynne Gibson | Crime | Columbia |
| Range Defenders | Mack V. Wright | Robert Livingston, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Eleanor Stewart | Western | Republic |
| Ranger Courage | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Robert Allen, Walter Miller, Bud Osborne | Western | Columbia |
| The Rangers Step In | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Robert Allen, Eleanor Stewart, John Merton | Western | Columbia |
| Raw Timber | Howard Higgin | Tom Keene, Budd Buster, Robert Fiske | Western | Independent |
| Ready, Willing and Able | Ray Enright | Ruby Keeler, Wini Shaw, Carol Hughes | Musical comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Reckless Ranger | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Robert Allen, Jack Perrin, Mary MacLaren | Western | Columbia |
| The Red Rope | S. Roy Luby | Bob Steele, Lois January, Forrest Taylor | Western | Republic |
| Renfrew of the Royal Mounted | Albert Herman | James Newill, Carol Hughes, Kenneth Harlan | Western | Grand National |
| Reported Missing | Milton Carruth | William Gargan, Jean Rogers, Dick Purcell | Thriller | Universal |
| Rhythm in the Clouds | John H. Auer | Patricia Ellis, Warren Hull, William Newell | Musical | Republic |
| Rich Relations | Clifford Sanforth | Ralph Forbes, Frances Grant, Muriel Evans | Comedy | Independent |
| Riders of the Dawn | Robert N. Bradbury | Jack Randall, Warner Richmond, George Cooper | Western | Monogram |
| Riders of the Rockies | Robert North Bradbury | Tex Ritter, Louise Stanley, Horace Murphy | Western | Grand National |
| Riders of the Whistling Skull | Mack V. Wright | Bob Livingston, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Mary Russell | Western | Republic |
| Ridin' the Lone Trail | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele, Claire Rochelle, Charles King | Western | Republic |
| Riding on Air | Edward Sedgwick | Joe E. Brown, Guy Kibbee, Florence Rice | Comedy | RKO |
| The Road Back | James Whale | Slim Summerville, Andy Devine, John Emery | Drama | Universal |
| The Roaming Cowboy | Robert F. Hill | Fred Scott, Al St. John, Lois January | Western | Independent |
| Roaring Six Guns | J. P. McGowan | Kermit Maynard, Sam Flint, John Merton | Western | Independent |
| Roaring Timber | Phil Rosen | Jack Holt, Grace Bradley, Ruth Donnelly | Drama | Columbia |
| Roll Along, Cowboy | Gus Meins | Smith Ballew, Cecilia Parker, Stanley Fields | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Romance of the Rockies | Robert North Bradbury | Tom Keene, Beryl Wallace, Franklyn Farnum | Western | Monogram |
| Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm | Mack V. Wright | Gene Autry, Monte Blue, Armida | Western | Republic |
| Rosalie | W. S. Van Dyke | Eleanor Powell, Nelson Eddy, Ray Bolger | Musical | MGM |
| Round-Up Time in Texas | Joseph Kane | Gene Autry, Maxine Doyle, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| Rustlers' Valley | Nate Watt | William Boyd, Muriel Evans, Lee J. Cobb | Western | Paramount |

## S

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Sandflow | Lesley Selander | Buck Jones, Lita Chevret, Bob Kortman | Western | Universal |
| San Quentin | Lloyd Bacon | Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Santa Fe Rides | Bernard B. Ray | Bob Custer, Eleanor Stewart, David Sharpe | Western | Independent |
| Saratoga | Jack Conway | Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore | Comedy drama | MGM |
| Saturday's Heroes | Edward Killy | Van Heflin, Marian Marsh, Richard Lane | Sports | RKO |
| Sea Devils | Benjamin Stoloff | Victor McLaglen, Ida Lupino, Preston Foster | Action | RKO |
| Sea Racketeers | Hamilton MacFadden | Weldon Heyburn, Jeanne Madden, Penny Singleton | Crime | Republic |
| Second Honeymoon | Walter Lang | Loretta Young, Tyrone Power, Claire Trevor | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Secret Valley | Howard Bretherton | Richard Arlen, Virginia Grey, Jack Mulhall | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Seventh Heaven | Henry King | James Stewart, Simone Simon, Jean Hersholt | Romance | 20th Century Fox |
| Sh! The Octopus | William C. McGann | Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins, Marcia Ralston | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| The Shadow | Charles C. Coleman | Rita Hayworth, Charles Quigley, Marc Lawrence | Mystery | Columbia |
| The Shadow Strikes | Lynn Shores | Rod La Rocque, Walter McGrail, Bruce Kellogg | Mystery | Grand National |
| Shall We Dance | Mark Sandrich | Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton | Musical comedy | RKO |
| She Asked for It | Erle C. Kenton | William Gargan, Vivienne Osborne, Richard Carle | Comedy | Paramount |
| She Had to Eat | Malcolm St. Clair | Rochelle Hudson, Jack Haley, Eugene Pallette | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| She Loved a Fireman | John Farrow | Dick Foran, Ann Sheridan, Robert Armstrong | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| She Married an Artist | Marion Gering | John Boles, Luli Deste, Frances Drake | Comedy | Columbia |
| She's Dangerous | Lewis R. Foster | Tala Birell, Cesar Romero, Walter Pidgeon | Crime | Universal |
| She's Got Everything | Joseph Santley | Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Helen Broderick | Comedy | RKO |
| She's No Lady | Charles Vidor | Ann Dvorak, John Trent, Aileen Pringle | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Sheik Steps Out | Irving Pichel | Ramon Novarro, Lola Lane, Kathleen Burke | Musical | Republic |
| The Silver Trail | Bernard B. Ray | Rex Lease, Roger Williams, Slim Whitaker | Western | Independent |
| Sing and Be Happy | James Tinling | Tony Martin, Leah Ray, Joan Davis | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Sing, Cowboy, Sing | Robert N. Bradbury | Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett, Louise Stanley | Western | Grand National |
| Sing While You're Able | Marshall Neilan | Pinky Tomlin, Toby Wing, Suzanne Kaaren | Musical | Independent |
| The Singing Buckaroo | Tom Gibson | Fred Scott, Victoria Vinton, William Faversham | Western | Independent |
| The Singing Marine | Ray Enright, Busby Berkeley | Dick Powell, Doris Weston, Lee Dixon | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Sky Racket | Sam Katzman | Bruce Bennett, Monte Blue, Hattie McDaniel | Science fiction | Independent |
| Slave Ship | Tay Garnett | Wallace Beery, Warner Baxter, Mickey Rooney | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Slaves in Bondage | Elmer Clifton | Lona Andre, Wheeler Oakman, Donald Reed | Exploitation | Independent |
| Slim | Ray Enright | Henry Fonda, Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Small Town Boy | Glenn Tryon | Stuart Erwin, Joyce Compton, Dorothy Appleby | Comedy | Grand National |
| Smart Blonde | Frank McDonald | Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Winifred Shaw | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| Smashing the Vice Trust | Melville Shyer | Willy Castello, Veola Vonn, Selmer Jackson | Crime | Independent |
| Smoke Tree Range | Lesley Selander | Buck Jones, Muriel Evans, John Elliott | Western | Universal |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | David Hand | Adriana Caselotti, Roy Atwell, Billy Gilbert | Animated | Disney, RKO |
| The Soldier and the Lady | George Nicholls Jr. | Anton Walbrook, Elizabeth Allan, Akim Tamiroff | Adventure | RKO |
| Some Blondes Are Dangerous | Milton Carruth | Noah Beery Jr., Nan Grey, Dorothea Kent | Drama | Universal |
| Something to Sing About | Victor Schertzinger | James Cagney, Evelyn Daw, Mona Barrie | Musical comedy | Grand National |
| Song of the City | Errol Taggart | Margaret Lindsay, Dean Jagger, Nat Pendleton | Musical | MGM |
| Sophie Lang Goes West | Charles Reisner | Gertrude Michael, Lee Bowman, Sandra Storme | Crime | Paramount |
| Souls at Sea | Henry Hathaway | Gary Cooper, George Raft, Robert Cummings | Adventure | Paramount |
| Special Agent K-7 | Raymond K. Johnson | Walter McGrail, Queenie Smith, Irving Pichel | Mystery | Independent |
| Speed to Spare | Lambert Hillyer | Charles Quigley, Dorothy Wilson, Patricia Farr | Drama | Columbia |
| Springtime in the Rockies | Joseph Kane | Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Polly Rowles | Western | Republic |
| Stage Door | Gregory La Cava | Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou | Drama | RKO |
| Stand-In | Tay Garnett | Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell | Comedy | United Artists |
| A Star Is Born | William A. Wellman | Fredric March, Janet Gaynor, Adolphe Menjou | Drama | United Artists |
| Stars Over Arizona | Robert North Bradbury | Jack Randall, Horace Murphy, Warner Richmond | Western | Monogram |
| Stella Dallas | King Vidor | Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Alan Hale | Drama | United Artists |
| Step Lively, Jeeves! | Eugene Forde | Arthur Treacher, Patricia Ellis, Robert Kent | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Stolen Holiday | Michael Curtiz | Kay Francis, Claude Rains, Ian Hunter | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Submarine D-1 | Lloyd Bacon | Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Wayne Morris | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Sudden Bill Dorn | Ray Taylor | Buck Jones, Noel Francis, Evelyn Brent | Western | Universal |
| Super-Sleuth | Benjamin Stoloff | Jack Oakie, Ann Sothern, Eduardo Ciannelli | Comedy | RKO |
| Sweetheart of the Navy | Duncan Mansfield | Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker, Roger Imhof | Comedy | Grand National |
| Swing High, Swing Low | Mitchell Leisen | Dorothy Lamour, Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray | Comedy drama | Paramount |
| Swing It, Professor | Marshall Neilan | Pinky Tomlin, Paula Stone, Milburn Stone | Musical | Independent |

## T

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Talent Scout | William Clemens | Donald Woods, Jeanne Madden, Rosalind Marquis | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Telephone Operator | Scott Pembroke | Judith Allen, Alice White, Pat Flaherty | Drama, Action | Monogram |
| Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts | Ray Taylor | Tex Ritter, Marjorie Reynolds, Forrest Taylor | Western | Grand National |
| Texas Trail | David Selman | William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Judith Allen | Western | Paramount |
| Thank You, Mr. Moto | Norman Foster | Peter Lorre, Thomas Beck,Pauline Frederick | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| Thanks for Listening | Marshall Neilan | Pinky Tomlin, Maxine Doyle, Claire Rochelle | Comedy | Independent |
| That Certain Woman | Edmund Goulding | Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Anita Louise | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| That Girl from Paris | Leigh Jason | Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, Gene Raymond | Comedy | RKO |
| That I May Live | Allan Dwan | Rochelle Hudson, Robert Kent, Jack La Rue | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| That Man's Here Again | Louis King | Hugh Herbert, Mary Maguire, Tom Brown | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| That Navy Spirit | Kurt Neumann | Lew Ayres, Mary Carlisle, John Howard | Sports | Paramount |
| That's My Story | Sidney Salkow | William Lundigan, Claudia Morgan, Herbert Mundin | Drama | Universal |
| There Goes My Girl | Ben Holmes | Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Richard Lane | Comedy | RKO |
| There Goes the Groom | Joseph Santley | Ann Sothern, Burgess Meredith, Mary Boland | Comedy | RKO |
| They Gave Him a Gun | W. S. Van Dyke | Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, Franchot Tone | Drama | MGM |
| They Wanted to Marry | Lew Landers | Betty Furness, Gordon Jones, Henry Kolker | Romantic comedy | RKO |
| They Won't Forget | Mervyn LeRoy | Claude Rains, Lana Turner, Otto Kruger | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Thin Ice | Sidney Lanfield | Tyrone Power, Sonja Henie, Arthur Treacher | Romantic comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Think Fast, Mr. Moto | Norman Foster | Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| The Thirteenth Chair | George B. Seitz | Dame May Whitty, Lewis Stone, Elissa Landi | Mystery | MGM |
| This Is My Affair | William A. Seiter | Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Donlevy | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| This Way Please | Robert Florey | Betty Grable, Charles Rogers, Porter Hall | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| Thoroughbreds Don't Cry | Alfred E. Green | Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, C. Aubrey Smith | Musical comedy | MGM |
| Three Legionnaires | Hamilton MacFadden | Robert Armstrong, Lyle Talbot, Fifi D'Orsay | Comedy | Independent |
| Thrill of a Lifetime | George Archainbaud | James V. Kern, Judy Canova, Eleanore Whitney | Comedy | Paramount |
| Thunder Trail | Charles Barton | Gilbert Roland, Charles Bickford, Marsha Hunt | Western | Paramount |
| Time Out for Romance | Malcolm St. Clair | Claire Trevor, Michael Whalen, Joan Davis | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| The Toast of New York | Rowland V. Lee | Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Edward Arnold | Drama | RKO |
| Too Many Wives | Ben Holmes | Anne Shirley, Barbara Pepper, Gene Lockhart | Comedy | RKO |
| Top of the Town | Ralph Murphy | Doris Nolan, George Murphy, Ella Logan | Comedy | Universal |
| Topper | Norman Z. McLeod | Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Cary Grant | Comedy | MGM |
| Tough to Handle | S. Roy Luby | Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Phyllis Cerf | Action | Independent |
| Tovarich | Anatole Litvak | Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Trail of Vengeance | Sam Newfield | Johnny Mack Brown, Iris Meredith, Warner Richmond | Western | Republic |
| Trailin' Trouble | Arthur Rosson | Ken Maynard, Lona Andre, Roger Williams | Western | Grand National |
| Trapped | Leon Barsha | Charles Starrett, Robert Middlemass, Lew Meehan | Western | Columbia |
| Trapped by G-Men | Lewis D. Collins | Jack Holt, Wynne Gibson, Jack La Rue | Crime | Columbia |
| The Trigger Trio | William Witney | Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Ralph Byrd | Western | Republic |
| Trouble at Midnight | Ford Beebe | Noah Beery Jr., Kay Hughes, Larry J. Blake | Action | Universal |
| Trouble in Morocco | Ernest B. Schoedsack | Jack Holt, Mae Clarke, Paul Hurst | Adventure | Columbia |
| Trouble in Texas | Robert N. Bradbury | Tex Ritter, Rita Hayworth, Yakima Canutt | Western | Grand National |
| True Confession | Wesley Ruggles | Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Trusted Outlaw | Robert N. Bradbury | Bob Steele, Lois January, Joan Barclay | Western | Republic |
| Turn Off the Moon | Lewis Seiler | Charlie Ruggles, Eleanore Whitney, Johnny Downs | Comedy | Paramount |
| Two-Fisted Sheriff | Leon Barsha | Charles Starrett, Barbara Weeks, Allan Sears | Western | Columbia |
| Two Gun Law | Leon Barsha | Charles Starrett, Hank Bell, Charles Middleton | Western | Columbia |
| Two Wise Maids | Phil Rosen | Alison Skipworth, Peggy Moran, Donald Cook | Drama | Republic |

## U–V

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Under Cover of Night | George B. Seitz | Edmund Lowe, Florence Rice, Henry Daniell | Mystery | MGM |
| Under the Red Robe | Victor Sjostrom | Conrad Veidt, Raymond Massey, Annabella | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| Under Strange Flags | Irvin Willat | Tom Keene, Luana Walters, Maurice Black | Western | Independent |
| Under Suspicion | Lewis D. Collins | Jack Holt, Katherine DeMille, Luis Alberni | Mystery | Columbia |
| Valley of Terror | Albert Herman | Kermit Maynard, Harley Wood, John Merton | Western | Independent |
| Varsity Show | William Keighley | Dick Powell, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Venus Makes Trouble | Gordon Wiles | James Dunn, Patricia Ellis, Astrid Allwyn | Comedy | Columbia |
| Vogues of 1938 | Irving Cummings | Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, Helen Vinson | Musical | United Artists |

## W–Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Waikiki Wedding | Frank Tuttle | Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Shirley Ross | Musical comedy | Paramount |
| Wake Up and Live | Sidney Lanfield | Patsy Kelly, Ben Bernie, Walter Winchell | Musical comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Wallaby Jim of the Islands | Charles Lamont | George F. Houston, Douglas Walton, Wilhelm von Brincken | Adventure | Grand National |
| Way Out West | James W. Horne | Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson | Comedy | MGM |
| We Have Our Moments | Alfred L. Werker | Sally Eilers, James Dunn, David Niven | Comedy | Universal |
| We Who Are About to Die | Christy Cabanne | Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster, Willie Fung | Drama, Crime | RKO |
| Wee Willie Winkie | John Ford | Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith | Adventure | 20th Century Fox |
| We're on the Jury | Ben Holmes | Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Charles Lane | Comedy | RKO |
| Wells Fargo | Frank Lloyd | Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, Porter Hall | Western | Paramount |
| Westbound Mail | Folmar Blangsted | Charles Starrett, Rosalind Keith, Edward Keane | Western | Columbia |
| West Bound Limited | Ford Beebe | Lyle Talbot, Polly Rowles, Frank Reicher | Action | Universal |
| West of Shanghai | John Farrow, Crane Wilbur | Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Beverly Roberts | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Western Gold | Howard Bretherton | Smith Ballew, Heather Angel, LeRoy Mason | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| The Westland Case | Christy Cabanne | Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, Carol Hughes | Mystery | Universal |
| What Price Vengeance | Del Lord | Lyle Talbot, Wendy Barrie, Marc Lawrence | Crime | Independent |
| When Love Is Young | Hal Mohr | Virginia Bruce, Kent Taylor, Walter Brennan | Comedy | Universal |
| When You're in Love | Harry Lachman, Robert Riskin | Cary Grant, Grace Moore, Aline MacMahon | Romantic Comedy | Columbia |
| When's Your Birthday? | Harry Beaumont | Joe E. Brown, Marian Marsh, Edgar Kennedy | Comedy | RKO |
| Where Trails Divide | Robert N. Bradbury | Tom Keene, Warner Richmond, Eleanor Stewart | Western | Monogram |
| Whistling Bullets | John English | Kermit Maynard, Harley Wood, Maston Williams | Western | Independent |
| White Bondage | Nick Grinde | Jean Muir, Gordon Oliver, Harry Davenport | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Walter Lang | Loretta Young, Warner Baxter, Virginia Bruce | Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Wild and Woolly | Alfred L. Werker | Jane Withers, Walter Brennan, Lon Chaney Jr. | Western comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Wild Horse Rodeo | George Sherman | Robert Livingston, June Martel, Ray "Crash" Corrigan | Western | Republic |
| Wild Money | Louis King | Edward Everett Horton, Louise Campbell, Lynne Overman | Comedy | Paramount |
| The Wildcatter | Lewis D. Collins | Scott Kolk, Jean Rogers, Suzanne Kaaren | Drama | Universal |
| Windjammer | Ewing Scott | George O'Brien, Constance Worth, William Hall | Adventure | RKO |
| Wine, Women and Horses | James Van Trees, Louis King | Ann Sheridan, Barton MacLane, Walter Cassel | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Wings over Honolulu | H. C. Potter | Wendy Barrie, Ray Milland, William Gargan | Military Romance | Universal |
| Wise Girl | Leigh Jason | Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland, Guinn Williams | Comedy | RKO |
| Woman Against the World | David Selman | Collette Lyons, Ralph Forbes, Edgar Evans | Drama | Columbia |
| Woman Chases Man | John G. Blystone | Charles Winninger, Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea | Comedy | United Artists |
| The Woman I Love | Anatole Litvak | Paul Muni, Miriam Hopkins, Louis Hayward | War drama | RKO |
| Woman in Distress | Lynn Shores | May Robson, Irene Hervey, Dean Jagger | Crime | Columbia |
| Woman-Wise | Allan Dwan | Rochelle Hudson, Michael Whalen, Alan Dinehart | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| The Women Men Marry | Errol Taggart | George Murphy, Josephine Hutchinson, Claire Dodd | Drama | MGM |
| Women of Glamour | Gordon Wiles | Virginia Bruce, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny | Comedy | Columbia |
| The Wrong Road | James Cruze | Richard Cromwell, Helen Mack, Lionel Atwill | Drama | Republic |
| Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge | Joseph Kane | Gene Autry, Betty Bronson, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| You Can't Beat Love | Christy Cabanne | Preston Foster, Joan Fontaine, Herbert Mundin | Romantic Comedy | RKO |
| You Can't Buy Luck | Lew Landers | Onslow Stevens, Helen Mack, Vinton Hayworth | Mystery | RKO |
| You Can't Have Everything | Norman Taurog | Alice Faye, Gypsy Rose Lee, The Ritz Brothers | Musical Comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| You Only Live Once | Fritz Lang | Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane | Drama | United Artists |
| You're a Sweetheart | David Butler | Alice Faye, George Murphy, Charles Winninger | Musical | Universal |
| You're Only Young Once | George B. Seitz | Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker | Comedy | MGM |
| Young Dynamite | Leslie Goodwins | Frankie Darro, Kane Richmond, Charlotte Henry | Crime | Independent |
| Youth on Parole | Phil Rosen | Marian Marsh, Gordon Oliver, Margaret Dumont | Crime drama | Republic |

## Documentaries

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Borneo | Truman H. Talley | Lowell Thomas, Martin E. Johnson | Documentary | 20th Century Fox |

## Serials

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Jungle Menace | Harry L. Fraser | Frank Buck | Serial | Columbia |

## Short films

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 3 Dumb Clucks | Del Lord | Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard | Comedy 2-reeler | Columbia |