# List of French films of 1938

A list of films produced in France in 1938:

## A-L

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Abused Confidence | Henri Decoin | Danielle Darrieux, Charles Vanel, Valentine Tessier | Drama | |
| Adrienne Lecouvreur | Marcel L'Herbier | Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay, Junie Astor | Biopic | |
| Alert in the Mediterranean | Léo Joannon | Pierre Fresnay, Nadine Vogel, Rolf Wanka | Thriller | |
| Alexis, Gentleman Chauffeur | Max de Vaucorbeil, René Guissart | Suzy Prim, André Luguet, Raymond Cordy | Comedy | |
| Altitude 3200 | Jean Benoît-Lévy, Marie Epstein | Odette Joyeux, Jean-Louis Barrault, Fernand Ledoux | Drama | |
| The Baker's Wife | Marcel Pagnol | Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Fernand Charpin | Comedy | 2 wins |
| Barnabé | Alexander Esway | Fernandel, Marguerite Moreno, Paulette Dubost | Comedy | |
| Beautiful Star | Jacques de Baroncelli | Michel Simon, Meg Lemonnier, Jean-Pierre Aumont | Comedy drama | |
| Café de Paris | Yves Mirande, Georges Lacombe | Vera Korene, Jules Berry, Simone Berriau | Mystery | |
| Captain Benoit | Maurice de Canonge | Jean Murat, Mireille Balin, Madeleine Robinson | Thriller | |
| Champions of France | Willy Rozier | Georgius, Pierre Etchepare, André Fouché | Sports comedy | |
| Chéri-Bibi | Léon Mathot | Pierre Fresnay, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Marcel Dalio | Drama | |
| The Chess Player | Jean Dréville | Françoise Rosay, Conrad Veidt, Micheline Francey | Drama | |
| The City of Lights | Jean de Limur | Madeleine Robinson, Daniel Lecourtois, Pierre Larquey | Drama | |
| Clodoche | Claude Orval | Pierre Larquey, Denise Bosc, Jules Berry | Comedy | |
| Conflict | Léonide Moguy | Corinne Luchaire, Annie Ducaux, Claude Dauphin | Drama | |
| Coral Reefs | Maurice Gleize | Jean Gabin, Michèle Morgan, Pierre Renoir | Adventure | |
| Crossroads | Curtis Bernhardt | Charles Vanel, Jules Berry, Suzy Prim | Film noir | |
| The Curtain Rises | Marc Allégret | Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin, Odette Joyeux | Crime | |
| Deuxième bureau contre kommandantur | René Jayet, Robert Bibal | Gabriel Gabrio, Junie Astor, Léon Mathot | Spy | |
| Durand Jewellers | Jean Stelli | Blanche Montel, Jacques Baumer, Monique Rolland | Comedy | |
| Education of a Prince | Alexander Esway | Elvire Popesco, Louis Jouvet, Josette Day | Comedy | |
| Ernest the Rebel | Christian-Jaque | Fernandel, Mona Goya, Robert Le Vigan | Comedy | |
| Final Accord | Douglas Sirk, Ignacy Rosenkranz | Käthe von Nagy, Jules Berry, George Rigaud | Comedy | Co-production with Switzerland |
| A Foolish Maiden | Henri Diamant-Berger | Victor Francen, Annie Ducaux, Juliette Faber | Drama | |
| Four in the Morning | Fernand Rivers | Lucien Baroux, André Lefaur, Lyne Clevers | Comedy | |
| Gargousse | Henry Wulschleger | Bach, Saturnin Fabre, Jeanne Fusier-Gir | Comedy | |
| Gibraltar | Fyodor Otsep | Viviane Romance, Roger Duchesne, Erich von Stroheim | Drama | |
| The Girls of the Rhône | Jean-Paul Paulin | Annie Ducaux, Daniel Lecourtois, Alexandre Rignault | Drama | |
| Golden Venus | Jean Delannoy, Charles Méré | Jacques Copeau, Mireille Balin, Saturnin Fabre | Adventure | |
| The Gutter | Maurice Lehmann, Claude Autant-Lara | Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Ginette Leclerc | Drama | |
| Heartbeat | Marcel Pagnol | Fernandel, Orane Demazis, Fernand Charpin | Comedy | |
| Hercule | Alexander Esway | Fernandel, Gaby Morlay, Pierre Brasseur | Comedy | |
| Heroes of the Marne | André Hugon | Raimu, Albert Bassermann, Germaine Dermoz | War | |
| Hôtel du Nord | Marcel Carné | Annabella, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Louis Jouvet | Drama | |
| The Human Beast | Jean Renoir | Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Blanchette Brunoy | Drama | 1 nomination |
| I Was an Adventuress | Raymond Bernard | Edwige Feuillère, Jean Murat, Guillaume de Sax | Comedy drama | |
| If You Return | Jacques Daniel-Norman | Reda Caire, Nicole Vattier, Jean Aquistapace | Comedy | |
| In the Sun of Marseille | Pierre-Jean Ducis | Henri Garat, Germaine Sablon, Fernand Charpin | Musical | |
| The Innocent | Maurice Cammage | Noël-Noël, Madeleine Robinson, Henri Nassiet | Comedy drama | |
| J'accuse! | Abel Gance | Victor Francen, Line Noro, Jean-Max | Drama | |
| Jeannette Bourgogne | Jean Gourguet | Blanchette Brunoy | Drama | |
| Katia | Maurice Tourneur | Danielle Darrieux, John Loder, Aimé Clariond | Historical | |
| The Lafarge Case | Pierre Chenal | Pierre Renoir, Marcelle Chantal, Erich von Stroheim | Historical Crime | |
| Liberty | Jean Kemm | Maurice Escande, Lucien Gallas, Milly Mathis | Drama | |
| Lights of Paris | Richard Pottier | Tino Rossi, Michèle Alfa, Raymond Cordy | Musical | |
| The Little Thing | Maurice Cloche | Robert Lynen, Arletty, Janine Darcey | Drama | |

## M-Z

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| La Marseillaise | Jean Renoir | Pierre Renoir, Lise Delamare, Louis Jouvet | Historical | |
| Mirages | Alexandre Ryder | Arletty, Jeanne Aubert, Michel Simon | Drama | |
| Mollenard | Robert Siodmak | Harry Baur, Gabrielle Dorziat, Gina Manès | Drama | |
| Monsieur Breloque Has Disappeared | Robert Péguy | Lucien Baroux, Junie Astor, Suzy Pierson | Comedy | |
| Monsieur Coccinelle | Dominique Bernard-Deschamps | Pierre Larquey, Jane Loury, Jeanne Provost | Comedy | |
| The Most Beautiful Girl in the World | Dimitri Kirsanoff | Véra Flory, Georges Rollin, Nadia Sibirskaïa | Comedy | |
| Mother Love | Jean Boyer | Michel Simon, Arletty, Gabrielle Dorziat | Comedy | |
| My Priest Among the Rich | Jean Boyer | Bach, Elvire Popesco, André Alerme | Comedy | |
| The New Rich | André Berthomieu | Raimu, Michel Simon, Betty Stockfeld | Comedy | |
| Nights of Princes | Vladimir Strizhevsky | Käthe von Nagy, Marina Koshetz, Jean Murat | Drama | Co-production with Germany |
| The Novel of Werther | Max Ophüls | Pierre Richard-Willm, Annie Vernay, Jean Galland | Historical | |
| Orage | Marc Allégret | Charles Boyer, Michèle Morgan, Lisette Lanvin | Drama | |
| Paid Holidays | Maurice Cammage | Frédéric Duvallès, Suzanne Dehelly, Christiane Delyne | Comedy | |
| The Patriot | Maurice Tourneur | Harry Baur, Pierre Renoir, Suzy Prim | Historical | |
| Peace on the Rhine | Jean Choux | Françoise Rosay, Dita Parlo, John Loder | Comedy drama | |
| People Who Travel | Jacques Feyder | Françoise Rosay, André Brulé, Marie Glory | Drama | Co-production with Germany |
| La Piste du sud | Pierre Billon | Ketti Gallian, Albert Préjean, Pierre Renoir | Adventure | |
| Port of Shadows | Marcel Carné | Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan | Drama | 3 wins |
| The Postmaster's Daughter | Viktor Tourjansky | Harry Baur, Janine Crispin, George Rigaud | Drama | |
| The President | Fernand Rivers | Elvire Popesco, Henri Garat, André Lefaur | Comedy | |
| Prince of My Heart | Jacques Daniel-Norman | Reda Caire, Claude May, Colette Darfeuil | Comedy | |
| Princess Tarakanova | Fyodor Otsep, Mario Soldati | Annie Vernay, Pierre Richard-Willm, Suzy Prim | Historical | Co-production with Italy |
| Prison sans barreaux | Léonide Moguy | Annie Ducaux, Ginette Leclerc, Ginette Leclerc | Drama | |
| The Puritan | Jeff Musso | Pierre Fresnay, Viviane Romance, Jean-Louis Barrault | Crime | |
| Quadrille | Sacha Guitry | Sacha Guitry, Gaby Morlay, Jacqueline Delubac | Comedy | |
| Rail Pirates | Christian-Jaque | Charles Vanel, Suzy Prim, Erich von Stroheim | Adventure | |
| Ramuntcho | René Barberis | Louis Jouvet, Madeleine Ozeray, Line Noro | Drama | |
| Rasputin | Marcel L'Herbier | Harry Baur, Marcelle Chantal, Pierre Richard-Willm | Historical | |
| The Rebel | Léon Mathot | René Dary, Pierre Renoir, Katia Lova | Drama | |
| Return at Dawn | Henri Decoin | Danielle Darrieux, Jacques Dumesnil, Pierre Dux | Drama | |
| The Shanghai Drama | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Raymond Rouleau, Louis Jouvet, Christl Mardayn | Drama | |
| Sirocco | Pierre Chenal | Viviane Romance, Louis Jouvet | Drama | |
| Storm Over Asia | Richard Oswald | Conrad Veidt, Sessue Hayakawa, Madeleine Robinson | Adventure | |
| The Strange Monsieur Victor | Jean Grémillon | Raimu, Madeleine Renaud, Pierre Blanchar | Drama | Co-production with Germany |
| Street Without Joy | André Hugon | Dita Parlo, Albert Préjean, Line Noro | Drama | |
| Tamara | Jean Delannoy, Félix Gandéra | Véra Korène, Victor Francen, Lucas Gridoux | Drama | |
| The Tamer | Pierre Colombier | Saturnin Fabre, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Monique Rolland | Comedy | |
| That's Sport | René Pujol | Pierre Larquey, Henri Garat, Suzanne Dehelly | Musical | |
| Three Artillerymen at the Opera | André Chotin | Pierre Larquey, Roland Toutain, Paul Azaïs | Comedy | |
| Three Waltzes | Ludwig Berger | Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay, Henri Guisol | Musical | |
| The Time of the Cherries | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Gaston Modot, Georges Spanelly, Jean Dasté | Drama | |
| The Train for Venice | André Berthomieu | Max Dearly, Victor Boucher, Huguette Duflos | Comedy | |
| Tricoche and Cacolet | Pierre Colombier | Fernandel, Frédéric Duvallès, Ginette Leclerc | Comedy | |
| Troubled Heart | Jean Vallée | Huguette Duflos, Max Dearly, Henri Rollan | Drama | |
| The Two Schemers | Jacques Houssin | Georges Milton, Jules Berry, Josseline Gaël | Comedy | |
| Ultimatum | Robert Wiene, Robert Siodmak | Dita Parlo, Erich von Stroheim, Abel Jacquin | Drama | |
| Véréna's Wedding | Jacques Daroy | Jeanne Boitel, Pierre Larquey, Gina Manès | Drama | Co-production with Switzerland |
| The West | Henri Fescourt | Charles Vanel, Hélène Robert, Jules Berry | Drama | |
| White Nights in Saint Petersburg | Jean Dréville | Gaby Morlay, Jean Yonnel, Pierre Renoir | Drama | |
| The Woman from the End of the World | Jean Epstein | Charles Vanel, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Germaine Rouer | Drama | |
| The Woman Thief | Abel Gance | Jules Berry, Annie Ducaux, Blanchette Brunoy | Drama | |
| Women's Prison | Roger Richebé | Viviane Romance, Renée Saint-Cyr, Marguerite Deval | Drama | |