| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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| Rage in Heaven | W. S. Van Dyke | Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders | Thriller | MGM |
| Rags to Riches | Joseph Kane | Alan Baxter, Mary Carlisle, Jerome Cowan | Crime | Republic |
| Raiders of the Desert | John Rawlins | Andy Devine, Richard Arlen, Maria Montez | Adventure | Universal |
| Rawhide Rangers | Ray Taylor | Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Nell O'Day | Western | Universal |
| Reaching for the Sun | William A. Wellman | Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Eddie Bracken | Comedy | Paramount |
| Red River Valley | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes, Sally Payne | Western | Republic |
| Redhead | Edward L. Cahn | Johnny Downs, June Lang, Eric Blore | Comedy | Monogram |
| Reg'lar Fellers | Arthur Dreifuss | Billy Lee, Sarah Padden, Roscoe Ates | Comedy | PRC |
| The Reluctant Dragon | Alfred L. Werker | Robert Benchley, Frances Gifford, Nana Bryant | Family | Disney |
| Remember the Day | Henry King | Claudette Colbert, John Payne, Shepperd Strudwick | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Repent at Leisure | Frank Woodruff | Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie, Thurston Hall | Comedy | RKO |
| The Return of Daniel Boone | Lambert Hillyer | Wild Bill Elliott, Betty Miles, Carl Stockdale | Western | Columbia |
| The Richest Man in Town | Charles Barton | Frank Craven, Edgar Buchanan, Roger Pryor | Comedy | Columbia |
| Ride, Kelly, Ride | Norman Foster | Eugene Pallette, Marvin Stephens, Rita Quigley | Sports | 20th Century Fox |
| Ride on Vaquero | Herbert I. Leeds | Cesar Romero, Mary Beth Hughes, Lynne Roberts | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Riders of the Badlands | Howard Bretherton | Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Cliff Edwards | Western | Columbia |
| Riders of the Purple Sage | James Tinling | George Montgomery, Mary Howard, Lynne Roberts | Western | 20th Century Fox |
| Riders of the Timberline | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Eleanor Stewart | Western | Paramount |
| Ridin' on a Rainbow | Lew Landers | Gene Autry, Mary Lee, Carol Adams | Western | Republic |
| Ridin' the Cherokee Trail | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Tex Ritter, Betty Miles, Forrest Taylor | Western | Monogram |
| Riding the Sunset Trail | Robert Emmett Tansey | Tom Keene, Betty Miles, Frank Yaconelli | Western | Monogram |
| Ringside Maisie | Edwin L. Marin | Ann Sothern, George Murphy, Robert Sterling | Comedy | MGM |
| Riot Squad | Edward Finney | Richard Cromwell, Rita Quigley, John Miljan | Crime | Monogram |
| Rise and Shine | Allan Dwan | Jack Oakie, Linda Darnell, George Murphy | Crime comedy | 20th Century Fox |
| Road Agent | Charles Lamont | Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine | Western | Universal |
| Road Show | Hal Roach | Carole Landis, Adolphe Menjou, John Hubbard | Drama | United Artists |
| Road to Zanzibar | Victor Schertzinger | Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour | Comedy | Paramount; second in Road series |
| Roar of the Press | Phil Rosen | Jean Parker, Wallace Ford, Suzanne Kaaren | Mystery | Monogram |
| Roaring Frontiers | Lambert Hillyer | Tex Ritter, Bill Elliott, Ruth Ford | Western | Columbia |
| Robbers of the Range | Edward Killy | Tim Holt, Virginia Vale, Emmett Lynn | Western | RKO |
| Robin Hood of the Pecos | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Marjorie Reynolds, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Republic |
| Romance of the Rio Grande | Herbert I. Leeds | Cesar Romero, Patricia Morison, Lynne Roberts | Western | Paramount |
| Rookies on Parade | Joseph Santley | Bob Crosby, Ruth Terry, Marie Wilson | Musical | Republic |
| The Round Up | Lesley Selander | Richard Dix, Patricia Morison, Preston Foster | Western | Paramount |
| The Royal Mounted Patrol | Lambert Hillyer | Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden, Wanda McKay | Western | Columbia |
| Saddlemates | Lester Orlebeck | Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, Rufe Davis | Western | Republic |
| Saddle Mountain Roundup | S. Roy Luby | Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Jack Mulhall | Western | Monogram |
| Sailors on Leave | Albert S. Rogell | Shirley Ross, William Lundigan, Ruth Donnelly | Comedy | Republic |
| The Saint in Palm Springs | Jack Hively | George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Linda Hayes | Mystery | RKO |
| San Antonio Rose | Charles Lamont | Jane Frazee, Eve Arden, Robert Paige | Musical | Universal |
| Scattergood Baines | Christy Cabanne | Guy Kibbee, Carol Hughes, John Archer | Comedy | RKO |
| Scattergood Meets Broadway | Christy Cabanne | Guy Kibbee, Mildred Coles, Joyce Compton | Comedy | RKO |
| Scattergood Pulls the Strings | Christy Cabanne | Guy Kibbee, Bobs Watson, Susan Peters | Comedy | RKO |
| Scotland Yard | Norman Foster | Nancy Kelly, Edmund Gwenn, Henry Wilcoxon | Crime | 20th Century Fox |
| The Sea Wolf | Michael Curtiz | Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield | Adventure | Warner Bros. |
| Secret Evidence | William Nigh | Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Quigley, Kenneth Harlan | Drama | PRC |
| Secret of the Wastelands | Derwin Abrahams | William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Barbara Britton | Western | Paramount |
| Secrets of the Lone Wolf | Edward Dmytryk | Warren William, Ruth Ford, Eric Blore | Mystery | Columbia |
| Sergeant York | Howard Hawks | Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie | Biography | Warner Bros.;Oscar for Cooper; 10 nominations |
| Shadow of the Thin Man | W. S. Van Dyke | William Powell, Myrna Loy, Donna Reed | Mystery | MGM; 4th in series |
| Shadows on the Stairs | D. Ross Lederman | Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh, Heather Angel | Mystery | Warner Bros. |
| The Shanghai Gesture | Josef von Sternberg | Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature | Thriller | United Artists |
| She Knew All the Answers | Richard Wallace | Joan Bennett, Franchot Tone, Eve Arden | Comedy | Columbia |
| The Shepherd of the Hills | Henry Hathaway | John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey | Drama | Paramount |
| Sheriff of Tombstone | Joseph Kane | Roy Rogers, Elyse Knox, George "Gabby" Hayes | Western | Republic |
| Shining Victory | Irving Rapper | James Stephenson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| A Shot in the Dark | William C. McGann | William Lundigan, Nan Wynn, Ricardo Cortez | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Sierra Sue | William Morgan | Gene Autry, Fay McKenzie, Smiley Burnette | Western | Republic |
| Sign of the Wolf | Howard Bretherton | Michael Whalen, Grace Bradley, Mantan Moreland | Adventure | Monogram |
| Silver Stallion | Edward Finney | David Sharpe, LeRoy Mason, Janet Waldo | Western | Monogram |
| Sing Another Chorus | Charles Lamont | Jane Frazee, Johnny Downs, Mischa Auer | Comedy | Universal |
| Sing for Your Supper | Charles Barton | Jinx Falkenburg, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Eve Arden | Musical | Columbia |
| Singapore Woman | Jean Negulesco | Brenda Marshall, Virginia Field, David Bruce | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Singing Hill | Lew Landers | Gene Autry, Mary Lee, Virginia Dale | Western | Republic |
| Sis Hopkins | Joseph Santley | Judy Canova, Bob Crosby, Susan Hayward | Comedy | Republic |
| Six Gun Gold | David Howard | Tim Holt, Fern Emmett, Eddy Waller | Western | RKO |
| Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga | John Rawlins | Lupe Vélez, Leon Errol, Helen Parrish | Comedy | Universal |
| Skylark | Mark Sandrich | Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne | Comedy | Paramount |
| Sleepers West | Eugene Forde | Lloyd Nolan, Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes | Mystery | 20th Century Fox |
| The Smiling Ghost | Lewis Seiler | Alexis Smith, Wayne Morris, Brenda Marshall | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Smilin' Through | Frank Borzage | Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Ian Hunter | Drama | MGM |
| So Ends Our Night | John Cromwell | Fredric March, Margaret Sullavan, Glenn Ford | Drama | United Artists |
| The Son of Davy Crockett | Lambert Hillyer | Wild Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith, Dub Taylor | Western | Columbia |
| South of Panama | Jean Yarbrough | Roger Pryor, Virginia Vale, Lionel Royce | Thriller | PRC |
| South of Tahiti | George Waggner | Maria Montez, Brian Donlevy, Broderick Crawford | Adventure | Universal |
| Spooks Run Wild | Phil Rosen | Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan | Comedy | Columbia |
| Steel Against the Sky | A. Edward Sutherland | Alexis Smith, Lloyd Nolan, Gene Lockhart | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| Strange Alibi | D. Ross Lederman | Arthur Kennedy, Joan Perry, Jonathan Hale | Drama | Warner Bros. |
| The Strawberry Blonde | Raoul Walsh | James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth | Comedy | Warner Bros. |
| Stick to Your Guns | Lesley Selander | William Boyd, Jennifer Holt, Andy Clyde | Western | Paramount |
| The Stork Pays Off | Lew Landers | Victor Jory, Rochelle Hudson, Maxie Rosenbloom | Comedy | Columbia |
| Sullivan's Travels | Preston Sturges | Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick | Comedy | Paramount; voted one of 100 top films |
| Sundown | Henry Hathaway | Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot, George Sanders | War | United Artists |
| Sun Valley Serenade | H. Bruce Humberstone | Sonja Henie, Lynn Bari, John Payne | Musical | 20th Century Fox |
| Sunny | Herbert Wilcox | Anna Neagle, Ray Bolger, Edward Everett Horton | Musical | RKO |
| Sunset in Wyoming | William Morgan | Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Maris Wrixon | Western | Republic |
| Suspicion | Alfred Hitchcock | Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Nigel Bruce | Thriller | RKO; Oscar for Fontaine |
| Swamp Water | Jean Renoir | Walter Brennan, Walter Huston, Anne Baxter | Drama | 20th Century Fox |
| Swamp Woman | Elmer Clifton | Ann Corio, Jack La Rue, Ian MacDonald | Drama | PRC |
| Sweetheart of the Campus | Edward Dmytryk | Ruby Keeler, Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Hilliard | Musical | Columbia |
| Swing It Soldier | Harold Young | Ken Murray, Frances Langford, Elvia Allman | Musical | Universal |
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