This list of American films of 1938 compiles American feature films that were released in 1938.
The comedy You Can't Take It with You won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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The Ship That Died | Jacques Tourneur | John Nesbitt, Leonard Penn, Rhea Mitchell | Short drama | |
Too Much Johnson | Orson Welles | Joseph Cotten, Virginia Nicolson | Comedy | Never publicly released |
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