| The Life of Emile Zola | William Dieterle | — | — |
| The Life of the Party | William A. Seiter | — | — |
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat | Christy Cabanne | Western film | United States |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | John Cromwell | romance film, drama film, swashbuckler film | United States |
| The Song of the Road | John Baxter | — | — |
| The Toast of New York | Rowland V. Lee | biographical film | United States |
| The Wildcatter | Lewis D. Collins | — | — |
| Thrill of a Lifetime | George Archainbaud | musical film | United States |
| To New Shores | Douglas Sirk | drama film, prison film | Germany |
| Tovarich | Anatole Litvak | comedy film | United States |
| True Confession | Wesley Ruggles | screwball comedy film, crime film | United States |
| Unternehmen Michael | Karl Ritter | — | — |
| Varsity Show | William Keighley | musical film | United States |
| Viento norte | Mario Soffici | historical film | Argentina |
| Vogues of 1938 | Irving Cummings | musical film, romantic comedy | United States |
| We're on the Jury | Ben Holmes | comedy film | United States |
| Wings Over Honolulu | H. C. Potter | — | — |
| 15 Maiden Lane | Allan Dwan | drama film, crime film | United States |
| Absolute Quiet | George B. Seitz | drama film | United States |
| Adam's Tree | Mario Bonnard | comedy film | Italy |
| Amalia | Luis Moglia Barth | — | — |
| As You Like It | Paul Czinner | melodrama, romantic comedy | United Kingdom |
| Beloved Enemy | H. C. Potter | drama film, war film | United States |
| Black Roses | Paul Martin | drama film | Germany |
| Boccaccio | Herbert Maisch | — | — |
| Bullets or Ballots | William Keighley, Edward G. Robinson | gangster film, crime film | United States |
| Cavalry | Goffredo Alessandrini | drama film | Italy |
| Ceiling Zero | Howard Hawks | drama film, adventure film | United States |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | Mack V. Wright | — | — |
| Dimples | William A. Seiter | musical film | United States |
| Dokhunda | Lev Kuleshov | — | — |
| Fedka | Nicolai Lebedev | — | — |
| Follow the Fleet | Mark Sandrich | comedy film, musical film | United States |
| Goal | Luis Moglia Barth | — | — |
| Hearts in Bondage | Lew Ayres | drama film | United States |
| Here Comes Trouble | Lewis Seiler | comedy film | United States |
| High Tension | Allan Dwan | comedy film | United States |
| Isle of Fury | Frank McDonald | adventure film | United States |
| Juggernaut | Henry Edwards | mystery film | United Kingdom |
| Let's Sing Again | Kurt Neumann | — | — |
| Love on the Run | W. S. Van Dyke | romantic comedy | United States |
| Mary of Scotland | John Ford | drama film, biographical film | United States |
| Melody in May | Ben Holmes | — | — |
| Militiaman Bruggler | Werner Klingler | — | — |
| Moonlight Murder | Edwin L. Marin | crime film | United States |
| Mummy's Boys | Fred Guiol | comedy film | United States |
| My Man Godfrey | Gregory La Cava | romantic comedy | United States |
| Navy Born | Nate Watt | — | — |