• 24 Hours, starring Clive Brook and Kay Francis

• À nous la liberté (Freedom for Us), directed by René Clair - (France)

• Alam Ara (The Light of the World), directed by Ardeshir Irani - the first Indian talkie

• Alibi directed by Leslie S. Hiscott (Britain)

• Alice in Wonderland, the first sound version

• Alone (Odna) - (USSR)

• An American Tragedy, directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Sylvia Sydney

• Anna Christie, directed by Jacques Feyder, starring Greta Garbo - (Germany)

• Arrowsmith, directed by John Ford, starring Ronald Colman and Helen Hayes

• Bachelor Apartment, starring Irene Dunne and Lowell Sherman

• The Bachelor Father, directed by Robert Z. Leonard; starring Marion Davies and Ray Milland

• Bad Sister, starring Bette Davis

• Berlin-Alexanderplatz film of the novel by Alfred Döblin - (Germany)

• The Black Camel, a Charlie Chan mystery starring Warner Oland

• Blonde Crazy, starring James Cagney and Joan Blondell

• Bought!, starring Constance Bennett

• Business Under Distress (To neznáte Hadimršku) - (Czechoslovakia)

• La Chienne (The Bitch), directed by Jean Renoir, starring Michel Simon - (France)

• Cimarron, starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne

• City Lights, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin

• City Streets, starring Gary Cooper and Sylvia Sidney

• A Connecticut Yankee, starring Will Rogers

• The Criminal Code, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Walter Huston

• David Golder, directed by Julien Duvivier - (France)

• Dishonored, directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Marlene Dietrich and Victor McLaglen

• Down River, starring Charles Laughton - (GB)

• Dracula, directed by Tod Browning, starring Bela Lugosi and Dwight Frye

• Elisabeth of Austria starring Lil Dagover and Paul Otto - (Germany)

• Emil und die Detektive, starring Rolf Wenkhaus, Käthe Haack and Fritz Rasp - (Germany)

• Expensive Women, starring Dolores Costello and H. B. Warner

• Five and Ten, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring Marion Davies and Leslie Howard

• Five Star Final, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Edward G. Robinson

• Frankenstein, directed by James Whale, starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive and Mae Clarke

• A Free Soul, starring Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore and Clark Gable

• From Saturday to Sunday (Ze soboty na neděli) - (Czechoslovakia)

• The Front Page, directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien

• Girls About Town, directed by George Cukor, starring Kay Francis and Joel McCrea

• Goldie, starring Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy

• The Guardsman, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne

• Guilty Hands, starring Lionel Barrymore and Kay Francis

• Hell Divers, starring Wallace Beery and Clark Gable

• Her Grace Commands (Ihre Hoheit befiehlt) - (Germany)

• Hobson's Choice, directed by Thomas Bentley (Britain)

• Honor Among Lovers, starring Claudette Colbert and Fredric March

• Huckleberry Finn, starring Jackie Coogan

• Hyppolit, the Butler (Hyppolit, a lakáj) - (Hungary)

• I Take This Woman, starring Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard

• Indiscreet, directed by Leo McCarey, starring Gloria Swanson and Ben Lyon

• Iron Man, starring Lew Ayres and Jean Harlow

• It's a Wise Child, directed by Robert Z. Leonard; starring Marion Davies and Polly Moran

• Just a Gigolo, starring William Haines and Irene Purcell

• Kalidas, the first Tamil sound film, directed by H.M. Reddy (Tamil)

• Kameradschaft (Comradeship), directed by G.W. Pabst - (Germany)

• Kiki, starring Mary Pickford

• Der Kongreß tanzt (Congress Dances), starring Lilian Harvey - (Germany)

• The Last Flight, starring Richard Barthelmess

• Limite - (Brazil)

• Little Caesar, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Edward G. Robinson and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

• M, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Peter Lorre and Otto Wernicke - (Germany)

• Min and Bill, starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery

• The Mad Genius, starring John Barrymore

• Mädchen in Uniform, directed by Carl Froelich, starring Hertha Thiele - (Germany)

• The Maltese Falcon, starring Bebe Daniels

• Marius, directed by Alexander Korda, starring Raimu and Pierre Fresnay - (France)

• Mata Hari, starring Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore

• Le Million, directed by René Clair - (France)

• The Millionaire, starring George Arliss

• The Miracle Woman, directed by Frank Capra, starring Barbara Stanwyck

• Monkey Business, starring Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo Marx

• My Sin, starring Tallulah Bankhead and Fredric March

• The Neighbor's Wife and Mine (Madamu to nyōbō) - (Japan)

• Night in Montmartre, directed by Leslie S. Hiscott (Britain)

• Night Nurse starring Barbara Stanwyck and Ben Lyon

• Other Men's Women, starring Regis Toomey and Mary Astor

• Palmy Days, starring Eddie Cantor

• Pardon Us, starring Laurel and Hardy

• Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood (Tao hua qi xue ji) - (China)

• Peludópolis (Argentina)

• Platinum Blonde, starring Loretta Young, Robert Williams and Jean Harlow

• Possessed, starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable

• Private Lives, starring Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery

• The Public Enemy, directed by William A. Wellman, starring James Cagney, Jean Harlow and Joan Blondell

• Quick Millions, starring Spencer Tracy

• Revenge on the Brother, directed Ebrahim Moradi (Iran)

• Sally in Our Alley, starring Gracie Fields - (GB)

• The Secret Six, starring Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow and Clark Gable

• Secrets of a Secretary, starring Claudette Colbert and Herbert Marshall

• Sidewalks of New York, starring Buster Keaton

• The Sin of Madelon Claudet, starring Helen Hayes

• Smart Money, starring Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney

• The Smiling Lieutenant, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert and Miriam Hopkins

• The Speckled Band, directed by Jack Raymond, starring Raymond Massey - (GB)

• A Spray of Plum Blossoms (Yi jian mei) - (China)

• The Squaw Man directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Warner Baxter

• The Stolen Jools, starring Gary Cooper, Laurel and Hardy, and Norma Shearer

• Street Scene, directed by King Vidor, starring Sylvia Sidney

• Svengali, starring John Barrymore

• Tabu, directed by F. W. Murnau

• Tell England, directed by Anthony Asquith - (GB)

• Ten Cents a Dance, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Ricardo Cortez

• The Theft of the Mona Lisa (Der Raub der Mona Lisa) - (Germany)

• This Modern Age, starring Joan Crawford

• The Threepenny Opera (Die 3 groschen-oper), starring Lotte Lenya - (Germany)

• Tilly of Bloomsbury, directed by Jack Raymond, starring Sydney Howard, Phyllis Konstam (Britain)

• Tokyo Chorus (Tokyo no korasu), directed by Yasujirō Ozu - (Japan)

• Tommi, directed by Yakov Protazanov - (USSR)

• Tonight or Never, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Gloria Swanson and Melvyn Douglas

• Waterloo Bridge, directed by James Whale

Serials

• Battling with Buffalo Bill

• Danger Island

• Finger Prints

• The Galloping Ghost, starring Harold Grange

• Heroes of the Flames

• King of the Wild

• The Lightning Warrior, starring Rin Tin Tin

• The Mystery Trooper

• The Phantom of the West

• The Sign of the Wolf

• The Spell of the Circus

• The Vanishing Legion

Short film series

• Laurel and Hardy (1921–1943)

• Charley Chase (1924–1940)

• Buster Keaton (1917–1941)

• Our Gang (1922–1944)

Animated short film series

• Aesop's Film Fables (1921–1933)

• Krazy Kat (1925–1940)

• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927–1938)

• Mickey Mouse

  • The Birthday Party

  • Traffic Troubles

  • The Castaway

  • The Moose Hunt

  • The Delivery Boy

  • Mickey Steps Out

  • Blue Rhythm

  • Fishin' Around

  • The Barnyard Broadcast

  • The Beach Party

  • Mickey Cuts Up

  • Mickey's Orphans

  Silly Symphonies

  • Birds of a Feather

  • Mother Goose Melodies

  • The China Plate

  • The Busy Beavers

  • The Cat's Out

  • Egyptian Melodies

  • The Clock Store

  • The Spider and the Fly

  • The Fox Hunt

  • The Ugly Duckling

  Screen Songs (1929–1938)

  Talkartoons (1929–1932)

  • Mask a Raid (featuring Betty Boop)

  Looney Tunes (1930–1969)

  Flip the Frog (1930–1933)

  Terrytoons (1930–1964)

  Toby the Pup (1930-1931)

  Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)

  Scrappy (1931-1941)

  Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren) (1931-1933)

Top-grossing films

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide Gross
1.	Frankenstein	Universal Pictures	$12,000,000
2.	City Lights	United Artists	$5,019,181
3.	Mata Hari	MGM	$2,227,000
4.	Susan Lenox	MGM	$1,506,000
5.	A Free Soul	MGM	$1,422,000
6.	Cimarron	RKO	$1,383,000
7.	Dracula	Universal Pictures	n/a
8.	Private Lives	MGM	n/a
9.	No Limit	Paramount	n/a
10.	The Public Enemy	Warner Bros.	n/a

 

Variety reported the following as the biggest grossing non-silent films for the year in alphabetical order. City Lights was not included as it was a silent film and Frankenstein as it was released too late in the year.

Rank	Title	Studio
1.	Cimarron	RKO
2.	Daddy Long Legs	20th-Century Fox
3.	Little Caesar	Warner Bros.
4.	Min and Bill	MGM
5.	The Smiling Lieutenant	Paramount
6.	Trader Horn	MGM