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| 1 |  | Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) |  3.6412 67 reviews | PG | Action, Adventure, Romance |
$18.18
| Sir Robin of Locksley, defender of downtrodden Saxons, runs afoul of Norman authority and is forced ...more about Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland |
| 2 |  | Holiday (1938) |  3.1658 16 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance, Comedy |
$10.23
| Free-thinking Johnny Case finds himself betrothed to a millionaire's daughter. When her family, ...more about Holiday starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant |
| 3 |  | Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) | 3.1551 35 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$6.25
| Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connolly were tough kids who grew up together in the toughest part of New ...more about Angels with Dirty Faces starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien |
| 4 |  | Bringing Up Baby (1938) | 3.1155 54 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy, Family |
$14.42
| When a stuffy paleontologist and a scatterbrained heiress cross paths chaos ensues. She mistakes ...more about Bringing Up Baby starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant |
| 5 |  | You Can't Take It with You (1938) | 3.0284 33 reviews | NA |
$15.34
| Alice Sycamore has to introduce the family of her fiance, Tony Kirby, to her own family. The ...more about You Can't Take It with You starring Jean Arthur and Lionel Barrymore | |
| 6 |  | Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) | 2.9862 8 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy |
$8.25
| Andy's girlfriend Polly is planning to spend Christmas at her grandmother's, which puts a kink in ...more about Love Finds Andy Hardy starring Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone |
| 7 |  | Christmas Carol, A (1938) | 2.9841 14 reviews | NA | Drama, Fantasy, Christmas |
$6.99
| The timeworn Dickens' story about the old merchant Scrooge and how his own disappointments in life ...more about Christmas Carol starring Reginald Owen and Gene Lockhart |
| 8 |  | Pygmalion (1938) | 2.9795 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Comedy |
$20.08
| The snobbish & intellectual Professor of languages, Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend that ...more about Pygmalion starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller |
| 9 |  | Jezebel (1938) | 2.9742 26 reviews | NA | Drama |
$12.71
| Set in antebellum New Orleans during the early 1850's, this film follows Julie Marsden through her ...more about Jezebel starring Bette Davis and Henry Fonda |
| 10 |  | Citadel, The (1938) | 2.9399 12 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Andrew Manson, a young, enthusiastic doctor takes his first job in a Welsh mining town, and begins ...more about Citadel starring Robert Donat and Rosalind Russell |
| 11 |  | Boys Town (1938) | 2.8784 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography |
$5.99
| Against all odds Father Flanagan starts "Boys' Town" after hearing a convict's story. Whitey Marsh ...more about Boys Town starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney |
| 12 |  | Carefree (1938) | 2.8606 9 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$11.99
| Dr. Tony Flagg's friend, Steven, has problems in the relationship with his fiancee, Amanda, so he ...more about Carefree starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers |
| 13 |  | Big Broadcast of 1938, The (1938) | 2.7807 8 reviews | NA | Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$9.18
| New ocean liner S.S. Gigantic is about to race its rival, the Colossal. Gigantic owner T.F. Bellows ...more about Big Broadcast of 1938 starring W.C. Fields and Martha Raye |
| 14 |  | Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) | 2.7685 10 reviews | NA |
$6.59
| This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant ...more about Alexander's Ragtime Band starring Tyrone Power and Alice Faye | |
| 15 |  | Everybody Sing (1938) | 2.7624 2 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy | N/A | A quirky theatrical family and their equally eccentric hired help are the subject of this MGM ...more about Everybody Sing starring Allan Jones and Judy Garland |
| 16 |  | Swing Your Lady (1938) |  2.7487 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Promoter Ed Hatch comes to the Ozarks with his slow-witted wrestler Joe Skopapoulos whom he pits ...more about Swing Your Lady starring Humphrey Bogart and Louise Fazenda |
| 17 |  | Boy Meets Girl (1938) | 2.7411 8 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be ...more about Boy Meets Girl starring James Cagney and Marie Wilson |
| 18 |  | Listen, Darling (1938) | 2.7259 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Musical, Romance, Comedy | N/A | To stop Pinkie's mother Dottie from marrying a man they know she does not love, Pinkie and her ...more about Listen starring Judy Garland and Freddie Bartholomew |
| 19 |  | Secrets of an Actress (1938) | 2.7213 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Romance | N/A | ...more about Secrets of an Actress starring Kay Francis and George Brent |
| 20 |  | Billy the Kid Returns (1938) | 2.7031 1 reviews | NA | Western |
$3.74
| After Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for ...more about Billy the Kid Returns starring Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette |
| 21 |  | Shopworn Angel, The (1938) | 2.6985 4 reviews | NA | Drama, War, Romance | N/A | During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He ...more about Shopworn Angel starring Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart |
| 22 |  | Divorce of Lady X, The (1938) | 2.6879 4 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy | N/A | Laurence Olivier plays Logan, a barrister who falls in love with Leslie (played by Merle Oberon), ...more about Divorce of Lady X starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier |
| 23 |  | Slight Case of Murder, A (1938) | 2.6863 9 reviews | NA | Crime, Comedy |
$10.75
| Remy Marco announces he's going legit with the end of Prohibition. His fortune declines because the ...more about Slight Case of Murder starring Betty Compson and Edward G. Robinson |
| 24 |  | Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938) | 2.6757 1 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy | N/A | An actor can only get a radio job if he can prove that he's an authentic cowboy. ...more about Cowboy from Brooklyn starring Dick Powell and Pat O'Brien |
| 25 | | Lord Jeff (1938) | 2.6757 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Spoilt child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and ...more about Lord Jeff starring Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney |
| 26 |  | Spirit of Youth (1938) | 2.6574 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Sports |
$6.99
| ...more about Spirit of Youth starring Joe Louis and Edna Mae Harris |
| 27 |  | Mad Miss Manton, The (1938) | 2.6556 5 reviews | NA | Mystery, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Madcap debutante Melsa Manton finds a body in a deserted house. Of course, the police don't believe ...more about Mad Miss Manton starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda |
| 28 |  | Little Miss Broadway (1938) | 2.6391 1 reviews | NA | Musical |
$8.56
| An orphan (Temple) is provisionally adopted by the manager (Ellis) of a hotel populated by show ...more about Little Miss Broadway starring Shirley Temple and Jimmy Durante |
| 29 | | Affairs of Annabel, The (1938) | 2.6239 4 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Wonder Pictures' seedy publicity man Lannie Morgan (Jack Oakie) has put the studio's biggest star, ...more about Affairs of Annabel starring Lucille Ball and Ruth Donnelly |
| 30 | | Comet Over Broadway (1938) | 2.6026 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Eve Appleton (Kay Francis), wife of small-town garage owner Bill Appleton (John Litel), has ...more about Comet Over Broadway starring Kay Francis and Ian Hunter |
| 31 | | Sweethearts (1938) | 2.6026 1 reviews | NA | Musical | N/A | A musical comedy duo in their 6th year on Broadway receive an offer to perform in Hollywood making ...more about Sweethearts starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy |
| 32 | | Professor Beware (1938) | 2.5844 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | Egyptologist, Dean Lambert (Lloyd), accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country ...more about Professor Beware starring Harold Lloyd and Phyllis Welch |
| 33 |  | Crime School (1938) | 2.5752 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Deputy Commissioner of Correction Mark Braden finds a reform school in terrible condition and ...more about Crime School starring Humphrey Bogart and Gale Page |
| 34 |  | Out West with the Hardys (1938) | 2.5661 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | When Judge James K. Hardy gets a letter from an old friend, Dora Northcote, explaining she and her ...more about Out West with the Hardys starring Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone |
| 35 | | Brother Rat (1938) | 2.5570 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | ...more about Brother Rat starring Priscilla Lane and Johnnie Davis |
| 36 |  | Just Around the Corner (1938) | 2.5570 1 reviews | NA | Musical, Comedy |
$9.99
| Once rich architect (Farrell) ruined by the Depression and working as a janitor has a daughter ...more about Just Around the Corner starring Shirley Temple and Joan Davis |
| 37 | | Sky Giant (1938) | 2.5387 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Given the job of training young pilots for important post-war cargo flights, hard-boiled Col. ...more about Sky Giant starring Richard Dix and Joan Fontaine |
| 38 |  | Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) | 2.5341 3 reviews | NA | Drama, History, Western | N/A | Michael Curtiz directs a Western that is almost of epic proportions, and screenwriters Warren Duff ...more about Gold Is Where You Find It starring George Brent and Olivia de Havilland |
| 39 |  | Sisters, The (1938) | 2.5296 2 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Three sisters attend a celebration of the inauguration of Teddy Roosevelt. Each will marry a man in ...more about Sisters starring Errol Flynn and Bette Davis |
| 40 |  | Toy Wife, The (1938) | 2.5204 1 reviews | NA | Drama, History | N/A | ...more about Toy Wife starring Luise Rainer and Melvyn Douglas |
| 41 |  | Too Hot to Handle (1938) | 2.5113 2 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Romance, Comedy | N/A | Chris Hunter is a sly newsreel reporter. While in Shanghai doing reports on the Chinese-Japanese ...more about Too Hot to Handle starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy |
| 42 | | Love Is a Headache (1938) | 2.5022 1 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Love Is a Headache starring Gladys George and Franchot Tone |
| 43 |  | Judge Hardy's Children (1938) | 2.4839 1 reviews | NA | N/A | Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ...more about Judge Hardy's Children starring Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone | |
| 44 | | My Bill (1938) | 2.4839 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | Francis is the mother of four kids, three of whom are ungrateful to their widowed mom and move in ...more about My Bill starring Kay Francis and Bonita Granville |
| 45 |  | Shining Hour, The (1938) | 2.4656 3 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous ...more about Shining Hour starring Joan Crawford and Frank Albertson |
| 46 |  | Spawn of the North (1938) | 2.4565 2 reviews | NA | Action, Romance | N/A | Two Alaskan salmon fishermen, Tyler Dawson (skipper of the "Who Cares") and Jim Kimmerlee of the ...more about Spawn of the North starring George Raft and Henry Fonda |
| 47 |  | Yellow Jack (1938) | 2.4474 1 reviews | NA | Drama | N/A | ...more about Yellow Jack starring Virginia Bruce and Lewis Stone |
| 48 |  | Algiers (1938) | 2.4401 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery, Romance |
$5.00
| Pepe Le Moko, a thief who escaped from France with a fortune in jewels, has for two years lived in, ...more about Algiers starring Charles Boyer and Sigrid Gurie |
| 49 |  | Three Loves Has Nancy (1938) | 2.4382 1 reviews | NA | Comedy | N/A | The seduction plans of novelist Malcolm Niles go awry when actress Vivian Herford brings along her ...more about Three Loves Has Nancy starring Janet Gaynor and Franchot Tone |
| 50 |  | Paradise for Three (1938) | 2.4291 1 reviews | NA | Romance, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Paradise for Three starring Robert Young and Mary Astor |
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