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1. 13 Men and a Gun (1938)

64 min | War, Drama

WWI thriller set on the Austro-Russian front: a long distance gun helps ward off an enemy attack until a traitor among 13 soldiers signals the whereabouts of the battery.

Director: Mario Zampi | Stars: Arthur Wontner, Clifford Evans, Howard Marion-Crawford, Allan Jeayes

2. A Royal Divorce (1938)

85 min | Drama, History

The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through Napoleon's rise to power and their eventual divorce.

Director: Jack Raymond | Stars: Ruth Chatterton, Pierre Blanchar, Frank Cellier, Carol Goodner

Votes: 12

5. A Yank at Oxford (1938)

Passed | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Robert Taylor, Vivien Leigh, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan

Votes: 1,366

6. Alf's Button Afloat (1938)

89 min | Comedy

Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his uniform is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp. When he cleans it a genie appears.

Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox

Votes: 141

7. Almost a Gentleman (1938)

78 min | Comedy

A night watchman is mistaken for a wealthy financier.

Director: Oswald Mitchell | Stars: Billy Bennett, Kathleen Harrison, Gibb McLaughlin, Marcelle Rogez

8. Almost a Honeymoon (1938)

80 min | Comedy

A young man lets his flat to an engaged couple and misunderstandings ensue.

Director: Norman Lee | Stars: Tommy Trinder, Linden Travers, Edmund Breon, Frederick Burtwell

Votes: 10

9. Anything to Declare? (1938)

76 min | Crime

Professor Grayson is working on anti-gas formula and Dr. Klee whose peace propaganda masks other interests means to obtain it.

Director: Redd Davis | Stars: John Loder, Noel Madison, Belle Chrystall, Leonora Corbett

Votes: 61

10. Around the Town (1938)

68 min | Musical

Down on his luck theatrical agent Ollie Rose escorts rich American Wyngold on a tour of the British songwriting business.

Director: Herbert Smith | Stars: Vic Oliver, Irene Ware, Finlay Currie, Jimmy Kennedy

11. Bad Boy (1938)

69 min | Drama

Nick plans to go to Canada after being released from prison, but his old gang will not share out the loot from their last job.

Director: Lawrence Huntington | Stars: John Warwick, John Longden, Kathleen Kelly, Gabrielle Brune

12. Bank Holiday (1938)

86 min | Comedy, Drama

A 1930s British summer Bank Holiday starts at midday on Saturday with a rush for the trains to the sea-side. Doreen Richards under the name Miss Fulham is off with friend Milly to a beauty ... See full summary »

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: John Lodge, Margaret Lockwood, Hugh Williams, Rene Ray

Votes: 548

13. Bed and Breakfast (1938)

48 min | Drama

A boarding house, where you follow the lives of the people living there, and how the staff try their very best to keep everyone happy. A charming movie , I will watch it again.

Director: Walter West | Stars: Barry Lupino, Mabel Poulton, Florence Leroy, Daphne Courtney

Votes: 24

16. Break the News (1938)

72 min | Comedy, Musical

Two small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt, guaranteed to keep their names in the public eye: One of them will "disappear" in what looks ... See full summary »

Director: René Clair | Stars: Jack Buchanan, Maurice Chevalier, June Knight, Marta Labarr

Votes: 54

19. Climbing High (1938)

Approved | 78 min | Comedy

Wealthy young man Nicky (Sir Michael Redgrave) pretends to be poor to be close to model Diana (Jesse Matthews) though he's nearly engaged to aristocrat Lady Constance (Margaret Vyner).

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Jessie Matthews, Michael Redgrave, Noel Madison, Alastair Sim

Votes: 245

21. Convict 99 (1938)

Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy

A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a ... See full summary »

Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Googie Withers

Votes: 542

22. The Man with 100 Faces (1938)

Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Jack Drake,a man with a hundred faces and in reality a modern-day Robin Hood known only as Crackerjack, thrills all England with his exploits of stealing from the rich and giving to the ... See full summary »

Director: Albert de Courville | Stars: Tom Walls, Lilli Palmer, Noel Madison, Leon M. Lion

Votes: 246

23. Dangerous Medicine (1938)

72 min | Crime, Drama

When a young girl is jailed for a murder she didn't commit, a doctor helps her escape to capture the real killer and clear her name.

Director: Arthur B. Woods | Stars: Elizabeth Allan, Cyril Ritchard, Edmund Breon, Anthony Holles

25. Dead Men Tell No Tales (1938)

70 min | Crime, Thriller

Dead Men Tell No Tales is a 1938 British thriller film directed by David MacDonald and starring Emlyn Williams, Sara Seegar and Hugh Williams. It is based on the 1935 novel The Norwich ... See full summary »

Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Emlyn Williams, Sara Seegar, Hugh Williams, Marius Goring

Votes: 14

28. Double or Quits (1938)

72 min | Crime, Drama

A reporter on a transatlantic cruise finds himself accused of the theft of valuable stamps. Knowing that he didn't do it, he sets out to find the real thief, but isn't prepared for what he discovers.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Frank Fox, Patricia Medina, Hal Walters, Ian Fleming

29. Easy Riches (1938)

67 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A comedy thriller about rival cement manufacturers, Sam Miller (Gorge Carney) and Joe Hicks Gus McNaughton), who bury their long-standing differences and dislike of each other, in order to ... See full summary »

Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: George Carney, Gus McNaughton, Molly Hamley-Clifford, Tom Helmore

Votes: 17

30. Everything Happens to Me (1938)

82 min | Comedy

A cleaner salesman finds himself campaigning for both sides in an election.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Max Miller, Chili Bouchier, H.F. Maltby, Frederick Burtwell

33. Hey! Hey! U.S.A! (1938)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy

Dr Twist has to pose on a liner as a famous professor and is asked to tutor Bernie, the son of a millionaire. To avoid awkward US immigration questions, Twist enlists the help of a gangster... See full summary »

Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Edgar Kennedy, David Burns, Edmon Ryan

Votes: 244

34. His Lordship Goes to Press (1938)

80 min | Comedy

A young English Lord pretends to be a farmer in order to teach an American young woman some manners.

Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: June Clyde, Hugh Williams, Louise Hampton, Leslie Perrins

Votes: 24

35. His Lordship Regrets (1938)

78 min | Comedy

The impoverished Lord Cavender (Claude Humbert) woos a phony heiress, Mabel Van Morgan (Gina Malo), only to find that his secretary Mary (Winifred Shotter), whom he really loves, is a ... See full summary »

Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: Claude Hulbert, Winifred Shotter, Gina Malo, Aubrey Mallalieu

Votes: 12

36. Hold My Hand (1938)

76 min

A businessman's attempts to save a failing newspaper are the excuse for some comic antics, romances involving three different blondes, and four musical numbers.

Director: Thornton Freeland | Stars: Stanley Lupino, Fred Emney, Barbara Blair, Sally Gray

Votes: 34

37. Housemaster (1938)

100 min | Comedy

Three girls arrive at a stuffy English public school and cause all sorts of problems with both the staff and pupils.

Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Otto Kruger, Diana Churchill, Phillips Holmes, Joyce Barbour

Votes: 48

38. I See Ice! (1938)

Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Musical

George plays an aspiring news photographer that gets pictures by way of a spy camera in his bow tie. Comic confusion and chases arise from his inadvertently taking blackmail-able snaps of ... See full summary »

Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: George Formby, Kay Walsh, Betty Stockfeld, Cyril Ritchard

Votes: 152

39. I've Got a Horse (1938)

77 min | Comedy

Sandy Powell accepts a horse as settlement for a bad debt, but when he tries it out on the racecourse it starts doing circus tricks, so Sandy and his horse join the circus for a new life together.

Director: Herbert Smith | Stars: Sandy Powell, Norah Howard, Felix Aylmer, Evelyn Roberts

41. Incident in Shanghai (1938)

67 min | Drama, War

A British nurse working in war-torn Shanghai has to rely on her estranged but still jealous husband, a surgeon, to save the life of the man she loves.

Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Patrick Barr, Margaret Vyner, Derek Gorst, John Deverell

Votes: 37

42. Ireland's Border Line (1938)

62 min | Comedy

Billy Brannigan, a mechanic, has some difficulties and problems when he gets mixed up with the police looking for a jewel thief. An identical suitcase used by Billy and the thief cause most of the troubles.

Director: Harry O'Donovan | Stars: Jimmy O'Dea, Myrette Morven, J.H. Edwin, Hazel Hughes

Votes: 25

43. George Takes the Air (1938)

Not Rated | 74 min | Comedy, Musical, War

A case of mistaken identity leads to accident-prone George Brown (George Formby) entering the Royal Air Force and falling in love with the Sergeant Major's daughter.

Director: Anthony Kimmins | Stars: George Formby, Polly Ward, Jack Hobbs, Garry Marsh

Votes: 250

46. John Halifax (1938)

69 min | Drama

Adapted from the novel by Elizabeth Craik it tells the story of John Halifax who, despite humble beginnings, becomes a highly respected local businessman. As partner in a mill he weathers the turbulent economic times of the early 1800s.

Director: George King | Stars: John Warwick, Nancy Burne, Ralph Michael, D.J. Williams

Votes: 36

47. Just Like a Woman (1938)

71 min | Comedy

The story of the rivalry between a jewelry salesman and a woman doing business in Europe and South America.

Director: Paul L. Stein | Stars: Felix Aylmer, David Burns, Jeanne De Casalis, Fred Emney

48. Queen of Crime (1938)

55 min | Crime, Thriller

Kate is secretary to Lord Flamborough. But she is also leader of a criminal gang. Can Mike Pemberton catch her red-handed?

Director: Reginald Denham | Stars: Jack Hulbert, Genevieve Tobin, Noel Madison, Francis L. Sullivan

Votes: 68

49. Smiling Along (I) (1938)

83 min | Comedy, Musical

Entertainer quits a crooked London theater and sets up her troupe on her uncle's farm. A famous musician joins the group and helps them get a legitimate booking.

Director: Monty Banks | Stars: Gracie Fields, Roger Livesey, Mary Maguire, Peter Coke

Votes: 13

50. The Playboy (1938)

78 min | Musical

A millionaire in London falls for a poor girl with a great singing voice, but his gold-digging past girlfriend tries her best to ruin the relationship.

Director: Walter Forde | Stars: Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall, Harry Richman, Florence Desmond

Votes: 41

51. Lassie from Lancashire (1938)

81 min | Comedy, Romance

A talented lass from Lancashire appears in a nightly show, hoping to be discovered.

Director: John Paddy Carstairs | Stars: Marjorie Browne, Hal Thompson, Marjorie Sandford, Mark Daly

Votes: 38

52. Life of St. Paul (1938)

Not Rated | 120 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Multi-part dramatization of the life of St. Paul.

Director: Norman Walker | Stars: Neal Arden, Josephine Wilson, George Hayes, Charles Oliver

Votes: 26

54. Lily of Laguna (1938)

84 min | Drama

An actress willingly sacrifices her career to marry a scientist and have a daughter. But she cannot resist the call of the footlights and she goes back to the boards. Her husband then divorces her.

Director: Oswald Mitchell | Stars: Nora Swinburne, Richard Ainley, Talbot O'Farrell, G.H. Mulcaster

55. Little Dolly Daydream (1938)

82 min | Musical

A little girl runs away from the cruel aunt she lives with and helps an organ-grinder catch a gang of thieves.

Director: Oswald Mitchell | Stars: Binkie Stuart, Talbot O'Farrell, Jane Welsh, Warren Jenkins

56. North Sea Patrol (1938)

64 min | Drama

Secret information that might foil an enemy invasion is entrusted to a Naval commander alone.

Director: Norman Lee | Stars: Geoffrey Toone, Clifford Evans, John Wood, Albert Burdon

Votes: 44

58. Many Tanks Mr. Atkins (1938)

68 min | Comedy

A cavalryman invents a supercharger for tanks, but soon finds out that spies are out to steal it.

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Claude Hulbert, Reginald Purdell, Barbara Greene, Davy Burnaby

60. Meet Mr. Penny (1938)

70 min | Comedy

"There is a crisis in suburban politics because of a store magnate's plans to build a warehouse on the site of the local allotments. Mr and Mrs Penny lead the local outcry against such ... See full summary »

Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Richard Goolden, Vic Oliver, Fabia Drake, Kay Walsh

64. Mystery of Room 13 (1938)

71 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mr. J.G. Reeder is called in by the Bank of England to investigate a gang of forgers. Reeder enlists the aid of a younger man, Capt. Johnnie Gray, to infiltrate the gang by going undercover in Dartmoor jail.

Director: Norman Lee | Stars: Gibb McLaughlin, Sara Seegar, Peter Murray-Hill, Sally Gray

Votes: 75

65. Mr. Satan (1938)

79 min | Crime, Drama

A news correspondent and his photographer, on assignment in a country on the edge of revolution, identifies an attractive woman on a snap shot as the companion of a notorious illegal arms ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur B. Woods | Stars: Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, James Stephenson, Chili Bouchier, Franklin Dyall

Votes: 10

67. Murder in the Family (1938)

75 min | Crime, Drama

After a wealthy woman is killed, her extended family all fall under suspicion of murder.

Director: Albert Parker | Stars: Barry Jones, Jessica Tandy, Evelyn Ankers, Donald Gray

Votes: 57

68. Little Miss Molly (1938)

66 min | Musical

An Irishman leaves to make his fortune in America, in the mean time, a custody battle arises over a talented little girl between one sister that loves her and another who only seeks the money offered to care for her.

Director: Alex Bryce | Stars: Binkie Stuart, Tom Burke, Phillip Reed, Maureen O'Hara

Votes: 63

69. Night Alone (1938)

76 min | Comedy

A couple, married for seven years, face temptations when obliged to spend a night apart for the first time.

Director: Thomas Bentley | Stars: Emlyn Williams, Leonora Corbett, Lesley Brook, Cyril Raymond

Votes: 21

72. Oh Boy! (1938)

76 min | Comedy

A nerdy scientist comes up with a formula that turns him into a strongman.

Director: Albert de Courville | Stars: Albert Burdon, Mary Lawson, Bernard Nedell, James Alexander Chapman

Votes: 15

73. Old Bones of the River (1938)

90 min | Comedy

In this British comedy, a professor travels up river in Africa to open schools. But his new pupils are not receptive and when the commander of the local base succumbs to malaria, he takes ... See full summary »

Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Robert Adams

Votes: 271

75. Old Mother Riley in Paris (1938)

76 min | Comedy

Mrs. Riley and her daughter Kitty go to Paris, and get involved with spies.

Director: Oswald Mitchell | Stars: Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Jerry Verno, Magda Kun

Votes: 74

77. To the Victor (1938)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A story about Cumbrian shepherds and their skilled sheepdogs. Grumpy old McAdam with aggressive Black Wull and civilized David Moore with educated Owd Bob compete to win the sheepdogs's cup. David also tries to win McAdam's daughter's heart.

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Will Fyffe, John Loder, Margaret Lockwood, Graham Moffatt

Votes: 128

79. Penny Paradise (1938)

72 min | Comedy, Musical

A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.

Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Edmund Gwenn, Betty Driver, Jimmy O'Dea, Ethel Coleridge

Votes: 239

82. Prison Without Bars (1938)

Approved | 72 min | Drama

Suzanne, Renee, Nina and Marta all hate being in prison, being slapped and treated badly, and so all the girls are trying to escape. Madame Appel just causes chaos all the time, with her ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Corinne Luchaire, Edna Best, Barry K. Barnes, Mary Morris

Votes: 82

83. Pygmalion (1938)

89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.

Directors: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard | Stars: Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr

Votes: 9,666 | Gross: $3.05M

86. The Return of the Frog (1938)

73 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

The former partner of a master criminal turns himself in to Scotland Yard. The criminal, a master of disguise, plots to kill his partner, but must first get through the wall of security Scotland Yard has thrown around him.

Director: Maurice Elvey | Stars: Gordon Harker, Hartley Power, Rene Ray, Cyril Smith

Votes: 65

87. Romance à la carte (1938)

72 min | Comedy

A chef squabbles with his hotel maître de as to who deserves credit for the success of their restaurant, then decides to open up his own place in competition, across the street, and invites poor people from the neighborhood to fill it up.

Director: Maclean Rogers | Stars: Leslie Perrins, Dorothy Boyd, Anthony Holles, Charles Sewell

89. Sailing Along (1938)

Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A young orphan woman and a young man were brought up together. She is a 'genius' dancer and he is a 'genius' stockbroker. They both realise their potential. After, they realise they are in love and decide to return to the sailing life.

Director: Sonnie Hale | Stars: Jessie Matthews, Barry MacKay, Jack Whiting, Roland Young

Votes: 219

91. Save a Little Sunshine (1938)

75 min | Comedy, Musical

Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited ... See full summary »

Director: Norman Lee | Stars: Dave Willis, Pat Kirkwood, Tommy Trinder, Max Wall

Votes: 31

93. Second Best Bed (1938)

74 min | Comedy, Romance

A newly-married couple runs into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.

Director: Tom Walls | Stars: Tom Walls, Jane Baxter, Veronica Rose, Carl Jaffe

Votes: 51

95. Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)

Not Rated | 70 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Sexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by "famous stamp collector" and millionaire.

Director: George King | Stars: George Curzon, Tod Slaughter, Greta Gynt, Tony Sympson

Votes: 261

96. Silver Top (1938)

66 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A dear, kind little old lady who runs a local sweet shop inherits a sizable fortune, and some local villains become determined to trick her out of it, in this short melodrama starring Marie... See full summary »

Director: George King | Stars: Marie Wright, Betty Ann Davies, Marjorie Taylor, David Farrar

98. Queen of Destiny (1938)

Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama

Picking up where Victoria the Great (1937) left off, this sequel to the 1937 film has Anna Neagle return to the role of Queen Victoria in another colorful account of the revered British ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, C. Aubrey Smith, Walter Rilla

Votes: 114

99. Sky Pirates (1938)

7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Lethargic British air pilots are revived by "Horlick's Milk" to defeat the "Sky Pirates". Combo of intricately animated aerobatic dogfights where planes take on animal characteristics. One of Pal's most unique conceptions © Arnold Leibovit

Director: George Pal

Votes: 13

100. South Riding (1938)

Approved | 85 min | Drama, Romance

Winifred Holtby realised that local government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda, but the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, ... See full summary »

Director: Victor Saville | Stars: Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn, Ann Todd

Votes: 184



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