Drama Movies
Smashing the Rackets (1938)
Jim ‘Socker’ Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney’s office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend…
Little Tough Guy (1938)
The son of a man sentenced to death for a murder he didn’t commit vows to become a criminal himself. He starts his own street gang, and their crime spree…
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the…
The Shopworn Angel (1938)
During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets worldly wise actress Daisy Heath when her car nearly runs him…
The Masseurs and a Woman (1938)
Woman Against Woman (1938)
A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband’s scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.
Blockade (1938)
A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with a Russian girl whose…
Lord Jeff (1938)
Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a caper, Geoffrey is…
Men Are Such Fools (1938)
Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes to succeed in the business rather than just find a husband. She rises…
Tell Your Children (1938)
High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entices several restless teens, Mary and Jimmy Lane,…
The Toy Wife (1938)
A Southern belle finds herself torn between two suitors.
Three Comrades (1938)
A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the…
Holiday (1938)
Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she’s agreed to marry…
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938)
Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band’s singer,…
Yellow Jack (1938)
A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed’s search for the cause of “Yellow Jack” or Yellow Fever and those who risked their lives in the pursuit.
Crime School (1938)
In the slums, teenager Frankie Warren hangs out with a rowdy gang who one day knock him out in a fight. In court, the boys refuse to reveal who struck…
That Mothers Might Live (1938)
That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis and his discovery of…
Swing! (1938)
Ted Gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway, but he has trouble with his star singer.
Sex Madness (1938)
A young beauty queen travels to New York to further her modelling career, but contracts syphilis after being tricked into a sexual encounter. She is torn between the prospect of…
Test Pilot (1938)
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.
In Old Chicago (1938)
The O’Leary brothers — honest Jack and roguish Dion — become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
Over the Wall (1938)
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.
Jezebel (1938)
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Unashamed: A Romance (1938)
A woman who is in love with her boss entices him to join her at a nudist camp, but his affection soon turns elsewhere.
State Police (1938)
The state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.
Dangerous to Know (1938)
Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), with an iron hand. He meets Margaret Van Kase,…
Child Bride (1938)
Jennie is a twelve-year-old girl living with her parents in extremely rural mountain country. Her schoolteacher, Miss Carol, though a mountain girl herself, has gone off to be educated and…
Mad About Music (1938)
A young woman at a girl’s school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself letters from an imaginary explorer-adventurer father; and is eventually put in a position where…
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870’s, which is flooding the area’s…
Of Human Hearts (1938)
This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the…
Double Danger (1938)
A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable “Konjer Diamonds”. Director Lew Landers’ 1938 B-film stars Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Cecil Kellaway, Donald…
Mannequin (1938)
Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to find out that he is no better than what she left behind.
The Woman at the End of the World (1938)
Algiers (1938)
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive…
I Met My Love Again (1938)
In Vermont, college student Ives Towner refuses to marry his longtime girlfriend, Julie Weir, until he has a career. Soon after, Julie meets and grows infatuated with handsome writer Michael…