My Top 20 by Year - 1938
Under construction and always in progress.
The Best films from this year (according to IMDb) I've seen (so far).
Out of (only) 71 films 'seen' (ie rated at IMDb).
(Jan 2023)
Notes:
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
Yet to see (among many):
The Young in Heart (R. Wallace, 1938)
Carefree (Sandrich, 1938)
Marie Antoinette (Van Dyke, 1938)
Algiers (J. Cromwell, 1938)
Tsuruhachi Tsurujirô (Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro, Naruse, 1938)
L'étrange Monsieur Victor (Strange M. Victor, Grémillon, 1938)
The Dawn Patrol (E. Goulding, 1938)
Convict 99 (Varnel, 1938)
Skola základ zivota (School Is the Foundation of Life, Frič, 1938)
Mad About Music (Taurog, 1938)
La Marseillaise (Renoir, 1938)
Le schpountz (Pagnol, 1938)
If I Were King (F. Lloyd, 1938)
The Shopworn Angel (H.C. Potter, 1938)
Gold Is Where You Find It (Curtiz, 1938)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (Litvak, 1938)
Merrily We Live (McLeod, 1938)
White Banners (E. Goulding, 1938)
A Slight Case of Murder (Bacon, 1938)
Madreselva (Honeysuckle, Amadori, 1938)
A Christmas Carol (E.L. Marin, 1938)
Professor Mamlok (Professor Mamlock, Minkin/Rappaport, 1938)
Prison sans barreaux (Prison Without Bars, Moguy, 1938)
Les disparus de St. Agil (Boys' School, Christian-Jaque, 1938)
The Best films from this year (according to IMDb) I've seen (so far).
Out of (only) 71 films 'seen' (ie rated at IMDb).
(Jan 2023)
Notes:
- Features, shorts, docs and TV movies eligible ("A film is a film is a film.").
- TV mini-series are NOT (unless stated otherwise).
- My humble rates added (for films with the same rate just once or twice though).
- Films with the same rate are ordered arbitrarily. Feel free to re-order them at your will.
- When I saw more than 20 excellent films (9/10 or above in my book) from a certain year I'll try and list them ALL. That would make some lists much longer but all the excellentia deserves to be mentioned.
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
Yet to see (among many):
The Young in Heart (R. Wallace, 1938)
Carefree (Sandrich, 1938)
Marie Antoinette (Van Dyke, 1938)
Algiers (J. Cromwell, 1938)
Tsuruhachi Tsurujirô (Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro, Naruse, 1938)
L'étrange Monsieur Victor (Strange M. Victor, Grémillon, 1938)
The Dawn Patrol (E. Goulding, 1938)
Convict 99 (Varnel, 1938)
Skola základ zivota (School Is the Foundation of Life, Frič, 1938)
Mad About Music (Taurog, 1938)
La Marseillaise (Renoir, 1938)
Le schpountz (Pagnol, 1938)
If I Were King (F. Lloyd, 1938)
The Shopworn Angel (H.C. Potter, 1938)
Gold Is Where You Find It (Curtiz, 1938)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (Litvak, 1938)
Merrily We Live (McLeod, 1938)
White Banners (E. Goulding, 1938)
A Slight Case of Murder (Bacon, 1938)
Madreselva (Honeysuckle, Amadori, 1938)
A Christmas Carol (E.L. Marin, 1938)
Professor Mamlok (Professor Mamlock, Minkin/Rappaport, 1938)
Prison sans barreaux (Prison Without Bars, Moguy, 1938)
Les disparus de St. Agil (Boys' School, Christian-Jaque, 1938)
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- DirectorLeni RiefenstahlStarsDavid AlbrittonArvo AskolaJack BeresfordThe document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin.PC. 9/10.
- DirectorLeni RiefenstahlStarsShigeo AraiJack BeresfordRalf BerzsenyiThe document of the 1936 Olympics at Berlin, orchestrated as Nazi propaganda.OL.
- DirectorDick RickardStarsDon WilsonWalt DisneyMilt KahlFerdinand is a quiet, gentle bull who only wants to stop and smell the flowers. After he is stung by a bee, the townspeople believe he is ferocious and take him to the bullfight.OL.
- DirectorsSergei EisensteinDmitriy VasilevStarsNikolay CherkasovNikolai OkhlopkovAndrei AbrikosovThe story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.PC.
- DirectorRobert ClampettStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherRobert ClampettPorky Pig goes on a hunt to catch the surreally elusive last Do-Do bird.OL.
- DirectorsAlexander AlexeieffClaire ParkerMussorgsky's composition is the soundtrack for this pin-screen animated take on night and wild things. A scarecrow blows down, clouds move by quickly. Beings take shape; a town appears, animals flee, and a horse gallops by. A child looks on. Monsters run and float by: the phantasmagoric is everywhere. A woman's figure tumbles through space. A clash ensues. The horse falls. Goblins take control. The night and its denizens are relentless. Forms appear and become grotesque. Will dawn and calm ever come?OL.
- DirectorsBurt GillettBill RobertsStarsWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerEddie HoldenInspired by the Grimm's fairy tale, this classic 1938 Mickey cartoon finds our hero (voiced by Walt Disney) battling a hilariously huge "problem.OL. 9/10.
- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsJean GabinMichel SimonMichèle MorganA military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a foggy, French port city.TV. 8/10.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean GabinJulien CaretteSimone SimonIn this classic adaptation of Emile Zola's novel, a tortured train engineer falls in love with a troubled married woman who has helped her husband commit a murder.OL.
- DirectorsAnthony AsquithLeslie HowardStarsLeslie HowardWendy HillerWilfrid LawsonA 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.Cinema.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyPat O'BrienHumphrey BogartA priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.OL.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsBette DavisHenry FondaGeorge BrentIn 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.PC.
- DirectorJohn G. BlystoneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyPatricia EllisStan, who has remained faithfully at his World War I post for twenty years, finally comes home where his best friend, Ollie, takes him in, thus allowing him to discover the many conveniences of the modern world.OL.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsKatharine HepburnCary GrantCharles RugglesWhile trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.Cinema.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsGinger RogersJames StewartJames EllisonA professor marries a nightclub singer, much to the consternation of his family and friends back home.TV.
- DirectorGraham HeidStarDivonna DoxieThree sleepy babies in a clog-boat sailing through the night sky attempt to fish with candy canes for very smart fish.OL.
- DirectorMarcel PagnolStarsRaimuGinette LeclercFernand CharpinA small village rejoices at the arrival of a new baker. But when his young wife runs off with another man, he is unable to keep baking and the village is thrown into disarray.OL.
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyRichard EdwardsMickey and Donald ride in a trailer pulled by Goofy, who doesn't realize his car has separated from the trailer as they travel down a mountain.OL.
- DirectorPare LorentzStarThomas ChalmersThis documentary short film looks at the devastating and costly problems, including seasonal flooding and erosion of precious topsoil, associated with the Mississippi River system and promotes more Federal projects to remedy the situation.PC.
- DirectorHiroshi ShimizuStarsMieko TakamineShin TokudaijiShin'ichi HimoriTwo blind masseurs travel to a mountain retreat. One of them falls for a visiting lady from Tokyo and investigates a series of thefts.OL.
- DirectorJack CuttingStarsBilly BletcherMelvin J. GibbyFlorence GillThe farm comes to life, to various classical tunes. The high point is a rooster serenading a chicken, with all the animals joining in. But then comes the sound that's even more welcome to the animals: the farmer and his wife with food (the only actual words spoken).OL.
- DirectorsFrank TashlinFriz FrelengStarsMel BlancBilly BletcherBasin Street BoysAnother entry in the "books come alive" subgenre, with possibly more books coming alive than any other. We begin with some musical numbers, notably the various pages of Green Pastures all joining in on a song, The Thin Man entering The White House Cookbook and exiting much fatter, and The House of Seven (Clark) Gables singing backup to Old King Cole. The Three Musketeers break loose, become Three Men on a Horse, grab the Seven Keys to Baldpate, and set the Prisoner of Zenda free. They are soon chased by horsemen from The Charge of the Light Brigade and Under Two Flags and beset by the cannons of All Quiet on the Western Front. All this disturbs the sleep of Rip Van Winkle, who opens Hurricane so that everyone is (all together now) Gone with the Wind.OL. 8/10.
