| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Raffles | George Fitzmaurice | Ronald Colman, Kay Francis | Mystery | United Artists[264] |
| Rain Or Shine | Frank Capra | Louise Fazenda, Joan Peers, Joe Cook | Dramedy | Columbia[265] |
| The Rampant Age | Phil Rosen | James Murray, Merna Kennedy, Eddie Borden | Drama | Independent |
| Recaptured Love | John G. Adolfi | Belle Bennett, Dorothy Burgess | Comedy-Drama | Warner Bros.[266] |
| Redemption | Fred Niblo | John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Conrad Nagel | Drama | MGM[267] |
| Remote Control | Malcolm St. Clair | William Haines, Mary Doran | Comedy | MGM[268] |
| Renegades | Victor Fleming | Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Noah Beery | Western | Fox Film[269] |
| The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu | Rowland V. Lee | Warner Oland, Jean Arthur | Detective | Paramount-Publix[270] |
| The Right to Love | Richard Wallace | Ruth Chatterton, Paul Lukas, Irving Pichel | Drama | Paramount-Publix[271] |
| River's End | Michael Curtiz | Charles Bickford, Evalyn Knapp | Drama | Warner Bros.[272] |
| Road to Paradise | William Beaudine | Loretta Young, Jack Mulhall, George Barraud | Melodrama | First National[273] |
| Roadhouse Nights | Hobart Henley | Helen Morgan, Charles Ruggles | Crime comedy | Paramount Famous Lasky[274] |
| Roaring Ranch | B. Reeves Eason | Hoot Gibson, Sally Eilers | Western | Universal[275] |
| Rogue of the Rio Grande | Spencer Gordon Bennet | José Bohr, Myrna Loy | Comedy | Sono Art[276] |
| The Rogue Song | Lionel Barrymore | Lawrence Tibbett, Clifford Grey | Operetta | MGM[277] |
| Romance | Clarence Brown | Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone | Romantic drama | MGM[278] |
| Romance of the West | Robert Emmett Tansey | Jack Perrin, Edna Marion, Tom London | Western | Independent |
| Rough Romance | A.F. Erickson | George O'Brien, Helen Chandler | Western | Fox Film[279] |
| Rough Waters | John Daumery | Rin Tin Tin, Jobyna Ralston | Adventure | Warner Bros.[280] |
| A Royal Romance |
Erle C. Kenton |
William Collier Jr., Pauline Starke, Clarence Muse |
Romantic comedy |
Columbia Pictures[281] |
| The Runaway Bride | Donald Crisp | Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Paul Hurst | Melodrama | RKO[282] |
| Safety in Numbers | Victor Schertzinger | Carole Lombard, Charles Rogers, Kathryn Crawford | Musical, Comedy | Paramount-Publix[283] |
| The Santa Fe Trail | Otto Brower | Richard Arlen, Rosita Moreno | Western | Paramount-Publix[284] |
| The Sap from Syracuse | A. Edward Sutherland | Jack Oakie, Ginger Rogers | Comedy | Paramount-Publix[285] |
| Sarah and Son | Dorothy Arzner | Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March | Drama | Paramount Famous Lasky[286] |
| Scarlet Pages | Ray Enright | Elsie Ferguson, John Halliday, Grant Withers | Melodrama | First National[287] |
| Scotland Yard | William K. Howard | Edmund Lowe, Joan Bennett | Melodrama | Fox Film[288] |
| The Sea Bat | Wesley Ruggles | Raquel Torres, Charles Bickford, Nils Asther | Melodrama | MGM[289] |
| The Sea God | George Abbott | Richard Arlen, Fay Wray | Adventure | Paramount-Publix[290] |
| Sea Legs | Victor Heerman | Jack Oakie, Lillian Roth | Comedy | Paramount-Publix[291] |
| The Sea Wolf | Alfred Santell | Milton Sills, Raymond Hackett | Melodrama | Fox Film[292] |
| Second Choice | Howard Bretherton | Dolores Costello, Chester Morris | Romance | Warner Bros.[293] |
| The Second Floor Mystery | Roy Del Ruth | Grant Withers, Loretta Young, H. B. Warner | Mystery | Warner Bros.[294] |
| Second Honeymoon | Phil Rosen | Josephine Dunn, Bernice Elliott, Edward Earle | Comedy, Drama | Trem Carr Pictures[295] |
| Second Wife | Russell Mack | Conrad Nagel, Lila Lee | Drama | RKO[296] |
| See America Thirst | William James Craft | Harry Langdon, Bessie Love | Comedy | Universal[297] |
| Seven Days Leave | Richard Wallace | Gary Cooper, Beryl Mercer | Drama | Paramount Famous Lasky[298] |
| Shadow of the Law | Louis J. Gasnier | William Powell, Marion Shilling | Crime/Romance | Paramount-Publix[299] |
| Shadow Ranch | Louis King | Buck Jones, Marguerite De La Motte | Western | Columbia[300] |
| She Couldn't Say No | Lloyd Bacon | Winnie Lightner, Chester Morris | Drama | Warner Bros.[301] |
| She Got What She Wanted | James Cruze | Betty Compson, Lee Tracy | Comedy | Tiffany |
| She's My Weakness | Melville W. Brown | Sue Carol, Arthur Lake | Romantic comedy | RKO[302] |
| The Ship from Shanghai | Charles Brabin | Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson | Melodrama | MGM[303] |
| Shooting Straight | George Archainbaud | Richard Dix, James Neill | Crime | RKO[304] |
| Showgirl in Hollywood | Mervyn LeRoy | Alice White, Jack Mulhall, Blanche Sweet | Musical dramedy | First National[305] |
| The Silver Horde | George Archainbaud | Evelyn Brent, Joel McCrea, Jean Arthur | Melodrama | RKO[306] |
| Sin Takes a Holiday | Paul L. Stein | Constance Bennett, Basil Rathbone | Romance | Pathé[307] |
| Sinners' Holiday | John G. Adolfi | Grant Withers, Evalyn Knapp | Melodrama | Warner Bros.[308] |
| The Sins of the Children | Sam Wood | Louis Mann, Robert Montgomery | Drama | MGM[309] |
| Sisters | James Flood | Sally O'Neil, Molly O'Day | Crime | Columbia[310] |
| Slightly Scarlet | Louis J. Gasnier, Edwin H. Knopf | Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook | Comedy drama | Paramount Famous Lasky[311] |
| So This Is London | John G. Blystone | Will Rogers, Irene Rich | Comedy | Fox Film[312] |
| The Social Lion | A. Edward Sutherland | Jack Oakie, Mary Brian, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher | Sports/Romantic comedy | Paramount-Publix[313] |
| A Soldier's Plaything | Michael Curtiz | Ben Lyon, Harry Langdon, Noah Beery | War comedy/drama | Warner Bros.[314] |
| Soldiers and Women | Edward Sloman | Aileen Pringle, Grant Withers | Mystery | Columbia[315] |
| Son of the Gods | Frank Lloyd | Richard Barthelmess, Constance Bennett | Romantic drama | Warner Bros.[316] |
| Song o' My Heart | Frank Borzage | John McCormack, Maureen O'Sullivan | Musical drama | Fox Film[317] |
| Song of the Caballero | Harry Joe Brown | Ken Maynard, Doris Hill | Western | Universal[318] |
| Song of the Flame | Alan Crosland | Alexander Gray, Bernice Claire, Noah Beery | Drama | First National/Warner Bros.[319] |
| Song of the West | Ray Enright | John Boles, Vivienne Segal | Musical/Western | Warner Bros.[320] |
| Sons of the Saddle | Harry Joe Brown | Ken Maynard, Doris Hill | Western | Universal[321] |
| Soup to Nuts | Benjamin Stoloff | Ted Healy, Shemp Howard, Frances McCoy | Comedy | Fox Film[322] |
| The Spoilers | Edwin Carewe | Gary Cooper, Kay Johnson | Western | Paramount-Publix[323] |
| Spring Is Here | John Francis Dillon | Lawrence Gray, Bernice Claire | Musical | First National[324] |
| The Squealer | Harry Joe Brown | Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier | Crime | Columbia |
| Spurs | B. Reeves Eason | Hoot Gibson, Robert Homans | Western | Universal[325] |
| The Storm | William Wyler | Lupe Vélez, Paul Cavanagh, William Boyd | Western | Universal[326] |
| Street of Chance | John Cromwell | William Powell, Jean Arthur, Kay Francis | Drama | Paramount Famous Lasky[327] |
| Strictly Modern | William A. Seiter | Dorothy Mackaill, Sidney Blackmer | Romance | Warner Bros.[328] |
| Strictly Unconventional | David Burton | Catherine Dale Owen, Paul Cavanagh | Drama | MGM[329] |
| Such Men Are Dangerous | Kenneth Hawks | Catherine Dale Owen, Hedda Hopper, Bela Lugosi | Melodrama | Fox Film[330] |
| Sunny | William A. Seiter | Marilyn Miller, Lawrence Gray, O. P. Heggie | Musical | Warner Bros. |
| Sunny Skies | Norman Taurog | Benny Rubin, Marceline Day, Rex Lease | Comedy. Musical | Tiffany[331] |
| Sweet Kitty Bellairs | Alfred E. Green | Claudia Dell, Walter Pidgeon, Ernest Torrence | Musical drama | Warner Bros.[332] |
| Sweet Mama | Edward F. Cline | Alice White, David Manners | Drama | Warner Bros.[333] |
| Sweethearts and Wives | Clarence G. Badger | Billie Dove, Clive Brook, Sidney Blackmer | Mystery | First National[334] |
| The Swellhead | James Flood | James Gleason, Marion Shilling | Melodrama | Tiffany[335] |
| Swing High | Joseph Santley | Helen Twelvetrees, Dorothy Burgess, John Sheehan | Musical | Pathe Exchange |