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- DirectorH.C. PotterStarsCary GrantMyrna LoyMelvyn DouglasA man and his wife decide they can afford to have a house in the country built to their specifications. It's a lot more trouble than they think.
- DirectorIrving ReisStarsCary GrantMyrna LoyShirley TempleA high school girl falls for a playboy artist, with screwball results.
- DirectorJames FloodStarsMyrna LoyCary GrantRoscoe KarnsIn his dedicated pursuit of technology that will aid pilots to safely "fly blind" during adverse conditions, aerial innovator Ken Gordon is literally blinded in an accident, but this setback doesn't deter him from his goal.
- DirectorF. Harmon WeightStarsMyrna LoyWilliam Collier Jr.John MiljanA bank officer steals valuable securities from his bank to pay off debts owed to a notorious gambler, but the disgrace is more than he can bear and does himself in. His loyal secretary, a beau of the banker's daughter, takes the blame instead for the sake of her family honor. She in turn tries to help him by trying to locate the missing bonds by seducing the gambler's son.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsVictor McLaglenMyrna LoyDavid TorrenceCaptain Donald King of the British Army goes to India just as World War I breaks out, convincing his comrades that he is a coward. In reality, he is on a secret mission to rescue British soldiers held prisoner there.
- DirectorAlexander KordaStarsAlice JoyceRichard TuckerMyrna LoyThe activities of Nubi (Myrna Loy), a minx-like, Hungarian gypsy girl who, while on the run from her abusive husband, takes shelter in a farmhouse, where she seduces and holds in thrall all the male members of the family.
- DirectorReginald BarkerStarsDorothy MackaillIan KeithMyrna LoySteven Ghent has decided to sell the mine he's owned for fifteen years, located at the border of Mexico where the Great Divide ends. When the representatives are delayed for a few days, he visits the annual Fiesta for the last time, and he encounters Ruth Jordan, the daughter of his long-dead partner, and discovers that she is a decadent, world-weary society girl. He decides that she's in need of reforming, and that a dose of the Greats Outdoors might do it - so he kidnaps her.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonStarsMonte BlueMyrna LoyBetty CompsonA South Seas adventure in which a young miner escapes cannibals, rescues a woman from her abusive husband who also wants to steal the miner's gold, and meets a native girl who desperately tries to win his heart.
- DirectorWalter LangRoy William NeillStarsJoseph SchildkrautMyrna LoyPhilip SleemanCarlos Lopez is a handsome Argentine sportsman. Many women love him and he toys with them all. His days are filled with romance and intrigue and he manages to get himself feared and hated by most of the married men in Buenos Aires. He also aspires to become a world-acclaimed brilliant violinist and, to do so, he needs financial independence, such as can be gained by sleeping with pretty (or ugly) rich women, or women who have rich husbands. So he hangs out at the Argentina Cafe while Narita, whom he professes to love, pimps for him. But hanging out in one locale is not a good idea, as the husbands know where to find him. So does the fiery Narita in the event she realizes she is just being used.
- DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsGeorge O'BrienLucile BrowneMyrna LoyBuck Duane avenges his father's murder by gunning down the killer, but must flee from the law. He finds Ruth, whom he once loved, in the clutches of the outlaw Bland. In rescuing Ruth, he becomes entangled with Bland's amorous wife.
- DirectorScott PembrokeStarsMyrna LoyJason Robards Sr.Nancy WelfordPatricia Murray, a department-store model, is the sweetheart of wealthy Herbert Carter. His class-conscious mother insists that Herbert marry socialite Mildred Vane.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsWarner BaxterMyrna LoyNoah BeeryFour one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for disorderly conduct, but they break out and rejoin their regiment and fight off a band of marauding Arabs, and are soon in Casablanca getting decorated by the French Minister of War. Deucalion spots Eleanor, a spy who had done him dirt and after tangling with the local gendarmes, they take her and head back for Morocco where they are charged with desertion, and have to go out and defeat some more marauding natives, and dodge the machine-gun fire directed at them by the highly-displeased Eleanor, and one thing just follows another.
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsLoretta YoungConway TearleDavid MannersRichard Carewe has raised his deceased friend's son from childhood with the help of his housekeeper and her beautiful daughter Phyllis. He arranges a marriage between the lad and Phyllis, but the rascal impulsively marries a notorious nightclub singer known as "The Firefly." The femme fatale dumps the boy when she discovers that he has no money, but by then Phyllis realizes that she is in love with Richard, not his foolish ward.
- DirectorSpencer Gordon BennetStarsJosé BohrMyrna LoyWalter MillerNotorious Mexican bandit El Malo forces the Mayor of Sierra Blanca, Seth Landport, to open the safe and turn over to him 2,000 pesos, which the bandit gives a promissory note for to the Mayor. Seth rushes to the cantina where Sheriff Rankin is drinking, and the sheriff posts a reward for the capture of El Malo. El Malo informs his men of the reward. The bandit and his sidekick Pedro visit the cantina where Pedro resumes a former acquaintance with Dolores, while El Malo has his attention directed to a tango being performed by Carmita. El Malo pushes her dancing partner aside and finishes the dance with Carmita. Since Seth's description of him is inaccurate, "El May" visits the sheriff and promises to deliver the wanted bandit to the cantina the following night. The next morning, El Malo and Pedro depart and, halting their horses on a hill, they view the stagecoach being held up by a trio of outlaws. They follow the outlaws to their hideout, where they discover the leader is the trusted town-mayor Seth. El Malo tells him to be in the cantina that night. Then things get involved, including the wrath of the displaced tango partner. El Malo handles it all without breaking a sweat.
- DirectorAlfred SantellStarsCharles FarrellElissa LandiHumphrey BogartAndress, Watson, and Johnson are with a Royal Air Force squadron in France. When Watson is killed in combat, Andrews tries to return the letters Watson received from a girl called "Pom-Pom." There are two possibilities: one is Watson's widow; the other is a German spy.
- DirectorEdward H. GriffithStarsIna ClaireRobert AmesMyrna LoyStory of a girl's unhappiness after her marriage to a man just jilted, and the manner in which she finally wins his affection.
- DirectorChester M. FranklinStarsMyrna LoyConway TearleBarbara KentThis cinematic adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel stars Myrna Loy in her first starring role.
- DirectorHarry d'Abbadie d'ArrastStarsJohn BarrymoreMyrna LoyReginald MasonAn honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's name and outstanding reputation in a crooked business scheme.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsRamon NovarroMyrna LoyReginald DennyAn American tourist catches the eye of a disguised Egyptian prince who decides to kidnap her, then try to win her love.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsJohn BarrymoreHelen HayesClark GablePolio breaks out in Rio de Janeiro, the serum is in Santiago and there's only one way to get the medicine where it's desperately needed: flown in by daring pilots who risk the treacherous weather and forbidding peaks of the Andes.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeHoward HawksStarsMyrna LoyMax BaerPrimo CarneraAn ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
- DirectorRichard BoleslawskiStarsClark GableMyrna LoyJean HersholtAn idealistic doctor must make some hard choices between his dedication to the profession and his personal life.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeJack ConwayGeorge CukorStarsClark GableWilliam PowellMyrna LoyThe friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
- DirectorSam WoodJack ConwayStarsMyrna LoyGeorge BrentLionel AtwillIn 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British with critical strategic planning for the Turkish theater. He suspects Ali Bey, Turkish commander for the Dardanelles, and dispatches Annemarie to Constantinople to secure the proof. En route she becomes involved with Douglas Beall, a footloose American. Complications ensue, requiring Annemarie to engage in some dangerous improvisations.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyMaureen O'SullivanFormer detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.
- DirectorWilliam K. HowardStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyUna MerkelThe neglected wife of a high profile attorney dallies with a unscrupulous womanizer and finds herself involved in blackmail and murder.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsWarner BaxterMyrna LoyWalter ConnollyA runaway heiress and her sister's husband join forces to race the latter's fast horse, Broadway Bill.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsMyrna LoySpencer TracyHarvey StephensHoping to nab a gang of jewel thieves, a government agent poses as a crook and travels across the country with a female thief.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsClark GableJean HarlowMyrna LoyThe wife of a publishing executive mistakenly believes that her husband's relationship with his attractive secretary is more than professional.
- DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceStarsRobert MontgomeryMyrna LoyReginald OwenA lonesome wireless operator delays a couple who become stranded in Labrador.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyLuise RainerThe ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed.
- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsWarner BaxterMyrna LoyIan HunterTen years of married life beginning in 1925. Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at keeping them together.
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsJean HarlowWilliam PowellMyrna LoyWhen a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyJames StewartPrivate detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when there is a murder. The obvious suspect is his wife, Nora's cousin, Selma.
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsClark GableMyrna LoyEdna May OliverThe life of Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell, following from 1880 onward his struggle to secure Home Rule, pursued in prison, Parliament, and elsewhere. Emphasis is on the relationship with married Katie O'Shea which threatens to bring all Parnell's plans to ruin. Moderately accurate historically.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyFlorence RiceTwo sisters of differing temperaments, the younger's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsMyrna LoyFranchot ToneRosalind RussellMimi has tried everything to become the bride to Alan, but he chooses Elizabeth instead. The ironic part is that Mimi's mother writes romance novels and neither one has had any luck with men. So Mimi decides to get a job as an illustrator at the New York Chronicle where her friend Jimmy works. When Alan and Liz return from their honeymoon, Alan wants to keep Mimi at his side, and Mimi has no objections - in the beginning.
- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsClark GableMyrna LoySpencer TracyJim 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.
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsClark GableMyrna LoyWalter PidgeonTwo rival newsreel photographers join forces to find an aviatrix's missing brother, who has disappeared in the Amazon rainforest.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsMyrna LoyRobert TaylorJoseph AllenA wealthy woman meets a bum on a park bench and marries him the same evening.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsMyrna LoyTyrone PowerGeorge BrentIn India, a married British aristocrat is reunited with an old flame, but she truly has her sights set on a handsome surgeon.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyVirginia GreyAn explosives manufacturer suspects a young man is out to kill him. He calls in new parents Nick and Nora to sort things out.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyFrank McHughBoring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsMyrna LoyMelvyn DouglasRaymond WalburnA single magazine editor pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues, but complications ensue when she meets a potential suitor.
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyGail PatrickA wife suspecting infidelity starts divorce proceedings, so the husband pretends to be insane in order to delay the divorce and clear up the misunderstanding.
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyBarry NelsonA jockey has been shot dead at the race track. Famous detective Nick Charles and his wife Nora happen to be on the scene and Lt. Abrahams asks for Nick's expert help.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyLucile WatsonNick and Nora head to Nick's hometown of Sycamore Springs to spend some time with his parents. His father, a prominent local physician, was always a bit disappointed with Nick's choice of profession in particular and his lifestyle in general. With Nick's arrival however the towns folk, including several of the local criminal element, are convinced that he must be there on a case despite his protestations that he's just there for rest and relaxation. When someone is shot dead on his doorstep however, Nick finds himself working on a case whether he wants to or not.
- DirectorFrank RyanStarsMyrna LoyDon AmecheRhys WilliamsJane Budden, a country girl marries Hiram Maxim a struggling inventor leading to their happiness with two children and Maxim's portrait in the National Hall of Science.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMyrna LoyDana AndrewsFredric MarchThree World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyKeenan WynnNick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered. The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help. Nick turns them in to the police but then sets out to figure out the mystery.
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsMyrna LoyRobert MitchumLouis CalhernA ranch boy is gifted with a colt, grows to love him but the colt escapes, with tragic results.
- DirectorGregory RatoffStarsMyrna LoyRoger LiveseyPeggy CumminsA lonely wife of a workaholic husband on the magical Isle of Capri meets a charming and attractive young man. An exciting affair must end when word gets back to the husband and he becomes ill. Then the daughter enters the scene.
- DirectorWalter LangStarsClifton WebbMyrna LoyJeanne CrainMyrna Loy plays the wife of the persnickety father of her 12 children, Clifton Webb, who has uniquely humorous methods for dealing with the ordeals such an unwieldy family undoubtedly encounters.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsJeanne CrainMyrna LoyDebra PagetThe "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends meet without her husband's income, while Anne, Martha, and even Ernestine find romance.
- DirectorNorman KrasnaStarsOlivia de HavillandJohn ForsytheMyrna LoyThe daughter of the American ambassador to France comes to the aid of American soldiers after a grumpy U. S. senator thinks about closing off Paris to the servicemen.
- DirectorVincent J. DonehueStarsMontgomery CliftMyrna LoyRobert RyanEager for a job, journalist Adam White accepts the lowly position of columnist for the advice-giving section of the Chronicle but he often clashes with his cynical editor, Shrike.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsYvette MimieuxMonte MarkhamMelvyn DouglasDeath takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
- DirectorJerry ParisStarsBill BixbyPaula PrentissMyrna LoyA couple decides to hire a second "wife"--somebody who looks good and works hard around the house--but complications ensue.