• 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis

• The Age of Consent, directed by Gregory La Cava

• Air Mail, directed by John Ford

• American Madness, directed by Frank Capra, starring Walter Huston

• The Animal Kingdom, starring Leslie Howard, Ann Harding and Myrna Loy

• Anton Spelec, Sharp-Shooter (Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec), directed by Martin Frič - (Czechoslovakia)

• As You Desire Me, starring Greta Garbo

• L'Atlantide, directed by G.W. Pabst, starring Brigitte Helm - (Germany/France)

• Attorney for the Defense, starring Edmund Lowe and Evelyn Brent

• Bad Girl, directed by Frank Borzage

• Back Street, starring Irene Dunne and John Boles

• The Bartered Bride (Die verkaufte Braut), directed by Max Ophüls - (Germany)

• The Beast of the City, starring Walter Huston, Jean Harlow and Wallace Ford

• The Big Broadcast, starring Bing Crosby

• Big City Blues, starring Eric Linden and Joan Blondell

• The Big Stampede, starring John Wayne

• A Bill of Divorcement, starring John Barrymore, Billie Burke and Katharine Hepburn in her film debut

• Bird of Paradise, starring Dolores del Río, Joel McCrea and Lon Chaney, Jr.

• Das blaue Licht (The Blue Light), starring and directed by Leni Riefenstahl - (Germany)

• A Blonde Dream, starring Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch and Willi Forst - (Germany)

• Blonde Venus, directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Marlene Dietrich and Cary Grant

• Blondie of the Follies, directed by Edmund Goulding; starring Marion Davies, Billie Dove, and Robert Montgomery

• Boudu Saved from Drowning (Boudu sauvé des eaux), directed by Jean Renoir, starring Michel Simon - (France)

• Broken Lullaby, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Lionel Barrymore

• Business and Pleasure, starring Will Rogers

• Cabin in the Cotton, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Richard Barthelmess and Bette Davis

• Call Her Savage, starring Clara Bow

• Charlie Chan's Chance, starring Warner Oland and H.B. Warner

• Cruiser Emden, directed by Louis Ralph - (Germany)

• Dance Pretty Lady, directed by Anthony Asquith (Britain)

• Dancers in the Dark, starring Miriam Hopkins and Jack Oakie

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, starring Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins

• The Dark Horse, starring Warren William and Bette Davis

• The Dentist, a W. C. Fields short produced by Mack Sennett

• Destry Rides Again, starring Tom Mix

• Devil and the Deep, starring Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton and Cary Grant

• Downstairs, starring John Gilbert, Paul Lukas, Virginia Bruce and Hedda Hopper

• Emma, starring Marie Dressler

• F.P.1 (F.P.1 antwortet nicht) - (Germany)

• Faithless, starring Tallulah Bankhead and Robert Montgomery

• Fanny, directed by Marc Allegret, starring Raimu - (France)

• A Farewell to Arms, directed by Frank Borzage, starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes

• Fast Life, starring William Haines and Madge Evans

• Flowers and Trees, a Walt Disney animated short

• Forbidden, directed by Frank Capra, starring Barbara Stanwyck

• Freaks, directed by Tod Browning

• Goodnight, Vienna, directed by Herbert Wilcox, starring Jack Buchanan and Anna Neagle - (GB)

• Grand Hotel, starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and Lionel Barrymore

• Horse Feathers, starring the Marx Brothers with Thelma Todd

• Hotel Splendide, directed by Michael Powell - (GB)

• I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, starring Paul Muni

• I Was Born, But... (Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo), directed by Yasujirō Ozu - (Japan)

• If I Had a Million, an anthology comedy film with an all-star cast including W.C. Fields, May Robson, George Raft, Charles Laughton and Gary Cooper

• Impatient Maiden, starring Lew Ayres and Mae Clarke

• Island of Lost Souls, an adaptation of H. G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau starring Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen and Bela Lugosi

• Ivan - directed by Alexander Dovzhenko - (U.S.S.R.)

• Jack's the Boy directed by Walter Forde, starring Jack Hulbert - (GB)

• Jewel Robbery, starring William Powell and Kay Francis

• Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt? (To Whom Does the World Belong?) - (Germany)

• The Last Mile, starring Preston Foster

• Law and Order, starring Walter Huston and Harry Carey

• The Champ, starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper

• The Local Bad Man, starring Hoot Gibson

• Love Me Tonight, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald (as Jeanette Mac Donald)

• The Lucky Number, directed by Anthony Asquith, starring Gordon Harker - (GB)

• The Man Who Played God (aka The Silent Voice), starring George Arliss and Bette Davis

• Merrily We Go to Hell, directed by Dorothy Arzner, starring Fredric March and Sylvia Sidney

• The Midshipmaid, starring Jessie Matthews - (GB)

• The Sin of Madelon Claudet

• Million Dollar Legs, starring Jack Oakie and W. C. Fields

• The Most Dangerous Game, starring Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks and Robert Armstrong, involving much of the same cast and crew of the following year's King Kong.

• The Mouthpiece, starring Warren William

• Movie Crazy, a comedy starring Harold Lloyd

• The Mummy, starring Boris Karloff

• Murders in the Rue Morgue, starring Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox and Leon Ames

• Night After Night, starring George Raft and Mae West in her film debut

• Night at the Crossroads (La Nuit du carrefour), directed by Jean Renoir - (France)

• No Man Of Her Own, directed by Wesley Ruggles, starring Clark Gable and Carol Lombard

• Odds 777 - (Denmark)

• The Old Dark House, directed by James Whale and starring Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Ernest Thesiger and Raymond Massey

• One Hour with You, starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin and Charles Ruggles

• One Way Passage, directed by Tay Garnett, starring William Powell and Kay Francis

• Pack Up Your Troubles, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

• Payment Deferred, starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Sullivan

• Polly of the Circus, directed by Alfred Santell; starring Marion Davies and Clark Gable

• Rain, starring Joan Crawford and Walter Huston

• Rasputin and the Empress, starring John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore

• Rasputin, Demon with Women, starring Conrad Veidt and Brigitte Horney - (Germany)

• Raid in St. Pauli (Raid in St. Pauli) - (Germany)

• Red Dust, directed by Victor Fleming, starring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable

• The Red-Haired Alibi, starring Merna Kennedy Theodore Von Eltz Grant Withers and Shirley Temple

• Red-Headed Woman, starring Jean Harlow

• Rome Express, directed by Walter Forde, starring Conrad Veidt and Esther Ralston - (GB)

• Santa - (Mexico)

• Scarface, directed by Howard Hawks, starring Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, George Raft and Boris Karloff

• Scarlet Dawn, directed by William Dieterle, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Nancy Carroll

• Shanghai Express, starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland

• Sherlock Holmes

• The Sign of the Cross, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Fredric March and Claudette Colbert

• A Simple Case (Prostoy sloochay) - (U.S.S.R.)

• Smilin' Through, starring Norma Shearer

• Spring Shower (Tavaszi zápor) - (Hungary/France)

• Tarzan the Ape Man, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan

• Taxi!, starring James Cagney and Loretta Young

• They Just Had to Get Married, starring Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts

• Three Modern Women, directed by Bu Wancang, starring Ruan Lingyu and Jin Yan – (China)

• Three on a Match, starring Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak and Bette Davis

• Tiger Shark, starring Edward G. Robinson

• Trouble in Paradise, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis and Herbert Marshall

• Two Seconds, starring Edward G. Robinson

• Unheimliche Geschichten - (Germany)

• The Undertaker (Funebrák), directed by Karel Lamač - (Czechoslovakia)

• Union Depot, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Joan Blondell

• Vampyr, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer - (Germany/France)

• Virtue, starring Carole Lombard and Pat O'Brien

• Washington Merry-Go-Round, starring Lee Tracy

• What Price Hollywood?, directed by George Cukor, starring Constance Bennett

• What Scoundrels Men Are! (Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!), starring Vittorio De Sica - (Italy)

• White Zombie, starring Bela Lugosi

• Wooden Crosses (Les croix de bois), directed by Raymond Bernard - (France)

• Young America, starring Spencer Tracy

Serials

Ordered by release date:

• January 4: Detective Lloyd, 12 chapters (216 min)

• February 1: The Shadow of the Eagle, 12 chapters (218 minutes)

• March 28: The Airmail Mystery, 12 chapters (225 min)

• May 17: The Last of the Mohicans, 12 chapters (231 minutes)

• June 20: Heroes of the West, 12 chapters (225 min)

• August 1: The Hurricane Express, 12 chapters (227 min)

• September 5: The Last Frontier, 12 chapters (213 minutes)

• September 12: Jungle Mystery, 12 chapters (240 min)

• November 1: The Devil Horse, 12 chapters (216 min)

• December 5: The Lost Special, 12 chapters (240 minutes)

Short film series

• Buster Keaton (1917-1941)

• Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)

• Our Gang (1922-1944) The series was officially called both Our Gang and Hal Roach's Rascals until 1932, when Our Gang became the sole title of the series.

• Shirley Temple (1932–1946)

Animated short film series

Ordered by release date of the film series. This list only includes shorts released in 1932:

• Aesop's Film Fables (1921–1933)

• Krazy Kat (1925–1940)

• Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (1927–1938)

• Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)

• Silly Symphonies (1929-1939)

  • The Bird Store

  • The Bears and the Bees

  • Just Dogs

  • Flowers and Trees

  • King Neptune

  • Bugs in Love

  • Babes in the Woods

  • Santa's Workshop

  Screen Songs (1929–1938)

  • Sweet Jennie Lee (January 9)

  • Show Me the Way to Go Home (January 30)

  • When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along (February 19)

  • Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (March 4)

  • Just One More Chance (April 1)

  • Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (April 22)

  • Shine On Harvest Moon (May 6)

  • Let Me Call You Sweetheart (May 20)

  • I Ain't Got Nobody (June 17)

  • You Try Somebody Else (July 29)

  • Rudy Vallee Melodies (August 5)

  • Down Among the Sugar Cane (August 26)

  • Just a Gigolo (September 9)

  • School Days (September 30)

  • Romantic Melodies (October 21)

  • When It's Sleepy Time Down South (November 11)

  • Sing a Song (December 2)

  • Time on My Hands (December 23)

  Talkartoons (1929-1932)

  • Minnie the Moocher (featuring Betty Boop)

  • Sink or Swim S.O.S (featuring Betty Boop)

  Looney Tunes (1930–1969)

  • Bosko's Store

  • Bosko and Honey

  • Bosko the Lumberjack

  • Bosko and Bruno

  • Bosko's Party

  Flip the Frog (1930–1933)

  Terrytoons (1930–1964)

  Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)

  Scrappy (1931–1941)

  Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren) (1931–1933)

  Betty Boop (1932-1939)

  • Stopping the Show

  • Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee

  • Betty Boop, M.D.

  • Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle

  • Betty Boop's Ups and Down

  • Betty Boop for President

  • I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You

  • Betty Boop's Museum

  Pooch the Pup (1932-1933)

  • The Athlete (August 29)

  • The Butcher Boy (September 26)

  • The Crowd Snores (October 24)

  • The Under Dog (November 7)

  • Cats and Dogs (December 5)

  Flowers and Trees (1933)

Top-grossing films

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide Gross
1.	Shanghai Express	Paramount Pictures	$3,700,000
2.	Grand Hotel	MGM	$2,594,000
3.	Emma	MGM	$2,000,000
4.	Movie Crazy	Harold Lloyd Corporation	$1,439,000
5.	As You Desire Me	MGM	$1,363,000
6.	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Paramount Pictures	$1,250,000
7.	Strange Interlude	MGM	$1,240,000
8.	Red Dust	MGM	$1,223,000
9.	Arsène Lupin	MGM	$1,110,000
10.	Scarface	United Artists	$600,000