List of RKO films

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This is a list of films produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Radio Pictures or RKO.

*:public domain

1 1920s
2 1930s
3 1940s
4 1950s

[edit] 1920s

Poster for RKO's first big hit, Rio Rita (1929), a lavish musical with Technicolor sequences.

Syncopation (1929), first RKO release)
Street Girl (1929), first official RKO production)
Rio Rita (1929), with Technicolor sequences)
Vagabond Lover (1929)
Tanned Legs (1929)
Jazz Heaven (1929)
The Very Idea (1929)
Side Street (1929)
Night Parade (1929)
Half Marriage (1929)
Dance Hall (1929)
Delightful Rogue (1929)
Black and Tan Fantasy (1929)

[edit] 1930s

RKO's first all-color film.

Hit the Deck (1930), with Technicolor sequences.
Dixiana (1930), with Technicolor sequences.
The Cuckoos (1930), with Technicolor sequences.
Leathernecking (1930), with Technicolor sequences.
Check and Double Check (1930)
Alias French Gertie (1930)
Until Love Comes Along (1930)
Lawful Larceny (1930)
Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren)* (1931-1933; distribution only)
Cimarron (1931)
The Runaround (1931), first all-Technicolor RKO production.
Fanny Foley Herself (1931), second all-Technicolor RKO production.
Bird of Paradise (1932)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
What Price Hollywood? (1932)
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
King Kong (1933)
Little Women (1933)
Morning Glory (1933)
The Son of Kong (1933)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
The Informer (1934)
Of Human Bondage (1934)
Alice Adams (1935)
Becky Sharp (1935; first feature entirely in new three-strip Technicolor)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
Roberta (1935)
Top Hat (1935)
Swing Time (1936)
Shall We Dance (1937)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937; distribution only)
Stage Door (1937)
Bringing Up Baby* (1938)
Room Service (1938 film)* (1938)
Gunga Din (1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Love Affair (1939)

Poster for My Favorite Wife (1940). Cary Grant and Randolph Scott, who played antagonists in the film, were domestic partners in the 1930s.

[edit] 1940s

Kitty Foyle (1940)
Pinocchio (1940; distribution only)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
Fantasia (1940; distribution only)
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Ball of Fire (1941; distribution only)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Little Foxes (1941; distribution only)
Dumbo (1941; distribution only)
Suspicion (1941)
Cat People (1942)
Bambi (1942; distribution only)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Saludos Amigos (1942; distribution only)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942; distribution only)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Mr.Lucky (1943)
This Land Is Mine (1943)
The Three Caballeros (1944; distribution only)
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946; distribution only)
It's a Wonderful Life* (1946; distribution only)
The Stranger* (1946; distribution only)
Make Mine Music (1946)
Notorious (1946)
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
Without Reservations (1946)
Tomorrow Is Forever (1946; distribution only)
The Bishop's Wife (1947; distribution only)
Crossfire (1947)
Fun and Fancy Free (1947; distribution only)
Out of the Past (1947)
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)
Fort Apache (1948)
Melody Time (1948; distribution only)
I Remember Mama (1948)
Joan of Arc (1948; distribution only)
They Live by Night (1948)
The Big Steal (1949)
The Set-Up (1949)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon* (1949)
The Window (1949)
Bride for Sale (1949; distribution only)

He might've looked like he didn't give a damn, but insiders knew Robert Mitchum as one of Hollywood's hardest-working actors. Poster for The Lusty Men (1952), directed by Nicholas Ray.