List of thriller films before 1940

A list of thriller films released in the before 1940.

Title	Director	Cast	Country	Subgenre/Notes
1926
The Bat	Roland West	Tullio Carminatti, Charles Herzinger, Jewel Carmen, Louise Fazenda		[1]
The Bells	James Young	Gustav von Seyffertitz, E. Alyn Warren		[2]
The Lodger	Alfred Hitchcock	Ivor Novello		[3]
1928
Spies	Fritz Lang	Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers, Craighall Sherry		[4]
1929
Blackmail	Alfred Hitchcock	Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton		[5]
1930
The Bat Whispers	Roland West	Spencer Charters, Chester Morris, Una Merkel		[6]
1931
Charlie Chan Carries On	Hamilton MacFadden	Warner Oland, John Garrick, Marguerite Churchill		Crime thriller[7]
M	Fritz Lang	Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Gustaf Gründgens		[8]
1932
Freaks	Tod Browning	Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova		[9]
The Most Dangerous Game	Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack	Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks		[10]
Number 17	Alfred Hitchcock	Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, Donald Calthrop		[11]
Rome Express	Walter Forde	Conrad Veidt, Esther Ralston, Joan Barry		[12]
Tangled Destinies	Frank Strayer	Lloyd Whitlock, Doris Hill, Glenn Tryon		[13]
Thirteen Women	George Archainbaud	Irene Dunne, Myrna Loy, Ricardo Cortez		[14]
1933
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case	Hamilton MacFadden	Warner Oland, Heather Angel, Roger Imhof		Crime thriller[15]
1934
Charlie Chan in London	Eugene J. Forde	Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Douglas Walton		Crime thriller[16]
The Man Who Knew Too Much	Alfred Hitchcock	Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre		[17]
The Thin Man	W.S. Van Dyke	William Powell, Myrna Loy		[18]
1935
The 39 Steps	Alfred Hitchcock	Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll		[19]
Mad Love	Karl W. Freund	Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive		[20]
1936
After the Thin Man	W.S. Van Dyke	William Powell, Myrna Loy		Comedy thriller[21]
Black Gold	Russell Hopton	Frankie Darro, LeRoy Mason, Gloria Shea		Crime thriller[22]
The Invisible Ray	Lambert Hillyer	Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton		[23]
Sabotage	Alfred Hitchcock	Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, Desmond Tester		[24]
1937
L'alibi	Pierre Chenal	Louis Jouvet, Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean		[25]
Love From a Stranger	Rowland V. Lee	Ann Harding, Basil Rathbone, Binnie Hale		[26]
Night Must Fall	Richard Thorpe	Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell		[27]
Young and Innocent	Alfred Hitchcock	Nova Pilbeam, Derrick de Marney, Percy Marmont		[28]
1938
They Drive by Night	Arthur B. Woods	Emlyn Williams, Ernest Thesiger, Anna Konstam		[29]
The Lady Vanishes	Alfred Hitchcock	Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas		[30]
1939
Another Thin Man	W.S. Van Dyke	William Powell, Myrna Loy		[31]
Clouds over Europe	Tim Whelan, Sr.	Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson		[32]
Exile Express	Otis M. Garrett	Anna Sten, Alan Marshal, Jerome Cowan		[33]
The Human Monster	Walter Summers	Bela Lugosi, Hugh Williams, Great Gynt		[34]

Notes

1. Erickson, Hal. "The Bat". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
2. Erickson, Hal. "The Bells". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
3. Brennan, Sandra. "The Lodger". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
4. Erickson, Hal. "Spies". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
5. Brenner, Paul. "Blackmail". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
6. Wollstein, Hans J. "The Bat Whispers - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
7. Erickson, Hal. "Charlie Chan Carries On - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
8. Erickson, Hal. "M - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
9. Erickson, Hal. "Freaks - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
10. Erickson, Hal. "The Most Dangerous Game - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
11. Ankeny, Jason. "Number 17 - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
12. Erickson, Hal. "Rome Express - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
13. Wollstein, Hans J. "Tangled Destinies - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
14. Erlewine, Iotis. "Thirteen Women - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
15. Erikson, Hal. "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
16. Erickson, Hal. "Charlie Chan in London - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
17. Erickson, Hal. "The Man Who Knew Too Much - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
18. Erickson, Hal. "The Thin Man - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
19. Deming, Mark. "The 39 Steps - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
20. Erickson, Hal. "Mad Love - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
21. Erickson, Hal. "After the Thin Man - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
22. Wollstein, Hans J. "Black Gold - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
23. Erickson, Hal. "The Invisible Ray - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
24. Erickson, Hal. "Sabotage - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
25. Rasmussen, Linda. "The Alibi - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
26. Erickson, Hal. "Love From a Stranger - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
27. Erickson, Hal. "Night Must Fall - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
28. Erickson, Hal. "Young and Innocent - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
29. Hastings, Michael. "They Drive by Night - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
30. Brenner, Paul. "The Lady Vanishes - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
31. Erickson, Hal. "Another Thin Man - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
32. Erickson, Hal. "Clouds over Europe - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
33. Erickson, Hal. "Exile Express - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
34. Brennan, Sandra. "The Human Monster - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Retrieved May 29, 2011.