Editing 1932 in film

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The following is an overview of '''1932 in film''', including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths.

==Top-grossing films (U.S.)==
The top ten 1932 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1932
|-
! Rank !! Title !! Distributor !! Domestic rentals
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''1'''
| ''[[The Sign of the Cross (1932 film)|The Sign of the Cross]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $2,738,993<ref>{{cite book|last=Birchard|first=Robert S.|date=2004|title=Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813123240}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''2'''
| ''[[The Kid from Spain]]''
| [[United Artists]]
| $2,621,000<ref name=Argus1944>{{cite news |author=Jones, Lon|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11816878 |title=Which Cinema Films Have Earned the Most Money Since 1914?. |newspaper= [[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=March 4, 1944 |access-date=August 6, 2012 |page=3 Supplement: ''The Argus Weekend'' magazine |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''3'''
| ''[[Emma (1932 film)|Emma]]''
| rowspan="7"|[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]
| $1,409,000<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation|title=The Eddie Mannix Ledger|publisher=Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study|place=Los Angeles, California}}.</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''4'''
|''[[Hell Divers]]''
| $1,244,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''5'''
| ''[[Grand Hotel (1932 film)|Grand Hotel]]''
| $1,235,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''6'''
| ''[[Prosperity (film)|Prosperity]]''
| $1,166,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''7'''
| ''[[Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)|Tarzan the Ape Man]]''
| $1,112,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''8'''
| ''[[Smilin' Through (1932 film)|Smilin' Through]]''
| $1,004,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''9'''
| ''[[Strange Interlude (film)|Strange Interlude]]''
| $957,000<ref name="Mannix"/>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| '''10'''
| ''[[Horse Feathers]]''
| Paramount
| $945,000<ref name=GreenBriar>{{Cite web|url=https://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-didnt-have-ice-cream-all-way.html|title=You Didn't Have Ice Cream All The Way Through ... --- Part One|date=October 2, 2007|website=greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com}}</ref>
|}

==Events==
[[The Film Daily]] Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading headline events of the year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.archive.org/stream/filmdailyyearboo00film_3#page/n50/mode/1up|title=Ten Leading Headline Events|page=47|work=[[Film Daily]] Year Book (1933)}}</ref>
* Sidney Kent leaves [[Paramount Pictures]] and joins [[Fox Film]].
* Merlin H Aylesworth succeeds Hiram S Brown as president of [[RKO]].
* [[Jesse L. Lasky]] leaves Paramount and becomes an independent producer for Fox.
* Sam Katz leaves Paramount.
* James R Grainger leaves Fox and is succeeded by John D Clark, formerly of Paramount.
* [[Paramount Publix|Publix]] and Fox decentralization of cinemas.
* New industry program, including standard exhibition contract along lines of 5-5-5, proposed by [[Motion Picture Theater Owners of America]] and Allied.
* [[Joe Brandt]] retires from [[Columbia Pictures]], joins World-Wide, and later resigns again.
* Two [[Radio City Music Hall|Radio City]] theaters open, under direction of [[Samuel Roxy Rothafel|"Roxy"]], with coincident acquisition of the [[Rockefeller family|Rockefeller]] interests of 100,000 shares of RKO stock and 100,000 shares of [[RCA]] stock.
* Experimentation with exclusive runs.

Other notable events include:
*[[Ingrid Bergman]]'s film career begins
*[[Cary Grant]]'s film career begins
*[[Katharine Hepburn]]'s film career begins
*[[Shirley Temple]]'s film career begins
*[[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] releases ''[[Flowers and Trees]]'', the first cartoon in three-strip [[Technicolor]]
*The term "Tollywood" is first used to describe the [[cinema of West Bengal]], based at [[Tollygunge]]

==Top Ten Money Making Stars==
Exhibitors selected the following as the [[Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll|Top Ten Money Making Stars]] for 1931–1932 in [[Quigley Publishing Company]]'s first annual poll.<ref name="1932Poll">{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/stream/motionpictureher108unse#page/n531/mode/2up|title=The Ten Biggest Money Makers |work=[[Motion Picture Herald]]| date=August 6, 1932 |page=10|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref>

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!Rank
!Actor/Actress
|-
|1.
|[[Marie Dressler]]
|-
|2.
|[[Janet Gaynor]]
|-
|3.
|[[Joan Crawford]]
|-
|4.
|[[Charles Farrell]]
|-
|5.
|[[Greta Garbo]]
|-
|6.
|[[Norma Shearer]]
|-
|7.
|[[Wallace Beery]]
|-
|8.
|[[Clark Gable]]
|-
|9.
|[[Will Rogers]]
|-
|10.
|[[Joe E. Brown]]
|}

==Academy Awards==
{{Main|5th Academy Awards}}

The 5th Academy Awards were conducted by the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] on November 18, 1932,<ref name="OscarsWebsite">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/5th.html |title=The 5th Academy Awards – 1933 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904093854/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/5th.html |archive-date=September 4, 2012 }}</ref> at a ceremony held at [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|The Ambassador Hotel]]<ref name="OscarsWebsite" /> in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was hosted by [[Conrad Nagel]].<ref name="OscarsWebsite" /> Films screened in Los Angeles between August 1, 1931, and July 31, 1932, were eligible to receive awards.<ref name="OscarsWebsite" />

Major awards:
* [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]: '''''[[Grand Hotel (1932 film)|Grand Hotel]]''''' – [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
* [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]: '''[[Frank Borzage]]''' – ''[[Bad Girl (1931 film)|Bad Girl]]''
* [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]: '''[[Fredric March]]''' – ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' & '''[[Wallace Beery]]''' – ''[[The Champ (1931 film)|The Champ]]'' 
* [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]: '''[[Helen Hayes]]''' – ''[[The Sin of Madelon Claudet]]''

Note: Prior to 1933 awards were not based on calendar years, which is how there are no [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] or [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] awards for 1932 films. The 1931–32 awards went to 1931 films.

==1932 film releases==
[[List of American films of 1932|United States]] unless stated

===January–March===
*January 1932
**January 2
***''[[Emma (1932 film)|Emma]]''
**January 14
***''[[Union Depot (film)|Union Depot]]''
**January 15
***''[[Forbidden (1932 film)|Forbidden]]''
***''[[The Local Bad Man]]''
**January 16
***''[[Hell Divers]]''
**January 19
***''[[Broken Lullaby]]''
**January 22
***''[[Charlie Chan's Chance]]''
**January 23
***''[[Taxi!]]''
*February 1932
**February 6
***''[[The Passionate Plumber]]''
**February 12
***''[[Shanghai Express (film)|Shanghai Express]]''
**February 13
***''[[The Beast of the City]]''
**February 18
***''[[Law and Order (1932 film)|Law and Order]]''
**February 20
***''[[Freaks (1932 film)|Freaks]]''
***''[[The Man Who Played God (1932 film)|The Man Who Played God]]''
**February 21
*** ''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]''
*March 1932
**March 1
***''[[Impatient Maiden]]''
**March 6
***''[[Business and Pleasure]]''
**March 22
***''[[One Hour with You]]''
***''[[Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)|Tarzan the Ape Man]]''
**March 24
***''[[Das blaue Licht]]'' ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
**March 30
***''[[Santa (1932 film)|Santa]]'' ([[Mexican films of the 1930s|Mexico]])
***''No Man Of Her Own (1932 film not to be confused with the 1950 film of the same title)''

===April–June===
*April 1932
**April 9
***''[[Scarface (1932 film)|Scarface]]''
**April 12
***''[[Grand Hotel (1932 film)|Grand Hotel]]''
**April 17
***''[[Young America (1932 film)|Young America]]''
**April 18
***''[[Night After Night (film)|Night After Night]]'' ([[French films of 1932|France]])
*May 1932
**May 6
***''[[Vampyr]]''
**May 7
***''[[The Mouthpiece]]''
**May 12
***''[[The Sign of Four (1932 film)|The Sign of Four]]''
**May 14
***''[[Kuhle Wampe|Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt?]]'' (Germany)
**May 17
***''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1932 serial)|The Last of the Mohicans]]''
**May 20
***''[[Cruiser Emden]]''
***''[[Raid in St. Pauli]]''
**May 21
***''[[Attorney for the Defense]]''
**May 28
***''[[As You Desire Me (film)|As You Desire Me]]''
***''[[Two Seconds]]''
*June 1932
**June 2
***''[[What Price Hollywood?]]''
**June 3
***''[[I Was Born, But...]]'' ([[Japanese films of the 1930s|Japan]])
**June 8
***''[[L'Atlantide (1932 film)|L'Atlantide]]'' ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]/[[French films of 1932|France]])
***''[[The Dark Horse (1932 film)|The Dark Horse]]''
**June 17
***''[[Is My Face Red?]]''
**June 25
***''[[Red-Headed Woman]]''

===July–September===
*July 1932
**July 8
***''[[Million Dollar Legs (1932 film)|Million Dollar Legs]]''
**July 18
***''[[Hotel Splendide (1932 film)|Hotel Splendide]]''
**July 28
***''[[White Zombie (film)|White Zombie]]''
*August 1932
**August 4
***''[[American Madness]]''
***''[[Back Street (1932 film)|Back Street]]''
**August 6
***''[[Downstairs (film)|Downstairs]]''
**August 12
***''[[Devil and the Deep]]''
***''[[Movie Crazy]]''
**August 13
***''[[Jewel Robbery]]''
***''[[Speak Easily]]''
**August 17
***''[[The Last Mile (1932 film)|The Last Mile]]''
**August 18
***''[[The Bartered Bride (1932 film)|The Bartered Bride]]'' ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
***''[[Love Me Tonight]]''
**August 19
***''[[The Age of Consent (film)|The Age of Consent]]''
***''[[Horse Feathers]]''
***''[[Mr. Robinson Crusoe]]''
**August 20
***''[[Crooner (film)|Crooner]]''
*September 1932
**September 10
***''[[Big City Blues (1932 film)|Big City Blues]]''
**September 13
***''[[Bird of Paradise (1932 film)|Bird of Paradise]]''
**September 16
***''[[Blonde Venus]]''
***''[[The Most Dangerous Game (film)|The Most Dangerous Game]]''
**September 17
***''[[Pack Up Your Troubles (1932 film)|Pack Up Your Troubles]]''
**September 18
***''Off His Base''
**September 22
***''[[Tiger Shark (film)|Tiger Shark]]''
**September 23
***''[[A Blonde Dream|A Blonde Dream (Ein blonder Traum)]]'' [[List of German films of 1932|(Germany)]]
***''[[The Phantom President]]''
**September 24
***''[[Smilin' Through (1932 film)|Smilin' Through]]''
**September 30
***''[[A Bill of Divorcement (1932 film)|A Bill of Divorcement]]''

===October–December===
*October 1932
**October 8
***''[[The Big Stampede]]''
**October 12
***''[[Rain (1932 film)|Rain]]''
**October 14
***''[[The Big Broadcast]]''
**October 15
***''[[Cabin in the Cotton]]''
***''[[Faithless (1932 film)|Faithless]]''
***''[[Thirteen Women]]''
**October 20
***''[[The Old Dark House (1932 film)|The Old Dark House]]''
**October 21
***''[[Trouble in Paradise (1932 film)|Trouble in Paradise]]''
**October 22
***''[[Red Dust (1932 film)|Red Dust]]''
**October 25
***''[[Virtue (film)|Virtue]]''
**October 28
***''[[Fanny (1932 film)|Fanny]]'' ([[French films of 1932|France]])
***''[[Lord Camber's Ladies]]'' ([[British films of 1932|GB]])
**October 29
***''[[Three on a Match]]''
**October 30
***''[[Night After Night (film)|Night After Night]]''
*November 1932
**November 1
***''[[Prosperity (film)|Prosperity]]''
**November 2
***''[[Scarlet Dawn]]''
**November 3
***''[[Air Mail (film)|Air Mail]]''
**November 4
***''[[Odds 777]]''
***''[[Spring Shower]]'' ([[List of Hungarian films 1901–1947#1930s|Hungary]]/[[French films of 1932|France]])
**November 7
***''[[Payment Deferred (film)|Payment Deferred]]''
**November 8
***''[[Happy Ever After (1932 film)|Happy Ever After]]'' (UK/Germany)
**November 10
***''[[I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang]]''
**November 11
***''[[Boudu Saved from Drowning]]''
**November 17
***''[[The Kid from Spain]]''
**November 24
***''[[Call Her Savage]]''
*December 1932
**December 1
***''[[Silver Dollar (film)|Silver Dollar]]''
**December 2
***''[[If I Had a Million]]''
**December 3
***''[[A Simple Case]]'' 
***''[[Me and My Gal]]''
**December 8
***''[[A Farewell to Arms (1932 film)|A Farewell to Arms]]''
***''[[Flesh (1932 film)|Flesh]]''
**December 16
***''[[Anton Spelec, Sharp-Shooter]]'' ([[List of Czech films of the 1930s|Czechoslovakia]])
***''[[Fast Life (1932 film)|Fast Life]]''
**December 22
***''[[The Mummy (1932 film)|The Mummy]]''
***''[[They Just Had to Get Married]]''
**December 23
***''[[Rasputin and the Empress]]''
**December 24
***''[[20,000 Years in Sing Sing]]''
**December 25
***''[[The Sign of the Cross (1932 film)|The Sign of the Cross]]''
**December 28
***''[[The Animal Kingdom (1932 film)|The Animal Kingdom]]''
**December 30
***''[[No Man of Her Own (1932 film)|No Man of Her Own]]''

==Notable films released in 1932==
[[List of American films of 1932|United States]] unless stated

===#===
*''[[20,000 Years in Sing Sing]]'', directed by [[Michael Curtiz]], starring [[Spencer Tracy]] and [[Bette Davis]]

===A===
*''[[The Age of Consent (film)|The Age of Consent]]'', directed by [[Gregory La Cava]]
*''[[Air Mail (film)|Air Mail]]'', directed by [[John Ford]], starring [[Ralph Bellamy]], [[Gloria Stuart]] and [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]]
*''[[American Madness]]'', directed by [[Frank Capra]], starring [[Walter Huston]] and [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]]
*''[[The Animal Kingdom (1932 film)|The Animal Kingdom]]'', directed by [[Edward H. Griffith]], starring [[Ann Harding]], [[Leslie Howard]] and [[Myrna Loy]]
*''[[Anton Spelec, Sharp-Shooter]] (Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec)'', directed by [[Martin Frič]] – ([[List of Czech films of the 1930s|Czechoslovakia]])
*''[[As You Desire Me (film)|As You Desire Me]]'', directed by [[George Fitzmaurice]], starring [[Greta Garbo]], [[Melvyn Douglas]] and [[Erich von Stroheim]]
*''[[L'Atlantide (1932 film)|L'Atlantide]]'', directed by [[G. W. Pabst]], starring [[Brigitte Helm]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]/[[French films of 1932|France]])
*''[[Attorney for the Defense]]'', directed by [[Irving Cummings]], starring [[Edmund Lowe]] and [[Evelyn Brent]]

===B===
*''[[Back Street (1932 film)|Back Street]]'', directed by [[John M. Stahl]], starring [[Irene Dunne]] and [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]]
*''[[The Bartered Bride (1932 film)|The Bartered Bride]] (Die verkaufte Braut)'', directed by [[Max Ophüls]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[The Beast of the City]]'', directed by [[Charles Brabin]], starring [[Walter Huston]], [[Jean Harlow]] and [[Wallace Ford]]
*''[[The Big Broadcast]]'', directed by [[Frank Tuttle]], starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Leila Hyams]]
*''[[Big City Blues (1932 film)|Big City Blues]]'', directed by [[Mervyn LeRoy]], starring [[Joan Blondell]] and [[Eric Linden]]
*''[[The Big Stampede]]'', directed by [[Tenny Wright]], starring [[John Wayne]] and [[Noah Beery]]
*''[[A Bill of Divorcement (1932 film)|A Bill of Divorcement]]'', directed by [[George Cukor]], starring [[John Barrymore]], [[Katharine Hepburn]] and [[Billie Burke]]
*''[[Bird of Paradise (1932 film)|Bird of Paradise]]'', directed by [[King Vidor]], starring [[Dolores del Río]] and [[Joel McCrea]]
*''[[Das blaue Licht]] (The Blue Light)'', starring and directed by [[Leni Riefenstahl]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[A Blonde Dream]] (Ein blonder Traum)'', directed by [[Paul Martin (director)|Paul Martin]], starring [[Lilian Harvey]], [[Willy Fritsch]] and [[Willi Forst]] – ([[List of German films 1919-1933|Germany]])
*''[[Blonde Venus]]'', directed by [[Josef von Sternberg]], starring [[Marlene Dietrich]], [[Herbert Marshall]] and [[Cary Grant]]
*''[[Blondie of the Follies]]'', directed by [[Edmund Goulding]], starring [[Marion Davies]], [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]], [[Billie Dove]], and [[Jimmy Durante]]
*''[[Boudu Saved from Drowning]] (Boudu sauvé des eaux)'', directed by [[Jean Renoir]], starring [[Michel Simon]] – ([[French films of 1932|France]])
*''[[Broken Lullaby]]'', directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]], starring [[Lionel Barrymore]]
*''[[Business and Pleasure]]'', directed by [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]], starring [[Will Rogers]]

===C===
*''[[The Cabin in the Cotton]]'', directed by [[Michael Curtiz]], starring [[Richard Barthelmess]] and [[Bette Davis]]
*''[[Call Her Savage]]'', directed by [[John Francis Dillon (director)|John Francis Dillon]], starring [[Clara Bow]], [[Gilbert Roland]] and [[Thelma Todd]]
*''[[Charlie Chan's Chance]]'' (lost), directed by [[John G. Blystone]], starring [[Warner Oland]]
*''[[Cruiser Emden]] (Kreuzer Emden)'', starring and directed by [[Louis Ralph]] – ([[List of German films 1919-1933|Germany]])

===D===
*''[[Dance Pretty Lady]]'', directed by [[Anthony Asquith]] – ([[British films of 1932|GB]])
*''[[Dancers in the Dark]]'', directed by [[David Burton (director)|David Burton]], starring [[Miriam Hopkins]] and [[Jack Oakie]]
*''[[The Dark Horse (1932 film)|The Dark Horse]]'', directed by [[Alfred E. Green]], starring [[Warren William]] and [[Bette Davis]]
*''[[The Dentist (1932 film)|The Dentist]]'', directed by [[Leslie Pearce (director)|Leslie Pearce]], starring [[W. C. Fields]]
*''[[Destry Rides Again (1932 film)|Destry Rides Again]]'', directed by [[Benjamin Stoloff]], starring [[Tom Mix]]
*''[[Devil and the Deep]]'', directed by [[Marion Gering]], starring [[Tallulah Bankhead]], [[Gary Cooper]], [[Charles Laughton]] and [[Cary Grant]]
*''[[Downstairs (film)|Downstairs]]'', directed by [[Monta Bell]], starring [[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]]

===E–F===
*''[[Emma (1932 film)|Emma]]'', directed by [[Clarence Brown]], starring [[Marie Dressler]] and [[Myrna Loy]]
*''[[F.P.1]] (F.P.1 antwortet nicht)'', directed by [[Karl Hartl]] – ([[List of German films 1919-1933|Germany]])
*''[[Faithless (1932 film)|Faithless]]'', directed by [[Harry Beaumont]], starring [[Tallulah Bankhead]] and [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]]
*''[[Fanny (1932 film)|Fanny]]'', directed by [[Marc Allégret]], starring [[Raimu]] – ([[French films of 1932|France]])
*''[[A Farewell to Arms (1932 film)|A Farewell to Arms]]'', directed by [[Frank Borzage]], starring [[Helen Hayes]], [[Gary Cooper]] and [[Adolphe Menjou]]
*''[[Fast Life (1932 film)|Fast Life]]'', directed by [[Harry A. Pollard]], starring [[William Haines]], [[Madge Evans]] and [[Conrad Nagel]]
*''[[Flesh (1932 film)|Flesh]]'', directed by [[John Ford]], starring [[Wallace Beery]], [[Ricardo Cortez]] and [[Karen Morley]]
*''[[Flowers and Trees]]'', a [[Walt Disney]] animated short
*''[[Forbidden (1932 film)|Forbidden]]'', directed by [[Frank Capra]], starring [[Barbara Stanwyck]], [[Adolphe Menjou]] and [[Ralph Bellamy]]
*''[[Freaks (1932 film)|Freaks]]'', directed by [[Tod Browning]], starring [[Wallace Ford]] and [[Leila Hyams]]

===G–H===
*''[[Goodnight, Vienna]]'', directed by [[Herbert Wilcox]], starring [[Jack Buchanan]] and [[Anna Neagle]] – ([[British films of 1932|GB]])
*''[[Grand Hotel (1932 film)|Grand Hotel]]'', directed by [[Edmund Goulding]], starring [[Greta Garbo]], [[John Barrymore]], [[Joan Crawford]], [[Wallace Beery]], [[Lionel Barrymore]] and [[Lewis Stone]]
*''[[Hell Divers]]'', directed by [[George Hill (director)|George Hill]], starring [[Wallace Beery]], [[Clark Gable]] and [[Conrad Nagel]]
*''[[Horse Feathers]]'', directed by [[Norman Z. McLeod]], starring the [[Marx Brothers]] and [[Thelma Todd]]
*''[[Hotel Splendide (1932 film)|Hotel Splendide]]'', directed by [[Michael Powell]] – ([[British films of 1932|GB]])

===I===
*''[[I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang]]'', directed by [[Mervyn LeRoy]], starring [[Paul Muni]] and [[Glenda Farrell]]
*''[[I Was Born, But...]] (Otona no miru ehon – Umarete wa mita keredo)'', directed by [[Yasujirō Ozu]] – ([[Japanese films of the 1930s|Japan]])
*''[[If I Had a Million]]'', starring [[Gary Cooper]], [[George Raft]], [[Charles Laughton]], [[Jack Oakie]] and [[W. C. Fields]]
*''[[The Impatient Maiden]]'', directed by [[James Whale]], starring [[Lew Ayres]] and [[Mae Clarke]]
*''[[Island of Lost Souls (1932 film)|Island of Lost Souls]]'', directed by [[Erle C. Kenton]], starring [[Charles Laughton]], [[Bela Lugosi]], [[Richard Arlen]] and [[Leila Hyams]], based on the 1896 novel ''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' by [[H. G. Wells]]
*''[[Ivan (1932 film)|Ivan]]'' – directed by [[Alexander Dovzhenko]] – ([[Soviet films of 1932|U.S.S.R.]])

===J–K===
*''[[Jack's the Boy]]'' directed by [[Walter Forde]], starring [[Jack Hulbert]] – ([[British films of 1932|GB]])
*''[[Jewel Robbery]]'', directed by [[William Dieterle]], starring [[William Powell]] and [[Kay Francis]]
*''[[The Kid from Spain]]'', directed by [[Leo McCarey]], starring [[Eddie Cantor]]
*''[[Kuhle Wampe|Kuhle Wampe, oder: Wem gehört die Welt?]] (Kuhle Wampe, or: Who Owns the World?)'', directed by [[Slatan Dudow]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])

===L===
*''[[The Last Mile (1932 film)|The Last Mile]]'', directed by [[Samuel Bischoff]], starring [[Preston Foster]]
*''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1932 serial)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'', 12-part serial directed by [[Ford Beebe]] and [[B. Reeves Eason]], starring [[Harry Carey (actor)|Harry Carey]]
*''[[Law and Order (1932 film)|Law and Order]]'', directed by [[Edward L. Cahn]], starring [[Walter Huston]] and [[Harry Carey (actor)|Harry Carey]]
*''[[Lord Camber's Ladies]]'', directed by [[Benn Levy]], starring [[Gerald du Maurier]] and [[Gertrude Lawrence]] – ([[British films of 1932|GB]])
*''[[The Local Bad Man]]'', directed by [[Otto Brower]], starring [[Hoot Gibson]]
*''[[Love Me Tonight]]'', directed by [[Rouben Mamoulian]], starring [[Maurice Chevalier]], [[Jeanette MacDonald]] and [[Myrna Loy]]
*''[[The Lucky Number]]'', directed by [[Anthony Asquith]], starring [[Gordon Harker]] – ([[British films of 1932|GB]])

===M===
*''[[The Man Who Played God (1932 film)|The Man Who Played God]]'', directed by [[John G. Adolfi]], starring [[George Arliss]] and [[Bette Davis]]
*''[[Me and My Gal]]'', directed by [[Raoul Walsh]], starring [[Spencer Tracy]] and [[Joan Bennett]]
*''[[Merrily We Go to Hell]]'', directed by [[Dorothy Arzner]], starring [[Sylvia Sidney]] and [[Fredric March]]
*''[[The Midshipmaid]]'', directed by [[Albert de Courville]], starring [[Jessie Matthews]] – ([[British films of 1932|GB]])
*''[[Million Dollar Legs (1932 film)|Million Dollar Legs]]'', directed by [[Edward F. Cline]], starring [[Jack Oakie]] and [[W. C. Fields]]
* ''[[The Missing Rembrandt]]'' (lost), directed by [[Leslie S. Hiscott]], starring [[Arthur Wontner]] and [[Ian Fleming (actor)|Ian Fleming]] – ([[British films of 1932|GB]])
*''[[The Most Dangerous Game (film)|The Most Dangerous Game]]'', directed by [[Ernest B. Schoedsack]] and [[Irving Pichel]], starring [[Joel McCrea]], [[Fay Wray]], [[Leslie Banks]] and [[Robert Armstrong (actor)|Robert Armstrong]]
*''[[The Mouthpiece]]'', directed by [[James Flood]] and [[Elliott Nugent]], starring [[Warren William]]
*''[[Movie Crazy]]'', directed by [[Clyde Bruckman]], starring [[Harold Lloyd]]
*''[[Mr. Robinson Crusoe]]'', directed by [[A. Edward Sutherland]], starring [[Douglas Fairbanks]]
*''[[The Mummy (1932 film)|The Mummy]]'', directed by [[Karl Freund]], starring [[Boris Karloff]]
*''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]'', directed by [[Robert Florey]], starring [[Bela Lugosi]] and [[Sidney Fox]]

===N–O===
*''[[Night After Night (film)|Night After Night]]'', directed by [[Archie Mayo]], starring [[George Raft]] and [[Mae West]]
*''[[Night at the Crossroads]] (La Nuit du carrefour)'', directed by [[Jean Renoir]] – ([[French films of 1932|France]])
*''[[No Man of Her Own (1932 film)|No Man of Her Own]]'', directed by [[Wesley Ruggles]], starring [[Clark Gable]] and [[Carole Lombard]]
*''[[Odds 777]]'', directed by [[George Schnéevoigt]] – ([[List of Danish films of the 1930s|Denmark]])
*''[[The Old Dark House (1932 film)|The Old Dark House]]'', directed by [[James Whale]], starring [[Boris Karloff]], [[Melvyn Douglas]], [[Gloria Stuart]], [[Charles Laughton]] and [[Raymond Massey]]
*''[[One Hour with You]]'', directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]], starring [[Maurice Chevalier]] and [[Jeanette MacDonald]]
*''[[One Way Passage]]'', directed by [[Tay Garnett]], starring [[William Powell]] and [[Kay Francis]]

===P===
*''[[Pack Up Your Troubles (1932 film)|Pack Up Your Troubles]]'', directed by [[George Marshall (director)|George Marshall]] and [[Ray McCarey]], starring [[Laurel and Hardy]]
*''[[The Passionate Plumber]]'', directed by [[Edward Sedgwick]], starring [[Buster Keaton]] and [[Jimmy Durante]]
*''[[Payment Deferred (film)|Payment Deferred]]'', directed by [[Lothar Mendes]], starring [[Charles Laughton]] and [[Maureen O'Sullivan]]
*''[[The Phantom President]]'', directed by [[Norman Taurog]], starring [[George M. Cohan]], [[Claudette Colbert]] and [[Jimmy Durante]]
*''[[Polly of the Circus (1932 film)|Polly of the Circus]]'', directed by [[Alfred Santell]], starring [[Marion Davies]] and [[Clark Gable]]
*''[[Prosperity (film)|Prosperity]]'', directed by [[Sam Wood]], starring [[Marie Dressler]], [[Polly Moran]] and [[Anita Page]]

===R===
*''[[Rain (1932 film)|Rain]]'', directed by [[Lewis Milestone]], starring [[Joan Crawford]] and [[Walter Huston]]
*''[[Rasputin and the Empress]]'', directed by [[Richard Boleslawski]], starring [[John Barrymore]], [[Ethel Barrymore]] and [[Lionel Barrymore]]
*''[[Rasputin, Demon with Women]] (Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen)'', directed by [[Adolf Trotz]], starring [[Conrad Veidt]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Raid in St. Pauli]] (Razzia in St. Pauli)'', directed by [[Werner Hochbaum]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Red Dust (1932 film)|Red Dust]]'', directed by [[Victor Fleming]], starring [[Clark Gable]], [[Jean Harlow]], [[Mary Astor]] and [[Gene Raymond]]
*''[[The Red-Haired Alibi|Red-Haired Alibi]]'', directed by [[Christy Cabanne]]
*''[[Red-Headed Woman]]'', directed by [[Jack Conway (filmmaker)|Jack Conway]], starring [[Jean Harlow]], [[Chester Morris]], [[Lewis Stone]], [[Leila Hyams]] and [[Una Merkel]]
*''[[Rome Express]]'', directed by [[Walter Forde]], starring [[Esther Ralston]] and [[Conrad Veidt]] – ([[British films of 1932|GB]])

===S===
*''[[Santa (1932 film)|Santa]]'', directed by [[Antonio Moreno]], starring [[Lupita Tovar]] – ([[Mexican films of the 1930s|Mexico]])
*''[[Scarface (1932 film)|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 (film)|Shanghai Express]]'', directed by [[Josef von Sternberg]], starring [[Marlene Dietrich]], [[Clive Brook]], [[Anna May Wong]] and [[Warner Oland]]
*''[[Sherlock Holmes (1932 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'', directed by [[William K. Howard]], starring [[Clive Brook]] and [[Ernest Torrence]]
*''[[The Sign of Four (1932 film)|The Sign of Four]]'', directed by [[Graham Cutts]], starring [[Arthur Wontner]] and [[Ian Hunter (actor)|Ian Hunter]] – ([[British films of 1932|GB]])
*''[[The Sign of the Cross (1932 film)|The Sign of the Cross]]'', directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]], starring [[Fredric March]], [[Claudette Colbert]] and [[Charles Laughton]]
*''[[Silver Dollar (film)|Silver Dollar]]'', directed by [[Alfred E. Green]], starring [[Edward G. Robinson]] and [[Bebe Daniels]]
*''[[A Simple Case]]'' ({{Transliteration|ru|Prostoy sloochay}}), directed by [[Vsevolod Pudovkin]] and [[Mikhail Doller]] – ([[Soviet films of 1932|USSR]])
*''[[Smilin' Through (1932 film)|Smilin' Through]]'', directed by [[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]], starring [[Norma Shearer]], [[Fredric March]] and [[Leslie Howard]]
*''[[Speak Easily]]'', directed by [[Edward Sedgwick]], starring [[Buster Keaton]], [[Jimmy Durante]] and [[Thelma Todd]]
*''[[Spring Shower]] (Tavaszi zápor)'', directed by [[Pál Fejős]] – ([[French films of 1932|France]]/[[List of Hungarian films 1901–1947#1930s|Hungary]])
*''[[Strange Interlude (film)|Strange Interlude]]'', directed by [[Robert Z. Leonard]], starring [[Norma Shearer]] and [[Clark Gable]]

===T===
*''[[Tarzan the Ape Man (1932 film)|Tarzan the Ape Man]]'', directed by [[W. S. Van Dyke]], starring [[Johnny Weissmuller]], [[Maureen O'Sullivan]] and [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]]
*''[[Taxi!]]'', directed by [[Roy Del Ruth]], starring [[James Cagney]] and [[Loretta Young]]
*''[[They Just Had to Get Married]]'', directed by [[Edward Ludwig]], starring [[Slim Summerville]] and [[ZaSu Pitts]]
*''[[Thirteen Women]]'', directed by [[George Archainbaud]], starring [[Irene Dunne]], [[Ricardo Cortez]] and [[Myrna Loy]]
*''[[Three Modern Women]] (Sāngè Módēng Nǚxìng)'' (lost), directed by [[Bu Wancang]], starring [[Ruan Lingyu]] and [[Jin Yan]] – ([[List of Chinese films of the 1930s|China]])
*''[[Three on a Match]]'', directed by [[Mervyn LeRoy]], starring [[Joan Blondell]], [[Warren William]], [[Ann Dvorak]] and [[Bette Davis]]
*''[[Tiger Shark (film)|Tiger Shark]]'', directed by [[Howard Hawks]], starring [[Edward G. Robinson]] and [[Richard Arlen]]
*''[[Trouble in Paradise (1932 film)|Trouble in Paradise]]'', directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]], starring [[Miriam Hopkins]], [[Kay Francis]] and [[Herbert Marshall]]
*''[[Two Seconds]]'', directed by [[Mervyn LeRoy]], starring [[Edward G. Robinson]]

===U–V===
*''[[The Undertaker (1932 film)|The Undertaker]] (Funebrák)'', directed by [[Karel Lamač]] – ([[List of Czech films of the 1930s|Czechoslovakia]])
*''[[Unheimliche Geschichten (1932 film)|Unheimliche Geschichten]] (Uncanny Stories)'', directed by [[Richard Oswald]], starring [[Paul Wegener]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]])
*''[[Union Depot (film)|Union Depot]]'', directed by [[Alfred E. Green]], starring [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]] and [[Joan Blondell]]
*''[[Vampyr]]'', directed by [[Carl Theodor Dreyer]] – ([[List of German films 1919–1933|Germany]]/[[French films of 1932|France]])
*''[[Virtue (film)|Virtue]]'', directed by [[Edward Buzzell]], starring [[Carole Lombard]] and [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]]

===W–Y===
*''[[Washington Merry-Go-Round (film)|Washington Merry-Go-Round]]'', directed by [[James Cruze]], starring [[Lee Tracy]]
*''[[What Price Hollywood?]]'', directed by [[George Cukor]], starring [[Constance Bennett]], [[Lowell Sherman]] and [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]]
*''[[What Scoundrels Men Are!]] (Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!)'', directed by [[Mario Camerini]], starring [[Vittorio De Sica]] – ([[Italian films of 1932|Italy]])
*''[[White Zombie (film)|White Zombie]]'', directed by [[Victor Halperin]], starring [[Bela Lugosi]]
*''[[Wooden Crosses]] (Les Croix de Bois)'', directed by [[Raymond Bernard (filmmaker)|Raymond Bernard]] – ([[French films of 1932|France]])
*''[[Young America (1932 film)|Young America]]'', directed by [[Frank Borzage]], starring [[Spencer Tracy]] and [[Ralph Bellamy]]

==Serials==
[[File:The_Shadow_of_the_Eagle_1932.png|thumb|250px|''The Shadow of the Eagle'' poster.]]
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 (1932 serial)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'', 12 chapters (231 minutes) 
*June 20: ''[[Heroes of the West (1932 film)|Heroes of the West]]'', 12 chapters (225 min)
*August 1: ''[[The Hurricane Express]]'', 12 chapters (227 min)
*September 5: ''[[The Last Frontier (serial)|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 (serial)|The Lost Special]]'', 12 chapters (240 minutes)

==Short film series==
[[File:Poster - Any Old Port (1932) 01.jpg|thumb|200px|Lobby card for the 1932 Laurel and Hardy short film ''[[Any Old Port!]]''.]]
Ordered by release date:
*''[[Buster Keaton]]'' (1917–1923, 1934–1937, 1939–1941)
*''[[Laurel and Hardy]]'' (1927–1935); the team later made one instructional short subject, released nontheatrically in 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]]'' (1932–1934)

==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)|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 (song)|Just a Gigolo]]'' (September 9)
**''[[School Days (1907 song)|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 (film)|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 (1932 film)|The Athlete]]'' (August 29)<ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web |url=http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1932.html |title=The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: 1932 |access-date=April 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325202903/http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1932.html |archive-date=March 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120719012413/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2494-Athlete.html The Athlete (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series]</ref>
** ''[[The Butcher Boy (cartoon)|The Butcher Boy]]'' (September 26)<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>[https://archive.today/20120720082540/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2478-Butcher_Boy.html The Butcher Boy (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series]</ref>
** ''[[The Crowd Snores]]'' (October 24)<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>[https://archive.today/20120727235657/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2471-Crowd_Snores.html The Crowd Snores (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series]</ref>
** ''[[The Under Dog (film)|The Under Dog]]'' (November 7)<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>[https://archive.today/20120730111351/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/5156-Underdog.html The Underdog (The Under Dog) (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series]</ref>
** ''[[Cats and Dogs (1932 film)|Cats and Dogs]]'' (December 5)<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>[https://archive.today/20120723122042/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/2653-Cats_And_Dogs.html Cats And Dogs (1932) – from the Pooch the Pup Theatrical Cartoon Series]</ref>
*''[[Flowers and Trees]]'' (1933)

==Births==
*January 3 – [[Dabney Coleman]], American character actor (died 2024)
*January 4 
**[[Carlos Saura]], Spanish director (died 2023)
**[[Richard Stahl]], American comic actor (died 2006)
*January 11 – [[Alfonso Arau]], Mexican filmmaker, actor and singer
*January 19 – [[Richard Lester]], American-born director working in England
*January 22 – [[Piper Laurie]], American actress (died 2023)
*January 23 – [[James Rado]], American actor, playwright, director and composer (died 2022)
*January 24 – [[Julie Bennett]], American actress, realtor and talent agent (died 2020)
*February 3 – [[Peggy Ann Garner]], American actress (died [[1984 in film|1984]])
*February 6 – [[François Truffaut]], French director (died 1984)
*February 8 – [[John Williams]], American film composer
*February 9 - [[Roderick Cook]], English writer and actor (died 1990)
*February 13
**[[Susan Oliver]], American actress (died 1990)
**[[Barbara Shelley]], English actress, "The First Leading Lady of British Horror" (died 2021)
*February 14
**[[Harriet Andersson]], Swedish actress
**[[Alexander Kluge]], German director
*February 15 – [[Troy Kennedy Martin]], British screenwriter (died 2009)
*February 18 – [[Miloš Forman]], Czech-born director (died 2018)
*February 23 – [[Majel Barrett]], American actress (died 2008)
*February 24
**[[Michel Legrand]], French film composer (died 2019)
**[[John Vernon]], Canadian actor (died 2005)
*February 26 – [[Michael Goldie]], British character actor (died 2013)
*February 27 – [[Elizabeth Taylor]], English-American actress (died 2011)
*February 28 – [[Francisco Colmenero]], Mexican voice actor and voice director
*March 14 – [[Hiroshi Ōtake]], Japanese actor and voice actor (died 2022)
*March 27 – [[Robert Sacchi]], Italian-American character actor (died 2021)
*March 31 – [[Nagisa Oshima]], Japanese director (died 2013)
*April 1 – [[Debbie Reynolds]], American singer, actress and dancer (died 2016)<ref>{{cite web |title=Debbie Reynolds obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/29/debbie-reynolds-obituary-singin-in-the-rain-actor |website=the Guardian |access-date=28 December 2021 |language=en |date=29 December 2016}}</ref>
*April 4 
**[[Anthony Perkins]], American actor (died 1992)
**[[Andrei Tarkovsky]], Russian director (died 1986)
*April 9 – [[Jack Smethurst]], English actor (died 2022)
*April 10 
**[[Delphine Seyrig]], French actress (died 1990)
**[[Omar Sharif]], Egyptian actor (died 2015)
*April 11 – [[Joel Grey]], American actor, singer, dancer and director
*April 21 – [[Elaine May]], American comedian, director, screenwriter, playwright and actor
*April 25 – [[William Roache]], English actor
*April 26 – [[Francis Lai]], French film composer (died 2018)
*April 27
**[[Anouk Aimée]], French actress (died 2024)
**[[Casey Kasem]], American disc jockey, music historian, radio personality, actor and voice actor (died 2014)
*May 2 – [[Bruce Glover]], American character actor (died 2025)
*May 3 – [[Robert Osborne]], American actor, author, and film historian (died 2017)
*May 8 – [[Phyllida Law]], Scottish actress
*May 9 – [[Geraldine McEwan]], English actress (died 2015)
*May 22 – [[Seth Sakai]], American actor (died 2007)
*May 15 – [[John Glen (director)|John Glen]], English director and editor
*May 27 – [[Steve Franken]], American actor (died 2012)
*June 6
**[[Anne Claire Poirier]], Canadian director, producer and screenwriter
**[[Billie Whitelaw]], English actress (died 2014)
*June 10 – [[Branko Lustig]], Croatian-born producer (died 2019)
*June 11 – [[Athol Fugard]], South African playwright, actor and director (died 2025)
*June 12 – [[Mae Mercer]], American singer and actress (died 2008)
*June 13 – [[Bob McGrath]], American actor, singer and musician (died 2022)
*June 17 – [[Peter Lupus]], American bodybuilder and actor
*June 18
**[[David Herriot]], Irish actor (died 2000)
**[[Sérgio Ricardo (director)|Sérgio Ricardo]], Brazilian director and composer (died 2020)
*June 19
**[[Marisa Pavan]], Italian actress (died 2023)
**[[Pier Angeli|Anna Maria Pierangeli]], Italian actress (died 1971)
*June 22
**[[Amrish Puri]], Indian actor (died 2005)
**[[Prunella Scales]], English actress
*June 29 – [[Soon-Tek Oh]], Korean-American actor (died [[2018 in film|2018]])
*July 1 – [[Sonny Caldinez]], Trinidadian actor, previously professional wrestler (died 2022)
*July 2 – [[Kenneth McMillan (actor)|Kenneth McMillan]], American actor (died 1989)
*July 10 – [[Neile Adams]], Filipino-American actress, singer and dancer
*July 29 – [[Mike Hodges]], English screenwriter and director (died [[2022 in film|2022]])
*July 30 – [[Edd Byrnes]], American actor (died 2020)
*August 1 – [[Norman Bowler]], English actor
*August 2 – [[Peter O'Toole]], Anglo-Irish actor (died 2013)
*August 5 – [[Ja'Net DuBois]], American actress, singer and dancer (''[[Good Times]]'') (died 2020)
*August 9 – [[Denys Hawthorne]], Irish actor (died 2009)
*August 10 – [[Murray Melvin]], English actor (died 2023)
*August 15 – [[Bob Elkins]], American character actor (died 2022)
*August 24 – [[W. Morgan Sheppard]], English actor and voice actor (died 2019)
*August 25 – [[Nun Zairina]], Indonesian dancer, actress, dance instructor, and model (died 2017)
*September 3 – [[Eileen Brennan]], American actress (died 2013)
*September 4 – [[Edward de Souza]], British character actor
*September 5 – [[Carol Lawrence]], American actress
*September 12 – [[Kim Hamilton]], American actress (died 2013)
*September 16 – [[George Chakiris]], American actor
*September 21 – [[Mickey Kuhn]], American actor (died 2022)
*September 25 – [[Brian Murphy (actor)|Brian Murphy]], British actor and comedian (died 2025)
*September 26 – [[Richard Herd]], American actor (died 2020)
*September 29
**[[Mehmood Ali]], Indian actor, director and producer (died 2004)
**[[Robert Benton]], American director and screenwriter (died 2025)
*October 4
**[[Felicia Farr]], American actress and model
**[[Edward Judd]], British actor (died 2009)
*October 6 – [[Anna Quayle]], English actress (died 2019)
*October 13
**[[Dušan Makavejev]], Serbian director (died 2019)
**[[Liliane Montevecchi]], French-Italian actress and singer (died 2018)
*October 20 – [[William Christopher]], American actor (died 2016)
*October 22 – [[Sheila Allen (English actress)|Sheila Allen]], English actress (died 2011)
*October 30 – [[Louis Malle]], French director, screenwriter and producer (died 1995)
*November 1 – [[John Clark (English actor)|John Clark]], English actor, director and producer (died 2023)
*November 2 – [[Terry Richards]], British actor and stuntman (died 2014)
*November 8 - [[Nicholas Kepros]], American actor (died 2023)
*November 10 – [[Roy Scheider]], American actor (died 2008)
*November 12 – [[Jerry Douglas (actor)|Jerry Douglas]], American actor (died 2021)
*November 13
**[[Al Mancini]], American actor (died 2007)
**[[Richard Mulligan]], American actor (died 2000)
**[[J. A. Preston]], American actor
*November 15 – [[Petula Clark]], English singer, actress and film composer
*November 20 – [[Richard Dawson]], English-American actor, comedian and game-show host (died 2012)
*November 22 – [[Robert Vaughn]], American actor (died 2016)
*November 25 – [[Takayo Fischer]], American actress
*December 7 – [[Ellen Burstyn]], American actress
*December 14
**[[Henry Blair (child actor)|Henry Blair]], American child actor<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/499421878/?clipping_id=145836802 "Young 'Tad' Lincoln; Six-Year-Old Son of Former City Girl Gets Movie 'Break'"]. ''The Vancouver Province''. p.&nbsp;5.</ref><ref>"California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VL5D-H7S : 27 November 2014), David Lewis Blakely, 14 Dec 1932; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.</ref><ref>"United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJXJ-7LRC : 4 June 2020), David Lewis Blakely, 2001-2008.</ref>
**[[Abbe Lane]], American singer and actress
*December 19 - [[Wayne Tippit]], American character actor (died 2009)
*December 25 – [[Mabel King]], American actress and singer (died 1999)
*December 26 – [[Robert V. Barron]], American director, producer, screenwriter and actor (died 2000)
*December 28 – [[Nichelle Nichols]], American actress (died 2022)
*December 30 – [[Macon McCalman]], American actor (died 2005)

==Deaths==
*February 15 – [[Minnie Maddern Fiske]], American stage star, also appeared in silent films (born 1865)
*June 30 – [[Bruno Kastner]], German actor (born 1890)
*July 17 – [[Rasmus Rasmussen (actor)|Rasmus Rasmussen]], Norwegian actor (born 1862)  
*August 1 – [[James R. Quirk]], American editor and publisher of ''[[Photoplay]]'' magazine (born 1884)
*August 10 – [[Rin Tin Tin]], [[Dog|canine]] actor (born 1918)
*September 1 – [[Guy Oliver]], American actor (born 1878)
*September 16 – [[Peg Entwistle]], British-born American actress (born 1908)
*November 27 – [[Evelyn Preer]], American actress, singer (born 1896)

==Film debuts==
{{column list|
*[[Conchita Gentil Arcos]] – ''[[Una vida por otra]]''
*[[Monica Bannister]] – ''[[Hypnotized (1932 film)|Hypnotized]]''
*[[Ingrid Bergman]] – ''[[International Match]]''
*[[Henry Brandon (actor)|Henry Brandon]] – ''[[The Sign of the Cross (1932 film)|The Sign of the Cross]]''
*[[Peter Brocco]] – ''[[Roar of the Dragon]]''
*[[Sheila Darcy]] – ''[[Jewel Robbery]]''
*[[James Ellison (actor)|James Ellison]] – ''[[Play Girl (1932 film)|Play Girl]]''
*[[Anita Farra]] – ''[[Palio (1932 film)|Palio]]''
*[[Betty Furness]] – ''[[Renegades of the West]]''
*[[Joly Garbi]] – ''[[Social Decay]]''
*[[Cary Grant]] – ''[[This Is the Night (1932 film)|This Is the Night]]''
*[[Bonita Granville]] – ''[[Westward Passage]]''
*[[Trude Haefelin]] – ''[[The Bartered Bride (1932 film)|The Bartered Bride]]''
*[[William Hartnell]] – ''[[Say It with Music (1932 film)|Say It with Music]]''
*[[Grace Hayle]] – ''[[Back Street (1932 film)|Back Street]]''
*[[Louis Hayward]] – ''[[Self Made Lady]]''
*[[Paul Henreid]] – ''[[Baroud]]''
*[[Katharine Hepburn]] – ''[[A Bill of Divorcement (1932 film)|A Bill of Divorcement]]''
*[[Hallene Hill]] – ''[[If I Had a Million]]''
*[[Rut Holm]] – ''[[The Southsiders (film)|The Southsiders]]'' 
*[[Isabel Jewell]] – ''[[Blessed Event]]''
*[[Alan Ladd]] – ''[[Tom Brown of Culver]]''
*[[Marc Lawrence]] – ''If I Had a Million''
*[[Anna Lee]] – ''[[Ebb Tide (1932 film)|Ebb Tide]]''
*[[Ruth Lee]] – ''[[The Rich Are Always with Us]]''
*[[Margaret Lindsay]] – ''[[Okay, America!]]''
*[[Signe Lundberg-Settergren]] – ''International Match''
*[[Eliot Makeham]] – ''[[Rome Express]]''
*[[Hattie McDaniel]] – ''[[Impatient Maiden]]''
*[[Iris Meredith]] – ''[[Hat Check Girl]]''
*[[Inge Meysel]] – ''Großstadtnacht''
*[[John Mills]] – ''[[The Midshipmaid]]''
*[[Anne Nagel]] – ''Hypnotized''
*[[David Niven]] – ''[[There Goes the Bride (1932 film)|There Goes the Bride]]''
*[[George O'Hanlon]] – ''[[The Death Kiss]]''
*[[Anne O'Neal]] – ''[[Society Girl (film)|Society Girl]]''
*[[Henry Oscar]] – ''[[After Dark (1932 film)|After Dark]]''
*[[Andrea Palma (actress)|Andrea Palma]] – ''Girl of the Río''
*[[Germana Paolieri]] – ''[[La Wally (film)|La Wally]]''
*[[Jean Parker]] – ''[[Divorce in the Family]]''
*[[Gail Patrick]] – ''If I Had a Million''
*[[Edward Pawley]] – ''[[Thirteen Women]]''
*[[Dick Powell]] – ''Blessed Event''
*[[Tyrone Power]] – ''Tom Brown of Culver''
*[[Edith Schultze-Westrum]] – ''[[Kiki (1932 film)|Kiki]]''
*[[Mildred Shay]] – ''[[The Age of Consent (film)|The Age of Consent]]''
*[[Gloria Stuart]] – ''[[Street of Women]]''
*[[Lyle Talbot]] – ''[[Miss Pinkerton]]''
*[[Jessica Tandy]] – ''[[The Indiscretions of Eve]]''
*[[Shirley Temple]] – ''[[The Red-Haired Alibi]]''
*[[Sheila Terry (actress)|Sheila Terry]] – ''[[Week-End Marriage]]''
*[[Helene Thimig]] – ''[[Man Without a Name (1932 film)|Man Without a Name]]''
*[[Franchot Tone]] – ''[[The Wiser Sex]]''
*[[Alice Treff]] – ''[[Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (1932 film)|Peter Voss, Thief of Millions]]''
*[[Rosa Turich]] – ''[[Beyond the Rockies (1932 film)|Beyond the Rockies]]''
*[[Blanca Vischer]] – ''Jewel Robbery''
*[[Irene Ware]] – ''Society Girl''
*[[Naunton Wayne]] – ''[[The First Mrs. Fraser (1932 film)|The First Mrs. Fraser]]''
*[[Jane Withers]] – ''[[Handle with Care (1932 film)|Handle with Care]]''
*[[Jane Wyman]] – ''[[The Kid from Spain]]''
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* {{Cite book
 |last=Finler
 |first=Joel Waldo
 |title=The Hollywood Story
 |publisher=Wallflower Press
 |year=2003
 |isbn=978-1-903364-66-6
}}

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=feature,short&release_date=1932-01-01,1932-12-31&adult=include&sort=num_votes,desc List of 1932 films] at [[IMDb]]
*[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1932-01-01,1932-12-31&adult=include List of 1932 deaths] at [[IMDb]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_date=1932-01-01,1932-12-31&adult=include List of 1932 births] at [[IMDb]]

{{1932 films}}

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[[Category:Film by year]]